Intermediate level B1-B2
B1 LEVEL
READING
1) Life coaching - we can help you
These days it seems that there’s always someone there to pick you up, help you out and
give your life a new start. ___________________________ (1) or sort out your wardrobe,
if you already have enough; there’s someone to arrange your dinner parties and someone
else who will look after your agenda, or if life just seems to be too much trouble to do
anything at all, you can find a psychotherapist to help you deal with your problems.
We don’t actually need all these people to look after us. To help us do this is the role of the
life coach – someone who won’t judge us, who won’t tell us what to do and is there to
support us in those nervous life decisions that we all have to make. _________________
___(2) who want to make some change in their life; a life coach encourages you to find the
answers to all life’s problems from within, not from without.
Without coaching, opera singers wouldn’t hit the high notes, Olympic athletes wouldn’t
have big gold medals hanging around their necks and ___________________________(3).
They may have unique talents and abilities but you rarely see any top athletes without a
coach.
In actual fact, life coaches have been around (existed) for a long time. ________________
___________(4). Nowadays coaching is no longer just for the wealthy few, but is
available to anyone. Over 60 per cent of US companies are now using coaching or similar
techniques to develop their management teams.
Coaching is a one-to-one relationship between the client and the coach. _______________
_______(5). Coaches help their clients identify what they want to achieve, whether it’s in
their personal, professional or public life. A coach’s job is enabling their clients to uncover
all their hidden abilities and motivations so that they can take positive actions towards
achieving their goals.
TASK 1. Read the text and put the following sentences in the correct blank. Don’t forget to
write your answers in the grid below.
A.- However, their clients were limited either to the rich and famous or corporations
B.- A life coach is basically a support system for people
C.- Regular sessions are held either face-to-face or over the telephone
D.- You can find someone to choose your clothes for you.
E.- David Beckham woudn’t have been in the position to sign a multi-million pound deal
with Real Madrid.
TASK 2. Decide which of the three definitions is the correct one for these words which
appear in the text. (they are written in italics).Don’t forget to write your answers in the
grid below.
1.- deal
a) solve b) forget c) survive
2.- encourage
a) try to prevent sb. from doing sth. b) force c) help or stimulate sb. to do sth.
3.- hit
a) have a bad effect b) reach c) experience sth. difficult or unpleasant
4.- available
a)(sth.) that you can get, buy or find b) difficult to get, buy or find c) compulsory
5.- achieve
a) make yourself familiar with sth. b) pretend c) succeed in reaching a particular
objective
2) Read the following blog entries, written by people from different countries who give their opinions about the U.K. Match the questions to the entries:
A) JAPAN – British scientists are enthusiastic, almost manic, in particular categories.
But they are doing something that really doesn’t matter.
B) SINGAPORE – They have a group of white trash, you know, skinheads. That group
is very, very racist. But I think the majority is fine. In fact, I know there are some
community leaders that are black.
C) HUNGARY – It’s so fantastic that they are able to laugh at themselves with selfirony.
I think this is exceptional. They write books and make movies that tell a
negative picture about them and they show it.
D) THAILAND – There are bad points such as discrimination but also good points such
as the parliamentary government.
E) SPAIN – Out of the European countries I think the closest to the US is England;
but you can’t separate them from Europe.
F) VIETNAM – UK is a small island but it has a global trading system.
G) RUSSIA – People are very involved in the life of society, politics. They are very
well aware of what is going on.
H) GREECE – I’m thinking about music. It’s not by accident that the most innovative
trends in music come from England.
I) MEXICO – The British are limited. They don’t try new things.
J) KOREA – Underlying the British people’s ideologies is their deeply rooted tradition,
long history, long history of the Royal family and democracy, and the class
structure.
QUESTIONS
1. Which text mentions both injustice and democracy?
2. Which text mentions British originality?
3. Which text refers to Britain’s role in different parts of the world?
4. Which text says the British are capable of self-criticism?
5. Which text accuses some British people of being keen but not doing significant
things?
6. Which text claims that the British know what’s happening around them?
7. Which text refers to Britain’s international business interests?
8. Which text refers to the origins of British people’s beliefs?
9. Which text claims that the British don’t like novelty?
10. Which text speaks of both prejudice and multicultural integration?
LISTENING
1) What are you like?
Listen to Todd and Matt. They are going to talk about some aspects of Matt’s character. Match each topic with the sentence it is related to. Write the letter (a, b, c, or d) on the line next to the topic. You’ll hear the text twice.
Go to:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_4JkUrpf2fijybDaq0hJvJlw7hgFn8zw/view?usp=sharing
2) Facebook generation.
Listen to a radio programme in which four people give their opinion about Facebook and social networks in general. You’ll hear each speaker twice. Match the sentences with the speakers (there are 2 sentences per speaker).
E.g.: Speaker 1 has an Australian Facebook friend.
Go to:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v6e8aaWmKJXIb5zeizUkxUY0GIBeX5tg/view?usp=sharing
3) Ikea.
Listen to a man talk about his experience in an Ikea Shop in Russia. Choose the correct option according to what he says. You will listen to the recording twice.
Go to:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15JGzAKU6HTaEKUkwieZAyLrJYYp_wATD/view?usp=sharing
4) The importance of what we eat.
Go to:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MLKRXYoaZ4AdCM0HJMY9ad-BUnscgqmE/view?usp=sharing
WRITING
WRITING 1
Write about a teacher you hated. You must include: (about 200 words)
WRITING 2
Write a complaint letter to the manager of the shop where you bought a device for
your home. After a month it began to fail. Do not forget to include all the necessary
details about your purchase, as well as to keep the format of a formal letter. (about
100 words)
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MEDIATION
Mediation 1
Mediation 2
B2 LEVEL
READING
1) Read the following text and answer questions 1-5 (maximum 10 words) without reproducing the exact words from the passage that refers to the question.
1- According
to the ANU, what was the traditional view of Nature in Western society?
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2- What was
the key idea behind “Anthropocentrism”?
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3- What did
the opposition between reason and nature bring about?
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4- How was
Val Plumwood able to understand the role of nature in life?
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5- Why did
the writer of the obituary particularly admire her integrity?
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2) Read the following text. For items 1 to 5 choose the option (a, b or c) which fits best according to the text.
3) Read the
following text and choose the sentence which best fits each gap from the list
supplied. Then write the corresponding letter in the appropriate white box. Three of these sentences are not to be used.
LISTENING
1) Listen to
the following extracts (1-5) and match them to the corresponding statements
(A-H). Then write the letter in the corresponding white box. There are three
statements you do not need. You now have 30 seconds to read the statements.
Go to:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17F68ZYebK3vMofr8uocYa1OEZ6UxIhnf/view?usp=sharing
2) Listen to
the following passage and complete the sentences by choosing the best option
(a, b or c). You now have two minutes to read the questions.
Go to:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Om3DbjoTpYecK2TSp3_RsEOeQRrbdjsa/view?usp=sharing
3) Listen to
the following passage and fill in the gaps below with a suitable word or
expression. You now have 1 minute to read the task sheet.
Go to:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UKt1ENOsLZCPpFVN5VsK8zfE9_BgLKpC/view?usp=sharing
WRTING
1) Task 1.
Write a letter between 200 and 250 words according to the instructions below.
2) Task 2. Write a letter of between 200 and 250 words according to the instructions below.
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