Pathways Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking, 2e Level 3: Unit Test

Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________

UNIT 5: MAKING A LIVING, MAKING A DIFFERENCE

VOCABULARY: Lesson A
Read the text. Notice the bold words. Then choose the correct answer for each bold word.

Many people dream of owning their own business. The conventional image of a business owner is
somebody whose aim is to generate as much money as possible and as quickly as possible. There are certainly
some entrepreneurs who fit this description and for whom profits are everything. However, as is true of almost
everything that humans do, the reality is that a diverse range of people dream of running a business. Some have
this dream because they want to find a way to cooperate with local people in order to improve their lives or, more
ambitiously, because they want to change the world.

1. The word conventional is closest in meaning to ____.

a. adequate
b. definite
c. relevant
d. traditional

2. The word generate is closest in meaning to ____.

a. care
b. help
c. make
d. show

3. The word entrepreneurs is closest in meaning to ____.

a. people who learn information
b. people who manage others
c. people who spend money
d. people who start a business

4. The word profits is closest in meaning to ____.

a. help a person provides
b. ideas a person imagines
c. money a business makes
d. products a business sells

5. The word diverse is closest in meaning to ____.

a. vacant
b. valuable
c. varied
d. visual

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6. The word cooperate is closest in meaning to ____.

a. get together
b. put together
c. stick together
d. work together

VOCABULARY: Lesson B
Choose the best definition for the bold word.

7. As a company, our goal is to make our products accessible to everyone. This means we need to make sure they are
affordable and widely available.
a. easy for people to get and use
b. good for people to give to others
c. safe for all kinds of people to use

8. Today’s staff training session will focus on some of the key concepts you all need to understand in order to
interact with customers as effectively as possible.
a. fun activities
b. general ideas
c. useful objects

9. My sister started her own business last year, and it’s doing really well. She chose not to set it up as a corporation,
though, to avoid paying a lot of fees to a lawyer.
a. a company that does business overseas
b. a company that has many employees
c. a company with special legal status

10. If any client is uncertain how to use our products, make sure you offer to demonstrate the best ways to use them.
If possible, do the demonstration at the client’s office.
a. ask or answer questions about something
b. lend or borrow something from someone
c. tell and show how to do or use something

11. After the disaster last year, many people gave money to charities, but there has been no disaster this year, and it
seems that fewer people are willing to donate.
a. give money (or items) to help others
b. share information with other people
c. take the time to do something useful

12. Everyone in the company had hoped the plan would be a success, of course, but the actual outcome was far better
than anyone had predicted.
a. final result
b. first action
c. full decision

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Name: ________________________

LISTENING FOR MAIN IDEAS

Listen to the conversation and take notes on a piece of paper. Then choose the correct answer.
(U5 Track 1)

13. What do Andy and Michael mainly discuss?

a. A type of ethical investing
b. Good and bad investments
c. How to profit from investing

14. How does Michael know about this topic?

a. From a work colleague
b. From personal experience
c. From reading an article

15. What do Michael and Andy both feel about the topic?
a. It is a good idea but only for wealthy people.
b. It is interesting and they would like to do it.
c. It is something they do not understand well.

LISTENING FOR DETAILS

Listen to part of the conversation again. Match each country to the statement that describes it.
(U5 Track 2)

a. An organization in this country invests in a project to help farmers.

b. The government of this country includes impact investments in its investment funds.
c. Farmers in this country can earn more and can better care for their families due to
effective impact investments.
d. A project that provides cheaper access to mobile phones helps people in this country.
16. Canada ____
17. Mexico ____
18. Norway ____
19. Zambia ____

LISTENING SKILL: Listening for Similarities and Contrasts

Listen to the excerpt from the conversation. Write S if you hear the speaker express a similarity, or a C if
you hear the speaker express a contrast.

20. ____ (U5 Track 3)

21. ____ (U5 Track 4)

22. ____ (U5 Track 5)

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PRONUNCIATION: Pronouncing Large Numbers

Listen to the sentence and choose the correct answer.

23. Which answer matches the pauses you hear? Each pause is marked with //. (U5 Track 6)
a. thirty-seven thousand // four hundred and seventy-three
b. thirty-seven thousand // four hundred // and seventy-three
c. thirty-seven thousand // four hundred and // seventy-three

24. Which answer matches the pauses you hear? Each pause is marked with //. (U5 Track 7)
a. seven hundred // forty-one thousand // nine hundred
b. seven hundred // forty-one thousand nine hundred
c. seven hundred forty-one thousand // nine hundred

25. Which answer matches the pauses you hear? Each pause is marked with //. (U5 Track 8)
a. four million // five hundred thousand
b. four million // five hundred // thousand
c. four million five hundred thousand

26. Which answer matches the pauses you hear? Each pause is marked with //. (U5 Track 9)
a. six million two hundred // twenty-five thousand // five hundred
b. six million // two hundred twenty-five thousand // five hundred
c. six million two hundred twenty-five thousand // five hundred

GRAMMAR FOR SPEAKING: Indirect Questions

Choose the two ways that each question can be changed into an indirect question or statement.

