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2  Listen again. For questions 1–5, decide if the

1  Listen to a marketing expert called Leo
statements are true or false.
talking about advertising. Then choose the
correct answers to questions 1–5.
1 Leo explains that only brand new products need to
be advertised.
1 Leo says that advertising a new product is
2 Leo gives music festivals as an example of events
important for a company because ___________
that need advertising.
a it helps them to make more money. 3 Leo says that advertising professionals must stick to
b it helps tell them what the public think. specific rules.
c it helps increase interest in the company’s other 4 According to Leo, the most important thing in
products. advertising is careful planning.
2 According to Leo, advertising a banking service is 5 Leo says that car makers usually produce one type
__________ advertising a car. of car for each category of customer.

a quite similar to 2 points for each correct answer 10

b exactly the same as
c completely different from
3 Leo says that advertising can be described as art
because adverts __________.
a are produced by a specific type of person.
b are intended for a wide audience.
c require imaginative thinking and ideas.
4 Leo believes that successful adverts must be
__________.
a easy to understand
b original and different
c aimed at a wide audience
5 ‘Targeting’ in advertising means __________.
a communicating with a specific type of person
b reaching a particular level of creativity
c achieving a certain number of sales

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3 Read the article about urban exploration. When it comes to the morals of UE, many urbexers
follow the approach of cave explorers and outdoor
Urban Exploration hikers: ‘Take nothing but pictures and leave nothing
A Urban exploration, often shortened to ‘urbex’ or but footprints’.
‘UE’, is the exploration of man-made buildings or F Then there are the ‘preservationists’ as they call
structures, often of a considerable age and usually themselves. These might be people such as historians
abandoned ruins or the little-seen parts of the man- or archaeologists who are genuinely committed to
made environment. Among the sites commonly visited creating a clear photographic and textual record of
by ‘urbexers’ are disused factories, hospitals and buildings that would otherwise crumble unnoticed,
schools, bridges, and storm-drain networks. until a property developer arrives to knock them down
B UE is a hobby that comes with a number of risks and build a block of new apartments. Their records are
attached. Storm drains, for example, are not designed carefully presented on websites, and their identities
with human access as their primary use. During protected by the use of false names.
periods of heavy rain, they can become flooded, G The so-called ‘real’ explorers make up a third
potentially proving fatal for any urbexers who happen group of urbexers. These people are more motivated
to be down there at such times. Many abandoned by underground systems and networks than by single
buildings may be structurally unsafe with broken glass sites. They love the challenge of getting into secure
or damaged floors, or even harmful chemicals. locations and enjoy behaving in a controversial way.
C Recent television shows have packaged the hobby Like climbers, ‘real’ explorers experience what’s been
for a popular audience, and a documentary series on called ‘feeding the rat’; the ‘rat’, which exists inside
the History Channel led to further publicity. The series you, lives off your fear and the more fear you feel, the
travelled around the world showing little-known more the rat grows. Consequently, the larger the rat
underground structures in remote areas as well as some grows the more its appetite needs to be satisfied, which
which are right under the feet of city-dwellers. UE has means that you must experience more fear in order to
also featured in fictional films such as After, a thriller keep the rat happy. ‘Real’ explorers do things like run
set in Moscow’s subways, showing urbexers caught up along train tracks in the brief gaps between trains,
in extreme situations. depending on their attitude to urbex and how much
risk they want to take.
D So what kind of person is attracted to UE? The
culture is mostly, but not completely, male. It’s
international, with groups around the world, but it’s
too various in its motives and methods to form
anything like a community. It’s not a hobby for
everyone – or, to put it another way, it’s hardly a
hobby for anyone! Having said that, there are a few
different categories of urbexers.
E The first type is the ‘adventurer’. Photography
features heavily in the hobby, so adventurers
specializing in the ‘hero shot’ long to post pictures of
themselves standing on the edge of bridges or
buildings, for instance. These images, usually shot
from behind, appear to have taken their inspiration
from Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, the famous
painting by Caspar David Friedrich, which shows a
dark-coated traveller on top of a peak, with mist,
suggesting the unknown, spreading out beneath him.

