Unit 1 Test

flights, and arrange the journey. I
_______________ (12) a detailed timetable for each
day. Then when we _______________ (13) there I
_______________ (14) the students out each day to

Name ________________________________
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different places and _______________ (15) them. It’s
very tiring but I _______________ (16) it. For many

Circle the correct letter.

of the students it is their first visit to the cities, and

EXAMPLE
Look! The car in front _____ .
a has stopped
c have stopped
b stopped
d is stopped
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year I _________ not _________ (18) because I have
to finish a book by April.

A _____ been parachuting?
a Are you ever
c Have you ever
b Do you ever
d You
B Yes, _____ .
a I go.
b I been.

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they _______________ (17) usually very excited. This

c
d

Apart from that yearly trip I also ________
_______ (19) going on my holidays. For the past
twelve years I _______________ (20) on holidays all

I do.
I have.

over the world with a group of friends. We
_______________ (21) travelling to see new places

I _____ in Birmingham since 1999.

a live
c am living
b have lived
d has lived

with interesting art and architecture. We
_______________ (22) to Egypt twice, and the Middle

I _____ time in the last few days to read the
report.
a haven’t had
c I’m not having
b don’t have
d have

East several times. We _______________ (23) to India
three times. This year we _______________ (24) to go
to Turkey. I _________ never _________ (25) there. I

How long _____ your best friend?
a know you
c have you known
b are you knowing
d do you know

_______________ (26) lots of guide books, and I

I _____ five times in my life.
a ’ve been abroad
c am going

b go abroad
d ’m been abroad

my friends with my suggestions and they e-mail me

_______________ (27) all about the region. I e-mail

back with their ideas. In this way we ________
_______ (28) slowly how best to organize the trip.

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I also manage to go on holiday in the winter. I
_______________ (29) Christmas with my family, but

Complete the text using the present simple,
present continuous, or present perfect. Use
some verbs more than once.

over New Year I often _______________ (30) to Spain
or the United States to see friends.

spend go love plan read book decide
take organize teach be write work buy
My name’s Michael and I ‘m

an art historian. I


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Put the words in the correct order.

_______________ (2) there for eight years now. I

EXAMPLE
Sundays/until/bed/10.00/I/on/often/in/stay
I often stay in bed until 10.00 on Sundays.

_______________ (3) general art history to the

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_______________ (1) at Bristol University. I

____________________________________________

undergraduate students, but I am a specialist in
English Tudor architecture. I also

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Rome, Venice or Florence. I _______________ (9)

everything. I _______________ (10) the hotels,

winter/the/in/snows/mountains/always/it/in/the
____________________________________________

(7) my first-year students to a city in Italy to study
the Renaissance. We either _______________ (8) to

on/out/they/go/night/never/Saturday
____________________________________________

the moment I _______________ (6) a book about
York. Every year, in the spring, I _______________

to/goes/ever/cinema/Jane/hardly/the
____________________________________________

_______________ (4) books about my special area. I
_______________ (5) five books and many articles. At

buy/usually/newspaper/you/do/a/?

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in/abroad/go/you/often/do/the/summer/?
____________________________________________
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Complete the dialogues using these
expressions.

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Read the text and put the events in the correct
order.

Sandra _________________________ (5) It’s a bit
wet, but it’s a great city. There’s a lot to do
there. You know, theatres, cinemas, clubs.

The story of Richard’s day shows the stress of
modern life, but Richard could do a lot to help
himself. He’s got an appointment at 2.50 with an
important new customer called Mr Patel. He has
worked hard and doesn’t want to lose the contract
with Mr Patel. In the morning Richard is getting
ready to go to see him. He is having a busy day so
far. He has been to two meetings and made several
telephone calls. He is in a hurry, because he does not

want to be late and he only has half an hour to get
there. Then, just as he is leaving the office, the
Managing Director calls asking him if he has read a
Sales report. She doesn’t know that Richard’s got an
important appointment, so she probably thinks that
it’s a convenient time to talk. Richard actually hasn’t
read the report and he explains to his boss that he
has been very busy. Richard doesn’t start the
journey until 2.30 pm. Then while he’s driving to his
appointment, he becomes more and more stressed.
There is a lot of traffic and the phone rings. He’s late
and Mr Patel is already waiting. He stops
concentrating on his driving. Then an accident
happens because Richard is worrying about Mr Patel.
He drives into the back of the driver in front. He
misses the appointment with Mr Patel. The next day
Mr Patel cancels the contract. Richard blames the
Managing Director because he’s late. But it isn’t the
Managing Director’s fault. Richard’s stress comes
from the fact that he doesn’t give himself enough
time for the journey.

Colin

_________________________ (6) I’ve never
thought of Manchester like that. What are
you studying?
Sandra I’m doing an MA in management.

_____ Richard stops concentrating on the road.


Colin

_____ He becomes more and more stressed.

That must be a bit of a drag. Oh, right.
Really? That sounds very technical. Well, yes.
Yes, it’s all right. Yes, I bet. Yes, I suppose so.
Oh, really? Where? That sounds interesting.
What’s it like? Mmm that sounds lovely.
Sandra Where do you work, Colin? Around here?
Colin No. I work for an insurance company in
London.
Sandra Oh, yes. What do you do?
Colin I’m a computer programmer.
Sandra Really? That sounds very technical. Do you
enjoy it?
Colin

_________________________ (1) It isn’t the
most interesting job in the world, I suppose,
but it’s quite well paid, so …
Sandra Well, that’s important.
Colin

_________________________ (2) Anyway,
what about you? What do you do?
Sandra Oh, I’m a student.
Colin _________________________ (3)
Sandra At Manchester University.

Colin Manchester, eh? I’ve never been there.
_________________________ (4) It rains all
the time, doesn’t it?

_________________________ (7) Are you
enjoying it?
Sandra Yes, it’s great, but it’s hard work. We have
a lot to read.
Colin

_________________________ (8) Are you
living on the university campus?
Sandra No. I’m sharing a flat in the city. I really
like living in the city centre. Do you live in
London then?
Colin No, I live in Oxford. I find London a bit too
crowded these days. I’ve lived in Oxford for
about two years now, I suppose.
Sandra Do you actually live in Oxford itself?
Colin No, in a village about ten miles outside. I’ve
got a cottage down by the river.
Sandra _________________________ (9) So, do you
commute every day?
Colin Yes, I go by train.

_____ Mr Patel cancels the contract.
_____ Richard starts his journey.

_____ Richard has an accident.
_____ Richard has two meetings and several

telephone calls.
_____ The Managing Director calls.
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Richard works hard to get a new customer
called Mr Patel.

_____ He gets ready to see the customer.
_____ Richard says that he hasn’t read the Sales
Report.
_____ The phone rings on the journey.
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Sandra _________________________ (10)
Colin Well, no not really. It only takes about an
hour and a half, and I read on the train, so
it’s not too bad.
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