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CAMBRIDGE B2 – EXAM FORMAT
B2 First tests all language skills.

The updated exam (for the January 2015 calls) consist of four tests developed to assess your English language skills. You
can see the content of each test below.

The oral expression test takes place face to face, with two candidates and two examiners. This facilities are more realistic
and reliable measurement of your ability to communicate in English.

TEST CONTENT
Reading comprehension and use of 7 parts Show that you can confidently address different types of text,
the language / 52 questions such as fiction, newspapers and magazines. Test your use of
(Reading and Use of English) language with tasks that evaluate your mastery of grammar and
(1 hour 15 minutes) vocabulary.
Written expression 2 parts Being able to write two different texts, such as letters, reports,
(Writing) reviews and essays.
(1 hour 20 minutes)
Listening 4 parts Being able to follow and understand various oral contents, such
(Listening) / 30 questions as news programs, presentations and daily conversations.
(about 40 minutes)
Speaking 4 parts Test your ability to communicate effectively in face-to-face
(Speaking) situations. You will appear for the test along with one or two
(14 minutes per pair of candidates) other candidates.

Good luck!!

HALLAR LA NOTA DE UN SUPUESTO DE EXAMEN

→ Reading + Use Of English. 25%, 52 preguntas. El total es el resultado de dividir el número de preguntas correctas entre
el total de preguntas.
𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑠
→ Listening. 30 preguntas. · 25 = 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙
30
First for schools. Trainer 1
READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1 hour 15 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use
only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 M U C H

Example
0 A support B assist C co-operate D benefit Water

0 A B C D We all know that water is essential for our health, and that we should drink as (0)
 much of it as possible. Yet in (9) __________ of this, many of us still don’t drink enough, so
bottled water is a good way of (10) __________ sure we drink clean water while we’re on
the move.
Dolphins Unfortunately though, the manufacture of all those plastic bottles can result in a
lot of waste, (11) __________ to the amount of oil required. It’s actually (12) __________
There have been countless stories of dolphins appearing to (0) _____ with humans. equivalent of keeping a million cars on the road of a year! Also, if empty bottles are (13)
But a recent incident has convinced a group of lifeguards that some dolphins were (1) _____ __________ properly disposed of, they can cause a major pollution hazard.
attempting to help them – by protecting them from a shark! However, there are steps we can take to improve the situation. For example, very
The lifeguards were on a training exercise in the sea when the dolphins swarm (14) __________ of the plastic bottles we use get recycled. So (15) __________ of throwing
towards them at considerable (2) _____, then circled them repeatedly, hitting the surface them in the bin, we should send them to a recycling centre where the plastic can be re-
of the water with their fins. At first, the swimmers were puzzled by the dolphins’ (3) _____, used. And in many countries now, the water (16) __________ comes straight from them tap
but then began to fear they’d swum too close to some baby dolphins by (4) _____, and is perfectly clean and safe to drink so perhaps many of us don’t need to buy bottled water
disturbed them. at all.
Suddenly, one of the lifeguards spotted a small shark some way off. He realised that
the dolphins had been (5) _____ a lot of noise and causing general chaos in order to (6)
_____ off the shark. And to his relief, they (7) _____ in doing so, because the shark soon
disappeared. However, the dolphins insisted on staying until a colleague’s boat safety (8)
_____ the swimmers. What an experience!

1. A surely B absolutely C totally D definitely

2. A distance B pace C time D speed
3. A occupation B behaviour C situation D attitude
4. A accident B confusion C error D fault
5. A doing B making C having D trying
6. A call B set C put D take
7. A managed B succeeded C achieved D resulted
8. A picked up B came over C got away D caught up

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 Part 3 Part 4

For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
beginning (0). two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0):

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example:

Example: 0 U N U S U A L 0. Karen didn’t really want to go to the party:

FORWARD
Karen wasn’t really ____________________________________________ to the party.
Gliding The gap can be filled by the words ‘looking forward to going’, so you write:

What’s the most (0) unusual birthday present you’ve ever been given? UNUSUAL Example: 0 LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING
How would you feel if your birthday surprise turned out to be an (17)
__________ to gliding? That’s exactly what happened to me – when I INTRODUCE Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
was only 8 years old.

I’d never experienced anything like it – absolutely (18) __________! BELIEVE 25. The film wasn’t nearly as good as the book.
After that I was hooked, so my parents arranged another (19) MUCH
__________ for me as soon as they could, and then I started taking FLY The book _______________________________________________________ the film.
lessons. It’s been the perfect (20) __________ for me – I learn a lot and ACTIVE
I’m outside too, which I love. 26. I haven’t had time to tidy my bedroom.
ROUND
I don’t think my friends really understand my (21) __________, though. ENTHUSIASTIC I haven’t _________________________________________________ up my bedroom.
They’re more into music and fashion. I enjoy those, too, but there’s
nothing to beat the (22) __________ views I get from inside the glider. DRAMA 27. Jake couldn’t carry on cycling along the road until he’d fixed his brakes.
STOP
Anyway, I finally flew solo on my 16th birthday, which was the (23) Jake had ________________ his brakes before he could carry on cycling along the road.
__________ I could possibly do it. And soon I’m due to compete in EARLY
some national gliding (24) __________. Wish me luck! CHAMPION 28. I’d rather watch football than play it.
PREFER
I _____________________________________________________________ playing it.

29. ‘I’m sorry I missed your birthday party’, Ben told Sam.
APOLOGISED
Ben ___________________________________________________ his birthday party.

30. I can only come if Mum says it’s OK.

UNLESS
I ________________________________________________________ me permission.

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 Part 5 actually the last thing I’d be looking! But never mind… Anyway, to cut along story short, by
the end of the session I really felt I’d got somewhere. Afterwards, my friends and I stepped
You are going to read a short story by a boy called Dan, who is talking about going out with out into the street, safe in the knowledge that even if we weren’t going to be wowing the
a group of friends. For questions 31-36, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think concert crowds with our moves, at least we wouldn’t be totally left out!
fits best according to the text.
31. What motivated Dan and his friends to go to the dance studio?
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. A. They thought their favourite singer might be there, too.
B. They were keen to impress at an event they were attending.
C. They hoped they might be invited to dance on stage at a concert.
It all started when my friends and I booked some concert tickets to go and see Pulse, D. They knew the studio taught dance moves to their favourite band’s music.
who we considered to be one of the coolest bands around, playing exactly our type of music. 32. How did Dan feel when he arrived at the studio?
But before we went, one of our group suggested we should practise a few dance moves, like A. Nervous that he might not be able to keep up.
the ones the band was so famous for. We were pretty sure everyone else in the audience B. Disappointed that one of his friends hadn’t come.
would be doing exactly that, so we were keen to avoid turning up to the concert only to feel C. Irritated that he’d had to get up so early.
totally excluded, and reduced to the status of more spectators in front of the stage. So, after D. Tired because of a lack of sleep.
a few hopeless attempts at home, we decided to try a dance studio in the city centre. 33. On entering the dance studio, Dan’s impression was that…
I set off early that morning – well, 11 am, which is something I don’t intend to repeat A. They were going to focus more on exercise than dance.
very often! I’d reluctantly got out of bed, got ready and rushed down to the studio where B. The class was going to be more serious than he’d hoped.
we’d be learning how to dance along to the kind of stuff that bands like Pulse are into. But I C. It resembled a gym rather than a studio.
have to say, I wasn’t exactly overflowing with confidence when we arrived – I’d be the first D. They had accidentally enrolled for the wrong activity.
to admit that I have two left feet when it comes to dancing. And, sadly, the friends I was 34. Why did Dan describe the warm-up as a shock to the system?
going with were some way ahead of me at dancing, although the really gifted dancer in our A. The other students there were even worse dancers than him.
group didn’t actually show up in the end. B. The music they danced to was not at all what he’d excepted.
We walked into the dance studio where we’d be learning the moves, and instantly felt C. The moves were far from the gentle introduction he’d imagined.
as if, instead of participating in a class, we’d somehow signed up to take part in some high- D. The session was led by some strict professional dancers.
profile pop band’s dance video which was to be expected actually. Luckily, our instructor 35. What does Dan mean when he says he’d ‘got the hang of it’ in line 28?
appeared just then and told us we shouldn’t stress if we couldn’t do the moves. Instead, we A. He’d progressed as far as he was going to.
should just concentrate on enjoying it. Apparently it would be an amazing form of exercise B. He’d understood what he was supposed to do.
and far more interesting than just spending hours on end at some boring hi-tech gym. C. He’d decided he was ready to give up.
Anyway, I was relieved to find that most of the other people in our class weren’t D. He’d persuaded himself that he was talented.
anywhere near becoming professional dances either. That become pretty clear during the 36. What would be a suitable title for the story?
warm-up, when it was obvious some of them were even more uncoordinated than I was. A. My talented friends.
Even so, that part of the class was a bit of a shock to the system. I’d assumed we’d be doing B. An impossible ambition.
some simple muscle-warming exercises like I do at football practice, but evidently not. We C. The best concert I’ve ever been to.
were straight into some tough dances and exercises performed along to some rap music I D. A way of joining in.
hand’t heard before.
Finally, we moved on to what we’d really come for – the kind of moves that band would
be performing at the concert, strutting across the stage like true stars. And after doing it for
only a short time I really began to imagine I’d got the hang of it and would be looking pretty
cool at the concert. Then I suddenly caught sight of myself in the studio mirrors, struggling
and straining to keep up with the rest of the class, and saw it to my dismay that cool was

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 Part 6 been created, putting liquid methane under intense pressure to observe the result. When
intense heat was also applied, diamond dust was formed. Experts agree that such complex
You are going to read an article about diamonds in space. Six sentences have been removed chemical reactions may well be taking place on these planets. In the meantime, writers and
from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (37-42). There filmmakers will undoubtedly waste no time in using their imagination to incorporate the
is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. findings into fantasy films and books. And who knows – in year to come, scientific advances
may mean that these stories no longer appear so fantastic after all.
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

DIAMONDS IN THE SKY

We’re probably all familiar with the feeling of walking out of the door, only to find
the weather is miserable. Grey skies hang overhead, it’s chilly and it’s pouring down. 37
__________. And believe it or not, this isn’t the start of the latest science fiction story from
a fantasy magazine.
Research by scientists indicates that’s exactly what could be happening around
planets like Jupiter and Saturn. There’s evidence to suggest that the atmosphere
surrounding these two huge planets could be filled with enormous – and priceless –
diamonds. 38 __________. However, the precious object would have to be collected before
they got too near to the planet’s surface, as they might be melted by the temperatures
there and the extreme pressure in the planet’s atmosphere.
And the diamonds in question could be bigger than anyone has ever seen. Some
may be not much more than a few centimetres across, which is still enough to make them
very valuable. 39 __________. However, others could have grown to reach a substantial
size, which would pose significant problems for anyone trying to collect them.
For anyone interested in chemistry, the science behind the formation of these
diamonds is interesting. Apparently, the diamonds may have been formed by storms, in
which the flashes of lighting have transformed a gas called methane, present on Jupiter. 40
__________. It is thought the process is due, among other things, to the intense heat of
lighting. The material then hardens into pieces of graphite – used in pencils – which in turn
eventually becomes diamond – the hardest substance known to man.
For scientists this has come as something of a surprise. It was previously thought A. This is turned into carbon, which is the element that diamonds are made up of.
that planets such as Uranus and Neptune might well contain precious stones, but it has B. There’s even the possibility that they could be brought back here to Earth one day.
believed that Jupiter and Saturn did not have suitable atmospheres. However, after more C. However, scientists have set up their own experiments in labs to replicate what may
research into conditions on the two planets, scientists have agreed that diamonds could be happening on these gas giants.
easily be raining down, on Saturn in particular. They are careful to point out, though, that D. They could certainly be impressive enough to create an eye-catching piece of
closer to the planet the temperature is so extreme that the diamonds would be unable to jewellery.
remain in their solid form. 41 __________. And because of the size of the planets, the E. It could ever be that there’s a sea of diamonds on the surface of the planet.
quantity of diamonds there could be considerable. F. That means the story may actually be less exciting than everyone imagines.
Of course, no – one has been able to actually travel to either Saturn or Jupiter so G. But out in space, this experience might be much less unpleasant – because what
far to confirm whether this theory is correct. 42 __________. The same conditions have would be falling might well be precious stones!

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 Part 7 A. Angela. As I was about to set off, I just kept thinking about what my coach had told me:
‘The ones who are ready are the ones who win’. And I knew I’d done everything I
You are going to read an article about four young people taking part in swimming races in possibly could to prepare, even swimming the course a few days previously, so I felt his
open water. For question 43-52, choose from the people (A-D). The people may be chosen words really applied to me. On the day of the race, the water was calm but I couldn’t
more than once. see far ahead, and I’d lost sight of the other competitors, so I hoped I was leaving them
behind. Then suddenly I felt a huge bang of my chest and realised other people were
Make your answers on the separate answer sheet. actually ahead of me – and one had kicked me hard. She apologised and no damage
was done, fortunately, but it was a reminder to try and keep my distance, if possible.
Anyway, the incident didn’t affect the result – I was so far back by then that I couldn’t
Which person possibly have won anyway!
B. Sam. On race day, I was a bit cautious getting into the water as it was rough. And there
Made a costly mistake about what strategy to use in the water? 43 were a lot of other people swimming the same route, so my plan was to try and keep
Found they were handling poor conditions more easily than some 44 up with them, while also avoiding them so that I didn’t the kickced, difficult though
other competitors? that might be. Once in the water, I actually began to swim a lot harder than I’d ever
Was lucky to have escaped being injured while swimming? 45 done in practice and I suddenly realised I was keeping up with swimmers who were
Was on the way to victory at an early point in their race? 46 clearly stronger than me in training. However, I soon noticed they’d all switched to a
Felt confident about producing a good performance prior to the race? 47 more relaxed breaststroke, presumably to pace themselves and conserve their energy,
Remained unaware for some time that others in the race were in 48 while I’d made up my mind to maintain the faster overarm crawl, and becoming worn
difficulty? out in the process. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I just decided to put this race
Exceeded their own expectations in the initial stages? 49 down to experience. I found myself further and further behind, and in the end realised
I’d never be able to win!
Missed out on winning due to an unfortunate occurrence? 50
C. Krista. There were so many swimmers taking part that I knew I’d have to swim
Received much-needed support at a critical point? 51
tactically. The only problem was, I didn’t really know any tactics! But I decided to up
Felt they’d learned from the race despite not being successful? 52
my speed to pass the swimmer ahead of me, and then settle into a rhythm before I
passed the next one. That’d always seemed to work OK before, as long as I managed
to swim wide around them to avoid getting hit. Anyway, I was soon up among the
leaders and in with a good chance. The aim of the race was to swim out around a
marker, then back to the beach, and run straight to our coach who’d be timing us. The
three fastest times would win. However, as I hadn’t got my glasses on, I rushed up to
the wrong person, sadly… and dropped out of the first three places as a result. Oh well!
D. Tom. The sea conditions were pretty dire on race day, with big waves rolling towards
the shore. I decided I’d just let others go ahead of me and simple aim to finish – that in
itself would be an achievement. I resolved to see each wave as a challenge and meet
each one head on, then go with the current as much as possible. The trouble was, doing
that, I couldn’t really see what the others swimmers were up to, so I was amazed when
I heard some of them call out that it was too rough and they were giving up! I’d been
coping OK, so I ploughed on, although I was getting tired. What really got me through,
though, was finding my close friend swimming just nearby, so we made a promise to
each other then to keep going now we’d come so far – and we did! That’s what I call
teamwork – even though we didn’t win!

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WRITING (1 hour 20 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 Write an answer to one of the questions 2-3 in this part. Write your answer in 140-190
words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question number in
You must answer this question. Write your answer in 140-190 words in an appropriate style the box at the top of the answer sheet.
on the separate answer sheet.

2. You have received this letter from María, your English-speaking friend.
1. In your English class you have been talking about sport. Now your English teacher has
asked you to write an essay for homework. A school friend of mine has invited me to a party next week. I’ve got nothing to wear,
but my sister has some great clothes I’d really like to borrow. She often borrows my
Write your essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view. things, but doesn’t like it so much when I borrow hers! What should I do?
Write your letter.
Doing sports outside is better than doing sports inside.
What do you think? Check! Have you:
 Answered the questions in the letter?
Notes  Given your opinions or advice?
Write about:  Opened and closed the letter in a suitable way?
 Written 140-190 words?
1) Which is more enjoyable.
2) Which is cheaper. 3. Your teacher asked you to write a story in English for the school magazine.
3) Your own idea.
STORIES WANTED

Your story must begin with this sentence:

Nicholas was looking through a dictionary from his school library when he found a photo
hidden between the pages.

Your story must include:

→ A friend.
→ Some money.
Write your story.

Check! Have you:

Check! Have you:  Used a range of past tenses?
 Used descriptive adjectives and adverbs?
 Included everything in the notes?  Used a range of time words and expressions?
 Written about your own idea?  Divided your story into paragraphs?
 Given reasons for your point of view?  Written 140-190 words?
 Written 140 – 190 words?
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LISTENING (approximately 40 minutes, including 5 minutes’ transfer time). 8. You hear a teacher telling a class about a science project they are going to do. Which
place is the class going to visit for the project?
Part 1 A. A science laboratory.
You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best B. The city library.
answer (A, B, or C). C. A museum.

1. You hear a girl talking about a running race she is going to compete in soon. What does
she say about the race?
A. She hopes the spectators will be supportive.
B. She has prepared for it as well as she can.
C. She thinks her chances for success are poor.
2. You hear the beginning of a radio programme for teenagers. What is today’s
programme going to be about?
A. Conversation.
B. Climate change.
C. Pollution.
3. You overhear a boy phoning a friend. Why is he calling?
A. To ask a favour.
B. To pass some news.
C. To confirm travel arrangements.
4. You hear two friends talking about a school photography exhibition. What is the girl
trying to do?
A. Persuade the boy to display his photos.
B. Suggest how the boy could improve his photos.
C. Encourage the boy to go and see the photos with her.
5. You hear two friends talking about a shopping trip they’ve just been on. How does the
girl feel about the trip?
A. Sorry that she did not buy an item she saw.
B. Disappointed that she could not find what she was looking for.
C. Relieved that she did not spend too much money.
6. You hear a girl talking about her class trip to the theatre to see a play. She though the
play was…
A. More frightening than she had expected.
B. Surprisingly different from the version she had studied.
C. Very difficult to understand when performed on stage.
7. You hear two friends talking about a canoeing lesson they have just had on the river.
What do they agree about?
A. How risky the activity seemed at times.
B. How painful their muscles felt.
C. How difficult it was to paddle properly.

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 Part 2 Part 3

You will hear a girl called Flora telling her class about a recent trip to South Africa, where You will hear five teenagers talking about their hobby, collecting different things. For
she saw some animals called meerkats. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a questions 19-23, choose from the list (A-H) how each speaker feels about their hobby. Use
word or a short phrase. the letters only once. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use.

Meeting the meerkats A. I’m grateful to family members for expanding the collection.
B. I’m thrilled to have met so many other people through it.
Flora explains that the main purpose of her trip was to see (9) _______________________. C. I’m discouraged by the cost of adding to it.
Flora says according to some people, the word ‘meerkat’ actually means (10) D. I’m aware it no longer has the same appeal for me.
____________________. E. I’m proud of the size of the collection.
Flora discovered that meerkats live longer in (11) ____________________ than elsewhere. F. I’m disappointed at other people’s lack of interest in it.
Flora was surprised to be given some (12) ____________________ during her visit to the G. I’m surprised how many other people have similar collections.
meerkats. H. I’m impressed at how it has increased in valued.
The guide, Gavin, had made sure the meerkats were particularly used to his (13)
____________________, so that they weren’t disturbed by visitors. 19. Speaker 1. __________
Flora learnt that meerkats use their tails for (14) ____________________ as well as for 20. Speaker 2. __________
sending out warnings. 21. Speaker 3. __________
Flora says she heard the meerkats (15) ____________________ when they spotted 22. Speaker 4. __________
something unusual. 23. Speaker 5. __________
Flora says each meerkat’s (16) ____________________ are different from those of other
meerkats, which helps distinguish between individuals.
Flora was told that meerkats occasionally feed on (17) _____________________________.
Flora decided on some (18) ____________________ from the hotel shop to take home as
a souvenir of the meerkats.

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 Part 4

You will hear an interview with a boy called Jamie Davidson, who has just tried rock climbing
for the first time. For questions 24-30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

24. Jamie says that the climbing centre he went to…

A. Specialised in courses for beginners.
B. Was situated near the coast.
C. Offered other sports as well.
25. How did Jamie feel when he had got his climbing equipment?
A. Confused by all the things he was given.
B. Determined to make sure he dealt with everything correctly.
C. Confident once he was wearing it all.
26. Jamie was doubtful at first that…
A. He would know how to check the ropes as the guide had taught him.
B. The guide had enough experience to take them climbing.
C. He would enjoy the climb as much as his guide expected.
27. When they started to climb, Jamie began to…
A. Feel envious of his guide’s climbing skills.
B. Ask himself whether he was up to the trip.
C. Worry about possible bad weather.
28. When Jamie was told to let go of the rock, he…
A. Felt relieved to see other climbers doing the same thing.
B. Remembered his training about using ropes safely.
C. Found it hard not to panic.
29. Jamie says that the view from the top of the rocks…
A. Wasn’t quite what he had expected.
B. Seemed hard to appreciate after the difficult climb.
C. Reminded him of another view he’d been.
30. At the top of the rock, Jamie regretted…
A. Being unable to take any pictures.
B. Leaving his lunch behind.
C. Wearing clothes that were too warm.

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READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1 hour 15 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use
only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 Y O U R

Example
0 A recommend B suggest C volunteer D submit Solar-powered cars

0 A B C D Have you heard the car drivers in (0) your family complaining every time they have
 to fill up the car at great expense at the local petrol station? Well, now solar-powered family
car has (9) __________ developed that’s producing very promising results.
The new car is what is known as ‘energy positive’, (10) __________ means that it
Life on Mars actually produces more energy than it consumes. Thanks to the large solar panels on its
roof, the car can travel up to 250 miles even if (11) __________ is not sunshine. And on a
Are you the kind of person who’d happily (0) _____ to go and live on Mars? In fact, sunny day, when it is fully charged, it can travel a much longer distance (12) then that –
plans were recently revealed to (1) _____ a human base on Mars in 2023, and when an nearly 420 miles. That’s nearly twice (13) __________ distance that an electric car can travel
opportunity came up to go and help build it, over 200,000 people (2) _____ their names (14) __________ it is out of fuel and needs to be plugged in!
down. However, money still needs to be raised to fund the project – a cool £3.8 billion! Further models of the solar-powered car are still (15) __________ tested,
So what would the job (3) _____ for the astronauts? To begin with, they’d need to according to the designers, who are in (16) __________ doubt that solar-powered cars could
have (4) _____ intensive training during the months (5) _____ up to departure. In addition, eventually replace all petrol vehicles!
they’d need to learn how to live in close (6) _____ with other crew members, both during
the eight-month journey, and on the surface of Mars. There’d be very few facilities such as
showers, not to (7) _____ a diet of freezed-dried and canned food.
So in (8) _____ of everything you’d have to put up with, you may decide a trip to
Mars is not really for you after all.

1. A Settle B Establish C Plant D Uncover

2. A Signed B Gave C Put D Noted
3. A Concern B Involve C Consist D Intend
4. A Gradually B Consequently C Increasingly D Additionaly
5. A Moving B Running C Going D Leading
6. A Contact B Influence C Link D Touch
7. A Tell B Consider C Mention D Say
8. A Spite B Mind C Order D View

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 Part 3 Part 4

For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
beginning (0). two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0):

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example:
0. Karen didn’t really want to go to the party:
Example: 0 N O R T H E R N FORWARD
Karen wasn’t really ____________________________________________ to the party.
The gap can be filled by the words ‘looking forward to going’, so you write:
Swans
Example: 0 LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING
For many people in (0) northern Europe, the start of autumn marks the NORTH
beginning of the swan migration season, and the promise of a truly Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
amazing (17) __________. The (18) __________ of thousands of birds at SEE / ARRIVE
their winter homes is prompted by the (19) __________ of dropping COMBINE
temperatures and cold winds in their summer habitat in places like Artic 25. I ran all the way to the bus stop, but it wasn’t necessary as the bus was late.
Russia. HAVE
I ________________________________ all the way to the bus stop as the bus was late.
As the winter progress, the number of swans (20) __________ increases. STEADY
As many as 9,000 swans (21) __________ make the journey every year SUCCESS 26. If Max isn’t interested in what we’re talking about, he just starts talking about
to one favourite spot in England. Once they land, they need a period of something else.
rest and (22) __________ after their flights of up to 2,500 miles. They RECOVER SUBJECT
spend time sleeping and (23) __________ on plants to build up the FOOD Max just _______________________ if he’s not interested in what we’re talking about.
energy they have lost on the way. (24) __________, the coming of spring FORTUNE
signals the end of the swans’ stay, and they soon begin preparing for 27. I’m sure that Paul has remembered his mum’s birthay today.
their incredible journey back. However, by the hundreds of visitors will CAN’T
at least have had the chance to see them during their stay. Paul _____________________________________________ his mum’s birthday today.

28. The strong wind blew down some tall trees during the night.
BY
Some tall trees _______________________________ the strong wind during the night.

29. Ilona took her mobile, so she was able to call her mum.
HAVE
Ilona ____________________________ to call her mum if she hadn’t taken her mobile.

30. Please don’t stroke the dog, as he’s very nervous.

RATHER
I’d ______________________________________ stroke the dog, as he’s very nervous.

