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PART ONE LISTENING (15p.)
Question 1 (5p.)
Listen to one radio item and complete the gaps in the summary below with ONE WORD only Write your answers in the space provided Be careful as you can listen only ONCE
Violent video (1) ……… could be responsible for a rise in violence by children in society, but not enough (2) ……….has been done to prove it Although a disturbed child may (3) ………violently after playing a (4) ……… computer game, it is possible that he or she will react similarly after a less violent stimulus There is a great amount of violence on TV and in computer games because violence (5) ……… well Young (6)
……….; however, play less violent games than young males, but this may be because of the way in which (7) ……… companies package their products Computer games are (8) ……… ; unlike TV, playing games is not a passive activity Perhaps children can relieve their (9) ……… harmlessly in this way Or maybe such games reward violence instead of punish it If you agree, telephone (10) ………
Question 2 (5p.)
Listen to the talk and fill in the missing information in the notes below WRITE NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer Write your answers in the space provided Be careful as you can listen only ONCE
Plan for the trip to Belfast
Morning Visit an art gallery, Belfast
Cathedral and (1)
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Visit Ulster Museum and see (2)
……… of human history and the 16th century Spanish (3)……… treasure Afternoon Visit the zoo Visit the Botanic Gardens and see (4)
……… And visit the Palm House
Evening Go to a concert at Uster Hall Free time, you can go to some local pubs
to enjoy friendly atmosphere and some (5)………
Question 3 (5p.)
Listen to a man on VOA Special English Program introducing Forest Service in America and choose the correct letter A, B or C Write your answers in the space provided.
1 All of these are under the supervision of Forest Service, EXCEPT …
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A They burn down more than 3 hectares of land every year
B They are one of the threats to wild lands in America
C They are an unnatural part of forest growth
D They threaten everybody’s life
3 According to the recording, fuel
A comes from dead and tiny plants
B grows under tall trees
C can’t be removed when there is a fire
D is always cleared by hand
4 All are true about invasive species, EXCEPT …
A they are non native plants and animals
B they damage the economy
C they all come from Asia
D they grow at the loss of native plants and animals
5 The loss of open space …
A is needed by many animals
B is controlled by hundreds of experts from Forest Service
C makes it easier for houses near wild lands to catch fire
D can bring about wild lands for the animals
Your answers:
PART TWO GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY (35p.)
Question 1 Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence Write your answers (A, B, C, or D) in the space provided under this part (10p.)
1 The Government's present policy is seen as a _ to local democracy
2 Sport provides an _for teenager’s feeling of aggression or frustration
3 My throat infection left me very and made talking difficult
4 At that time our only hope of success in recruiting extra help
5 The fumes were so thick that she was _ for breath
6 Before the group of doctors would give their opinion they wanted to with each other
7 He clearly had no of doing any work, although it was only a week till the exam
8 An application to join this scheme places you under no obligation
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10 As he made no _ to our quarrel, I assumed he had forgiven me
11 Certain kinds of plants can grow only in _ soil
12 My father takes a(n) _ view of my borrowing so much money from a person like
John
13 As the twenty-first century _, it seems that more and more people are leading
increasingly hectic and stressful lives
14 When I finish writing this composition, I’m going to _ and go to bed
A make time B hit the hay C hit the big time D call it a day
15 _, Americans eat a light breakfast They usually don’t eat a lot of food in the morning
A By and large B Fair and square C Ins and outs D Odds and ends
16 The woodcutter had to grope his way in the thick smoke because _ was poor
17 When his parents are away, his oldest brother _
A knocks it off
B calls the shots C draws the lineD is in the same boat
18 His emotional problems _ from the attitudes he encountered as a child
19 My jeans _ in the wash and they’re too small for me now
20 When it comes to health care, illegible script can be dangerous, if not _
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Question 2 There are TEN mistakes in this paragraph Write them down & give the correction Write your answers in the space provided (5p.)
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In an age which technology is developed faster than ever before, many people
are being attracted by the idea of looking back into the past One way they can make this is by investigating their own family history They can try to find out more about what their families came from and what they did This is now a fast-growing hobby, especially in countries with a fairly short history, alike Australia and the United States
It is one thing to spend some time going through a book on family history and
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to take the decision to investigate your own family’s past It is quite another to carry out the research work successfully It is easy to set about it in a disorganizing way and cause yourself many problems that could have avoided with a little forward planning
If your own family stories say you that you are connected with a famous character, whether hero or criminal, not to let this idea take over your research Just treat it as an interesting possibility A simple system for collecting and storing your information will be adequate to start with; a more complex one may only get
in your way The most important thing, though, is to get starting Who knows what you might find?
