UPPER-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 9 ASSESSMENT

Name: __________________________________________ Date: ___________

VOCABULARY
1 Complete the sentences with the correct word. The first letter is given.

1 Although I was very well paid in my previous job I didn't find it at all s__________ – I was just doing
the same thing each day.

2 When I retrained as a furniture maker, it took me a long time to get the h__________ of the
techniques and the tools.

3 For a while after changing careers, I s__________ to cope with the drop in income.

4 Nursing is such a r__________ career, helping people and doing something I truly love.

5 I'm involved in some challenging projects in my new job. It's certainly s__________ me and my
creative skills, anyway.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of a word from the box.

consider focus outline overview recommend summarize talk tell

1 It's now time for me to __________ my main points and bring the presentation to a close.

2 Next, I'd like us all to spend a bit of time __________ on how we might bring more light and colour
into our office space.

3 As you may remember, at the start of my presentation I __________ some of the main features of
20th century Brazilian architecture.

4 I'm here today to __________ to you about the potential security risks if you forget to log out of
your account at work – even for five minutes.

5 I think at this point it's important to __________ how little was known about life at the bottom of
the ocean until relatively recently.

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GRAMMAR

3 Write the words in the correct order to complete the sentences.

1 If you really hate your job so much, ________________________________________?

(a / one / better / you / don't / look / why / for)

2 If I ever ask about getting promoted, ________________________________________.

(boss / me / my / the / it's / tells / time / not / right)

3 If I speak fluent Spanish, ________________________________________.

(chance / in / industry / I'll / more / travel / have / working / of / the)

4 If I leave and start working for myself, ________________________________________.

(big / a / myself / give / I'll / pay-rise)

5 If I lose my job next week, ________________________________________.

(I'll / I / do / know / what / don't)

4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

1 If he ____________________ how to promote his business on social media, he'd be far more
successful than he is. (know)

2 I ____________________ you to come into the office if you were ill. (not expect)

3 We would never have been able to complete this project if Monica and Kenzo
____________________ their services last month. (not offer)

4 If it ____________________ for a chance meeting with Alessandro, I would never have worked
in Italy. (not be)

5 I would never ____________________ that I could become a zoologist if I hadn't been taught by
Professor Cole. (believe)

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DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
5 Complete the conversations with one or two words. The first letter is given.

A: Are you expecting to be made redundant next month?

B: H____________________, but it's not looking good, to be honest.

A: Are you going to take that job in Munich?

B: P____________________. I've just got to find somewhere nice to live before next month.

A: Do you think the university will accept me with these grades?

B: It m____________________, but I'd start looking at other options if I were you.

A: I reckon our boss is going ask us to give the sales presentation next week.

B: He's b____________________. We always end up doing his job for him, don't we?

A: Do you think you might change career at some point?

B: I d____________________. They look after me really well here and I'm rarely bored at work.

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READING
And what do you do?

Three twenty-somethings tell us about their daily routines.

Software Developer

I'm a software developer, working in development teams of between five and ten people. Projects
are broken down into two-week blocks, and everyone on the team takes a task suited to them,
which they either choose themselves or have assigned to them by their manager. We're always
changing our approach to design, as you can never be sure what problems will come up. There are
often bugs in the system that show up after I think I've finished, which I learn about through
feedback from colleagues or customers. This happens to everyone on my team, so twice a week we
sit down together and discuss how to solve our bug problems. It's a good industry to work in if
you're ambitious, like me. If I keep doing well, it might even be managing my own team next year.

Ethical Hacker

I help businesses to locate weaknesses in their computer systems which could potentially be hacked
by cybercriminals. If there are weak areas, I find them and fix them. I'm never sure what I'm going to
find and need to be completely ready for anything. If I try to think like the hacker I'm working
against, I work more effectively. I tend to stay away from Instagram and TikTok and everything – I
know what someone could do if they got into my personal data. But I love my job and wouldn't work
in another industry if you paid me double my salary.

Agronomist

Our clients are farmers having problems growing their crops. I'll go along, do tests on and under the
ground in their fields, check their crops for unwanted insects and diseases, and advise the grower
how to solve any issues. I get such satisfaction from knowing I've been able to help them. When I
first started after graduating, I'd get frustrated about how little I knew about being an agronomist in
the real world. Once I became familiar with the business, though, all that hard work at university
paid off. I spend more time than you'd imagine in the office, inputting data from soil tests, but it's far
from being a boring office job. Even when you plan your weeks down to the last second, something
always comes up to change everything.

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6 Read the blog posts. Choose all the options that apply to the three jobs.

1 □ getting promoted 6 □ discussing work with colleagues

2 □ working indoors 7 □ solving problems

3 □ getting promoted 8 □ using their qualifications in a practical way

4 □ doing a rewarding job 9 □ using technology

5 □ delegating tasks 10 □ adapting to unpredictable events

7 Read the blog posts again. Match the descriptions with the jobs in the box.

Agronomist Software Developer Ethical Hacker

1 adapting their way of thinking ____________________

2 responding to feedback ____________________

3 providing advice to clients ____________________

4 developing knowledge over time ____________________

5 avoiding social media ____________________

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LISTENING
8 TR9.1 Listen to a talk. Choose True or False.

1 Taking a sabbatical involves changing to part-time working hours True / False

2 Tara had been considering leaving her job before she took her sabbatical True / False

3 It is possible to remain on a salary while on a sabbatical True / False

4 Sabbaticals must be taken in the charity sector True / False

5 Tara believes taking a sabbatical made sure she would stay in education True / False

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9 TR9.1 Listen to a talk again. Complete the sentences with the words you hear. Write one or two
words for each gap.

1 Tara teaches ____________________ at her school.

2 Tara used her ____________________ to investigate whether to take a sabbatical.

3 Tara was paid ____________________ of her income during the sabbatical.

4 Tara's charity work involved building ____________________ in Africa.

5 Tara studied ____________________ after she returned to the UK.

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SPEAKING
10 Look at the photo. Answer the questions. Speak for around two minutes.

What can you see? What is happening? What might the woman be enjoying about giving her
presentation? What might she be finding difficult?

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