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 Part 5 storm suddenly blasted across the area and transformed the desert from a dry wasteland
to a winter wonderland. It was a timely reminder not to take anything for granted out there
You are going to read an article by a girl who has taken a trip across the desert with her in the wilderness, and to remember our limitations.
family. For questions 31-36, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best Finally we had to start preparing for the long journey home to our busy, bustling city.
according to the text. But then the night before we set off, our guide admitted he’d once got stuck in the desert
when a sandstorm swept over everything and his group were unable to travel for days.
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Luckily they’d all survived, and I guess it demonstrated how skilled a guide he was, and that
we were in safe hands. But I remember wishing he hadn’t mentioned it until we were back
home again. It just reminded me of the dangers we were still facing, and wasn’t exactly the
DESERT TREK, By Kane Lane kind of story I’d imaginated I’d be telling all my friends. Anyway, despite my enthusiasm to
My family and I are from the US, but we’re currently living in China. And last year we get home, I still wasn’t completely ready to say farewell to it all, and I knew a small part of
undertook an incredible trip across the country! My dad’s a busy but very successful me would always remain in the free, open spaces of the desert, with its vast skies and total
architect, working in one of the country’s biggest cities. However, we were all in need of a silences.
break, so we decided we’d do a nature trip into the countryside, which we often did. And
for him, because he was always keen to push himself to the limits, this time that had to be 31. The impression we get of Kara’s father in the first paragraph is of someone who
a trip to some of the country’s remotest areas. He knew we’d look back and remember it as A. Wants his family to be high achievers like him.
B. Makes decisions that his family don’t always agree with.
the adventure of a lifetime. But as always, he did check it met with our approval too – which
C. Puts his family’s needs above his own whenever possible.
of course it did! After all, who’d turn down the chance of a trip like that? D. Considers whether his family will benefit when making plans.
Dad’s dream was a trip across the desert where we could experience its raw wildness, 32. Why does Kara make reference to her father’s professional life in the second paragraph?
and spot some wild animals such as camels that had become endangered. The dream A. To explain why he paid such careful attention to some aspects of the trip.
sounded awesome – but the practical arrangements turned out to be incredibly B. To emphasise how different the trip would be from his own personal experience.
complicated. In all his enthusiasm, dad hadn’t particularly considered the practicalities, C. To suggest that his initial approach to preparing for the trip was surprising.
even though in his professional life he has to do exactly that all the time. To start with, D. To say why he was just the right kind of person to take such a trip.
getting someone to accompany us was a challenge, as few tour companies had the right 33. In paragraph 3, what does Kara mean when she says she ‘didn’t think twice about going on the
experience for this kind of trip. So my parents were left trying to find the right team, and trip’?
A. She knew she didn’t have much choice.
sort out the equipment they planned to take. Gathering it all took weeks, and we ended up
B. It never occurred to her that she shouldn’t go.
taking far too much stuff. But finally we were ready. C. She tried to put it out of her mind until it was time to leave.
Personally I couldn’t wait for the off, and certainly didn’t think twice about going on D. It was better not to think too much about the dangers.
the trip or what risks might be involved. To me, it was yet another adventure I’d be having 34. What was Kara’s attitude towards people who criticised her parents?
with my parents. However, they finally very reluctantly admitted to me that they’d come in A. She was irritated because it was unjustified.
for some harsh criticism for taking a teenager along on a challenging and potentially B. She was worried that the critics might be right.
dangerous trip. That was hard for me to hear. But those critics clearly just hand’t taken in C. She was sad that her parents were upset by it.
the fact that I’d been totally at home with trekking through the toughest of terrains from a D. She was grateful that her parents hadn’t told her earlier.
young age, and that their interference wasn’t needed. Trips like this had become a way of 35. What seems to have particularly made an impression on Kara during her time in the desert?
A. The skills of the team of people travelling with them.
life.
B. The fact that they were able to survive on just the supplies they’d taken.
Anyway, off we went into the desert, and before long we’d had some spectacular C. The realisation that they had no control over certain events.
sightings of amazing wild horses. At first, though, I found it really hard to take in the sheer D. The range of rare and unusual wildlife they managed to see.
size and isolation of it all. But I just kept reminding myself we’d got any plenty of supplies, 36. The night before they were due to return home, Kara felt
and were with an experienced team – who’d hopefully get us out again! No amount of A. Saddened at having to leave the quiet of the desert.
planning or training, though, could have prepared us for what happened one day – a day B. Unprepared to resume her normal life again.
that brought home to me how powerless we were in the face of the forces of nature. A huge C. Reassured by something she heard from their guide.
D. Excited about all the stories she would be able to tell.
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 Part 6 41 __________. And even if not everyone makes it to the top, doing art gives many talented
young people the chance to at least shine at something that they’re good at.
You are going to read an article written by an art student. Six sentences have been removed Finally, I should say something about the sheer beauty that art brings into our lives.
from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (37-42). There 42 __________. Taking time to study paintings – really study them, and not just glance at
is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. them as you pass by – is what helps us understand what the artist was trying to say, and to
have the chance to look closely at something beautiful. And that’s certainty essential to my
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. life.

Art is good for you – it’s official!

Did you know that looking at a painting you really love can be very beneficial for
the brain? According to recent experiments by scientists, it can actually increase the blood
flow to your brain by as much as 10%! And the more you like the painting you’re looking at,
the better the effect.
Art has always been my passion, so I was really pleased to read that. And I’ve
always believed that actually doing some art is really beneficial too. It’s a great way to
express yourself and cheer yourself up when you feel fed up. 37 __________. And that’s an
important positive effect.
But appart from making you feel better, creating art also teach you numerous
different practical skills. For example, many of the actions involved in making art, such as
holding a paintbrush, are essential for building what are called ‘fine motor skills’ at an early
age. So children may well think that their teachers just want them to have fun drawing a
circle or painting a face. 38 __________. And talking about shapes and colours helps
increase vocabulary by using descriptive words.
What’s more, learning how to make art can also help you with problem-solving
and critical thinking skills. Just think, for example, of all the times you’ve decided on a
project you really want to get started on. 39 __________. But making art helps you learn
the skills to deal with them. And the experience of making decisions and choices when
you’re working on a piece of art can carry over into other areas of life. That experience will
help you become a thinking, inventive person who’ll come up with new ideas and not just
follow instructions.
I have to admit, though, I hadn’t really appreciate how much the formal study of
art, such as art history helps you to interpret what you see. 40 __________. But we also
need to be given the opportunity to develop those skills through actually doing some art, A. I had always thought that understanding pictures just come naturally to everyone.
too, to help us understand that images have a meaning. Otherwise we might find it hard to B. Just imagine how grey the world would be if there weren’t works of art to look at.
operate in the real world, where we’re constantly having to respond to graphics and C. There’s also evidence to suggest it can really help if life becomes hectic.
symbols, for example on a computer. D. Then suddenly problems arise that have to be sorted out.
And in addition to all of these benefits, my art tutor also maintains that research E. It’s easier said than done to produce the kind of work that’s needed.
has shown there’s a link between studying art and doing well in other areas of study. She F. In fact, though, the aim is to develop the coordination needed for writing.
says that someone who regularly does art is more likely to get really good academic results. G. There’s a tendency to go on and achieve in all sorts of different fields.

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 Part 7 FAVOURITE FAMILY DISHES

You are going to read a magazine article about teenagers’ experiences of cooking and eating A. Oliver. I think one of the best memories I’ll have of my teenage years will be the times I’ve spent
a special family dish. For question 43-52, choose from the teenagers (A-D). The teenagers horse-riding with my dad, wandering along through the countryside. Sometimes my sister comes
may be chosen more than once. along, but we usually end up fighting, so it’s quieter when she doesn’t! On winter rides I’m always
absolutely freezing by the time we get home again, and it takes me ages to defrost. So the only
cure for that is to make a soup from whatever we can gather together from the fridge or the
Make your answers on the separate answer sheet.
garden, which I somehow manage to chop up using our enormous kitchen knives. And I’m
pleased to report, the delicious smell wafting out generally summons the rest of the family into
the kitchen. But as I am the one assisting the chef, I’m always allowed the first taste, and the first
Which teenager bowlful – and the choice of what we watch on TV while we’re sitting around eating it!
B. Eve. Spaghetti with sauce is the meal that will always have the strongest family associations for
Feels the fact that they have collected the ingredients for the dish 43 me. I used to spend dark chilly evenings experimenting with recipes, even when I was quite
makes it very special? young. And after dad had told me that you could check whether spaghetti was cooked if it stuck
to the ceiling, I had endless fun testing out the theory! But the sauce I used to do then was
Is proud of the fact that their food is so popular among friends and 44
dismal, with just a few tomatoes, onions and a bit of cheese found in the back of the fridge, made
relations? in a very posh pan! Since then I’ve got much more into cooking and my culinary skills have
Finds the food they make is a useful remedy for the effects of being 45 progressed. I’ve discovered a fantastic recipe that never falls – probably because it takes over
outside? three hours to be thoroughly cooked! I have to say it’s become quite a celebrated dish among
Mentions arguing over the right to be in charge of the final stage of 46 my extended family – and anyone else who happens to drop by!
preparing a dish? C. Alfie. One meal my family loves at weekends in the freezing depths of winter is the roast meal
Enjoyed one way of seeing if the food they were preparing was ready 47 that my mum cooks – and then the meals we create in the following days from the meat we
didn’t manage to finish. One such dish is a minced meat pie, which usually gets demolished in a
to eat?
fraction of the time it took to make. We use an ancient mincer that belonged to mu great-
Is reminded of a particular season by the dish they make? 48 grandmother – it’s just become part of the tradition. And I’ve slowly improved on my technique
in handling it until somehow I’ve become the family specialist. We top the minced meat with
Has developed an expertise in using a certain piece of equiment? 49 potatoes dug from our garden, cooked and mashed and decorated with a fork – at which point I
generally fall out with my younger sister. Being older, the privilege of drawing the patterns on
Earns special benefits due to their role in producing the food? 50 top should definitely be mine! Anyway, when it finally comes out of the oven, all bubbling and
crispy, you know it’s ready to eat. Delicious!
D. Josie. There’s one dish that I’ll always associate with weekend evenings with my family, and
Admits that the current version of the dish they make in an 51
that’s a dessert with apples that my father has showed us all how to cook. It’s a dish his mother
improvement on the previous one?
used to make for him, so it has fond memories for him too – although he maintains that his
Says there are generally very few leftovers from the dish they help to 52 version is much better than hers! But the very thought of it instantly makes me think of our warm
make? kitchen with its big shiny saucepans, at that point in the year when the temperature’s beginning
to drop outside, and we’re preparing for the really cold weather to come. The fruit has often
been picked from the trees in our neighbour’s garden, and just the fact that I’ve contributed by
being involved in that activity increases the pleasure of eating what we’ve made, somehow.
That’s my feeling, anyway – I can’t speak for the rest of the family, of course!

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WRITING (1 hour 20 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 Write an answer to one of the questions 2-3 in this part. Write your answer in 140-190
words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question number in
You must answer this question. Write your answer in 140-190 words in an appropriate style the box at the top of the answer sheet.
on the separate answer sheet.

2. You see this announcement in an educational magazine for teenagers.

1. In your English class you have been talking about ways of improving the environment.
Now your English teacher has asked you to write an essay for homework. Reviews needed!

Write your essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view. Do you have a favourite website that helps you learn? It could be a site that you use for
school work, or to find out more about subjects that you’re really interested in. Send us
Recycling waste is the best way to improve our environment. a review of the website, telling us how you found out about it, what you use it for,
What do you think? anything that isn’t so good about it, and whether you’d recommend it to other people
of your age.
Notes
The best reviews will win a prize!
Write about: Write your review.

1) How easy it is to recycle waste. Check! Have you: Given your review a tittle? Included points which will interest your
2) How useful it is to recycle waste. readers? Included your own opinions? Made you recommendation? Used suitable linking
3) Your own idea. words to add similar or contrasting points? Written 140 – 190 words?

3. You see this announcement in an magazine.

Articles wanted!

Setting a good example

We’re looking for articles about people who are great examples to young
people. It could be someone famous, or someone you know personally.
Write us an article telling who the person is, the kind of things they have done,
and why you think this person is a good example to young people.
We’ll publish the best article next month.
Check! Have you: Write your article.

 Included everything in the notes?

 Written about your own idea? Check! Have you: Developed your points us fully as you can? Used expressions to make
 Given reasons for your point of view? your writing engaging to the reader? Check through your work for the kind of mistakes you
 Written 140 – 190 words? often make? Written 140-190 words?
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LISTENING (approximately 40 minutes, including 5 minutes’ transfer time). 8. You hear two schoolfriends talking about a book they have just read. They both agree
that the book
Part 1 A. Captures the atmosphere of the location.
You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best B. Accurately describes the behaviour of wolves.
answer (A, B, or C). C. Appeals to the nature lover in everyone.

1. You hear a girl leaving a message for her brother. Why is she calling him?
A. To apologise for something.
B. To persuade him to do something.
C. To promise to do something for him.
2. You hear a girl telling her cousin about a music festival they are both going to. How
does her cousin respond?
A. He is concerned about the long journey there.
B. He is impressed by the bands that are going to perform.
C. He is surprised at the difficulty involved in getting tickets.
3. You hear a teacher giving her students advice about writing applications letters. She
stresses that the key point when writing their letters is to
A. Be confident about describing their strengths.
B. Mention positions of responsability they have held.
C. Give full details of their practical skills.
4. You hear two classmates talking about a stage performance they have just seen at their
school. What impressed both of them?
A. The evidence of teamwork.
B. The high standard of performing.
C. The attention to detail.
5. You hear the principal of a school talking about a teacher who is leaving. Which subject
has she been teaching?
A. Sport.
B. Biology.
C. Cookery.
6. You hear a girl talking about a ski resort she recently went to. What does she say about
it?
A. She met very few people her own age.
B. It was not suitable for beginners like her.
C. There was less snow than had been forecast.
7. Your hear a brother and sister talking about new drinks at their local café. What does
the girl think of the drinks?
A. Not many teenagers will be able to afford them.
B. They do not taste as good as they look.
C. People will buy them just for the decoration.

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 Part 2 Part 3

You will hear a girl called Karen talking to her class about an activity she did with her family. You will hear five teenagers talking about helping to organise a surprise birthday party for
For questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a word or a short phrase. a family member. For questions 19-23, choose from the list (A-H) the advice each speaker
gives to ensure the party will be enjoyable for the family member. Use the letters only once.
There are three extra letters which you do not need to use.
Dog-sledding in Canada

Karen says the place where the family stayed was a (9) ____________________ so it had A. Invite people they get on well with.
good facilities. B. Find an interesting party venue.
Karen took a lot of pictures of the (10) ____________________ where the dog-sledding C. Make sure they will appreciate the idea of having a surprise.
centre was. D. Be sure you can keep all the party details secret.
Karen uses the word (11) ____________________ to describe the characters of the dogs E. Don’t leave the planning to the last minute.
that pulled the sleds. F. Check they are free to attend the party.
Karen was grateful to be given a (12) ____________________ before they set off. G. Organise party activities that they will enjoy.
The minimum age for driving the sled was (13) ____________________. H. Don’t mention their birthday at all.
Karen became alarmed when crossing a (14) ____________________ on the sled.
Karen quickly learnt that she shouldn’t (15) ____________________ while she was driving 19. Speaker 1. __________
the sled. 20. Speaker 2. __________
Karen was disappointed that she didn’t manage to see any (16) ____________________ 21. Speaker 3. __________
during her ride. 22. Speaker 4. __________
The family were particularly glad that they got (17) ____________________ to wear in the 23. Speaker 5. __________
freezing and slippery conditions.
Karen was thrilled to get the chance to see some (18) ____________________ after the
family had finished sledding.

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 Part 4

You will hear an interview with a boy called Andrew Carpenter, whose hobby is making
pots. For questions 24-30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

24. What first made Andrew become interested in pottery?

A. Some work his teacher did with him.
B. An artist who visited his school.
C. A film he happened to see.
25. What did Andrew particularly like about one piece of pottery he saw?
A. He was able to handle it.
B. It had a practical use.
C. It was carefully though out.
26. What does Andrew say about his experience of using a potter’s wheel?
A. It was a much dirtier activity than he expected.
B. It greatly increased his enjoyement of making pots.
C. His family was prouder of what he produced than he was.
27. Andrew thinks his friends may have stopped attending pottery class because
A. It was more difficult than they had expected.
B. There was something else they preferred doing.
C. They did not find the experience very enjoyable.
28. What does Andrew say about the ‘coiled’ pot he made?
A. It particularly impressed his classmates.
B. It took him a long time to learn the technique.
C. It was the most successful think he did.
29. When he received praise for one pot he had madre, Andrew
A. Realised he had not been serious enough in his attitude until then.
B. Wished people had been more encouraging about all his pieces.
C. Wondered if people really meant what they had said.
30. Andrew advises other young people interested in pottery to
A. Be prepared to take their time when trying to make something.
B. Have a definite plan for what they want to make.
C. Adopt a determined approach to their work.

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READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1 hour 15 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use
only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 A

Example
0 A hear B listen C sound D ring New dinosaur exhibit at Wigdale Zoo

0 A B C D We’re all used to seeing (0) a great many different kinds of animals at a zoo. But
 now, at Wigdale Zoo, you can also have a look at (9) __________ very different: dinosaurs.
But how on earth could that (10) __________ possible? Dinosaurs have been extinct for 65
millions years (11) __________ the very least and so surely there is (12) __________ way
A dress made of paper they could actually have come back to life.
But Wigdale Zoo is indeed now offering visitors the chance to see those ancient
Would you ever wear something made with paper from your old schoolbooks? It creatures, or, (13) __________ I’m honest, to see some extraordinarily realistic models of
might (0) _____ like a crazy idea, but Kara Koskowich, a high school student in Canada, them. (14) __________ that you need to do is take a walk through a large wood, known (15)
became front-page (1) _____ when she made herself a dress out of her maths homework. __________ Wigdale Old Forest. By the side of a signposted track there are 19 enormous
The dress was for her school ‘prom’, or leaving party, and she decided to have some ‘animatronic’ dinosaurs. They move, they roar and (16) __________ of them even spits
fun creating this amazing and (2) _____ dress, as well as help the environment at the same water, it’s an experience not to be missed!
time by recycling 75 pages from her maths exercise book. It was also an affordable (3) _____
compared to buying a new dress at (4) _____ expense; apart from the thread she bought,
the dress was (5) _____ free.
Kara’s best friend (6) _____ in the creative fun too, making her own recycled dress
for the occasion using plastic shopping bags. Other teenagers have also made unusual (7)
_____ of party dressed. Coffee filters, chewing gum wrappers and crisp packets have all (8)
_____ out to be viable materials.

1. A news B article C press D report

2. A sole B only C unique D single
3. A selection B course C preference D option
4. A extensive B substantial C considerable D exceptional
5. A certainly B basically C definitely D principally
6. A joined B involved C concerned D linked
7. A alternatives B models C replacements D versions
8. A pointed B set C turned D got

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 Part 3 Part 4

For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
beginning (0). two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0):

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example:
0. Karen didn’t really want to go to the party:
Example: 0 M O T I V A T E D FORWARD
Karen wasn’t really ____________________________________________ to the party.
The gap can be filled by the words ‘looking forward to going’, so you write:
Training for a long-distance running race
Example: 0 LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING
The secret of success when preparing to rung in a long-distance race is
to remain extremely (0) motivated, to train sensibly, and to focus on MOTIVATE Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
proper nutrition. It takes more than willpower alone to run several
kilometres. There is some (17) __________ over the best way of AGREE
training, however, and studies have not reached any universal 25. Nadia left her phone on the bus, and she got to school late, too.
conclusions. LEAVE
Not ______________________ her phone on the bus, but Nadia got to school late, too.
Nevertheless, successful (18) __________ tend to approach their RUN
training in similar ways. The focus on staying healthy and, (19) SURPRISE 26. People can’t cycle here if they don’t wear helmets.
__________, you may think, are careful not to overtrain. It is (20) PREFER ALLOWED
__________ to train slightly less, but remain strong and full of (21) ENTHUSIASTIC People aren’t ___________________________________________ they wear helmets.
__________, than to train too hard and face (22) __________ or injury. SICK
27. They didn’t cancel the outdoor theatre performance despite the rain.
The (23) __________ of a healthy diet can never be stressed too much, IMPORTANT EVEN
of course, and you should always eat a good helping of carbohydrates The outdoor theatre performance wasn’t __________________________ was raining.
soon after exercising. Another crucial (24) __________ is the need to CONSIDER
remain hydrated at all times. Listen to your body: if you feel thirsty, then 28. Dan played games on his computer all evening.
you need a drink. WHOLE
Dan _______________________________________________ games on his computer.

29. My grandmother says she remembers her childhood when we come here.
REMINDS
My grandmother says this place ________________________________ her childhood.

30. Do you think your mum could take us to school in her car?
LIFT
Do you think your mum would mind ________________________ to school in her car?

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 Part 5 squirrelled away in a folder on my laptop. But I saw that on this site I could be anonymous,
and I liked that. I was self-concious about the quality of my writing. I saw that here no one
You are going to read an article about a teenage writer called Beth Reekles. For questions would know me, and I eventually worked up the courage to start posting my own books’.
31-36, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Her writing soon became very popular on the site, and a year later, she got an email
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. from a publisher offering to publish her latest online novel as a paper book: ‘“What’s this?”
I thought. I read it a few times, yanked the charger out of the laptop and ran across to my
Teenage novelist Beth Reekles parents, the noise that came out of my mouth was not human. I was so excited’. Her dad
Our reporter interviewed a teenager writer and her father. chips in proudly: ‘Although it’s easy to upload books online, and there are a lot of people
doing it, there aren’t that many people who can do it well’. I ask him what he thinks of the
Aged 15, British teenager Beth Reekles spent hours alone in her bedroom, tapping away book. ‘Oh, I haven’t read it’.
obsessively on her laptop. Reekles was writing a bestselling novel. ‘All that time, I thought
she was messing around on social networking sites, like other teenagers’, her dad told me, 31. What do we learn about Reekles in the first paragraph?
shaking his head. Reekles wrote her book as a serial, uploading a chapter at a time onto the A. She is easily distracted while trying to write novels.
Internet – the first chapter alone got a million hits – until her inbox was deluged with emails B. She adapted her writing in response to readers’ comments.
that she said typically began ‘upload faster!’. The three-book deal she signed with a C. She took care to avoid mistakes made my other novelists.
publisher only came after her book had been read online for free 19 million times. Through D. She manages to please wide range of readers.
instinct, luck or cleverness, she had discovered the secret to global appeal that had eluded 32. What does Reekles suggest about her writing in the second paragraph?
those three or four times her age. A. She has little trouble fitting it into her life.
‘I wrote it because I was looking for something to read,’ says Reekles, with disarming B. She finds it easy to do than schoolwork nowadays.
calm simplicity. ‘I couldn’t find it, so I wrote it’. This is typical of Reekles, making it sound C. She does it to boost her income from other part-time jobs.
easy. Her writing flows out of her unstoppably and when I ask her, for instance, how she D. She realises that few people are able to do it as well as she does.
finds te time to study while maintaining her career as an international publishing 33. What does the reporter say about Reekles’ age?
phenomenon, she looks at me and laughs politely. ‘A lot of my friends say that. Some of A. It is hard for her to hide it from her readers.
them don’t even take Saturday jobs because there’s too much homework now. I suppose I B. It allows her to write in a realistic way.
see this as like my Saturday job now’. C. It explains her need to please her teacher.
The strange thing about her rise to fame is that almost all of her fans have no idea how D. It can sometimes put off adult readers.
young she is. Teen fiction is mostly written by adults. But if you look closely enough, there 34. What is meant by ‘giveaways’ in line 37?
are a few indicators of Reekles’ age. Not many books end with quite such a specific message A. Slightly irrelevant parts of the book.
to staff at a Welsh school: ‘A big thank you to my English teacher, Mr. Maughan. Your B. Pieces of advice Reekles has received.
enthusiastic teaching and interest in my writing was a hugh motivation’. Adults always C. Clues giving information about Reekles.
struggle to write the teenage detail – things like how to keep on listening to music even D. Opportunities to read the book for free.
when you’re in the shower – but Reekles gets it just right. 35. According to Reekles, the online novel-sharing site was important for her because
Despite these giveaways, the main reason few would guess at the fact that when she A. It allowed her to compare her writing to that of others.
wrote the book Reekles was even younger than her teenage heorine is that her writing is so B. Other users gave her positive feedback about her work.
impressive. It is never introspective or pretentious. The pace is controlled, the chapters en C. She could display her work on it without embarrasment.
on cliffhangers. You might be forgiven for thinking that the book was written by a highly D. It proved that she was less unusual than she had thought.
experienced American scriptwritter with an eye for a movie deal. 36. How does Reekles’ father feel about her success?
Reekles says she wrote addictively from the first movement her father gave her a laptop A. Proud that he recognised her talent when she was younger.
at the age of 11. She never told or showed anyone for a very long time. She worried she was B. Relieved that her book has become a bestseller at last.
weird: ‘I mean, it didn’t seem like the average hobby’. Then a friend recommended she read C. Impressed by his daughter’s achievement in a competitive field.
a book on a free online novel-sharing platform for amateur writers. ‘All my stories were D. Keen to discover for himself why so many people admire the book.

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 Part 6 In order to ensure the hatchlings were guided by the moon and did not set off
towards the airport, the volunteers came together and created a human wall around the
You are going to read an article about baby sea turtles being helped by humans. Six turtles. 41 __________. As a result, all 112 turtles scrambled over the sand in the right
sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one direction and made it safely to the sea.
which fits each gap (37-42). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. And in Florida, in the United States, some baby turtles were similarly confused. A
police officer was on patrol at 1 am, when she spotted some sea turtle hatchlings crawling
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. towards a hotel. A passer-by told him that several other baby turtles were wandering
around the hotel car park. 42 __________. This may explain why they were heading for the
hotel’s front door. ‘I began collecting hatchlings from the street and stopped traffic several
Babby sea turtles get to the water safely time to do so’, said the officer. Helped by some of the hotel guests, the officer scooped up
nearly 100 little turtles in a box and released them into the sea near the hotel.
Volunteers on a Caribbean Island and a police officer in the US have something in
common: helping baby turtles to reach the sea.

Although human beings are responsible for many of the problems faced by animals
worldwide, there are times when people try to make up for it. Recently, in both the
Caribbean and the US, people came to the aid of baby sea turtles confused by man-made
light.
Though loggerhead sea turtles spend most of their lives in water, they are born on
land. Adult females come ashore onto beaches to lay their eggs in the sand. There are
around 100 eggs in a nest, and they incubate for about 55-65 days, depending on the
temperature. Adult loggerhead turtles weigh up to 140kg and have few predators. 37
__________. This, along with pollution and the loss of nesting habitants due to
development, has resulted in these animals being placed on the threatened species list.
On the Caribbean island of Bonaire, conservation volunteers regularly help to
ensure that the hundreds of loggerhead sea turtles that hatch on the beatches of the island
make it to the sea each year. 38 __________. This time, however, they had to do something
they had never done before: create a human wall for some of the little ones that were
confused as to the path to the ocean.
It all began when volunteers on Bonaire Island noticed that a turtle had laid her
eggs a little further away from the sea than usual, on a beach close to the airport. This was
a problem because the babies usually hatch at night, and then use the moonlight to guide
them to the sea. However, when turtles are born close to a place that is brightly lit at night, A. Determined not to let the same thing happen again, the volunteers kept a close eye
they get confused between the artificial light and the natural light of the moon. on the turtle eggs.
39 __________. In this case, that would be away from the sea and towards the B. The Bonaire turtle eggs had also been buried near the sea.
bright lights of the airport terminal. When some turtles eggs were laid close by a few years C. The task usually involves just keeping an eye on them.
ago, it caused a lot of problems for the baby turtles. D. Like the loggerhead turtles in the Caribbean, their instinct was to move towards the
40 __________. Then came the big day when they began to hatch, and the little brightest light.
hatchlings – as the tiny baby turtles are called – were ready to make their long trek to the E. The eggs and young ones, however, are much more vulnerable.
water. F. This effectively blocked out all the artificial light.
G. As a result they can end up heading in the wrong direction.

