Progress Test 2 (Units 4-6)
Listening
Track 05
1 You will hear a meeting between four people who work for Igloo Foods, a company that produces frozen foods. At the meeting are: Keith (Marketing Manager and Chair), Donna (Market Researcher), Fatima (Sales Manager) and Jamie (Product Manager). Read the questions (1–6), then listen and choose the correct answers – a, b or c.
1 The aim of the meeting is to decide …
a) what kind of new products to develop.
b) how to market a new product.
c) how to improve an existing product.
2 Donna talks about …
a) customer profiles.
b) the market trend.
c) sales figures.
3 Fatima talks about a chicken dish that didn’t sell well. It was …
a) not healthy.
b) not tasty.
c) too salty.
4 Jamie suggests …
a) an exotic fish dish.
b) a Chinese chicken dish.
c) a spicy Indian-style dish.
5 What does Donna think of Jamie’s suggestion?
a) She agrees.
b) She disagrees .
c) She isn’t sure about it.
6 In this extract, the team gives opinions about …
a) chicken curry.
b) healthy desserts.
c) vegetarian dishes.
2 Listen again and complete these sentences (7–10).
7 __________ per cent of people buy healthy foods some or all of the time.
8 __________ per cent often buy vegetarian foods.
9 Donna says they have __________ options.
10 The chair wants to make a note of one suggestion: __________ __________.
Vocabulary
A Ideas
3 Choose the correct word (a, b or c) to complete each sentence (11–15).
11 A brainstorming meeting is useful when you want to _____ ideas.
a) criticise b) deal with c) generate
12 Researchers were working on the problem for a long time before they finally made a _____.
a) breakdown b) breakthrough c) break up
13 It is very difficult to _____ a new market when you have no experience of it.
a) enter ` b) meet c) introduce
14 We want to _____ our product range, so we’re launching a new, luxury model.
a) extend b) exercise c) explore
15 We’re hoping that our exciting new design will win an _____.
a) event b) enterprise c) award
B Stress
4 Complete these sentences (16–20) with the words from the box.
deal with / give / meet / spend / take / work
16 I always feel stressed when I have to __________ a presentation in English.
17 If you want to succeed in this job, you have to be able to __________ under pressure.
18 Trying to __________ tight deadlines is always stressful.
19 Sara likes to work part time so that she can __________ more time with her children.
20 One way to __________ high levels of stress is to go to a stress counsellor.
C Restaurants
5 Mark the adjective (a, b, c or d) which cannot be used to describe each noun (21–25).
21 restaurant a) elegant b) vegetarian c) stylish d) tasty
22 service a) efficient b) rich c) friendly d) fast
23 food a) welcoming b) delicious c) regional d) exotic
24 dish a) hot b) cosy c) rich d) sweet
25 price a) high b) fair c) hot d) reasonable
Language
A Past simple and present perfect
6 For each gap (26–30), write the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.
A: Where can we take Mr Chen when he comes to visit us in London next month?
B: We could take him to see some of the sights.
A: Hmm. He [visit] __________26 London several times, so I think he [see] __________27 most of the sights already.
B: What about the theatre?
A: I [take] __________28 him to the theatre last year. Unfortunately, his English wasn’t very good, and he [not understand] __________29 very much.
B: But perhaps his English [improve] __________30 since then.
B Past simple and past continuous
7 For each gap (31–35), write the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.
The other day, I [sit] __________31 in a meeting when I started to feel ill. We [discuss] __________32 a difficult problem at the time: we needed to increase the number of staff, but there wasn’t enough space in the office for any new workers. Everyone [think] __________33 it was too expensive to rent more office space. Because I was unwell, I [decide] __________34 to leave and take some work home with me. While I [walk] __________35 home, the solution suddenly came to me: why not let people work from home some of the time? That way, we wouldn’t need so much office space and we could employ more people.
C Multi-word verbs
8 Complete these sentences (36–40) with the words from the box. There are more words than you need.
around / down / for / in / off / out / up / up
36 The conference planners have provided a free day on Saturday to give everyone the chance to look __________ the city.
37 I was planning to visit the New York office next week, but now I’ve put it __________ because of pressure of work.
38 We would like to take __________ your offer to meet us at the airport when we arrive.
39 The company restaurant doesn’t offer very exciting food. I think we should take our customers __________ for a meal.
40 The sales staff invited us for dinner, but we had to turn __________ the invitation, as our plane was leaving at 7 p.m.
Skills development
A Discussions
9 Choose the best phrase (a–h) to match each function and complete the dialogue (41–47). The first one is given as an example.
a) I think we should
b) I’m not sure that’s a good idea.
c) What about
d) Yes, but what about the cost
e) We could go to
f) I really don’t agree.
g) Why don’t we
h) Excellent idea.
A: Where do you think we should go for our annual office party?
B: [suggestion] __e__ Le Gavroche again.
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