New Market Leader Quick Placement Key

Intermediate to Advanced

Place the student according to the following scores: Intermediate level = 1–14 Upper Intermediate level = 15–29 Advanced level = 30–44

1 a)2 d)3 b)4 c)5 b)6 c)7 a)8 d)9 b)

10 c)11 b)12 d)13 a)14 a)15 b)16 d)17 c)18 c)

19 a)20 d)21 a)22 c)23 b)24 c)25 a)26 d)27 b)

28 c)29 c)30 d)31 b)32 c)33 b)34 d)35 a)36 c)

37 a)38 a)39 b)40 d)41 c)42 d)43 b)44 d)45 c)

Entry Test Answer Key

Listening (5 marks)Track 4 See page 38 for audio script1 Sally Bourdillon

2 product launch

3 November 21st

4 3 o’clock

5 0797 956113

Skills (13 marks)6 d / 7 c / 8 e / 9 b / 10 a / 11 e / 12 f / 13 a / 14 b / 15 d / 16 h / 17 I / 18 gVocabulary (14 marks)19 d / 20 i / 21 b / 22 c / 23 h / 24 f / 25 j / 26 k / 27 a / 28 organisation / 29 product / 30

meeting / 31 training / 32 customers

Reading (10 marks)33 b / 34 d / 35 c / 36 e / 37 a / 38 true / 39 false / 40 false / 41 false / 42 true

Language (13 marks)43 sent / 44 have been / 45 returned / 46 didn’t start / 47 almost missed / 48 never

spends / 49 is travelling / 50 are developing / 51 usually leaves / 52 b / 53 a / 54 c / 55 a

Writing (20 marks in total; 10 marks each)See page iv for Model answersSee page 42 for the Examiner’s GuidelinesSpeaking (10 marks)

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See pages 41 – 42 for the Examiner’s GuidelinesTotal marks: 85

Progress Test 1 Answer KeyTrack 5Listening (5 marks)See page 38 for audio script1 e / 2 f / 3 c / 4 d / 5 aLanguage (15 marks)6 Are you working / 7 finishes / 8 has already invested / 9 meets / 10 are not developing / 11 Do you usually buy / 12 produces / 13 am seeing / 14 I’ll give / 15 departs / 16 I’m going / 17 Are you attending / 18 will be / 19 ’re staying /are staying / 20 I’m going to leave / I’m leavingReading (8 marks)21 false / 22 false / 23 true / 24 false / 25 false / 26 true / 27 true / 28 trueSkills (22 marks)29 b / 30 g / 31 e / 32 a / 33 c / 34 i / 35 h / 36 f / 37 d / 38 j 39 I’d like to speak to Bob Baker, please. / 40 ✓ / 41 something’s come up. / 42 How about Thursday? / 43 ✓ / 44 That’s OK with me / 45 ✓ 46 d / 47 b / 48 c / 49 e / 50 aVocabulary (15 marks)51 a / 52 b / 53 a / 54 a / 55 c / 56 b / 57 a / 58 b / 59 a / 60 a / 61 a / 62 a / 63 b / 64 c / 65 bWriting (20 marks in total; 10 marks each)See page iv for Model answersSee page 42 for Examiner’s GuidelinesTotal marks: 85

Progress Test 2 Answer KeyTrack 6Listening 1 and 2 (10 marks)See page 38 for audio script1 11.25% / 2 £1.21m / 3 £7.31m / 4 £3.5m / 5 £14.6m6 b / 7 d / 8 e / 9 a / 10 cLanguage (10 marks)11 shouldn’t / 12 must / 13 don’t have to / 14 should / 15 has to / 16 to / 17 by / 18 of / 19 in / 20 / atReading (10 marks)21 iii / 22 v / 23 ii / 24 iv / 25 i / 26 d / 27 b / 28 e / 29 c / 30 a

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Skills (16 marks)31 f / 32 a / 33 d / 34 c / 35 e / 36 b / 37 b / 38 d / 39 g / 40 h / 41 e / 42 a / 43 i / 44 j / 45 c / 46 fVocabulary (24 marks)47 b / 48 c / 49 d / 50 b / 51 c / 52 d / 53 b / 54 b / 55 advertising / 56 competitors’ / 57 inspiring / 58 promoting /59 humorous / 60 endorsement / 61 exhibition / 62 expansion / 63 watering / 64 publicity / 65 statement / 66 venture capital 67 bankruptcy / 68 rating / 69 recession / 70 refundWriting (20 marks in total; 10 marks each)See page iv for Model answersSee page 42 for Examiner’s GuidelinesTotal Marks: 96