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 Part 7 Summer camp for teenagers – looking for prehistoric animal bones!
A special summer camp in the US gave high school students the chance to look for the
You are going to read an article about a summer camp for teenagers where they can learn remains of mastodons – a prehistoric relative of the elephant.
about a prehistoric animal. For question 43-52, choose from the sections (A-D). The sections
may be chosen more than once. A. Lying on her stomach, Victoria Bochniak kept digging until she hit something hard. She
tapped the object with trowel, assuming it was a piece of wood. She was wrong. ‘We
Make your answers on the separate answer sheet. were like: “Wait a second. This is bone!”, said Bochniak. In fact, what she found this
week nearly 60 cm Beneath a boggy prairie was the bone of a mastodon, an extinct
relative of the elephant, believed to be more than 11,000 years old. Bochniak was
Which section excited but not entirely surprised. After all, this is why she attended Mastodon Camp.
With about 30 other high school students, she has been given the hands-on
Includes praise for the learning environment provided? 43 opportunity to help excavate a mastodon. Under the watchful eyes of experts, students
Says a discovery has been long awaited? 44 have not only unearthed pieces of mastodon, they’ve also discovered their Inner
Explains why the mastodon may have been in the area? 45 paleontologist, inspiring them to pursue their newfound curiosity about Ice Age
Mentions that the students are carefully supervised? 46 secrets.
Mentions a physical feature of mastodons that was related to their 47 B. Mastodon Camp is meant to help student and teachers improve their understanding
diet? of scientific inquiry and research and their familiarity with scientific technology and
Demonstrates the great impact the camp has had on certain people? 48 tools, as well as teach them about evolution and changes in the ecosystem over time.
Say someone’s initial belief later turned out to be mistaken? 49 ‘We’ve changed some folks’ lives’, said Tom Pray, education outreach manager at the
camp. ‘They’ve decided: “’I’m not going to do art history anymore. I’m going to go into
Shows that difficult conditions failed to put people off? 50
archeology”. This fall, Bochniack, 18, plants to study geology and anthropology at
Describes how suitable places to dig are chosen? 51
university and do field work at a nearby nature reserve. Kaitlyn Hornik, 16, said
Points out that something was hardly unexpected? 52
Mastodon Camp is more engaging than a typical classroom setting. ‘Textbooks are
boring’, said Hornik, ‘You come out here and you find things out for yourself’.
C. American mastodons stood 2.4 to 3 m tall at the shoulder, similar to elephants, but
were stockier and covered with thick hair. A ground-penetrating radar was dragged
over the area to pinpoint where the students would excavate, Prayd said. Soil surveys
of the site by the Illinois State Geological Survey have determined that the mastodon
was discovered at the shoreline of a glacial ‘kettle lake’. These were formed when
chunks of ice broke off and melted during the glacial retreat. ‘Whether he came down
for a drink or fell through the ice, we don’t know’, said Jack MacRae, a naturalist with
the Forest Preserve District. Pollen samples in the lake demonstrate that plan species
in the region were in a time of transition from a spruce forest ecosystem containing
trees like pines to the deciduous trees that lose their leaves in winter prevalent today.
Mastodons, which had teeth strong enough to crush pine cones, preferred spruce
forests as their habitat, experts say. So the site may provided Clues as to why the beasts
became extinct in North America about 10,000 years ago: possibly disease, human
overhunting or loss of habitat caused by climate change.

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WRITING (1 hour 20 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 Write an answer to one of the questions 2-5 in this part. Write your answer in 140-190
words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question number in
You must answer this question. Write your answer in 140-190 words in an appropriate style the box at the top of the answer sheet.
on the separate answer sheet.

2. You have received an email from your English-speaking friend Tom.

1. In your English class you have been talking about cooking. Now your English teacher Hi,
has asked you to write an essay for homework.
I’m doing a school project on dancing in different parts of the world and I wonder if you
Write your essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view. can help me. Can you tell me about a dance that is popular in your country? Do people
of all ages enjoy it? Do you know anything about the history of the dance and what
All teenagers should learn how to cook. makes it special?
Do you agree?
Thanks,
Notes Tom
Write about: Write your email.

1) Whether teenagers need to cook. 3. You see this announcement on an English-language website for teenagers.
2) Whether cooking in enjoyable. Reviews wanted!
3) Your own idea.
CAFÉ

Do you know a café that you could review for us? We’d like to know where it is, what
sort of food and drinks people can have there and what the atmosphere is like there.
Say whether you would recommend this café to other people your age.

The best reviews will be published on our website.

Write your review.

4. You have seen this announcement in an English-language magazine for young people.
We want your story!

We are looking for stories for our magazine. Your story must begin with this sentence:
Jim knew it would be a long journey, but he couldn’t wait to set off.
Your story must include:
→ A mobile phone.
→ A new friend.
Write your story.

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5. Answer the following question based on the set text. LISTENING (approximately 40 minutes, including 5 minutes’ transfer time).

You have been talking about the set text in your English class. Now your teacher has Part 1
given you this essay for homework: You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best
answer (A, B, or C).
The characters in the set text have a number of problems in the story. Which character
has the most difficult problem to deal with? What do you think about the way this 1. You hear two friends talking about a science website. What do they agree about?
character solved the problem? A. The information on the website is useful for homework.
Write your essay. B. The graphics are better than on similar websites.
C. The website is easy for everyone to use.
2. You hear a teenager talking to her mother on the phone. What is she doing?
A. Asking her mother for some money.
B. Telling her mother about a bargain.
C. Persuading her mother to do something.
3. You hear 2 classmates discussing a history project. The boy thinks that the project will…
A. Be easy to complete on time.
B. Involve some interesting research.
C. Prove useful for his future studies.
4. You hear part of a radio programme. What is the programme about?
A. A song.
B. A concert.
C. A singer.
5. You hear a brother and sister talking about a party they organized. How does the girl
feel now?
A. Relieved that it is over.
B. Glad so many people came.
C. Proud to have organised it so well.
6. You hear a teacher talking to some students on a geography trip. The teacher wants
the students to
A. Follow a specific route.
B. Take notes while he is talking.
C. Photograph some unusual rocks.
7. You hear a teenage tennis player talking about her new coach. She says her coach
A. Understands the pressures she faces.
B. Has given her more confidence.
C. Wants her to change her technique.
8. You hear a brother and sister talking about a long car journey they are going to go on.
What does the boy say about it?
A. He expects it to be rather dull.
B. He hopes they will set off early.
C. He wishes they could go by bus instead.

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 Part 2 Part 3

You will hear a teenager called Harvey Mellor talking to younger students at his school You will hear five short extracts in which teenagers talk about their best friends. For
about a school play he was involved in. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a questions 19-23, choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker says about how they met
word or a short phrase. their best friend. Use the letters only once. There are three extra letters which you do not
need to use.

The school play

A. We were in the same class at primary school.
Harvey heard about the school play from his (9) ____________________ teacher. B. We were hoping to go to the same concert.
Harvey ended up helping with the (10) ____________________ as well as acting in the play. C. We were sitting next to each other on a bus.
Harvey and his classmates were asked to design a (11) ____________________ for the play. D. We were at the same party.
Harvey was glad he was asked to play the part of a (12) ____________________. E. We were introduced to each other by a friend.
The rehearsals were held in the school (13) ____________________ as well as in the school F. We were in a sports competition together.
hall. G. We were doing a project together at school.
Harvey found it helpful to practise with his (14) ____________________ at the weekends. H. We were in the same sports team.
The food offered to the audience included some (15) ____________________ that Harvey
made. 19. Speaker 1. __________
Shortly before the first performance, Harvey realised he had left his black (16) __________ 20. Speaker 2. __________
at home. 21. Speaker 3. __________
The fact that a lot of (17) ____________________ came to see the play surprised Harvey. 22. Speaker 4. __________
Harvey says he would like to become a theatre (18) ____________________ in the future. 23. Speaker 5. __________

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 Part 4

You will hear a school internet radio interview with a teenager called Stella Smith, who has
recently had her first surf lesson. For questions 24-30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

24. Why did Stella decide to try surfing?

A. It was something she had always wanted to do.
B. Someone she knew inspired her to have a go.
C. There was little else for her to do on holiday.
25. How did Stella feel the night before her first surfing lesson?
A. Worried she might miss the lesson.
B. Excited to be doing something new.
C. Nervous that she might get injured.
26. What was Stella’s first impression of the people in her surfing class?
A. They all looked younger than her.
B. They all seemed to know each other.
C. They all appeared to be sporty.
27. What does Stella say about the surfing instructor?
A. He lost patience with some people in the class.
B. He spent too much time teaching the basic moves.
C. He didn’t always explain everything clearly.
28. Stella thinks she was able to keep her balance on the surfboard because
A. She practises yoga regularly.
B. She’s good at skateboarding.
C. She does a lot of gymnastics.
29. What was Stella given at the end of the lesson?
A. A certificate saying she had been surfing.
B. A photograph of her on the surfboard.
C. A card offering her a discount in local shops.
30. What did Stella do in the evening after her surfing lesson?
A. Went out for a meal.
B. Went to bed early.
C. Went to a party.

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READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1 hour 15 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use
only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 Y O U R

Example
International pillow fight day
0 A made B done C had D found
Do you think that pillows are just things your rest (0) your head on at night? It may or
0 A B C D may not come (9) __________ a surprise to you to hear that for several year now, in parks
 and squares around the world, large groups of people (10) __________ been meeting on
the same day to take part (11) __________ a massive pillow fight. To make sure everyone
stays safe, the rules are that people should use soft pillows and never hit anyone too hard,
Dolphins have their own names (12) __________ should they swing their pillows at anyone with a camera, or anyone not
carrying a pillow themselves.
Scientists studying a species of dolphin called bottlenose dolphins have (0) _____ At some pillow-fighting events the organisers ask participants not (13) __________ use
an interesting discovery. Individual dolphins in the group the scientists studied each have any pillows stuffed (14) __________ feathers, because they make too much mess. Groups
their own name, (1) _____ of a series of whistles. (2) _____ many animals can copy and of volunteers usually help clear up after the fight, and the pillows (15) __________ often
learn complicated sequences of sounds, few species are (3) _____ of associating particular donated to charities that help homeless people. And why (16) __________ so many people
sounds wish specific individuals or things. Dolphins use sounds to communicate with one take part? Well, it really is just for fun!
another for a variety of reasons, including (4) _____ other dolphins to places where food is
available and showing how friendly or agressive they are feeling.
Dolphins mainly use their names (known as ‘signature whistles’) when they are
travelling, to (5) _____ other dolphins in their group know where they are. And when a
group of dolphins (6) _____ across another group while out at sea, they appear to use them
as a (7) _____ of greeting each other, exchanging information about who is present before
the groups join. Mothers and their young also use the whistles if they get (8) _____.

1. A containing B including C consisting D involving

2. A However B Although C Despite D Even
3. A competent B talented C skilled D capable
4. A indicating B leading C signalling D heading
5. A allow B permit C let D cause
6. A goes B puts C gets D comes
7. A manner B form C means D process
8. A spilt B divided C separated D detached

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 Part 3 Part 4

For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
beginning (0). two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0):

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example:

Example: 0 H E A L T H Y 0. Karen didn’t really want to go to the party:

FORWARD
Karen wasn’t really ____________________________________________ to the party.
What happens to the body in space? The gap can be filled by the words ‘looking forward to going’, so you write:

Human begins will only be able to explore space if astronauts Example: 0 LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING
remain (0) healthy while they travel and work there. Scientists HEALTH
are therefore very (17) __________ in gathering (18) __________ INTEREST/EVIDENCE Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
about what happens to the human body in space. The body is a
complex system that (19) ______________ defects changes in its AUTOMATIC 25. Daisy regretted eating so much cake.
(20) __________ and responds to them. When astronauts SURROUND WISH
become weightless, the (21) __________ of them suffer from MAJOR ‘I ________________________________________________ so much cake’, said Daisy.
space motion sickness. The body soon adapts, however and
although some astronauts can feel very (22) __________ at first, COMFORT 26. Luis managed to fix the bicycle on his own.
the effects do not usually last long. SUCCEEDED
Luis ________________________________________________ the bicycle on his own.
In zero gravity, liquids in the body move towards the head, so
astronauts hace thinner legs while in space, and slightly swollen 27. Bring your swimming things because it might be warm enough to go swimming.
faces. The heart has to work less hard to pump blood, and CASE
astronauts do not need the full (23) __________ of their skeleton STRONG Bring your swimming things ______________________ warm enough to go swimming.
and muscles to support them. (24) __________, astronauts need CONSEQUENCE
to do plenty of exercise in space in order to maintain body tone 28. Our teacher said we should use the information available on the Internet.
and bone density. ADVANTAGE
Our teacher advised us _________________________________________________
the information available on the Internet.

29. When Anne got back from holiday, I called her immediately.
SOON
I called Anne ____________________________________________ back from holiday.

30. My brother’s trainers cost a lot less than mine.

FAR
My brother’s trainers ___________________________________ expensive than mine.

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 Part 5 magazines and television. They don’t wear clothes as a statement of their inner selves, as I
do; they wear labels.
You are going to read an extract from a book about an American teenage girl who has moved If New York is a kettle of soup, where tons of different spices and vegetables swim
to a new town. For questions 31-36, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits around together, all part of the whole but all different at the same time, then Deadwood is
best according to the text. more like a glass of homogenized milk. Ella was wearing a nondescript pink A-line dress and
white-and-pink sneakers. Although Ella shops in the same stores as most of her classmates
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. she always goes for what Mrs Gerard calls ‘the classic look’, which means that everyone else
dresses like the dedicated followers of fashion that they are, and Ella dressed like her
mother.
We used to live in New York, in this great old building on the Upper West Side, but Anyway, Ella sat near me in my first class. The kids in Deadwood not only dress the
last year my mother moved us to a ranch house in the quiet sleepy suburb of Dellwood (or same and talk the same; when they think, they pretty much think the same, too. But I sensed
as I affectionately call it, Deadwood), New Jersey. New Jersey! At first I thought she must be almost immediately that even though she looked like them, Ella was different in that last,
joking. crucial respect.
But I have a positive nature. I believe in making the best of even the worst situation.
I mean, you have to, don’t you? There’s no point being negative about things you can’t 31. What point is the writer making about Dellwood in the second paragraph?
change, you only make them worse. And the upside of moving to Deadwood was that it A. Very little of interest is going on there.
B. She’ll be able to make a fresh start there.
gave me a chance to re-create myself a little. Back in the city at least half the kids I went to
C. She doesn’t expect to make new friends there.
school with were kids I’d gone to school with most of my life. Dellwood, however, was an D. Few people from New York have ever been there.
empty stage as far as I was concerned. An empty stage to which I was allowed to bring my 32. During her first few weeks at Deadwood High School the writer
own script. I could choose whatever role I wanted – be whatever I wanted to be – and no A. Tried to control her unpredictable moods.
one would know any better. A legend was about to be born. B. Imitated the different styles of the students there.
I think it’s safe to say that no one at Deadwood High School had ever seen anyone C. Devoted time and effort to making an impression.
quite like me. And this, of course, was to my advantage. They didn’t know what to expect. D. Worried that she might never fit in with the other students.
My first few weeks were devoted to showing them what to expect: the unexpected; the 33. Why does the writer say ‘I was wrong’ in line 18?
unusual; the individual; the unique. One week I’d dress only in black; the next my colors A. The other students ignored her.
B. She managed to make a friend.
would be vibrant and bright. One week I’d be quiet and remote; the next I’d be gregarious
C. The weather failed to affect people in Dellwood.
and funny. It was demanding part, but it took my mind off other things. Like how difficult it D. She realised that Dellwood was a pleasant place to live.
was to be a beacon in the subterranean, wind-swept and coal-black abyss that is Dellwood, 34. According to the writer, the clothes worn by the other girls in Dellwood reflect
New Jersey. A. How good their taste is.
I’d pretty much thought that all I had to do was appear on campus like an incredible B. A desire for wealth.
sunset after a grey, dreary day, and the starving young souls of Dellwood would immediately C. Their individuality.
abandon their videos and glossy magazines, and flock to me, begging for shelter from the D. Current trends.
storm of meaningless trivia that made up their lives. But I was wrong. The yougth of 35. What does the writer say about Ella in the sixth paragraph?
Dellwood probably wouldn’t have noticed a huge storm, never mind a messenger of hope A. Her appearance demonstrates her independence.
B. She has been advised to dress in a particular way.
from the greater world. In my first year in the clean air and safe streets of Dellwood (two of
C. She looks old-fashioned compared to people her age.
my mother’s reasons of moving), I’ve met only one truly kindred spirit. That’s my best friend, D. Her mother would like her to learn from her classmates.
Ella Gerard. 36. ‘That last, crucial respect’ in line 33 referst to the way kids in Dellwood
There was nothing about Ella to suggest that here was my spiritual kin the first time A. Dress.
I saw her. She looked like most of the other girls – expensively if dully clothed, well fed, B. Talk.
perfectly groomed, their teeth gleaming and their hair bouncing because they use the right C. Think.
toothpaste and shampoo. The girls in Deadwood get their fashion ideas from teenage D. Look.

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 Part 6 For Belden, this isn’t just a novelty food fad, but a calling. He obviously believes in
using the renewable resource of human-powered energy. But he also believes in sourcing
You are going to read an article about ice cream produced in an environmentally friendly organic ingredients and using compostable cups and spoons. 42 __________. Even if people
way. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the were drawn in by the wheels, they return for the simple pleasure of a smooth, slightly sweet
one which fits each gap (37-42). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. scoop of tasty ice cream.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Selling ice cream – made by pedalling a bicycle!

It may seem too simple, or too comical, but Ed Belden did just that when he started
a bike-powered ice cream shop in Los Angeles, in the US, a city more often known for its
car culture. Belden’s shop, Peddler’s Creamery, is the first of its kind in Los Angeles. The
store opened on the same day as a quarterly bike event called Ciclavia that transforms many
of the city’s streets into car-free spaces. The Ciclavia route went by Belden’s storefront and
he sold out all nine flavors by the car day’s end.
Belden had first started selling bike-powered ice cream from a specially adapted
tricycle at events around Los Angeles. 37 __________. Belden created special flavours, such
as Mexican chocolate, salted caramel, and mint chocolate cookie. For every four miles, or
about 20 minutes of cycling, he could make 23 liters of ice cream.
Belden soon decided he wanted his own shop, a place where people could come
to him. He believed a bike-powered ice cream shop would perfectly suit many people’s
commitment to trying to do something to protect the environment in Los Angeles. 38
__________. Indeed, events like Ciclavia are becoming more popular and the city is
establishing miles of new bike lanes.
Belden saw central Los Angeles as the perfect site for his new venture. 39
__________. It represents the revitalisation that is happening in city centre across the US
as many Americans seek more environmentally friendly lifestyles.
At first, Belden wanted to open a shop in a historic building. He eventually chose a
new apartment building that contains both reasonably priced housing and artists’ studios.
40 __________. He considered it a good fit for his own vision of sustainability. Belden can A. That’s because this area is unusual compared to the rest of the city, as many
be spotted at the shop in the evenings after a full day of work at the National Forest residents don’t own cars.
Foundation, another green business. The shop is a labour of love for him. It is supported by B. That didn’t mean they’d accept anything that didn’t actually taste delicious.
the generosity of investors (friends, family people who Invest in environmental business) C. Pedalling its wheel turned the stainless steel ice cream maker attached to the back
and his own savings. of the bike.
The evening is also the liveliest time to visit the shop. That’s when residents come D. However, you must be prepared to bike for 20 minutes straight to maintain que
in for a scoop after dinner. Random onlookers also poke their heads in after seeing the bike quality and consistency of the ice cream.
contraption in the window. Once a lone salesman pedalling his bike, Belden now has six E. For Belden, this social mission was more important than architectural style.
employees. Employees and customers alike take turns at the wheel. 41 __________. F. And of course, he insists on producing a quality product.
G. This is increasingly evident in the way cars are having to share the road with cyclists.

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 Part 7 B. A lot of the mistakes that young filmmakers make could be avoided if teenagers
actually just paid attention to their favourite films. Pick a movie you love and watch it
You are going to read an article giving advice to teenagers about making films. For question with the sound down; look closely at the camera angles, the editing and the lighting.
43-52, choose from the sections (A-F). The sections may be chosen more than once. Watch short films on the Internet and see how an effective story can be told in five
minutes. You won’t be able to match the production values of these films – and you
Make your answers on the separate answer sheet. don’t need to, anyway – but often the craft of good filmmakers doesn’t cost any
money. You just have to actually watch films.
C. Every films you make should teach you something you didn’t know before, and achieve
In which section does the writer something you didn’t know you were capable of. This doesn’t mean you have to go out
every time and do something that you have no idea how to do. You should draw on the
Warn that a failure to do something produces noticeably poor 43 skills and techniques you’ve already learned – but if you’re not building on them, if
results? you’re not pushing yourself further in some way, you’re playing it safe. It will show and
Suggest an alternative to something that people may not be able to 44 you may eventually regret staying in your comfort zone in this way.
afford? D. Showing your film to an audience is one of the most important ways of figurating out
Mention that people may end up regretting a decision? 45 what you’re doing right or wrong as a filmmaker – but that isn’t the same as saying that
Advice people to think about what they are doing in a different way? 46 you always have to try to please the audience, or make a film that you think “they” will
Encourage people to base their films on the things around them? 47 like. A lot of the time just seeing your film with other people in the room will help you
Recommend how filmmakers can get feedback on their work? 48 see it more objectively. And if you’re still thinking your film has to be 20 minutes long,
Say people should never stop developing their film-making abilities? 49 just imagine how long that 20 minutes is going to feel when 300 people are sitting
beside you watching it…
Say that making mistakes is necessary in order to improve? 50
E. Audiences will forgive a lot of technical flaws in your film if your story is compelling,
Describe how to learn from what other people have done? 51
your actors are engaging or your jokes are funny – but there’s still a point where the
Say what can make up for a film’s weaknesses? 52
technical mistakes start to get in the way. That point is usually when they’re no longer
able to clearly see, hear or follow what’s going on. So get to know your equipment, and
practise with it. Learn the basics of shot composition. Do your best to record quality
sound and, if that’s too expensive, make a silent movie – there’s too much talking in
most movies anyway.
F. The limitations of teenage filmmaking can often be discouraging. How on earth are you
supposed to make a great film when all you’ve got is this rubbish camera and your silly
friends? Well, the first step is to change your attitude. In fact, you should be celebrating
the fact that that’s all you’ve got: that means all your solutions to the problems you
encounter are going to have to be creatives ones. And whatever you do, don’t give up.
If you haven’t failed at filmmaking yet, then you probably weren’t being ambitious
Tips for young filmmakers
enough. If you have, congratulations; you’re on your way to becoming a great
filmmaker.
A. Lots of teenagers are making films these days. Here’s some advice if you’re thinking of
doing so too. First of all, work with what you’ve got. Don’t write that epic crowd scene
unless you know there’s a festival happening next week that you can steel as a
backdrop. Play to your strengths. There’s probably something unique that you or your
family have access to that you can use in your movie. If your dad has a tractor, write a
movie about that. If he doesn’t, don’t.

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WRITING (1 hour 20 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 Write an answer to one of the questions 2-5 in this part. Write your answer in 140-190
words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question number in
You must answer this question. Write your answer in 140-190 words in an appropriate style the box at the top of the answer sheet.
on the separate answer sheet.

2. You have seen this announcement on an English-language website for young people.
1. In your English class you have been talking about technology. Now your English teacher
has asked you to write an essay for homework. We are looking for stories for our websites. Your story must begin with this sentence:
Laura realised the girl’s bag was still on the café chair.
Write your essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view.
Your story must include:
It’s always better to chat with friends and family face to face rather than online. → A bus.
Do you agree? → A surprise.
Write your story.
Notes
Write about: 3. You have received this letter from a classmate.

1) What time of day it is. Hi everybody,

2) What the conversation is about.
3) Your own idea. As you know, our English teacher, Ms Daniels, is leaving. How about organising a party
to say goodbye to her? I’m sure our teachers will help! Have you got any ideas about
what we can do at the party and how we can prepare for it? Also, what sort of present
could we give her?

Thanks for your help,

Chris
Write your letter.

4. You see this announcement in an English-language magazine.

Articles wanted!
Sport and exercise

Do you like sport? Why / Why not?

What do you think is the best way of getting enough exercise?
Are there any sports you like to watch rather than play?
The best articles will be published in our magazine.
Write your article.

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5. Answer the following question based on the set text. LISTENING (approximately 40 minutes, including 5 minutes’ transfer time).

You have been talking about the set text in class. Now your teacher wants you to write Part 1
an essay answering the following question: You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best
answer (A, B, or C).
Do you think the story ended well for the main characters in the set text? Why / Why
not? Do you think it was a good ending for the book? 1. You hear a brother and sister talking about their aunt. What do they agree about?
Write your essay. A. She makes time to chat to them.
B. She gives them helpful advice.
C. She shares their taste in music.
2. You hear a teenager talking about a sport centre. What does she think of it?
A. It is not big enough.
B. It needs modernising.
C. It is usually too noisy.
3. You hear a brother and sister talking about a meal their father cooked. What does the
girl say about it?
A. She would like to be able to cook as well as their father.
B. She wishes their father would cook more varied meals.
C. She will make an effort to help their father cook in future.
4. You hear a mother talking to her teenage son about a walk he is going on. What is she
doing?
A. Warning him against taking a particular route.
B. Reminding him to take appropriate clothes with him.
C. Advising him to check the weather forecast.
5. You hear two friends talking about their art class. Why is the boy feeling anxious?
A. He is not sure the teacher will like his painting.
B. He has not managed to complete his homework.
C. He cannot find a picture he has been working on.
6. You hear a woman talking on the radio about a TV programme. What kind of
programme is it?
A. A nature documentary.
B. A comedy programme.
C. A reality TV show.
7. You hear a brother and sister talking about a holiday. What did the girl think of it?
A. She liked the campsite they stayed in.
B. It was more fun than she had expected.
C. The journey there was rather boring.
8. You hear someone talking about a concert he has just played in. How does he feel now?
A. Relieved not to have made any mistakes.
B. Excited about his next performance.
C. Glad the audience was so large.

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 Part 2 Part 3

You will hear a teenager called Tim Jones talking to students at a secondary school about a You will hear five short extracts in which teenagers talk about clothes. For questions 19-23,
shop he helped set up when he was 15. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker says about what is important to them about
word or a short phrase. the clothes they wear. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use.

Setting up shop A. I want to express my personality.

