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Reading Writing Use of English Listening Speaking

Reading Writing Use of English Lislening Speaking

Reading Writing Use 01 English Listening Speaking

Reading Writing Use of English Listening Speaking

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Intro uction

ThisbooIlcontainSfivecompletepractICetests Ior

therevised Arsl Certlhcate 10 English (FeEl,

Cambndge levelJ.Developed byexpenenced

Writers, the tests accurately tenact\hecoverage

ancllevel ofthereal eXamination Each 01thetell!S

InPap8f5 1 and 3 has been laken from a dlllerenl

source In order la Include examples 01 the WICle

vartety of texttypeSthat you may'"'IdIntheactual

examination

Note In Papers 1, 3 and 4, you have 10 write your

answers on spec1al anSW8f sheetsSeepages

116·11 Qtor examples01 Those

The five FeEPaperslIfDdescnbed10 DetaIlbelow

Page references to a relevant example 01 each

particular tasklypeare Included altolthe

symbol

Paper 1 Reading (1 hour

15 minutes)

In thiS paper there are lour pariSand35 questions

In all ReadIng lexls Ble taken lrom 8 range of

sourceS,ll"Ic:llJdlng newspapers, magazines

leaflets, broc:tlures, advertisements orbooksNote

tnallnPart2thetext may alsobetaken tram a

stlortstory novel, t»ography or autobiography

PART 1 Matching

YouWlO read a teldthatISdMdedIOto 7 or 8

sections andbeasked todoone of the 101l0wu'lg

In elthe'case youwill have10answer6or 7

QuestlOf'lS andyouWill be givenalist01POSSible

answers to choose !rom, 1l1(lfe willbeona extra

heading or senlence thatIS 1'101the answer to any

Question andIIInot usedYouWillbegrventhe

answer for the lirslsec\JOI'Iasan example

PART 2 Multiple choice

You will read a text andbeasked10answel 7 or8

mUlbple choice questions aboutItFor each

question you must choose A B COlD,

McB\Q\\heC\,IJeS\\OI\'!I'MlllUIItabooJ\\he de\a\\$In

melext0\TIe1questIOnsmayllSl<.anou\ mesa

.-.

• reterences In lhe lext tor exampleWhat does'If'

mime IS re!er to? 8·9

• partbllar words ana pl'UBSes usedInthe lext

Ior example W'baldoes the wnler meanor

)udgemental'Jntha fifth paragraph? ' 30-31

• thetext as awnoIe.1orexampleWhaIISfhe

purpose of theartJCie? t52·53

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PART 3 Gappeol textYou Wilt read a text from which 7018sentences orparagraphshave beenremoved The miSSingsentencesorparagraphs WIll be pnntedontheoppoSllapageand}'OJ fl\\lstdectcIa where lhey lit

In the text ThereWlIIalwaysbeoneextra sentence

or paragraph thatdoesI'IOtllt anywhere You Will

be glveflthe first answer as an example

• ml5Smg sentences 10-1 \

• mlSsmg paragraphs~32-33

PART 4 MatchingYOu Will read a text ora seoes of short texIS andhavetoanswer between 13 and 15 qUElS1l0nsYouWillbeasked todo0l1'~at the tollowmg tasks

• match a lIst ot statements, references oroplnooos to thesecllOOSof the textlfl whIChthey

appeal ->12-t3

• match a list at statements references or0PlflKlltStOpeopleor things mentioned In thetext_34·35;56·57

• match a list ot statemaflts relerences Of

optnionSto mlormatlOn given In the text 78·

OccaslOnB)ly, there may also beoneortwo

mUltiplechoicequestions ot a genera)type.whIChask about the text aSll whole

Paper 2 Writing (1 hour 30 minutes)

This paper has !Wo pmts of equal Importance Part

1IS a compulsory task fOf all candidates, In Pan 2

youmust selectonetask from achoICe o! lour FOfeach part.youwillbeexpectedto wntebetween

