UPSTREAM - ADVANCED - UNIT 6

Rezolvarea exercitiilor  din manualul de limba engleza intitulat UPSTREAM ADVANCED C1, Student’s Book,  Editura Express Publishing, Autori Virginia Evans si Lynda Edwards, Editia 2003

UPSTREAM ADVANCED C1

UNIT 6 – A JOB WELL DONE

LEAD IN – PAGE 119

1.a.

A. army officer

B. teacher

C. bicycle repair man

D. doctor

3.a.

1. F

2. T

3. T

4. F

READING – PAGES 120 – 121

1.c.

1.       B

2.      E

3.      C

4.      D

5.      C

6.      E

7.      A

8.     C

9.      D

10.  B

11.   C

12.  C

13.  A

14.  D

15.   A

16.  C

17.   B

18.  E

2.

blunders – mistakes

exhausting – very tiring

pattern – schedule

bolt – dash

stomach – endure

switching – changing

engage in – become involved in

LANGUAGE FOCUS – PAGES 122 – 125

3. a.

1. go on strike
2. laid off
3. bonuses
4. wages
5. recruits
6. department
7. overtime
8. references

4.

1. job
2. vocation
3. works
4. project
5. board
6. grant
7. vacancies
8. dismissed

5.

1. job title
2. job description
3. workload
4. work station
5. workhorse
6. workbench

7.a.

- beaver away at something

- keep one’s mind on the job

- to mean business

- make ends meet

- get something off the ground

- be someone’s right-hand man

- call the shots

- have time on one’s hands

- keep one’s nose to the grindstone

- be an inside job

7.b.

1. get the business off the ground
2. is the President’s right-hand man
3. beavering away
4. keep one’s mind on the job
5. calls the shots
6. make ends meet

9.a.

1. c
2. d
3. h
4. b
5. e
6. f
7. i
8. g
9. a
10. j

9.b.

1. on the level
2. on the verge of
3. on the basis of
4. on the dole
5. on and on

10.

WORK – out, off, up, around, into

GET – into, ahead, around, up, out, down

2. work off

3. work into

4. get around

5. worked … up

11. a.

1. see you’re very busy
2. could you
3. I could
4. me a big favour?
5. mind if I
6. you can/may
7. cause a fuss
8. think you could
9. I can’t do
10. is a bit much to ask
11. wondering if you
12. pleasure

LISTENING & SPEAKING – PAGES 126 – 127

1.b.

1. development
2. status symbol
3. feedback/new skills
4. procedures
5. anonymous
6. fake
7. a few days
8. (random) spot checks
9. complaints procedure

2.c.

1. aptitude
2. teamwork/helping people
3. interest/variety
4. police officer(‘s)
5. 21,000 pounds
6. good holiday arrangements
7. gyms/sports facilities
8. excellent/good

6.

b. I passed all my exams.

c. I’ve been offered a place at university.

d. I came top in the maths test.

e. I’ve been promoted.

READING – PAGES 128 – 129

2.a.

1. B
2. E
3. C
4. G
5. F
6. A

3. a.

readily – willingly

pilot – try out/test

devised – designed/created

core – central

commitments – obligations

adamant – unsusceptible to persuasion

stifle – prevent

morale – confidence and cheerfulness

incentive – encouragement/motivation

backlog – accumulation of things waiting to be done

ploy – trick

ENGLISH IN USE – PAGES 130 – 133

2.

- If Alice hadn’t transferred to another department, she wouldn’t have got a huge pay rise.

- If it weren’t for the current economic crisis, ten workers wouldn’t have been laid off.

3.a.

1. b (type 3 + type 2)

2. c (type 2 + type 3)

3. d (type 2 + type 3)

4. b (type 3 + type 2)

3.b.

2. If he’d followed my advice, the work would have been finished (by now).

3. If he had been arguing with his boss all morning, he wouldn’t look so relaxed.

4. If she had the money, she would have given me the loan.

5. If I wasn’t planning to leave this job anyway, I wouldn’t have been rude to the boss.

4.

2. I wish I’d followed my friend’s advice.

3. I wish I hadn’t lost my lecture notes.

4. I wish my friend wasn’t out of the country, (so I could ask for his help).

5.

1. … I’d go to university instead of going straight into a job.
2. … I would collect modern art.
3. … hadn’t thrown away that winning lottery ticket.
4. I’d go to Tierra del Fuego.
5. … dance.
6. … taken his advice.
7. … stop behaving like a spoilt child.
8. … good at tennis.

7.

2. B

3. C

4. C

5. A

6. B

7. A

8. C

8.

1.       E

2.      C

3.      A

4.      I

5.      F

6.      B

9.

1. tiring/tireless
2. leadership/leading
3. excellent/excellence
4. competition/competitive
5. contractors/contractual

10.

1. termination
2. broadly
3. unfair
4. disability
5. refusal
6. industrial
7. organization
8. chaotic
9. productive
10. ensure
11. poorly
12. discussion
13. indispensable
14. collective
15. alternatives

11.

2. g

3. a

4. b

5. c

6. h

7. e

8. f

12.

1. C
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. D
8. A
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. B
13. A
14. D
15. B

WRITING – PAGES 134 – 138

1. Very formal, you are writing to the Managing Director
2. d (b and c are of less importance)
3. working environment, equipment, recommendations

2.

1. as are
2. such as
3. due to
4. tend to
5. resulting in
6. would mean that
7. with the result that
8. were to be made

9.

1. b
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. b

SELF-ASSESSMENT MODULE 3

1.a.

1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. D
9. C
10. C
11. B
12. D
13. D
14. C
15. C

1.b.

1. arrive
2. it not been
3. wish you’d stop
4. will notice
5. it not for

2.

1. C
2. F
3. G
4. A
5. H
6. E

3.

1. B
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. F
6. A
7. A
8. F
9. A
10. D
11. E
12. D
13. E
14. D
15. F
16. D
17. E

4.

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