B. I want to wear clothes that match.
Tim started to work in a shop owned by his (09) ___________________________________. C. I want to wear comfortable clothes.
Tim’s (10) _______________________________ teacher gave him the idea for what to sell. D. I want to spend as little as possible.
Tim’s school friends helped him to make a (11) _________________________ for the shop. E. I want to please my family.
Tim advertised the shop by giving out (12) _____________________________ in the street. F. I want to wear a certain type of material.
One of Tim’s first customers talked about the shop in a (13) __________________________ G. I want to be fashionable.
interview about shopping in Tim’s town. H. I want to look my friends.
Tim was amazed when a famous (14) ___________________________________ player
came into the shop. 19. Speaker 1. __________
Tim realised he could sell his (15) _______________________ in the shop as well as pottery. 20. Speaker 2. __________
Tim was asked to design a (16) ______________________________ for the local jazz band. 21. Speaker 3. __________
Tim’s parents think he should become a (17) ___________________________ in the future. 22. Speaker 4. __________
Time likes to play (18) ____________________ with his friends when he’s not busy working. 23. Speaker 5. __________

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 Part 4

You will hear a radio interview with a teenager called Tom Dean, who writes a cookery blog
for teenagers. For questions 24-30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

24. Tom’s interest in cooking began when

A. He attended cookery lessons at his school.
B. He helped his mother in the kitchen as a small child.
C. He watched some programmes about it on television.
25. What does Tom say about his diet?
A. He used to avoid food that was good for him.
B. He eats more healthily nowadays.
C. He wishes he could choose what he wants to eat.
26. What do Tom’s brother and sister think about the food he makes?
A. Some of Tom’s dishes take too long to prepare.
B. Tom should make some of his meals more tasty.
C. They are surprised that other people like his recipes.
27. Tom says his family help him by
A. Doing the washing up.
B. Writing down his ideas.
C. Checking he has the right ingredients.
28. Why did Tom decide to write a cookery blog?
A. He wanted something to do in his free time.
B. He thought it was the best way of sharing his recipes.
C. He realised there was nothing similar available online.
29. What has writing the blog taught Tom?
A. How to write in an appropriate style.
B. That it is hard to keep on inventing new recipes.
C. Why people are over the world like reading about food.
30. Tom says he hopes to
A. Work as a chef.
B. Write a recipe book.
C. Open his own cookery school.

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READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1 hour 15 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use
only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 T O

Example
World Pea Shooting Championships
0 A hold B stand C stay D exist
Did you know that something naughty schoolchildren used to do is now a
0 A B C D competitive sport? In the annual Cambridgeshire World Pea Shooting Championships,
 competitors have (0) to blow a dried pea through a small tube called a blowpipe. They aim
at a round target 3.5m away. The contest was first organised in 1971 by a teacher called
John Tyson (9) __________ had taken several blowpipes away (10) __________ his pupils
How frogs survive the cold when they had used them at school. Now competitors come from all over the world to take
(11) __________ in the championships.
Not many creatures can (0) _____ alive in the freezing cold of the far north. The pea is always supplied by the organisers to make (12) __________ nobody
However, there are a number of creatures which (1) _____ to survive in places where the cheats, but the tubes can be made of any material provided they are 30 cm long.
temperatures can fall as (2) _____ as minus 28 degrees. Traditionally the tubes have (13) __________ made of wood or plastic, but some people use
One of the most (3) _____ of these creatures is the Alaskan wood frog. When it other materials (14) __________ carbon fibre. Even (15) __________ some adults bring
gest (4) _____ cold in the winter months, up to two thirds of the water in the frog’s body complicated equipment like lasers to focus on the target, they are regularly beaten by kids
actually freezes. But once the days begin to (5) _____ slightly warmer in spring, the frogs years younger than (16) __________ using simple plastic tubes.
thaw out again.
Scientists have long been trying to discover the process that makes this rebirth (6)
_____ and now they have discovered how it is done. The frogs produce a chemical in their
body that resembles the antifreeze that people use to (7) _____ their care from freezing.
This chemical in the frog’s body (8) ____ in a very similar way in order to protect its most
important organs.

1. A succeed B manage C enable D achieve

2. A deep B hard C low D far
3. A noticeable B remarkable C observable D credible
4. A harsly B utterly C absolutely D bitterly
5. A turn B come C move D set
6. A available B probable C capable D possible
7. A prevent B halt C avoid D block
8. A goes B takes C works D does

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 Part 3 Part 4

For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
beginning (0). two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0):

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example:

Example: 0 M O N A R C H Y 0. Karen didn’t really want to go to the party:

FORWARD
Karen wasn’t really ____________________________________________ to the party.
Jersey The gap can be filled by the words ‘looking forward to going’, so you write:

Jersey is one of a group of islands, known as the Channel Islands, Example: 0 LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING
lying not far from the coast of France. Politically it is a (0) monarchy MONARCH
ruled by the King or Queen of Britain but it is not part of the United Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
Kingdom or of the European Union. However, it does have a special
(17) __________ with both. The UK, for example, is responsible for RELATION 25. Katy’s parents allowed her to go swimming on her own.
the (18) __________ of Jersey. However, the island has its own DEFEND LET
Parliament which is able to deal (19) _____________________ with DEPEND Katy’s parents ____________________________________________________ herself.
other aspects of the country’s administration.
26. Paul now regrets spending so much time skateboarding.
From an (20) __________ point of view the country is considered ECONOMY WISHES
part of the European Community which gives it (21) __________ ADVANTAGE Paul now ______________________________________________ time skateboarding.
trading rights. For instance, the free (22) __________ of goods MOVE
between countries in this Community is permitted. 27. It’s possible that Sally took your jacket home.
MAY
Jersey is a beautiful island which enjoyes great (23) __________ POPULAR Sally ___________________________________________________ your jacket home.
with tourists. The fact that it is a relatively (24) __________ EXPENSE
destination is one of the things that extracts them. 28. Most people think that the climate is changing.
GENERALLY
The climate ____________________________________________________ changing.

29. The film probably won’t last more than two hours.
UNLIKELY
The film ________________________________________ on for more than two hours.

30. Dina has a talent for looking after young children.

CARE
Dina is very good ___________________________________________ young children.

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 Part 5 Perhaps it had all begun ten years earlier, on a little island in the Marquesas group in the
middle of the Pacific. Maybe we would land on the same island now, unless the northeast
You are going to read an extract from an account of a journey that a group of Norwegian wind sent us farther south in the direction of Tahiti and the Tuamotu group. The island was
explores made across the Pacific Ocean on a raft (a very simple boat) called the Kon-Tiki. called Fatu Hiva; there was no land between it and us where we lay drifting, but
For questions 31-36, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to nevertheless it was thousands of sea miles away. I could see the little island clearly in my
the text. mind’s eye, which its jagged, rust-red mountains, the green jungle which flowed down their
slopes toward the sea, and the slender palms that waved along the shore. I remembered so
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. well how we sat there on the lonely beach and looked out over this same endless sea,
evening after evening. I was accompained by my wife then, not by bearded pirates as now.
We were collecting all kinds of live creatures, and images and other relics of a dead culture.
Once in a while you find yourself in an odd situation. You get into it by degrees and in
the most natural way but, when you are right in the midst of it, you are suddenly astonished 31. How does the writer suggest he is feeling in the first paragraph?
and ask youself how in the world it all came about. A. Regretful.
If, for example, you put to sea on a wooden raft with a parrot and five companions, it is B. Puzzled.
inevitable that sooner or later you will wake up one morning out at sea, perhaps a little C. Amused.
better rested than ordinarily, and begin to think about it. D. Shocked.
On one such morning, I sat writing in a dew-drenched logbook: - May 17. Norwegian 32. What does ‘it’ refer to at the end of the second paragraph?
Independence Day. Heavy sea. Fair wind. I am cook today and found seven flying fish on A. The morning at sea.
deck, one squid on the cabin roof and one unknown fish in Torstein’s sleeping bag… B. The writer’s previous night’s rest.
Here the pensil stopped, and the same thought interjected itself: this is really a strange C. The explanation for being in this situation.
seventeenth of May – Indeed, taken all round, a most peculiar existence. How did it all D. The reason for the parrot being on the raft.
begin? 33. Why does the writer stop writing the logbook?
If I turned left, I had an unimpeded view of a vast blue sea with hissing waves, rolling by A. He realises the date which sparks off a train of thought.
close at hand in an endless pursuit of an ever retreating horizon. If I turned right, I saw the B. The noise of the sea takes his mind off the task.
inside of a shadowy cabin in which a bearded individual was lying on his back reading, with C. He knows it is time to begin preparing dinner.
his bare toes carefully dug into the latticework in the low bamboo roof of the crazy little D. He is distracted by the people around him.
cabin that was our common home. Outside the cabin three other fellows were working in 34. What does the word ‘chain’ refer to in line 41?
the roasting sun on the bamboo deck, looking as if they had never done anything else that A. A ring of islands in Pacific.
float wooden rafts westward across the Pacific. Erik came crawling in through the opening B. The group of people on the raft.
with his instruments and a pile of papers. C. A line of marks indicating the raft’s progress.
‘98º 46’ west by 8º 2’ south – a good day’s run since yesterday, chaps!’ D. A row of charts along the bamboo wall of the cabin.
He took my pencil and drew a tiny circle on a chart which hung on the bamboo wall – a 35. What does the extract say about the location of Fatu Hiva?
tiny circle at the end of a row of nineteen circles that curved across from the coast of Peru. A. There are no other islands separating it from the raft.
Herman, Knut and Torstein too came eagerly crowding in to see the new little circle that B. It is in the middle of the Marquesas group of islands.
placed us a good 40 sea miles nearer the South Sea islands than the last in the chain. C. The men on the raft hope it is where they will land.
‘Do you see, boys?’, said Herman proudly. ‘That means we’re 850 miles from the coast D. It is thousands of sea miles from the Tahiti islands.
of Peru’. 36. Why had the writer and his wife previously spent time on a Pacific island?
‘And we’ve got another 3,500 to go to get to the nearest islands’, Knut added cautiously. A. They went to the island to take photographs for a book.
So now we all knew exactly where we were, and I could go on speculating. The parrot B. They were painting pictures of the island.
did not care; he only wanted to tug at the log. And the sea was just as round, just as sky- C. They enjoyed a holiday on the island’s beaches.
encircled, blue upon blue. D. They were gathering information about the island.

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 Part 6

You are going to read a magazine article about a teenager who has completed an unusual
swim. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G
the one which fits each gap (37-42). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to
use.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

The Isle of Wight is a large island – about 380 square kilometres – off the south
coast of Britain. You need to be an extraordinarily strong swimmer to swim round the island
as it means covering a distance of over 110 kilometres. Yet this feat has just been completed
by a nineteen-year-old woman called Neil O’Connor.
Neil became one of the few people to have ever swum solo, non-stop, around the
Isle of Wight – a notable feat for a couple of reasons. 37 __________.
The swimmer was welcomed by a large crowd as she touched Ryde Pier, the point
where she set off last Friday at 10:31am. The ferry that leaves the island for the mainland
every hour had even delayed its departure to let passengers watch her arrival. Hundreds of
people were waiting on deck as well as on shore. 38 __________. She was officially
congratulated by Brian Merriman on behalf of the European Swimming Association. He is
no stranger to long-distance swimming himself as he has swum across the English Channel
on several occasions.
Before setting off Neil had said that she was well aware that she was attempting a
very challenging task, particularly because she could not avoid occasionally having to swim
against the tide. 39 __________. She saw sunset and sunrise and had to race against the
clock to reach critical points to beat the time. Indeed, she frequently felt as if she was
spending hours swimming on the spot.
40 __________. A decision then to head inshore allowed her less tide to swim
against and within an hour she was making forward progress again. A. She was doing the challenge to raise money for a number of charities.
Speaking to reporters after the swim, Neil said that knowing people were thinking B. And she was right to expect it to be tough.
of her and willing her on definitely helped when the going got really tough. Her reason for C. As is the rule on such swims, Neil was accompained by a team on a range of craft.
doing the swim also spurred her on. 41 __________. D. Not only was she one of the youngest people ver to complete the swim, but she also
The swim was carried out under the generally accepted rules of the sport wearing did it in only 26 hours, 37 minutes and 45 seconds, arriving more than three hours
just a standard swimming costume, goggles and a swimming cap. It was the culmination of ahead of schedule.
the three-year Seven Island Swim Challenge which Neils had set herself. She had already E. But she had to abandon her next challenge after doing 32 kilometres of a 48-
successfully completed circumnavigations of five other islands. 42 __________. This kilometres swim on August 13 this year.
happened because strong winds combined with bitterly cold water to force her to give up F. They all applauded her achievement and, after being helped out of the water, she
on her attempt to swim round Foula, one of the Shetland Islands, in the far north of the shouted a big thank you to everyone.
British Isles. G. One of the toughest points of the swim was as she approached St Catherine’s Point,
when the current pushed her back more than a kilometre.

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 Part 7 B. Air World. The aircraft-themed Air World is one of the world’s largest indoor theme
parks, and is located inside a sprawling, 180,000 square metre structure. The building
You are going to read some reviews of theme parks. For question 43-52, choose from is impressive in that it’s designed to resemble the side profile of the body of a jumbo
reviews (A-E). The reviews may be chosen more than once. jet, and features models of three historic planes on its roof. The park is home to a
variety of breathtaking thrill rides and family attractions, including the world’s fastest
Make your answers on the separate answer sheet. rollercoaster, Concorde Cascade. Air World opened in November, 2013, and has an
appropriate location close to the country’s first-ever airstrip. It offers a range of
restaurant facilities to suit all pockets and has quickly become a popular destination
Which of the theme parks for a day out.
C. Sunlands. The second-largest theme park in the entire country, Sunlands, is now a
Is praised for being situated in a fitting place? 43 member of the largest international chain of theme parks. Located on the edge of the
Has developed from something that was part of a major event? 44 capital, it hosts an array of thrilling rollercoasters and flat rides. The park’s headline
Has made good use of a former industrial site? 45 attractions are Titan (once the tallest coaster in the country), Pluto (the world’s tallest
Is noteworthy for the opportunities it offers for sport? 46 dual-track wooden coaster) and Dracula (an inverted coaster). Look out, though, for
Was built in a style to match its theme? 47 the older but no less enjoyable rides such as the Merry Rider and the Monorail
Frequently hosts impressive musical performances? 48 transportation system. Sunlands opened in June 1962 as the midway area of capital’s
extravagant ‘Centenary Exhibition’, and was intended to be its lasting legacy. At that
Has potentially inconvenient opening times? 49
time it featured a number of family-friend rides with a particular appeal for younger
Has an exciting ride that holds a record for its size? 50
children.
Has an attraction that is operated in a traditional way? 51
D. Adventure Town. One of the most popular theme parks in this country and throughout
Is most likely to appeal to one age group? 52
the world, Adventure Town combines classic amusement park attractions with
beautiful landscaping and a huge variety of restaurants. Open all year round, the park’s
most famous attraction is Rolling Rainbow, one of few wooden coasters remaining that
still requieres a brakeman to control its speed. Modern offerings include the sixty-
metre-tall Mystery Tower drop tower and the borderline-insane Niagara, which sees
guests plummeting towards the ground in plane-theme gondolas. Live entertainment
is a major part of Adventure Town’s appeal, with acts of almost every type appearing
regularly. Having first opened in 1884, Adventure Town is one of the ten oldest
amusement parks in the world.
E. Starry World. Starry World is an attractively unusual spaced-themed attraction almed
primarily at the under-tens. It has a small but not uninteresting selection of rides and
is also popular because it is home to an action center offering archery, laser shooting
and golf. The Terrifying Tornado is the largest rollercoaster in the west of the country,
hitting a not unimpressive top speed of 88 kilometres per hour. Bredon Farm, which
A. Southern Fun Park. Southern Fun Park is a brilliant theme park on the south coast and
hosts the park, used to be a dairy farm until its owners decided to transform it into a
is situated close to the popular resort of Telton. Perhaps its one drawback is that,
tourist attraction. Initially it focused purely on farm exhibits, but gradually envolved
unlikely the larger parks on the north coast, it operates seasonally. Included in its
into something closer to a traditional theme park. The park plans to start hosting
attraction line-up are a single small rollerocaster, a selection of off-the-shelf thrill rides,
musical events next summer.
and a variety of water slides. The park first opened to the public in 1979, when it was
known as Crossman’s Fun Park. It was constructed on what was once a limestone
quarry, with the area being effectively re-landscaped to include a number of lakes. A
total of 420,000 tonnes of sand were used to create its attractive new look.
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WRITING (1 hour 20 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 Write an answer to one of the questions 2-5 in this part. Write your answer in 140-190
words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question number in
You must answer this question. Write your answer in 140-190 words in an appropriate style the box at the top of the answer sheet.
on the separate answer sheet.

2. You see this announcement on a website.

1. In your English class you have been talking about the environment. Now your English Story competition
teacher has asked you to write an essay for homework.
Could you write a story for our teenager readers? The story must begin with this
Write your essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view. sentence: feeling very excited, Gina picked up her bag and got on the train.

Schools should teach students about the importance of protecting the environment Your story must include:
by setting a good example. Do you agree? → Some flowers.
→ A stranger.
Notes
Write about: The best stories will win a prize and will be published on our website.
Write your story.
1) Recycling.
2) Saving energy. 3. This is part of a letter you have received from your Australian friend, Sam.
3) Your own idea. Could you help me with some homework, please? We have to find out about the music
young people like in different countries. What kinds of music are most popular with you
and your friends? When and how do they listen to it? Do you play music yourself as well
as listen to it?
Write your letter.

4. You see this announcement in an English-language magazine for young people.

Some TV programmes aim to inform rather than just to entertain. Write a review of a TV
documentary you have watched recently. Why did you decide to watch it? Would you
recommend it to your friends or not? Why?
Write your review.

5. Answer the following question based on the set text.

Your English class has had a discussion about the set text. Now your teacher has given
you this essay for homework:

Explain why you think the title of the text is or is not a good one.
Write your essay.

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LISTENING (approximately 40 minutes, including 5 minutes’ transfer time). 8. You hear a new item about a wildlife campaign. What is the aim of the campaign?
A. To learn more about the habits of the butterfly.
Part 1 B. To help conserve various types of the butterfly.
C. To discover whether butterly numbers are decreasing.
You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best
answer (A, B, or C).

1. You hear a news item about some teenage scientists. The girl’s discovery could
A. Lead to a beneficial use of waste materials.
B. Help to encourage more students to study science.
C. Reduce the country’s dependence on oil.
2. You hear an interviewer introducing a recorded interview with Darren Grey, a young
writer. What did the interviewer find surprising?
A. Darren’s adult writing style.
B. Darren’s other leisure interests.
C. Darren’s way of speaking.
3. You hear a radio interview on a programme for teenagers with a biology teacher. What
does she think the students enjoy about her lessons?
A. Her sense of humour.
B. The way she uses the Internet.
C. Doing projects outdoors.
4. You hear two friends talking about a concert they have been to. What most impressed
the girl about the singer?
A. The range of her voice.
B. Her ability to express feeling.
C. Her interaction with the audience.
5. You hear a mother talking to her son about a rugby match. What problem did her son
have?
A. He had difficulty getting to the stadium on time.
B. He forgot to take something he needed with him.
C. He got some basic information about the match wrong.
6. You hear a teacher talking to her class about some coursework. What would she like
the class to focus on?
A. Doing a statistical analysis.
B. Making a detailed comparison.
C. Reading some information critically.
7. You hear two friends talking about their holidays. On holiday the girl enjoyed
A. Swimming in the evening.
B. Visiting a place she had seen in a film.
C. Eating something she had never tried before.

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 Part 2 Part 3

You will hear a student called Giorgio telling a class about his project on the spice called You will hear five teenagers talking about a special celebration they remember. For
cinnamon. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a word or a short phrase. questions 19-23, choose from the list (A-H) the opinion each speaker expresses. Use the
letters only once. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use.

Cinnamon
A. The best thing was being with so many members of my family.
Cinnamon has been used as a spice for at least (9) ____________________________ years. B. Some music I heard then made a strong impression on me.
The Roman historian Pliny wrote about cinnamon being imported to Rome in boats that C. I enjoyed helping with the preparations.
were powered only by (10) ___________________________________________________. D. It turned out to be more enjoyable than I had expected.
In Roman times a third of a kilo of cinnamon cost the equivalent of wages for (11) E. An unplanned occurrence changed our plans.
__________________________ of work. F. I kept something special as a memory of the occasion.
In Roman times cinnamon was added to dishes containing (12) ______________________. G. I regret forgetting to do something.
In the Middle Ages many people in the West thought that cinnamon came from the (13) H. I met someone who became very important in my life.
_________________________________.
Cinnamon is still used in medicines that treat (14) _________________________________. 19. Speaker 1. __________
Cinnamon oil is thought to keep (15) _______________________________________ away. 20. Speaker 2. __________
Today (16) ________________________ is one of the main countries importing cinnamon. 21. Speaker 3. __________
Giorgio was surprised to learn that people use cinnamon in the preparation of (17) 22. Speaker 4. __________
___________________________ dishes. 23. Speaker 5. __________
Giorgio’s favourite use of cinnamon is in (18) _____________________________________.

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 Part 4

You will hear an interview with a young film actor called Diana Bainbridge who has just
starred in a science fiction film. For questions 24-30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

24. Diana first became interested in acting because of

A. A relative’s involvement in the profession.
B. A teacher’s enthusiasm and encouragement.
C. A drama school’s convenient location.
25. What led to Diana getting her first major cinema role?
A. She was recommended by someone who saw her acting.
B. She was an announcement about auditions in an acting magazine.
C. She volunteered as an extra for a crowd scene.
26. What surprised Diana when she was making her first film?
A. How much time she spent waiting to film her scenes.
B. How helpful and friendly the famous stars were.
C. How hard she found it to ignore the technical equipment.
27. What does Diana find difficult about being a film star?
A. Not having as much privacy as she would like.
B. Reading critical reviews of her work.
C. Not knowing what her next role will be.
28. Diana enjoyed her most recent role because
A. The film was made in several wonderful places.
B. It gave her the opportunity to learn a new skill.
C. She appreciated the company of her co-stars.
29. Diana says that in the future she is particularly keen to
A. Play a comic role.
B. Produce a film.
C. Win an award.
30. What does Diana plan to do next?
A. Spend some time relaxing.
B. Take a role in a theatre production.
C. Teach some schoolchildren about acting.

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READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1 hour 15 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use
only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 T H E R E

Example
Website for tigers
0 A engaged B absorbed C occupied D employed
If you are interested in the environment, (0) there is an excellent website called
0 A B C D Tigernation. The website was set (9) __________ to help with the conservation of tigers. It
 focuses its work particularly on India, a country (10) __________ many thousand of tigers
once lived. There are now thought to (11) __________ fewer than 2,000 remaining there.
Did you know that a tiger’s stripes are like a person’s finger prints (12) __________
Young people help society the sense that every individual is unique? This makes (13) __________ possible for the
website to track the tigers as it recognises them by the pattern of their stripes. If someone
Young people tend to spend most of their out-of-school hours (0) _____ with homework is lucky (14) __________ to catch sight of a tiger, then they take a picture and upload it to
and other school commitments. These keep them so busy that they have no time to (1) the website. The website is gradually collecting a large quantity of photos, (15) __________
_____ for other major projects. But there are some remarkable exceptions to this (2) _____. enables researches to identify how the animals move from one place to (16) __________.
Some use any free time they have to (3) _____ themselves to environmental issues. Ava The hope is that an improved understanding of how tigers live will help us to ensure their
Lang, for example, is only 14 but at weekends she goes round restaurants to persuade the survival.
owners to (4) _____ her with their used cooking oil. She then arranges for this to be (5)
_____ into biodiesel.
Another youngest who does a considerable (6) _____ to help others is Tim Fried. He
races go-karts as a (7) _____ of raising money for charity causes. In this way he manages to
(8) _____ his love of sport with some socially useful work.

1. A spend B waste C pass D spare

2. A cause B rule C set D test
3. A dedicate B contribute C reserve D involve
4. A provide B offer C donate D give
5. A substituted B adapted C converted D exchanged
6. A degree B extent C deal D amount
7. A chance B kind C means D possibility
8. A adjust B combine C join D merge

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 Part 3
Part 4
For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some
of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
beginning (0). first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0):
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
Example: 0 B A L A N C I N G 0. Karen didn’t really want to go to the party:
FORWARD
Karen wasn’t really ____________________________________________ to the party.
The first bicycle The gap can be filled by the words ‘looking forward to going’, so you write:

The first vehicles with two wheels used for transporting people and Example: 0 LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING
requiring riders to develop (0) balancing skills appeared in Germany BALANCE
in the early 19th century. The design was registered in 1818 and it Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
was the first (17) __________ successful vehicle which, although it COMMERCE
did not have pedals and was not called a bicycle, has a clear (18) 25. I can’t talk for long as my parents think I’m doing my homework.
__________ to the vehicle we know as a bicycle. It was popular for RESEMBLE SUPPOSED
several decades but the (19) __________ of accidents resulting from FREQUENT I can’t talk for long as I _______________________________________ my homework.
its use led to its eventual (20) __________ in some European cities. PROHIBIT
26. Mum didn’t expect the tickets to be so expensive.
There is some (21) __________ as to who exactly invented the AGREE LESS
pedal-powered bicycle, but its (22) __________ began in France in PRODUCE Mum thought the tickets __________________________________________ they did.
the 1860s. Designs gradually improved its speed and (23)
__________ then, as road surfaces also got better, its use became SAFE 27. The path down the mountain was so slippery that it was hard for us to stay on our feet.
widespread. DIFFICULTY
The path down the mountain was so slippery that ______________________________
We usually think of the bicycle as just a means of transport but its on our feet.
role in the emancipation of women should not be (24) __________, ESTIMATE
as it allowed them a freedom of movement that they had not 28. James is the best goalkeeper at the school.
previously enjoyed. THAN
James is a ______________________________________________________ else at our school.

29. Sam is too young to learn to drive.

ENOUGH
Sam isn’t _________________________________________________ driving lessons.

30. The teacher said we didn’t need to spend too long on the exercise.
WORTH
The teacher told us __________________________________ too long on the exercise.

