1 EMC 11 – PRACTICE TEST 2 KEY I LISTENING (50 points) Part 1 2 0 points for ONE correct answer 1 Carleton 4 hummus/houmous 2 30 5 303 3 croquettes Part 2 2 0 points for ONE correct answer 6 F 7 F 8 T[.]
EMC 11 – PRACTICE TEST - KEY I LISTENING (50 points) Part 1: 2.0 points for ONE correct answer Carleton hummus/houmous 30 303 croquettes Part 2: F 2.0 points for ONE correct answer F Part 3: 11 B T F 10 T 2.0 points for ONE correct answer 12 D Part 4: 13 C 14 D 15 A 2.0 points for ONE correct answer 16 Business Administration 21 over the Alps 17 aeronautical engineering 22 Zanussi 18 Western Europe 23 balloon manufacturing capital 19 Private Pilot’s License 24 the highest level 20 across the Sahara 25 degree II LEXICO-GRAMMAR (40 pts) Part For question 26-45, choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each of the following questions and write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the corresponding numbered boxes (20pts) 1.0 point for ONE correct answer 26 A 30 B 34 D 38 A 42 C 27 D 31 C 35 B 39 B 43 A 28 A 32 B 36 C 40 A 44 B 29 D 33 C 37 B 41 D 45 D Part Complete each of the following sentences with suitable preposition(s) or particle(s) Write your answer in the boxes provided (10 pts) 1.0 point for ONE correct answer 46 into 47 by 48 out 49 about 50 out/ through 51 down 52 over 53 back 54 aside 55 off Part Fill each gap with the correct form of the words in brackets (10 pts) 1.0 point for ONE correct answer 56 invariably 57 updated 58 fatalities 59 provable 60 accompanied 61 stardom 62 overweight 63 acclaimed 64 additives 65 sweeten III READING (60 POINTS) Part For questions 66-75, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (15 pts) (1.5 point for ONE correct answer) 66 B 67 C 68 A 69 C 70 D 71 B 72 A 73 D 74 B 75 C Part For questions 76-85, fill each gap in the passage below with ONE appropriate word Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (15 pts) (1.5 points for ONE correct answer) 76 for 77 back 78 meant 79 fact 80 its 81 that 82 as 83 private 84 keep 85 can Part For questions 86-95, read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (15pts) (1.5 point for ONE correct answer) 86 A 87 C 88 B 89 D 90 A 91 B 92 A 93 D 94 A 95 D Part For questions 96-105, read the text and the tasks followed Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided (15 pts) (1.5 points for ONE correct answer) 96 VII 97 II 98 V 99 I 100 VIII 101 VI 102 City 103 Priests 104 Trench 105 Location IV WRITING (50 POINTS) Part Describing Chart (20 pts) Contents (15 pts) - The report MUST cover the following points: * Introduce the charts (2 pts) and state the overall trends and striking features (3 pts) * Describe main features with relevant data from the charts and make relevant comparisons (10 pts) - The report MUST NOT contain personal opinions Language use (5 pts) The report: - should demonstrate a wide variety of lexical and grammatical structures, - should have correct use of words (verb tenses, word forms, voice ) and mechanics (spelling, punctuations ) Part (30 pts) The mark given to part is based on the following criteria: Organization (5 pts) a Ideas are well organized and presented with coherence, cohesion and unity b The essay is well-structured: * Introduction is presented with clear thesis statement * Body paragraph are written with unity, coherence and cohesion Each body paragraph must have a topic sentence and supporting details and examples when necessary * Conclusion summarizes the main points and offers personal opinions (prediction, recommendation, consideration ) on the issue Content (15 pts) a All requirements of the task are sufficiently addressed b Ideas are adequately supported and elaborated with relevant and reliable explanations, examples, evidence Language use (10 pts) a Demonstration of a variety of topic-related vocabulary b Excellent use and control of grammatical structures (verb tenses, word forms, voice ) and mechanics (spelling, punctuations ) TAPESCRIPTS Part EMPLOYEE: This is George and Dragon, how may I help? CUSTOMER: Hi I’m calling to inquire about your upstairs venue I’m interested in booking it for a private event and I was wondering if I could ask a few questions? EMPLOYEE: Yes, of course Just give me a second, please.