Your answers
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Question 3 Complete each of the following sentences with the correct form of one verb from the box and a suitable particle Write your answers in the space provided (5p.)
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1 My best friend last night because I was sick
2 John can’t remember a thing after falling He just _
3 That girl is always excuses for everything she does!
4 We’ll meet next Saturday at 7 p.m., unless something
5 The manager told the applicant to think carefully about the offer; but he decided to it
6 You can trust me! I won’t _you _
7 Stop boasting and Be more modest, will you?
8 Mary is jealous of Susie She is always _ her
9 The car engine has stopped I don’t know why it has
10 Where’s my rubber? I don’t know! But I saw it _somewhere
Your answers
Question 4 Use the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered space Write your answers in the space provided (5 p.)
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2 The competition welcomes _ from any parts of the world (COME)
3 I was surprised at his _ to work late at night (PREPARE)
4 The village residents remained _ with terror, when the earth shook (SPEAKER)
5 Heavy rain and excessive use have soil _ (POVERTY)
6 I don’t care if you had had too much to drink Your behavior last night was _
(DEFEND)
7 Workers have voted for a two-hour _ in protest over wage cuts (STOP)
8 It’s _ possible for him to overrule their decision, but highly unlikely (THEORY)
9 England set a high standard for _ (SPORTS)
10 I always drink something _ if I’m driving (ALCOHOL)
Your answers
Question 5 Read the text below and Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word Write your answers in the space provided (10p.)
One of the most amazing marathon races in the world is the Marathon of the Sands It takes (1) _ every April in the Sahara Dessert in the south of Morocco, a part of the world where temperatures can (2) _ fifty degrees centigrade The standard length of the marathon is 42.5 kilometers but this one is 240 kilometers (3) _ and takes seven days to complete It began in 1986 and now attracts about two hundred runners, the majority of (4) _ ages range from seventeen to forty-seven About half of them come from France and the (5) _ from all over the world From Britain it costs £2,500 to enter, including return air fares The race
is rapidly getting more and more popular (6) _, or perhaps because of, the hard conditions that runners must endure They have to carry food and (7) _ else they need for seven days
in rucksack weighing no more than twelve kilograms In addition to (8) _, they are given a liter and a half of water every ten kilometers
Runners do (9) _ terrible physical hardships Sometimes they lose toenails and skin peels
on their feet However, doctors are always (10) _ hand to deal with minor injuries and to make sure that runners do not push themselves too far
Your answers
PART THREE READING (30p.)
Question 1 Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.Write your answers in the space provided (10p.)
It stands to (1) _ that a city like Los Angeles, which is home to the rich and famous, is
also where you find the Association of Celebrity Personal Assistants
Celebrity personal assistants are a unique group among Hollywood professionals (2) _ the lawyers and agents who rub shoulders with the stars and (3) _ millions, personal assistants (PAs) are not paid well They typically earn about $56,000 a year which, (4) _ their
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Responsibilities include doing laundry, (5) _ groceries and paying bills So what's the attraction? One celebrity PA says, ‘I don’t (6) _ myself a vain or superficial person, but it would be (7) _ to say that we all don't like being close to someone's that's powerful.’ But not everyone is qualified for the job
Rita Tateel teaches would-be assistants to the stars and begins her lessons with some (8) _ truths: 'You must be in good health at all times, because you are (9) _ a celebrity's life If you get sick their life can't just stop And you need to be flexible and able to (10) _ in all kinds of hours You have to be a can-do person If there’s one word that celebrities don't want to hear, that word is “no”.’
5 A shopping B clutching C fetching D bringing
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Question 2 Read the following passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each question Write your answers in the space provided (10p.)