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 Part 5 good at producing elaborate sketches of buildings around the city. He’s now considering
training to be an architect – a real turnaround for someone who once hated coming to
You are going to read a teen magazine article about teenagers and their use of the latest school.
technology. For questions 31-36, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best Of course, much as I hate to admit it, there are downsides to advances such as the
according to the text. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Internet. One of them is distraction – flicking onto a favourite website in the middle of doing
a homework assignment. You’d have to be pretty skilled to achieve good results by trying to
do several things at once in that way. There’s also a tendency for teenagers not to question
TECHNOLOGY AND US! by Rowena James whether the sources of information they get online are actually reliable, and just to take
what they find there at face value. And I hardly dare mention the effects on sleep patterns
Like me, you’ve probably read newspaper articles in which adults are talking about the – that’s one area where my parents have to step in and set boundaries, otherwise I’d be up
bad effects that technology such as computers and mobiles are having on teenagers like us! all night. But as we mature, I reckon we’ll get better at learning to moderate that sort of
In fact, it sometimes seems as if our digital lives are under constant scrutiny from the older thing ourselves – just as we’ll need to in all other aspects of our lives.
generation. According to some adults, our online socialising is creating a culture where
everything is very trivial, and we’ve in danger of losing our social skills completely. Of course, 31. In the first paragraph, what is Rowena’s purpose in writing about adults and their views on teens’
we can probably all think of friends that spend virtually all their time online. But I think we’d use of technology?
A. To say which of their views she thinks are justifed.
also agree those people are in the minority, and that the majority of us have learnt to use
B. To suggest reasons why older people may hold such opinions.
technology in a responsible and useful way. C. To demonstrate how much exaggeration she thinks they contain.
Anyway, our parents would probably admit that any advances in technology, such as D. To explore how different she is from the majority of teenagers.
the radio or the record player, have always caused concern among parents, because they 32. In the second paragraph, Rowena suggests that new technology
worry about the harmful effects on young people, and want to protect them. But if the same A. Makes young people’s lives easier than their parents’ live were.
technology had been available when they were young, they would have used it just as we B. Has always tended to cause concern among older generations.
do now, to socialise and establish independence from their parents. Of course, there have C. Allows young people more independence than their parents had.
been extremely rapid developments since our parents were young – but then very D. Has developed much faster than for previous generations.
generation says that when they look back, I guess. 33. Which mistaken belief do researchers mean when they refer to ‘misguided nostalgia’ in line 33?
A. Using the present as a guide to understanding the past.
One of the main things that teachers worry about is that our over-use of technology is
B. Trusting that the present is a great improvement on the past.
having a bad effect on our education, particualrly in our literacy. Teachers say teens are C. Being unable to see any difference between the present and the past.
using language that’s too casual, like we use in texts, even we’re writing formally, and that D. Thinking everything was much better in the past than it is in the present.
the influence of texting is producing dar more mistakes in our writing than young people 34. Rowena gives the example of her friend Luke to demonstrate
made in the past. However, some researchers say these thoughts are based on what they’re A. The advantages of becoming absorbed in online activity.
calling ‘misguided nostalgia’. When they looked back at student composition papers, even B. The opportunities offered by online sites to become more creative.
a hundred years ago, they found they contained just as many erros as students’ work today. C. The benefits of publishing one’s own writing online.
As I said, though, we can all think of someone we know who spends half their lives in D. The possibilities of finding paid work online.
front of a computer. But those people might still be gaining benefits from that time. Take 35. What is implied about the computer teachers at Rowena’s school in the fifth paragraph?
A. They are unwilling to give up on students who find it hard to fit in.
my friend Luke, for example. In his early teens he was very keen on one particular TV series,
B. They are quick to spot undeveloped talents in their students.
and began to follow a fan page online, which he started spending all his free time on. It C. They are keen to use technology to help students discover themselves.
wasn’t long before he got more involved, and was soon editing other teenage fans’, D. They are leading the field in computer-assisted learning.
contributions, which he became skilled at. That led to an interest in publishing as a career. 36. In the final paragraph, what does Rowena say is a disadvantage of new technology?
Teachers have also realised the huge potential of technology in their classes, no matter A. It has created a generation of teenagers that is always multi-tasking.
what field they’re in. Computer teachers at my school now encourage us to use up-to-the- B. It can tempt teenagers away from what they should be focusing on.
minute software to get us to explore and develop our own talents – with great results. One C. It makes teenagers realise their parents are still continuing to monitor them.
guie in my class who wasn’t interested in school at all, suddenly discovered he was really D. It discourages teenagers from using a range of information sources.

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 Part 6 need to leave an area with plenty of food. However, others are not convinced by either
theory. Certainly a great deal more remains to be learnt about Gryposaurus.
You are going to read a magazine article about the discovery of some dinosaur bones. Six
sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one
which fits each gap (37-42). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

New dinosaur discovery

The dinosaur species known as Gryposaurus monumentensis lived seventy-five

million years ago but people only learnt of its existence at the beginning of the twenty-first
century. Its name means ‘hook-beaked lizard of the monument’, with ‘monument’ referring
to the place in the US state of Utah where this dinosaur’s bones were found by a team of
archaeologists.
37 __________. It had an enormous bill resembling that of the duck-billed
platypus, a curious egg-laying mammal native to Australia. The dinosaur, which existed on
a diet of leaves, would have found this extremely useful when it wanted to pull something
to eat off a nearby plant.
However, the archaeologists who discovered the dinosaur’s bones were even
more amazed by what they found inside the skull. 38 __________. There was also evidence
of many extra ones waiting to drop into place as others wore out.
Taking all the replacements into account, it is estimated that the dinosaur
managed to get through approximately 800 teeth during its lifetime. This indicates that
Gryposaurus monumentensis chewed its way through a substancial quantity of leaves every
day of its life. 39 __________. Tyrannosaurus rex, the enormous meat-eating dinosaur, for
example, seems to have got by with considerably fewer.
The unusual number of teeth found in the skull suggest that the Gryposaurus
monumentensis was a particularly large species of dinosaur. 40 __________. Other bones
were discovered in Utah not far from the skull. These made it possible for scientists to A. It is known to have been wet and swampy there then and the land was covered by
calculate that the creature was at least 90 metres in length. The humerus (the bone of the plants.
upper arm), for example, is longer than an adult man’s leg. B. The creature was seen to possess at least 300 teeth, making it easy for it to grind up
At the time when Gryposaurus monumentensis lived in what is now Utah, the area the leaves that it ate.
had little in common with its appearance today. 41 __________. Nowadays the region C. And there is evidence to show that this was indeed the case.
tends to receive relatively little rain and not much grows there. D. This is in striking contrast to the habitats where other dinosaur bones have been
Dinosaurs with duck bills have also been found a thousand kilometres further found.
north in Canada but they appear to be rather different from those discovered in Utah. 42 E. Scientists are puzzled as to why they do not bear more resemblance to each other.
__________. Some think that there may have been a mountain system making it impossible F. The outside of the skull (the bone of the head) that the Utah archaeologists
for them to move between Utah and Canada, while others believe that they simply had no discovered was unusual.
G. Otherwise it would never have worn out quite so many of them.

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 Part 7 one person, that is. On this night in the X Games athlete lounge, the youngest
competitor at this week’s X Games Aspen, 14-year-old Japanese snowboarder Ayumu
You are going to read a magazine article about a young Japanese snowboarder taking part Hirano, was oblivious to everything going on around him. Tucked into the corner of a
in a major competition called ‘X Games’ in Aspen in the USA. For question 43-52, choose couch, he sat slumped on his side, his head resting on a white pillow while his ski cap
from the sections of the article (A-D). The sections may be chosen more than once. was pulled over his eyes. The kid was sound asleep. Even when the room erupted after
Elena Hight landed the first double rodeo in the Women’s final, Hirano didn’t budge.
Make your answers on the separate answer sheet. B. On Sunday night, Hirano will hopefully be able to stay away long enough to join six
other competitors who will try to keep the current champion from winning his record
sixth consecutive gold medal. In Thursday night’s elimination, the 1.5-metre eighth
Which section of the article grader became a fan favourite thanks to his trademark big air jump. His top score of
78.66 placed him sixth. He is quite clear about his goals for Sunday night’s finals. “I
Describes some negative attitudes towards Hirano’s lifestyle? 43 want to be on that podium”, he said through a translator. Not much is known about
Comments on Hirano’s lack of fear? 44 Hiramo, who has followed in the footsteps of fellow Japanese snowboarder Kazuhero
Show how easy Hirano finds it to ignore noise? 45 Kokubo, who also emerged onto the scene in his early teens. Now 24, Kokubo has
Outlines Hirano’s early experience of the sport? 46 served as a mentor to Hirano, who spends about 60 per cent of his year in Japan and
Mentions some advice Hirano has been given? 47 40 per cent training in the United States. Kokubo’s tips come on and off the hill,
Describes how snowboarders relax between competitions? 48 covering everything from how to be a good person to how to land a particular trick.
C. This week, Hiramo has been joined by his parents, who are visiting the United States
Compares how Hirano is thought of in different places? 49
for the first time. Hirano was introduced to action sports through his father, Hidenori,
Shows how ambitious Hirano is? 50
who owns a surf shop and a skate park in a small city on the coast of Japan. When a
Mentions that Hirano is unaware of his reputation? 51
family friend gave his older brother a snowboard, Ayumu followed along. At the time,
Explains Hirano’s growing popularity? 52
he was just 4 years old. Hirano doesn’t remember that day. His ealierst snowboarding
memory is competing in a junior competition when he was 6. Luckily for Hirano, he has
little idea what the U.S. press is saying about him. “He doesn’t even realize it”, Hirano’s
manager, Carl Harris, said. “It’s probably better that way. There isn’t a lot of pressure.
He’s just the coolest kid in the competition. He goes out there and is like, ‘Whatever.
I’m just here to ride’. When asked this week what scares him, Hirano struggled to
answer, pondering the question for several minutes before finally confessing “nothing
comes to mind”.
D. Hirano’s parents have some concerns about the fact their son has missed so much
school to chase his snowboarding dreams. Hirano attends classes whenever he is in
Japan, but that is only 60 per cent of the year. Friends have questioned why Hirano’s
parents were letting their son miss such an important part of his life. “Not everyone
has the same chance that he has”, said Hirano’s father, Hidenori. “Because he is doing
so well and trying so hard we don’t want to take it away from him. Although sometimes
people can get duped if they don’t have a good education, I feel, if he can try this hard
Ayumu Hirano, Young Snowboarding Star
at snowboarding, nothing can stop him”. While Hirano’s popularity is growing in the
United States, back in Japan he’s just another kid. “He’s a nobody back home”, his dad
A. The room was hopping. Seemingly everywhere you looked, X Games athletes were
said. “Just another middle schooler who misses a lot of class”. But come Sunday night,
eating, laughing and enjoying a few minutes out of the spotlight. Some played video
that nobody will find himself under the bright lights in the final event of X Games
games. Others received a massage. And the rest were glued to the Women’s
Aspen. If he can keep awake.
Snowboard final on one of the oversized flat screen televisions in the room. Except for
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WRITING (1 hour 20 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 Write an answer to one of the questions 2-5 in this part. Write your answer in 140-190
words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question number in
You must answer this question. Write your answer in 140-190 words in an appropriate style the box at the top of the answer sheet.
on the separate answer sheet.

2. You see this announcement in a English-language magazine for young people.

1. In your English class you have been talking about language learning. Now your English
teacher has asked you to write an essay for homework. Articles wanted!
We are preparing a special issue about travel and would like readers to send us articles
Write your essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view. about a special journey they have made. Where did you go? Who did you travel with?
What made the journey particularly interesting for you?
Learning a foreign language is very useful for young people today. Write your article.

Notes 3. This is a part of an email you have received from an American friend.
Write about:
I’d like to learn more about your country by watching a film from there. Can you tell me
1) Travel. about a film that you’d recommend? In what ways would it help me learn about your
2) Work and studies. country? And how typical is it of films from your country?
3) Your own idea. Write your email.

4. The school where you study English has asked students to write short stories for an
English language competition. The short story must begin with the words:

When Chris woke up, he expected the day to be like any other one.

Your story must include:

→ A famous person.
→ An invitation.
Write your story.

5. Answer the following question based on the set text.

Your English class has had a discussion about the set text. Now your teacher has asked
you to write a review of the set text. Your review should focus on explaining why the
text would or would not be a good one to take on holiday with you.
Write your review.

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LISTENING (approximately 40 minutes, including 5 minutes’ transfer time). 8. You hear two friends talking about a cake they have made. What do they agree about?
A. They would do something differently if they made they cake again.
Part 1 B. The boy made a useful suggestion when they were making the cake.
C. It was one of the most delicious cakes they have ever tasted.
You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best
answer (A, B, or C).

1. You hear two friends talking about going to a classic car show. What do they agree
about it?
A. There was more to see than they expected.
B. They spent more than they had intended.
C. Some of the exhibits were more interesting than others.
2. You hear a teacher talking about a visitor coming to school. Before the visitor comes,
the teacher wants the class to
A. Find some information about the visitor.
B. Create a display for their visitor in their classroom.
C. Make something to present to the visitor.
3. You hear two friends talking about doing up a room. What does the boy want to do?
A. Get some new furniture for his room.
B. Exchange rooms with his sister.
C. Redecorate his room himself.
4. You hear two friends talking about a film they would like to see. What do they know
about it?
A. It is based on a true story.
B. The actors are unknown.
C. It has some comic moments.
5. You hear a radio report about a zoo. What is the zoo planning to do?
A. Extend its opening hours.
B. Put some information online.
C. Organise an event for schools.
6. You hear two friends talking about doing presentations in class. How did the boy feel
about his presentation?
A. Relieved his teacher liked it.
B. Pleased by his classmates’ response.
C. Confident he has learnt from the experience.
7. You hear a father talking to his daughter about plans for her birthday. The girl says she
would like to spend her birthday.
A. Paying a visit to someone special to her.
B. Going to a town where she has never previously been.
C. Doing what she did on her last birthday.

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 Part 2 Part 3

You will hear a man called Nigel telling some students about his experiences in Antarctica. You will hear five teenagers talking about school trips to different museums. For questions
For questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a word or a short phrase. 19-23, choose from the list (A-H) the opinion each speaker expresses. Use the letters only
once. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use.

Working in Antarctica
A. It was more enjoyable than a previous school trip.
Nigel first became interested in Antarctica after enjoying a (9) ____________________ B. We spent too much time preparing for the trip.
about it when he was ten. C. It was far better than going round the museum on my own.
The year that the first person arrived in Antarctica was probably (10) __________________. D. A member of staff organised some original activities for us.
The subject Nigel studied at university was (11) ___________________________________. E. It was a good idea to concentrate on just one part of the museum.
Nigel first went to Antarctica to do research on (12) _______________________________. F. There will be another trip to the same place in a few weeks’ time.
Nigel arrived in Antarctica by (13) ______________________________________________. G. The best part of the trip was a DVD we watched there.
Nigel did a lot of work in Antarctica with a scientists from (14) _______________________. H. Something that I had hoped to see there was not on display.
The main problem in Antarctica for Nigel was the (15) _________________________ there.
In their free time Nigel and his colleagues in Antarctica spent a lot of time (16) 19. Speaker 1. __________
__________________________________. 20. Speaker 2. __________
When he got back home Nigel missed the (17) _________________________ in Antarctica. 21. Speaker 3. __________
Nigel has written a novel called (18) _______________________ based on his in Antarctica. 22. Speaker 4. __________
23. Speaker 5. __________

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 Part 4

You will hear an interview with a young man called Mark Collins who spends his spare time
playing in a band that is gradually becoming well-known in his local area. For questions 24-
30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

24. How did Mark and his friends choose the name for their band?
A. They based it on their own names.
B. They took it from a place that was special to them.
C. They picked it by chance from something they overhead.
25. How has Mark’s band changed since it first started?
A. It features a different lead singer.
B. It uses a wider range of instruments.
C. It has more members than it used to.
26. What does Mark say about the music his band plays?
A. They mainly do numbers they have written themselves.
B. They like to experiment with different styles of music.
C. They attach importance to the words of their songs.
27. Mark says he admires the singer Flora Hernández because
A. She has helped many young musicians.
B. She has overcome pay difficulties.
C. She performs in a very original way.
28. What does Mark say about the performances his band does?
A. They often play in small venues.
B. They rarely refuse an invitation to play.
C. They frequently travel long distance to play.
29. Mark says that when his band did a foreign tour
A. They found it less enjoyable than they expected.
B. They learnt what their particular strengths were.
C. They failed to make any profit from their performances.
30. Mark thinks that in the future his band
A. Will focus on playing at summer festivals.
B. Will mainly perform at local clubs.
C. Will work hard at becoming well known.

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 45. A
SOLUCIONES 46. C
47. A
TEST 1. READING AND USE OF ENGLISH 48. D
49. B
Part 1 50. C
1. D 51. D
2. D 52. B
3. B
4. A TEST 1. LISTENING
5. B
6. C Part 1
7. B 1. C
8. A 2. A
3. B
Part 2 4. A
9. Spite 5. C
10. Making 6. B
11. Owing/due 7. A
12. The 8. C
13. Not
14. Few Part 2
15. Instead 9. Relatives.
16. Which/that 10. Lake cat.
11. Captivity.
Part 3 12. Blankets.
17. Introduction 13. Voice.
18. Unbelievable 14. Balancing.
19. Flight 15. Bark.
20. Activity 16. Stripes.
21. Enthusiasm 17. Small birds.
22. Dramatic 18. Posters.
23. Earliest
24. Championship Part 3
19. D
Part 4 20. F
25. Was much better than 21. E
26. Got round to tidying 22. G
27. To stop and/to fix 23. H
28. Prefer watching football to
29. Apologised to Sam for missing Parte 4
30. Can’t come unless Mum gives/grants 24. B
25. C
Part 5 26. C
31. B 27. A
32. A 28. A
33. D 29. C
34. C 30. B
35. B
36. D

Part 6
37. G
38. B
39. D
40. A
41. E
42. C

Part 7
43. B
44. D
TEST 2. READING AND USE OF ENGLISH 48. D
49. C
Part 1 50. A
1. B 51. B
2. C 52. C
3. B
4. C Test 2. Listening
5. D
6. A Part 1
7. C 1. B
8. D 2. B
3. A
Part 2 4. C
9. Been 5. C
10. Which 6. A
11. There 7. B
12. Than 8. A
13. The
14. Before/until Part 2
15. Being 9. Ski resort
16. No/little 10. Valley
11. Sociable
Part 3 12. Safety lesson
17. Sight 13. 15 / fifteen
18. Arrival 14. Frozen lake
19. Combination 15. Stand (up)
20. Steadily 16. Wolves
21. Successfully 17. Winter boots
22. Recovery 18. Ice sculptures
23. Feeding
24. Unfortunately Part 3
19. D
Part 4 20. C
25. Needn’t have run 21. F
26. Changes the subject 22. G
27. Can’t have forgotten 23. A
28. Were blown down by
29. Wouldn’t have been able Part 4
30. Rather you didn’t / did not 24. C
25. A
Part 5 26. C
31. D 27. B
32. C 28. A
33. B 29. C
34. A 30. A
35. C
36. A

Part 6
37. C
38. F
39. D
40. A
41. G
42. B

Part 7
43. D
44. B
45. A
46. C
47. B
TEST 3. READING AND USE OF ENGLISH 48. B
49. A
Part 1 50. D
1. A 51. C
2. C 52. A
3. D
4. C Test 3. Listening
5. B
6. A Part 1
7. D 1. A
8. C 2. C
3. C
Part 2 4. B
9. Something 5. A
10. Be 6. A
11. At 7. B
12. No 8. B
13. If
14. All Part 2
15. As 9. History
16. One 10. Costumes
11. Programme / program
Part 3 12. Waiter
17. Disagreement 13. Garden
18. Runners 14. Sister
19. (un)Surprisingly 15. Cakes
20. Preferable 16. Shoes
21. Enthusiasm 17. Children
22. Sickness 18. Director
23. Importance
24. Consideration Part 3
19. D
Part 4 20. E
25. Only | did Nadia / she leaves 21. B
26. Allowed to cycle | here unless 22. F
27. Cancelled | even though it 23. H
28. Spent | the whole evening playing
29. Reminds her | of Part 4
30. Giving us | a lift 24. B
25. A
Part 5 26. B
31. D 27. A
32. A 28. C
33. B 29. B
34. C 30. C
35. C
36. C

Part 6
37. E
38. C
39. G
40. A
41. F
42. D

Part 7
43. B
44. D
45. C
46. A
47. C
TEST 4. READING AND USE OF ENGLISH 48. D
49. C
Part 1 50. F
1. C 51. B
2. B 52. E
3. D
4. B TEST 4. LISTENING
5. C
6. D Part 1
7. C 1. B
8. C 2. B
3. A
Part 2 4. C
9. As 5. C
10. Have 6. A
11. In 7. B
12. Nor/neither 8. C
13. To
14. With Part 2
15. Are 9. Aunt
16. Do 10. English
11. Logo
Part 3 12. Flowers
17. Interested 13. Radio
18. Evidence 14. Chess
19. Automatically 15. Drawings
20. Surroundings 16. Sweatshirt / sweat shirt
21. Majority 17. Businessman / business man
22. Uncomfortable 18. Basketball
23. Strength
24. Consequently Part 3
19. F
Part 4 20. A
25. Wish I hadn’t / had not | eaten 21. E
26. Succeeded in | fixing 22. H
27. In case | it’s / it is 23. D
28. To take advantage | of
29. As soon as | she got / was Part 4
30. Are / were | far / less 24. A
25. B
Part 5 26. A
31. B 27. C
32. C 28. B
33. A 29. B
34. D 30. A
35. C
36. C

Part 6
37. C
38. G
39. A
40. E
41. D
42. F

Part 7
43. C
44. E
45. D
46. F
47. A
TEST 5. READING AND USE OF ENGLISH 48. D
49. A
Part 1 50. C
1. B 51. D
2. C 52. E
3. B
4. D TEST 5. LISTENING
5. A
6. D Part 1
7. A 1. A
8. C 2. C
3. B
Part 2 4. B
9. Who 5. C
10. From 6. B
11. Part 7. A
12. Sure / certain 8. B
13. Been
14. Like Part 2
15. Though / when / if 9. 4,000 / four thousand
16. Them / themselves 10. (the) wind
11. 10 / ten months
Part 3 12. Oysters
17. Relationship 13. Sea
18. Defence / defense (US spelling) 14. Indigestion
19. Independently 15. Mosquitoes
20. Economic 16. Mexico
21. Advantageous 17. Meat
22. Movement 18. Apple pie
23. Popularity
24. Inexpensive Part 3
19. H
Part 4 20. E
25. Let her go swimming | by 21. C
26. Wishes he had / he’d spent | less 22. A
27. May have | taken 23. F
28. Is generally thought | to be
29. Is unlikely | to go Part 4
30. At taking | care of 24. C
25. A
Part 5 26. B
31. B 27. C
32. C 28. A
33. A 29. B
34. C 30. C
35. A
36. D

Part 6
37. D
38. F
39. B
40. G
41. A
42. E

Part 7
43. B
44. C
45. A
46. E
47. B
TEST 6. READING AND USE OF ENGLISH 47. B
48. A
Part 1 49. D
1. D 50. B
2. B 51. C
3. A 52. B
4. A
5. C TEST 6. LISTENING
6. D
7. C Part 1
8. B 1. C
2. B
Part 2 3. C
9. Up 4. A
10. Where 5. B
11. Be 6. B
12. In 7. A
13. It 8. B
14. Enough
15. Which Part 2
16. Another 9. Film / movie
10. 1895
Part 3 11. Ecology
17. Commercially 12. Penguins
18. Resemblance 13. Sea
19. Frequency 14. China
20. Prohibition 15. Wind
21. Disagreement 16. Playing chess
22. Production 17. (bright / unpolluted / amazing) light
23. Safety 18. Snowstorm
24. Underestimated
Part 3
Part 4 19. F
25. Am (‘m) supposed | to be doing 20. H
26. Would cost/have cost/’ve cost | less than 21. D
27. We had/experienced (some) difficulty | (in) staying 22. A
28. Better goalkeeper | than anyone / anybody / everyone / 23. G
everybody
29. Old enough | for/to have/to take Part 4
30. It was not / wasn’t worth | spending 24. C
25. A
Part 5 26. C
31. C 27. B
32. B 28. B
33. D 29. C
34. A 30. A
35. C
36. B

Part 6
37. F
38. B
39. G
40. C
41. A
42. E

Part 7
43. D
44. C
45. A
46. C
Otros exámenes
READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1 hour 15 minutes)
Part 2
Part 1
For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example: 0 T H A T
Example
0 A extremely B greatly C considerably D highly
Online shopping
0 A B C D
 There is no doubt (0) __________ online shopping is both convenient and popular.
A decade ago, everyone was predicting that traditional shopping centres would soon be a
thing of the past. (9) __________ all the advantages of online shopping, however, this hasn’t
Solar power happened. Having said that, the internet has changed the (10) __________ people shop.
Some consumers obviously enjoy their regular trip to the mall or supermarket, perhaps
It’s (0) _____ hot in the Eldorado Valley in Nevada, USA. In midsummer, regarding it (11) __________ a social occasion, whilst others are happy to give it a miss.
temperatures regularly (1) _____ forty-five degrees centigrades. That’s why farmers have One thing does seem clear, however. The bigger the purchase the (12) __________
no (2) _____but to wake up early. To get a day’s work done before that heat becomes (3) likely we are to go online to gather information on the range of products (13) __________
_____, they have to be out in the fields soon after dawn. The heat also (4) _____ why this the market, and then compare prices, before we (14) __________ to a decision. A new car
is the perfect place to construct a solar-power plant. is (15) __________ of the biggest purchases people ever make, and buyers typically spend
four to six weeks considering their choices. But very (16) __________ people actually buy a
Solar power works by using special mirrors that focus the (5) _____ of the sun onto car online. Perhaps it just feels too risky.
a chamber full of oil. This oil then (6) _____ up to a temperature of almost four-hundred
degrees centigrade. Steam from the hot oil is then used to generate electricity.

Solar power works best where the sun is constantly very hot, so deserts where very
few people live are ideal (7) _____ with alternatives such as wind and wave energy,
therefore, the installations themselves can have a less negative (8) _____ on people’s lives,
on wildlife or on the environment.

1. A fetch B arrive C meet D reach

2. A chance B reason C choice D hope
3. A improper B unbereable C unsatisfactory D impassable
4. A explains B describes C accounts D persuades
5. A rays B bars C lights D flashes
6. A burns B goes C heats D rises
7. A judge B compared C opposed D conflicted
8. A impact B feedback C outcome D upshot

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 Part 3 Part 4

For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
beginning (0). two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0):

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example:

Example: 0 F A S T E S T 0. What type of music do you like best?

IS YOUR FAVOURITE
What _____________________________________________________ type of music?
The blind pilot The gap can be filled by the words ‘is your favourite’, so you write:

Miles Hilton-Barber wasn’t the first person to fly a microlight aircraft Example: 0 IS YOUR FAVOURITE
from London to Sydney, nor was he the (0) fastest. FAST
The (17) __________ thing about the flight is that Miles is blind. It was AMAZE Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
the fulfilment of a dream for the adventurer, who has also climbed
Mount Kilimanjaro and run across the Gobi desert.
25. If you want to join the website, you need to complete an online form.
Miles flew with a sighted co-pilot, but relied on audio output from his FILL
(18) __________ instruments to find his way. ‘It’s a very simple form of NAVIGATE It is _______________________________ online form, if you want to join the website.
flying’, he says. ‘But for a blind man it’s (19) __________ because you get WONDER
to use a (20) __________ of sense. Smells come up from the ground and VARY 26. Although he was wearing a waterproof coat, Jon’s clothes still got wet.
you feel the changes in wind and temperature’. EVEN
Jon’s clothes didn´t __________________________ he was wearing a waterproof coat.
Miles flew through some very (21) __________ weather, including a PLEASANT
snowstorm and very bad turbulence. Although he was wearing a 27. It’s a shame I’m not able to play table tennis as well as my brother.
seatbelt, it was still a very (22) __________ experience. Miles’ greatest FRIGHT COULD
(23) __________, however, is that the trip raised around two-million ACHIEVE I _________________________________________ table tennis as well as my brother.
dollars for the charity called Seeing in Believing which gives practical (24)
__________ to blind people in developing countries. ASSIST 28. If you don’t pay by the deadline, you won’t be allowed to go on the trip.
UNLESS
You won’t be allowed to go on the trip _______________________________ deadline.