[…] So, before we start, could I please get a name and a phone number? CUSTOMER: Yes My name is Clara Carleton EMPLOYEE: Carla… Umm, could you spell that for me please? CUSTOMER: Sure, it’s C-A-R-L-E-T-O-N [1] EMPLOYEE: And the phone number? CUSTOMER: Well, I’m going to give you my work number as I’m booking the venue for a work event EMPLOYEE: Right CUSTOMER: So it’s 020 8322 1479 EMPLOYEE: Great So, what would you like to know? CUSTOMER: Well, I saw on your website that the price can be from ?20 per hour, so I would like to get an exact quote if possible EMPLOYEE: Well, the price depends on the type of event, the date, the number of people and whether we will be providing food as well CUSTOMER: Oh, it’s for a retirement party for one of my colleagues EMPLOYEE: OK, and for which date is that? CUSTOMER: Well, we were thinking next Tuesday, the 31st of May? EMPLOYEE: OK.[…] Oh, I’m sorry, but the venue’s already booked that day We’re free on Monday and Wednesday, if that would suit you? CUSTOMER: Well, Wednesday’s no good ’cause the gentleman who’s retiring will be gone by then, but Monday works just as fine EMPLOYEE: Great You’ll get a cheaper rate for Monday, too CUSTOMER: Excellent EMPLOYEE: And how many people will there be? CUSTOMER: Well, at the moment it’s supposed to be 16, but it might go up to 17; we’re waiting for one of our co-workers to confirm whether they’ll be available that night or not EMPLOYEE: The boardroom in the venue only has space for 15 people, I’m afraid We’ve got enough standing room for about 15 extra people Is that all right? [2] CUSTOMER: Oh, I’m sure it’ll be fine We won’t be sitting down much anyway Would it be possible to provide two extra chairs just in case, though? EMPLOYEE: Yes, of course CUSTOMER: Great EMPLOYEE: And finally, will you be needing us to provide food as well? CUSTOMER: Well, we’ll be bringing the cake, but I imagine that yes, we will be ordering some food as well What are your options for nibblers? EMPLOYEE: Well, we’ve got quite a vast selection depending on which type of menu you’re interested in We’ve got meat-based tapas as well as some vegetarian and vegan options, and we’ve also got some sharers CUSTOMER: Well, as far as I know, none of us are vegans, so I don’t think we’ll be needing that Some meat-based and vegetarian options would be great, though EMPLOYEE: Would you like me to talk you through them, or…? CUSTOMER: Well, you have the menu online, right? EMPLOYEE: Yeah, you can find it on our website The thing is that a couple of options have been removed and replaced with new ones, and we haven’t had the chance to update it online yet OK Let me just pull it up in my screen, just a second.[…] CUSTOMER: All right EMPLOYEE: So, in the meat-based food section, the dishes that have been discontinued are the mini fajitas and the pulled pork bruschetta CUSTOMER: Ah, that’s a shame The pulled pork bruschetta looked really nice EMPLOYEE: Yeah But we’ve replaced them with two new really popular dishes: we’ve got a trio of sliders, which is three mini burgers made one each with chicken, beef, and pulled pork, and we’ve also got ham and cheese croquettes CUSTOMER: Oh, that sounds nice So I’ll have of the mini burgers, then I see you’ve also got vegetarian croquettes, are they still in the menu? [3] EMPLOYEE: Yeah, we’ve got the vegetable croquette and the potato croquette CUSTOMER: And how many croquettes are there in each dish? EMPLOYEE: The vegetable one is five; the potato one is four CUSTOMER: OK, so I’ll have two of the vegetable croquettes And…I’ll also have two of the ham and cheese ones, please EMPLOYEE: Great Anything else? CUSTOMER: Well, I don’t know It all looks so nice! What would you recommend? EMPLOYEE: Hmm… Well, what I would recommend is the simmered squid-it’s slowcooked in wine and served with potatoes I’d also recommend the hummus platters; our chef actually makes his own hummus, and it’s one of our most popular sharers And of course all of our salads, especially the Caesar salad-we’re famous for them CUSTOMER: Right So I’ll go for five hummus platters-or should I get six? No, you know what? Five is just fine [4] I… I won’t be having any of the squid; it sounds lovely, but I’m just not sure how popular it’d be with my colleagues EMPLOYEE: Yeah, fair enough CUSTOMER: And finally, one Caesar salad and one vegetarian-the goat’s cheese one EMPLOYEE: Great And, just for the final question… For how many hours would you be booking the venue? CUSTOMER: Well, we’d be arriving straight after work, so somewhere around