Choose the answer A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you hear.. Rupert says that before he started doing ballet lessons A.. Read the text below and think of the word which fi
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PART 1: LISTENING (15 marks)
1 Complete the sentences below Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer (5 marks)
1 On his dog sled, the command Jeremy used most often with the dogs was _
2 Jeremy’s dogs could understand commands in Finnish and , as
well as English
3 When traveling by sled, Jeremy tried to focus on the _ of the lead dog
4 The lead dog is always intelligent and generally
5 Each dog can pull a weight of kilos
6 Jeremy had to avoid getting hit by of trees when riding among trees
7 At lunchtime, Jeremy’s job was to get for cooking
8 To Jeremy, traveling on a skidoo is like being on a speed
9 Jeremy liked the skidoo except for the fact that it was
10 The good thing about riding a skidoo is that your don’t get cold
2 Complete the sentences below Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer (5 marks)
1 David feels that progress on the project has been slow because other members of the group are not
2 Jane thinks that were not clearly established
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4 David doubts that the research will include an adequate
5 According to Dr Wilson, the is now the most important thing to focus on
3 Choose the answer A, B, C or D which fits best according to what you hear (5 marks)
1 What does Rupert say about the fact that he is doing ballet classes?
A Other people have ridiculed him for it
B He expects to be mocked for it
C It is not as unusual as people may think
D People may think it isn’t really true
2 Rupert says that before he started doing ballet lessons
A he had been doing routine physical fitness training
B his knowledge of ballet had been growing
C ballet had taken over from football as his greatest interest
D he had been considering doing ballroom dancing again
3 Rupert says that when the idea of ballet lessons was suggested to him,
A he thought it was a joke
B he was unsure exactly what would be involved
C he began to have unrealistic expectations of what he could achieve
D he initially lacked the confidence to do it
4 One of the advantages of ballet that Rupert mentions is that
A it leads to fewer injuries than other physical activities
B it has both physical and mental effects
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D it is more interesting than other forms of exercise
5 What does Rupert say about the sessions?
A The content of them is varied
B Some of the movements in them are harder than others for him
C All of the movements in them have to be done accurately
D They don’t all involve basic movements
PART 2: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY (35 marks)
1 Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence (10 marks)
1 It’s nearly impossible to up a meeting because people are all free at different times
2 It’s quite out of for Paul to behave so terribly
A temperament B personality C nature D character
3 She doesn’t like to keep anything hidden: she always her mind
4 Despite all the evidence, he wouldn’t admit that he was in the
5 It’s impossible to get of him! He’s never there!
6 He this city down so much that I don’t know why he doesn’t leave
7 I’m afraid Mr Logan isn’t in the office today, but I can you through to his secretary
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9 Sheila had butterflies in her before the interview
10 he caught his plane; he hasn’t phoned to say anything went wrong
A Presumably B Supposedly C Assuming D Granted
11 He was more and more impatient as the time passed
A showing B developing C seeming D growing
12 I thought I had made it that I didn’t wish to discuss this matter
13 It really gets me having to work so much overtime
14 It was a bad mistake but it had no on the outcome of the match
A bearing B relevance C significance D repercussion
15 We are looking for self-motivated people who can the initiative
16 We took such a great to the place that we decided to go and live there
A affection B fondness C liking D attraction
17 A Personnel Manager has to be experienced dealing with people
18 She works very hard and finds it difficult to when she gets home
A give in B switch off C let out D wind up
19 I was worried but their reassurances put my mind at
20 She is highly-skilled making high-quality furniture
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2 The text below contains 10 mistakes Underline the mistakes and write their correct forms in the space provided in the column on the right (0) has been done as an example (5 marks)
Less than 40 years ago, tourism has been encouraged as an
unquestionable good With the arrival of pack holidays
and charter flights, tourism could at last be enjoyable by the
masses Yet one day, it seemed feasible that there will be no
more tourists There will be ‘adventurers’, ‘fieldwork
assistants’, ‘volunteers’ and, of course, ‘travelers’ But the
term ‘tourist’ will extinct There might be those which
quietly slip away to foreign lands for nothing other than pure
pleasure, but it will be a secretive and frowned at activity.
No one will want to own up to be one of those In fact,
there are already a few countries prohibiting tourists against
entering certain areas where the adversity effects of tourism
have already struck Tourists have charged with
bringing nothing with them but their money and wreaking
havoc with the local environment.
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3 Fill in each space with one suitable preposition or particle (5 marks)
1 I find it hard not to surrender _ the temptation of having a chocolate ice-cream whenever I spend my time in the café
2 My assistant will stand _ for me while I’m away
3 After a three month training period Celia gave up the nursing course the grounds of having no vocation for this kind of work
