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W 1-10 Questions

6;nplete the notes below. ]Nfi"'IE MORE THAN TWO WORDS ANDIOR A NUMBER fOr EAC ANSWET. A'O

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Reduce costby driving under I Insurance doesnotcover: 9

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Questions 11-15
The followingare essential requirements whichjobs? for Write the correct lette4 A, B or C, next to questions 11-l S.

Essential requirements

A B

c
11 12 13 14 15

foreignlanguages willingness travelabroad to professional qualification

conferenceorganiser catering manager housekeeper fitness centre staff reservationsassistant

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FlllE answers from the box and writethe correct lette4A-G,next to quesflons16-20.

B C D E F G

namesof referees workpermit recruitment seminar evidence qualifications of conditions employment of initialinterview

INTERNATIONAL FINEST GROUP

RECRUITMENT PROCEDURES

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W 21 Questions and 22

TWO letters, A-8. Choose WhichTWOpossible objections a roofgarden discussed? to are A B C D E problems access of the cost of construction the time needed install to it whowilllookafterit howto support weightof it the

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ChooseTWOletters,A-E. WhichTWOrecent developments roof-garden in building mentioned? are A B C D E " waterproof barrier materials drainage systems tankdesigns lightweightconstructionmaterials watering systems

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Label the diagram below. Write the correct lettef A-H, next to questions 25-30. 25 26 27 28 29 30 wall electricwire fibre optic cable wooden post glass cap acrylic rod Light installation

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Questions3h36
hmplete the notesbelow. vYite NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

The Argus system

Developedby Rob Holman in N. Carolinawith other researchers. Research vitalfor understanding g1 ..................... is of Matches informationfrom under the water with informationfrom a 32..................... Accordingto S. Jeffress Williams, usefulbecausecan make observations duringa 33 .....................

Dr Holman'ssand collection
Dr H. hassamples fromevery 34..................... Usedin teaching students 35.......... of e.g.US EastCoast display: grains fromsoutharesmall,light-coloured 36 and .. in shape

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ro dig sand, a plastic or metal is ideal 37............... store in plastic bags write date and place, using a 38............

log samples,noting location, includingwhich part of beach

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@ Questions31-36

hnplete the notes below. il'rle ^rO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

. The Argus system

Developedby Rob Holman in N. Carolinawith other researchers. is of Research vitalfor understanding 31 ..................... Matches informationfrom under the water with informationfrom a Williams, usefulbecausecan make 32..................... Accordingto S. Jeffress observations duringa 33 .....................

Dr Holman'ssand collection
fromevery Dr H. hassamples 34..................... of Usedin teaching students 35.......... e.g.US EastCoast display: grains light-coloured 36 and fromsoutharesmall, .. in shape

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Takingsampleswhen travelling
:c dig sand,a plasticor metal g7 ..-............ is ideal store in plastic bags write date and place, using a 38...........

After reachinghome
log samples,notinglocation, which part of beach including

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Reading PassageI
Youshouldspendabout20 minutes Questions1-13, whichare basedon Reading passage1 betow. on

At the same time,the fields studywhichwere of previously thoughtof as'natural history'grew into separate areas suchastaxonomy, experimental embryology genetics, and eachwith its own experts and structures. laboratory As research gained prestige the zoology in departments of American universities, gap between the professional amateur and scientific activities

by ElizabethHanson
Thefirstzooin the UnitedStates openedin Philadelphia1874, in followed the Cincinnati by Zoo the nextyear. 1940 By therewerezoosin morethan onehundred American cities. Philadelphia The Zoo planned better wasmorethoroughly and financed thanmostof the hundreds zoos of thatwouldopen later in itslandscape itsmission to both but and educate entertain it embodied and ideas about how to builda zoothat stayed consistent decades. for Thezooscameinto existence the latenineteenth in century during transition the United the of States from a rural andagricultural nation an industrial to one. Thepopulation morethandoubled between 1860 people and 1900. moremiddle-class As livedin cities, theybegan seeking relationships the natural new with worldasa place recreation, for self-improvement, and spiritual renewal. Cities established systems public of parks, nature and popular became tourism already evenmorefashionable the establishment with of parks. national Nature thoughtto be goodfor was people allages classes. of and Nature study was incorporated school into curricula, natural and history popular collecting became increasingly pastime. an

