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PROGRESS TEST 2
LISTENING
(30 minutes)

PART 1 Questions 1-10

Questions 1-5
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
SOCIOLOGY RESEARCH PROJECT SURVEY
Survey on: community center
Age: (1) ………………………………………..
Postcode: (2) ………………………………………..
COMPUTER FACILITIES ALREADY USED
Where? (3) ………………………………………..
SPORTS FACILITIES ALREADY USED
Where? (4) ………………………………………..
EDUCATION FACILITIES ALREADY USED
Where? (5) ………………………………………..

Questions 6-10
Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTRE

New sports: (6) ………………………………………..

New classes organized only for: (7) ………………………………………..
New education classes: (8) ………………………………………..
Willing to pay about: (9) £ ……………………………………….. for new classes
Possible frequency of visits, if (10) ……………………………………….. a week
improvements made?

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PART 2 Questions 11-20
Questions 11-15
Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C
11 The park which makes up Hampstead Heath is
A very large
B fairly large
C fairly small
12 According the speaker. Hampstead underground station is
A the shallowest in the system
B the deepest in the system
C the oldest in London
13 The speaker suggests that after their walk people might want to
A have a meal in the famous restaurants.
B avoid Hampstead village as it is very busy.
C visit Hampstead village to look at the shops.
14 The houses in the Vale of the Heath are built
A on the edge of the heath.
B on the heath itself.
C opposite the heath.
15 The speaker advises walkers to remove their headphones to
A hear the silence away from the traffic.
B ensure they are not being followed.
C listen to the noises in the park.

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Questions 16-20
Which activity can be done at each of the following locations on the heath?
Choose FIVE answers below and write the correct letter, A – G, next to questions 16 – 20.
Activities
A have picnics
B go fishing
C view London
D have a swim
E attend concerts
F watch plays
G have snacks

Locations on the Heath

16 Kenwood House …………
17 Grassy slopes …………
18 Open-air stage …………
19 Ponds …………
20 Parliament Hill …………

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PART 3 Questions 21-30
Questions 21 – 25.
How do the speakers describe the green urban planning options?
Choose FIVE descriptions from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to questions
21-25.
Description
A dangerous

B too expensive

C too many objections

D disruptive

E unpractical

F successful

G unsuccessful

21 Green belt …………

22 Decentralization …………

23 Newtowns …………

24 Brownfield sites …………

25 Pedestrianized zones …………

Questions 26 – 28.
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
26. Which area is Jack having the most problems with?
A Understanding the statistics.
B The lack of material.
C The selection of statistics.
27. What has been central to Curitiba’s success?
A Central government intervention.
B Working together with residents.
C Giving responsibility to strategists.

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28. Why does the transport system work so well?
A There are cheap fares for the poor and elderly.
B Bicycles can use the bus lanes.
C There is a low car ownership.

Questions 29 – 30.

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which does the tutor suggest are the TWO areas Jack needs to focus on?

A The amount of parkland

B The employment strategy

C The pedestrianized zones

D The recycling scheme

E The suburban areas

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PART 4 Questions 31-40
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

ECONOMICS COURSE GUIDELINES

During lectures
Students:
o will receive information about economics and the (31) …………………………… to
concentrate on.
o will be provided with information about the subject will be provided with a
framework for further study.
o will have an opportunity to be taught by a (32) …………………………… in the field.
o will take part in the learning culture for (33) ……………………………
Common problems students have with techniques used in lectures:
o may not develop student (34) ……………………………: no immediate questions.
o newer techniques help improve (35) …………………………… more than lectures.
How to avoid problems and make learning easier:
o leave time to read (36) …………………………… on the booklist.
o (37) …………………………… yourself with quizzes.
o if you have had a gap year, revise what you previously learned.
o use the web to do more extra (38) ……………………………
o check the sources of information on the web are (39) ……………………………
o (40) …………………………… ideas with your classmates.

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 READING
(60 minutes)

Reading passage 1

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-12 which are based on Reading
Passage 1 below.