120and180 words.rnakmg a tota) of between 240end360wordsIorthe whole paper

PART 1

FOf QuesllOf11 you nave to wnte a '1ransactlOf1al'

\e.\\e'l ~\\';;.a Ie\\el 'N1\\\m\\1\ \e~ \Daslluallon and 1\Self giVIng nse to turther actlOf1.You

are asked to rBadupto three shorl texIs,suchastellers adverts, poslCards and extracts lromd,anes or 81l1cJas Thele are sometimesaCld,lionalVisual promplS, sucl, as draWings or photographsAll of \illS matenal whIChIsnevel more than 250wordslong.grves you IIltormahOll about aSituationYou lhen h.ave 10 respondbyWnlJng asu'table Ielter

Your leller shouldbealmost entuelybasedon theInfOlmat,on goven to you ana you 8/e not expected

to draw on YOUlown kt'towledge or Imag,oat,on,Neither areyouasked tolakeon the characler ofano1het pelsonInOlder 10 Wf\\e\heleller 'l'ou eragiventheSltuatoon and snoold respond to It as youwoold m reallr!e

ThetYpe 01 language you Will have to use In yourlener mayInclude.tor example.thelanguage 01explaining suggeslmg complaining, descflbmgapologiZIng reporting, persuadingandgiVIng andaskrngIoradVIce and InlormatlOf1.You should wnte

In a style that IS appropnate tor!hespecifiedreader 01 the leller

• a tormalletler -+14.80

• enIntOlmallener 36; 58

PART 2

Thed10Iceof queslJonS In Part 2sI10uldprovide

youWith an opporlunlty to wnte about somethingrelatedtoyourownInterests and experience AnPaper 2 tasks stale a context Within which you areexpected10 Writsana me181s a genuine purposeIor Wfll1ngYou winbegIVen InlormatlOll about thetarget leader andyou shouldthink aOOutlhe effect

youWIsh your pleee 01 Wntlng to have on thatreader

Quesuons 2, 3and4 maybeWIllingtasksot theloIlowlng kmds

QuestIOn 5 COI'lSISts 01 a choICe 01twotasksrelated to one 01 frve 'background readIng texts'Both lasks areofa general nature mthat\IleymayDerelated to any at the tive texts The tasksare at SimIlar typeS tothosemenlloned above, Thebackground reading texts Ior Oecembel 1996 al8:OJf1ofdBookwormCoIlec1lOflsCnmeNeverPays

EM fQrsterAPassage10Indm

AldousHu.JeyBrave New WO/Id

OaphneduMaurierRebect:a

G B ShawPygmaJIOfI

MARKING INFORMATIONPapar21smarl<edbytrained examiners.whoareusually teachers The answer to each part Isassessed accoldlng to a number 01 cntena.Includmg the contentofthe piece 01 Writing: theacculacy 01 vocabulal'{ structure spellingand

puneI\la'\~,'IMlli1~\t.~l't~

structure:theOIgamzatlOf1 and coheSlOfl ot thepIece ot Willing.theapJ:nopnacy 01theregisterand lhe general effect on the target readoer

TOeUCLES General Mark SCheme Ior Papal 21sreproduced on page 139 at the 'WIth Answers'edition Though correct atllmsofgomg topress,it

IS likely tobesubfeClto rOVlSIOf1Deta<led descnpllons01sUltabla answers to thetasks In Ih,s book are given In theKeyonpages

129·138 oftheWith Answers· edltlOft There arealso sampje student answers Ior the ParI 1tasks

on pages 140-144

Paper 3 Use of English

(1 hour 15 minutes)

In lhls paper thOIO aro live parts and65queslioos

Wlall The lelCts are taken!rom a varletyol sources,

ll'lCludingnewspaper01'magazine artICles,

bfochures,leallets, aetvertisemenlSorbooks

Te~ts!ofPart4mayalsobeIetlers,reports01

Slones and may Include lhe language of

desaipliorl01'opsnion,

PART 1 Multiple choice cloze

11\ Ihls pall, you wi"belesled mainly on

vocabulary You will read ashortle~tWIth gapsIn

ItForeach gap, you wiUbegIVen Ioor WOI'ds01'

snort phrases and you mll5lchoosewhlCh one fills

lhegapcorrectly You will have 10decideone orthe

following:

