Progress Test 4 (Units 10-12)
Complete all seven sections. There are seventy marks in total.
Section 1: Vocabulary
1 Which word does not collocate with the underlined word? Delete it.
1	power 	cut, field, plant
2	grid, nuclear, renewable, 	energy
3	stock 	exchange, market, bank
4	distribution, scale, computer 	network
5	oil 		field, policy, refinery
6	pollution, petroleum, oil 	reserves
2 Underline the correct word in brackets.
7	Let’s go (on / in / up) to my next point.
8	We’ve been having trouble (with / from / at) this new software.
9	They’ve bought a 51% stake (in / at / to) the company.
10	What do you have (from / in / of) mind?
11	We just need to take it one step (from/ of / at) a time.
Section 2: Language
3 Write the verb in brackets in the correct form.
12	Pollution levels ______________________ (be) lower today, if we’d taken notice of the warnings.
13	If I’d known setting up an IPO would be this successful, I ______________________ (do) it ages ago.
14	Let me know as soon as it ______________________ (come) through.
15	By 2050, we ______________________ (see) the results of our actions on the planet.
16	The traffic’s really bad. We ______________________ (might) not make it on time.
17	We can sit here and discuss it, but ultimately it’s the board that ______________________ (decide).
18	We ______________________ (take) a chance on that and hope things work out OK.
19	This afternoon, they’ll ______________________ (discuss) a long-term solution while we’re solving this immediate difficulty.
20	If he ______________________ (not/mention) it, we wouldn’t have known.
Section 3: Reading
4 Read the press release below. Each line contains one mistake. Underline the mistake and correct it. See the example.
PRESS RELEASE
      are delighted
 We delight to announce a new development for Wantage Supermarkets. This highly 

(21) respected and traditional grocers, setted up in 1908, will be offering a home delivery 

(22) service as by the beginning of December this year. 

(23) Wantage supermarkets intend to combine nearly one hundred year of experience 

(24) with modern technology to offer it’s customers online home shopping with 

(25) www.wantagesuppermarkets.co.uk The site will include online payment facilities 

(26) and offer all the benefits customers currently enjoying at our stores. 

(27) The service sees the investment on over fifty trucks to ensure on-time delivery 

(28) to our customer’s homes. Home shoppers will also enjoy major discounts and special 

(29) offers over the christmas period. 

(30) For full details, we would like inviting you to a press conference on…	
Section 4: Career Skills
5 Two people are discussing a construction project. Write in the missing words below.
wish / further / ahead / idea / aside
fuss / worst / eye / smoothly / perspective	
A:	Good, well, we’re one week (31)___________________ of schedule so everything is going (32)___________________, isn’t it?
B:	I (33)___________________ I knew.
A:	What do you mean?
B:	Well you put Andrea in charge of deliveries and now I don’t know what is coming in and going out of the construction site.
A:	Hold a minute. Let’s keep things in (34)___________________ I asked Andrea to help you on the site. If the worst comes to (35)___________________ then I can take her off. But I thought you needed help.
B:	I do need help but not from her. We just don’t see eye to (36)___________________ on how to run a site. 
A:	I don’t see what the (37)___________________ is about. She’s only supposed to deal with deliveries. Can’t you set (38)___________________ any differences and you do your job and she does hers?
B:	But she doesn’t just do her job. She’s getting involved in the general running as well.
A:	Let me have a chat with her and see what she says. 
B:	To see if I’m telling the truth?
A:	No, just to get an (39)___________________ of what problem is.
B:	Fine.
A:	Look. Tell me what the problem really is.
B:	I’m sorry, but there’s no point in discussing this any (40)___________________ …
Section 5: Writing
6 Your company Parle Ltd has held a meeting to plan what to do with its brand Thumbs Up cola. It currently sells the brand in India but Coca-cola is entering the market. Here are the final decisions from the meeting with notes on the reasons in brackets:
– sell the brand to Coca-cola (Parle Ltd can’t compete)
– let them distribute it (Coca-cola has better distribution)
– suggest Coca-cola keep the name Thumbs Up (the brand is well-established)
7 Write an email confirming the decisions to your directors. In your email:
41/42 Explain the situation.
43/44 Explain your first decision.
45/46 Explain your second decision.
47/48 Explain your third decision.
49/50 Ask for comments on your decisions.
8 Write your email below with the words given:
41/42 Further to our meeting ________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
43/44 Firstly,_____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
45/46 Secondly, __________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
47/48 Finally, ____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
49/50 __________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Section 6: Listening
Track 5
9 Listen to three conversations and complete the notes for each one below with word(s) from the listening. Listen twice.
Conversation 1
The project is doing well but they have had a problem with the (51)_______________________________. It keeps cutting out and they (52)_______________________________. Ray suggests having a (53)_______________________________ with the supplier for some suggestions.
Conversation 2
Don says the next batch of samples will be ready by (54)__________________________ not for the fifteenth. The problem is they haven’t received some of the precision (55)__________________________ they ordered. We may have to extend the (56)__________________________.
Conversation 3
The meeting didn’t go (57)__________________________ .They’ll only sign if we (58)__________________________ we won’t raise prices by more than (59)__________________________ a year. We need to call (60)__________________________ to see what they think.
Section 7: Speaking
(61-70)
10 Imagine you are giving a presentation to a group of prospective stockholders. Give the presentation to your teacher. Include these five areas:
– a self introduction
– an overview of your company
– a review of the company’s recent performance
– the management structure
– why you think your company is a good investment
Your teacher will mark the presentation using this scorecard. The teacher circles 1 mark if a student includes the area and circles 2 marks for communicating it accurately and effectively. There is a maximum of ten marks.
The student
introduced him/herself	1	2	
gave an overview of the company	1	2	
reviewed the company’s recent performance	1	2	
presented the management structure	1	2	
described why the company is a good investment	1	2