widened. Previously, natural history had been popularized, opento amateurs waseasily and but research required access microscopes other to and equipment laboratories, wellasadvanced in as education. Thenewzoossetthemselves apartfromtraveling animal shows stating by theirmission education as andthe advancement science, addition of in to recreation. Zoospresented zoology the nonfor specialist, a timewhenthe intellectual at distance between amateur naturalists laboratoryand oriented zoologists increasing. attracted was They wideaudiences quickly and became feature a of growing every andforward-thinking They city. were emblems civicprideon a level importance of of with art museums, natural history museums botanical and gardens. MostAmerican zoos werefounded andoperated as partof the publicparks administration. were They dependent municipal on funds, theycharged and no admission They fee. tended assemble many to as different mammal andbirdspecies possible, as along with a few reptiles, exhibiting or two specimens one

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with eachotherto and theycompeted each, a a hcome the firstto display rarily,like rhinoceros. effortto attractthe publicto make h the constant camein and out typesof display certain turnvisits, of dozens zoosbuilt special dfashion;for _example, the of islands theirlargepopulations monkeys.ln for Administration funded the Progress 1930s, Works at of of of millions dollars construction dozens zoos. the of were Forthe mostpart, collections animals in organised species a combination enclosures by of according a fairlylooseclassification to scheme. Although manyhistories individual of zoos describe 1940s the throughthe 1960s a period as of stagnation, in somecases and therewasneglect, newzooscontinued be setup alloverthe country. to Inthe 1940s and 1950s, firstzoosdesigned the specifically children for werebuilt,somewith the appeal farmanimals. increasing of An number of zoos triednewwaysof organizing theirdisplays. In addition the traditional approach exhibiting of !o likekinds together, planners a new zoo had approach puttinganimals groups of in according to theircontinent originanddesigning of exhibits showing animals particular of habitats, example, for polar, desert, forest. or Duringthe 1960s, few a zoos arranged somedisplays according animal to behavior; Bronx the Zoo,forinstance, its opened World Darkness of exhibit nocturnal of animals. Paradoxically, same at the time aszoodisplays beganincorporating ideas aboutthe ecological relationships between animals, catsandprimates big

cages in to continued be displayed bathroom-like linedwith tiles. Popular a Bythe 1970s, newwaveof reformwasstirring. welfare and for movments environmentalism animal and species to zoos to calledattention endangered care adequate fortheiranimals. that did not provide scientists by Moreprojbswereundertaken research vets hiringfull-time astheystepped andzoosbegan programs. Many zoos that had up captive breeding budgets began beensupported entirely municipal by private recruiting financial support charging and admission Inthe prosperous fees. 1980s 1990s, and zoosbuiltrealistic'landscape immersion' exhibits, many of themaround themeof thetropical the rainforest and, increasingly, movedto the forefrontof conservation zooagendas. Although zoos werepopular and proliferating institutions the United in States the turn of at the twentieth century, historians havepaidlittle attention them.Perhaps to zooshavebeenignored multi-purpose because were, they and remain still, institutions, assuchtheyfallbetween the and categories analysis historians of that oftenuse. In goals recreation, addition, theirstated of education, the advancement science, protection of and of endangered species haveoftenconflicted. Zoos occupya difficultmiddlegroundbetween science andshowmanship, culture high andlow,remote forests the cement and cityscape, wild animals and and urbanpeople.

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givenin Reading withthe information Passage 1? Do the following statements agree In boxes1-7 on your answersheet,write
TRIIE FALSE NOT GIVEN 1 2 3 if the statement agreeswith theinformation if the statement contradicts the information if there is no information on this

(_\ . zoo was based soon became unfashionable. The concepts on which the Philadelphia The openingof zoos coincidedwith a trend for people.tolive in urban areas. Duringthe period when many zoos were opened,the study of naturalhistory became more popular in than other scientificsubjects. universities Cities recognisedthat the new zoos were as significantan amenityas museums. Between1940 and 1960 some older zoos had to move to new sites in order to expand. In the 1970s new ways of funding zoos were developed. amongst historiansabout the role of the first zoos. There has been seriousdisagreement

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Complete the notes below. Choose NO MORE THAN ONE WORD from the passage for each answen Writeyour answersin boxes 8-13 on your answer sheet.

Up to 1940

than Moremammals birdsexhibited 8................ and in animals manyzoosat 9................ wereverypopular onetime. to Zoosstarted exhibiting animals according their theycame from. 10............... andwhere animals 11 by Somezooscategorised 12............... animalcare. protests about wereemployed following greater. became

o 1940s and 1950s o 7960s o 1970s o 7980s onwards

of Theimportance 13...............

