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TY OF CAM BRIDGE LOCAL EXAM IN ATIO N S SYN D ICATE

TAKE O F F ENGLISH SCHOOL

C a m b r i d g eUNIYERSITY PRESS

PAPER 1 READING (1 hour 15 minutes)

Part 1

You are goìng lo read an extract from an article about a National Trust VVarden

Choose from the list A-l the most suitable heading for each part (1-7) of the extract,

There is One extra headíng which you do not need to use There is an exampie at the beginning (0)

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

F Getting things done

G Changes to the environment

H The most suitable candidate

I The right qualities for the job

Paper Ị Reading

The N ational Trust is an organisation w hose aim is to conserve the British countryside Gill Page visits the Lleyn Peninsula in N o rth Wa]es and talks to one o f the w ardens

em ployed by the Trust to look aíter the beautiful axeas it owns.

Test 1

Part 2

You are going to read a newspaper article about ancient rock art For questions 8-15

choose the answer (A, B, c or D) which you think íits best according to the text

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

C areless tourists sc a r ancient alpine rock art

Tens o f thousands o f ancient pictures carved in to the rocks at One o f FranceT s m ost ím portant to u ris t

sices are being gradually destroyed Sciencỉsts and

researchers fear th a t the 36,000 drawíngs on rocks in

M ont Bego ín the French Alps are being damageđ so

6 rapidíy that they w ili noc survive fo r íuture generations.

The mountain, believed to have once been a sìte fo r

prayer and w orship> ís scattered w ith 4,000-year-old

drawings cut into ba re rock They include pictures of

cows w ith horns, cultívated fields and various gods and

goddesses But a$ the popularity of the site íncreases, the

pictures are being ruined by thoughtỉess graffiti.

Jean C lottes is the chaírman o f the International

C om m ittee on Rock A rt He says, ‘People th ink that

because the pictures have been the re so long they wi!l

aỉways contínue to be there But ỉf the đamage continues

ac thís rate there w ill be nothing left in 50 years.’

He describes seeing tourists stamping on the drawings,

wearing away the rock and deíìnition o f the a rtw o rk as

they do so Some visitors, he says, even chop o ff parts to

take home as souvenirs.

*When people think theỵ can’t take a good enough

photograph> ứiey rub the drawings to get a clearer

p icture ’ he said T h e drawings are polished by ứie

weather, and íf the sun ỉs shining and the vísitors can’t

see them properly they simpỉy rub and scrape them to

make them look íresher.1

O th e r researchers describe how peopỉe arrive carryíng

long sticks w ith Sharp ends to scratch th eir own

drav/ings, o r even cheỉr namest in the rocks.

But experts are divỉded over the best way to preserve

the drawings H enry de Lumley, d irector o f the Museum

o f Naturaỉ H istory ìn Paris, believes thac the onỉy way to

5ave the site is to tu rn the vvhole mountaín into a

"no-go* area, preventìng the public from going there except on guided tours Othen^vise, he says, n o t only w ill

th e site be completely destroyed but ỉm portant research

w o rk w ỉll be reduced.

C iottes dísagrees T h e measure proposed by Henry

de Lumley is the m ost severe, and while it ỉs the most effective? it is also certain to bring about protests from people w ho live there»’ he saỉd ‘The site was classỉíied as

a historỉc m onum ent years ago by the M inistry of

C ulture, and we must do as much as possible to save

w ha t is there.’

David Lavergne, the regional architect, also wants to avoid closíngthe site *Henrỵ de Lumley’s idea isrVt ideal»

he said ‘O u r departm ent feels th a t the best solution is

co le t people loo k at the site, but because the area ís very big ic ís difficult to prevent visitors from damagìng

ỉt I w ould preíer th a t everyone was abie to loo k at it,

b u t the main problem is fĩnancỉa!.We do n o t have the funds to employ the necessary number o f guards W e may have to consider charging a fee There seems to be

n o prospect o f government íundíng.’

ỉn N ice, A nnie Echassoux, vvho also w orked on r«searchỉng the site* is alarmed th a t as the mountaìn becomes easier to reach - tourỉsts can now ayoid the three-and-a-half-hour walk by hiring vehỉcỉes - the damage w ill increase rapidly, She thinks th a t the only solution is to rope o ff the area and provide guides.4You can’t say the plan ca rft go ahead because there is no money»' she saíd T h a t is not good enough, Money must

be províded because the M inístry o f CuIture has classiííed this area as a hìstoric síte we don’t take steps, we w ill be responsỉble fo r losing the drawings fo r

th e next generation.’

8 What does ‘they’ reter to in líne 6?

A the rocks

B the French Alps

c the dravvings

D the tourist sites

9 Jean Clottes says that people who visit the mountain

A do not believe the dravvings are old.

B betieve they are allowed to paint tiiere

c think the drawings shoulđ be left alone

D assume the drawings wil! not change

10 According to Clottes, some of the visitors to the area have

A helped to clean the dravvings.

B taken bits of the rock home

c been unable to take photographs

D misunderstood what the pictures mean

11 Henry de Lumley is keen to

A set up research projects

B sateguard public rights

c keep out individual visitors

D ban traffic in the area

12 Cíottes disagrees with Henry đe Lumley's suggestion because he thinks

A il won’t work.

B visitors will protest about iỉ

c he has a better idea

D it will annoy local people

13 David Lavergne would prefer to

A limit the number of visitors to the site.

