Name: ____________________________________________ Date: __/__/__ Time: (25

minutes)
1. VOCABULARY AND USEFUL EXPRESSIONS

1.1 Choose the right answer:

Q1 of 10
Can you give me your ____, please? I need to send you a letter. 

☐ abroad

☐ address

☐ agreement

Q2 of 10
My _____ for the delay. I had an important call. 

☐ allowed

☐ agreement

☐ apologies
Q3 of 10
Are there any _____ for that bank transaction? 

☐ charges

☐ expenses

☐ cost
Q4 of 10
The _____ where the clocks are made is near here. 

☐ factory

☐ field

☐ flat
Q5 of 10
Do you have model number 110 _____? 

☐ in case
☐ in charge of

☐ in stock

Q6 of 10
His _____ is much higher now that he works for a big company. 

☐ interview

☐ income

☐ toll
Q7 of 10
I've been working _____ ever since my son was born. I work 5 hours a day. 

☐ part time

☐ full time

☐ noon
Q8 of 10
We'd like to place an _____. Can we do it online? 

☐ order

☐ offer

☐ owner
Q9 of 10
The _____ is always trying to get new clients and sell the products. 

☐ purchasing department

☐ production department

☐ sales department
Q10 of 10
He will be 65 years old in May so he will _____ this summer.

☐ quit

☐ retire

☐ lay off
1.2 Complete the sentences with the following words: advertisement / bill / colleagues /
complaint / conference room / quit / shipping

Q1 of 5

We will have the meeting in the  .

Q2 of 5
I am not happy with this product. I am going to write a _____ letter. 

I am not happy with this product. I am going to write a   letter.

Q3 of 5
One of my _____ at work is learning Chinese. She is very intelligent. 

One of my   at work is learning Chinese. She is very intelligent.

Q4 of 5
We need to put an _____ in the local newspaper. 

We need to put an   in the local newspaper.

Q5 of 5
He hated his job so he _____ last Friday. Now he is looking for a new job. 

He hated his job so he   last Friday. Now he is looking for a new job.

1.3
Connectors and punctuation

Options:

- . Moreover
- Now
- , Provide
- Where

1. We, the town council, are considering giving an international company permission to build a
big new supermarket on Mill Street ___________ that they also build a new road.

2. The big supermarkets sells food more cheaply __________ it will create many jobs for local
people.
3. It’s at the point in the project __________ we need to make a decision about the new road.

4. The building of the supermarket can go ahead___________ that we’ve made a decision.

________________________________________________________________________________

2. READING AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS

2.4 Match words with the people they refer to

Retail therapy, or shopping with the primary purpose of improving the buyer’s mood is a myth,
right? Well, no actually. A recent study has found that shopping can actually be an effective way of
decreasing feelings of sadness. Researchers in the UK asked shoppers on their way into a shopping
center to describe how they were feeling. They (1) then measured their mood level again after
they had been shopping. Those (2) who had been in bad mood before they went in were found to
have a significantly raised their mood level by buying something to cheer themselves up. The
research was funded by business owners, who wanted to know in their store design was
appropriate. They (3) are pleased with the results, and are thinking about inviting the researchers
to repeat the research in order locations.

THEY (1) BUSINESS OWNERS

THOSE (2) RESEARCHERS

THEY (3) SHOPPERS

________________________________________________________________________________

2.5 The role of the forensic linguist in solving crimes

Linguistics is the study of a language, and forensic refers to the use of scientific techniques in the
solving of crimes. Forensic linguistics, therefore, is research and practice in all fields where
language and the law converge.

Forensic linguists are, on occasion, drafted in to provide linguistic expertise during criminal
investigation. This expertise encompasses several areas, from voice and author identification, to
determining someone’s linguistic or dialectal origin. The techniques involved will hopefully
determine not only whether a suspect committed a crime, but may also serve to absolve those
who may have been wrongly accused.

Consider a situation where a threatening message is left on a voicemail. The recipient of the
message accuses the person he believes to have left the said message, but the law dictates that
the accused be given a fair trial, where it must be proven beyond reasonable doubt that he
committed the deed. Enter the forensic linguist, who is to contribute towards concluding the guilt
or innocence of the suspect.

The forensic linguist sets to work, employing the use of a specialist instrument called a
spectrograph, which creates a visual ‘voiceprint’, detailing the speech patterns of the voice on the
recording. Once the linguist has familiarized himself with these patterns, he meets with the
suspect to make a comparison between his speech patterns and those of the recording.

There are inevitable drawbacks to carrying out machine analysis. A person rarely produces the
same utterance in exactly the same way twice. He may have a cold which is affecting the quality of
his voice, and there may be numerous other people who would produce a similar voiceprint. The
forensic linguist may often be more confident in ruling a suspect out than reliably proving him
guilty.

The forensic linguist may be called upon in a court of law to present his evidence. It is then up to
the court to decide the linguist’s credentials and the reliability of his evidence, which runs the risk
of failing to meet the evidential standards of the court; this is particularly the case with subjective
evidence like voice identification. Involving the forensic linguist in the criminal process, then, is
perhaps more pertinent during the initial stages of an enquiry, when facts are being gathered.

a. What does the word absolve mean in the second paragraph?

o To prove
o To clear
o To apologize to

b. Why does the writer mention the voicemail message?

o To exemplify the kind of work a forensic linguist does

o To emphasize the difficulty of determining the culpability of a suspect
o To acknowledge the expert skills required by those acting on behalf of the law

c. Who does his refer to in the fourth paragraph?

o The person who left the message
o The linguistic expert
o The accused

d. What point is the writer making about machine analysis in the fifth paragraph?

o It rarely proves what it sets out to

o It can be easy to cheat
o It tends to be an inaccurate method

e. What is the writer doing in the final paragraph?

o Confirming the reasons why evidence must be of an objective nature

o Pointing out the difficulty of convincing members of a criminal court
o Clarifying the true role of the forensic linguist in criminal work

3. WRITING SKILLS

3.6 Difficulty level: B2 /Upper Intermediate

Write 140-190 words in an appropriate style.

In your English class you have been talking about old people in society. Now your English teacher
has asked you to write an essay. Around the world, people are living and staying healthy for longer
and longer. What changes does this bring to today’s society? Are these changes good or bad?

Notes

Write about:

1. Caring for the elderly

2. Jobs

3. __________ (your own idea)

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