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2 Reading Passage
2 Passage below' .tt shouldspendabout minutes Questions1#26, whichare basedon Reading on 20

trommelting? the we Gan preuent poles

technologicol ombit'rous to ore of number scientists looking increosingly A growing reports. MarkRowe worming. To the fixes holt tideof globol
A fuels,ond such on Suchis our dependence fossil of is the volume corbondioxidewe hoveolreody thot into releosed the otmosphere, mostclimote globolworming ogreethot significont scientists - the bestwe con hopeto do is now inevitoble level,ond eventhot is keepit ot o reosonoble the is going to be on uphilltosk.At present, optionon the toblefor doing this only serious but bock on our corbonemissions, is cutting ore while o few countries mokingmoiorstrides ore hovinggreot in'thisregord,the moiority let the evenstemming roteof increose, difficulty on it. olonereversing Consequently, increosing to ore of number scientisls beginning explore They the olTernotives. oll foll underthe bonner definedos The of geoengineering generolly of monipulotion the lorge-scole intentionol environment. B hos Geoengineering beenshownto work, ot scole,for decodes. leoston o smoll,locolised Moy Doy porodesin Moscowhovetokenploce oircrofthovingdeposited undercleorblueskies, powderto dry ice, silveriodideond cement now Mony of the schemes clouds. disperse ond reduce look to do the opposite, suggested One the reoching plonet. of The omount sunlight o focuses ochieving generolcooling on scheme C of the of the Eorthond involves concept releosing obove oerosolsproysinto the strotosphere dioxide, cloudso[ sulphur to the ArcTic creoTe whichwould,in turn,leodto o globoldimming. volconic on Theideo is modelled historicol in suchos thot of MountPinotubo the explosions, '199,|, whichled to o shortierm in Philippines by coolingof globoltemperotures 0.5'C. The highby couldbe delivered ortillery, oerosols flyingoircroftor bolloons. on of Insteqd concentroting globolcooling,other the ot look specificolly reversing melting schemes on ot the poles.One ideo is to bolster ice cop to it by sproying with woter.UsingPumps corry woter from below the seo ice, the sproywould producing comeout os snowor ice porticles, seo ice with o higherolbedo (therotio thicker to from o surfoce) reflect of sunlightreflected hqveolso scrutinised Scientists rodiotion. summer in to whetherit is possible blockicefiords with cobleswhich hovebeen Greenlqnd from movinginto icebergs preventing reinforced, scientist, the seo.VeliAlbertKollio,o Finnish the becouse soysihot suchon ideo is improcticol, snopthe cobles forceof the ice would ultimotely of o ond ropidlyreleose lorgequontity frozen thot Kolliobelieves the ice intothe seo. However,

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sod of coblesusedin suspension bridgescould potentrolly usedfo divert, rotherthon holt, the be southword movement ice from Spitsbergen. of 'lt would stopthe ice movingsouth, ond locol currents would seethemflootnorthwords.' he soys. A number geoengineering of ideosore currently beingexomined the Russion in Arctic.These includeplontingmillions birchtrees: of the thinking, occording Kollio,is thottheirwhite to bork would increose omount reflected the of sunlight. lossof theirleoves winterwould The in olsoenoblethe snowto reflect rodiotion. ln controst, nofiveevergreen the pinestendto shodethe snowond obsorbrodiotion. Using ice-breoking vessels deliberotely to breokup ond scotter coostol seo ice in bothArcticond Antorctic wotersin theirrespective outumns, ond diverting Russion rivers increose to cold-woter flow to ice-forming oreos,couldolso be used to slow'downworming,Kolliosoys.'Youwould needthe wind to blow the rightwoy, but in the rightconditions, lettingice floot freeond heod by north,you would enhonce growth.' ice Butwill suchideqseverbe implemented? The moiorcounter-orguments to geoengineering schemes ore, first,thot they ore o 'cop-out' thotollow us to continue livingthewoy we do, rother thonreducing corbonemissions; ond, second, evenif theydo work, would the sideeffects outweighthe odvonfoges? Thenthere's the dountingprospect upkeepond repoirof of ony scheme well os the consequences o os of

