Cambridge first certificate in english 6

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Introduction 3

FCE content and marking 7

Grading and results 27

Paper 5 fram ew orks

Visual materials for Paper 5 95-106

Sample answ er sheets 156

PAPER 1 READING (1 hour 15 minutes)

P a r t 1

You are going to read an article a b o ut fashion shows C hoose the m ost suitable heading

from th e list A -l fo r each part (1-7) o f the article There is one e xtra heading w hich you do

n ot need to use There is an exam ple a t the beginning (0).

M ark y o u r answ ers on the s e parate answ er sheet.

B Keeping th in g s under control

C M aking th e clothes

0 W h o ’s going to wear the clothes?

E D isa ppointm ents to overcom e

F Everything de p en d s on the show

G M aking it all look attractive

H It’s w orth all the stress

I No tim e o ff fo r designers

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P utting on a fashion show is n o t as

glam o ro us as it looks - Sharon Stansfield

finds o u t w h a t th e stress is a ll a b o u t.

T he shows - Milan, London and P aris - are over for

a n o th e r season Fashion jo u rn a lis ts can pu t down

th e ir notebooks w ith a sigh of relief, and buyers can

r e tu rn to th e ir offices For the designers, th e re is

h ard ly tim e to congratulate them selves o r lick th e ir

w ounds before the whole b u siness sta rts all over

again In ju st four m onths they m u st have th e ir next

collection of clothes ready for the M arch shows

O ver th e next few m onths, designers and th e ir

c reativ e team s will w ork to g eth er to cre a te a

spectacle th a t will hopefully fire the im agination of

the fashion jo u rn a lists and w ake up the buyers If

the show ’s a failu re and no-one w ants to buy, the

d esig n er could be out of work T h ere’s m ore th a n

m odels’ bad moods to w orry about - show -tim e is

nerve-racking for everyone involved, from th e

designers to the w ardrobe people

Once th e designs are on paper and the designer has chosen th e fabrics he o r she w ants to w ork w ith, th e sam ple collection for the show s can be produced

T h is is ca rrie d out by th e design team u nder the

d esig n er’s supervision Firstly, the cu tte r m akes an

in itia l p a tte rn of the garm ent from the d esig n er’s sketch T hen a model is made, w hich is then altered

by th e designer u n til it is exactly how they w ant it Finally, the perfected p a ttern s are passed over to a

m achinist

W hile th e garm ents are being made, th e designer

s ta rts to w ork w ith a stylist Together they decide on how th e collection is going to be presented at the shows T his involves deciding w hat hats, bags, belts, etc should be used, and th e h irin g of th e creative team - choreographer, producer, h a ir stylist and

m ake-up a rtist The m ore m oney a designer has available, the m ore experts he o r she can employ to create a successful show

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D esigner Paul F rith describes th e n ig h tm are of

w orking on a show ‘It can be p u re m adness

backstage T h at’s th e only tim e I ever w onder why

I’m doing it It ju s t becomes chaos T h e re ’s ju s t so

m uch to th in k about I spend th e whole tim e in a

sta te of high anxiety But w hen it’s finished, I ju st

c a n ’t w ait for th e next one The shows are th e reason

I do w hat I do and I get a real th rill out of them ’

A bout a m onth before th e show is due to take place,

th e sty list will begin to v isit m odelling agencies

G etting m odels w ith the rig h t look is extrem ely difficult if the budget is tight Fashion show s have a rep u ta tio n for being badly paid, and often models chosen for a show will drop out a t the last m om ent if they get a better paid job, like an advert However, a show th a t gets a lot of p ress coverage can m ake a new m odel’s name

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P au l F rith ’s last collection w as well received But

after tak in g a sh o rt break, it was not long before he

began to th in k about his next collection D esigners

w ork a year ahead, so right now they’ll be w orking

on collections th a t w ill be in the shops th is tim e next

year However, in sp iratio n is no t a th in g th a t can be

tu rn e d on and off w henever you like, and though

d esig n ers w ork to tig h t schedules, Paul F rith

explains how creativity can ’t be tim etabled to suit

‘AH of a sudden I get th is feeling in my head, then I

sit dow n and sketch and it ju st p ours out of m e.’