• which., word or phrase tits IntheconlelCt 01 whal

• whlCfl wOI'd goes logelher with lhe Olher words

Ofcompleles a phrase

• whICh word orptlrase conectly linkspartsor a

senlence

• which phrasal velb Itlsthe meaning 01 what is

Youwillbegiven the linl1 answer as ane~ample

and will have 10 an5W1lr15quesllons -+16-17

PART 2 Open cloze

~IhlS part, you willbetesled m8J1\1y on grammar

You will read 8 lexl WIthgapsIn~.You mll5l 1\11

eaen ofthegapsWith one word only You will nol

begrven any words 10 choose Irom,Thewordthat

you wnle willdoone Of the Iollowlog'

• complelethemeaning or the sernence

• complete a phrase

• gotogether WIth other words

• lonlIthe meaning within a senlence

• comple18 a phrasal verb

~wdl be given the IlfSlanswer as an example

end will have to an5W1lf 15 questlOf\s 18

PART 3 Key word transformations

thiS part, you WIllbelesled both on grammatical

5ln.lC1ures and 1e1OC81 phrases There ale 10

QUBSIIOf\S For each queslioo, you willbegiven a

Wltonce and askedtocomplele a seoond

.-llence so that~has a similar meaning to the

Irst oneYouWIllbegiven a word thal yoo must

tAewhen complehng thesecondsentence.You

cannot change this word You must use no more

Nn rlVll words to complelethesentence,

"'Ctudlng lhe word you are given

'IItluw,1Ibegrven an eumple at the beginnlng.-+

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PART 4 Error correction

Dart locuses on grammar You Will read a

ttIotlle~twhICh cont8Jns some errors Tha lext will

Dtpresenled as t7 numbered lines.Some01 the

Ires 111becorrect and you musttickthese on

)CU'answer sheel The other lines WillbeIncorrect

tMCiIusethey conlain one eWlfa word Which sr.ould

bethele For these lines, you will have 10 wnle

alCtlll word on yoor answer sheet

You willbegiven examples 01 both a correct and

an incorrec1llnB,VouWIllh;~vetoanswer 15

qo&Stions.-+21

PART 5 Word form:ationThis parifocuseson vocal)IJlary.YouWIll read ashort lexl whlCfl contalflS~I8PSIn mosl01'all 01 ltslines Next 10 eachgappedWne there willbeaword

In capltalletlers.YoumuSl Iorm anotherwordIromthIS wordtofilllhe gap

You wIllbegiven me fifSt answer as ane~ample.

You WIll haVillo answer 10 Questions 22

Paper 4 Listening (about

40 minutes)

The Iislenmg test lastsappro~lmalely35 minules

You are then given live mlllutes to transfer youran5W1lrs to your answer sheet Thera are fourparts and 30 questions In all.You1'1111 heal eachparttwice

PART 1 Short extractsYou 1'1111 hear 8 short unrelated pieces 01 about 30seconds each, There maybeone ortwospeakers

For each piece you willbeasked one mUltiplechoicequestion, torwhichyou willbegIven threechoices, A, B orC.Each q LiBStlooandf1s;choicesare alsorecordedonthelape,

Thequestions win test your understandingofaoumber 01 lhlngS.1or exarnple:

