Intermediate Progress test #1

Listening section
A. You will hear part of a radio programme talking about a competition.

Fill in the missing information in the numbered space.

This month's competition

Prize: a computer + a (1) printer

Write a story

- length: fewer than (2) words

- subject: a short (3) story. which takes place in (4)

Write your name, address, telephone number and (5) at the end.

Story must arrive on or before (6)

B. You will hear a woman, Vanessa, talking about a journey she made with her husband,
Robert, and her baby, Ben.
1. What did Vanessa and Robert decide to do last year?
a) get married
b) travel to England by boat
c) travel to England by plane
2. Vanessa was worried that
a) they wouldn't be prepared.
b) the conditions would be bad.
c) the baby would get ill.
3. How did Vanessa feel when they reached Singapore?
a) She wondered if she should fly home.
b) She was worried about the boat.
c) She enjoyed the break from travelling.
4. Why was Vanessa's father-in-law particularly helpful?

a) He was a good cook.

b) He looked after the baby.
c) He helped to sail the boat.
5. Because of spending so much time on the boat, the baby
a) learnt to walk late.
b) doesn't play by himself.
c) only likes certain food.
6. What is Vanessa's advice for people sailing with children?
a) Don't take more than one child.
b) Go for a short time.
c) Don't let children get bored.

Grammar section
Circle the correct answer: a), b), c) or d).
0. You_ eat so much junk food.
a) might b) shouldn’t c) must d) have to
1. We _ to stay with friends when we get to Sydney.
a) will b) would c) likely d) 're going
2. I've never been to China, but I _to Japan last year.
a) went b) 've been c) used to go d) gone
3. He _ her name now.
a) isn't remembering c) doesn't remember
b) don't remember d) remember
4. When she got to the airport, she realised she __ her passport at home.
a) left c) 'd forgotten
b) forgot d) 'd left
5. We met them __ we were living in Tanzania.
a) during b) until c) while d) as soon as
6. My ancestors __ from Ireland.
a) came b) comes c) lived d) are coming
7. Have you seen his latest play_?
a) just b) yet c) ever d) last night
8. When we were children. we __ in the garden all day.
a) 'd played b) 'd play c) were playing d) 've played
9. You_ to go now. You can go later.
a) don't have b) must c) mustn't d) ought
10. The house was __ more beautiful than he remembered.
a) very b) little bit c) far d) not as

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the word in
brackets.
0. You can't smoke in the office. (must)
You mustn't smoke in the offlce
1. I told him to remember to buy cheese. (remind)
I__________________________________________
2. We used to meet for lunch every Sunday. (would)
We _______________________________________
3. His room's not as messy as mine. (less)
His room __________________________________
4. They'll probably be late again. (likely)
They _____________________________________
5. The red ones are a bit cheaper. (slightly)
The red ones ________________________________

Vocabulary section
Give definitions
1. vaccination
2. enthusiasm
 3. eye witness
4. let your hair down
5. easy-going
6. run out of something
7. take after someone
8. hostage
9. a dark horse
10. Put off
11. furious
12. Sort out
13. enquiry
14. be in hot water
15. prioritise

Reading section
Match the subtitles with the right paragraphs. Number 0 is an example.

A. Newspapers have been around for a long time

B. Balancing subjective and objective
C. How are they distributed?
D. Exactly as it used to be
E. Newspapers and the competition
F. Newspapers are more than just news
G. The golden age of newspapers
H. Advertisements
I. The printing process

How do newspapers work?

0 _A_
It may seem normal to you to get the daily newspaper in your mailbox. Newspapers are
one of the earliest forms of mass communication. However, with the emergence of the
Internet things are changing.

1 ___
The Internet has undoubtedly caused many newspaper offices to fear that they will soon
be a thing of the past but the Internet is not the first form of media that seems to rival
newspapers – television was actually the first. But neither of these has the portability and
mobility of a newspaper. Newspapers are the only form of media that still gets the news
to the public but can be taken out of a bag on the subway, or held while standing in line at
the grocery store.

2 ___
Although newspapers came before television, radio, or even telegraphs, they have the
same typical format today as they did when the first one was published. Newspapers
follow easy-to-read formats. This means that you can find a newspaper from 1775 and
still read it the same way you would read a newspaper today.

3 ___
It was shortly after the Civil War that newspapers truly had their glory days in America.
This was a time when the public were starving for knowledge about what was happening
and when political activity was high. Not only were there many, many newspapers
created and distributed during this time but it’s also the time in history when newspapers
were a very lucrative business.

4 ___
Of course, the essence of newspapers is to print news, but the news division isn’t the only
part of a newspaper otherwise you would only have news stories from front to back.
Open up any paper and you’ll find classifieds, editorial pages, advertisements, letters to
the editor, leisure pages with crosswords and much more.

5 ___
Since editorial pages are opinion, the editors must be very careful in making sure that the
line is not crossed between opinion and fact. Once this is done, the newspaper loses all
credibility. The objective is to raise issues and awareness, not to simply make things up
or cloud the issue so much with opinion that it becomes lost.

6 ___
Without them no newspaper could survive as they are the ones that bring in direct money.
Very often they make up as much as 60% of the newspapers. Display ads, classified ads,
and inserts are the most common forms in today’s newspapers.

7 ___
The reporters, the editors, and all the other divisions of a newspaper contribute to the
making of a newspaper’s content but how is it physically made? In the 14th century they
were made by ‘hot type’ machines, where the print was etched into the paper, whereas
the presses that are used to print and assemble newspapers today are massive machines
that use streaming sheets of paper. And even though the process inside a web press is
extensive and complicated, the process all happens extremely quickly and one of today’s
presses can create 70,000 copies of one newspaper in an hour.

8 ___
Most people are familiar with what newspaper carriers do, as this is often many people’s
first job. These carriers buy large quantities of the newspaper and sell them to individual
customers. These customers will then pay on a weekly, biweekly, or monthly basis, for
receiving the daily newspaper delivered to them every day.
Writing section
1) Write about a problem you had and how you solved it
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