W hen things a re n ’t certain even up to the last

m inute, it’s no w onder th ere’s an atm osphere of panic backstage While the designer m ay be

w ondering why he o r she d id n ’t take up painting instead of fashion, it is up to the stylist to rem ain calm an d in command As head of the creative team , th e stylist m ust m ake su re th a t everyone know s exactly w hat they’re doing T here is only one ru n -th ro u g h before the real thing and th is is

w hen th e stylist has to get everyone organised

W hether the show is a triu m p h o r a d isa ster depends on that

You are goin g to read an article by a jo u rn a list w ho to o k a residential cou rse fo r w riters For Q uestions 8 -1 4 , ch oose the answ er (A, B, C or D) w h ich you th in k fits b est according

to the text

M ark yo u r answ ers on th e separate a n s w e r sheet.

Part 2

ON M onday, 14th November, it rained all

day ‘Is this a bad sign?’ I wondered as I

asked a local person for directions to the venue

for my course As I was late, I was glad his

instructions were b rief and clear, but I thought

he had a strange expression on his face

‘D anger o f flooding C heck your brakes,’ read

the next sign T h e sign after that read ‘Arvon

Foundation’, where my course was It also said

‘Drive carefully.’ I edged towards m y

destination It was too late to turn back

W hen I ’d m entioned that I was going on a

writing course my friends’ reactions h a d varied

from ‘Are you running it?’ to ‘You m ust be

m ad ’ T h e latter was right, I thought, as I

walked into a 16th century farm house just

before dinner I was shown to a small room

with three beds and a wash basin T h e only

bathroom was through another bedroom For a

journalist with wide experience o f 5-star hotels,

this was a shock

I took my place at the dinner table and

looked at m y com panions for the next five days;

sixteen would-be fiction writers, aged 26-74

We had two teachers: D eborah, au th o r o f ten

novels, and Stephen, whose latest work I had

been unable to find in one o f the biggest

bookshops in London ‘Hi, I’m S tephen,’ he

said amiably, sitting down next to me W ithout

thinking, I confessed to my failure in the

bookshop, which added to the strain o f the

occasion for us both

After dinner, our course in fiction writing

began ‘W hat do you w ant to get out o f your

course here?’ Stephen enquired, and we each

explained our plans M ine had been a novel

W hen I ’d booked the course, I’d left lots o f free

time to plot it out, identify the characters and

write at least one chapter But all this time was

swallowed up by less dem anding activities, like

going to parties ‘Er, a short story ’ I heard

myself saying weakly, but a t least it sounded like som ething I could achieve

It seemed less so the next day, when I was faced with the blank screen on the word processor I h ad brought with me T h ere was nothing between m e and my fiction but w riter’s block But professional journalists like me don’t get w riter’s block, do they? Wrong Fortunately, no-one else could get started either

Towards the end o f the m orning, I rem em bered that I h ad an ancient piece o f fiction in my m achine T his was a desperate idea but I had to have som ething to show the teachers before the afternoon’s individual tutorials Perhaps it could be turned into a short story It didn’t take m ore than a quick glance at

it to convince me that it could

T h en it was tutorial time We were due for our 20-m inute individual session and nerves were frayed by the threat o f cruel assessment

We had h eard o f idle tutors who refused to read the students’ work at all and o f frank ones who dared to tell the tru th a bout it, but we were

m uch luckier D eborah and Stephen were thorough in their preparation Stephen provided detailed analysis from handw ritten notes; D eborah supplied brilliant solutions to tricky problems; both were heartw arm ingly encouraging to everyone

By T hursday evening, the brave were reading their own stories, which provided fascinating insights into their lives a n d personalities Predictably, standards varied from the truly talented to the deeply ungifted, but all were clapped and praised, as they deserved to be

M ost o f the stories were autobiographical — so how come m ine, which I was too cowardly to read - was about a world I know nothing about?

A nd how com e I got the distinct impression that

D eborah a n d Stephen thought I’d b etter stick to journalism ?

9 W hen the w rite r arrived fo r the course, she

A fe lt th a t som e o f her frie n d s’ reactions had been right.

B w as d isa p p ointe d th a t the building w as such an old one.

C co n sid e re d com plaining about th e lack of facilities

D su sp e cte d th a t it w as likely to be ba d ly run.

10 In line 30 ‘m y fa ilu re ’ refers to the fa ct th a t the w rite r

A d id n ’t rem em ber Stephen from th e bo o ksho p

B h a d n ’t fo u nd Stephen’s new book.