How we manage the land on Earth

Overpopulation, climate change, mass migration, farming issues, and the use of natural
resources are all affecting our relationship with terra firma, and it has never been more
complicated. It is increasingly looking like Earth’s land is being overlooked rather than valued
as a precious resource.
For those living in Malé, the overcrowded capital of the Maldives, there is no choice but to
build upwards. Caged by the sea, they have no more land to spread onto, yet the city’s
population has soared by nearly 52% since 2006. The last census in 2014 counted 158,000
people crammed into the city’s 5.7 sq km of space, and officials say the figure has since
grown further.
Space is such a premium in Malé that pavements are often less than one metre wide, forcing
pedestrians to walk in single lines, while many streets have no sidewalk at all.
Malé, capital of the Maldives, is emblematic of modern-day land issues: A small, increasingly
urbanising space with a skyrocketing population. Rents have risen exorbitantly, and in some
of the poorest areas, up to 40 people can be squeezed into buildings with just 23.2 sq
metres of space – about the same size as a small studio flat.
With so many people living under each other’s feet, crime, drugs, and domestic violence have
risen alarmingly while the city frequently runs out of water. An entirely new island has risen
next door out of the sea itself, simply from the city’s garbage.
In the early 1990s, the tallest buildings in the city were only two storeys high, whereas now
the average height is eight storeys and some are as high as 25 storeys high. People are
coming here because this is where health, education, and jobs are, but overpopulation is
leading to many socioeconomic problems.
Although extreme, Malé is an example in miniature of something that is happening on a far
larger scale around the world. With 83 million more people appearing on the planet every
year, rising populations are placing increasing pressure on the land.

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The UN’s latest estimates state that there are 7.6 billion people jostling for space on Earth at
present, and that number will rise to 9.8 billion by 2050. By the end of the century, their
projections say there could be 11.2 billion people on our planet.
With 83 million more people appearing on the planet every year, rising populations are
placing increasing pressure on the land. Each of those people will need somewhere to live, a
place to work, and fertile land to provide them with food. They will need water and energy to
stay warm or to light their way at night. They will want roads to drive on and places to park.
For the lucky ones, there will be space for their pastimes and leisure activities.
At first, it can be easy to dismiss fears that mankind may one day run out of space as
ridiculous. Physically, the land can easily accommodate 11 billion people – there are around
51.7million sq miles of ice-free land on the planet.
But large tracts of land remain virtually uninhabitable due to their climate or their remote
location: Enormous tracts of Siberia are too inhospitable to be lived upon, and the huge
landmass at the centre of Australia is too arid to support many people, meaning the majority
of its population is clustered along its coastline.
The cities and towns we live in account for less than 3% of the Earth’s total land area, but
between 35% and 40% are used for agriculture. As populations grow, many fear that more
land will be used up to grow more food. And land management has a lot to do with resource
management – what eat, how we grow it, and how we eat it.
To feed the world’s growing population, a study by researchers at Stanford University
estimated that between 10,400-18,900 sq miles of additional land will be required, and that
there is a reserve of 1.7 million sq miles thought to be suitable for growing crops left in the
world.
The researchers predicted that increasing demand for food, biofuels, industrial forestry, and
the spread of urbanisation will result in this reserve of land being completely used up by
2050.
The bad news is that the demand for new cropland and pastures for animals is already
thought to have caused 80% of the deforestation taking place around the world today, wiping
out large areas of rich biodiversity and trees that act as natural sinks for greenhouse gases.
The way we use land right now is extremely inefficient; so much of our land is being used to
grow food for livestock – 75% of the world’s agricultural land is used for feeding animals
that we then eat ourselves. About 40% of the food grown in the world is also never eaten by
anybody – it is thrown away.

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Questions 1-4
Read the text and choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
Write the correct letter on your answer sheet for questions 1-4.
1 The height of most city buildings are now measured to be at a general level of
A 25-storeys
B 2-storeys
C 8-storeys
D 40-storeys
2 The estimated spare land available that is considered to be good for agricultural use,
such as the growing of vegetables is
A 51.7m sq miles
B 1.7m sq miles
C 10,000 sq miles
D 18,900 sq miles
3 The current population figure produced by the United Nations for our planet is an
estimated
A 11.2 billion
B 11 billion
C 7.6 billion
D 9.8 billion

4 The percentage figure for the food we humans grow on Earth that is discarded as waste
is approximately
A 75%
B 3%
C 52%
D 40%

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Questions 5-8
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the passage on the previous
page?
In boxes 5-8 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

5 From 2006 onwards, the rate of city dwellers in the Maldivian capital has grown at just
under 50%.
6 Walking single file is common on the pavement due to the crowding.
7 Water shortages are an almost every day occurrence in the city mentioned.
8 Large portions of the land on Earth are completely unsuited for human occupation.