p.m., and I’d expect we’d need it until at least p.m., maybe even 10 p.m., so… EMPLOYEE: So, three hours? CUSTOMER: Well, probably, but let’s make it four just in case EMPLOYEE: Right Great So, just give me a minute and I’ll get back to you with a quote, all right? CUSTOMER: Yes, of course [… ] EMPLOYEE: Ehmm, hi So, I spoke to my manager and the total with the food and a drink starter for 17 people would come up to £318.95 CUSTOMER: OK EMPLOYEE: But he’d be happy to offer you a 5% discount, which would bring the total down to just ?303-and that includes a pint of any beer, a glass of wine or a fizzy drink for each person [5] CUSTOMER: OK, that sounds reasonable enough Let’s go for it EMPLOYEE: Right, so I would just need a deposit of… Part Guide: Good morning, everybody Welcome to the Roman Baths My name’s Amanda and I’m your guide for today Before we begin the tour, I’d like to point out that we have child carriers, free of charge of course, for those of you with young children [6], and I can see that there are one or two of you here this morning It might make things a bit easier for you than using a pushchair If you don’t want to carry your coats and bags phòng giữ quần áo,hành lí phận lễ tân around with you, there is a cloakroom behind reception where they’ll be quite safe Also, should anyone want to use the bathroom, there’s one here in the reception hall opposite the ticket office and another one by the shop where we end our tour, right by the exit Having mentioned the shop, I should tell you that it’s full of interesting things for you to remember your visit by Posters, postcards, replicas of the gorgon’s head, the haruspex stone and the statues that you’ll be seeing on your tour [7] There are also games, books and videos for children, and other souvenirs Our first stop will be the Terrace, where you will get your first view of the baths Now, the statues that line the Terrace here are of Roman Emperors, Governors of Britain and various military leaders These aren’t from Roman times either In fact they were sculpted in 1894 especially for the grand opening of the Baths in 1897 [8] But what you can see from here is only a fraction of the whole Roman Baths site, which stretches below ground level under the surrounding streets and squares of the town While we’re here on the Terrace getting our first look at the baths, let me fill you in on a bit of the history This site, with its hot springs, has long been seen as a sacred place, and điện thờ, hình thức đền the first people to build here were the Celts, and the shrine they built was dedicated to the goddess Sulis Of course, back in those days they had no way of explaining how hot water came to be bubbling out of the ground, so they believed it to be the work of the gods When the Romans came, they too built a temple here and dedicated it to their goddess, Minerva [9] The bath you can see from here is called the Great Bath – not very imaginative, I know, but it is the biggest Impressive, isn’t it? At one time it was housed in a huge vaulted hall 40 metres high, which for many people of the period must have been the largest building they’d ever seen in their lives The bath itself is 1.6 metres deep, ideal for bathing, and has steps leading down to the water on all sides The niches or alcoves you can see all around the bath would have had benches and possibly small tables for drinks and snacks Not a bad way to spend your free time, relax, and tell yourself it’s all good for your health Let’s move on to our next stop, the Sacred Spring This is the heart of the site, where the hot water bubbles up from the ground at a temperature of 46 degrees centigrade The water comes up from a depth of between roughly two and a half thousand and four and a half thousand metres, where geothermal energy raises the water temperature to between 64 degrees and 96 degrees Over a million litres of this hot water rise up here every day, and as well as being hot, the water is rich in minerals and it was thought it would cure various ailments and illnesses In fact, people came here from all over the Roman Empire to try out its healing powers [10] Before we take a look at the changing rooms and saunas, which are known as the East Baths, and the plunge pools and heated rooms of the West part of the bath house, we’ll pass through the site of the Temple and the Temple Courtyard Here we are This temple is one of only