Progress Test 3 Answer KeyTrack 7Listening (10 marks)See page 39 for audio script1 formal complaint / 2 office manager / 3 bribe / 4 fraud / 5 internal investigation / 6 false / 7 true / 8 true / 9 true / 10 falseReading (10 marks)11 b / 12 d / 13 a / 14 c / 15 e / 16 c / 17 d / 18 a / 19 b / 20 eLanguage (25 marks)21 to lower / 22 dealing / 23 refuse to / 24 ✓/ 25 ✓/ 26 If I knew / 27 ✓ / 28 I might buy / 29 to outsource / 30 I lent / 31 published / 32 praised / 33 has won / 34 employs / 35 announced / 36 was planning / 37 said / 38 hadn’t been / 39 mentioned / 40 took place / 41 has come / 42 hadn’t got / 43 always tried / 44 could / 45 showsSkills (7 marks)46 b / 47 f / 48 a / 49 d / 50 e / 51 c / 52 gVocabulary (18 marks)53 c / 54 b / 55 a / 56 a / 57 b / 58 a / 59 a / 60 b / 61 negotiation / 62 complaints / 63 regulations / 64 investment / 65 globalisation / 66 compensation / 67 solution / 68 competition / 69 choice / 70 threatWriting (20 marks in total; 10 marks each)See page iv for Model answersSee page 42 for Examiner’s GuidelinesTotal marks: 90

Intermediate Progress Test 4 Answer KeyTrack 8Listening (5 marks)See page 39 for audio script

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1 b / 2 a / 3 b / 4 a / 5 cReading (10 marks)6 true / 7 false / 8 true / 9 false / 10 false / 11 b / 12 d / 13 c / 14 a / 15 eLanguage (19 marks)16 made / 17 was sold / 18 were also found / 19 was even discovered / 20 started / 21 was / 22 began / 23 outgrew / 24 found / 25 turned / 26 became / 27 which / 28 who / that / 29 that / which / 30 which / 31 that/which / 32 that/which / 33 Whose / 34 whoSkills (7 marks)35 welcome / 36 divide / 37 give / 38 talk / speak / 39 hesitate / 40 start / begin / 41 turn / drawVocabulary (19 marks)42 horse / 43 goalposts / 44 presence / 45 expectations / 46 field / 47 computer / 48 lead49 passionate / 50 setbacks / 51 drawing board / 52 groundbreaking / 53 beneficial / 54 indecisive / 55 adventurous / 56 thoughtless / 57 demotivating / 58 formal / 59 energetic / 60 opportunistic Writing (20 marks in total; 10 marks each)See page iv for model answersSee page 42 for Examiner’s GuidelinesTotal marks: 80

Exit Test Answer KeyTrack 9

Listening (10 marks)See page 39 for audio script1 g / 2 d / 3 b / 4 e / 5 f6 c / 7 b / 8 b / 9 c / 10 bReading (10 marks)11 b / 12 d / 13 a / 14 e / 15 c16 b / 17 b / 18 b / 19 b / 20 aSkills (10 marks)21 b / 22 a / 23 c / 24 g / 25 d26 e / 27 j / 28 i / 29 f / 30 hVocabulary (20 marks)31 c / 32 c / 33 a / 34 d / 35 a / 36 b / 37 c / 38 c / 39 c / 40 a41 d / 42 b / 43 d / 44 c / 45 b / 46 a / 47 c / 48 a / 49 a / 50 bLanguage (20 marks)51 said / 52 is going to create / 53 has announced / 54 plans / 55 will result / 56 will be completed / 57 will help / 58 will also provide / 59 has seen / 60 could reach61 has planned / 62 were also planned / 63 these / 64 ✓ / 65 it / 66 by / 67 be / 68 does / 69 ✓ / 70 outWriting (20 marks in total; 10 marks each)See page iv for model answers

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See page 42 for the Examiner GuidelinesSpeaking (10 marks)See pages 41 – 42 for Examiner’s GuidelinesTotal Marks: 100

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