Questions 9-12
Complete the sentences below.
Write ONE OR TWO WORDS ONLY to complete the sentences.
Write your answers in boxes 9-12 on your answer sheet.

Almost 52 million sq km of land is available to handle the more than 11 billion projected
populations as it is classified as being 9…………………
Whereas cities account for less than 5% of land usage, just over a third of the land available
on Earth is used for 10………………….
The loss of vast expanses of healthy forests that act naturally to absorb 11………………….
A brand new piece of man-made land has been formed besides the current city, jumping out
from the sea itself, made solely by using unwanted 12…………………

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READING PASSAGE 2
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 13-27 which are based on Reading
Passage 2 below.

The monster ships that changed how we travel

When the world’s then-largest ocean liner embarked on its first transatlantic voyage in
September 1907, thousands of spectators gathered at the docks of Liverpool to watch.
Cunard’s RMS Lusitania had been outfitted with a new type of engine that differed from that
of its rivals – and it would go on to break the speed record for the fastest ocean crossing not
once, but twice.
Between 1850 and 1900, three British passenger lines – Cunard, Inman and White Star -
dominated transatlantic travel. Toward the end of the century, as increasing numbers of
emigrants sought passage to the US and a growing class of Gilded Age travellers demanded
speed and luxury, corporate rivalry intensified. Pressure from other European lines forced
the British companies to add amenities like swimming pools and restaurants.
Not unlike today’s rivalries between, say, aircraft manufacturers like Airbus and Boeing, each
raced to make its ocean liners the largest, fastest, and most opulent. In the process, they
launched the modern age of leisure cruising – and developed innovations and technologies
that continue to be used on cruise ships today.
In the mid-19th century, there were two main players. Inman’s inaugural steamship, launched
in 1850, made it the first major British line to replace traditional side-mounted paddlewheels
with a screw propeller – an apparatus with fixed blades turning on a central axis. With the
added speed and fuel efficiency this brought, plus a sleek iron hull that was more durable
than wood, Inman established itself as a company unafraid to try new technology for faster
crossings.
Inman’s main rival, Cunard, focused on safety instead. The Cunard way was to let
competitors introduce new-fangled technology and let them deal with the setbacks, once
that technology had proved itself, only then would Cunard consider using it.
But Cunard risked being left behind both by Inman and by a new rival which burst onto the
scene in 1870 – the White Star line’s splashy debut included five huge ocean liners, dubbed
floating hotels. Their flagship, RMS Oceanic, launched in 1871 and the contrast with Cunard
was stark; for example where Oceanic had bathtubs, Cunard offered a sink.
In 1888, Inman introduced ships which no longer required auxiliary sails, giving ocean liners
a similar look to the ones they have today.
Cunard, meanwhile, ventured into the new world of telecommunications by installing the first
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sister ships, RMS Lucania and RMS Campania. First-class passengers could even book
European hotels by wireless before reaching port.
In 1897, Germany entered the fray with the SS Amerika and wowed its well-heeled guests by
introducing the first à la carte restaurant at sea: the Ritz-Carlton, brainchild of Paris hotelier
Cesar Ritz and renowned chef Auguste Escoffier. It allowed guests to order meals at their
leisure and dine with their friends rather than attend rigidly scheduled seatings – a
forerunner of the kind of freestyle dining seen on today’s cruise ships.
To complicate matters, American banking tycoon JP Morgan was buying up smaller
companies to create a US-based shipping-and-railroad monopoly. In 1901, White Star
became his biggest acquisition. Suddenly, the battles weren’t only in the boardrooms;
building the world’s top ocean liners was now a point of national pride.
With the help of a £2.6 million government loan (equivalent to more than £261 million today),
Britain’s Cunard Line launched the massive twins RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania. Both
had the first steam turbine engines of any superliner.
White Star fought back with RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, which would feature double hulls
and watertight bulkheads. With standard reciprocating engines, they were slower than the
Cunarders but surpassed them in size and elegance; they even debuted the first indoor
swimming pools at sea.
History changed course when Titanic hit an iceberg on 14 April 1912 and sank on her first
transatlantic voyage. As a result of the tragedy, safety regulations were updated to require
lifeboat berths for every passenger and 24-hour radio surveillance (rules that are still in
place).
But there were more challenges to come. World War One broke out in 1914, and European
governments requisitioned liners for war service. Despite a post-war liner-building boom, US
anti-immigration laws reduced the number of transatlantic emigrants – the liners’ bread and
butter – in the 1920s.
In 1957, more people crossed the Atlantic by ship than ever before, but by the following year,
jet passengers outnumbered them. Cunard said flying was a fad and that it was not a
genuine concern.
Despite Cunard’s best efforts, by the late 1950s more people were flying than taking ships to
their destinations. Air travel and high operating costs doomed most transatlantic liners by
the 1970s – only Cunard’s RMS Queen Mary 2 makes regular transatlantic crossings now.