29. Teresa found the book about ballet dancers really fascinating.
BY
Teresa _______________________________________ the book about ballet dancers.

30. As Rowena didn’t buy her ticket in advance, she didn’t get a discount.
HAD
If Rowena ___________________________ in advance, she would have got a discount.

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 Part 5 there were some, but Pauline had already established herself as an artist: she had, in effect,
become a modern dancer entirely on her own.
You are going to read an extract from an article about a dancer. For questions 31-36, choose Then in 1945 came a momentous change in Pauline’s artistic life. After one of her
the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. programmes, a modern dance choreographer called Doris Humphrey, whom she
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. particularly admired, sent Pauline a note filed with praise. Yet it also contained some
criticism. Pauline found this so perceptive that she asked Humphrey to be her choreographic
adviser, her ‘outside eye’, as she liked to call it. Doris Humphrey served as artistic adviser to
Pauline Koner (1912 – 2001) the Limón Dance Company in the 1940s and 1950s, and they found Pauline such a kindred
spirit that they invited her to be what they called a ‘permanent guest artist’ with them. The
Pauline Koner was a highly influential dancer and dance teacher, especially known for rest, as they say, in history.
her book Elements of Performance (1993), in which she carefully analyses the qualities that
make dance performances remarkable. The personal aura of great performance is surely 31. As a child, how did Pauline feel about Michel Forkine’s lessons?
inimitable, but the principles upon which their art is built can be learnt. By teaching these, A. She worried that her parents couldn’t really afford them.
Pauline Koner was helping a new generation go its own way with flair and authority. B. She felt they didn’t really bring out her real talent.
As a young child growing up in New York, Pauline Koner would dance whenever she C. She feared they would damage her physically.
heard music. After seeing a performance by the great ballerina Anna Pavlova, she set her D. She saw them as her only chance to learn.
heart on becoming a dancer. A family friend recommended that she studied under Michel 32. What do we learn about Pauline in the third paragraph?
Fokine, the famous local ballet teacher. But Pauline’s parents where dismayed to find he A. She challenged the political leaders of her time.
charged $5 a lesson, an unheard-of sum in the 1920s. Pauline’s father, a well-known lawyer, B. She was better known abroad than in her own country.
came to an agreement with Fokine: he would offer his legal services in exchange for the C. She received some praise for her attempt to be different.
ballet lessons. Pauline loved Fokine, but classical ballet was not quite for her. ‘I couldn’t D. She was finding it difficult to create a style that suited her.
express what I wanted in toe shoes’, she recalled. ‘My feel hurt too much’. 33. What did Pauline say about ‘absorbing’ different styles of dance?
Pauline went on to study Spanish dance and several types of Asian dance, and she A. It was something that came naturally to her.
performed with dancers who combined Asian dance with their own particular modern B. She felt she was unfairly criticised for doing it.
movements. In 1930, Pauline was offered her first solo concert. The originality of this C. She accepted that she had a unique talent for it.
delighted John Martin, an influential critic on The New York Times, and he declared that the D. It started out as a way of improving her fitness levels.
programme ‘exhibited her unquestionable fight to stand alone’. Pauline continued to dance 34. When modern dance schools become more common, Pauline felt that
solos around the world, touring Egypt and Palestine in 1932. She also taught and performed A. Their standards were low.
in the Soviet Union from 1934 to 1936, one of the first American dancers to appear there. B. She didn’t have need of one.
Pauline Koner was always curious about the customs, customes and dances of other C. She’d like to start one herself.
nations. As a child, she would paste National Geographic photos into scrapbooks. She D. There were still not enough of them.
thought that she was able to ‘absorb’ divergent styles and influences because, as she put it: 35. What does the word ‘this’ in line 30 refer to?
‘Dance was so much my life that when I studied and dance form, I was really living that way A. Some criticism.
of dancing and not just keeping in shape’. She was convinced that students could also B. A modern dance.
‘absorb’ other dance forms provided that ‘they don’t allow themselves to be overwhelmed C. Pauline’s ‘outside eye’.
by a single technique’. D. Praise for Pauline’s work.
Although usually considered a modern dancer, Pauline enjoyed pointing out that she 36. The expression ‘kindred spirit’ in line 32 is used to emphasise Pauline’s
had never had a modern dance lesson in her life. Rather, she developed her own modern A. Boundless enthusiasm.
style after studying a remarkable variety of other styles. But why did she never study B. Successful initiatives.
modern dance? Pauline answered that questions with a bit of history. In the late 1920s, C. Outgoing personality.
modern dance was so new that there were few modern dance schools in America. By 1930 D. General approach.

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 Part 6 the tide’s in and you’re floating, but when it’s blowing a gale, I prefer to be on the mud. But
we love it, he adds, and we love the shape of the boat and the fact that even now it’s
You are going to read an article about converting a boat into a home. Six sentences haven retained some of its original character’.
removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (37-
42). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Making a boat into a home

When Vib Mason moved to London from the countryside a few years ago, she
wanted to buy a flat. ‘It was very depressing – I couldn’t afford a decent place’, she says. So
she started to consider other options. She’d once lived on a small wooden yacht with her
ex-husband, so she put the word about amongst boating friends to look out for any good
deals. Six weeks later, she’d found two boats for sale: a barge and a 30 x 7 metres tugboat,
a small but powerful boat used for guiding large ships into harbours.
Vib and her new partner, Adrian, immediately fell for the tugboat. ‘The barge was
in much better condition, and it would have been an easy job’, says Vib. 37 _____. A month
later, it was theirs. ‘Friends took one look and told us we were crazy’, she says. ‘We had
nowhere to keep it and a 27-tonne engine was taking up 80 square metres of valuable living
space!’
The small interior was divided into tiny rooms and there were no windows below
deck 38 _____. This included a small kitchen that had been used by seamen for fifty years.
And the steel body of the boat was in perfect condition. ‘We didn’t even check for holes
when we bought it’, Vib says.
Finding a permanent home for the boat wasn’t easy – none of the marinas Vib
visited was helpful. ‘One owner said he didn’t have a space for the tugboat, but I noticed
room at the back of the marina on the outside. 39 _____, he said. The boat fitted like a
glove’.
Then the hard work started. Vib suggested Adrian might like to do the work needed
on the boat and she’d finance it. 40 _____. The timing was right, too, as Adrian had grown
tired of his job in the city. ‘It was no good, I spent too much time sitting behind a desk. I
nearly died when I started work on the boat because I was so unfit’.
They now have a kitchen-diner, a small sitting room, a bathroom, a utility room, A. He’d worked with wood, done and bit of building and made surfboards.
three cabins and a small office. The former engine room is a huge living area. The worst job B. But you could live on different levels of the tugboat.
was cleaning the bilges, the small gap between the floorboards and the bottom of the boat, C. Because it’s at the end of the marina, it feels as if it’s in the middle of the sea.
which where coated in thick oil. 41 _____. Eventually, they paid a specialist £2,000 to do it. D. Some old floorboards from a friend’s cottage became the flooring in the bedroom.
Living on the boat has its quirks. It can get uncomfortable if the boat moves too E. If you can get the boat in there, you can have it.
much. 42 _____, says Vib. The tide produces different sensations on the boat, depending F. This was such a daunting task that they ignored it for two years.
on whether it’s floating or resting on the mud. ‘When it’s hot in summer, it’s great when G. However, upstairs all the original accommodation was intact.

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 Part 7 B. Zoe Donald. I was keen to make my graduate collection very personal. I graduated in
the college’s centenary year, and I thought about how much paper it must have got
You are going to read a magazine article about four young fashion designers. For question through over that time, and made my designs to reflect that idea. My granny was a
43-52, choose from the people (A-D). The people may be chosen more than once. very glamorous model and a few years ago I inherited her wardrobe, which also gave
me ideas. I’ve really enjoyed my course. The great thing about it is that it feels like part
Make your answers on the separate answer sheet. of an art college, rather than just a fashion course. There’s a lot of interaction with the
rest of the departments, and so I’ve done a bit of graphics and sculpture, too. But I
don’t think my own particular ideas fit in very well in Edinburgh generally, so I may very
Which designer… well in Edinburgh generally, so I may not stay. I’d love the opportunity to work with a
top London designer, but we’ll have to wait and see.
Appreciates the fact that the course wasn’t as specialised as some? 43 C. David Fraser. A main focus of my collection is a big prominent knot somewhere in each
Feels that the college benefits from its significance in local society? 44 outfit, on a sleeve or on a shoulder, and I’ve looked to knots in sailing for inspiration. I
Got ideas for designs from an outdoor activity? 45 also get ideas from a designer called Halston – his minimalist designs and the simple
Feels more creative as a result of choosing this college? 46 elegance of his cutting. I’m also attracted to the fact that he was the first celebrity
Likes the idea of mixing with rich and famous people? 47 designer, and I have to admit that side of the industry does appeal to me. I love London,
Wanted to reflect the history of the college in certain designs? 48 so I’m looking forward to going down there. You really have to make your own
opportunities in Scotland, and it’s tough establishing yourself as a young designer. I
Decided to study in a city that had fewer distractions for a student? 49
don’t know what the future holds, but I like the idea of working in an established
Chose to make clothes from hard-wearing materials? 50
fashion house, and my dream is to be a creative director of a leading house
Was pleased to learn skills not directly related to fashion? 51
somewhere.
Found inspiration in a family connection with fashion? 52
D. Rachel Barrett. I like to design clothes that I’d wear myself. I began the work for my
graduate collection by looking at shapes in traditional Mongolian dress. I wanted to use
durable fabrics, so my collection includes a lot of leather, which makes it look a bit
punky, but it’s not really a retro style. I wanted to study fashion although my parents
are both architects, so I guess they allowed me to indulge my artistic side. The great
thing about ECA is that the studio is a really great environment in which to work.
Studying here instead of London has meant that I’m free from all the influences there,
so I’ve developed my own style, though we all have to go to London to source the
fabrics for our collections because they’re just not available here. Although I’d like to
New kids on the frock
set up my own label at some point, initially I’m looking for employment.
Edinburgh is a great place to study fashion, according to four recent graduates.

A. Stewart Parvin. I chose to study in Edinburgh because I thought there would be fewer
social temptations there than in London, and I wanted to concentrate on my work. It
was a great place to be a student because we felt like we were at the heart of
everything – an important part of the city – you don’t get that everywhere. My
approach has always been very commercial, and I was lucky in that I was encouraged
to explore that, even though others on the course were more creative and original. A
lot of colleges are either one thing or the other – creative or commercial – but we had
a good mix. The college was also included in Graduate Fashion week in London. It’s a
high-profile event and so some very talented students were attracted to the course as
a result. Studying with them hasn’t done me any harm at all.
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WRITING (1 hour 20 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 Write an answer to one of the questions 2-3 in this part. Write your answer in 140-190
words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question number in
You must answer this question. Write your answer in 140-190 words in an appropriate style the box at the top of the answer sheet.
on the separate answer sheet.

2. You have seen this announcement in an international magazine.

1. In your English class you have been discussing ways that students can find out about
different types of work. Now your English teacher has asked you to write an essay. Customs and traditions of my country

Write an essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view. Tell us about the customs and traditions in your country, and say where tourists might
be able to go to see them.
How can students learn something about different types of work?
We will publish the most interesting articles in next month’s issue.
Notes Write your article.

Write about: 3. You have received this email from your English-speaking friend, Sally, who is giving a
presentation about your country. Write an email to Sally, giving her the information
1) Taking part in voluntary works. she needs.
2) Watching videos about jobs online.
3) Your own idea. I’d like to tell them about the music young people listen to – or do we all listen to the
Write your essay. same bands?

Also, how much of their free time teenagers spend at home, and where they go to have
fun.

Write soon!

Sally
Write your email.

4. A well-known sports celebrity recently visited your college to talk to students about
his/her life and career. Now the college principal has asked you to write a report saying:
→ What main topics were discussed.
→ How useful the visit was for the students.
→ Whether future visits by other celebrities are a good idea and why.
Write your report.

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LISTENING (approximately 40 minutes, including 5 minutes’ transfer time). 8. You hear part of a programme about a holiday destination. The presenter is making the
point that
Part 1 a. Mass tourism is spoiling it.
b. It needs to offer better facilities.
You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best c. The local inhabitants are leaving.
answer (A, B, or C).

1. You hear part of an interview with the conductor of an orchestra. What does he say
about physical fitness?
a. He’s learnt the value of regular exercise.
b. It’s unusual for conductors to get an injury.
c. Older conductos need to pay more attention to it.
2. You hear part of an interview with an interior designer. What does she recommend
about picture frames?
a. Don’t waste too much money on specialised glass.
b. See the frame as part of the cost of your picture.
c. Try to buy a picture that already has one.
3. You hear part of a programme about a new gadget. What does the gadget do?
a. It tells you how healthy food made at home really is.
b. It allows you to cook food outside of the home.
c. It keeps homemade food warm.
4. You overhear two people talking about a film they’ve seen. What did the man dislike
about it?
a. The pace was too slow.
b. The acting was not good.
c. The plot was hard to follow.
5. You hear part of a soap opera about life in a school. Which character is talking?
a. A sports teacher.
b. The headteacher.
c. A parent.
6. You hear a girl talking about a rucksack she’s just bought. Who does she like about it?
a. It’s light.
b. It’s large.
c. It’s waterproof.
7. You hear some information about a competition. People entering the competition
answer a question about
a. Literature.
b. Cinema.
c. Music.

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 Part 2 Part 3

You will hear an announcement about a competition for young composers. For questions You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about travel websites. For
9-18, complete the sentences with a word or a short phrase. questions 19-23, choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker says about the website they
used. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use.

Competition for young composers

A. It has clear information and is easy to navigate.
Young composers interested in taking part must send in both their (9) _________________ B. I received prompt replies to my email enquieres.
and a recording. C. I got my money back when I cancelled a booking.
D. It’s better for some destinations than others.
Participants will then attend what’s called (10) ___________________ led by well-known E. I was offered the lowest prices on the market.
composers. F. I wasn’t allowed to change my travel plans.
G. It failed to deliver some services it promised.
On the day, participants must bring their most recent piece of work as well as their (11) H. I found the feedback from other users useful.
_______________________________.
19. Speaker 1. _____.
All participants will get help from (12) _________________________ musicians on the day. 20. Speaker 2. _____.
21. Speaker 3. _____.
In last year’s competition, most participants chose music for the (13) __________________ 22. Speaker 4. _____.
as their favourite style. 23. Speaker 5. _____.

Participants must submit pieces which are no longer than (14) ________________ minutes.

The judges will be looking for (15) _____________________ as the most important quality
of compositions.

For best results, participants are advised not to compose music on a (16) _______________.

Schools and colleges will be informed about the winners by (17) ____________________ if
not before.

As one of the prizes, winning compositions will be performed at the (18) _______________.

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 Part 4

You will hear an interview with a professional photographer called Jane Thorpe. For
questions 24-30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

24. What reason does Jane give for not doing a college photography course?
A. She couldn’t afford the fees.
B. She feared it might waste her time.
C. She was following her father’s advice.
25. What does Jane say about the places where she takes her photos?
A. She doesn’t choose them herself.
B. She does a lot of research into them.
C. She finds them all equally interesting.
26. Jane says that up to the year 2004, she
A. Found it difficult to make a living.
B. Lacked a feeling of achievement.
C. Spent too long on single projects.
27. What gives Jane most pleasure during a photography trip?
A. Encounters with a variety of people.
B. A feeling of freedom she experiences.
C. The thought that others will see her photos.
28. What does Jane like least about her work?
A. Having to do lots of office work.
B. Being unable to pursue a hobby.
C. Having hardly any social life.
29. Jane believes that a professional photographer should
A. Concentrate on just one area of photography.
B. Hire someone to do the business management.
C. Get feedback from other professionals.
30. What advice does Jane give amateur photographers?
A. Get plenty of practice.
B. Invest in the best available equipment.
C. Read technical books on the subject.

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READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1 hour 15 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use
only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 W E R E

Example
0 A item B object C matter D aspect Unemployed elephants

0 A B C D In Thailand, the elephant has always played an important economic and cultural role, and
 until the end of the twentieth century the animals (0) _____ employed in the forestry
industry, to do heavy lifting work.

Baseball caps In recent years, (9) __________, the forestry industry in Thailand has been (10) __________
decline, partly because people there want to conserve the forest (11) __________ than cut
Today, the baseball cap is a very well-known (0) _____ of clothing, even to people who are them down. This means there are now a large number of unemployed elephants which are
(1) _____ with the game of baseball. The cap was invented over a century ago as a way of in (12) __________ of a new life.
(2) _____ the sun out of baseball players’ eyes, but soon became fashionable off the field
too. The government-run Elephant Conservation Centre near Chiang Mai tries to help some of
this animals. It provides around one hundred of them (13) __________ at home. What’s
By the 1940s, teams were beginning to have their logos sewn on to the caps they wore more, it’s now regarded (14) __________ the best place in the world to learn the skills of
during matches. The (3) _____ thing of fans to do was to wear these too. Sales of caps went elephant care. The centre also attracts large numbers of tourists (15) __________ come to
through the roof as the idea of showing (4) _____ to their college team in this way (5) _____ see the animals. Everyone’s favourite activity is bath time in the river, and the elephants
on amongst studients… obviously enjoy it just as (16) __________ as their visitors.

By the late 1970s, new technology (6) _____ that it was possible to embroider images of
things like animals and flags onto caps (7) _____ of just names and numbers. The caps now
became fashionable once again, (8) _____ thanks to hip-hop music bands who wore them
on stage.

1. A uninterested B unfamiliar C unrelated D uninformed

2. A taking B keeping C minding D protecting
3. A obvious B apparent C certain D evident
4. A following B trust C support D loyalty
5. A caught B picked C joined D chose
6. A allowed B made C caused D meant
7. A replace B alternative C instead D preference
8. A greatly B largely C fully D widely

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 Part 3 Part 4

For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
beginning (0). two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0):

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example:

Example: 0 F A V O U R I T E 0. What type of music do you like best?

IS YOUR FAVOURITE
What _____________________________________________________ type of music?
Bananas The gap can be filled by the words ‘is your favourite’, so you write:

If asked to name their (0) _____ fruit, many people would say it was FAVOUR Example: 0 IS YOUR FAVOURITE
the banana. And if asked why, they would tell you that it was
because it is a (17) __________ food which is both (18) __________ NATURE / TASTE Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
and full of energy.

The banana needs hot and damp conditions for (19) __________ SUCCESS 25. Roberta no longer tries to understand her son’s computer games.
growth such as those found in the (20) __________ lowlands of COAST GIVEN
tropical areas. Even so, the plants are (21) __________ attacked by CONSTANT Roberta has __________________________ to understand her son’s computer games.
a number of diseases which seriously threaten to destroy the fruit if
it is left (22) __________. That’s why, of all the world’s food crops, PROTECT 26. When he was at college, Ali played tennis a lot.
the banana probably needs the highest level of chemical (23) USED
__________. TREAT Ali _________________________________________ of tennis when he was at college.

Bananas are produced in enormous plantations, which supply a 27. Verna didn’t learn to swim until she was sixteen years old.
highly developed shipping and (24) __________ network that DISTRIBUTE ABLE
ensures each fruit reaches its point of sale, often on the other side Verna ________________________________________ until she was sixteen years old.
of the world, just twelve or so days after being cut from the tree.
28. ‘Check that your computer is turned off before you go out’, said Carl’s mother.
SURE
Carl’s mother told ________________ his computer was turned off before he went out.

29. There was no sugar left at all in the supermarket.

RUN
The supermarket had ______________________________________ sugar completely.

30. Sandra doesn’t want anyone to know that she is moving house.
TRYING
Sandra ______________________________ the fact that she is moving house a secret.

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 Part 5 After that I couldn’t pay attention to anything else. But there was no sign of the seal. But
Stefanos put my mind at rest, explaining that seals stay underwater for a long time. Perhaps
You are going to read an extract from a magazine article about a language course. For I hand’t seen the last of my seal after all.
questions 31-36, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the
text. 31. In the first paragraph, we learn that the writer
A. Was finding her family irritating.
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. B. Was bored by all the things she was being told.
C. Was feeling unsure of herself in unfamiliar surroundings.
D. Was having trouble remembering all the things she’d learnt.
I was on holiday in Greece with my parents and my brother Joe. It was all very beautiful 32. The word “it” in line 6 refers to
and mostly I was enjoying myself, but my family were getting on my nerves. They told me A. The writer’s head.
things all the time. They were usually interesting things, but I got really fed up with the way B. A room in the café.
they always knew stuff I didn’t. They told me stories from Greek myths; they showed me C. A single piece of information.
how olives and lemons grow; they taught me how to eat an artichoke. I can’t think of D. Something the writer was eating.
anything they didn’t tell me. I remember sitting outside a café on the beach eating honey 33. Why did the family decide not to visit the island?
cake and thinking that my head was so full it didn’t have enough room for a single extra fact A. They discovered that nobody was allowed to go there.
or figure. B. There wasn’t a suitable place for a picnic there.
Then my father suggested visiting a tiny rocky island we could see, so we went down to C. The fishermen had no time to take them there.
the water’s edge where the boats were moored, and my father talked with two fishermen. D. It wasn’t safe to take a boat out there.
An older one only spoke Greek, but his son, Stefanos, spoke English. Although he was really 34. The phrase ‘to make up for it’ in line 12 suggests that Stefanos
friendly and helpful, when my father asked about a trip to the island, he shook his head and A. Realised that the writer’s mother didn’t believed him.
said it was only a rock and no one went there. My mother said we’d like to have a picnic on B. Was aware that the family was disappointed.
it, but Stefanos said tht was out of the question because there were a lot of submerged C. Knew that the family enjoyed going fishing.
rocks around it, which made landing too risky. But to make up for it he offered to take us D. Was sorry that he’d appeared unfriendly.
night fishing. 35. When the writer first noticed a seal in the water,
He took us out at sunset, and it was beautiful. There were big lamps fixed to the boat A. All of her family thought she had imagined it.
and when Stefanos lit them they made a soft hissing sound. My mother was watching the B. It was too dark to see what colour it was.
land, where thousands of tiny fireflies were flickering among the trees. But I was looking in C. She heard it before she actually saw it.
the other direction because I’d seen something amazing – a silver seal. My father said he D. Nobody else caught sight of it.
wasn’t sure if there were seals in Greece and my mother said there definitely wouldn’t be 36. How did the writer feel after the seal’s second appearance?
silver ones. I think Joe believed me, but by the time he looked where I was pointing, it had A. Pleased that her brother had been proved wrong.
gone – and even I was beginning to wonder if I’d imagined it. B. Impressed to hear that she’d seen a rare animal.
Stefanos didn’t say anything. He stopped rowing and lowered a net into the water, saying C. Unable to concentrate on any other activities.
that we might get fish there. He said they came to the light. And then I saw it again, moving D. Unconvinced by the explanation of its colour.
towards us, trailing shimmering streaks through the water. It looked completely magical. Joe
shouted out that I was right, it was a seal. It submerged again and my father explained to us
that it wasn’t really silver; it was just that there was phosphorescence in the water. I expect
he told us all about the microscopic sea creatures that form phosphorescence, but I didn’t
listen. Stefanos said the seals were rare and shy, but I just wanted to know where mine had
gone.

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 Part 6 microscopic movement or flow, which I then capture in extreme close-up on moving film
and in still photographs.
You are going to read an article about the use of the robots. Six sentences have been
removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (37- We recreated a meteor storm, for example, by mixing individual specks of curry powder
42). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. with drops of alcohol and then capturing on film the resulting explosion. And we were able
to recreate the surface of the sun using a combination of iodine, water, colourings and
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. other liquids. 42 _____. When transferred to the big screen, that conveys the sun’s
awesome, galactic power.

Makin special effects for the film The Fountain

‘I created outer space for Hollywood – in a Pyrex dish’, says Chris Parks.

I first met the director, Darren Aronofsky, some years ago when he asked me to work on
his film, The Fountain. He’d been all set to shoot it two years earlier, but the main actor
he’d lined up pulled out at the last minute. No star meant no movie, and the studio had
pulled the plug. But Darren was intent on resurrecting the film, and one day he called my
studio to say he’d managed to persuade the studio to fund a different version, and the film
was back on again. 37 _____.

We’d produced some sample special effects for the original project, which we thought had
been wasted effort. 38 _____. Our effects work would now be central to a re-imagined
version. Darren had also liked the optical effects my father had gone on the original
Superman movies, and he was soon visiting us again in England to set out his version for
this new film.

39 _____. He was looking for something more lifelike, something with a little computer-
generated imaginery (CGI) as possible, something more real. He felt the CGI vision of space
had become the standard that most directors were unwilling to challenge. With CGI, A. A major chunk of The Fountain would be set in outer space, and Darren was
everything has to be so precise and defined, so it doesn’t allow for any of the determined to avoid the unrealistic ‘Star Wars’ depictions of space.
unpredictability that we see in the world. Digital imagery is also constantly improving, so B. When brought together in the right way, they have a movement, texture and reddy-
what looked mind-blowing a year or two ago may look dated now. orange colour that’s indistinguishable from the real solar surface.
C. For somebody used to Hollywood’s glamour, I don’t know quite what he made of
It was with all this in mind that Darren approached us. Our background in micro- our working environment.
photography appealed to Darren – he thought it would enable us to capture the sort of D. There was one condition, though, which was that my father, Peter, and I did the
cosmos he was seeking. My father had made a career out of close-up shooting of very small special effects.
things – such as marine plankton in the Great Barrier Reef or butterflies in Borneo. 40 E. We decided to use this method we were so good at, along with a technique called
_____. ‘fluid painting’.
F. I’d then add single drops of paint, inks and dyes, and start to mix the liquids with my
I’d start with a small Pyrex dish of clear liquids – his is my canvas, albeit a three-dimensional, tiny brushes, needles and miniature palette knives.
constantly moving one. 41 _____. I use fluids that, through their mutual reaction, cause a G. Little did we know that, a few years later, this unused material would be unearthed
and would prove the crucial factor in Warner Bros agreement to re-launch the film.