C d id n ’t realise Stephen w orked w ith Deborah

D c o u ld n 't start a conversation w ith Stephen.

11 B efore she w e n t on the course, the w rite r had

A m anaged to w rite a short story to take w ith her.

B d e cid e d th a t w ritin g a novel w as going to take to o long

C not had as m uch free tim e as sh e ’d expected

D n o t succeeded in putting her plans in to action.

12 W h a t happened w hen she sat do w n to w rite on the firs t m orning?

A She d iscovered th a t she co u ld have the sam e p roblem s as any other writer

B She realised th a t som ething she had w ritte n in the past was excellent.

C She overcam e a problem w ith th e m achine she had taken w ith her

D She de cid e d th a t her first idea fo r a story w as unlikely to w ork.

13 W hat does th e w rite r say a b o ut the firs t tutorial?

A T he teachers d id n ’t tell them w h a t they really th o u g h t o f th e ir work.

B It w as b e tte r than those given on som e o th e r courses fo r writers

C She was m ore nervous ab o ut it th a n so m e o f the o th e r writers

D She th o u g h t th a t S tephen’s a p p roach w a s n ’t as useful as D eborah’s.

14 W hen people read th e ir ow n stories to the others,

A diffe re n t sto rie s g o t d ifferent reactions.

B there w as no o p p o rtu n ity fo r the w rite r to read hers.

C the stories revealed things a b o ut th e ir w riters

D the w rite r felt th a t they were b e tter than hers.

4)

You are g o in g to read a new spaper article a b o ut a sch o o lb oy race walker Eight

s e ntences have been rem oved from the article C hoose from the sentences A - l th e one

w h ich fits each g a p (15-21) There is one extra sentence w h ich you d o n ot need to use

school w ith him It's only 10 m inutes from

th e 16-year-old's hom e, even for those

going slow ly because they ca n 't face a

m aths lesson O thers, h ap p y th at they

have d o n e their hom ew ork, will probably

take h alf th at tim e 0

'E verybody keeps telling m e to slow d ow n

w h en I'm w alking w ith them ,' he adm its.

H e h ap p en s to be Britain's15

b rightest sta r in the unglam orous sp o rt of

race w alking.

A t th e natio n al junior cham pionships

in tw o w eeks' tim e, he w ill be trying for

a sub-45 m in u te tim e in the 10km w alk

to qualify for th e E uropean

C h am pionships 16 'B ut his

tim es h av e been 58,54,50 and 46 m in u te s/

says his trainer, P auline W ilson proudly

'A n d in the last race he h ad an injury

w hich slow ed him u p a bit.'

Race w alking is a strange sport People

la u g h a t it because of the n u m b er of

w alkers w ho are disqualified d u rin g races

W ith n o technology to help them , judges

have to decide w h eth e r the rules are being broken because a w alker has failed to keep contact w ith the ground Since w alkers are going so fast, it's h a rd for them to d o so accurately Every top w alker has been disqualified from a race at one tim e or another 1 7 I It's so com m on that u n d er the rules you are w arned twice before being th ro w n out of a race.

Race w alking h a s n 't been very good at responding to bad publicity, even though

Paper 1 Reading

it's got a very strong argum ent purely on

h ea lth grounds It is the perfect form of

exercise, using all the large m uscles, an d it

causes very few injuries, even if y o u 're

m oving along as fast as the average cyclist

It's also a w onderfully cheap sport.

His only incom e com es

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worry 19

he was.

', she replied A nd

from d elivering new spapers.

S tuart is already p art of his regional senior

team an d set a UK under-20 record w h en

he w on the national Indoor

C ham pionships in February H e is in the

m iddle of school exam s b u t still found

tim e to com pete in a local race Before I

w en t to m eet him there I asked P auline

W ilson how I w ould recognise him 'D o n 't

P auline is in no d o u b t about S tuart's potential 'It's very exciting to see him

im prove,' she says H e is certainly capable

of being p a rt of the O lym pic team one day

To reach that level, it takes a lot of effort.

But he's only 16, so it's 20

really too early to say.'

21 Stuart himself finds it hard

to explain, though Pauline thinks th at it's a com bination of physical advantages, self- discipline and m aturity 'I'm aw are of

w h at it takes to reach the top,' says Stuart It's a long w alk, b u t h e's getting there.

A Even Stuart, in his short career, has

h ad this happen to him twice.

