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This 3 sentence summary provides the key information from the document: The document discusses the effects of dress-down Friday policies in the workplace. It notes that some employers are concerned that casual dress on Fridays can make employees more likely to act rudely or be late. However, the practice of dress-down Fridays became popular in the 1990s as work and home life blurred more with the rise of new industries. While intended to loosen mental boundaries, casual clothes may actually trigger memories of leisure time and reduce focus for some workers.

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Unit Test - Unit 1

This 3 sentence summary provides the key information from the document: The document discusses the effects of dress-down Friday policies in the workplace. It notes that some employers are concerned that casual dress on Fridays can make employees more likely to act rudely or be late. However, the practice of dress-down Fridays became popular in the 1990s as work and home life blurred more with the rise of new industries. While intended to loosen mental boundaries, casual clothes may actually trigger memories of leisure time and reduce focus for some workers.

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American Inside Out Upper Intermediate

Name ____________________________ Date _______________


UNIT TEST (Unit 1)
Section 1: Listening (Tapescript 02)
Listen to the conversation between two people. For sentences 1 to 5 circle
T (True or F (False.
(1 One of the people is on vacation T ! "
(! The man doesn#t li$e %ondon T ! "
(" The &oman o&ns an art 'aller( T ! "
(# )rs *ivers 'raduated in 1+,+ from *osefield -i'h T ! "
(5 The man and the &oman don#t have an(thin' in common T ! "
Section !: Structure an$ %ocabular&
'ea$ the paragraph below. (ut the verbs in parentheses into the correct tense.
I () ___________ (drive) to the cit( centre last month &hen I (*+++++++++++ (see)
.rad/ an old friend from colle'e I (, ___________ (know) him 0uite &ell/ 1ut &e lost
touch &ith each other &hen I (- ____________ (ask) to move to Ohio 1( m(
compan( a fe& (ears a'o I (1. _______________ (see) him for a'es so I
(11 _____________ (get out) of the car 2-o& lon' (1! ______________ (live) in
Ohio/ 3olin45 I as$ed him 2I (1" ______________ (just move) here5 he replied 2I
(1# ________________ (work) in the film industr( and &e (15 _______________
(shoot) part of a ne& movie here in Ohio
'ewrite the /ollowing $irect 0uestions below as in$irect 0uestions beginning with
the wor$s given.
(1) -o& lon' have (ou $no&n a1out this4
Do (ou mind tellin' me ______________________________________
(1* 6hen does the ne7t train leave4
Do (ou have an( idea ________________________________________
(1, 3ould (ou help me please4
I &as &onderin' ____________________________________________
(1- -as she 'ot a 1o(friend at the moment4
I#d reall( li$e to $no& ________________________________________
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(!. 6hen did he leave4
6hat time do (ou suppose ____________________________________
Un$erline the correct phrase in italics in the sentences below.
(!1 )an8 I &asn#t a ver( 'ood student at school 6oman8 So was I / Neither was I
(!! )an8 I &ent to 3olom1ia on holida( last (ear 6oman8 *eall(4 So was I / So
did I.5
(!" 29ass me that 1oo$/ will you / dont you45
(!# 2%et#s have a drin$ at this caf:/ wont we / shall we45
(!5 2No1od( 'ot it ri'ht/ didnt he / did they45
Section ": 'ea$ing
'ea$ the article about Dress-Down Friday. For sentences !) to ". circle
T (True or F (False.
It;s official < &earin' casual clothes to &or$ ma$es people rude/ la=( and flirtatious
Dress>do&n "rida( has not &or$ed out A host of ne& surve(s from the ?tates sho&s
emplo(ers increasin'l( concerned that staff &ho turn up @smart casual# are up to A0 per
cent more li$el( to act rude and sill( %ateness/ slu''ishness or Bust not 1ein' there at
all have all 1ecome hallmar$s of the last da( of the &or$in' &ee$/ accordin' to a stud(
for American 3orporate Trends )a'a=ine ?o much so/ that man( 1osses are no&
returnin' "rida( to its previous strict and so1er incarnation
"rida( first &ent casual in .ritain in the late 1+,0s/ 1ut the practice didn;t reall( catch
on until the mid>Nineties .( then/ the econom( &as 1oomin' and ne& sources of
income and presti'e < IT/ 1iotechnolo'(/ dotcom < &ere emer'in' The people &ho
&or$ed for these firms ma( have 1een rich/ 1ut 1o&ler hats and um1rellas represented
an older < no& ailin' < econom(/ one that had 1een founded in the mid>nineteenth
centur( on a formal distinction 1et&een &or$ and home The Ne& Cconom(/ 1(
contrast/ li$ed to emphasi=e the continuit( and even overlap 1et&een professional and
domestic spaces 9eople 1rou'ht scented candles to the office 1efore returnin' home
to a converted industrial site In "ran$furt/ &or$ers could pop into ;nap rooms; after
lunch/ &hile in %ondon the smartest ne& ni'htclu1 &as called/ 0uite simpl(/ ;-ome;
6or$ and pla( had 1ecome infinitel( interchan'ea1le
Dressin' do&n has proved to 1e more of a &orr( than 'ettin' dressed up in a uniform
ever &as Cven in those companies that are casual ever( da(/ the understandin' is that
(ou &ear a suit &henever appropriate < to meet a client/ ma$e an important
presentation @As a result I spend more time matchin' up m( clothes to m( schedule
than I ever did 1efore/# sa(s ?arah ?mart/ &ho &or$s for a ?&iss 1an$

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6here dress>do&n "rida( 'ot it &ron' &as that emplo(ers had the hope that allo&in'
people to &ear 1uff>coloured trousers to the office &ould si'nal a loosenin' up of
mental 1oundaries &hich/ in turn/ &ould release a stream of @1e(ond the 1o7# thin$in'
.ut clothin' acts li$e a sharp tri''er for sense memor( 6ear casual clothes to &or$/
and (our 1rain thin$s it;s on holida( It ma$es (ou &ant to 'ossip &ith (our friends/
drin$ coffee/ and send loads of Bo$e emails
Accordin' to the te7t8
(!) 9eople are naturall( la=( and slu''ish on the last da( of the &or$in' &ee$ T ! "
(!* Dress>do&n "rida(s &ere popular in .ritain in the late 1+,0s T ! "
(!, In The Ne& Cconom( there &as no clear divide 1et&een &or$ and home T ! "
(!- ?arah ?mart adapts the clothes she &ears for specific occasions T ! "
(". It is still not clear &hether clothin' affects performance in the &or$place T ! "
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