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B2 End-of-course test B

Match the summary sentences 1–5 to the correct 5 Match 1–5 to A–H to make complete sentences.
paragraphs A–G. There are two paragraphs that There are three letters that you don’t need.
you don’t need.
1 One regret I have is not spending more time on my
1 a definition of the basic attitude of urbexers to the education;
sites they visit _____ 2 I can’t believe we lost in the end;
2 examples of the dangers urbexers may face _____ 3 It’s good to be able to rely on friends;
3 an explanation of why some urbexers need to 4 I don’t really care about the appearance of things;
continue to put themselves in risky situations _____ 5 I have vivid memories of my wedding day;
4 an explanation of why urban exploration has risen
in popularity_____ A I have no recollection of it whatsoever.
5 a reason why urbexers do not form a close group B I completely disapproved.
_____ C I should have listened to those who were advising
me about my future.
D I wish I hadn’t frittered it away.
2 points for each correct answer 10
E it’s as if it were just yesterday.
4 Read the text again and complete the sentences. F I know I can always count on Anna.
Use one word from the text for each answer. G victory was almost guaranteed at one point.
H I think it’s more important that they’re functional.
1 Urban exploration mainly takes place in the
_____________ of old buildings.
2 Some buildings may be unsafe to visit because they 2 points for each correct answer 10
contain dangerous _____________ or their
structure has been damaged.
3 A recent film showed scenes of urbexers in various
challenging circumstances in _____________ in
Moscow.
4 Adventurers may take their motivation for the ‘hero
shot’ from a well-known _____________.
5 Preservationists, when writing about buildings, use
invented names as they don’t want their
_____________ to be known.

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6 Complete the email with the correct tense of the 7 Complete the text. Use one word in each space.
verbs from the box. There are three verbs that
you don’t need. Throughout history, money in one form or another has
given people 1 _________ ability to buy and sell
blame for distinguish between drop out of
goods. Thousands of years ago, civilizations had to
get on have enough of invest in
rely 2 _________ a system called the ‘barter system’ as
make up set aside settle down
a way of exchanging goods. The system involved two
stand up for think ahead wander back
people exchanging one thing 3 _________ another.
zone out
This meant that 4 _________ parties involved had to
5
_________ an agreement as to what they thought
Hi Sennur,
their products were worth. Items 6 _________ as
Sorry I haven’t been in touch for ages. I’ve been really wheat, tobacco and livestock have all been used as
busy with work and various things. Do you remember I money at one time or another. People 7 _________
told you about that accountancy course I was doing? It exchange a cow for two sheep, for example. It was not
was mainly so that I could 1 __________ at work and until 8 _________ later that humans came up with the
hopefully get promoted. I’m afraid it was too much for idea of money in the form of metal coins. So why did
me in the end; I 2 __________ getting home late and the barter system come to an end? The answer is
then having to do assignments. I was tired and not simple. Coins were easier 9 _________ handle and
concentrating in class. I used to find myself carry around. Since their invention, using coins has
3 10
__________ when the teacher was explaining things. _________ the normal way to pay for goods. It has
Anyway, I 4 __________ the course last week, so I’ll made commerce simpler and 11 _________ countries
have a bit more free time to meet up. I can’t the opportunity to develop trade by 12 _________
5
__________ the course __________ taking up my business with other countries. Paper money, invented
time now. some time later, is now more common all
13
_________ the world, as it’s even easier to use. It
Also, I’m planning to buy one of those new apartments
may 14 _________ be long, however, before plastic
near the river soon. It’s not that I’m thinking of
6 cards take over completely, replacing coins and paper
__________ or getting married any time soon. It’s
money as people may prefer to avoid carrying
just that I think it’s a good time to 7 __________ a 15
_________ too and just use a bank card.
house as prices aren't bad, so I 8 __________ some
money to put down a deposit on a property.
9 2 points for each correct answer 30
__________ to next month, do you fancy coming to
stay one weekend? We can do some sightseeing and
just 10 __________ to my place when we feel like it
and have some dinner. Let me know what you think.
Ilkem

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8 Choose the best way to complete the following 5

statements.
A I wish I’d never agreed to go on that business trip!
It was a nightmare from start to finish!
1
B Well, you’re back now … ____________
A Do you fancy signing up for the marathon next
March? a I kick myself about it now, actually.
b No point in crying over spilt milk.
B There’s no____________ of me doing anything like
c With hindsight it was a good thing.
that. I’ll stick to the gym!
a doubt
b suppose
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c chance
2
A ____________. Did we meet at the Invention Show
last year?
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B Yes, that’s right! We chatted about engines as far as
I remember.
a I couldn’t help overhearing.
b How do you know?
c You do look familiar.
3
A Did you enjoy the conference last week?
B Actually, I have to say ____________. It’s not as if
we learned anything new, is it?
a what I particularly loved was the last speaker.
b I wasn’t that impressed overall.
c it was a bit too long for my liking.
4
A Sorry – did you say ‘Walsall’ or ‘Warsaw’?
____________ the name of the place you’re going
to next week.
B Walsall.
a I didn’t quite catch
b I’m right in thinking
c If I’ve understood you correctly

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