4 The carpet is designed to stand up _ a lot of wear and tear
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troublesome solution
6 Real problems cropped _ when it became clear that my business partner had vanished with all the money
7 The bank owner has been _ conflict with the accountants since he decided to lower their salaries
8 The news about Sue’s pregnancy leaked _ quickly despite her effort
to keep it secret
9 Why is she so critical _ my pronunciation? Doesn’t she know I’m not a native speaker of German?
10 He’s always running her _ in front of other people
4 Fill in each space with the correct form of the word in brackets (5 marks)
1 Rescuers made _ efforts to save the crew (hero)
2 _ to animals is a punishable offence in many countries (cruel)
3 I wonder which party is going to put forward Mr Colton’s _ in the
next election? (candidate)
4 You must have forgotten to _ the iron before leaving the house and
therefore the fire broke out (connect)
5 I insist Robert be replaced by a more gifted speaker His poor pronunciation and his
_ voice drive everybody crazy (monotony)
6 It is _ to expect them to be able to solve the problem immediately
(real)
7 Vandalism used to be a rare _ here (occur)
8 The brochure will be ready for _ in September (publish)
9 Within the last few decades the computer has become the most _
piece of equipment in the office (dispense)
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with it until he is hundred (cure)
5 Read the text below and think of the word which fits each space Use only one word in each space (10 marks)
Vitamins are good for our health, aren’t they? Perhaps not New research suggest that rather than ward off disease, high doses of certain vitamins may (1) _ more harm than good and could even put you in an early grave A variety of recent studies suggest that (2) _ from improving health, these vitamins, when taken in very high doses, may actually increase the risks of cancer and a range of debilitating diseases, a discovery that has sent the medical world into a spin Scientists are unsure (3) _ to why vitamins, so essential to health, can be toxic in high doses The most likely explanation is that the body is only equipped to deal with the levels found naturally in the environment If the intake is too far above the normal range, then the body’s internal chemistry can be shunted out of alignment (4) _ this means is that the commercially sold vitamins and (5) _ provided by nature are not always compatible The commercial forms may interfere with the body’s internal chemistry by ‘crowding out’ the (6) _ natural and beneficial forms of the nutrients The vitamins obtained (7) _ food are also allied with a host of other substances which may moderate (8) _ augment their activity in the body The latest advice (9) _ to eat a balanced diet to ensure you get all the nutrients you need, and
if you must take supplements make (10) _ you take the lowest recommended dose and follow the instructions on the bottle
PART 3: READING (30 marks)
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THOMAS COOK
Thomas Cook could be said to have invented the global tourist industry He was born in England in 1808 and became a cabinet-maker Then he hit on the idea of using the newly-invented railways for pleasure trips and by the summer of 1845, he was organizing commercial trips The first was to Liverpool and (1) a 60-page handbook for the journey, the (2) of the modern holiday brochure The Paris Exhibition of 1855 (3) _ him to create his first great tour, taking
in France, Belgium and Germany This also included a remarkable (4) -Cook’s first cruise, an extraordinary journey along the Rhine Nothing like this had been available before, but it was only the beginning Cook had invented (5) tourism and now became a pioneering giant, striding across the world, traveling incessantly, researching every little detail before being absolutely confident that he could send the public to (6) his steps
Cook was not slow in thinking beyond Europe, and he turned his gaze upon Africa The expertise he had gained with his pioneering cruise along the Rhine in 1855 (7) him in good stead when it came to organizing a fantastic journey along the Nile in 1869 Few civilians had so much as (8) foot in Egypt, let (9) traveled along this waterway through history and the remains of a vanished civilization (10) back thousands of years Then, in 1872, Cook organized, and took part in, the first conducted world tour The whole adventure took
222 days and the world of travel has not been the same since
1 A featured B presented C highlighted D inserted
3 A livened B initiated C launched D inspired
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2 Read the following passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each question (10 marks)
The days of the camera-toting tourist may be numbered Insensitive travelers are being ordered to stop pointing their cameras and camcorders at reluctant local residents Tour companies selling expensive trips to remote corners of the world, off the well-trodden path of the average tourist, have become increasingly irritated at the sight of visitors upsetting locals Now one such operator plans to ban clients from taking any
photographic equipment on holidays Julian Matthews is the director of Discovery
Initiatives, a company that is working hand-in-hand with other organizations to offer
holidays combining high adventure with working on environmental projects His trips are not cheap; two weeks of white-water rafting and monitoring wildlife in Canada cost several thousand pounds
Matthews says he is providing ‘holidays without guilt’, insisting that Discovery
Initiatives is not a tour operator but an environmental support company Clients are
referred to as ‘participants’ or ‘ambassadors’ ‘We see ourselves as the next step on from eco-tourism, which is merely a passive form of sensitive travel - our approach is more proactive.’
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relationships with local people I have seen some horrendous things, such as a group of
six tourists arriving at a remote village in the South American jungle, each with a video camera attached to their face That sort of thing tears me up inside Would you like somebody to come into your home and take a photo of you cooking? A camera is like a weapon; it puts up a barrier and you lose all the communication that comes through body language, which effectively means that the host communities are denied access to the so-called cross-cultural exchange.’
Matthews started organizing environmental holidays after joining a scientific
expedition for young people He subsequently founded Discovery Expeditions, which has helped support 13 projects worldwide With the launch of Discovery Initiatives, he is
placing a greater emphasis on adventure and fun, omitting in the brochure all references
to scientific research But his rules of conduct are strict ‘In some parts of the world, for instance, I tell people they should wear long trousers, not shorts, and wear a tie when eating out It may sound dictatorial, but I find one has a better experience if one is well dressed I don’t understand why people dress down when they go to other countries.’ Matthews’ views reflect a growing unease among some tour companies at the
increasingly cavalier behavior of well-heeled tourists Chris Parrott, of Journey Latin
America, says: ‘We tell our clients that indigenous people are often shy about being
photographed, but we certainly don’t tell them not to take a camera If they take pictures without asking, they may find themselves having tomatoes thrown at them.’ He also reports that increasing numbers of clients are taking camcorders and pointing them indiscriminately at locals He says: ‘People with camcorders tend to be more intrusive than those with cameras, but there is a payoff - the people they are filming get a tremendous thrill from seeing themselves played back on the viewfinder.’