Đ arrange security to protect the site

c reduce the overaỉl area of the site

D use tourist fees to tinance repairs on the site

14 Which word best describes Anrsie Echassoux’s attitude?

A determined

B despairing

c untorgỉving

D understanding

15 This articie has been vvritten about Mont Bego to

A advertise the closure of the site.

B wam visitors aboul the dangers of the site

Paper I Reading

Test i

You are going to read a magazine inlervi8w with a sportswoman Eight sentences have

been removed from the article Choose from the sentences A-l the one which fits each

gap (16-22) There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use There is an

example at the beginning (0)

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Kendra Slaw inski is cap tain of

England's netball team when I met her,

she'd had a typical day for the weeks

lea ding up to next month's W o rld

Championships: a day's teaching at a

local school fo llo w e d b y a tra in in g

session in the local supermarket car park

'D o n 'ty o u get strange looks?' I asked her

might notice cars sỉow down

oưt o f the corner of my eye, bưt that's a ll.'

'M y whole life now is all about making

su re l'm at my absolute best for the

C ham pionships/ says Kendra

'W e 'll have home support behind ưs,

w hich ỉs so s p e c ia l/ she says 'And it's im po rta nt that the reputation o f netball in this country should beimproved i i s i i A home crowd w ill

íĩĩUịìUìd -have expectations and gỉve more support People w ill expect us to start the tournament with a good gam e.'

Their first game is against Barbados

a n d it comes im m ediately after the opening ceremony 'Ị tô i/AịlỉĩẤiiịi They havelots o f ability.'

The England team are currently ranked íourth in the world But, as Kendra points

Paper ỉ Reading

our, fhe W orld Championships w ill be

tougih "You have to push yourselí to play

e o d ì day, tfiere's no rest between games

cs ‘m a series A nd you can still win an

rểm notional series if you lose the first

game

In the fifteen years since she has been

píoying at top level, the sport has become

harổer, faster On court, players are more

aggressive 'You don't do a ll that training

r>ot to come out a w in n e r/ says Kendra

■ I ~ | W e're all íriendlier after the

ga me.

N etbaỉl is also taking a far more

scientiíỉc approach to íitness testing,

'It is essentíal that we all think and train like world<lass p la ye rs/ says Kendra

< na a g — I see my role as supporting and encouraging íhe rest of the team.''From the very begínrúng, my netball career ha$ alw ays been ca reíully

p la n n e d / she says 'Doubíless she w ill coach young píayers in fhe Kiture, but at the moment her eyes are firm ly set on her last big event As she leads out her team in the opening candlelight ceremony, she is more than likely to have a tear in her eye

A Bưt the cham pionships are different

because there's only one chance and

you have to be ready to make the

most of it

B In fact, some of them help me with

my speed and ball-skills training

c But once the final whistle b!ows, you

become a different person

D So I took the decision some time ago

that this compeíition w ould be the

end of it as fa r as p la yin g is

concerned

E l'm on a strict timetable to gain

maximum fitness for them

F As far as l'm aware, w e have always beaten them, but th e y ll be exciting to play

G As captain, I think it's important that

I have a strong meníal attitude and lead by example

H As a result of playing here, there w ill

be more pressure than w e 're used to

I l'm too involved in w hat l'm doing

- concentrating on my movements and my feet - to see anything else

Test I

You are going to read a magazine article about job interviews For questions 23-35, decide which of the people holđ these opinions Choose from the list of people {A-l) Some of the people may be chosen more than once When more than one ansvver is

required, these may be given in any order There is an example at the begìnning (0) Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet

Part 4

People

E Director of Personnel

Which person or peopìe hold(s) these opinions?

You should not taik too much

You should not appear too keen

Intervievvees should prepare what they want to say

The more important the job, the better you should dress

Intervievvers can tell how candidates feel

Punctuality is more important than appearance

Faulty communication can affect your chances of success

The way you dress reílects your attitude to a job

Character is not the interviewer’s main interest

People should be able to wear what they like

T H Á I Q U A N G T U A N P a p e r ! R e a d in g

sfw>w th a t people fo rm impressions a bo u t

J5 wrthir> th e firs t fe w m inutes o f m eeting They

oúserve h ow w e dress, oưr eye contact, our

our volum e and to n e o f voice as w e ll as our

hole in my jacket th a t m o rn in g ,' she recalls 'J

w o u ld have changed, but I knew it vvould make me

late, and I alvvays th in k it's im p o rta n t to be on

tm e ' Mary d id n 't get the jo b In fact, one o f her

friends w h o also teaches at th e school to id her the

doesn't take th e tim e to present her best image at

an interview , w h a t kind o f teacher is she going to

be?'

w h o look as if theỵ ca re a b o u t themselves are more

lìkely to care a b o u t th e ir jobs People th in k it's

w hat's inside th a t counts, b u t in an intervievv ỵou

should aim to come across in th e best possible

way.'

Yet m any peo p le ig n o re th e ìm portance o f

adm ínistrative assistant in a large accounting ỉirm

When the o ffice m anager retired, she applied fo r

th e position b u t wasnJt even given an intervievv

‘ He to ld me I d id n 't f i t th e image o f an office

manager He suggested I im prove my w ardrobe

b e ỉo re I appíied again fo r p ro m o tio n , I was

shouídn't make any dỉfference.'

M ovem ent and gestures w ill also influence an

in te rv ie w e r's firs t im pression o f a candidate

th a t 7% o f any message a b o u t oưr feelings and

a ttitu d e s comes fro m th e w ords we use, 3B% fro m

o u r voice and â surprising 55% fro m o u r

■faáal expressions W hen o ur facial expressions and

listener w ill p u t m ore w e íg h t on th e non-verbal message, So make sure yo ur w ords agree w íth your body íanguage M ixed messages w ill o nly coníuse

th e intervìewer.

