Unit 1 Test flights, and arrange the journey. I _______________ (12) a detailed timetable for each day. Then when we _______________ (13) there I _______________ (14) the students out each day to Name ________________________________ 1 different places and _______________ (15) them. It’s very tiring but I _______________ (16) it. For many Circle the correct letter. of the students it is their first visit to the cities, and EXAMPLE Look! The car in front _____ . a has stopped c have stopped b stopped d is stopped 1 3 4 5 year I _________ not _________ (18) because I have to finish a book by April. A _____ been parachuting? a Are you ever c Have you ever b Do you ever d You B Yes, _____ . a I go. b I been. 2 they _______________ (17) usually very excited. This c d Apart from that yearly trip I also ________ _______ (19) going on my holidays. For the past twelve years I _______________ (20) on holidays all I do. I have. over the world with a group of friends. We _______________ (21) travelling to see new places I _____ in Birmingham since 1999. a live c am living b have lived d has lived with interesting art and architecture. We _______________ (22) to Egypt twice, and the Middle I _____ time in the last few days to read the report. a haven’t had c I’m not having b don’t have d have East several times. We _______________ (23) to India three times. This year we _______________ (24) to go to Turkey. I _________ never _________ (25) there. I How long _____ your best friend? a know you c have you known b are you knowing d do you know _______________ (26) lots of guide books, and I I _____ five times in my life. a ’ve been abroad c am going b go abroad d ’m been abroad my friends with my suggestions and they e-mail me _______________ (27) all about the region. I e-mail back with their ideas. In this way we ________ _______ (28) slowly how best to organize the trip. 10 2 I also manage to go on holiday in the winter. I _______________ (29) Christmas with my family, but Complete the text using the present simple, present continuous, or present perfect. Use some verbs more than once. over New Year I often _______________ (30) to Spain or the United States to see friends. spend go love plan read book decide take organize teach be write work buy My name’s Michael and I ‘m an art historian. I 30 3 Put the words in the correct order. _______________ (2) there for eight years now. I EXAMPLE Sundays/until/bed/10.00/I/on/often/in/stay I often stay in bed until 10.00 on Sundays. _______________ (3) general art history to the 1 _______________ (1) at Bristol University. I ____________________________________________ undergraduate students, but I am a specialist in English Tudor architecture. I also 2 3 4 Rome, Venice or Florence. I _______________ (9) everything. I _______________ (10) the hotels, winter/the/in/snows/mountains/always/it/in/the ____________________________________________ (7) my first-year students to a city in Italy to study the Renaissance. We either _______________ (8) to on/out/they/go/night/never/Saturday ____________________________________________ the moment I _______________ (6) a book about York. Every year, in the spring, I _______________ to/goes/ever/cinema/Jane/hardly/the ____________________________________________ _______________ (4) books about my special area. I _______________ (5) five books and many articles. At buy/usually/newspaper/you/do/a/? 5 in/abroad/go/you/often/do/the/summer/? ____________________________________________ 10 museums and galleries. I _______________ (11) the 1 Unit 1 LIFELINES © Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE 4 Complete the dialogues using these expressions. 5 Read the text and put the events in the correct order. Sandra _________________________ (5) It’s a bit wet, but it’s a great city. There’s a lot to do there. You know, theatres, cinemas, clubs. The story of Richard’s day shows the stress of modern life, but Richard could do a lot to help himself. He’s got an appointment at 2.50 with an important new customer called Mr Patel. He has worked hard and doesn’t want to lose the contract with Mr Patel. In the morning Richard is getting ready to go to see him. He is having a busy day so far. He has been to two meetings and made several telephone calls. He is in a hurry, because he does not want to be late and he only has half an hour to get there. Then, just as he is leaving the office, the Managing Director calls asking him if he has read a Sales report. She doesn’t know that Richard’s got an important appointment, so she probably thinks that it’s a convenient time to talk. Richard actually hasn’t read the report and he explains to his boss that he has been very busy. Richard doesn’t start the journey until 2.30 pm. Then while he’s driving to his appointment, he becomes more and more stressed. There is a lot of traffic and the phone rings. He’s late and Mr Patel is already waiting. He stops concentrating on his driving. Then an accident happens because Richard is worrying about Mr Patel. He drives into the back of the driver in front. He misses the appointment with Mr Patel. The next day Mr Patel cancels the contract. Richard blames the Managing Director because he’s late. But it isn’t the Managing Director’s fault. Richard’s stress comes from the fact that he doesn’t give himself enough time for the journey. Colin _________________________ (6) I’ve never thought of Manchester like that. What are you studying? Sandra I’m doing an MA in management. _____ Richard stops concentrating on the road. Colin _____ He becomes more and more stressed. That must be a bit of a drag. Oh, right. Really? That sounds very technical. Well, yes. Yes, it’s all right. Yes, I bet. Yes, I suppose so. Oh, really? Where? That sounds interesting. What’s it like? Mmm that sounds lovely. Sandra Where do you work, Colin? Around here? Colin No. I work for an insurance company in London. Sandra Oh, yes. What do you do? Colin I’m a computer programmer. Sandra Really? That sounds very technical. Do you enjoy it? Colin _________________________ (1) It isn’t the most interesting job in the world, I suppose, but it’s quite well paid, so … Sandra Well, that’s important. Colin _________________________ (2) Anyway, what about you? What do you do? Sandra Oh, I’m a student. Colin _________________________ (3) Sandra At Manchester University. Colin Manchester, eh? I’ve never been there. _________________________ (4) It rains all the time, doesn’t it? _________________________ (7) Are you enjoying it? Sandra Yes, it’s great, but it’s hard work. We have a lot to read. Colin _________________________ (8) Are you living on the university campus? Sandra No. I’m sharing a flat in the city. I really like living in the city centre. Do you live in London then? Colin No, I live in Oxford. I find London a bit too crowded these days. I’ve lived in Oxford for about two years now, I suppose. Sandra Do you actually live in Oxford itself? Colin No, in a village about ten miles outside. I’ve got a cottage down by the river. Sandra _________________________ (9) So, do you commute every day? Colin Yes, I go by train. _____ Mr Patel cancels the contract. _____ Richard starts his journey. _____ Richard has an accident. _____ Richard has two meetings and several telephone calls. _____ The Managing Director calls. 1 Richard works hard to get a new customer called Mr Patel. _____ He gets ready to see the customer. _____ Richard says that he hasn’t read the Sales Report. _____ The phone rings on the journey. 20 Total 100 Sandra _________________________ (10) Colin Well, no not really. It only takes about an hour and a half, and I read on the train, so it’s not too bad. 30 LIFELINES © Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE Unit 1 2 ... really It only takes about an hour and a half, and I read on the train, so it’s not too bad 30 LIFELINES © Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE Unit