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C1 Unit test 12A

9 What Pat didn’t mention was the fact that he’d

1  Listen to a recent graduate talking about the
forgotten to send out the questionnaires. _____
challenges she faced when she left university and
10 Effective visual aids, that’s what can make all the
started work. Decide if the statements are true
difference to your assignment. _____
or false, according to what the speaker says.
1 point for each correct answer 10
1 It was difficult to adjust to working to a fixed
schedule. TRUE / FALSE 3 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
2 The length of the journey to her workplace added to The first letter of each word is given.
the difficulties. TRUE / FALSE
3 She was surprised by the fact that there was so 1 The metal bar, once heated, did not r__________
much competition between junior staff members. its shape. It became very soft.
TRUE / FALSE 2 If this project is to be a success, it’s absolutely
4 It took very little time to establish friendships with f__________ that we do not exceed our budget.
new colleagues. TRUE / FALSE 3 Once the students had been shown how to create 3-
5 To make progress in your career, having a good D graphs, they were soon able to r__________
relationship with your manager is more important them independently.
than hard work. TRUE / FALSE 4 Although my lecturer didn’t say directly that he was
happy with my presentation, he certainly
2 points for each correct answer 10 i__________ it with some positive comments.
5 Now that you’ve had time to analyse it, what’s your
2 Read the sentences and put a tick beside the five
i__________ of the data? Do you think our initial
that have unusual word order.
theory is correct?
1 I’ve pointed out the problem with the course 2 points for each correct answer 10
schedule to my tutor I don’t know how many times.
_____
2 I can’t recall how often I was asked to do
presentations while I was doing the course. _____
3 Sophia plans to spend a whole year there gathering
her data. _____
4 The main idea behind the project is to establish how
modern families spend their free time these days.
_____
5 What I would say about working on a tablet is that
it’s incredibly convenient. _____
6 The government has spent considerable funds on an
awareness campaign about the dangers of smoking.
_____
7 Somewhere in Australia, that’s where she’s moving
to as soon as she’s completed her apprenticeship.
_____
8 She identified several areas for concern during her
analysis of the data. _____