It is also im p o rta n t n o t to appear to o desperate

p ro m o tio n her intervfew w e n t so w e ll she was oíte re d the jo b on th e spot 'I was d e lig h te d / she recalls 'B u t I reacted to th e o ffe r w ith to o much enthusiasm, Once the boss sensed h ow excited I was, he knew I w asn't going to tu rn him dow n Consequently, he offe re d me a lovver salary than

r d hoped for I'm sure I could have g o t m ore had I managed to control my excitem ent.'

Finally, a consideration o f w h a t w e say and h o w we say it w il| c o n trib u te t o th e success o f an

em ploym ent agency, suggests th a t it's a good iđea

to inform yourselí a bo u t th e company beíore you go fo r an interview 'The annual report, fo r example, w ill te ll you a b o u t areas o f company

in vo lve m e n t M e n tio n an area th a t interests you d uring th e interview This w ill give a positive note and convince others o f y o u r interest in

th e com pany/

in long, coníused sentences As she puts ít, 'Poor

co m m u n icato rs ta lk in paragraphs Successíul com m unicators ta lk in short sentences and even in

h ig h lig h te d points.’

Test ì

PAPER 2 VVRITING (1 hour 30 minutes)

Part 1

You m ust answer this question

1 You are staying in Britain and have recently been to a locaí art exhibition You

enjoyed the exhibition but you have some suggestions to make so that the next one

will be better organised

Read the advertisement for the exhibition and the noĩes you have made besiđe it

Then write a letter to the organiser, giving your opinion of thỉs year’s exhibition and

makirig ýour suggestions for next year

by ỉocal arti$t$

y ƠAÊS

Come and enỉoy this year's exhibìtĩon.

There are over 250fotxeỉlerư)\vorks of art, includmg pamtmgs, photographs, sculptures and pots - all done by local people.

Everything is for sale - at reasonable prices.

The exhibition is open at the^o w n Halĩ every day for a month from 10am-6pm.

C harge £3.00

8nỉlíơAf!

Toe rv\odv

Wríte a letter of between 120 and 180 words in an appropriate styíe on the opposite

page Do not vvrite any addresses

Te sĩ ỉ

Write an answer to one of the questions 2-5 in this part Write your answer in 120-180

words in an appropriate style on the next page Put the question number in the box

2 You work as a íocal tour guíde An international travel company has asked you lo

vvrite a report on a new hotel which has just opened in your town You shouíd

comment in the report on the hotel's tacilities and say vvhether you think the hotel

would be suitable for inlernational tourisls

Write your report.

3 You have been invited to write a short story for an international young people’s

magazine The story must begin with the words:

When they met for the ỉirst time, Paul knew immeơiately that they vvould be

good ừiends.

Write your story.

4 This is part of a leiter which you receiveđ from a pen triend:

Part 2

My neighỈPOurõ a re v iõ itín g y o u r c o u n tr y t h i5 y e a r f o r th ớ ir f i r s t ever

h o lid a y a b ro a ả a n d th e y w a n t t o know a b o ư t th e fo o d a n d drink

W h a t ty p ic a l dìehee would yơu re com m e nd ? W h a t d o people Uỗually

ha ve t o d rin k?

Write a letter, giving your pen íriend the relevant intormation Do not vvrite

any addresses

5 Ansvver one of the following two questions based on your reading of one of these set

books Write (a) or (b) as well as the number 5 in the queslion box, and the title of

the book next to the box

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

Crime Never Pays - Oxíord Bookvvorms Collection

Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier

The Oid Man and the Sea - Errtest Hemingvvay

Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edgar AI lan Poe

Either (a) Which character in the book or in one of the short stories do you most

dislike? Write a composition, giving the reasons for your choice.

Or (b) TALKÌNG BOOKS - recordings of well-known books on cassettes - are

becomíng very popular You have been asked to write an article for an

English magazine, saying how well the book or one of the short stories you have read would work on cassette, and what some of the problems might be

Te s ỉ I

PAPER 3 USE 0 F ENGLISH {1 h o u r 15 m i n u t e s ) T H Á I Q U A N G T U Â N

Part 1

For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, c or D) best fits

each space There is an exampỉe at the beginning (0)

Mark your ansvvers on the separate ansvver sheet.

Example:

T R A F F IC IN O U R C IT IE S

The volume of tra#fic in many oities in the vvorld today continues to expand This

(0) many problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy delays, and the greater

risk (1) accidents Clearly, something must be done, but it is often difficult lo

(2) people to change their habits arìđ leave their cars at home

One possible (3) is to make it more expensive for people to use their cars by

(4) charges for parking and (5) tougher fines for anyone who (6) the

!aw In addition, drivers could be required to pay for using particular routes at different

times of the day This System, (7) as ‘road pricing’, is already being introduced in a

(8) of cities, usỉng a special electronic card (9) lo the windscreen of the car

Another way of (10) with the problem is to provide cheap parking on the

0 1 ) °f City, and strictly control the number of vehicles allowed into the centre

Drivers and their passengers then use a special bus Service for the (12) stage of

their journey

course, the most important (13) is to provide goođ public transport However

to get people to (14) the comíort of theír cars, public transport must be felt to be

reliable, convenient and comíortable, with fares (15) at an acceptable level

Paper 3 ưse ọ f English

4 A enlarging B increasing c growing D developing

5 A carrying down B putting off c bringing in D taking away

14 A pass on B throvv away c give up D íeave out

Test ì

For questions 16-30, read the text below and ttiink of the word which best fits each space Use only one word in each space There is an example at the beginning (0) Write your answers on the separate ansvver sheet.