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Questions 13-18
Label as true, false, or not given (T / F / NG)
Do the following statements agree with the information given in passage 2?
Write your answers in the boxes for questions 13-18 as:
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

13 The competition between modern day airline manufacturers is very much like the early
days of ship construction.
14 Inman was fearful of using the latest available materials alongside progressive
construction methods to cut crossing times.
15 Following the invention of the radio, second class guests could reserve rooms to stay in
the cities they were heading to from the ship they were on.
16 By borrowing a substantial amount of money, a leading British company built a couple of
huge identical ships with the very first steam engine propulsion.
17 Crossing the Atlantic is done by the one remaining cruise ship these days on a
scheduled timetable.
18 A German company introduced fixed and tightly controlled set-seating meal times on
their newest ships.

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Questions 19–23
Match letters A-C, to the statements numbered below 19-23
Which company does each of the following statements refer to?
19 Being acquired by a high-powered financier meant that the proud thoughts of a nation
were at stake.
20 Claiming air travel was a short-term temporary fashionable form of travel not to be
overly worried about.
21 Using alternate newer technologies rendered older wind powered systems obsolete
giving them the modern-day look.
22 Patiently waiting for their rivals to prove that new technologies and systems worked
before implementing them themselves.
23 Producing massive ocean going vessels that gained them the nickname ‘hotels that
float’.

A Cunard
B Inman
C White Star

Questions 24–27
Complete the sentences below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO TO THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.
It was a couple of times in the early 1900s that the newest ship of the day broke
the 24……………………
As European firms excelled, it forced the U.K.-based companies to improve their ships and in
particular to 25……………………
Due to a terrible disaster, new rules were put in place after that we can see today
are 26…………………….
It was often whole families in the early part of the 20th Century, moving from Europe to
America that was known to the industry as their 27…………………….

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READING PASSAGE 3
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 28-40 which are based on Reading
Passage 3 below.
A
When you get tired of typical sight-seeing, when you have had enough of monuments,
statues, and cathedrals, then think outside the box. Read the four paragraphs below about
the innovative types of tourism emerging around the globe and discover ways to spice up
your itinerary.
B
One could eat your way through your travels if one wished. A comparatively new kind of
tourism is gaining popularity across the world. In this, food and beverages are the main
factors that motivate a person to travel to a particular destination. Combining food, drink
and culture, this type of travel provides for an authentic experience, the food and restaurants
reflecting the local and unique flavors of a particular region or country. Studies conducted
into this travel phenomenon have shown that food plays, consciously or unconsciously, an
important part in the vacations of a good number of travelers. Those trying this are looking
for a more participatory style of holiday experience. Analysts have noticed a shift from
‘passive observation’ to ‘interaction and involvement’ in tourists, whereby the visitor comes
into close contact with locals and their way of life rather than remaining a mere spectator.
C
This is a novel approach to tourism in which visitors do not visit the ordinary tourist
attractions in traditional fashion. Rather, they let their whims be their guides! Destinations
are chosen not on their standard touristic merit but on the basis of an idea or concept often
involving elements of humor, serendipity, and chance. One example is known as Monopoly-
travel. Participants armed with the local version of a Monopoly game board explore a city at
the whim of a dice roll, shuttling between elegant shopping areas and the local water plant –
with the occasional visit to jail.
Another example is Counter-travel, which requires you to take snapshots with your back
turned to landmarks like the Eiffel Tower or Big Ben. Joël Henry, the French founder of
Latourex, has developed dozens of ideas since coming up with the concept in 1990. The
traveler must increase his or her receptiveness, in this way, no trip is ever planned or
predictable. Henry’s most unusual invention is known as “Erotravel”, where a couple heads
to the same town but travels there separately. The challenge is to find one another abroad.
He and his wife have engaged in the pursuit in five cities and have managed to meet up
every time.