• whoIS speaking

• what the speake(s purpose Is

• what the toplcor sltuatil)f11s

• whatleehng orOI)lnionis expressed

• details 01 what Is sakiYouWIll havetoanswer 8 questlOrlS, -+ 23

PART 2 Note-takingYou Will hear a plBCe lasting approxlmalely threeminutes, There willbeone01'more speakers Thequeslioos are presented b,theform01 noles orsentences and leSl your undefStandlng 01 thelfIlormalton you hear.You 'MIIhavetowrite a word

or short pflrase !of each question,YouWIll have to answer 10 quesltons -+ 24

PART 3 MatchingYou 1'1111 hear!ive short pieces, each Lasting about

30seconds.There may bEt one ortwospeakers ineach piece You willbeasked 10 malch a liSl 01CholC8S 10 thelivepleces You Willbegrven 6choices in all, bUt one oIltlese choices doesnot

answer any 01 the questlOlf\sYou WIll havetoanswef 5 queslions 25

PART 4 Selecting "rom two or three possible answers

In thlspartof the lesl you will hear onepiece

whICh 1'1111 last lor aooutlhree mlf\ules There Will

beone,twoor thlee speal(ers The ques\lOlls 1'1111

Inlroduction

beone01 the folloWIng types,

• multipleCOOicewith three chok:es- 02ti

• yes/no01'ulJellalse questions 48

• matching questions, asklng,lor example, whichspeakerS8ld whal -+92

You will have 10 answer7ques!lons,

Paper 5 Speaking (about

14 minutes for two

candidates)

This paper conSIsts 01 lour parts andthetasks10ctJs ongivingand exchanging Inlormallon andClplnlOflS The usual tormalisan interview wilhtwo

candidates and two examiners presenL In certaincircumstances II maybepossible !of a candidale

10 have an individual Interview When thiS isthe

case, the length ollhe Interview is9·10minutesand there is only one examlnerpresenl.ln ParIS 2,

3 and 4.theeuminer lakestheplace 01 thesecondcandidate In discussions,Dunng a pelted intervIeW, one 0'the!WO

BX8mlnef5iICt$only as an assessor anddoes nol

JOInIntheCOI1V'llrsalion.Theother ewamlneracts

as an assessor and 'interloculor' thal is,heor sheipBaks 10 the candidales and manages theInterview

PART 1

H you wigspeak mainly10lheInt8f1oco1or,who

WIllaskyousomequestlont: abou1)'01XS811 This

partlastsabout3 minutes

PART 2

In thi! perl, youwiHbegiven!WOpictures andasked to lalk aboutlhemtoraP9fOXlmately oneminute.Theother candidate will thenbegiven abrier opportunity to add his or her comments aboutyour ptetures, beforebeinggiventwonewptCtures

10 talk aboultor lhe same length 0' lime.YOI.lwill

then begiven a brief opportunity 10 comment onlhe other candidate's pictures This pari lastsaDolJl4 mloutes in total

PART_

In lhis final partoltheInlervlBW, you will discussvarious questions relaled tothe\Op1C 01 Part 3 withthe Olher candidale and the Interlocutor, sharingyour views anc!lustlfylng your oplnlOfls This partlaSlS aboul 4 mlflutes

ASSESSMENT

IntheIfIlefVI8W, you Willbeassessed on yoor use0' grammar anc! vocabulary, your pIOflunciationanc! your ability to commUl\1C81e ellectMlly IndlscUSSlOfl With other people,

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Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

D Don't rush into something that doesn't suit you

E Oon'\ WOH,/ about 9as\ m\s\aKes

F Work out what you're actually going to do

H Don't just think about it - do something!

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Test 1 Paper 1 Reading

Fresh Start

• Would the pursuit of my fantasy be

worth the possible consequences'! What objectives would I likeLOset myself on the basis of this

exercise'!

You then need to identjfy your strengths and weaknesses update old skills or learn new ones Look at your resources and perhaps most important what you enjoy and what you rcally can'l bear doing Be

~pecific about your goals and be

careful not to try to do too much.

• What are the barriers to my achieving some of my fantasy and how might these be overcome'!

• What would be the consequenccs

of my "orldng 10 achie"e some of the features of my fanlasy for myself and for other people'!

• How much of my fantasy b achievable at preseDl or might be

in the future? If I can't have it all.

can I have somc of it?

• What are the differences betwccn

my fantasy and my reality'!

When you ha,e decided what your goal is and all the thinking planning and preparation has been done your

fre~h.!ttan can no longer be put off Ban negathe thoughlS and seize the momenl- fresh starters are

delennined to see the posith'e side of things and not 10 lel problems real

or imagined block their path Good luck!