Part 2

Example:

UNIDENTIRED FLYÍNG OBJECTS

Frankiin Roberts wa$ a commercial airline pilot with (0) ữìữCộ than 21,000 hours of

ílying ti me behind him However, in (16) of his great experience, he couỉd notexplain something (17) happened to him in the summer of 1981 As he wasf!yịng over Lake Michigan, an object appeared in the sky which took him completely(18) surprise Whatever it was, it raced through the sky ahead <19) .hỉs plane and then turnôđ acrỡss his path, belore linaily disappearing (20) .the distance

(21) is the kind of incident that tascinates Richard Haines, a psychologist(22) vverks al a research institute in Calitornia, and investigates reports

like these (23) a hobby Over the last tweíve years, he (24) collectedthousands o1 reports on UFOs seen by plane crews He has concentrated {25) .the stories told to him by pilots, (26) he beiieves they are more likely to beaccuraíe Pilots are trained in observatíon and make reỉiable witnesses They wouldgeneraíly know what they were looking at (27) ít were something tamiliar.Critics of Hair\es’s work say that there is, in faet, (28) special about pilots.They claim that pilots are as capable of making mistakes as (29) else

Hovvever, none of this has stopped Haínes, who continues to investigate UFO reports (30) enthusiasm

16

Paper 3 Use o /E n g lish

For questions 31-40, complete the second sentence so Ihat it has a simiíar meaning to

the first sentence, using the vvord given Do not change the word given You must use

between two and fjve words, including the word given.

Here is an example (0)

Exampie:

0 You must do exactly what the manager teíls you

carry

You must instructions exactly

The gap can be tilled by the words ‘carry out the manager’s‘ so you write:

Part3

Write only the missing words on Ihe separate answer sheet.

31 'lf I were you Jane, l’d take an umbrella and a raincoat!’ saìd Annabel

advised

Annabel an umbrella and a raincoat

32 Nobody apart from my mother thought I would win the race

person

33 Thomas would have gone to the meeting if he had not been so tired

tired

Thomas was to the meeting

34 The svvitchboard operator connected me to the manager

put

The svvitchboard operator the manager

35 There are very few buildings in the otd City higher than this

one

36 lf we’d arrived a moment later we would have missed the ferry

in

37 Andrevv set otf for Ihe supermarket despite the heavy rain

though

Andrew set off for the supermarket, even

38 He decided that it wasn’t worth continuing the course

point

He decided that continuing the course

39 The cinema was practically empty

hardly

There the cinema

40 We couldn’t solve the problem

solutíon

Paper 3 Use ọ f Englỉsh

Por questions 41-55, read the text below and look caretully at each line Some of the

ines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there.

f a frie is correct, put a tick (✓) by the number on the separate answer sheet If a line

nas a word which should not be there, write the word on the separate ansvver sheet.

There are two examples at the beginníng {0 and 00)

Examptes:

Part 4

LETTER OF APPLICATION

0 As you will see írom my curriculum vitae, I have

00 attended to university, where I studied English and

41 Law After íinishing my course, I took out a job in a

42 travel ạgency in Paris and now I organise few lours

43 for people who wanting to go to Australia and the United

♦4 States Although I enjoy this very much, I feel I need to get

45 more experience and it would seems to me that vvorking as

46 a specialised tour guide in England vvould help me for do

47 that I would rather work in an English-speaking

48 coưntry, as I need to practise my English I spenl one

49 year at London University, which it was most useíul 1

50 did much conversation classes and at first ỉ thought that

51 I would find them diffícult However, they turneđ oưt

52 to be very enịoyable I will have no any difficulty in

53 coming to England for an intervievv if you will let me know

54 in plenty of the time I enclose details of my present

55 employer who will be too píeased to send you a reterence

For questions 56-65, read the text belovv Use the word given in capitals at the enđ of each line to form a word thai fits in the space in the same line There is an example at

the beginning (0) Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Example:

BOOKS

Nearly aíl the (0) diĩ.GỌỵeriẹ.ệ that have been made through the ages

can be íound in books The (56) of the book is one of humankind’s

greatest (57) , the ỉmportance of which cannot be overestimated

BooKs are very adaptable, providing us with both (58) and iníormation

The (59) of books began in Ancient Egypt, Ihough not in a form that

is (60) to us today The books read by the Romans, however, have

some (61) to the ones we read now Until the middỉe of the 15th

century, in Europe, all books were (62) by hand They were oíten

beautitulty ilỉustrated and always rare and (63) With printing came

the (64) of cheap, large-scale publication and distribution of books,

making (65) more widespread and accessible

DISCOVER INVENT ACHIEVE ENTERTAIN PRODUCE RECOGNISE SIMILAR WRITE EXPENSE POSSIBLE KNOW

1 You hear a vvoman talking to a rai!way official.

What is the situation?

A She reíuses to pay extra

B She hasn’t got a tickeí

c She war»ts to leave her luggage,

2 You hear someone being ir>tervíeweđ on the radio

Who is the speaker?

A a tourisl guide

B a íeacher

• c a writerTv

3 Listen to this woman talking on the telephone to a shop assistant

about something she has bought

What teeling does she express?