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C1 Unit test 12A
4 Complete the sentences using the correct
preposition from the words in italics.
1 I wouldn’t eat that fish if I were you. I think it’s
over / off.
2 All the phone lines are off / down due to last night’s
storm.
3 Leo and Henri argued over / off who was
responsible for damaging the car.
4 There has been a lot of debate recently over / off
how to improve the electoral system.
5 It’s always best to try and negotiate when buying
goods. You might get some money down / off.
6 Kara is immobile these days and that’s over / down
to the fact that she’s sprained both ankles.
7 I’d say the idea of people living in space is still a
very long way off / down.
8 Over / Off the course of this week, we’ve learnt a
lot about how the new system will work.
9 It seems that tonight’s theatre performance is
down / off as two of the lead actors are ill.
10 As your tutor gives you directions for completing
the test, try to get the important details down / over.
1 point for each correct answer 10
5 Complete the collocations with words from the
box. There are three words that you don’t need.
cite conduct effective short significantly
specifically treat triggers
1 We need to come up with some __________
strategies for dealing with staff absence.
2 The Burj Al Arab hotel was __________ designed
in the shape of a sail to reflect local fishing history.
3 You must ___________ all your sources when you
are doing your assignment.
4 The smell of freshly-baked bread always
__________ childhood memories of home for me.
5 If you’ve got a __________ attention span, you’re
unlikely to remember much from a long
presentation.
2 points for each correct answer 10
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6 Some of the sentences contain one mistake. Put a
tick beside the sentences with no mistakes, and
correct the sentences with mistakes.
1 My boss had me to completely rewrite the legal
report from scratch.
________________________________________
________________________________________
2 Leyla had her car stolen from a car park in the town
centre last week.
________________________________________
________________________________________
3 We’re finally having our apartment block
redecorated starting next week.
________________________________________
________________________________________
4 Harriet said she simply wouldn’t get her new
secretary explain to her how to run the company!
________________________________________
________________________________________
5 Our local council has had several people complain
about the poor state of the roads recently.
________________________________________
________________________________________
6 Marek got his neighbour feed his pets while he was
on his business trip.
________________________________________
________________________________________
7 Anya is very hard-working and she’ll have her staff
working right up to 5 p.m. every day, too.
________________________________________
________________________________________
8 I’ve started getting my hair doing at Kutz – it’s
much cheaper than most other places.
________________________________________
________________________________________
9 Boris won’t have anyone point out mistakes in his
work.
________________________________________
________________________________________
10 My fitness instructor got me run around the park at
six in the morning yesterday.
________________________________________
________________________________________
1 point for each correct answer 10
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C1 Unit test 12A
7 Read the text.
While most of us take for granted that we can connect
to the internet 24/7 and visit websites containing
information on just about every topic under the sun,
should we be questioning the effect this may be having
on our ability to think logically and to retain
information? While some would argue that being able
to access such a range of information leads to a more
educated population, others fear that we may be losing
vital mental skills because of our reliance on such
sources.
In the not-so-distant past, it was usual to turn to
encyclopaedias or reference books in order to find
particular pieces of information. We could then take
notes on the key points of interest, referring back to
these written records as and when required. Nowadays,
however, all we need to do is type a topic or question
into a search engine and a whole world of facts
becomes immediately available to us. In a similar way,
we rely on our mobile phones to store telephone
numbers, and GPS (Global Positioning System) to get
us from A to B in our cars without the effort of
remembering specific directions.
Understandably, while we are more likely to commit to
memory information we aren’t sure we’ll be able to
retrieve from another source, it seems we no longer
make an effort to remember things we believe are
stored elsewhere. For example, in the same way that
we might rely on a family member to know when
another relative’s birthday is, we depend on other
sources, including the internet, to store key
information for us, making it part of our ‘transactive
memory’ – a term coined by former Harvard professor
of psychology, the late Daniel Wegner, to refer to a
form of memory external to our brain.
As part of his research into how our memories work,
Wegner conducted a number of tests using a range of
types of recall, in order to examine the participants’
reliance on computers. In one experiment, they were
told various facts – some of them not considered
common knowledge, such as ‘an ostrich’s eye is larger
than its brain’. Each participant was then told to type
these facts into a computer, but half of the subjects
were led to believe the computer would save what they
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wrote, while the other half were told that the
information would not be saved. Once the participants
had typed the facts, they were asked to write down as
much of the information as they could remember. It
was found that those who had been told that the
information wouldn’t be stored by the computer were
considerably more likely to retain it in their heads. In
another experiment, participants were asked to type
statements which they were told would be stored in
particular folders on the computer. They were then
asked to remember the statements. When subsequently
prompted with clues and asked in which folders each
statement had been stored, they were less able to
remember the statement itself than in which folder it
was located.
So what are the implications of these findings? Is
knowing that we have this world of facts at our
fingertips really dumbing down our mental abilities?
While it isn’t yet clear what the effects on our capacity
for logical thinking might be, Wegner argued that we
are still exercising the power of recall, but we are
applying it to a different range of things and have
reorganized the way in which we use our memories.
Furthermore, the situation may not be all bad. An
example he used to illustrate this is how, in the past,
students were not permitted to use a calculator during
maths exams or some lessons, whereas nowadays they
are more likely to be encouraged to see what they can
achieve when using this valuable tool. Wegner was
keen to investigate further not only our dependence on
computers, but what he saw as our interdependence
with technology.
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C1 Unit test 12A
Decide if statements 1–5 are true or false. If
there is no information in the passage about this,
choose ‘not given’.
1 According to the writer, being able to access the
internet has made us generally more educated.
TRUE / FALSE / NOT GIVEN
2 The writer says that drivers who use GPS are often
not very good at reading maps.
TRUE / FALSE / NOT GIVEN
3 ‘Transactive memory’ is a source of information
available to us outside our own recall.
TRUE / FALSE / NOT GIVEN
4 In Wegner’s experiments, the participants who
believed the information would be stored tended to
remember less of it.
TRUE / FALSE / NOT GIVEN
5 Wegner uses the example of the calculator to show
how poor our memories are now compared to the
past.
TRUE / FALSE / NOT GIVEN
2 points for each correct answer 10
8 Complete the following sentences with one word
from the reading passage. The word must be in
the text.
1 The internet and other people can be ___________
of information that we rely on instead of our own
memories.
2 Before search engines were invented, people
typically referred to ___________ to get
information.
3 Some of the ___________ the study participants
worked with were likely to be unfamiliar to them.
4 The participants were given ___________ to help
them remember some of the information in the
experiments.
5 We can’t be sure yet what the ___________ of the
results of Wegner’s tests might be.
2 points for each correct answer 10
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9 Two friends are discussing a recent news story.
Complete the dialogue with phrases a–e.
Jayesh I suppose I should be grateful that I had a
good holiday this year.
Kazumi Why? What’s happened?
Jayesh 1 _____ the couple who had a complete
nightmare on theirs?
Kazumi I don’t think I did, no. 2 _____
Jayesh Just last week, actually.
Kazumi So what happened?
Jayesh Well, when they turned up at the airport they
were told that the flight was full and only one of them
could board. The other one would have to go on a later
flight.
Kazumi 3 _____ I mean, if people have booked and
paid for a flight, then they should be allowed to get on
it!
Jayesh Exactly! And when they got to their hotel,
they were told that there was no record of their having
booked a room. Can you imagine?
Kazumi You’re joking! 4 _____
Jayesh And it doesn’t end there. 5 _____ the woman
had her handbag stolen that night, with loads of cash in
it, her credit cards … the whole lot went.
Kazumi You couldn’t make this up, could you?
a That must have been really annoying.
b That’s incredibly frustrating.
c What made it even worse was that
d This was in the summer, was it?
e Did you read that story about
2 points for each correct answer 10
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10 Choose the correct option a–c to complete the 9 It’s good to _____ on the mistakes you’ve made
sentences. during this training process and learn from them.
a insist
1 Many customers have _____ to some extra charges b congratulate
the company want them to pay. c reflect
a objected 10 The Prime Minister clearly _____ his views on the
b complained matter on live television.
c apologized a promised
2 Our new employee has already been _____ her b stated
effective presentation style. c insisted
a warned against
b accused of 1 point for each correct answer 10
c complimented on
3 Did you hear that someone _____ to have beaten
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the world record for cooking an omelette in the
fastest time?
a suggests
b reveals
c claims
4 The medical department’s research has been _____
by several doctors, which is great news.
a emphasized
b admitted
c endorsed
5 We are all being _____ to monitor the amount of
sugar in our diets.
a urged
b acknowledged
c suggested
6 When questioned, the man _____ not following the
necessary safety procedures and causing the
accident.
a apologized
b admitted
c agreed
7 Despite our concerns, we were _____ that
everything would work out well with the project.
a reassured
b encouraged
c asserted
8 Judges of the competition _____ that it had been
very difficult to come to a decision.
a informed
b revealed
c convinced

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