E T hat w o u ld be quite an achievem ent for som eone w ho only took u p the

B This m akes it just right for a 16-year- sp o rt seriously 12 m onths ago.

old like Stuart. F S tuart has the right m ental attitude

C S tuart is determ ined to w in one, an d the right discipline.

though. G H ow ever, that isn 't easy for Stuart.

D W hat is the special talent that m akes H S tuart will be the one in the lead.

S tuart w alk faster than m ost people

can run? 1 But Stuart can w alk the distance faster

th a n m ost people could cycle it.

You are going to read a magazine article about companies which develop photographs For Questions 22-35, choose from the companies (A-E) Some of the companies 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.

Part 4

Of which company or companies are the following stated?

It takes a day for the prints to be returned to the shop.

It offers services at different prices.

The writer had chosen a good day on which to use it.

It failed to do anything within the period it guaranteed

Everything about the packaging was fine.

The photos were accompanied by advertising material.

The writer was confused about what to do.

There was no protection for the negatives.

The writer’s experience of it was better than that of later

customers.

It lets you choose whether to be sent advertising material or not

The writer used it because another service was not available.

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Paper 1 Reading

Its methods appear rrjpre scientific than another company's.

O ther people could see the photos being developed.

It m ay give customers their money back.

Photograph Developers

When having your precious holiday

photographs developed, how much

difference is there between companies?

STELLA YARRO W tested five of them.

F ilm s P lu s

This wasn't my first choice I'd intended to try

o ut another company first, but the machinery

in the branch I visited was being replaced (the

shop had neglected to tell me this when I rang

the day before) The service at Films Plus, in

keeping w ith its low-cost image, is of the

Do-It-Yourself variety Customers fill in details

on an envelope and deposit their films in a container A fter laboriously completing the form (having had some difficulty

understanding the prices and instructions), I realised the films are picked up only once a week, on Thursday, for returning on the Friday Luckily, this was a Wednesday But even if I'd waited longer, it's hard to complain

a t this price.

Packaging: Flimsy, and the strips of negatives

w ere all in one sleeve, not separate ones as

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The film was processed in the shop's own

mini-laboratory, where technicians in white

coats operated mysterious-looking machinery

The prints w ere ready w ithin the hour, as

guaranteed, and there was nothing to criticise

in the service I was lucky, though: my pictures

w ere the last to be developed before they ran

out o f paper and the service was halted, to

the annoyance o f a queue o f customers The

service is cheaper if you are prepared to w ait

longer fo r your pictures.

Packaging: Reasonably strong and the

negatives w ere properly sleeved.

C

I w en t to the branch o f this chain o f mini­

laboratories based in a local chemist's shop

The set-up looked less laboratory-like than

Quickprint, w ith the machinery turning out

lines o f strangers' family snapshots in view of

customers buying medicines or shampoo The

snaps w ere ready w ithin the hour, as

advertised, and cheaper than Quickprint

Packaging: The negatives w ere in a separate

bag in separate sleeves and they and the photos

were in a strong envelope made o f card.

D The prints from this mail-or der company were

slightly better than those o f its competitor.

S n a p s h o t s

P h oto : Express.;

Pictureland, but it trailed behind on service It promised th a t the mail-order envelopes I requested would arrive w ithin three days; they took five A second batch I asked fo r when th e first lot didn't turn up took a week The prints w ere returned to me ten days after the film was posted to the company, although the company says prints are returned w ithin seven to nine days o f posting A t such a rock- bottom price, the company doesn't throw in

a free film - but I was sent a mass o f leaflets for more expensive sister companies, which do.

Packaging: Flimsy, but the negatives were satisfactorily packed.

E

The mail-order envelopes I asked fo r turned

up a day later than promised, but the service was otherwise efficient The company guarantees you a refund if it doesn't get the snaps back to you within seven days It met this target, just - they took seven days to get

to me Snapshots on th e other hand, didn't

o ffer such a guarantee and took longer One fau lt w ith Pictureland is th a t you must ring a special num ber if you don't w ant to be flooded w ith brochures and leaflets in future.

Packaging: The negatives w ere tying loose in the envelope and could easily have been badly damaged.

P ic tu r e la n d

PAPER 2 WRITING (1 hour 30 minutes)

Part 1

You must answer this question.