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Think through your chosen topic and write down your version of ",h31 would be involved For example in your fantasy job identify things such

as statu.!> salary job specification.

style of work the lifcstyle which accompanies it with whom you would work and in what surroundings Your -ramusy day is an invitation to list the events of what for you would bethl~ 'pcrfcct day' Where would you be what would you do and with wbom if anybody?

Your fantasy life offers an opportunity 10 consider your ideal life as a whole This picture would include the work pattcrn combining 'Work homc and social life status.

income.life'ityle elc Whichever topic you choose put in as many of thepanicula~ as you can so that the fantasy becomes a full picture.

fancy can provide c lues as to where you would like to bc or what you might wanl10",ork towards Try the following excrcise Imagine for a lime that there are no restrictions for you oftime money age status ties.

etc Then select one of the follow Ing

• What are my reactions to dOing the exerci.!>e'! What does the fantasy indicate about wh:ltl want for myself?

H

Imagining the impossible need not

be a waste of time Such nighlS of

Knowing thill we want to make a

change in our Ihes is the easy

bil-deciding whillto do and how 10 do it

I" more difficult First of all we must

learn 10 take our dreams seriously

and to truSI our abilities Old habils

die hard and fcarof failure may

prevent us from even trying

something ncw.

Before you begin to think of specilic

projccts.lct your imaginal ion fly

beyond the here and now and think

about what in an ideal world you

would really love to do This should

help you to gct in !Ouch with the real

~oubcnemh the daily worries that

drag you down Don'tletlack of

money timc qualifications or any

OIher negative reasons Ikhy you

cannot do whill you wanl stand in the

way of your fantasies The time for

a"''iCssing real possibilities will come

later when Ihe various option can

be considered in a syslcmatic wa).

Making a fresh stan takes

etTon-and lime It is imponanlto think

carefully before you set off into

~methingnew because it must be

right for you and your way of life.

You will need detcmlimuion to

overcome thc problems that arc sure

10 arise and the crises of confidence

thill you will face so be sure that ifs

.!torncthingyoll want to do- not what

)ou think you ca" do or what

someone else thinks you should do.

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Test 1 Paper 1 Reading

lB·

You are going to read an extract from a book For questions 7-14, choose the

answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

They call Jamaica the 'Island in the Sun' ;md thlll is my memory of it Of~unshine, wannth and abundant fruit growing everywhere, and of love I was born on 2 April 1960 in St Andrews in Kingston Therc were two sisters ahead of me in lhe family, and though of course I didn't know it, therc was e»ciled Ialk of emigration possibly to Canada but more

usually to England,lhe land of opportunity I guess Ihat plans were already being made when I was bom for a year or so later my Dad left for London Two years arrer thu! when he had saved enough money my Mum went as well and my 5 sisters and I were lefl in the care of my grandmolher I slllyed with her in her house near the centre of Kingston until I was seven years old My grandmother therefore shaped my life and I believe I am al1the better for il.

This was all fairly nonnal Emigrating to better yourself was:a dream for most Jamaicans a dream many were

detennincd10fulfil Families were close and grandmolhcrs were an important part of family life so when the mass

emigmtions began it seemed perfectly right and natural for Ihem to lake over the running of the families left behind 10 Afler all.lhey had the experience.

GrandmOlhers are often strict but they usually also spoil you At least that is the way it was with mine She ran lhe

family like a military operation: each of us no matter how young had our tasks I remember Ihat we didn't have a tap in the house but used a communal lap from which we had10rill two barrels in our garden Every morning before we went

to school we all had to take a bucket approprintc to our size and run a rclay from the communal tapIQthe barrels until 15 Lhey were full In thc beginning whcn I was two or three I couldn't reach the barrel- but I still had to join in My sisters had 10 sweep the yard before thcy welllto school My grandmolher would give orders tllthe eldest and these were

passed down -as I got older I found this particularly annoying! BUI I can tell you no one avoided lheirduties.

