Reading

Part
Questions 1-5
Look at the text in each
question.
What does it say?
Mark the correct letter A, B or C on your answer sheet.
Example:
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J ohn
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Can
you call the cinema from home and
check iIm time be ore leaving? Let me
know what time we should
get there.
J ohn should
A contact Ne|| a ter phoning the cinema.
B ring Nell after arriving at the cinema.
C go to the cinema to check when the film starts.
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Answer:
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B c
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ToltJ en
From I FAngus
I've had a problem with the car. Can
you
get a taxi rom the station and ring when
you get to your hotel?
A Angus wants J en to telephone him from her hotel.
B Angus wants J en to take him to the hotel in a taxi.
C Angus wants J en to collect him from the station.
Do not remove the equipment rom the box before
reading the instructions.
Read the instructions before using the equipment.
Put the equipment in the box after using it.
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acce7*ed {or u,''wa.ned darniture,
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THE BUS DRIVER TAKES CASH ONLY.
THE TICKET OFFICE TAKES
CREDIT CARDS OR CASH.
/U/,rm, / wanted to wash tly red jeans
t0 wear tomzrr7w but they've
disappeared. Did you do then? /f you
did, thanks but where have you put
These people are selling things to get money for
travelling.
These people sell toys, furniture and bicycles.
These people don't want to take all their furniture to
their new home.
A You cannot pay the bus driver with a credit card.
B The ticket o fice can give you change for the bus.
C lt is not possible to buy a ticket with a credit card.
A Tammie wants her mother to wash her
jeans
for her.
B Tammie is asking her mother where her
jeans
are.
C Tammie's mother promised to wash her
jeans
for her.
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Pant 2
Questions 6-10
The peop|e be|ow a|| want to ind a summer ho|iday
job.
On the opposite page there are advedisements for eight
jobs.
Decide which job
would be most suitable for the following people.
For questions 6-10, mark the correct letter (A-H) on your answer sheet.
Tom is going abroad to learn German and French in October. He wants to
spend J uly working or a newspaper or magazine. He wou|d prefer to be in a
large town or city.
Martha would like a
job
working with children under twelve. A friend is coming
to stay for two weeks in early J uly, so she must be free then. She's happy to
travel and can work until the autumn.
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Sindy is |ooking or work in the evenings this summer. She enjoys ta|king to
people, but she doesn't want to stand up all the time, as she already works in a
restaurant during the day.
Aidan wants to find a
job
which provides a room to live in. He doesn't mind
working long hours, but he must be free on Saturdays when he takes part in
swimming competitions.
Nick needs a
job
for at least two months which pays well. He speaks English,
Italian and Swedish and would like the chance to use them. He starts university
on 5 October.
Summer
jobs
special
A
Dambury J ournal is looking or a keen young
reporter to work full{ime Tuesday-Sunday from
our office in this
picturesoue
litt|e town or the
summer. An oppoftunity to learn about
journalism
on this |oca| newspaper which covers country li e
and events throughout the area. Accommodation
can be arranoed.
Friendly Australian famjly living near
Neblcaston requi res help from mid-J uly to
scntmhr F||r
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aocrl thr +^ lAl
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baby boy. We'11 want you to spend about
one month in France with us. own room and
bathroom. Two free days per week,
some eveni ng and l./eekend work. Good pay.
Enjoy meeting new people?
Good with children?
You could be a travel guide for American tourists in
Southern Europe and Scandinavia.
Newcaston Trave| Ltd |ooks a ter sma|l groups o chi|dren and
teenagers and also amilies trave||ing in groups o up to twenty'
Exce||ent rates o pay (extra or oreign-|anguage speakers).
Minimum six weeks, stafiing mid J uly.
F
Dambury Summet PIay Scheme needs hetpers
rom 8.30 a.m. til| 5-30 p.m' Monday-Friday or nine
weeks in J uly and August. You must be energetic,
tiend|y and get on weII with chi|dren. Cooking ability
use ul. Some days we wiIl take trips to the seaside
and relurn late evening. Good pay.
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Newcaston University Summer School Hostel
Hotel Ferdinand, Dambury, requires kitchen and
dining-room stf for the summer. Six days per week
(any day off by arrangement except Fridays). Hours
from2 p.m. till 10 p.m. or from 6 a.m. till 2 p.m.Also
some part-time work (evenings only). Meals provided
and some accommodation available if reouired.
We are looking for a riend|y efficient person to
answer phone and e-mail enquiries, check
application orms and occasionally show new
visitors round. Daytime or evening
(Monday-Saturday) unti! end o summer. Some
accommodation may be avai|ab|e i required.