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 Part 7 B. John Saffron. Believe it or not, it’s possible to choose to spend a gap year focusing on
sports. I live in London, I’m mad about football, so when I read in a magazine about a
You are going to read an article about students who took gap years. For question 43-52, new gap year scheme a major football club was organising, I jumped at the chance of
choose from the graduates (A-D). The graduates may be chosen more than once. applying. Basically I spent four months working with children who were
underperforming in Maths and IT in a London school, encouraging them to get their
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. work done by giving them a football session in the afternoons. At the same time, I was
given the opportunity of taking a course in coaching. Then I spent some time doing the
same thing in a school in Australia. The thing is you don’t have to be brilliant at the
Which student… sport. It’s more important to have enthusiasm and good communication skills – you
need to show you have them when they interview you.
Was happy to find a gap year activity which suited them perfectly? 43 C. Louisa Powell. When you go on a gap year, you often have to cover your own expenses,
Noticed how other people had been changed by a gap year 44 you are a self-funding volunteer, and as I am a poor student, I had to divide my gap
experience? year into two blocks – a ‘saving’ block then an ‘experiencing’ block. As soon as my
Had to find ways of earning money before going on a gap year trip? 45 exams were over, I frantically applied for jobs and more jobs. As well as working in an
Mentions not being expected to have outstanding skills in one area? 46 office, I squeezed in an extra few hours working in a café to save up for my gap year. I
Realised that they lacked knowledge and skills in certain areas? 47 then spent six months working in one of South Africa’s wildlife conservation projects.
Believes gap year experience looks good on a job application? 48 From my gap year I learned that I couldn’t cook and that I was completely ignorant
about anything that wasn’t ‘western’. Furthermore, I came to realise that I wasn’t
Advises people against going on a gap year trip alone? 49
nearly as clever as I thought I was.
Was determined not to waste the time spent on a gap year? 50
D. Frank Holler. A representative from an organisation that helps students find their ideal
Took somebody’s advice on how to record events during a gap year? 51
gap year placement came to our school. She said it was a good idea to spend a
Was only able to spend half the year on the main activity? 52
minimum of six months in one place. Another important thing she stressed was the
need to know exactly how you’re going to write up all your activities in a gap year. She
suggested keeping a journal, which I did. I needed to raise funds for my gap year, and I
did it by asking lots of people for small donations. I spent my gap year working as a
language assistant in English language classes in Japan. I went to some ordinary classes
to improve my Japanese and get to know other students. It was a great way to
experience a different culture, and the best way to learn Japanese. After my gap year,
everyone said I seemed more worldly. But I’d recommend going with somebody else,
as it can be quiet isolating if you’re on your own.
The ‘Gap Year’: experiencing new sights, climates and cultures

A. Richard Olmos. When I left school, I felt it was time to do something different before
going to university. I wanted to fill my gap year with project activities and gain new
skills. I knew there would be real benefits in doing it, provided I used the time to
maximum advantage. I spent four months on a teaching project in Ghana before
travelling through Africa. Working with people who came from such a different world
to me really opened my mind. When I started my degree back home, I could tell who
had been on a gap year and who hadn’t. Those who had were very obviously more
mature. My advice to other gap year students is to evaluate what you’ve learnt
afterwards and mention it when writing to prospective employers, because you don’t
want your good work to be dismissed as simply as ‘holiday’.
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WRITING (1 hour 20 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 Write an answer to one of the questions 2 – 4 in this part. Write your answer in 140-190
words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question number in
You must answer this question. Write your answer in 140-190 words in an appropriate style the box at the top of the answer sheet.
on the separate answer sheet.

2. This is part of an email you’ve received from your English-speaking friend:

1. In your English class you have been discussing what a healthy lifestyle is and what busy I heard that you’re planning to take a year off to travel after you leave school. I may want
young people ca do to make sure they have one. Now your English teacher has asked to do the same! Can you tell me if you’ve found useful information and what kind of trip
you to write an essay. you want to do? I’d like to do some voluntary work, but I don’t know what.

Write an essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view. Please write soon,

Some people say it’s impossible to have a healthy lifestyle when you’re studying or Vicky.
working hard. What is your opinion? Write your email.

Notes 3. You recently saw this notice in your college magazine.

Write a review for us!
Write about:
Have you visited a museum lately? If so, could you write a review of your visit for the
1) Achieving a good work/leisure balance. college magazine? Include information about the exhibits, the information available and
2) Finding the time to cook healthy good. the facilities, and say whether you would recommend the museum to other students.
3) Your own idea.
Write your essay. The best reviews will receive a book token as a prize.
Write your review.

4. You have seen this advertisement and you want to apply.

SENFORD COLLEGE
Do you want to learn how to organise events professionally?

We have courses on how to organise:

Parties
Sports events
Music and entertainment events
Holidays and tours

Write to Sandra Wright, Course Manager, saying which course you want to attend and
why, and whether you have any previous experience of organising an event.
Write your letter.

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LISTENING (approximately 40 minutes, including 5 minutes’ transfer time). Part 2

Part 1 You will hear a woman called Mara Barnes talking about the sport of surfing. For questions
9-18, complete the sentences with a word or a short phrase.
You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best
answer (A, B, or C).
Mara Barnes: Surfer

1. You hear a woman talking about a folk music festival. What did she dislike about it? Mara says she enjoys feeling totally (9) _________________________________________
A. The way it was organised. after her two daily summer training sessions.
B. Some of the performances.
C. The behaviour of the audience. Out of water, Mara uses both (10) _____________________________________________
2. You hear a TV presenter talking about a programme that’s on later tonight. What type and stretching as a way of keeping fit.
of programme is it?
A. A music programme. During swimming sessions, Mara aims to do her target distance in under (11) __________
B. A documentary. minutes.
C. A chat show.
3. You overhear a teacher talking on the phone. Who is she talking to? Mara’s worse injury happened when her (12) ____________________________________
A. A college. was broken by her surfboard.
B. A student.
C. A parent. Mara mentions that water (13) _______________________________________ is less of a
4. You hear a man talking about pollution. He thinks people need to know more about problem in her area than it used to be.
A. The proposed solutions.
B. The effects on humans. Mara used to suffer from sore (14) __________________________ when she went surfing.
C. The animals at risk.
5. You hear part of an interview with a sportsman. What is his sport? The largest wave Mara has ever surfed was at a place called (15) ______________________
A. Cycling. in Hawaii.
B. Football.
C. Athletics. Mara says that she no longer eats either (16) __________ or __________.
6. On a phone-in consumer programme, you hear a call from a listener. What is she doing?
A. Making an apology. Mara says she felt a lot better after only eating (17) ____________________ for a fortnight.
B. Asking for advice.
C. Justifying her behaviour. If she feels too nervous before a competition, Mara likes to play (18) __________________.
7. You hear two students discussing the issue of zoos. They agree about the need to
A. Conserve rare species of animals.
B. Attract the public to zoos.
C. Keep some zoos open.
8. You hear the beginning of a programme. What are the presenters going to visit today?
A. A nature reserve.
B. An interesting shop.
C. An rather unusual house.

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 Part 3 Part 4

You will hear five short extracts in which company directors are talking about recruiting You will hear an interview with a man called Graham Malley, who’s a chef and a restaurant
new members of staff. For questions 19-23, choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker owner. For questions 24-30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).
looks for most when employing a new member of staff. There are three extra letters which
you do not need to use.
24. Why did Graham choose to open a restaurant in a small town?
A. It was ideal for a relaxed life.
A. Experience in basic office duties. B. He owned a property there.
B. An ability to work well in a team. C. It was where his family lived.
C. An understanding of the latest technology. 25. For Graham, the only problem of having a restaurant in a small town is that
D. Excellent communication skills. A. Tourists don’t come in large numbers.
E. A willingness to work overtime if asked. B. It’s difficult to keep qualified staff.
F. The initiative to solve problems. C. There are fewer ingredients available.
G. Prestigious academic qualifications. 26. What does Graham regard as the most valuable experience during his time at college?
H. The ability to be well-organised. A. Learning to produce business plans.
B. Watching professional chefs at work.
19. Speaker 1. _____. C. Having to prepare his own meals.
20. Speaker 2. _____. 27. According to Graham, which skill distinguishes great chefs from others?
21. Speaker 3. _____. A. Their dishes are always top quality.
22. Speaker 4. _____. B. They constantly create new recipes.
23. Speaker 5. _____. C. They are able to inspire their staff.
28. Graham says that recently qualified cooks often
A. Lack practical skills for the job.
B. Have unrealistic expectations.
C. Are poorly paid for their efforts.
29. In what way has Graham changed over the years?
A. His energy levels have decreased.
B. He has become more pessimistic.
C. Financial matters trouble him less.
30. What does Graham see himself doing in ten years’ time?
A. Running a successful restaurant abroad.
B. Travelling widely to see the world.
C. Living a quiet life in a different country.

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READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1 hour 15 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use
only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 U P

Example
0 A got B found C reached D received Shopping trolley joins the push for fitness

0 A B C D Although full supermarket trolleys can be quite hard to push (0) __________ and down the
 aisles, one store is about to make the task even harder. Next week sees the introduction of
(9) __________ is called Trim Trolley, (10) __________ is designed to transform the typical
forty-minute supermarket visit (11) __________ a gentle workout.
My first expedition
The Trim Trolley can be set at different levels of resistance, making it harder or easier to
When I was about twelve, I (0) _____ the chance to go the mountains of western China, push. It’s also able to measure both the customer’s heat rate (12) __________ the number
looking for rare plants. My Dad’s a botanist by (1) _____ and he was going as assistant to of calories burnt through sensors of the handle. Shoppers (13) __________ thought to burn
Professor Beall, who was leading the expedition. about 160 calories during a typical forty-minute visit to the supermarket. Pushing the Trim
Trolley for the length of time (14) __________ the resistance level at seven, the average
It was an important international expedition and my name was (2) _____ not on the original person would burn 280 calories. In (15) __________ words, the equivalent of a twenty-
list of participants. But at the (3) _____ moment, one of the team broke his ankle and had minute swim. At the highest resitance level, a shopping trip could replace a trip to the gym.
to (4) _____ out. It was impossible to get anyone else to go at such (5) _____ notice, so my
dad suggested taking me and the professor agreed. As well as pointing (16) __________ to people that shopping is a form of exercise, the
designers also hope to encourage shoppers to pay more attention to their health generally.
He obviously began to (6) _____ doubts, however. On the plane, I remember him saying
that he hoped I wasn’t going to run around and (7) _____ on rare specimens! As if I was a
little kid. He didn’t realise it at the time, but my ambition was to get a photo of a wild panda.
And, of course, in the end that’s (8) _____ what I did.

1. A work B profession C job D employment

2. A completely B definitely C particularly D confidently
3. A late B final C last D end
4. A drop B slip C fall D step
5. A quick B brief C fast D short
6. A have B see C do D feel
7. A tread B spoil C squash D ruin
8. A perfectly B correctly C exactly D accurately

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 Part 3 Part 4

For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
beginning (0). two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0):

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example:

Example: 0 T W E N T I E T H 0. What type of music do you like best?

IS YOUR FAVOURITE
What _____________________________________________________ type of music?
Toy story The gap can be filled by the words ‘is your favourite’, so you write:

In the second half of the (0) __________ century, toys like model TWENTY Example: 0 IS YOUR FAVOURITE
cars and Barbie dolls made the perfect gift for young children. Most
of these toys were played with until they fell apart, but others were Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
looked.

After very (17) __________ by children who were more interested CAREFUL 25. Pete hadn’t expected to see so many old friends at the party.
in building a (18) __________. Today such toys are valuable COLLECT SURPRISE
antiques. Barbie made her first (19) __________ in toy shops over APPEAR It came ________________________________ to see so many old friends at the party.
sixty years ago. She’s been sold in hundreds of differents fashinable
(20) __________ and clothes suitable to (21) __________of FIT / VARY 26. The country’s economic problems are less serious than people had been led to believe.
professions from nurse to astronaut. Today fully-clothed Barbies sell AS
for hundreds dollars, the most expensive being those in (22) The country’s economic problems _________________ people had been led to believe.
__________ condition, with their original packaging and DAMAGED
accessories. 27. Adam hadn’t finished his homework when Remy arrived.
STILL
If you’re interested in starting a toy collection, another good (23) Adam ____________________________________ his homework, when Remy arrived.
__________ is Japanese battery-operated robots of the 1960s. INVEST
Although not very (24) __________ by today’s standards, some of IMPRESS 28. I think you should complain to your boss.
these toys are now very rare. If they are in full working order, they WERE
can cost thousands of dollars. If I ________________________________________________ a complaint to my boss.

29. For me, the film was spoilt by the awful soundtrack.
MY
In _________________________________ the awful soundtrack which spoilt the film.

30. Toronto has been my home since last March.

LIVING
I have _______________________________________________________ last March.

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 Part 5 a century old. But Johnson’s story offered a new twist: he moved out to Hollywood to
become an assistant to a star.
You are going to read an extract from an article about a college. For questions 31-36, choose Of the thousand of people who work in Hollywood: agents, lawyers, stylists, publicists,
the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. business managers and others, many hope to rub shoulders with the biggest stars. What’s
unique about celebrity personal assistants is that such proximity appears to be the only perk
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. their profession offers. Most describe the bulk of their work as drudgery: doing laundry,
fetching groceries, paying bills. Assistants don’t make a fortune by Hollywood standards,
especially given the round-the-clock obligations they often have. What’s more, the job is
Assistants to the stars rarely a stepping stone to fame: celebrity personal assistants are, on average, aged about
38, right in the middle of their professional lives, and most of those I met described their
It stands to a reason that a city like Los Angeles, home to so many films stars, would have line of work as a lifelong profession. For them, being an assistant wasn’t the means to an
an Association of Celebrity Personal Assistants (ACPA). The organisation describes personal end, but an end in itself.
assistants as ‘multi-tasking’, as ‘possessing the most resourceful, creative, insightful, and
results-driven abilities’. 31. When the writer first contacted him, the ACPA President was
When I first got in touch with the organisation’s President, he was initially reluctant to A. Angry about something she’d written.
B. Suspicious of her because of her profession.
talk to me because I was a journalust. As he sees it, celebrity personal assistants haven’t
C. Surprised that she was interested in his organisation.
always been treated fairly by the press. But despite this, and all the hard work and lack of D. Pleased that she recognised the importance of assistants.
appreciation that can come with this line of work, he explained, the jobs are still widely 32. The phrase ‘to prove his point’ (line 8) refers to the president’s belief that celebrity assistants
sought after. He noted that people regularly travelled great distances to attend a seminar A. Enjoy travelling as part of the job.
titled ‘Becoming a Celebrity Personal Assistant’, run by the ACPA. To prove his point, he told B. Aren’t given the appreciation they deserve.
me about Dean Johnson. In the coming weeks, I heard this story from a number of C. Do jobs that many other people would like to do.
assistants, including Johnson himself, and every time it left me baffled. D. Need to do a course before they start looking for work.
The story begins one night with Dean Johnson sitting at home in South Carolina, Johnson 33. At the beginning of the story about Dean Johnson, we learn that
is single, 32-year-old business executive in charge of marketing and advertising at a sizeable A. He’d turned on the television in order to relax.
B. He was dissatisfied with the work he was doing.
company in the healthcare industry. It is 11 pm and he’s looking to unwind in front of the
C. He’d always wanted to find work in the film industry.
television after a long day’s work. A repeat of a walk-show appears on the screen, and the D. He often watched television programmes about celebrities.
host introduces her four guests: the celebrity personal assistants for four top Hollywood 34. What was Dean’s immediate reaction to what he saw on the programme?
stars. As these assistants talk about flying on private jets and attending Hollywood parties, A. He wrote down the contact details of the four interviews.
Johnson reaches for a pen and starts taking notes. B. He decided which of the four interviewees he wanted to talk to.
Without wasting another minute, he sets about searching for the contact details of the C. He started making enquiries about how to find the people on the show.
four assistants on the show. He soon finds Ron Holder, who works for Whoopi Goldberg. D. He read through his notes carefully before getting in touch with anyone.
Johnson dials his number, and a minute later Holder picks up the phone. ‘He said I was very 35. In the fifth paragraph, the writer suggest that Dean Johnson
lucky to get through’, Johnson told me. ‘Apparently, in the three months since he’d appeared A. Never achieved his aim of becoming a personal assistant.
B. Was brave to go and look for a new career in Los Angeles.
on that talk-show, he’d received about two-hundred calls from people like me, but he was
C. Lived to regret his decision to give up everything in his old life.
nice enough to chat for a while. ‘During their conversation, Holder told Johnson that he D. Really wanted to become a star rather than a personal assistant.
should attending the ACPA seminar in Los Angeles. 36. In the final paragraph, we learn that celebrity assistants
For someone like Johnson, with almost no connections in the industry, the notion of A. Often move into other aspects of the film industry.
moving out to Los Angeles to become a celebrity personal assistant, something he did two B. Find the job too demanding as they get older.
months later, was extremely courageous – there’s no denying that. The typical American C. Are relatively well paid for the work they do.
story of the guy in the remote provinces who falls in love with the glamour of the silver D. Tend to see the job as their career goal.
screen, packs up all his possessions and moves out to Hollywood to become a star is almost

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 Part 6 Cayman Brac, although not much bigger, is quite different. 41 _____. The locals are friendly
people who love to chat, each one with their own fascinating story to tell. The landscape in
You are going to read an article. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose Cayman Brac is also surprisingly hilly, with dense woodland, secret caves and a vertical cliff
from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (37-42). There is one extra sentence that rises fifty metres on the east side of the island.
which you do not need to use.
This diverse scenery has created a unique natural habitat that can be explored by walking
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. the eight miles of public footpaths and hiking trails. Cayman Brac is a natural stopping-off
point for migrating birds. 42 _____. Great fishing opportunities and a selection of excellent
hotels complete the picture.
Cayman Brac and Little Cayman
Whether you want to explore the underwater world or keep your head above water, a
Few destinations feel further from life in the 21st century than Cayman Brac and Little holiday on either Cayman Brac or Little Cayman is guaranteed to leave your feeling as good
Cayman – the less well-known sister islands of Grand Cayman in the Caribbean. A stay on as new. These laid-back islands will capture your imagination like few other places on earth
one – or both – is the perfect tonic for anyone who is tired, stressed and in need of a proper ever could.
break.

It’s not all about relaxing in the sun, though, and lovers of the outdoors will be in their
element. 37 _____. The Cayman Islands form one of the world’s top three dive destinations
and divers flock from all corners of the world to explore their waters. The range of marine
life is so phenomenal that a large part of The Blue Planet television series was filmed here.
Those seeking a once-in-a-lifetime underwater experience can stop in the Cayman Islands
and book a trip in a submarine that takes them down three-hundred metres to discover
weird and wonderful creatures rarely seen nearer the surface. Most people have travelled
in space than have been down this far into the depths of the sea.

Although Cayman Brac and Little Cayman have fundamental similarities, they are quite
different in geography and atmosphere. Little Cayman is not really built up apart from a few
small hotels, a couple of very good local restaurants and a quirky museum. 38 _____.

It goes without saying that the diving around Little Cayman is excellent. An extra draw is
the coral reef called the Bloody Bay Wall. 39 _____. Here Amid the wall’s colourful coral, A. It starts at seven metres deep and suddenly plunges to a staggering two-thousand
divers will find butterfly fish, angelfish and bonefish. If they are lucky, a turtle or two will metres.
swim lazily past. Even if you don’t dive, there is so much to see just below the surface that B. As well as these visitors, it is also home to nearly two hundred resident species,
snorkelling is fascinating enough. including an endangered parrot.
C. This should not be a problem as there are not at least two airlines which fly to the
But Little Cayman is not just about the sea. 40 _____. Its wonderfully varied natural islands regularly.
environment is best seen by exploring the island by bike. All in all, Little Cayman has a D. Back on land, there is more nature to be discovered.
unique appeal. Who could fail to be charmed by an island where the fire engine is bigger E. They will love the walking and the cycling, and in particular the wonderful
than the airport building, and where iguanas have right of way on the road? opportunities for diving and snorkelling.
F. It is this lack of development that attracts visitors to its shores year after year.
G. With roughly 1,600 inhabitants to its neighbour’s 120, it is much livelier.

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 Part 7 demonstrates the difference in philosophy between this and most other shops. ‘We
carry a vast range of books that reflect reality’, says Mandy. ‘The vast majority of
You are going to read an article about bookshop managers. For question 43-52, choose bookshops don’t show children the world the way it is’. You could question the need
from the graduates (A-D). The graduates may be chosen more than once. to have games and so many other products in a bookshop, but Mandy ways it would
be incomplete without them. ‘This shop’s also an information centre’, she says. There
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. are some much bigger bookshops in the area, but Mandy says buyers from the area are
loyal and realise that hers offers them a better service. Earlier this month, Saville Books
was named Bookseller of the Year in recognition of the effort and imagination that
Which bookshop manager… Mandy has put into the shop.
B. Andrew Welson: Lonestar Bookshop. Andrew is a very experienced bookseller. He ran
Feels the shop has another function as well as selling books? 43 a second-hand bookshop for several years until the need to increase his income made
Believes customers are attracted by the way the books are displayed? 44 him apply for a position as manager of Lonestar. ‘There’s a huge disparity in quality
Spent some time finding out about the area before opening the shop? 45 among large bookshops’, he says. ‘The best are very good, but others aren’t, because
Is critical of the customer service offered by some bookshops? 46 the people at the face of helping the customer don’t feel they’re valued and the
Explains why a previous job was given up? 47 managers tend not to have a history of bookselling. You need to be passionate about
Is proud of the shop’s stock of books for they very young? 48 the things you’re selling’. The shop’s modern and stylish. ‘We only have a certain
amount of space and what we’re trying to do is stock the kind of books that our
Mentions a link between customers’ occupations and their choice of 49
customers – mostly university students and young professionals – come to his shop
books?
for. But I also stock the popular books everyone’s talking about’. Andrew gives a lot of
Has some knowledge about the content of all the books on sale? 50
attention to making his shop window eye-catching and interesting. ‘It is incredibly
Is able to organise culture events on the premises? 51
important’, he says.
Mentions the fact that local people prefer the shop to larger ones? 52
C. Jane Harvard: Brunswick Bookshop. Jane opened the Brunswick Bookshop last
November, and it’s the sort of place that captivates you as soon you go through the
door. Jane’s been in bookselling, at three different shops, for fifteen years. Last year,
she decided to take the plunge and set up on her own. She was planning to open a shop
in a fashinable part of the city, but then discovered a less well-off market district. ‘The
moment I saw it I knew it was right because it’s a community street. I came and sat in
the cafés and listened to conversations to see what kind of people lived there. They
were well-educated but didn’t necessarily have much money’. Everything in her shop
Jane want to read herself. ‘Obviously you don’t have time to real them all, but I’ve got
a pretty good idea of what’s in most of them’, she says.
D. James Darry: Darry Books. Darry Books is light, airy, modern and welcoming. It’s got a
strong children’s section, a coffee bar, and also a space upstairs for author talks and
presentation of new books. James is a former school head and left his job to start the
bookshop. Why did he do it? ‘I was having a conversation with a colleague one day,
about what we could’ve done instead of teaching, and I said I’d have had a bookshop.
A year later, I opened this shop, but it hasn’t been easy. The competition from larger
THE BESTSELLERS
chains is horrendous, so I offer lots of discounts’. James had four full-time employees.
Dan Branson visits four successful bookshop managers
‘We treat bookselling as a proper career and the staff are motivated, interested and
well paid. The book trade’s changing fast and we have to change with it, by offering
A. Mandy Stocks: Saville Books. This shop is small and beautiful and it doesn’t stock best-
customers that special personal touch’.
sellers, preferring to promote less well-known young authors. The children’s section
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WRITING (1 hour 20 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 Write an answer to one of the questions 2 – 4 in this part. Write your answer in 140-190
words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question number in
You must answer this question. Write your answer in 140-190 words in an appropriate style the box at the top of the answer sheet.
on the separate answer sheet.

2. You have seen this advertisement and you want to apply:

1. In your English class you have been discussing the advantages and disadvantages of BRASSBOLT TV STUDIOS
living in the city or in the countryside. Now your English teacher has asked you to write Do you want a four-week work experience
an essay. placement in our TV studios?

Write an essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view. Join one of these teams:
Sports news presenters
Some people say you have to live in a town if you want to study, work and have fun. Make-up artists
What is your opinion? Camera operators

Notes Write to Tim Beal, recruitment manager, saying which team you’d like to join and why;
whether you have any experience; when you’d be able to start and how he can contact
Write about: you.
Write your letter.
1) Opportunities for study and work in the city.
2) Opportunities for study and work from home in the countryside. 3. A pop band recently gave a concert in the colleague where you study. This
3) Your own idea. announcement has appeared in the colleague website.
Write your essay. Write a review of the concert!

What did you think of the college concert? Write a review for the college website.
Include your opinion about the choice of songs, the performers and say whether you
think the college hall was a suitable venue.

The best review will be published!

Write your review.

4. Your local library has a small amount of money to spend on materials that would be
useful for students in the area. You’ve been asked to write a report for the chief
librarían saying whether the money should be spent on books, magazines or computer
equipment.

Write your report.

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LISTENING (approximately 40 minutes, including 5 minutes’ transfer time). 8. You hear a woman talking about learning to fly a plane. How did she feel during her
first lesson?
Part 1 A. Alarmed by the way the plane moved.
B. Relieved that it seemed relatively easy.
You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best C. Confused by the instructor’s comments.
answer (A, B, or C).

1. You hear part of a talk by a man who works for a tourist company. What is his role in
the company?
A. He trains the guides.
B. He chooses the destinations.
C. He designs the advertisements.
2. You overhear two people talking about a film. Why didn’t the man enjoy it?
A. He was distracted by noise.
B. His seat was uncomfortable.
C. The sound volume was too low.
3. You hear a woman talking about running in a marathon. Why did she decide to run?
A. She knew it would be good for her level of fitness.
B. She’d been wanting to do it since her schooldays.
C. She was too embarrased to refuse to do it.
4. You hear a man talking about an antique calculator. What does he say about it?
A. It’s just been stolen.
B. It’s just been found.
C. It’s just been sold.
5. You hear a politician talking about facilities for the young in her area. In her opinion,
what is needed?
A. A library.
B. A leisure centre.
C. An internet café.
6. You overhear a woman talking about a full-time job in a theatre. She decided not to
apply for it because
A. She was used to working part time.
B. She would have had to work evenings.
C. She felt she lacked the right qualifications.
7. You hear a comedian talking about the ‘laughter workshops’ he organises. He wants to
teach the participants how to
A. Make friends more easily.
B. Become more self-confident.
C. Help others overcome problems.

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 Part 2 Part 3

You will hear a woman called Darren Howarth giving a presentation about his work as You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about the sport of hillwalking.
what’s called a carbon coach. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a word or a For questions 19-23, choose from the list (A-H) what each person gives for taking up the
short phrase. sport. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use.

The carbon coach A. Other sports had failed to improve my fitness.