My Dad came over from England to see how we were getting on I hadn't known him whcn he had left for Britain but when I saw him I !'omehow knew that he was my falher He I'llked to u aboutlhe nc\\ country about snow aboutlhe 20 huge city, and we all wanted to know morc, to see what it was like Heal~otold me thall now had a younger brother.

which made me feel excited and wonder what he could be like I didn't know it at the time but he had eome to prepare

us for the move to England Six months later my grandmother told me Ihatl wa going10join my parenrs and that she too was cmigrnling It was the end of my time in the Caribbean of the sheltered wuml family life that I had known

there and the beginning of a new and exciting em 25 London was strange and disappointing There was no gold on the pavement: a the stories in Jamaica had indicated.

Back home it had always been wann Everyone was friendly and said 'Hello' when you passed by on the street; in

Kingston you knew everybody and they kncw you Here it wasn't Iikc that The roads were busy the buildings were

grey and dull with many tall high-rise blocks It was totully IJnlike Jamaica the houses all small and packed close

together In my grandmother's house I had a big bedroom: here I had 10 share Althm age it was a great disappointment 30 Worse was to come because there followed a very cold wime-r, and I had never felt cold in my life before Then came

the biggesl shock: snow White flakes came out of Ihe sky and Dad smiled pointed and said 'That's snow!' I rushed

outside looked up and opened my mouth10let the flakes drop in The snow settled on my tongue and it was so cold that

I cried My toes lost all feeling, and at the primary school that we anended I wasn't allowed to wear long lfousers at my age The teachers made us go out to play in the playground and Ijoined in with all the fun sliding around in the snow 35 Ihrowingsnowballs, all the usuallhings Suddenly as my shoes and socks got soaking wel and frozen there came an

excruciating pain and I cried with the intensity ofil.1 didn't k.now what was happening to me.

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7 The writer says that when he was very young,

A he was upset because his parents left.

C his parents had decided to leave.

o his parents changed their plans.

8 According to the writer, many people from Jamaica at that time

A wanted to be free from responsibility.

B had ambitions that were unrealistic.

C wanted to improve their standard of living.

o disliked the country they came from.

9 The writer says that when he lived with his grandmother

A he was treated like the other children.

B he wanted to be like the other children.

C he tried to avoid doing certain duties.

10 What does 'this' in line 18 refer to?

A being told what to do by his sisters

C having to do duties he found difficult

A His father did not tell him why he had cam

B He did not know how to react to his father.

C His father told him things that were untrue.

o He felt anxious about what his father told him.

12 When the writer first went to London, he was disappointed because

A it was smaller than he had expected.

B he had been given a false impression of it.

C he had to spend a lot of time on his own.

13 What does the writer say about snow?

B He regretted coming into contact with it.

o He was not very keen to touch it.

14 Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

Test 1 Paper 1 Reading

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Test 1 Paper 1 Reading

You are going to read a magazine articli9 Eight sentences have been removed

from the article Choose from the sentences A-I the one which fits each gap

(15-21) There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use There is

an example at the beginning (0).

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

On camera

\X!hen I saw the notice '\Vomen film extras

wanted' in a local newspaper, I jumped at the

chance As a child I had dreamt of being a

film star []] { I

The casting interview, held in a church hall

with many budding actors in attendance,

went well, and two days later I was told that 1

had been chosen The production in question

was revealed as Scottish Television's Dr Fiu/ay

drama, which is set in the 1950s.

[}ID I Extras are often left in the dark for

some time when it comes to being told which

role they will play Finally, the narure of my

role was revealed; I was asked to play a

mental hospital patient.

[!ID IThen, barely a week later, the day

of filming dawned All 13 of us extras, mainly

housewives, were told to change into our

costumes in the wardrobe department Then

we were driven to the location, a hospital on

the fringes of Glasgow It seems that it is

commoo for old hospitals to be used in this

way.

