READING: WORK-LIFE BALANCE

Preparation task TOTAL SCORE= 8/10

1.  a regular journey between work and home – a commute
2. to be allowed to decide what to do by yourself – to be left to your own devices
3. to record the time you begin work – to clock in
4. a period of time a woman takes off work due to the birth of a child – maternity leave
5. calculated according to how many hours you work – paid on a pro-data basis
6. to make someone very tired – to wear someone out
7. to give or allow something in order to end an argument or conflict – to make a concession
8. talk that is informal and irrelevant to work – idle chit-chat
9. a person who sells their services or work by the hour or day – a freelancer 
10. to share ideas with someone in order to get feedback on them – to bounce ideas off someone

Task 1 TOTAL SCORE= 4/6

1.c

2.d

3.d

4.c

5.d

6.a

Task 2 TOTAL SCORE= 5/6

1.True

2.False

3.False

4.True

5.True

6.False

LISTENING: FILM REVIEW

Preparation task TOTAL SCORE= 8/8

Task 1

1. the second, third, fourth, etc. of a film or book - sequel
2. a person in a story - a character
3. the story - the plot
4. to locate a film or book in a place - to set
5. a large picture to advertise a film - a poster
6. to choose actors - to cast
7. the speed of the events of a story - pace
8. computer graphics or other ways of making amazing scenes for films and television - special effects

EXERCISE 2 TOTAL SCORE 5/8

the first film

1. The reviewer hated it.
2. is the second in the story
3. has unrealistic characters
4. was what the reviewer expected

the second film

1. The reviewer felt sympathetic towards the characters.
2. was better than the reviewer expected
3. made the reviewer feel like a child again
4. is a story a lot of people already know

EXERCISE 3 TOTAL SCORE 5/6

1. T
2. F
3. F
4. F
5. T
6. F