B. I had plans to do some serious climbing later on.
As a carbon coach, Darren works full-time as a (9) ____________________ with various C. My ambition was to lead hillwalking groups.
clients. D. I was hoping it would solve a health problem I had.
E. I wanted to be able to enjoy hillwalking with other people.
Darren trained to be an (10) ____________________ before becoming a carbon coach. F. I realised it would be more fun than other sporting activities.
G. My trainer advised me to give it a try.
When assessing a family’s carbon footprint, Darren begins by looking at their (11) H. I heard it was a good way of making new friends.
____________________.
19. Speaker 1. _____.
Darren uses something called a (12) ____________________ to see how much electricity 20. Speaker 2. _____.
things use. 21. Speaker 3. _____.
22. Speaker 4. _____.
Darren points out that (13) ____________________ can help pay for roof insulation. 23. Speaker 5. _____.

Darren feels that using (14) ____________________ of the old type is the worst waste of
energy he sees.

Darren helped to reduce a band’s carbon footprint at (15) ____________________ as well

as on its recordings.

Darren mentions a type of green home called an (16) ____________________.

The new green home uses both the sun and (17) ____________________ to produce
electricity.

Darren suggests buying a (18) ____________________, which gives more information

about the new green home.

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 Part 4

You will hear an interview with a woman called Jennie Thorpe, who is a trapeze artist in a
circus. For questions 24-30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

24. Jennie got her present job when her manager saw her performing at
A. A gymnastics competition.
B. A circus school.
C. A ballet show.
25. Why does Jennie feel a need to practice just after the end of a show?
A. She’s able to do more difficult things then.
B. She’s too tense to be able to relax immediately.
C. She’s able to sleep better afterwards.
26. What does Jennie say about earning a living as a trapeze artist?
A. It’s hard if you have no contract.
B. It’s unlikely after a certain age.
C. It’s difficult for most performers.
27. According to Jennie, what distinguishes great trapeze artists from the rest?
A. They have the lightest bodies.
B. They perform without a safety net.
C. They have an ability to keep calm.
28. What does Jennie find the most difficult thing to get used to?
A. Having to get up early every day.
B. Damaging her hands on the trapeze.
C. Feeling pain in her muscles.
29. In Jennie’s opinion, circus skills have helped some school students by
A. Making them physically stronger.
B. Increasing their ability to study.
C. Improving their social interaction.
30. What does Jennie want to do next?
A. Do a training course.
B. Get a teaching job.
C. Open a circus school.

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READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1 hour 15 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use
only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 W I T H

Example
0 A likes B insists C pretends D stresses Health on holiday

0 A B C D Nobody wants to deal (0) __________ a medical emergency on holiday. In practice,

 however, you may not have (1) __________ choice in the matter, and it’s best to be
prepared. If you are travelling independently that means taking a first aid kit.

The world’s finest chocolates The whole idea of the kit (10) __________ that you can carry it around with you, so it needs
to be both light and compact. You can buy a pre-prepared kit (11) __________ includes the
Belgium (0) _____ to think of itself as the home of the finest chocolate in the world. If this main essential items, and this should be adequate in most situations. The problems that
(1) _____ is true, then the Place du Grand Sablon in Brussels must be the centre of the you’re most likely to encounter are minor cuts, stings and so (12) __________, and these
chocolate world. This square isn’t far from the city’s museum of fine arts and some of the can be sorted (13) __________ easily enough.
country’s (2) _____ chocolate shops can be found there.
Equally important is reading, and preferable packing, a good basic first aid book. This will
Marcolini is a relatively recent arrival in the square and yet is (3) _____ thought to be one help you to know (14) __________ to do in any less familiar situations, and (15) __________
of the most fashionable chocolate-makers in Belgium. The designers of the company’s shop best to deal with unexpected emergencies. Finally, keep your first-aid kit in a pocket or
have evidently been (4) _____ up ideas from Emporio Armani a few doors down. The towards the top of your bag, just in (16) __________ you need to find it in a hurry.
Marcolini shop has black walls, a white floor and staff who (5) _____ in black-and-white
shirts and resemble fashion models (6) _____ than salespeople.

When it comes to the chocolates themselves, these are displayed in impressive glass cases.
Once you’ve (7) _____ your selection, you go over to the counter to pay, and get a wonderful
close-up (8) _____ of a flowing fountain of melted chocolate.

1. A accusation B claim C demand D challenge

2. A leading B winning C ruling D beating
3. A wholly B greatly C widely D deeply
4. A catching B picking C getting D copying
5. A carry B wear C dress D clothe
6. A instead B otherwise C whereas D rather
7. A done B archieved C made D arrived
8. A view B scene C sight D glance

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 Part 3 Part 4

For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between
beginning (0). two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0):

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example:

Example: 0 O C C A S I O N A L L Y 0. What type of music do you like best?

IS YOUR FAVOURITE
What _____________________________________________________ type of music?
Music and maths The gap can be filled by the words ‘is your favourite’, so you write:

As a teenager, I used to play the flute in my high-school orchestra. Example: 0 IS YOUR FAVOURITE
In much of the music that we played, the sound of the flute was
needed only (0) __________. So I spent a lot of my time during (17) OCCASION Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
__________ counting the beats which the conductor indicated with PERFORM
each (18) __________ of his baton. MOVE
25. I had never been to that restaurant before.
Those minutes spent reciting ‘one, two, three, four’ under my FIRST
breath while the rest of the orchestra played seemed (19) It ________________________________________ I had ever been to that restaurant.
__________ to me. But they played in my young brain the idea that END
there must be a (20) __________ between music and numbers and CONNECT 26. Luca was the only club member who hadn’t paid his membership fees.
I decided to do a bit of research in the school library. ALL
Apart ________________________ the club members had pair their membership fees.
I soon learnt that history is full of (21) __________ to this idea, REFER
which had been a source of (22) __________ for thinkers ever since FASCINATE 27. Simon doesn’t object to his photograph appearing in the school brochure.
the time of Pythagoras. Indeed an early book on music by the NO
Ancient Roman philosopher Boethius is largely filled with diagrams Simon _____________________________ his photograph appearing in the magazine.
and explanations about the (23) __________ between music and RELATION
mathematics. Out of the boredom of orchestra practice, an (24) 28. It is said that eating certain types of fish is very good for your health.
__________ new interest had emerged for me. EXPECT SUPPOSED
Eating certain types of fish ___________________________ very good for your health.

29. During the carnival, they didn’t let people park in the city centre.
ALLOWED
In the city centre, parking _________________________ the carnival was taking place.

30. Damian didn’t buy a ticket because the machine wasn’t working properly.
IF
Damian would have bought a ticket ___________________________ working properly.

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 Part 5 Cranston’s principal in particularly pleased when diploma students’ tracks show up on the
playlist. ‘Most of the students are full-time and from local schools’, he says. They’re often
You are going to read an extract from an article about a college. For questions 31-36, choose people who didn’t really engage with school. You know they might end up quite disengaged
the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. from life otherwise, and it’s great when they get on to the album and sound better than
some of those from higher levels’.
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Tutors, too, are on a learning curve. Members of staff undertake a two-year, part-time,
special teaching course at Toby’s old university. ‘It’s a bit like a football team here, with
people fulfilling different roles’, he says. You’ve got your tutors who can transcribe the entire
The Cranston Institute of Modern Music back catalogue of Frank Zappa, and then you’ve got your less academic but very vociferous
types. There’s a constant turnover, with many going on the road, on tour to all sorts of
The Cranston Institute of Modern Music was set up after Toby Slocombe, guitarist with places. Students like that – it shows them the facts of life as a musician.
the rock band Stanza, often in the charts in the 1990s, decide to give up his job at a
university music department, and set up something closer to his own heart. ‘We have a 31. Toby Slocombe likes his job better than his previous one because he’s now able to
more specialist niche here: we’re more band, more rock’n’roll oriented. I was at a really A. Attract students from other colleges.
B. Concentrate on one type of music.
good university, but we don’t do technical stuff here – we want the substance, we look after
C. Vary the content of the courses.
the band-oriented people. We own it, and we set the culture, and that’s great’, says Toby. D. Reflect changes in technology.
Courses range from one-year diplomas to accredited degree courses, with students 32. The expression ‘ripped off’ in line 11 suggests that some artists are
specialising in guitar, bass, drums or vocals, or focusing on the touring and management A. Cheated in some way.
end of things. While the strings and percussion departments are male-dominated, two- B. Given generous contracts.
thirds of the singers are female. C. Not as innocent as people think.
‘The biggest myth musicians have is that someone will wave a magic wand and sort out D. Able to make their own business deals.
the business side. Bands who make it actually accept responsibility for all aspects of what 33. Adam Omega says that what he appreciates most about Cranston is
goes on’, says Toby. So, no matter what the student’s speciality, their courses will include A. The mixture of styles it embraces.
B. The prestige of the degrees it awards.
business modules. The story of popular music is full of stories about artists being ripped off
C. The way it looks after artists’ well-being.
by shiny-suited managers. They are the people who produce contracts that you need a D. The opportunity to perform professionally.
microscope to read and who retire to the Bahamas while their victims remain as poor as 34. The college principal uses the expression ‘end up quite disengaged from life’ (line 25) to indicate
ever. that some students
‘There’s a live performance workshop every week, for which students are given a song A. Fail to appear on the compilation album.
to learn’, says Tim Wethers, head of the guitar department. ‘You’d expect something heavy B. Make more of an effort than others.
to be the most popular track, but last year it was a really delicate song that people seemed C. Need special support to succeed.
to like the most. There were dreading it, but they were so pleased to get it right’. D. Come from broken homes.
Those weekly performances involve individuals from various disciplines being matched 35. Toby compares Cranston to a football club to suggest that members of staff want to
A. Encourage healthy competition.
together, and that’s how The Omega Faction became a unit last year, with singer Adam
B. Like travelling to represent the college.
Omega hooking up with guitar, bass and drum contemporaries. ‘I was into drum and bass C. Each have particular skills to offer.
and garage. Through some friends I heard about Cranston. As a singer, it’s been fantastic: D. Are very loyal to their institution.
you learn technical excercises, warming up, keeping the voice healthy, the history of music, 36. The word ‘many’ in line 30 refers to
but the main thing for me is the live performance events. Learn a song, and then you’re at A. Facts.
a proper venue with a band. It’s a place where you’re all in the same boat, and it’s B. Tutors.
competitive, but in a friendly way’. C. Places.
The competition element peaks in the quest to appear on the annual compilation album: D. Students.
last year, 160 demos were sent in by students hoping to make the final cut of twelve.

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 Part 6 I’ve written more than forty books about these animals, and I founded a museum devoted
to them in Portland, Maine in the USA. We display artefacts such as a dart gun used to hunt
You are going to read an article about cryptozoology. Six sentences have been removed from Bigfoot from 1969 to 1973, footprint casts from Bigfoot and the yeti, and ephemera from
the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (37-42). There is famous movies. We also catalogue fakes. We have a Feejee mermaid: a half-monkey, half-
one extra sentence which you do not need to use. fish that was fabricated in the 19th century and later exhibited in sideshows. We have a
mask from the Georgia Bigfoot hoax of 2008, when an ape costume was passed off as a
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Bigfoot corpse. We also had a Bigfoot statue at one point. 41 _____. Our mission is
educational and scientific: we have a good relationship with the schools in Portland.

What is cryptozoology? In the course of my career, I’ve run into two groups that I disagree with. The first were the
debunkers who say that there’s nothing out there. 42 _____. These I call the ‘true believers’.
Is there such an animal as a yeti? Does Bigfoot really exist? Cryptozoology is the study of Every sound they hear in the woods is a Bigfoot. I surround myself with an identify with the
animal species that people claim to have seen, but which are as yet unknown to science. people in the middle: the open-minded sceptics.
Some people call it a pseudoscience, but I object to that terminology because I’m not
interested in ghost stories or UFOs. They’re like a wisp of smoke compared to biological
cases where I can find real evidence to back up what people say, such as hair, footprints or
photographs. The goal of cryptozoology is to discover new species. The giant panda, the
megamouth shark, and the Komodo dragon were all cryptozoological until the 20th century.
37 _____. Now, they’re accepted as zoological species.

Growing up, I never thought of myself as a zoologist or a biologist. 38 _____. When I was
twelve, I watched Half Human, a movie about the yeti. I asked my teachers about it, but
they told me to get back to my schoolwork. So I went to the local library, where I found a
limited number of books, but in them where the contact details of cryptozoologists to
correspond with.

By the time I was fourteen, I was well known in the field; now I’m considered its elder
statesman. I started writing articles, then books. But I wasn’t just sitting in my room: I was
with game wardens, investigating reports of phenomena such as mystery cats or giant
snakes. I still do that today. For example, last summer residents of Westbrook, Maine,
found a giant snakeskin. 39 _____. Although I didn’t find one, I commented on the case to
the media and wrote articles about the long history of mysterious giant snakes, from the
Giant Pennsylvania Snake sightings of the mid-1800s to the Peninsula Python sightings in
Ohio in 1944. A. But members of the other one were just as closed-minded.
B. I believe that neither of these was real.
Some of the sightings of these creatures are misidentifications. Bigfoot could be the back C. I’ve found, however, that these generally only account for around one per cent of
end of a moose or it could be a known animal in an unusual place. There have been fakes all cases.
too. 40 _____. If you listened to the media, however, you’d think it was a much higher D. I went to the area to look for signs of the animal itself.
figure. E. People had seen them, but their reports were dismissed as fantastical.
F. All our visitors were invited to take a picture of themselves with it.
G. What interested me more was the romantic aspects of natural history.

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 Part 7 hotel when she was on a year’s work experience from university and now works part-
time, which allows her to continue with her degree course in management. Her advice
You are going to read an article about careers in tourism. For question 43-52, choose from to anyone considering a career in hotels is not to be put off by the thought of low wages
the people (A-E). The people may be chosen more than once. at the start. Having the right degree or diploma is no guarantee that you’ll make your
way up the career ladder, but the right attitude and good communication skills will get
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. you a long way.
B. Peter Gattoni, Chef in an Italian restaurant. The place where Peter works attracts
what’s called the ‘gourmet tourist’, whose holiday is never complete without the
Which person… opportunity to try out the latest dishes. Peter went straight into employment after
school, but that’s not something he’d recommend. ‘Had I taken a full-time college
Refers to a lack of outstanding professionals in one area of work? 43 course as my parents wanted, I would have made faster progress. There’s a shortage
Stress the need to provide clients with a balance between freedom 44 of first-class chefs, so many companies are now advertising good salaries, including
and control? profit-related pay, to chefs with the right qualifications and experience, though these
Regrets a decision made years ago? 45 advantages are more likely to come from the big-name restaurants and hotel chains
Mentions the need to take the right decisions under pressure? 46 than small-scale operations’.
Says people shouldn’t feel discouraged if they don’t earn much 47 C. Maria Falcon, Tour guide. If you enjoy communicating with large groups of people, this
initially? is a great job. Maria accompanies groups of holidaymakers on package tours. She
Says larger companies are able to offer better conditions to workers? 48 knows she plays a central role in ensuring that people enjoy their holiday by providing
Believes that qualifications alone won’t get you promotion? 49 them with practical support and information throughout the trip. ‘It is important to
allow people to do what they want, while at the same time making sure everybody is
Recalls making a mistake whilst doing the job? 50
back on the mini-bus by the agreed time. And you must know the history of places you
Says there are likely to be more chances to get training in future? 51
visit really well. Years back, I was embarrassed when a holiday-maker spotted some
Warns about the decreasing job opportunities in one sector? 52
incorrect details in a commentary I was giving. Since then I’ve managed to attend
regular local history classes to make sure it doesn’t happen again’.
D. Patrick O’Connor, Adventure travel guide. Patrick leads trips to exotic locations
around the globe, and he’s quick to remind us that you need experience in a range of
adventurous disciplines. ‘People on these holidays are doing potentially dangerous
activities, such as kayaking or diving. It’s crucial to be able to exercise good judgement
in difficult situations and be resourceful when dealing with the emergencies that are
bound to arise. Forgetting to give somebody a life-jacket could have serious
consequences. This is an increasingly popular career, so educational institutions are
beginnig to offer a wider range of programmes and qualifications’.
E. Connie Ferguson, Travel Agent. ‘The recruitment outlook isn’t very promising right
now in traditional agencies because of the internet’, says Connie. ‘It’s become much
easier for people to make their own travel arrangements, though some people still
need the advice of a travel professional’. Unlike other tourist jobs, you’re based in an
office, but you may get the opportunity to visit some destinations to evaluate the
What sort of person do you need to be to work in tourism?
facilities on offer. Connie started by working as a reservations clerk in the agency, but
the manager soon realised she had the skills to become a travel agent. ‘Clients are well
A. Claire Davies, Recepcionist in a five-star hotel. Claire says that what appeals to her
informed and expect expert advice. I’m hoping to be able to start my own online travel
most is the diversity of the challenges she faces every day – from dealing with phone
business soon’.
calls in different languages to making bookings for restaurants. She first came to the
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WRITING (1 hour 20 minutes) Part 2

Part 1 Write an answer to one of the questions 2 – 4 in this part. Write your answer in 140-190
words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question number in
You must answer this question. Write your answer in 140-190 words in an appropriate style the box at the top of the answer sheet.
on the separate answer sheet.

2. You have seen this advertisement for a part-time job.

1. In your English class yo have been discussing the influence of fashion on young people. Part-time waiters needed
Now your English teacher has asked you to write an essay. for our international restaurant

Write an essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view. You need to:
→ Be good at working with people.
Why do many young people want to follow the latest fashion in clothes and hair → Have some knowledge of foreign language.
styles? → Be willing to work flexible hours.
Write explaining why you would be suitable for the job to:
Notes Mr Roy Smith, manager of Carlton Restaurants.
Write your letter.
Write about
3. You recently saw this notice in the local newspaper.
1. To be like celebrities they admire.
Can you write us a review
2. To feel accepted in a group.
of a TV soap opera you enjoy?
3. Your own idea.
Write your essay. Tell us about the characters, what makes you keep on watching
it and if you would recommend it to anyone.

The best review wins a smart phone!

Write your review.

4. You have received an email from your English-speaking friend Jemma, who is giving a
talk about ‘Young people and Sport’. Write an email to Jemma, answering her
questions.

How important is sport in the life of young people in your country? What are the main
sports they do? Is sport part of school or college life? Are they any big sports
personalities they look up to?

Thanks for your help!

Jemma
Write your email.
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LISTENING (approximately 40 minutes, including 5 minutes’ transfer time). B. Informing the public.
C. Recruiting volunteers.
Part 1 8. You hear a couple talking about computer games.
The man likes them because
You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best A. They help him to relax after work.
answer (A, B, or C). B. They remind him of his childhood.
C. They make him more self-confident.

1. You hear the weather forecast.

What will the weather be like on Sunday?
A. Windier than on Sunday.
B. Colder than on Sunday.
C. Rainier than on Sunday.
2. You hear a man talking to his trainer at the gym.
What is he doing?
A. Apologising for missing a session.
B. Explaining how an injury happened.
C. Asking to do something less challenging.
3. You hear an advertisement.
What is being advertised?
A. A shop.
B. A publication.
C. A TV programme.
4. You hear part of a soap opera.
How does the woman feel?
A. Nervous about something.
B. Guilty about something.
C. Bored by something.
5. You hear part of a programme on the subject of fashion.
What is the presenter’s purpose?
A. To criticise certain attitudes.
B. To complain about something.
C. To recommend something to us.
6. You hear a woman talking about the flat she lives in.
Why is she thinking of selling it?
A. There’s too little storage space.
B. She’s disturbed by street noise.
C. It’s a long way from her place of work.
7. You hear an announcement about a future wildlife event.
The event will help the protection of wildlife by
A. Raising money.

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 Part 2 Part 3

You will hear a student called Jake Townsend giving a presentation about a type of bird You will hear five short extracts in which writers are talking about their first novels. For
called a peacock. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a word or a short phrase. questions 19-23, choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker says about writing their first
novel. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use.

The Peacock
A. It wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be.
Jake mentions that the peacock’s tail is said to look similar to a (9) ____________________. B. My previous style of writing wasn’t suitable for it.
C. I was determined to make it true to life.
The original home of the blue peacock is in (10) ___________________________________. D. I believe I should’ve been paid more to write it.
E. It benefited from a course of study I attended.
Jake explains that peacocks were first kept by people as long as (11) __________ years ago. F. I was surprised to be asked to write it.
G. I couldn’t have written it without the support of my parents.
Jake describes the peacock’s (12) _________________________________ as long and thin. H. I learnt some of the skills I needed in a previous job.

The coloured spots on the peacock’s tail are known as (13) __________________________. 19. Speaker 1. _____.
20. Speaker 2. _____.
Jake says that the female peahen is mostly (14) ___________________________ in colour. 21. Speaker 3. _____.
22. Speaker 4. _____.
In English, some people are described as being as (15) ___________________ as a peacock. 23. Speaker 5. _____.

In the wild, peacocks usually live close to (16) ____________________________ in a forest.

Jake tells us that peacocks usually spend time in trees when they want to (17) ___________.

At Peacock Paradise in Malaysia, you can see (18) _____________________ as well as birds.

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 Part 4

You will hear an interview with a man called David Shaw, who is a professional ceramist,
making pottery objects out of clay. For questions 24-30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

24. What does David say is an absolute requirement for people considering a career in
ceramics?
A. They must feel a passion for it.
B. They must be physically very fit.
C. They must have enough patience.
25. David says it took him a long time to
A. Develop his own style.
B. Make his business profitable.
C. Decide to work at ceramics full-time.
26. What does David find most enjoyable about his job?
A. The fact that the results are unpredictable.
B. The feedback he gets from his customers.
C. The knowledge that he creates useful pieces.
27. What does David say he finds particularly difficult?
A. Doing administrative tasks.
B. Finding time to research new ideas.
C. Finishing his commissions on time.
28. What reason does David give for his recent success as a ceramicist?
A. He’s been luckier than other ceramicists.
B. He’s put in more effort than in the past.
C. He’s started to follow certain fashions.
29. How does David feel about the possibility of teaching ceramics?
A. He feels unprepared for it.
B. He fears it might distract him.
C. He’s unsure about finding me.
30. David advises people who want a career in ceramics to
A. Talk to established ceramicists.
B. Go to ceramics exhibitions.
C. Attend a ceramics course.

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 45. C
SOLUCIONES 46. D
47. C
TEST 8 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH 48. B
49. A
Part 1 50. D
1. D 51. B
2. C 52. B
3. B
4. A TEST 8 LISTENING
5. A
6. C Part 1
7. B 1. A
8. A 2. B
3. C
Part 2 4. B
9. Despite 5. B
10. Way 6. A
11. As 7. C
12. More 8. A
13. On
14. Come Part 2
15. One 9. Personal details
16. Few 10. Workshop
11. Instruments
Part 3 12. Professional
17. Amazing 13. Guitar
18. Navigation 14. 5
19. Wonderful 15. Originality
20. Variety 16. Computer screen
21. Unpleasant 17. 22nd June
22. Frightening 18. City Hall
23. Achievement
24. Assistance Part 3
19. G
Part 4 20. A
25. Necessary to fill in an 21. F
26. Keep dry even though 22. B
27. Wish I could play 23. E
28. Unless you pay by the
29. Was fascinated by Part 4
30. Had bought her ticket 24. B
25. C
Part 5 26. B
31. B 27. C
32. C 28. A
33. A 29. C
34. B 30. A
35. A
36. D

Part 6
37. B
38. G
39. E
40. A
41. F
42. C

Part 7
43. A
44. A
TEST 7 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH Part 7

Part 1 43. B
44. A
1. B 45. C
2. B 46. B
3. A 47. C
4. D 48. A
5. A 49. D
6. D 50. A
7. C 51. D
8. B 52. C

Part 2 TEST 7 LISTENING

9. However Part 1
10. In
11. Rather 1. C
12. Need 2. C
13. With 3. A
14. As 4. C
15. Who 5. A
16. Much 6. B
7. A
Part 3 8. B

17. Natural Part 2

18. Tasty
19. Successful 9. Exhausted
20. Coastal. 10. Yoga
21. Constantly. 11. 14
22. Unprotected 12. Nose
23. Treatment 13. Pollution
24. Distribution 14. Ears
15. Sunset beach
Part 4 16. Meat – fish
17. Fruit
25. Given up trying 18. Chess
26. Used to play a lot
27. Was not able to swim Part 3
28. Him to make sure
29. Run out of 19. D
30. Is trying to keep 20. F
21. B
Part 5 22. H
23. C
31. A
32. A Part 4
33. D
34. B 24. B
35. D 25. B
36. D 26. C
27. A
Part 6 28. B
29. A
37. D 30. C
38. G
39. A
40. E
41. F
42. B
TEST 6 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH Part 7

Part 1 43. A
44. B
1. B 45. C
2. B 46. B
3. C 47. D
4. A 48. A
5. D 49. B
6. A 50. C
7. A 51. D
8. C 52. A

Part 2 TEST 6 LISTENING

9. What Part 1
10. Which
11. Into 1. C
12. And 2. A
13. Are 3. C
14. With 4. C
15. Other 5. C
16. Out 6. B
7. B
Part 3 8. B

17. Carefully Part 2

18. Collection
19. Appearance 9. Consultant
20. Outfits 10. Ecologist
21. Variety 11. Bills
22. Undamaged 12. Carbon meter
23. Investment 13. Government
24. Impressive 14. Light bulbs
15. Concerts
Part 4 16. Earth ship
17. Wind (power)
25. As a surprise to Peter 18. Handbook
26. Are not as serious
27. Was still doing Part 3
28. Were you, I would make
29. My opinion, it was 19. E
30. Been living in Toronto since 20. F
21. A
Part 5 22. B
23. D
31. B
32. C Part 4
33. A
34. C 24. B
35. B 25. A
36. D 26. B
27. C
Part 6 28. C
29. B
37. E 30. A
38. F
39. A
40. D
41. G
42. B
TEST 5 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH Part 7

Part 1 43. B
44. C
1. B 45. B
2. A 46. D
3. C 47. A
4. B 48. B
5. C 49. A
6. D 50. C
7. C 51. D
8. A 52. E

Part 2 TEST 5 LISTENING

9. A / Any / Much Part 1

10. Is
11. Which / That 1. C
12. On 2. C
13. Out 3. C
14. What 4. B
15. How 5. C
16. Case 6. A
7. B
Part 3 8. C

17. Performances Part 2

18. Movement
19. Endless 9. Fan
20. Connection 10. India
21. References 11. 4000
22. Fascination 12. Neck
23. Relationship 13. Eyes
24. Expected 14. Brown
15. Proud
Part 4 16. Water
17. Sleep
25. Was the first time 18. Crocodiles
26. From Luca, all
27. Has no objection to Part 3
28. Is supposed to be
29. Was not allowed while 19. E
30. If the machine had been 20. B
21. F
Part 5 22. C
23. H
31. B
32. A Part 4
33. D
34. C 24. C
35. C 25. B
36. B 26. A
27. B
Part 6 28. A
29. A
37. E 30. C
38. G
39. D
40. C
41. F
42. A