Name/Class: Name/Class:
Answer Key
Entry Test 12 ✓ (Can I suggest you think about it a bit more? / Why not
give it another month or two?)
Listening (10 marks) 13 ✓ (OK, I’ll think about it.)
14 ✗
1 Germany (accept Berlin)
2 Thursday, Friday Language (18 marks)
3 Wednesday, 2 pm
4 b 15 automated security system 24 c
5 Wednesday lunchtime 16 global marketing strategy 25 a
6 Wednesday, 9.30am / in the morning 17 tight monetary regulations 26 a
7 briefing for management trainees 18 annual sales revenue 27 b
8 as soon as possible 19 retail sales franchise 28 overcharged
9 b 20 a 29 mismanaged
10 after lunch 21 c 30 outvoted
22 b 31 upgraded
Language (21 marks) 23 b 32 underestimated
11 b 17 c 22 c 27 e Vocabulary (26 marks)
12 a 18 a 23 c 28 i
13 c 19 b 24 d 29 f 33 facing 46 b
14 b 20 a 25 a 30 h 34 duplicated 47 c
15 c 21 c 26 g 31 b 35 wastes / is wasting 48 a
16 a 36 share 49 talk at cross purposes
37 breaks down 50 put you in the picture
Vocabulary (19 marks) 38 interrupted 51 beat about the bush
39 trust 52 heard it on the grapevine
32 apply 42 decline 40 save 53 on the same wavelength
33 advertised 43 boost 41 develop 54 drawing up
34 CV / curriculum vitae / resume 44 amend 42 allocate 55 call it off
35 experience 45 b 43 a 56 set up
36 responsible 46 c 44 b 57 count on you (not count you on)
37 temporary 47 a 45 c 58 let us down
38 interview 48 a
39 consider 49 c Skills (7 marks)
40 resign 50 b
41 grow 59 c 60 a 61 b 62 f
63 d 64 e 65 g
Reading (10 marks)
Reading (15 marks)
51 d 56 a
52 a 57 f 66 F 67 T 68 F 69 T
53 b 58 e 69 T 70 F 71 T 72 T
54 c 59 b 73 F 74 F 75 F 76 a
55 c 60 d 77 c 78 c 79 a 80b
Writing (20 marks) Writing (20 marks)
See page iii for model answers. See page iii for model answers.
See page 42 for examiner’s guidelines. See page 42 for examiner’s guidelines.
Speaking (20 marks) Total marks: 100
See page 41 for examiner’s guidelines.
Total marks: 100
Progress Test 2
Listening (10 marks)
Progress Test 1
1 e 6 extract 4
Listening (14 marks) 2 a 7 extract 2
3 d 8 extract 3
1 a 4 f 9 extract 5
2 a 5 h 10 extract 1
3 b
4 c
5 b
6 c
7 ✓ (Could I have a word with you?)
8 ✗
9 ✗
10 ✗
11 ✓ (I quite understand)
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Answer Key
Entry Test 12 ✓ (Can I suggest you think about it a bit more? / Why not
give it another month or two?)
Listening (10 marks) 13 ✓ (OK, I’ll think about it.)
14 ✗
1 Germany (accept Berlin)
2 Thursday, Friday Language (18 marks)
3 Wednesday, 2 pm
4 b 15 automated security system 24 c
5 Wednesday lunchtime 16 global marketing strategy 25 a
6 Wednesday, 9.30am / in the morning 17 tight monetary regulations 26 a
7 briefing for management trainees 18 annual sales revenue 27 b
8 as soon as possible 19 retail sales franchise 28 overcharged
9 b 20 a 29 mismanaged
10 after lunch 21 c 30 outvoted
22 b 31 upgraded
Language (21 marks) 23 b 32 underestimated
11 b 17 c 22 c 27 e Vocabulary (26 marks)
12 a 18 a 23 c 28 i
13 c 19 b 24 d 29 f 33 facing 46 b
14 b 20 a 25 a 30 h 34 duplicated 47 c
15 c 21 c 26 g 31 b 35 wastes / is wasting 48 a
16 a 36 share 49 talk at cross purposes
37 breaks down 50 put you in the picture
Vocabulary (19 marks) 38 interrupted 51 beat about the bush
39 trust 52 heard it on the grapevine
32 apply 42 decline 40 save 53 on the same wavelength
33 advertised 43 boost 41 develop 54 drawing up
34 CV / curriculum vitae / resume 44 amend 42 allocate 55 call it off
35 experience 45 b 43 a 56 set up
36 responsible 46 c 44 b 57 count on you (not count you on)
37 temporary 47 a 45 c 58 let us down
38 interview 48 a
39 consider 49 c Skills (7 marks)
40 resign 50 b
41 grow 59 c 60 a 61 b 62 f
63 d 64 e 65 g
Reading (10 marks)
Reading (15 marks)
51 d 56 a
52 a 57 f 66 F 67 T 68 F 69 T
53 b 58 e 69 T 70 F 71 T 72 T
54 c 59 b 73 F 74 F 75 F 76 a
55 c 60 d 77 c 78 c 79 a 80b
Writing (20 marks) Writing (20 marks)
See page iii for model answers. See page iii for model answers.
See page 42 for examiner’s guidelines. See page 42 for examiner’s guidelines.
Speaking (20 marks) Total marks: 100
See page 41 for examiner’s guidelines.
Total marks: 100
Progress Test 2
Listening (10 marks)
Progress Test 1
1 e 6 extract 4
Listening (14 marks) 2 a 7 extract 2
3 d 8 extract 3
1 a 4 f 9 extract 5
2 a 5 h 10 extract 1
3 b
4 c
5 b
6 c
7 ✓ (Could I have a word with you?)
8 ✗
9 ✗
10 ✗
11 ✓ (I quite understand)
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