On arriving, we were given coffee and tea,

which looked and tasred like cement Then

we were rushed off to make-up My hair was

pinned back and make-up was applied that

gave me a pale appearance Then we were

sent to the minibus for a few hours, as the

cameras rolled elsewhere.

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After the second hour had passed 1 was

becoming bored.[jI] I I had expected

to be so busy that I hadn't come prepared for

a long wait Many of the others had brought a

book or knitting.

Three hours had now passed [}ID~_

A large room in the hospital had been

transformed into a dayroom for that purpose.

Although I had expected the room to be warm because of the lighting equipment

present, it was quite chilly.

When the director came in, we were instructed what to do and where to stand Along with a few others, 1 was told to sit at a

table and weave baskets IJ!] I The cane

we had to use was very long On several

occasions my basket fell apart in front of my

very eyes On others I only succeeded in hitting a cameraman in the eye.

20 Jean, who was barefoot, had to

circle the floor Poor AJice was asked to

pretend to bang her head against the wall.

Meanwhile, Veronica swept the floor.

Thankfully, after just a few attempts, the

scenes were done [gIJ I Although I

found the experience very interesting, my first screen role will almost certainly be my last.

Test 1 Paper 1 Reading

A This was not an easy task.

e So some things just aren't meant to happen, I suppose.

D Despite my disappoinnnent, I agreed to participate.

E And so my [lIst taste of this <glamorous' career was over.

F I was to lose some of my enthusiasm for the idea, however.

G I bet stars are never treated like this, I thought.

H Then at last we were called to do our scenes.

Now at last I would get my chance.

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Test 1 Paper 1 Reading

You are going to read an article about supermarkets For questions 22-35, choose from the sections of the article (A-E) Some ot the sections may be

chosen more than once When more than one answer is required, these may

be given in any order There is an example at the beginning (0).

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Which section refers to:

an arrangement between producers and supermarkets?

the order in which customers buy goods?

customers consuming goods they have bought?

a method that may have the opposite effect to the one intended?

customers having the wrong idea about somethinfl?

goods getting damaged?

supermarkets being reorganized?

matching something to particular types of custom",?

not putting certain types of goods together?

supermarkets paying attention to customers' comments?

a system that may die out?

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Test 1 Paper 1 Reading

SUPERMARKETS

Their secrets revealed

Last straw

A recem supcnnarket study reported a

38% increase in sates whcn thc Slore played slow l)lUsic compared10f:l~t

However you c:m shop in silenceat

"orne supermarket!> which ncver play

mu~ic- thcircustOlllers say it putS them off.

Perhaps you're tooconsiderJte! For example, don'llhink Ihe wider checkouls marked 'disabled' are exclusively forwhce1chairs If there are

no wheclchaircuSlorners waiting, anyone is wckome to use them And if you're in a real hUITY, avoid the eheckoul assiSlant wearing11 'traince' badge - a sign of possible delay.

-Why doI 1I1\\'1I)'Schoose Ihe queuc lhal man's lhe slowest?'

more- or a way of projecting an image One supcnnarkel plays 196Cb mu:oic to

go wilh its decor Another l>elS oul simply10please- playing t95()" and 1960s music In the moming when older

"lblOmers do most of their shopping, pop mUl>k' in the l,lVcnings and011

Saturday for a younger audience and

lllu~icthat <lppeals10the hole fumily

on a Sunday Some~Iore:.U.\>C music to increase their profits by playing slow walt/csar light cla"'!tlc!t on quiet dayl> like Mondays, to keep customerl>

browsing llnd buying Al busier times like S:lturdays, they'll increase Ihe lempo10encountgc customer!; to move quickly through the slore.

The eye-calching di"play on the unit at the cnd of a row does notnece~sarily

mean that lhe gooch are Ihe bargain of Ihe week.a~you ma) think.

Manufacturers -,ometi me" pay Ihe

"up'-~mmr"el toput the ir br::ands lllthe best po:.ition:o Among the besl are the places acro:.) Iheend~of units where customer traffic is very high.