technicolfoilure. ') think ol)of us agree thot if we were to end geoengineering o givendoy, on thenthe plonetwould return its pre-engineered to condition very ropidly,ond proboblywithin 10 to 20 yeors;'soysDr PhilRosch, chiefscieniist for climote chongeot the US-bosed Pocific Northwest NotionolLoborotory.'Thot's certoinly something worry obout.I would consider to geoengineering-.os strotegy employonly to while'wemonogethe conversion o non-fossilto 'The fueleconomy.' riskwith geoengineering proiects thotyou con "overshoot",' is soysDr 'You Don Lunt, from the University Bristol. of moy bring globoltemperotures bockto pre-industriol levels, the riskis thotthe poleswill stillbe but wormerthontheyshouldbe ond the hopicswill be coolerthon beforeindustriolisotion.' Themoin reoson why geoengineering is countenonced the moinstreom by scientific community thot mostreseorchers is hovelittle foith in the obilityof politicions ogree- ond to thenbring in - the necessory corboncuts.Even leodingconservotion orgonisotions believe the subiect worthexploring. Dr Mortin is As Sommerkorn, climote o chongeodvisorsoys, 'But humon-induced climote chonge hosbrought humonity o position to where it is importont to not exclude thinking thoroughly oboutthistopicond its possibilities despite pofentiol the drowbocks. lf, overthe comingyeors,the science tellsus obouton ever-increosed climote sensitivity the of plonet- ond thisisn'tunreolistic thenwe mqy be bestservedby not hovingto stortour thinking from scrotch.'

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Qnestions 1+18
eadingPassage2 has six paragraphs, A-F. srrlrchparagraphcontainsthe following information? ffite the correct tettef A-F, in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet. You may use tt lettermore than once. f4 projectsdistractingfrom the real task of the existenceof geoengineering the changing waYwe live has demonstratedsuccess circumstancesin which geoengineering projects problemsassociatedwith geoengineering maintenance in beingdue to a lack of confidence governments supportfor geoengineering moresuccessin fightingclimatechangein some partsof the world than others -\

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Onestions 1*23
below. hoplete the summary for from the passage eachanswer. '*oose NO MORE THANTWOWORDS in $!fte your answers boxes19-23on your answersheet.

proiects Geoengineering
ideas has been put forward,which aim eitherto preventthe melting A range of geoengineering One schemeto discouragethe of ihe ice caps or to stop the generalrise in global temperatures. 19............to the Arctic becauseof theircolour. introducing meltingof ice and snow involves ice by The build-upof ice could be encouraged dispersing alongthe coastsusingspecialships on this schemeis dependent cedainweather of the and changing direction some20 ............but using21 ..'.........to bringwaterto the Anotherway of increasing amountof ice involves conditions. the surface.A schemeto stop ice moving would use22 but this method is more likelyto

be successfulin preventingthe ice from travellingin one directionratherthan stopping it altogether. A suggestionfor cooling global temperaturesis based on what has happenedin the past after cloudsof gas. creating it 23............and involves

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Quesfions24-26
people(Quesfions Lookat the following 24-26)and the listof opinions below. Matcheach personwith the correctopinion, A-E. Writethe correctletter, A-E, in boxes 24-26 on vouranswersheet. 24 25 26 PhilRasch DanLunt Martin Sommerkorn

A B C D E

List of opinions problems geoengineering The of shouldn'tmeanthat ideasare not seriously considered. projectsare more likelyto succeed than others. Some geoengineering Geoengineering offersa short-term only solution. A positiveoutcomeof geoengineering may havea negative consequence elsewhere. projectsaren't clear in what they are aiming at. Most geoengineering

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3 Reading Passage
/ou shouldspendabout20 minuteson Questions274O, whichare basedon Reading 3 Passage below.