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D
This involves any crop-based or animal-based operation or activity that brings visitors to a
farm or ranch. It has recently become widespread in America, and participants can choose
from a wide range of activities that include picking fruits and vegetables, riding horses,
tasting honey, learning about wine and cheese making, or shopping in farm gift shops for
local and regional products or handicrafts. For rural economies struggling to stay afloat in
this age of industrial farming, it has become an important and marketable opportunity for
improving the incomes and potential economic viability of small farms and rural
communities. In western North Carolina, the organization ‘HandMade in America’ is using
this method to develop their local economy and craft trades, and to educate visitors about
farming practices. On their website, it is described as a niche market. As people are
becoming more interested in the ecological importance of local food production, related
projects reinforce the need to support local growers and allow visitors to experience the
relationship between food and our natural environment.
E
This is the trend of traveling to destinations that are first seen in movies, for instance,
touring London in a high-speed boat like James Bond or visiting the stately homes that are
seen in Jane Austin films. The term was first coined in the US press in the New York Post by
journalist Gretchen Kelly, who wrote a 2007 article entitled “The sexiest film locations from
2007 to visit now.”
Currently, summer blockbuster movies are being used as themed marketing tools by
companies like Expedia and Fandango, who are promoting trips to where the Steven
Spielberg film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was made. Corporations
as well as convention and tourism boards are exploiting the trend, creating their own
location-based travel maps, like the Elizabeth: The Golden Age movie map published by
VisitBritain, Britain’s official travel and tourism guide. Other travel itineraries have been
created by tourism boards for movies including The Da Vinci Code (France), In Bruges
(Belgium), and P.S. I Love You (Ireland). Although a new concept, it’s fast becoming a major
factor in the choices travelers make in an increasingly tight economic climate. If a traveler
has seen a site in a major motion picture, its media exposure makes it a compelling choice
for a family vacation or honeymoon.

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Questions 28-31
Reading Passage 3 has five sections, A–E.
Choose the correct heading for sections B–E from the list of headings below.
Write the correct number, i–viii, in boxes 28–31 on your answer sheet.

List of Headings
i Experimental Tourism
ii Cuisine Tourism
iii Adventure Tourism
iv Fashion Tourism
v Photographic Travels
vi Set-jetting.
vii Agritourism.
viii Introduction
ix Capital Cities
Example:
Section A viii
28 Section B
29 Section C
30 Section D
31 Section E

Questions 32–35
Look at the following statements (Questions 32–35).
Read passage 3 and complete the sentences using one word only from the text.
Write the answers for questions 32-35 on your answer sheet.
Putting together and enjoying culinary delights ensures the trip is more 32……..……………
Moving quickly between more mundane public service facilities and malls that are
more 33…………………….
Film sets for hugely popular blockbuster movies are attracting couples to go there for
their 34…………………….
In the USA, visiting a strawberry picking field or listening to lectures on producing good wine
is becoming increasingly 35…………………….

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Questions 36-39
Label as true, false or not given (T / F / NG)
Do the following statements agree with the information given in passage 2?
Write your answers in the boxes for questions 36-39 as:
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

36 Enjoying good foods is the most critical part of any good holiday for the majority of
travellers.
37 Taking photos facing directly opposite from and facing away from a popular tourist site
is a need for Counter-travel.
38 People are gaining appreciation for the need to back those producing local grown
vegetables and other crops.
39 The term for promoting travel related to the film industry was first used in the British
media.

Question 40
Read the text and choose the best match for the underlined phrase in the text, from the three
options, A-C.
For people who are bored of doing the usual activities such as looking at the common
tourist attractions, they need to reconsider things from a different perspective. This means
to think is a way that is ………………….
A unique.
B new.
C creative.

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 WRITING
(60 minutes)
WRITING TASK 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The charts give information about employment in the UK in 1998 and 2012.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
Write at least 150 words.

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TASK 2
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:
The increasing housing problem in big cities has social consequences. Some people
say that only government can solve this problem. To what extent do you agree or
disagree?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge
or experience.
Write at least 250 words.

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