Answer Key:

Test 2
4 Turn down the TV, please. OR
Please turn down the TV. /
Turn the TV down, please. OR
Please turn the TV down.

Test 2: Units 46

1 was cooking / started

2 arrived / were getting

5 Lets turn it up.

3 was snowing / woke up

6 I cant pick them up.

4 was driving / saw

(2 points for each sentence)

5 decided / was shining

5a

(1 point for each blank)

1 for

2 ago

3 since

4 for

(1 point each)

1 This painting is more colorful than

that painting.

5b

2 Paolo is not as outgoing as his brother.

3 The red car is less expensive than the
blue car.
4 Kates painting is as interesting as
Joshs painting. OR
Joshs painting is as interesting as
Kates painting.

3 moved

4 has worked

5 has lived

6 met

7 stopped

8 has become

1 Are you interested in learning about

famous people?
2 Making friends is not (isnt) easy for
some people.

(2 points each)

1 Ang is a professional musician who

comes from China.

3 She is (s) good at understanding

peoples problems.

2 He plays a piano which is 50 years old.

4 Does studying music help children (to)

learn other subjects?

3 He writes music which is very unusual.

5 My grandmother doesnt worry about

getting old.

4 He often plays with friends who are

also musicians.

6 Eating too much sugar is not (isnt)

good for you.

5 Ang and his wife live in a big house

which has a beautiful garden.

(2 points each)

(1 point each)

2 have been

(1 point each)

5 Patrick is taller than Ed.

1 met

7a

1 Would you throw it away, please? OR

Would you please throw it away?

1 about

2 on

3 in

4 to

5 with

2 I forgot to turn on the oven. /

I forgot to turn the oven on.

(1 point each)

3 Ill take it out.

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Answer Key Test 2: Units 46

7b

1 button

2 right-handed

3 wooden

4 Come on

5 Cotton

6 brand-new

7 absent-minded

8 dial

Interviewee: Hmmlet me see. Yes, I think

I do.
Interviewer: Oh, good! Can you tell me
what it is?

2 male

Interviewee: Well, actually, its a little bit

hard to describe. Its something
my grandfather gave me when I
was a boy, and its for
organizing writing supplies
you know, paper, pens,
envelopes, stamps

3 doctor

Interviewer: So its like a small writing desk?

4 writing desk

Interviewee: Yes, you could call it that. But

its very small. Its not much
bigger than a notebook.

9 gold

10 going on

(1 point each)

1 54 (fifty-four)

5 44 (forty-four)
6 wood

Interviewer: InterestingHow long have

you had it?

7 grandfather

Interviewee: Oh, since I was ten years old,

so thats forty-four years.

8 Grandfather
9 lost

Interviewer: What is it made of?

10 careful

Interviewee: Its made of a very beautiful

wood that came from a tree in
my grandfathers yard.

(2 points each)

Audioscript

Interviewer: Really? Did your grandfather

make it for you?

Interviewer: Excuse me, sir. Im doing some

research into what special
objects mean to people. Could
you answer a few questions?

Interviewee: Yesyes, he did. Thats partly

why its so special to me.
Interviewer: Is there another reason why
its special?

Interviewee: Well, I guess so, but I dont

have a lot of time. I have to get
back to my office pretty soon.

Interviewee: Well, yes. You see, for a long

time I thought it was lost.
While I was in college, I left a
lot of things at my parents
house, and when I came back
to get them, I couldnt find it.
Then, about five years later, I
found it at my aunts house.

Interviewer: It wont take very long. Its just

a short questionnaire.
Interviewee: OK. Go ahead.
Interviewer: First of all, how old are you?
Interviewee: Im fifty-four.

Interviewer: That was lucky!

Interviewer: OK. And of course youre male....

What is your occupation?

Interviewee: It sure was. Ive been very

careful with it ever since then.

Interviewee: Im a doctor.
Interviewer: And do you have a favorite
objectsomething that is very
special to you?
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