A amusement

• B disbeliet

c shock

4 Lỉsten to this student talking to her friend.

What does she want him to do?

• A hand in her homework

B do her homevvork

c collect her homework

ỉệmế

5 Listen to this man reporting on the radio about a tootbali match

VVhat was the result of the match?

A Liverpool won

B Newcaslle won

c It was a đraw

6 You overhear two people talking about a fiỉm

Whai does the woman think aboui it?

A It is realistic

B it is inaccurate

c It has some exciting parts

7 In a hoteí, you overhear a vvoman talking to a group of people

Who are they?

A tourists

B staff members

c journalists

8 Listen to this woman inviting a íriend to go on holiday

Where are they going to stay?

Paper 4 Listening

You will hear part of a radio programme about a competition students can enter in order

to win a visit to the European Space Agency For questions 9-18, fill in the answers

Part 2

When does the competition take place?

How many vvinners wíll there be?

What is ihe environment in the plane compared to?

How long wiỉl the passengers feel weightless?

Who chooses the winners of the competition?

How many previolis competitions have there been?

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What happened to the pizza slices after they

What nationality were the students who did

the candle experiment?

What shape was the flame of the canđle?

ầĩnúĩĩầ Yí-íÚảĂĨÌY.Ĩ.

Tesí ỉ

You will hear li ve different people talking about their work, which is in some way

connected with crime For questions 19-23, choose from the list A-F who each speaker

is Use the letters only once There is one extra letter which you do not need to use

Paper 4 Listening

You wiil hear part of a radio programme about an organisation called BUNAC, vvhich

helps British students find temporary work in the USA, Canada and Australia For

questions 24-30, decide which of the statements are TRUE and which are FALSE Write

T for TRUE or F for FALSE in the box provided

24 It is easier to find work abroad with voiuntary organisations

25 Only university stuđents can apply to work in a summer camp

26 You can oniy get a free flight if you work with children

27 You can work in Canađa for longer than in the USA

28 Kathryn worked in an office in Australia for a year betore travelling around

Ịh-29 Kathryn’s experience has made her teel more sure of herselí

30 BUNAC wiỉl provide heỉp if you get into đitíiculties

Part4

Test I

PAPER 5 SPEAKING (14 m i n u t e s ) T H Á I Q U A N G T U Â N

You take the Speaking test with another candidate, reterred to here as your partner.There are two examiners One will speak to you and your partner and the other WÍIJ be listening Both examiners will award marks

Part 1 (3 minutes)

The examiner asks you and your partner questíons about yourseíves You may be asked about things like ‘your home town’, ‘your interests', ‘your career plans’ etc

Part 2 (4 minutes)

The examiner gives you two photographs and asks you to talk about them for one

minutG The examinef then asks your partner a question about your photographs and your partner responds brietly

Then the examiner gives your partner two different photographs Your partner talks

about these photographs for one minute, This tíme the examiner asks you a questỉon about your partner’5 pholographs and you respond brieíly

The examỉner joins in the conversation You all talk together in a more general way

about what has been said in Part 3 The examiner asks you questíons but you and your partner are also expected to dsvelop the conversation

Text 2

PAPER 1 READING (1 h o u r 15 m i n u t e s ) T H Á I Q U A N G T U Â N

Part 1You are going to read a nevvspaper article about people who go to vvatch TV

programmes being made Choose from the list A-l the sentence which best summarises

each part {1-7) of the article There is one extra sentence vvhich you do not need to use

There is an example at the begrnnìng (0)

Mark your ansvvers on the separate answer sheet.

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Studio audiences consist of all kinds of people

For some people, being in a studio audience is preferable io watching television at home

Common ideas about what happens when you are in a studio aiidience are not a!ways correct

Studio audiences play an important part in the making of television programmes

Members of studio audiences are sometimes not regarded with respect

Despite the disadvantages, it is enjoyabỉe ío

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to ntany o f us they remaín a mystery Watchmg

we sỉt back and ask ourselves - just w ho are

diese people?

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studio variety is widely considered to be the

k>west of the low I have heard it said that even

people w ho vvork in television tre a t studỉo

auđiences w ith scorn - or, as one cameraman put

Ft,‘like cattle’.

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I had assumed that studỉo audiences w ere made

up o f silly people desperate fo r tw o seconds of

fame But there*s no such thing as a typical studio

audience.They come from all classes, proíessions

and ỉncome groups Televisỉon tries to attract

different types of people fo r different types of

programme.

Those o f us w ho prefer to watch televỉsion from

home carVt see why anyone vvould vvant to watch

television írom a studio W hy would anyone

bother to apply fo r tickets, travel long distances,

and suffer hours of boredom in the díscom íort of

a studio just to watch what they can see at home?

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One the o ry is that people hope tha t fo r a second

they míght appear on teỉevisỉon I didrTt believe

this until í spoke toA ngela.W hy had she c o m e rit was a chance to appear on televisỉon.’ A no th er the o ry ỉs that people are curious to take a ỉook behind the scenes B ut the m ost com m on explanation I heard was simply a ca se o f ‘a íriend gave me a tic k e t\

Few of us have ever sat in a studio audience, yet

we think we can ỉmagine what ít is like You sít there, squashed among strangers, while someone flashes Cârds w ith APPLAUD o r LAUGH on them

- and you clap o r laugh accordỉngly This may reflect the reality o f some televisỉon, but not ail by any means As one studio manager puts ĩt, 'W e always assume a show w ill be good enough n o t to need these sígns.’

