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Progress test 1 (Modules1–2)
Vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.
cognition controversial fluent know bilingual
1 It is generally ________________ by experts that human beings cannot truly be said to speak
more than five languages at any one time.

2 I can read Portuguese and make myself understood at a basic level, but I am a long way from
achieving true ________________ in the spoken language.

3 There is a lot of ________________ surrounding the question of whether deaf children should
be taught sign language from birth.

4 We are gradually beginning to understand more about the ________________ processes

involved in learning a language.

5 The research suggests that ________________ helps people learn additional languages more
easily than someone who only speaks one language from birth.

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2 Choose the correct option in italics.
1 Freud analysed / researched / investigated the dreams of hundreds of his patients.
2 He put forward the concept / hypothesis / problem that our dreams reflect our inner
psychological world.
3 For many years, the idea that our dreams reveal the activities of the self-conscious /
subconscious / consciousness mind was widely accepted.
4 In recent times, Freudian psychology has fallen out of practice / popularity / favour.
5 However, Freud’s ideas continue to affect / effect / reflect modern psychology.
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Grammar
3 Read the sentences below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
1 She hardly did any work last winter and missed lots of important lectures; ____ , she failed her
exams at the end of the term.

A however B consequently C in summary D further

2 They moved to the island for the summer ____ they could study the birds’ behaviour in their
natural environment.

A because B consequently C during D so that

3 After three years of hard study, I ____ from university last July with a degree in economics.

A have graduated B graduated C graduate D am graduated

4 The university ____ in an Erasmus programme before: this will be the first year.

A had never participated B never participates C has never participatedD have

never participated

5 Hindi and English ____ the official languages of India since 1947, but many other languages
and dialects are widely spoken.

A have been B were C used to be D are being

6 ____ the team play an away match, they always lose.

A Only if B Unless C Whenever D Assuming

7 ____ the team starts training about twice as much as they do at the moment, they will never be
as good as the Kenyans!

A If B As long as C Unless D Provided that

8 It was too hot! If the weather conditions had been favourable, he ____ much better.

A would have performed B would perform C performed D had performed

9 The team would never have started the training if they ____ how hard it was going to be.

A would know B had known C will know D were knowing

10 It is recommended that you practise ____ your equipment so that you will be able to do it
quickly in an emergency.

A to put on B put on C you put on D putting on

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Listening (Track 1, Progress Test 1, Exercise 4)
4 Listen to part of a lecture about the effect of exercise on the brain and mark the
sentences below true (T) or false (F).
1 Modern office and classroom environments are ideal for learning and working. ____
2 BDNFs are proteins which improve our ability to think. ____
3 BDNFs are only made by the body when it is at rest. ____
4 The speaker thinks that human beings have lost their ability to measure distances. ____
5 Our ancestors needed to keep moving to survive. ____
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5 Listen again and complete the sentences.
1 So, exercise _______ _______ .

2 Whenever I feel _______ _______, I lie down until the feeling passes.

3 The brain developed as a _______ _______ .

4 Survival didn’t _______ _______ sedentary types.

5 If I were an employer, I’d want the workplace environment _______ _______ exercise.

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Reading

Language and perception

Learning a foreign language literally changes the way we see the world, according to new research.
Panos Athanasopoulos of Newcastle University, England, has found that bilingual speakers think
differently to those who only use one language. (1) ____ – his research showed that it is language use,
not proficiency, which makes the difference. Working with both Japanese and English speakers, he
looked at their language use and proficiency, along with the length of time they had been in the
country, and matched this against how they perceived the colour blue. (2) ____ because there is a huge
variation between where different languages place boundaries on the colour spectrum. In Japanese, for
example, there are additional basic terms for light blue (mizuiro) and dark blue (ao),
(3) ____ . Further, ao also covers colours that English people would call ‘green’, such as a green
traffic light. Previous research has shown that people are more likely to rate two colours to be similar
if they belong to the same linguistic category. ‘We found that people who only speak Japanese
distinguished more between light and dark blue than English speakers,’ said Dr Athanasopoulos,
(4) ____ . ‘The degree to which Japanese-English bilinguals resembled either norm depended on
which of their two languages they used more frequently.’ Most people tend to focus on how to do
things such as order food or use public transport when they learn another language to help them get
by, but ‘as well as learning vocabulary and grammar, (5) ____ ,’ said Dr Athanasopoulos.
(Source: Module 1, p.9)

6 Read the text and choose from the phrases a–f the one which best fits each gap 1–5.
There is one sentence which you do not need.
a which are not found in English
b you’re also unconsciously learning a whole new way of seeing the world
c Bilingual speakers may also be affected differently by food colouring
d And you don’t need to be fluent in the language to feel the effects
e Colour perception is an ideal way of testing bilingual concepts
f whose research is published in the current edition of Bilingualism: Language and Cognition
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7 Read the completed text and choose the best answer, A, B or C.
1 Learning a foreign language can
A improve your brain’s ability to see colours. B change the way you perceive things.
C help you to see more of the world.
2 To experience the effects the article is talking about, language proficiency
A is essential for bilingual speakers. B is irrelevant. C isn’t as important as language use.
3 There is a big difference in how people who speak different languages
A are emotionally affected by colours. B name colours.C react to the colour blue.
4 The Japanese language has terms that are not found in English to describe
A the colour green. B light blue and dark blue. C the colours of traffic lights.
5 Research shows that people usually find two colours to be similar
A if they speak two languages. B if the colours are in the same linguistic group.
C if they speak both English and Japanese.
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Writing
8 Rewrite the sentences replacing the underlined words and phrases with one item from
box A and one from box B. Make any other necessary changes to the syntax.
A attempts to failure to gain an insight into huge variation improve understanding of
proficiency in sleep deprivation students’ use a wide range of techniques
widely acknowledged
B be unsuccessful bring many advantages demonstrate effective
engage their attention negative result in (you) + ing social development
student behaviour use of
1 When people don’t sleep enough it has a bad effect on the memory.

___________________________________________________________________________

2 The study has helped us to understand more about how students behave.

___________________________________________________________________________

3 The way students used the centre was monitored.

___________________________________________________________________________

4 The purpose of the study was to find out about how bilingual children develop socially.

___________________________________________________________________________

5 Being good at another language helps you a lot.

___________________________________________________________________________

6 When we have tried to use this method to teach Chinese, it hasn’t worked.

___________________________________________________________________________

7 If you don’t complete the assignment on time, you could be asked to leave the course.

___________________________________________________________________________

8 Most people would say that telling stories is a good way to help children learn.

___________________________________________________________________________

9 Teachers of young children generally do a lot of different things to keep them interested.

___________________________________________________________________________

10 There’s a lot of difference between the levels of maturity shown by adolescents of similar age.

___________________________________________________________________________

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