Cooperation is the common endeavor of two or more people to perform a task or reach a jointly
cherished goal Like competition and conflict, there are different forms of cooperation, based on group
organization and attitudes
In the first form, known as primary cooperation, group and individual fuse The group contains
nearly all of each individual’s life The rewards of the group’s work are shared with each member There is an interlocking identity of individual, group and task performed Means and goals become one, for cooperation itself is valued
While primary cooperation is most often characteristic of preliterature societies, secondary cooperation is characteristic of many modern societies In secondary cooperation, individuals devote only part of their lives to the group Cooperation itself is not a value Most members of the group feel loyalty, but the welfare of the group is not the first consideration Members perform tasks so that they can separately enjoy the fruits of their cooperation in the form of salary, prestige, or power Business offices and professional athletic teams are examples of secondary cooperation
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fragile Accommodation involves common means to achieve antagonistic goals: it breaks down when
the common means cease to aid each party in reaching its goals This is not, strictly speaking,
cooperation at all, and hence the somewhat contradictory term antagonistic cooperation is sometimes
used for this relationship
Question 1: What is the author’s main purpose in the first paragraph of the passage?
A To urge readers to cooperate more often
B To offer a brief definition of cooperation
C To explain how cooperation differs from competition and conflict
D To show the importance of group organization and attitudes
Question 2: The word cherished in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _
Question 3: The word fuse in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _
Question 4: Which of the following statements about primary cooperation is supported by information
in the passage?
A It is usually the first stage of cooperation achieved by a group of individuals attempting to
cooperate
B It is most commonly seen among people who have not yet developed reading and writing skills
C It is an ideal that can never be achieved
D It was confined to prehistoric times
Question 5: According to the passage, why do people join groups that practice secondary cooperation?
A To experience the satisfaction of cooperation
B To associate with people who have similar backgrounds
C To get rewards for themselves
D To defeat a common enemy
Question 6: Which of the following is an example of the third form of cooperation as it is defined in the fourth paragraph?
A Students form a study group so that all of them can improve their grades
B Members of a farming community share work and the food that they grow
C Two rival political parties temporarily work together to defeat a third party
D A new business attempts to take customers away from an established company
Question 7: Which of the following is NOT given as a name for the third type of cooperation?
A Tertiary cooperation B Antagonistic cooperation
Question 8: The word fragile in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
A involuntary B poorly planned C inefficient D easily broken
Question 9: As used throughout the passage, the term common is closest in meaning to which of the
following?
Question 10: Which of the following best describes the overall organization of the passage?
A The author provides a number of concrete examples and then draws a conclusion
B The author presents the points of view of three experts on the same topic
C The author compares and contrasts two types of human relations
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Question 3 Match each of the following headings with its suitable paragraph The first one (0: H)
as an example has been done for you There are two extra headings which you do not need to use Write your answers in the space provided (5p.)
A Research holds the key to success B New and improved techniques
C A new kind of athlete D New equipment has made a difference
E Athletes are what they eat F Personalized programs will help
G The influence of drugs H Is there a limit to record-breaking?
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A world record is every athlete’s dream, but the hard-won records of a few years ago are mostly just today’s qualifying times Roger Bannister’s famous four-minute mile of 1956 has been beaten by nearly
15 seconds, while almost an hour and twenty minutes has been taken off the women’s marathon since
1953 ‘Faster, higher, stronger’ is the Olympic motto, and today’s competitors continue to push back the boundaries of what the body can achieve But one wonders if this can continue
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The last forty years have seen many important technological advances For example, since the
introduction of strong, flexible fiberglass poles, over a meter has been added to the pole vault record There have also been important developments in the design the running shoe And while a shoe won’t actually make someone run faster, modern shoes do mean many more miles of comfortable, injury-free training
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Pushing back the limits now depends more on science, technology and medicine than anything else Athletic technique, training programs and diets are all being studied to find ways of taking a few more seconds off or adding a few more cm to that elusive world record It seems that natural ability and hard work are no longer enough
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The search to find more efficient ways of moving goes on Analysis of an athlete’s style is particularly useful for events like jumping and throwing Studies show that long jumpers need to concentrate not on the speed of approach, as once thought, but on the angle their bodies make with the ground as they take off However, the rules governing each sport limit advances achieved by new styles For instance only one-footed takeoffs are allowed in the high jump
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In the future, it should be possible to develop a more individual approach to training programs Athletes will keep detailed diaries and collect data to help predict the point when training becomes overtraining, the cause of many injuries If athletes fee all the information into a database, it may then be possible to predict patterns and to advise them individually when they should cut down
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Combining the right diet with a training program is vital Athletes are continually searching for that special ‘go-faster’ ingredient, but apparently it’s still a battle to get them to drink sufficient liquid and
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24 hours later
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Question 4 There are five extracts which have been removed from the following passage Put an extract from A-G in the correct gap 1-5 to complete the passage The first one (0: H) as an example has been done for you There is one extract you're not going to need Write your answers in the space provided (5p.)