two known classical Roman temples in Britain The other is the Temple of Claudius at Colchester This temple is said to date from the late first century AD, being built between 60 and 70 AD But the original temple has been knocked about and added to over the centuries, and what you can see here arc just bits of the original temple Okay, shall we move on? Part Interviewer: My guest today’s the archaeologist Julian Radwinter, who works at Dunstan University Julian, welcome Julian: Hi Interviewer: Tell us about how you first got involved in archaeology – what attracted you to it Julian: Well, it all started when a team of archaeologists came to dig up the field next to my parents’ farm one summer It was an exciting prospect for a teenager and despite strict instructions from my father not to make a nuisance of myself, it wasn’t long before I was roped in to lend a hand – on a purely voluntary basis, of course There’s always a need for someone to the fetching and carrying on such digs – and I was full of questions That’s the sort of boy I was, and I guess it broke up the day for those involved in the more tedious work! Anyway, I was in my element and from then on, there was no question what subject I was going to study at university [11] Interviewer: And does the subject still hold the same fascination? Julian: Well yes I mean, on that dig some strangely shaped metal objects were unearthed, clearly carbon dateable to the time of the buildings they’d already found traces of But this object didn’t seem to fit in with anything they’d found And this is exactly the kind of puzzle that makes the subject so gripping – you have a fragmented object and some contextual information but clearly pieces of information are missing and need to be filled in by the archaeologist [12] You have to make assumptions – interpretations based on the evidence you’ve got – and that often involves eliminating possibilities – ticking off the things it might be, but clearly isn’t At the end of the day it’s still mostly conjecture – so the debate continues Interviewer: Do you think archaeology gets the recognition it deserves as a profession? Julian: Well, people think of archaeology and they think of ancient civilisations, buried treasure and all sorts of romantic notions, often stemming from the mythology surrounding startling twentieth-century discoveries in the eastern Mediterranean and the Nile valley All that’s fueled by the image projected by certain feature films – that beguile people into the idea that archaeology’s a glamorous discipline I have no problem with any of that, but everyday archaeology actually involves a lot of painstaking gathering of data, often in far from romantic surroundings – you get cold, wet and dirty – and the discoveries are mostly small and cumulative rather than dramatic [13], which is the point that the world at large really tends to miss Nonetheless, it is a science, and it has a lot to tell us and the data is actually surprisingly accessible to ordinary people in the way that a lot of science isn’t Interviewer: Which brings us neatly on to your own current research post Why have you decided to concentrate your efforts on southeastern England? Julian: Well, most of my colleagues are jetting off around the world – digging in remote spots in faraway places It calls for a lot of organisation and involves all manner of setbacks and frustrations, not to mention tedious long-haul flights and endless inoculations But I have none of those problems Indeed, now that archaeology is becoming much more oriented towards the collection and analysis of data, rather than the just locating and digging up key sites, we come to realise just how much England has to offer Basically, with a relatively modest budget, we can gather far more relevant data here than in many of the places that have been the typical focus of archaeological activity [14] Interviewer: But why is that, and what is it that you’re hoping to find? 10 Julian: Well, for the last two thousand years, and probably long before that too, southeastern England has undoubtedly been one of the most densely inhabited parts of the world There was a lot of human activity here and the evidence is to be found beneath our feet The land’s been intensively farmed since the Iron Age and most modern-day villages have been continuously inhabited for over a thousand years – some much longer But I find it