But is there any real difference betweerì what you experience in a studỉo and w hat you see on your teíevision at home? For Claire, sitting in a studio

is ‘m ore exciting’, whỉỉe C haríotte lỉked the íeeling o f ỉnvolvement w ỉth live television ‘Last year I saw my íavourite comedian W hen you see him on televỉsion at home you miss o u t on a Jot’

m

W h a t I mỉssed o u t on was the sight of Irve actors

- from where J was sỉtting aỉl I could see was the back o f somebody^ head The opening scenes

w ere shot so far from where 1 sat that í ended up vvatching the show on a studio m onitor Going

to a studio may be a te rrib le way to watch televísion, but thafs not what's im portant, For

m ost o f the audience it was simply fun and a free night o f entertainment.

are going to read an extract from a book For questions 8-14, choose the answer

B, c or D) which you think fits best according to the text

your answers on the separate answer sheet.

■■'MÊễ ỊiịịụỆẾỉ

T w a s d i r t y , s m c lly , h u n g r> - a n d s o iì i e w h e r c h e n e a lh a l l th a t, s u n t a u n e d Jt w a s t h e e n đ

í In t.e r - R a il lio lid a y M y h o < ìy c o u l d n ’ t t a k c a n y m o r e p u n is lư r ie n t M y m i n d c o u l d i / t d e a l w i t Ị i : ' ẩ ^ |

m o r e f o r e i g j i tim e i.â b le s , c u r r e u c ie s o r la iìg u a g e s

w a s f o r r a o s t o t h e r ln te r - R a ile r s , a.n d i n o r g a n i s i n g o u r o w i i t i m c u b l e \ v e l e í i o u t e v& yĩịịịg p ắ ỉ

e x c c p t t h e m o s c i n i i T i c d ia t e l y a v a ila b le s ig h ts T h is w a s the c h a n c e t o e s c a p e i h c g u id e d to ự g ỉiỉỊ!

o p p o r r u n i t y t o d o s o m c i h i i ì g c liữ è r c n t I t o o k g r e a t p r i d e i i ì t h e fa c t Chat, i n i n a i ì ỵ p la c e s , a il l ờtHỊỊệté*

b e b o t h e r c d t o s e e w a s t h e v i c w f r o m t h e s ta c io n W e w c r e ị u s t t h e r e t o g e t b y , a n d t o ìia v e a g o o d ề * * ( l o i i i g so I n t h i s w e w e r c n o d i í ĩ e r e m f r o m m o s t o f t h e o t h e r I n t e r - R a ik r s \ v i t h w h o m w e sh \ , w

c he was tired trom the journey.

D he had iost money

9 What does the writer mean by ‘this way of looking ai life’ in line 10?

A worrying about your clothes

B throwing unwanted things away

c behaving in an anti-social way

D looking after your possessions

10 Why did the vvriter originally buy an Inter-Rail ticket?

A to go on a tour of Europe

B to meet other young people

c to see a lot of íamous places

D to get lo one place cheaply

11 What the vvriter liked about travelling without his parents was that

A he could see more interesting places.

B he could spend more time sighiseeing

c he couíd stay away írom home longer

D he couldrmake his own decisions

12 On his first trip, Ihe writer íound that the other young Inter-Railers were

A unselíish.

B irresponsible

c badiy organised

D concerned about money

13 What does ‘it’ in li ne 29 refer to?

A a name

B Ihe City

c the train

D the station

14 According to the writer, other people‘s holiday photos can be boring if

A they are badly taken.

B they are similar to your own

c you haven’t visited the same place

D you could ha ve done better yourself

Paper ì Reading

Test 2

P art 3

You are going to read a magazine article about letter writing Eight sentences have been

removed from the article Choose from the sentences A-l the one which fits each gap

(15-21) There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use There is an example

at the beginning (0)

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Drop me a

In our fast w orld of phones, fax machines

and com puters, the old-fashioned art

o f letter w riting is at risk of disappearing

excitement of its arrival, the pleasure of

seeing w ho it is from and, tinally, the

enjoyment of the contents

Letter w riting has been part of m y life for

as long as i can remember Ít probably

began w ith the little notes I w ould vvrite

to my mother My mother, also, always

insisted ! vvrite my ow n thank-you

letters fo r Christmas and birthday presents

When I left home at 18 to train as a

doctor in London, I w ould w rite once a

vveek, and so w o u ld my mother

Occasionally my father w ould w rite and it

was always a joy to receive his long,

at some tim e and I was only able to stay

in touch by correspondence

fou nd that I could often express mysett

m ore easily in vvriting than by talking

I love the letters th a t come w ithbirthday or Christmas cards I

And it's better stiil when it's an airmail envelope w ith beautiful stam ps My overseas letters arrive from Mangala in Sri Lanka, from someone I trained w ith over 20 years ago, and ! have a peníriend in Australia and another in Vancouver

Then there's the lady who w rites to me

from France If we hadn't started talking in

a restaurant on the w ay home from

' holiday, if my husband hadn't taken her

photo and if I hadn't asked her fo r her

address, I w ou ld never have been able to

w rite to her As ỉt isr we now

have a regular correspondence I can

ĩm prove m y French (she speaks no

English); we have stayeđ at her home twice

and she has stayed w ith us

M y biggest letter-vvriting success,

however, came this summer, when my

fam ily and I stayed w ith my American

penfriend in Texas E v e ry o n e

was amazed that a correspondence could last so long The ỉocal press even considered the correspondence vvorth reporting on the írorìt page

I am pleased th a t m y children are carrying on the tradition Like m y m other beíore me, I insỉst they w rite the ir own thank-you letters My daughter vvrites me little letters, just as I did to my mother

'WÊẾ I strongly urge readers not to

a llow letter w ritin g to become another 'lo st art'

A Most of the letters from home contained just everyday

events concerning my parents and the ir triends

B We had been corresponding fo r 29 years but had never met

c It didn't matter how short or untidy they were as long as theywere letters

D Notes are appreciated, but how much better to ha ve a year'ssupply of news!