merica's art? oldest

steep and treacherously cliffs, hidden Setwithin Brazil, valleys northeast of awayin thesecluded and America's mostsignificant is someof South Mostof theart so fardiscovered rock-art. soectacular fromthe comes excavations fromtheongoing National archaeologically-imporlant Parkof theSerra in and da Capivara thestateof Piaui, it is causing The quite controversy. reason the uproar? for The a 25,000 perhaps, or to dated around artis being years even to according somearchaeologists, 36,000 to of alsoappear greatimporlance theseancient the held this ago.lf correct, is setto challenge widely or family units represent Might suchlines artists. from werefirstcolonised the viewthattheAmericas rowsof groups warriors? a number panels, of On of fromeastern Siberia at Straits north, the Bering via up figures, somenumbering to 30 individual stylised intoCentral down I0,000BC,onlymoving around undulating the werepainted using natural figures, thereafter. in America the millennia andSouth hectares a as of to Prior thedesignation 130,000 to weredifficult the sites National Park, rock-art getto, andoftendangerous enter. ancient In to the must this times, inaccessibility haveheightened of and of importance thesites, indeed the people and Wildanimals human on whopainted therocks. into the figures dominate aft,andareincorporated the so of contours the rocksurface, evoking contours but interesting, Other landscape. of thesurrounding that are veryrare, occurrences scenes showsmall a around holding to anddancing on human figures dance. involved someformof a ritual in tree,possibly the conditions, climatic Dueto thefavourable state is imagery manypanels in a remarkable on

there Despite -however, are this, of preservation. supernatural involving hunting, scenes often-complex theirlong-term issues affect that conservation serious The depicted fighting dancing. artists and beings, qualities the of The and survival, chemical mineral the ancient brushwood rock whichthe imagery painted fragile thatroamed local theanimals is and is on painted in mammals usually are The forest. large As it on several oanels is unstable. wellasthe groups tendto be shown a running stance, in and on carbonate the rocksurface, secretion sodium of parties. to fromhunting trying escape as though panel have, overtheancient sections complete - lines human animal figures of and Processions past,broken awayfromthe mainrock andrecent

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surface. Thesehavethen becomeburiedand sealed into sometimes-ancient deposits.Perversely, floor this form of natural erosionand subsequent has assisted deposition archaeologists dating in severalmajorrock-ar1 sites.Of course,datingthe giventhe non-existence art is extremely difficult of plantand animalremains that mightbe scientifically dated.Howeve thereare a smallnumberof sitesin the Serrada Capivara that are givingup theirsecrets throughgood systematic excavation. Thus,at Toca do Boqueirao PedraFurada,rock-ar1 da researcner NideGuidonmanagedto obtaina numberof dates. At different levels excavation, locatedfallen of she paintedrock fragments, which she was ableto date to at least36,000yearsago. Alongwith the painted fragments, crudestonetools were found.Also discovered were a seriesof scientifically datablesites of fireplaces, hearths, earliest or the datedto 46,000 BC, arguably oldestdatesfor humanhabitation the in the Americas. Howevr, theseconclusions not without are controversy. Critics,mainlyfrom Nor.th America, have suggestedthat the hearthsmay in fact be phenomenon, resultof seasonar a natural the brushwoodfires.SeveralNorth American researchers havegone furtherand suggestedthat the rock-artfrom this site dates from no earlierthan about3,730yearsago, basedon the results of limited radiocarbon dating.Addingfurtherfuelto the generaldebate is the fact that the artistsin the area of the NationalPark tended not to draw over old motifs (as often occurs with rock-art), which makes it hard to work out the relative chronologyof the

imagesor styles.However, diversity imagery the of and the narrative paintingscreatefrom each of the the manysiteswithinthe National Parksuggests different artistswere probablymakingtheir art at different times,and potentially usingeachsite over manythousands years. of With fiercedebatesthus ragingoverthe dating, wheretheseaftistsoriginate from is also stillvery muchopento speculation. traditional The view ignoresall the earlydatingevidence from the South Americanrock-artsites.In a revised scenario, some palaeo-anthropolggists now suggesting are that modernhumansmay havemigrated from Africa usingthe strongcurrentsof the AtlanticOceansome 60,000yearsor moreago, whileotherssuggest a more improbable colonisation comingfrom the PacificOcean.Yet,whileeitherhypothesis is plausible, thereis stillno supporting archaeological evidencebetweenthe SouthAmericancoastline and the interior. Rather, seemspossible it that therewere a numberof wavesof humancolonisation the of possibly Americas occurring overa 60,000-100,000 year period,probablyusingthe BeringStraitsas a land-bridge cross into the Americas. to Despite compelling the evidence fromSouthAmerica, it standsalone: earliest the secure humanevidence yet found in the stateof Oregonin NorlhAmericaonly datesto 12,300yearsBC. So this is a fiercedebate that is likely go on for manymoreyears.Howeve4 to the splendidrock-artand its alliedarchaeology of northeast Brazil, here,is playing hugeand described a significant in the discussion. role