tantalising to think that you’ve only got to dig a hole somewhere in a settlement, and you’ll probably uncover data that’ll reveal how people lived and the way different things influenced their way of life – be it political changes, climate change, disease or whatever Interviewer: Finally Julian, you’re taking part in a project that looks at the role of humour in archaeology That sounds intriguing – tell us a bit about that Julian: Well traditional storytelling, the passing on of ideas and deep cultural knowledge is one of those things that we’re tending to lose with the digital age [15] – and it struck me that it’s there in archaeology itself There’s often a mismatch between the dry reports written up after successful digs and the warmth and intimacy that is built up within a team Basically, you’re all living and working cheek by jowl for long periods and a kind of camaraderie develops – the telling of anecdotes around the campfire after a long day’s digging is full of humour – but also full of the folk memory of archaeology itself The project I’m involved in seeks to capture and preserve some of that rich fund of humour and anecdote – so that it can be preserved for future generations along with the archaeological evidence itself Interviewer: Fascinating, thank you very much… Part Speaker: Douglas Finch is to be awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration [16] in recognition of his outstanding scientific, design, and entrepreneurial achievements and their important contribution to the history and reputation of Bristol Douglas Finch was born near Glasgow and attended Allan Glen’s School before reading aeronautical engineering at Glasgow University, from which he graduated in 1961 [17] He gained a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering at Cornell University, USA in 11 1963 before returning to the United Kingdom and joining the Bristol Aeroplane Company He joined the Bristol Gliding Club and in 1965 received the Silver ‘C’ Gliding Badge In 1967 he helped build the ‘Bristol Belle’, a red and white striped balloon which made its first flights at Weston-on-the-Green near Oxford It was the first modern hot air balloon in Western Europe [18] In 1968 Doug Finch was issued with the first ever Private Pilot’s Licence for Hot Air Balloons [19] The success of Doug Finch in translating his ballooning expertise into a commercial concern is reflected in the birth and success of his company, Finch Balloons of Bristol, which was formed by Finch in 1971 – five years after he constructed his first balloon The new company was based in Dutton, Bristol, where a total of twenty-nine balloons were made in the basement of the property 1971 also saw Finch build Golden Falcon, a balloon designed specifically to fly across the Sahara [20] In 1972 Doug Finch received the Royal Aeronautical Club Bronze Medal, the first awarded for hot air airships A year later he was awarded the Royal Aeronautical Club Silver Medal for the first balloon flight over the Alps [21] In the same year he received the Lighter Than Air Society (USA) Achievement Award for the development of the first hot air ship Five years later he attempted the first Atlantic crossing by balloon for which he received the Royal Aeronautical Club Gold Medal In 1978 his attempt to make the premier Atlantic crossing by balloon ended when bad weather forced his heated helium balloon ‘Zanussi’ down after a 2,000 mile flight from Canada [22] The Finch company moved to its present site in Gellingborough in 1983 and in the following years all of the records for distance and duration were taken by pilots flying Finch balloons In 1989 Finch Balloons Limited received the Queen’s Award for Export, confirmation that Doug Finch had made Bristol the undisputed balloon manufacturing capital of the world [23] During the 1990s interest in becoming the first to fly around the world by balloon became intense and almost all the contenders have used Finch helium or hot air balloons Doug Finch has advanced the science, technology and art of balloon flight to the highest level [24] His factory in Bristol is the world’s largest and last year he was awarded the 12 Prince Philip Design Award Doug Finch will receive his Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration at the award ceremony at Bristol Business School [25] on Tuesday 20 November at 11.30 am at Bristol Cathedral THE END 13