1 You have decided to have a party to celebrate your birthday You found an advertisement for Big Sounds Disco and decide to ask for further information Read carefully the advertisement and the notes you have made Then, using this information, write a letter to David Price, the man who runs the disco You should cover all the points in your notes You may add relevant information of your own.

Book now for the summer season

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Write a tetter of between 120 and 180 words in an appropriate style on the

P a rti

Paper 2 Writing

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

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

2 A group o f English-speaking students is going to study at your college for

three months and they have asked for different kinds of information You have

been given the task of writing a report for them on the shops in your area.

Write your report, giving some details about such things as types of shops

and opening times, and making recommendations on suitable places for

students to spend their money.

3 You are on holiday for two weeks with a group of people whom you have not

met before but who share the same interests as you At the end of your first

w eek, you decide to write a letter to your pen friend, telling him/her about the

group, your activities so far and what you plan to do during your second

week.

W rite your letter.

4 Your class has recently had a discussion on violence on television and in films

today Your teacher has now asked you to write a composition giving your

opinion on the following statement.

Violence on television and in films can make young people behave badly.

Write your composition.

5 Background reading texts

Answer one of the following two questions based on your reading of one of

the set books.

(a) Choose two places described in the book or in any of the short stories

you have read Write a composition, explaining why they are important

to the book or short stories.

(b) You have agreed to write an article for the college magazine on the book

which you have read You should write about the development of the

story, giving examples of where the story is easy to follow and where it is

article.

Part 2

Part 2

Q uestion

Paper 3 Use of English

PAPER 3 USE OF ENGLISH (1 hour 15 minutes)

P a r t 1

For Questions 1 -1 5 , read the text below and decide 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.

Example:

THE TELEPHONE IN THE US

The telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman

who (0 ) a US citizen The word ‘telephone’ had been (1 ) existence since

the 1830s and had been (2 ) to a number of inventions designed to produce

sound.

Bell had become interested in the possibility of long-distance speech (3 ) his

work with the deaf He was twenty-eight and his assistant, Thomas Watson,

was (4) twenty-one when they (5) their great success on 10th March 1876

Despite their long and (6) association, Bell’s first communication by

telephone was not ‘Tom, come here, I want you’, (7 ) 'M r Watson, com e here,

I want you’.

(8) with excitement, Bell and Watson dem onstrated their invention to a US

telegram company The company wrote to Bell, (9 ) that his invention was

interesting However, after (1 0 ) it careful consideration, they had ( 1 1 ) to

the conclusion that it had ‘no future’ Fortunately for Bell, others could see the

possibilities (12) four years of its invention, the US had 60,000 telephones

In the next twenty years that (13 ) increased to over 6 million.

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Today, ninety-three per cent of US homes have a phone, a (1 4 ) of phone ownership no other nation comes near to equalling Each US household makes

or receives (15) average 3,516 calls per year, an astonishing statistic.

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Paper 3 Use o f English

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)

Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Part 2

OF : t h e r e

/

-WORKING IN ADVERTISING

If you want to work in advertising, (0) — are three areas you can work in The first is

the Creative Department, which invents all the advertisements! Workers in (16)

department are known as ‘Creatives’ and they always work (17) pairs A

creative job, (18) outsiders, might not sound very stressful, (19) the pressure

to create original work is intense Creatives have to keep up to (20) with the

latest films, cartoons, videos, books and fashions to discover new techniques that

could (2 1) used to sell a product.

The second area is the Accounts Department This does (22) deal with financial

accounts but with the companies that the agency produces advertisements for

Account Executives have to (23) sure that the Creatives fully understand (24)

the client requires Account Executives need to keep both the Creative team

(25) the client happy It’s a job that requires a lot of diplomacy, as (26) as a

very good memory and excellent organisational skills.

The third area is the media, which involves placing advertisements in magazines,

(27) radio or TV, or in public areas The M edia Departm ent carries (28)

research into people’s habits, to find out, for example, (29) radio stations long­

distance lorry drivers prefer Then it advises clients about which medium would be

(30) appropriate for its advertisement.

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Part 3For Questions 3 1 -4 0 , complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to

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

between tw o and five words, including the word given There is an example at the

The gap can be filled by the words ‘is not old enough to ’ so you write:

0 i f not old enough

31 ‘Would you prefer to have a table by the window?’ the waiter asked,

we

32 I’m getting bored here - let’s go to a different place,

we

I’m getting bored here - w h y else?