'Why is it that superlllurkels change their layoul so often? Just when I have speeded up my shopping by knowing wheN.' c\'erything is.llhey mm'e the section!'

buy For years some :.corcs ha\e been pipingsmell~ offre.~hlybaked bread and real coffee through the aiHonditioning

to get appetites going BUlthi 111:1)'he counterproducthe the retail consull:'l.l1\S Rctail Dynamic!> point out: 'Ifyou arc doing yourshopping at lunch or dinner·

lime when )'ou are already hungry.lhe l>lIlell of baking may SI:nd you str::aightlo the bread eoulller and tthcn out of Ihe store so you can eat quickly:

This is another W:lY of trying to make you buy things )'ou thought you didn't need SupennarkelS make most of their mane)' Out of fresh fOClds and 'luxury' snacks and far less on essentials like milk sugar and bread So everyday items llre scaHcrcd around Ih" store beeau:.c in ordcr(0gel lhem.)OUhave10

pass the 'high eamers' and, hopefully.

suddenly decide10buy some.

On the scent

Fresh start

'Why are the fresh fruil and

\ egecables usuully al lhe enlr"'dnce to

Ihe slore? Il's lIlwlI)'S crowded, and

they gel squlJshed if Ilul\'c to Iliad

hea\')' cans and packets on top.'

Now:tdays trolleys should ha\ e a

~par,.IIecompanment where you can

placc fruit and \cgetublc' so they don't

get :.quashcd.

It'~ ~implybecause supermarkcts makc3

high profit on fresh fruil and vegctable::

and Ihey ha\'c discovcred they ::.ell more

of (hem if they're near the cntrJ.llce.

According10re,:,carch carried out by

\upcnnarkcts customer!> prefcr fresh

goods10come first Maybe it's because

many of us arrive atlhe store

conccntr-Jting on the k.inds of fruit and

\cgetablc wc necd Once wc'vc gotlhat

out of the way, we can relax :llld do the

re~tof (he shopping otleisurc Another

reason is thal if we sec fresh goods first.

lhe "ight and smell of all those rol>Y

apples and glossy aubergines givc a 'fcel

good' Impression of freshness and

quality which wc carry around the l>lOre.

Ha\ e you cver wondered why somc

"tares smell of fre h bread or hy l>011lC

play music and Olhcrs don'('! Wca~ked

(hee.'(pens at SupcrMar"cting magazinc

(0 explain some of the hidden tricks of

thc tr::adc.

'1)0they hll\'e10pipe smells of freshly

baked bread around start's? I alwa)'s

end up buying an extra loafor cake

bt'cause the smell is just so lempting:

Th:Il'~whUllhe storei~counling on! II'S

ell·known in the retnil food indu,try

that ,melli~the most pov:erful ofhulllan

~n~'iwhen it comes10inlluencing our

choice of where ·e shop and hat we

arch!

-Why doesIll)'superDllarkl't ha\'c to play music all the lime? 11 drives me mad and I can't avoid it since it's the only store I can reach conveniently.' This mn) be an attempt to please cU'lOmcrs -Ml they will enjoy l>hopping

CheckOlllS could become a lhin,g of the past anyway Onc~upemlarkelis testing

a hand·held umt hich customers u e themsel\es as they shop 11 rcad and re"ords the prices ofgrocerie~and Ihen tOtals the bill but )'ou slill have 10 pay bl:fore you Ic:lve.

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Test 1 Paper 2 Writing

Ill-You must answer this question.

1 You have seen this advertisement for a holiday job in an English-language magazine and want

to find out more.

Read carefully the advertisement and the notes you have made Then write a letter to Mrs Malone, telling her a little bit about yourself and why you want the job, and including all your

questions.

Energetic person needed to join in family holiday.

What kind """,- WE need help with our two lively children +- ages?

of help? during a three-week summer holiday in

Hours of

work?

Pay?

YOU need to practise your English.

Can we help each Other? If you think we can write for further details to Mrs Anne

Malone, 30 Pond Road, London SW9 OTT.

-Write a letter of 120-180 words in an appropriate style Do not write any addresses.

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