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The best new Whot! On guide to Newcaston needs
lively young people to work at its main office, right in
the centre of this great city, for one or two months
this summer. Hours | 0- 6.
Experience in magazine journalism not necessary, but
enthusiasm is! ldeal for students and school leavers.
Teen Wheels Magazine is looking for foreign language
speakers to work in the telephone sales department
from late August. You can earn lots of money selling
advertising to companies in Europe and the US.
PossibiIity of permanent job
i required. office in
suburbs of Newcaston, easy access city centre.
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Part 3
Questions 11-20
Look at the sentences below about unusual women of the past.
Read the text on the opposite page to decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect.
lf it is correct, mark A on your answer sheet.
lf it is not correct, mark B on
your
answer sheet.
11 The writer says many women
joined
armies before the twentieth century.
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Christian Walsh wanted to marry a soldier.
13 Kit Cavanagh spent thirteen years in the army.
14 Kit fought the doctors when they tried to operate.
15 Anne Bonney went to the Bahamas to ind J ohn Rackham.
16 Anne helped J ohn to get a fast ship.
17 Mary was a|ready working on a ship be ore she met Anne'
18 Mary joined
the army in order to be with her husband.
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Anne and Mary went to prison after J ohn Rackham.
20 lt is uncertain what happened to Anne and Mary in the end.
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You may think that no women went to sea or joined the army until the twentieth
centur but this is not true.Although they usual|y had to
Pretend
to be men,there
are a few true stories of woman who fought for both good reasons and bad ones.
One English woman soldier in the seventeenth century was ChristianWalsh,the wife
of a man who was made to join the army, although he did not want to be a soldier.
Christian refused to accept the situation, unlike most women in those days. She cut
off her hair, dressed as a man and joined
the army, calling herself Kit Cavanagh, in
order to look for her husband. lt was thirteen years before she found him and during
that time she fought in several different countries. She was only discovered to be a
woman when doctors were operating on her for an injury she had received while
fighting.
A rather different example, from around the same time, is Anne Bonney. lt is not
certain why she left lreland, where she was born, and went to the islands which are
now called the Bahamas. However, we know that when she got there, she fell in love
with a sailor called
J ohn
Rackham. She worked with
J ohn
to steal a ship from the
local port.They obviously chose the ship carefully, because it was the fastest one in
the port at the time. For the next ten years they sailed round the Caribbean,
attacking other ships and stealing everything valuable from them, as well as taking
sailors to help on their own ship.
One day, Anne was surprised to discover that a boy they had taken off another ship
in this way was really a young woman. She told Anne her name was Mary Read. She
said she had dressed like a man to increase her opportunities, because in those days
of course most women were expected to stay at home. Earlier, Mary had fought in
the army, but had stopped pretending to be a man for a short time when she married
a soldier who had realised that she was a woman. Unfortunately her husband died,
and so Mary started to dress as a man once again and became a sailor.
Anne and Mary continued their criminal career with
J ohn
Rackham, but in the
end their ship was caught by the navy.The two women went on fighting even after
all the men were taken prisoner, but they avoided punishment and disappeared.
Nobody knows what happened to them after that. Perhaps they pretended to be
men and joined
another ship, or maybe they got married.
TEST 6, READING PART 3
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Question s 21
-25
Read the text and questions below.
For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Living in the Ice Age
I'm a scientist and I arrived here inAntarctica three months ago in December.The temperature
is cold but not unpleasant yet. Since arriving,I've worked with about 60 other people getting
everything ready for the Antarctic winter. It's been a lot of hard work, but it was fun too.
However, a few days ago the ship left taking most of the staff with it, and it won't be back to
fetch us until next December. So the hardest thing to get used to is that there are now just
fourteen of us because I'm used to working in a large company.
I'm living on the same work station I was on ten years ago.It was new then and it's still in
good condition and unchanged.The dried food we get is also the same -
you forget what real
food tastes like after a few weeks.The people working here with me are all different from then,
but I'm always happy getting to know new people .Ten years ago, we wefe able to send faxes
to friends and family once a month, but today we can send e-mails and talk on the phone so we
don't feel so far away.
Last week we went out exploring for a few days.We slept in our vefy thick sleeping bags to
keep the cold out.'We always have to wear the right clothes and boots for walking on ice and
snow.'We were
joined
together by a rope all the time in case we fell into any holes in the ice.
