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Altice A1 First Test

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Altice A1 First Test

The document is an English practice test that covers listening, reading, use of English, and vocabulary. It contains various exercises to test comprehension of conversations, articles, grammar, and word meanings. The test assesses understanding of topics like making a technical support request, starting an internet business, and travel for work. It provides feedback in the form of an answer key to check responses.

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Altice A1 First Test (Lessons 2 to 13)

LISTENING:

1. Listen to the telephone call. Choose the best word or phrase – a, b or c – to complete the
sentences:

Ex: Alan works in Technical support .

a) Marketing b) Technical support c) Phone sales

1 Sofia has a problem with her __________________ .


a) telephone b) computer c) mobile phone
2 Alan asks about the computer’s __________________ .
a) Internet connection b) model number c) delivery date
3 Sofia spells her __________________ .
a) department name b) first name c) last name
4 Alan __________________ .
a) can send a technician
b) can come to Sofia’s office
c) can’t help Sofia
5 Sofia has a meeting __________________ .
a) in the morning b) in the afternoon c) tomorrow

2. Listen again. Complete the form:

Technical Support Service Request

Name of caller Sofia (6)__________________

Department (7)__________________

Phone number (8)__________________

Office number (9)__________________

Technician appointment time (10)__________________

READING:

1. Read the article and decide if the statements are true or false:
Ex: Clara Shih is a student. False
1 Clara Shih studied a book called The Facebook Era.
2 She worked at Google.
3 Her company is called Hearsay Social.
4 She started her company in Hong Kong.
5 She says starting an Internet business isn’t too expensive.

2. Read the article again. Choose the best option – a, b or c – to complete the sentences:

Ex: At university, Clara studied computer science .


a) computer science b) Chinese c) business

1. Clara Shih wrote about __________________ .


a) accounting b) design c) marketing

2. Hearsay Social __________________ social networking sites.


a) sells products through
b) helps businesses use
c) introduces people on

3. Shih’s parents are from __________________ .


a) the US b) Hong Kong c) the UK

4. The article says Shih learned __________________ from her parents.


a) about hard work
b) Chinese
c) to use computers
5. Shih says __________________ helps young businesspeople.
a) travel b) education c) technology

USE OF ENGLISH:

1. Match the questions with the replies:

Ex: 0 — i
0 Where are you from?
1 What’s the reason for your visit?
2 Where are you staying?
3 What’s your hotel like?
4 How’s your business doing?
5 What do you do in your free time?
6 Do you meet your colleagues after work?
7. How many hours a week do you work?
8. What do you like best about your job?

a) I’m staying at the Hilton in the town centre.


b) I’m here to visit my company’s head office.
c) I play golf.
d) I work flexible hours, which is great.
e) Between 40 and 50 hours.
f) We're doing quite well.
g) The room is very comfortable.
h) From time to time.
i) I’m from Italy.

2. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences:

Ex: time / What / you / do / work / start /?


What time do you start work?

1. afternoon / They ’re / the / usually / in / busy / .


_________________________________________________________________
2. the / you / Why / money / need / do / ?
_________________________________________________________________
3. nine / o’clock / He’s / before / never / work / at / .
_________________________________________________________________
4. this / much / How / cost / does / ?
_________________________________________________________________
5. sometimes / work / to / walks / Dean / .
_________________________________________________________________
6. on / work / you / often / How / do / Sunday / ?
_________________________________________________________________

3. Complete the sentences using the prepositions IN, ON or AT:

1. The annual shareholders' meeting will be held ___ July.


2. The report is due ___ Friday.
3. We have a conference call scheduled ___ 10:00 a.m.
4. The deadline for submitting the proposal is ___ September 30th.
5. The board meeting is scheduled ___ 2:00 p.m.
6. 8. The presentation starts ___ 9:30 a.m.
7. 9. Our sales conference is ___ March.
8. 11. We prefer to have client meetings ___ the afternoon.
9. 12. The product launch is planned ___ October.
10. 13. Please join the webinar ___ 3:15 p.m.
11. 14. The budget planning session is ___ December.
12. 15. The office opens ___ 8:30 a.m.

4. Complete the text with words and phrases from the box:

book buy check in collect go through take watch


I travel abroad for work about once a month. I always (0) buy my ticket and
(1)__________________ my hotel room on the Internet. I carry a small suitcase and I always use
an electronic ticket. So, when I arrive at the airport, I can immediately (2)__________________
security. I never (3)__________________ the in-flight movie. On the plane, I like to work on my
computer.

When I arrive at my destination, I don’t have to (4)__________________ my luggage because I


carry it on the plane with me. I usually (5)__________________ a taxi to my hotel. After I
(6)__________________ at the hotel, I usually go for a walk. After a long flight, I need the
exercise!

5. Match the adjectives with their opposites:

1. unpleasant a) stressful 6. efficient f) interesting


2. relaxing b) cheap 7. dirty g) inefficient
3. noisy c) positive 8. boring h) confusing
4. negative d) pleasant 9. clear i) easy
5. expensive e) quiet 10. difficult j) clean
ANSWER KEY:

LISTENING:

1) 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B

2) 6. Sanchez 7. Marketing 8. 4922 9.568 10. 11 o´clock.

READING:

1) 1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. TRUE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

2) 1. C 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.C

USE OF ENGLISH:

1) 1.B 2.A 3.G 4.F 5.C 6.H 7.E 8.D

2) 1. THEY ARE USUALLY BUSY IN THE AFTERNOON.


2. WHY DO YOU NEED THE MONEY?
3. HE´S NEVER AT WORK BEFORE 9 O´CLOCK.
4. HOW MUCH DOES THIS COST?
5. DEAN SOMETIMES WALKS TO WORK.
6. HOW OFTEN DO YOU WORK ON SUNDAY?

3) 1. IN 2. ON 3.AT 4.ON 5.AT 6.AT 7.IN 8.IN 9.IN 10.AT 11.IN 12.AT
4) 1. BOOK 2. GO THROUGH 3. WATCH 4. COLLECT 5. TAKE
6. CHECK IN

5) 1. D 2. A 3. E 4. C 5. B 6. G 7. J 8. F 9. H 10. I

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