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Qstions 27-29
A, lroose thecorrect letter, B, C or D. ilite the correct letterin boxes27-29 on your answersheet.

accepted ideas about may revolutionise Accordingto the first paragraph,the rock-art in Serra da.Capivara A B C D the way primitivepeople lived in North America. the date when the earliestpeople arrivedin South America. the originof the peoplewho crossedthe BeringStraits. which developedin SouthAmerica. the varietyof cultures

How did the ancientartistsuse the form of the rock wherethey painted? A B C D nearby to mimicthe shapeof the countryside animals '. r' different the to emphasise shapeof to give added lightand shadeto their paintings of to givethe impression distancein complexworks

In the fourth paragraph,what does the writer say is unusualabout the rock-artistsof Serrada Capivara? A B C D They had a very wide range of subject-matter. a Their work often appearsto be illustrating story. in one painting. They tended to use a varietyof styles on They rarelymade new paintings top of old ones.

Ouestions 3G3;6
write r- boxes30-36on your answersheet,

yEs
NO NOT GIVEN 31 ,

if the statement agreeswith the claims of the writer if the statementcontradicts the claims of the writer if it is impossibleto say what the writer thinks about this

havecompletedtheirsurveyof the rock-artin Piaui. Archaeologists The locationof the rock-artsuggeststhat the artists had a significantrole in their society. The paintingsof animalsshow they were regardedas sacred by the ancient humans. is Some damageto paintings most likelydue to changesin the weatherof the region. were buriedis usefulto archaeologists. The fact that some paintings were probablyusedfor huntinganimals. The tools found nearsome paintings haveconfirmedNideGuidon'sdatingof the paintings. The NorthAmericanresearchers

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Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-F, below. Write the correct letter,A-F, on your answer sheet. 37 38 39 40 Materials derivedfrom plantsor animals The discussions about the ancienthearths Theoriesabout where the first South Americansoriginatedfrom The finds of archaeologists Oregon in

A B C D E F

are giving rise to a great deal of debate among palaeo-anthropologists. do not supportthe earliest datessuggested the arrival peoplein America. for of are absentfrom rock-art sites in the Serrada Capivara. have not been accepted by academicsoutsideAmerica. centreon whetheror not they are actuallyman-made. reflectthe advances scientific in datinomethods.

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luru r,culd spend about 20 minuteson this task.

The diagrams befow give information about the manutacture of frozen fish pies. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Writeat least150 words.

Microwaveable continer

Fishpie productionline

juice

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Freshsalmon *.;> S

Remov skinand bones

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Prepared PrePared suce peas

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Writing Task2
Youshould spendabout40 minutes thistask. on Write about following the topic:
ln some countries it is thought advisable that children begin formal education at four years old, while in others they do not have to start school until they are seven or eight. How far do you agree with either of these views?

Give reasonsfor your answerand includeany relevantexamplesfrom your own knowledge experience. or Write at least250 words.

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The examiner will ask you some questions about yourself, your home, oork or studies and familiar topics. Let's talk about your home town. Do you live in a town or a city? Have your family always lived there? Do you like living there? Do many tourists visityour area? (VVhat they come to see?) do Do you think your home town/city will change much in the future? ae examiner wilf then ask you some questions about one or two other topics, for example: Now let's talk about music. Whatkind of music do you like? What do you like about it? Are your friends interested in the samekind of music? Wheredo you usually listen to music? Do you ever go to concefts? Do you play or would you like to play an instrument?

Paft 2
and ask you to talk aboutit for one to two minutes. Before talk you'll haveone minuteto think aboutwhat you'regoing
say.The examiner will give you some paper and a pencil so can make notes if you want to. examinerryill give you a topic on a card like the one on the Describe one of your possessions which you couldn't Iive without. You should say: what it is why you first boughtit / how you got it when and how often you use it and explain why it is so special.

examiner mayask one or two morequestions whenyou

finished, for example: Do you throw things away when you don't need them any more? Do you sometimesbuy something and then regret it?

ng Part 3
examinerwill ask some more general questions which follow on from the topic in Part 2. Do you think somepeople spend too much money on things they don't need? What sort of things? ls it worth trying to repair things which break rather than throwing them away? Why do you think that? Many people feel they must have lots of hi-tech gadgets these days. What do you think of this trend? Do you think technology hasmade our lives easieror more stressful?Why? Some people aren't interested in keeping up to date with new technology.Do you think that matters?

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