33 I really didn’t want to queue for tickets so I bought them by phone,

avoid

I was anxio us •.• ( ILi.LUi: for tickets, so I bought them by phone.

3 4 I couldn't decide whether I preferred the b|ue shirt or the green one

choice

3 5 Despite his disappointment, he continued to be cheerful,

remained

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3 6 There were so many people on the train that I couldn’t get a seat,

crowded

The train w a s nowhere for me to sit.

37 The price of the books was less than I had expected,

not

The books d i d I had expected.

38 My sister would never watch television until she had done her homework.

M y sister always television.

39 It appears that we have no bread left,

run

W e seem t o bread.

40 W e last went to Spain three years ago

years

I t we last went to Spain.

Paper 3 Use of English

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0 sh e

-00

•' - ‘ r

MY BEST FRIEND

0 I have several good friends but I suppose that my best friend she is

00 Ellen W e have been friends with each other since-we were very young

41 because of she used to live next door to me W e have always been in the

42 same class at school, although she has always been much more cleverer

43 than me I don’t mind though, because she often helps me with my

4 4 homework! Anyway, I’ve always been better at sport than she is I

4 5 always beat her at tennis and she doesn’t like that In fact, she hates

4 6 losing at anything and gets herself very annoyed if she does That’s the

47 only thing that I don’t like it about her Otherwise, she has a great sense of

48 humour and she’s always making me to laugh W e get on very well

49 together, although occasionally w e’ve had arguments - usually are about

50 silly little things Ellen and with her family moved to another district

51 last year but I still see her a lot W e’re planning to go on a trip around

52 Europe the next summer I’m really looking forward to it because I think

53 sure w e ’ll have a lot of fun and see exciting places O f course, it’s

54 going to be hard to afford us such a wonderful and exciting trip and

5 5 so w e ’re both going to get jobs and try to save up enough money for it.

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Paper 3 Use of English

For Questions 5 6 -6 5 , read the text below Use the word given in capitals at the end of

each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

There is an example at the beginning (0).

Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

everyday life bells used to be.

Bells told people of happy events, such as weddings and (5 9 ) BORN

or, sometimes had to announce (60) events such as a PLEASANT

(6 1 ) or a funeral Sometimes bells were used for giving people DIE

(6 2 ) of an enem y's approach or spreading the good news of WARN

victory.

In many places tdlday, bells are perhaps most (6 3 ) associated COMMON

with announcing when (6 4 ) services are going to take place RELIGION

They are also frequently rung during (6 5 ) and continue to play CELEBRATE

PAPER 4 LISTENING (approximately 40 minutes)

P a r t 1

You will hear people talking in eight different situations For Questions 1 -8 , choose the best answer A, B or C.

1 You hear the weather forecast on the radio

W hat is the weather going to be like today?

A getting brighter

B getting windier

C getting wetter

You are listening to a trailer for a radio programme later this evening

What is the programme about?

3 You hear a woman talking at a meeting about the environment

W hat is she doing when she speaks?

A issuing a warning

B suggesting a solution

C making a protest

4 You hear a woman talking about her job.

What is her present job?

A She trains people to use computers.

B She interviews people looking for jobs.

C She designs games to be played on computers.

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6 Listen to this woman talking to her friend.

W hat does she think of the new restaurant?

A It has good service.

B It has good food.

C It is good value for money.

7 Listen to this man talking to his friend.

Why is he talking to her?

A to postpone a tennis game

B to arrange a dinner party

C to request some help

8 Listen to this woman talking about an interview

How does she feel abdut it?

A confident

B annoyed

C disappointed

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You will hear a radio talk about a new educational and tourist attraction in the north of England For Questions 9 -1 8 , complete the notes which summarise what the speaker says.

W hole forest contained in:

Exam ples o f plant species:

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Passion -flowers artd

First house environm ent: Lowland, ■forest

Fifth house environm ent:

C entre wants to add:

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Special days for schools and scientists:

Paper 4 Listening

You will hear five different people talking about a drama group which they are members

of For Questions 19-23, choose which of the statements A-F best summarises what

each speaker is saying Use the letters only once There is one extra letter which you do

not need to use.

You will hear an interview with a man who has just returned from travelling For Questions

2 4 -3 0 , choose the best answer A, B or C.

Part 4

24 The journey he made was

A from the North to the South Pole.