Two hundred years ago, Britain's canals were the arteries of the Industrial Revolution but now they are used almost exclusively for pleasure They're a great way to meet the British - and other nationalities: even actors Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart have enjoyed a Welsh narrowboat holiday Bob Barton reports on a trip afloat in Mid Wales
Less is more on the canals (0)……F… Yet we felt we had seen and experienced so
much and let into the secret that is one of the most beautiful parts of Britain's unique waterway world
We became very fond of Bronwen, our three year-old cruiser, which was our movable home
for a few serene days as we sailed along the Monmouth and Brecon canal in Mid Wales With home comforts including a fully fitted kitchen complete with gas cooker and fridge, crockery and cookware; comfortable beds; a shower and toilet; central heating and cosy lounge area with TV and DVD player, it is easy to see how some boaters become so enthusiastic they decide to live on them for months at a time
Any fears we had about taking charge of a 50ft-long behemoth on a narrow canal with its numerous toytown-like stone bridges were quickly dispelled by John of Cambrian Cruisers (1)
……… How to take on water, work the locks and lifting bridges we would encounter, and even came along with us for the first ten minutes to check we had got the hang of things
We need not have worried: by the end of our first afternoon of cruising we had negotiated four lifting bridges, one tunnel and five locks, all enough to give my 'crew' a hearty appetite to be sated in one of the many canal-side pubs One of the lifting bridges was electrically powered and my daughters, aged 11 and 15, loved closing the gate across the road to stop traffic and pushing the buttons to make lights flash and the bridge slowly rise
The 35-mile Monmouth and Brecon Canal is a small, isolated part of Britain's 2,000-mile (3,220 km) network of navigable waterways, but it is a real gem Built to carry coal and iron down to the sea, it is an 18th-century time-capsule, now used entirely for pleasure, which winds its way south from the market town of Brecon through the rocky uplands - the highest in Southern Britain - of the Brecon Beacons National Park (2)………
Its banks canopied with a wide variety of trees, the canal is constantly twisting, first one way and then another For much of its length it is on a ridge, high above the foaming waters of the River Usk, whose route is even more convoluted than the canal; while in the distance are sheep-dotted
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……… There's always something to see, someone to wave at or talk to, or another brew of tea or coffee to attend to: it is thirsty work!
This being springtime, wild flowers were everywhere - bluebells, daffodils, forsythia and primroses, growing in huge bunches along the banks Other seasons offer their own delights, I'm sure Birds spotted ranged from skylarks and chaffinch to pheasants and the ubiquitous ducks with their ducklings in tow and, at one stage, a bat even circled our boat Farther on, white tree blossom floated down on us like snowflakes - an idyllic scene (4) ………
We prepared breakfast and lunch on board using the ample facilities, but when we wanted a more substantial meal there was a good choice of pubs, often with a blazing log fire, in canalside
villages such as Talybont-on-Usk At the Coach and Horses in Langynidr there was a particularly
tasty, wide-ranging menu: the Portuguese owner, Abilio, explained that he arrived here as chef but liked it so much he decided to buy the whole pub and settle down
One of the liberating aspects of canal boating is that you can moor up for the night almost wherever the fancy takes you We just hammered in the mooring spikes, tied-up, placed a plank across to the bank and our mobile home was all set for the night (5)………
A Though our pace was slow in terms of distance covered, it was never boring.
B We even remembered a torch to light the walk back from the pub!
C That is why we were given a thorough explanation of all the safety regulations in force along the canal.
D He patiently talked us through the boat's simple controls.
E It passes through no big towns but has everything else that makes this type of holiday such fun: lovely scenery, friendly people, and a few locks, lift-bridges and a tunnel thrown in for good measure.
F At a speed of four miles-per-hour, we travelled less than 20 miles in three days.
G Sometimes there was so much to take in we almost forgot to bow our heads for the distinctive stone hump-back bridges: so narrow and low they seem to grow out of the banks.
Your answer:
PART FOUR WRITING (20p.)
Question 1 Rewrite the following sentences, beginning with the words or phrases given without
changing the meaning of the sentences given (5 marks)
1 It is fairly unlikely that he will be convicted of the offence
=> There
2 He suddenly thought that he might have misunderstood her
=> It crossed _
3 She doesn’t think very highly of politicians
=> She’s got a
4 You must concentrate on your work more
=> You must apply
5 Regarding payment, most major credit cards are acceptable
=> As far
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