Prova 1: Performer B2 Unit 3
1) Vocabulary on jobs and work
Choose the correct alternative to complete the text. Then click on Confirm.
When young people leave University they try to look for a good [ job \ task ] so they apply for a
post which offers a high [ salary \ promotion ] and benefits. They don't mind working [ overtime \
on time ] or extra hours at weekends because this will make them earn more money. They soon
hope to get a [ promotion \ job share ] from the [ human resources \ local resource ] manager in
order to [ make a living \ make a life ] and they prefer working [ nine-to-five \ five-to-nine ] in an
office as full-time [ employees \ employers ] rather than part-time.
2) Summative exercise
Drag and drop the expressions into the corresponding blank spaces. Then click on Confirm. There
are two extra expressions that you do not need to use.
I am expecting / during / prefer working / will be doing / freelance / the interview / will be
earning / gig / overtime / skills / I'll call back / long-term / make a living
If they accept my CV and I am brilliant during __________, I __________ a lot of money in that
position.
Most white-collars __________ nine-to-five rather than doing __________.
__________ an important phone call from the Head Office. If they phone while I am out please tell
them that __________ in the afternoon.
It is very difficult to __________ on a part-time job so I will be upgrading my __________.
In the future we __________ short-term contracts and __________ jobs due to the __________
economy.
3) Word formation: adverbs
Make adverbs from the words given to complete the sentences. Then click on Confirm.
Susan will __________ (immediate) upgrade her CV by adding her new working experience.
Paul accepted __________ (enthusiastic) the rise in salary offered to the most efficient employees
of the company.
Finance and Commercial companies in this area are __________ (systematic) hiring new students
for the winter placement.
If you accept the offer you will get the __________ (possible) to learn how to deal with the office
routine and practical skills.
The students are about to join the new work experience programme and will be working
__________ (efficient) on new scientific projects.
4) Future tenses
Complete the sentences with the correct future form of the verbs in brackets. Then click on
Confirm.
Next month most employees __________ (work) on zero-hours contracts.
By next week the employees __________ (complete) their work.
The new manager __________ (visit) the head department this afternoon.
The IT consultants __________ (repair) the fault in the Computer system by tomorrow morning.
Jane __________ (work) nine-to-five this week so don't expect her to be home before 7.00 p.m.
6) Reading comprehension
Which of the titles suit this passage best? Choose the correct answer. Then click on Confirm.
Focus should be on developing the right skills to adapt to a resource-constrained world as well as to
explore new economic models that move away from a linear system of "take, make, dispose" and
adopt circular approaches that are restorative. It will involve the need for more creative designers,
many more engineers, better skills in project management and highclass communicators.
In essence, skills are for a lifetime, and they prepare an individual to be successful in living a
productive and satisfying life. This is why they must lay the foundations for a successful "new
economy" — resilient to economic, political, cultural, technological, environmental and
demographic shifts and to high growth sectors in technologies.
Economic competitiveness will depend on all people having a broad and rounded knowledge base
that will equip them for future needs. The required reform of our education and training systems
will have to be large scale and dramatic.
So we will need training resources of a size to match our aspirations. Because we anticipate such a
rapid pace of economic change, our education and training systems will need to provide the
workforce with a strong basis of theoretical knowledge so people will be able to react quickly and
expertly to changes in technology.
Adapted from: http://www.theguardian.com
A. □ Reforms of a better education system
B. □ Skills for a new economy
C. □ The knowledge of technology
D. □ The rapid pace of education.
E. □ Workforce and its adaptability
F. □ The drammatic growth of technology
Upgrading lifeskills for a life with
G. □
satisfaction
7) Use of English
Choose the correct alternative to complete the text. Then click on Confirm.
A flexible work-life
In the near future many companies will allow their [ clients \ employees \ employers ] to work
from home or work a four-day week. The world of work [ will change \ has changed \ is changing
] as companies offer more true flexibility. Most employees used to look for a nine-to- five post but
it seems that young people will be taking the matter of [ work-condition \ work-life \ work-load ]
balance into their own hands. They will choose self-[ employment \ reliability \ liability ] as the
most effective means to take control of their life and work. Hopefully in the new world of work,
businesses, [ clients \ workers \ groups ] and employers [ will join \ will investigate \ will operate
] in virtual [ positions \ offices \ teams ] as a commonplace based on trust and respect.
8) Use of English
Read the text and complete the sentences properly modifying the words in brackets. Then click on
Confirm.
What are the skills everyone should possess?
Future __________ (employ) will find themselves in an economy buffeted by global economic
forces and constant __________ (technology) innovation. All employees, will be subject to the
demands of new systems and __________ (technology). Jobs will be created (create) which do not
exist now and __________ (exist) jobs will require new skills, and there will be a need "to combine
new operational skills with communication __________ (team) and decision-making skills will
intensify [and] the __________ (flexible) and resilience to change jobs, apply skills in different
context and go on __________ (learn) will be essential. An __________ (able) to quickly adapt and
pick up new skills, to make the most of new opportunities."
Adapted from: http://www.theguardian.com
9) Listening comprehension
You are going to hear Mary share her secrets of success. Fill in the blanks with the words or
expressions you hear. Then click on Confirm.
Riferimento audio: 1595347037685_$_U3_test_corr2_$_1630810.mp3
Only if you __________ in what you do you may reach success in life.
It is not so important to __________ money as it seems if you want to __________ success.
It is very important to __________ your ideas as far as possible.
Mary decided to __________ the colours she needed herself because she couldn't find the ones she
wanted.
She __________ and __________ her own business which produced nail varnish.
10) Summative exercise
Choose and drag the correct options into the sentences then click on Confirm. There is one extra
option.
After / talks / foreign head office / CVs / will be receiving / Work Experience / have written /
Human Resources / as soon as / teams / scheme / until
The secretary will call you back __________ the manager comes in.
When you __________ the letter, we'll send it to our __________.
__________ the students have finished their __________ programme, they will send their
__________ to the Pharmaceutical company.
We will all work in __________ while we are on the Work Inspiration __________.
They __________ inspirational __________ from the staff as soon as the __________ manager
arrives.
