• explain why you think more women than men read fi ction • explain what kinds of books your female and male friends read • give your views on the importance of reading fi ction
Write your answer here. Do not write outside the box.
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Write an essay with this title for submission to the newspaper.
Or
48 . B) Emotions
Write an article for a website entitled ‘Controlling our emotions’.
Include the following:
• dangers of controlling our emotions at all times
• best circumstances to allow our emotions to be expressed • how society views the expression of emotions in public Write your answer here. Do not write outside the box.
Section 9
Choose one of the topics below and write your answer in 200–250 words.
48 . A) Politics
You see the following entry in a local newspaper.
Following our interview with local MP Jackie Dodds, during which she stated that being a politician these days was one of the most diffi cult jobs that exist,
we are running a competition for the best article entitled
The winning entry will be published in the newspaper and the writer will receive a special cash prize.
Test Tip
Think carefully about which topic to choose from the two options. It may not be the one you are more interested in. Quickly go through in your mind which topic offers more possibilities for you to write about. Do a quick mental plan for each one before making up your mind. Then when you decide, you will have a good idea of what your essay will look like.
‘So what’s so hard about being a politician?’
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Section 10 (2 minutes)
In this section you will speak on your own for about a minute and a half. Listen to what your teacher/examiner asks. Your teacher/examiner will ask one of the main questions below and ask the follow-up questions if necessary.
Main prompt 1: • In what ways do politics affect your life?
Follow-up prompts : • Do any of your friends avoid talking about politics? Why?
• Do you think modern politics is more about image than policies?
Explain.
• How much do you think you can infl uence or make changes in your community?
• Which past or present world leaders do you admire? Why?
Main prompt 2: • How much and what kind of reading do you do?
Follow-up prompts: • What literature do you remember studying at school?
• Which character from literature would you most like to meet? Why?
• In what way do you think young people should be exposed to good literature?
• Does it matter that children only read books like Harry Potter ? Main prompt 3: • In what way would you describe yourself as an emotional person?
Follow-up prompts : • Can you describe someone you know who you consider to be an extremely emotional type?
• How do you react if a friend starts crying?
• What kind of things can make you angry?
• How do you think men and women have changed in terms of showing emotions?
Main prompt 4: • How involved are you in your local community?
Follow-up prompts: • What kind of problems do you see around you in your local community?
• How do you think you or others should get involved in making life better for people who are less well-off?
• Would you describe yourself as an optimist about the future? Explain.
• How far do you think we should concentrate on solving local problems rather than global ones?
Test Tip
Some questions in Section 10 may focus on something you don’t have much to say about. You can always talk around the topic: “I fi nd it diffi cult to talk about what I’m like or whether I’m very emotional or not. I think you’d have to ask my friends or my family about that. I like to think of myself as a calm sort of person.”
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Section 11 (2 minutes)
In this section you will discuss something with your teacher/examiner.
Do humans have a duty to protect animals and other wildlife?
What do you think?
Your teacher/examiner will use the following arguments to take an opposing view to yours.
For protecting wildlife : • It is in our own interest to preserve the balance of nature.
• Losing animal and plant species makes the world a poorer place.
• It’s irresponsible to carry on destroying the world.
• Humans have no more right to live on the planet than other species.
Against protecting wildlife : • It doesn’t really matter if a few species are lost.
• Humans are more important than animals.
• Sometimes protecting wildlife is a sentimental luxury.
• Humans have always made nature serve their needs.
Test Tip
There are many expressions to learn to use in a discussion to show agreement and disagreement.
Make your views clear and use language to preface your views: “In my experience … , Personally, I think … , What I mean is … , In my opinion … .”
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Section 12 (2 minutes)
In this section you will talk for up to 1 minute about these two pictures of food markets which are being considered for a poster to encourage people to buy food grown locally.
Tell your teacher/examiner what you can see in the pictures.
Your teacher/examiner will now put this secondary prompt.
Which one would you choose for a poster to encourage people to buy food grown locally? Why?
Test Tip
The second part is to choose one of the pictures for a purpose. Make sure you give the reasons for your choice, explaining the impact you think the picture you’ve chosen would have. Add any information which would enhance the choice, for example: “I think there should be … as well on the poster.”
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Section 13 (2 minutes)
In this section you will take part in a role play with your teacher/examiner. Here is a card with the situation and your goal.
Test taker’s card
Th e situation: You are part of a campaign group protesting against the building of a large road near your town. You have been nominated by your group to speak to the local political leader to present your views.
Your goal: Try to persuade the politician to allow you to present your views to the local council.
Your teacher/examiner is a local political leader and has agreed to meet you to discuss the issue of the new road. Below is a sample script that your teacher/examiner may use.
Ready? I’ll start.
Right I haven’t got much time so tell me what you wanted to see me about.
Don’t you think the new road will solve some of the problems with traffi c congestion?
Residents living along the existing road suffer from pollution.
How can the traffi c problems be solved without this new road?
The road will be good for the economy as drivers won’t be delayed in traffi c.
We can use the land around the new road for new businesses and homes.
(Agree to allowing the protestor to speak for 5 minutes at the next council meeting.)
That is the end of the test.
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Unit Th ree
The themes for this unit are: history/character/higher education/books and reading
Vocabulary and Grammar