UNIT 77LISTENING

UNIT LISTENINGTEST
TEST
Name: ali ceylan Date: 28.03.2025

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PART A KEY SKILL
LISTENING FOR ATTITUDE
1 7. 1 Listen to extracts from a conversation about Jack Ma. Complete the sentences with the words you hear.
1 His name sounds familiar, but I'm not sure who he is.
2 I think he's a remarkable entrepreneur!
3 Oh? Why do you say that?
4 That's amazing ! So why didn't he go to work for one of the companies?
5 I don't really know … The documentary didn't discuss that.
6 Actually, I can't remember . But it was definitely a lot of money!

2 7.1 Listen again. Circle the correct words about the speaker for each sentence (1–6) in Exercise 1.
1 knows / does not know definitely
2 thinks somebody is bad / good
3 is interested / not interested
4 thinks something is quite /very good
5 is sure / not sure
6 knows / does not know now

PART B ADDITIONAL SKILLS

LISTENING FOR MAIN IDEAS
3 7.2 Listen to the conversation. Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 Jack Ma's parents did not have enough musical instruments /stories / money.
2 Jack was a good / bad / average student.
3 The documentary was about Jack Ma's company / early years /family.
4 Jack Ma learned English by attending university / practising with tourists /studying online.
5 Company owners paid Jack Ma to teach the staff English /build websites / give lectures.

TAKING NOTES ON DETAIL

4 7.2 Listen again. Complete the notes with the words you hear.

Jack Ma
musiciansand storytellers in China
• parents were (1)____________
• started Alibaba, an international (2)____________
company
– focuses on e-commerce and retail (3)____________
sales
• applied for jobs, but no one ____________
(4)
hired him
• visited the US with friends in (5)____________
1995
– fascinated by ____________
(6)
internet
• Back in China
– made (7)website
____________ with friend about China
– first (8)____________
company called ‘China Pages’
– in three years, company reportedly made (9)____________
five million Chinese yuan

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PART B ADDITIONAL SKILLS
LISTENING FOR ATTITUDE:
1 7.1 Listen to extracts from a conversation between three students. Complete the sentences with the words you
hear.
1 best invention
Tara: This is the __________________________ ever because the design is so simple.
2 quite interesting
Vikram: That does sound __________________________. Tell us more.
3 Vikram: But surely it must be it__________________________
must be more complicated than that?
4 surprising thing
Tara: The __________________________ about him is that he never tried to get rich.
5 Kym: OK, that’s __________________________
not a bad story.

2 What are the attitudes of the speakers? Circle the correct words about the speaker for each sentence (1–5) in Exercise
1.
1 Tara is excited / not sure about this invention.
2 Vikram is interested / not interested in the invention.
3 Vikram believes / doesn’t believe that this is a simple invention.
4 Tara thinks that it’s normal / unusual that he didn’t try to get rich.
5 Kym is / isn’t happy with Tara’s choice.

PART B ADDITIONAL SKILLS

LISTENING FOR MAIN IDEAS
3 7.2 Listen to the conversation. Write T (true) or F (false) next to the statements.
1 F
Alfredo Moser’s invention has a very complicated design. _______
2 The invention is for poor people who don’t have electricity. _______
T
3 T
Moser didn’t want to be a successful entrepreneur. _______
4 F
Moser made a lot of money from his invention. _______
5 Moser’s invention is used all over the world. _______
T

TAKING NOTES ON DETAIL

4 7.2 Listen again. Complete the notes.

design a plastic bottle

energy sun
electricity
cheap

world

UNIT 7 LANGUAGE TEST

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PART A KEY VOCABULARY

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

design entrepreneur point remarkable retire simple situation use

1 Thomas Edison was a remarkableinventor. He invented the light bulb, phonograph and motion picture camera.
2 Plastic has many different uses . It is in everything from shopping bags to aeroplane parts.
3 That building has an interesting design . It looks really different from the other buildings.
4 I didn't like my job, but my situation changed when I got a new boss. Now I love my job.
5 I read his essay, but I didn't understand its point . It didn't make any sense to me.
6 This problem isn't very difficult. I know we can find a simple solution.
7 When I am 67 years old, I will retire . It will be nice to have more free time.
8 Ahmed is a successful entrepreneur. He started two companies and both companies are doing really well.

2 Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.

1 What is the design /purpose of this invention? I can't work out how to use it or what to use it for.
2 What is your most important achievement /situation? Have you ever invented or designed anything?
3 Harold created several important successes /inventions when he was an engineer. One was a new kind of computer.
4 The project was a huge point /success because everything worked and we made a lot of money.
5 I thought the machine wasn't very complicated /simple to use. However, I had trouble when I tried to use it.
6 The first aeroplane was so simple / amazing that people didn't believe it was real, even when they saw a photo.

PART B LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

ADEJCTIVE ENDINGS -ED AND -ING
3 Complete the sentences by changing the word in brackets to an adjective ending -ed or -ing.
1 My uncle has travelled a lot. He is a very fascinating man. (fascinate)
2 We were very tired after our long walk. (tire)
3 I just read an interesting story. (interest)
4 I have some exciting news to tell you! (excite)
5 The kids are really bored . There are no good programmes on TV. (bore)

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