E Poor handvvriting can spoil you r enjoym ent of a letter

F But instead of harming the relationships, letter w ritingseemed to improve them

G She and my son have penírienđs ữf the ir own in Texas,organised by my peníriend

H More im portant, if she hadn’t replỉed, we w ould be thepoorer fo r it

I Yet, to me, there is som ething about receiving a letter thatcannot be matched by any other form of com munication

Test 2

Part 4

You are going to read some information about tive women who have started businesses

from their homes in the countryside For questions 22-35, choose from the women

(A-E) The women may be chosen more than once When more than one answer is

required, these may be given in any order There is an example at the beginning (0)

Mark your answers on the separate answer

sheet-Which woman or women

has international contacts?

don’t employ anyone?

were initiallỵ short of money?

needs to be avaílable outside office hours?

has tound a separate vvorkpiace?

has suffered setbacks in her business?

have changeđ their roies in their companies?

charge less to be able to compete more easily?

depends oniy on personal recommendation?

has had to make an unpleasant decision?

produces work mostly for local people?

D ễiẰÍỂÊ

Paper ỉ Reading

Running a business in the countryside

F iv e women ta lk a b o u t th e ir experiences s e tỉin g up a business in the co u n trysỉd e

0 'My customers are friends/ says C H R ISTIN E

HOGAN, who runs a computer-aided design

busíness with a tumovcr of over £200,000 a year

and four full-time employees 'M y husband and I

moved out of London to the country when our

children were small? and I wanted work I could do

at home I had worked with computers beíore ĩ

was married, so my husbanđ suggested I set up a

computer-aided design busíness It needed a huge

amount of money and things were dilĩicult in the

beginning But I havc been very carefuJ, making

sure that 1 told the bank manager if I was likely to

overspend Being in Ihc house is a big saving, and

1 can carry on working in the evening if I want, It

has remained a small business We hardly ever

deliver work - peoplc írom the area tend lo collect

it from us.’

0 1 enjoy being m đcpendent/ says M AGGY

SASANOW, wlĩỏ works from home as a desỉgĩicr

of greetings cards ‘I lĩained in art at universily,

and wanted to work in a rnuseum* But when T

married, we went co live in the countryside, vvherc

there wasn’t that sort of work So I decided to set

up my own business and ĩ produce a range of 50

greeúngs cards which I scll to museums I work in

a bíg room upstairs The disadvantage o f workiĩig

from home is that therc is always somethins that

needs đoing “ ìike mowing the lawn My business

comes completely by word of mouth - I don’t

advertíse at all Pcopie send work đown from

London as I am eheaper than olhcr artists

Working alone, I don'i get to exchange idcas with

other people any more but generalỉy there are

more advantagcs than dísadvantages.’

Q i t has been hard aL tim es/ says D ELIA

TURNER, whose curlain-making busìness has

seen good times and bad 'ĩ started my business

eight years ago Then this type of busìncss was

expanding, and in two years my tumover went

from £24,000 to £80,000, I used lo manage

SL\ íulMime curtain-makers But I had to sack

them bccause of the decline in thc economy, which was painful because ÌL is not easy to find other jobs in this area I am right back almost to where ỉ started, making the curtains at home myself, wìth my husband’s help, and using women who work from their homes T have Lo be prepared

lo cut my prices when it’s necessary and to look at dìffcrent opportunities.’

publishing business from her íarmhouse ‘I movcd

to the countrysíđe three years ago for two reasons The iư st was fínancial, because London was so expensive, and the second was because I love the country I enjoy bcing able to work when I want

to Eighty per cent of my income comes from deals wiih Australia, the Far East and North America, so T have to take calls at odđ hours The

the offícc door ĩ publish children’s books frt>m cultures around the world, working with authữTS and artists All my proíessional experience had been in London, so 1 used to feel very alone at

rirsL1

H M E G R1VERS runs a cakes-by-post business and a shop wilh a tumover of £250,000 a ỵear and

years ago at hi)me I am very interested in hcalth,

so I startcd making fruit cakes, usíng good quality flour and cggs Then 1 started getting rcqucsts from friends and relativesT and soon I was sending cakes all ovcr the country, Seven years ago T rented a small building and everything is made there - we have a baker and assìslant, and a proĩessional cake-icer I don’t cook at aJJ now, as I run the commercial side My grealest problem has bccn the financial sỉde of the busincss, whjch has been diíficult simply becausc wc dicln1t have an enormous amount of money to sct up w ith/

© Woman ẵ Honte/IPC Syndication

Test 2

PAPER 2 WRITING (1 hour 30 minutes) T H Á I Q U A N G T U A N

Part 1

Yỡu must answer this questìon.