They're too deep to climb out of. The skies were clear and I was reminded how lucky I am to
be here. Soon we will get amazing sunsets too.
What is the writer trying to do?
A persuade people to work in Antarctica
B complain about his life in Antarctica
C describe his own experiences in Antarctica
D suggest ways of improving |i e in Antarctica
What is difficult for the writer at the moment?
A He is working with a small number of people.
B There is too much work to do.
C The weather is too cold.
D The ship won't return or months.
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23 In the writer's opinion, what has improved since ten years ago?
A The living accommodation is better.
B The food is more tasty.
C Communications have improved.
D His colleagues are easier to work with.
24 What particular danger was there when they were exploring?
A the cold
B the holes in the ice
C getting lost
D slipping on the ice
25 Which o the fo||owino e-mai|s did the writer send to a friend?
A
I'm getting used to being in Antarctica. Although people had told
me what it was like, it's still a shock to experience it myself.
There hasn't been much to do here yet, so I've spent the time
getting to know my colleagues and relaxing.
It's good to be back here, I'd forgotten how beautiful it is. I'm
looking forward to seeing some wonderful sunsets.
I'll send you my news as often as I can. It won't be long till I'm
home, as I've already been here nearly a year.
B
c
D
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Part 5
Questions 26-35
Read the text be|ow and choose the correct word or each space.
For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Example:
0 A doubt
Answer:
B chance C way D matter
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B C D
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Fashions go round arrd round
Fashions have always changed with time. No (0) .... Roman girls worried
about having the latest hairstyle and boys inAncient Egypt wanted to have sandals
(25) . ... were cool and not the sensible ones their mothers preferred.
Looking (27) . ... over recent times, there seem to be two main differences in the
(28) . .... fashions have changed compared to earlier t mes. Firstly, (29) .
more people have a choice of clothes avallable to them.There are few places
(30) . ... the wodd where the trainers, the caps or the T:shirts of teenagers do not
change from one yea to the next. Secondly, styles are (31)
'...
within a much
shorter time than they (32) .... to be. For instance, in the 1960s, (33) . ... had
the same low waists and narrow skirts as forty years before.
In the ear years of the 21st century, the shops are (34) .... of long skirts and
coloured scarves like the ones in fashion only thirty years before. Soon, we will find that
the really fashionable people look no different from the (35) . ... of us, because it is
only ten years since their clothes were in fashion before!
26 A they
27 A about
28 A soft
29 A some
30 Ain
31 A accepted
32 A wanted
33 A dresses
34 A i||ing
35 A other
B that
B round
B kind
B much
Bon
B returned
B needed
B
jackets
B i||ed
B most
C these
C back
C type
c ar
Cof
C exchanged
C used
C trousers
C full
C rest
D those
D behind
D way
D even
D through
D repeated
D had
D blouses
D fuller
D all
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Writing
Part
Questions 1-5
Here are some sentences about a new pop group.
For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use no more than three words.
Write only the missing words on your answer sheet.
You may use this page for any rough work.
Example:
0 The group is called Fireworks.
The name o
'...''.'......
Fireworks.
Answer: 0
l
he qroup ie
1 The new pop group was discovered by a television producer.
A television producer the new pop group.
2 The singer was a waiter before he
joined
this group.
Be ore this group, the singer Was a waiter.
3 The women aren't such oood musicians as the men.
The men are .........,.. . muslcians than the women.
4 The women all dance brilliantlv.
The women dancers.
5 | couldn't afford a ticket for their concert.
The tickets for their concert cost
'........
.... or me.
TEST 6, WRITING PART.I
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Panl 2
Question 6
You have an English friend called Lee. You are both going to another friend's birthday pany next week.
Write an e-mail to Lee. |n your e-mail, you hou|d
o
say how you will get there
o
suggest you go together
o
ask him or advice about a present.
Write 35-45 words on vour answer sheet.
Part 3
Write an answer to one o the questions (7 or 8) in this part.
Write your answer in about 100 words on your answer sheet.
Put the question number in the box at the top of your answer sheet.
Question 7
o
This is part of a letter you receive from an English penfriend.
/ alwags go shopping utith mg
frienods
at the
weekend. What c/o gotr /ike buging when gor,r
go shopping? What kind ofshops are there
near where gopr /ive?
o
Now write a letter answering your penfriend's questions.
o
Write your letter on your answer sheet.
Question I
o
Your English teacher has asked you to write a story.
o
Your story must begin with this sentence:
I got off the train and waved to my brother, who was waiting on the platform.
o
Write your story on your answer sheet.