27. Where were you born?

a. Could you explain where were you born?
b. Do you mind telling me where you were born?
c. I’d like to know where you were born.

28. Why are you moving to a new house?

a. Can you tell me why you’re moving to a new house?
b. I’d like to know why are you moving to a new house.
c. I’m wondering why you are moving to a new house.

29. How did you meet your friend Jim?

a. Could you tell me how you met your friend Jim?
b. Do you know how you did meet your friend Jim?
c. I was wondering how you met your friend Jim.

30. Is the food good at Moshi Moshi Sushi?

a. Do you know whether the food is good at Moshi Moshi Sushi?
b. Have you heard if the food is good at Moshi Moshi Sushi?
c. I’d really like to know if the food good at Moshi Moshi Sushi.

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Name: ________________________

SPEAKING SKILL: Using Numbers and Statistics

Match each number to the statistic that has the same or almost the same meaning. Four of the numbers do
not match any of the statistics.

a. 392
b. 423
c. 3,227
d. 3,190
e. 11,720
f. 12,344
g. 3,050,723
h. 3.5 million
31. There are just under 12,000 students attending this university. ____
32. Approximately three million students graduate from college every year. ____
33. My tuition will cost over thirty-two hundred dollars next semester. ____
34. Almost 400 people attended yesterday’s open-air lecture on campus. ____

SPEAKING TASK
Read the question. Spend 15 seconds thinking about how to respond. Then speak for 45 seconds.

35. Some people want to work for a large organization. Other people would rather work for a small business. Which
kind of organization would you prefer to work for? Support your opinion with detailed reasons and examples.

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Answer Section

1. ANS: D

PTS: 2 REF: Lesson A TOP: Vocabulary MSC: AWL | TOEFL

2. ANS: C

PTS: 2 REF: Lesson A TOP: Vocabulary MSC: AWL | TOEFL

3. ANS: D

PTS: 2 REF: Lesson A TOP: Vocabulary MSC: TOEFL

4. ANS: C

PTS: 2 REF: Lesson A TOP: Vocabulary MSC: TOEFL

5. ANS: C

PTS: 2 REF: Lesson A TOP: Vocabulary MSC: AWL | TOEFL

6. ANS: D

PTS: 2 REF: Lesson A TOP: Vocabulary MSC: AWL | TOEFL

7. ANS: A PTS: 2 REF: Lesson B TOP: Vocabulary
MSC: AWL
8. ANS: B PTS: 2 REF: Lesson B TOP: Vocabulary
MSC: AWL
9. ANS: C PTS: 2 REF: Lesson B TOP: Vocabulary
MSC: AWL
10. ANS: C PTS: 2 REF: Lesson B TOP: Vocabulary
MSC: AWL
11. ANS: A PTS: 2 REF: Lesson B TOP: Vocabulary
12. ANS: A PTS: 2 REF: Lesson B TOP: Vocabulary
MSC: AWL
13. ANS: A PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A | Lesson B
TOP: Listening for Main Ideas
14. ANS: C PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A | Lesson B
TOP: Listening for Main Ideas
15. ANS: B PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A | Lesson B
TOP: Listening for Main Ideas
16. ANS: A PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A | Lesson B
TOP: Listening for Details
17. ANS: D PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A | Lesson B
TOP: Listening for Details
18. ANS: B PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A | Lesson B
TOP: Listening for Details

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19. ANS: C PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A | Lesson B

TOP: Listening for Details
20. ANS:
S
s

PTS: 3 REF: Lesson B TOP: Listening Skill

21. ANS:
C
c

PTS: 3 REF: Lesson B TOP: Listening Skill

22. ANS:
C
c

PTS: 3 REF: Lesson B TOP: Listening Skill

23. ANS: B PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A TOP: Pronunciation
24. ANS: C PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A TOP: Pronunciation
25. ANS: A PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A TOP: Pronunciation
26. ANS: B PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A TOP: Pronunciation
27. ANS: B, C PTS: 3 REF: Lesson B TOP: Grammar for Speaking
28. ANS: A, C PTS: 3 REF: Lesson B TOP: Grammar for Speaking
29. ANS: A, C PTS: 3 REF: Lesson B TOP: Grammar for Speaking
30. ANS: A, B PTS: 3 REF: Lesson B TOP: Grammar for Speaking
31. ANS: E PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A TOP: Speaking Skill
32. ANS: G PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A TOP: Speaking Skill
33. ANS: C PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A TOP: Speaking Skill
34. ANS: A PTS: 3 REF: Lesson A TOP: Speaking Skill
35. ANS:
Answers will vary.

PTS: 10 REF: Lesson A | Lesson B TOP: Speaking Task: Free Speaking

MSC: TOEFL

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