1 You went on a three-day ABC Citybreaks holiday to Bramville Uníortunaleiy you

were very disappointed in the holìday and did not enjoy Ĩ1

Read the ABC Ciĩybreaks advertìsemenl and Ihe notes you made below about the

holiday Then, using the intormation, wri1e a letter to ABC Citybreaks, complaining

about ihe holiday and asking for some money back

A B C C IT Y B R E A K S T O B R V V IV ĨL L E

B ra m v ille has sõ m u c h t o o ffe r : th e la s c in a tin g

C a th e d ra l, t h e C astle, m u se um s a n d a r t g a lle rie s ,

I mueeums & a r t gaịỉeriee were oniy

open on one day

Write a letter of beiween 120 and 180 words in an appropriate style on the opposite

page Do not write any addresses

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Test 2

Part 2

Write an ansvver 10one of the questions 2-5 in this part Write your answer in 120-180

vvords in an appropriate styie on the opposite page Put the question number in the box

2 You have seen this in

an intemational magazine

‘\a/ w n / \ _■ r-'

friendship The winning article will be published

in our international magazinc and thc winner will receivc a prize o f £1000

Now write your article lor the magazine

3 You have had a class discussion aboul the following statement:

lf you don’t make music yourseiỉ, you can’t enịoy oịher people’s music.

Your teacher has now asked you to write a composition, giving your own views on the statemenl

Write your composition.

4 This is part of a letter you

receive from a ppn

triend-Write a letter, giving advice to your pen íriend Do not write any addresses

5 Answer one oi the followíng two questions based on your reading of one of these set books Write (a) or (b) as well as the number 5 in the question box, and the title of the book next to the box

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

Crìme Never Pays - Oxíord Bookvvorms Collection

Rebecca - Daphne du Maurier

The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway

Tales of Mystery anơ Imaginaỉion - Edgar Allan Poe

Either (a) lf you could make a film of the book or of one of the short stories you

have read, which events would you concentrate on? Wríte a composi- tion, describing these events brietly and explaíning their

importance to the film

Or (b) ln most stories, there is at least one place which readers remember well

From the book oe short story you have read, choose one place which

PAPER 3 USE OF ENGLISH (1 h o u r 15 m i n u t e s ) T H Á I Q U A N G T U Â N

Part 1

For questions 1-15, read the text below and dedde which answer (A, B, c or D) best fits

each space There is an example at the beginning (0).

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

AUDIOBOOKS - BOOKS ON CASSETTE

tn the modern world, there is a wealth o1 leisure activities to choose (0) .

Entertainment Industries (1) for your ỉeisure time You can watch TV, listen to

music, go to an art gallery or concert or, of course, read a boũk Sometimes it seems

that reading is (2) because, (3) you’re a íast reader, it can take a (4)

amount of time to íinish a noveì, 1or example But in the (5) world, time is

something that can be in short supply

Book pubiishers haverVt been (6) to realise thìs and are now selling a product

which needrVt (7) as much oi your time but still tells you an excellent story The

new product is the audiobook - casselte recordings of shortened novels, often read by

well-known personalities or the authors themselves Audiobooks are (8) new but

people are becoming more aware of them and sales are increasing (9)

One of the attractions of audiobooks is that theyYe (10) listening to the radio, only

better You can listen to what you want when you want, and you won!t ever (11)

anything Much of theìr appeal (12) in their tlexibility They (13) you to do

other things whíle you're listening, such as driving or (14) the housevvork For some

people audiobooks can be a much more enjoyable way of (15) knovvledge than

reading

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Paper 3 Use o f English

9 A ever since then B all the ti me c up until now D from then on

Test 2

Part 2

For questions 16-30, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space Use only one word in each space There is an example at the beginning (0) VVrite your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Example:

THE INFERNO SKI RACE

The ỉnferno is the oldest and (0) TIQệp celebrated of all amateur ski races.

(16) is held every year, on a Saturday in the middle of January, above

(17) remote village of Mũrren in Switzerlarìd- Anyone can take part, as

(18) as they belong to a ski racing C lu b and pay the race fee

The Interno (19) strangely enough, a Britiâh ínvention The story begins with aíormer tennis racquet salesmars called Henry Lunn, who came up (20) the idea

of the package hoiiday in the early 1900s and began taking groups of British people tothe Alps ior winter sports Henry’s son, Arnold, grew very fond (21) Miirrenand he tounded a skì C lu b there in 1924, vvhich he called the Kandahar Four years

(22) seventeen of the club:s members took part (23) the tirst Iníernorace, from the top of the 2,970 metre Schilthorn mountain to Mùrren below

In those early days, they (24) to climb for six hours from the railway terminus

in Mũrren (25) the start of the race Today, racers can use a cable car

which (26) about tvventy minutes In the first race, the winning time for theíourteen-kilometre race was one hour, twelve minules (27) days it tends to bealmost exactly an hour less Although the skiers are very {28) íaster now,

some things haven't changed The course, (29) is steep and has Sharp bends,remains (30) of the most demanding and frightening in the vvorld

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Paper 3 Use o f E nglùh

Part 3

For questions 31-40, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaníng to

2he first sentence, using the word given Do not change the word given You must use

detween two and IIve words, including the word given.

Here is an example {0)

Exampie:

0 You must do exactly what the manager tells you

carry

The gap can be tílled by the words ‘carry out the manager's’ so you write:

Write only the missing words on the separate answer sheet.

31 I can’t belỉeve this is the best room there is!r ■

better

There must this one!

32 The notice says you have to sign the torms twice

must

The notice says the íorms twice

33 l’m sorry but I cannot lend you any money

me

l’m sorty but it to lend you any nrioney

34 The joưrney will be about nine hours, whichever route you lake