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Part
Questions 1-7
There are seven questions in this part.
For each question, there are three pictures and a short recording.
Choose the correct picture and put atick(/) in the box below it.
Example: What will the boy take back to the shop?
c B A
1 Which instrument is the girl learning now?
c B A
2 What wi|| they buy or Lucy?
B A
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3 What will the weather be like on Sundav?
4 What did the boy leave in the girl's house?
B
c B
5 What will the boy get from the shop?
B
6 Which sport is unavailable todav?
B
7 What is the girl wearing?
A
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Patt 2
Questions 8-13
You will hear a radio interview with a teenage boy called Matthew who has invented a game.
For each question, put a tick (/
)
in the correct box.
I How old was Matthew when his game
was irst sold?
A ten
B thirteen
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9 When Matthew tried to sell his idea to companies, A he had no replies.
B some companies asked to see the game.
C none of them was interested.
10 Matthew borrowed monev rom A a bank.
B some relatives.
C a businessman.
11 How did Matthew get his idea for a A An American company made a suggestion.
second product?
B some other chirdren tord him about it.
C He watched his sisters playing.
12 According to Matthew, most ten-year-olds A games which test what they know.
are interested in
B games which are about their everyday lives.
C games which use their imagination.
13 When Matthew leaves school, he wants to A run his own business.
B do a course in business studies.
C continue inventing games.
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Part 3
Questions
14-19
you
will hear a radio announcer
giving some information about a cycling holiday with Pathway Holidays'
For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space'
Pathway HolidaYs
Monday 12
J une -
Saturday lT
lune
Cycle from Whitehaven to Sunderland in England
The total length of the ride is (14) ..... .. '
kms'
The highest
place on the ride is (15) ......'.... '
Hill'
The price includes accommodation,
food, luggage transport and a
(16)....... ..
It is recommended that you bring
your o\Mn (17) ..""""'
On Friday evening there is a (18)
lnformation available from the (19) ... ......
TEST 6, LISTENING PART 3
Pant 4
Questions 20-25
Look at the six sentences for this part.
You will hear a conversation between a girl, J ane, and her mother about where J ane will work next month.
Decide i each sentence is correct or incorrect.
ff it is correct, put a Iick (/
)
in the box under A for YES.
lf it is not correct, put a tick ({
)
in the box under B for NO.
AB
YES NO
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20 J ane is leaving school next week.
21 J ane's mother is unhappy about J ane working in her office.
22 J ane has met her mother's colleagues before.
23 J ane is uncertain about what career she wants.
24 J ane is interested in working in a school with her friends.
25 In the end, J ane's mother agrees to take her to work.
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Part
General conversation: saying who you are, giving
personaI in ormation, spe|ling
Take turns to be the examiner. Ask your parlner
questions
to find out some in ormation about each
other.
Ask each other at |east our o these questions:
o
What's your name?
o
What do you like doing at weekends?
o
What do you do when you have free time at home?
o
Where do you go to meet your friends?
o
How often do you go shopping?
o
Who helps you to choose your clothes?
o
Can you spe|l the name of your favourite shop or
me, please?
Pant 2
Simulated situation: exchanging information and
giving opinions
The examiner gives you both a picture.
you
do a task
together.
You've won a competition to learn a new skill.
you're
going to do a course together or one week. Look at
page
'167.
You have a choice of seven courses.
Decide together which one you will choose. Think
about what you can do already and what you would
like to learn.
Ask and answer questions
like these:
o
Can you do any of these things already?
o
Which of these things would you like to learn?
o
Which courses do you not want to do?
o
Which course wou|d be most usefu|/ un/interesting?
Part 3
Responding to photographs:
describing where
people are and what they are doing.
You take turns to tell each other about a photograph.
Candidate A: look at Photograph 64 on page
'170.
Candidate B: look at Photograph 68 on page 173.
Think about your photograph or a few seconds.
Describe it to your panner or about one minute.
Tell your partner
about these things:
.
what kind of place
it is
o
what you can see there
o
what the people look like
o
what the people are doing/buying
o
whether they are all enjoying what they are doing.
Part 4
General conversation about the photographs:
talking
about likes, dislikes and preferences
The examiner asks you to talk to your partner.
you
give your opinion about something and explain what
you prefer.
Talk to each other about earning money.
Use these ideas:
o
Say whether you have a
job
or have ever had one.
o
Say what you do (or did) and what you feel about
doing it.
o
Say what kind of
job you would like to have.
o
Say why you think you would enjoy it.
o
Say how you would spend the money you earn.
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