B across Africa.

C across Europe and Asia.

25 His main reason for making the journey was

A to help him recover from an illness.

B to raise money for charity.

C to prove that he could do it.

2 6 He stopped half way because

A he met up with old friends.

29 The media coverage of his journey was

A worse than he expected.

B better than he expected.

C the same as he expected.

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30 W hat would he like to do next?

A find an easier route

B try a new walking route

C travel over the same route again

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Paper 5 Speaking

PAPER 5 SPEAKING (approximately 14 minutes)

You take the Speaking test with another candidate, referred to here as your

partner There are two examiners One will speak to you and your partner and the

other will just be listening Both examiners will award marks.

P a rt 1 (3 minutes)

The examiner asks you and your partner questions about yourselves You may be

asked about things like ‘your home town', ‘your interests’, ‘your career plans’,

etc.

P a rt 2 (4 minutes)

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

about one minute The examiner then asks your partner a question about your

photographs and your partner responds briefly.

Then the examiner gives your partner two different photographs Your partner

talks about these photographs for about one minute This time the examiner asks

you a question about your partner’s photographs and you respond briefly.

P a rt 3 (3 minutes)

The examiner asks you and your partner to talk together You may be asked to

discuss something, solve a problem or perhaps com e to a decision about

something For example, you might be asked to decide the best way to use some

rooms in a language school The examiner gives you a picture to help you but

does not join in the conversation.

P a rt 4 (4 minutes)

The examiner 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 questions but

you and your partner are also expected to develop the conversation.

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PAPER 1 READING (1 hour 15 minutes)

Part 1You are going to read a newspaper article about a company that manufactures diving equipment Choose the most suitable summary sentence from the list A-l for each part (1-7) of the article There is one extra summary sentence which you do not need to use There is an example at the beginning (0).

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

A Satisfying safety controls was the most important concern.

B Safety demands in the diving industry are growing rapidly.

C Pressure came from other companies.

D The company met the demands of a new market.

E The success of the early years seemed likely

to continue.

F There are advantages for a small company.

G A decision to change direction was made.

H Preparations have been m ade to control the company size.

I It started with a swim.

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Paper I Reading

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for shark-filled

waters

F O R T H E Brennan family, what began as a dip in

the sea grew into a successful water sports business,

which then went on to win a place for itself in the

> pec al :t water safety and survival market

In order to reach this specialist market, the company established a new department in 1979, to produce safety equipment It won contracts to supply large organisations with emergency breathing equipment and tough sea wear ‘At that time, they were looking for better solutions to deep- sea diving and they came to companies like us and said “W hat can you do?” They liked the ideas that

we put forward and so we got the work,’ Mrs Nye said

T he family’s interest in water sports began in

1965 and led to its decision to set up Sea Sports to

supply the rapidly growing water leisure industry

Over the next seven years the business grew steadily,

becoming a limited company in 1972 This was a

time of expansion, particularly in Europe

The long development process m eant working closely with an institute of Health and Safety, and

an institute of Naval Medicine as well as leading scientists in the field ‘You’re talking about products that involve people so you have medical regulations and all kinds of procedures to go through in order to

be able to develop products and do manned testing

- all of that is a very lengthy and costly process,’ Mrs Nye said

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T he firm then found itself under threat from

cheaper imports According to Jane Nye, daughter

of the founder o f the company, the competition

forced them to lower their prices and highlighted tke

difficulties of a small manufacturing company

whose products are easily copied The company was

forced to release half its 50-strong workforce ‘It was

a serious blow as we had been growing We were

successful and then that came along,’ M rs Nye

explained

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‘It was agreed that we needed to move into the

area of safety products for the diving industry,’ she

said The company used its knowledge of the world

of diving to find markets where there was little

competition ‘The point about products in the safety

and survival markets is that they are covered by

regulations Many companies do not have the

quality systems that would satisfy these.’

Throughout, she has been determined to get the most from the workforce The lines of communication within the company match its size

‘Everyone can talk to me; it’s not as if the management is remote from the people who are working here - we are a unit that works together and the managers are all very accessible,’ Mrs Nye said

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Now, with further growth in its sights, the group plans to take on extra staff but does not plan for a workforce of more than 75 ‘We have concentrated

on equipping people in the organisation with a lot of skills We have trained and invested heavily in this so that staff can move wherever they are needed We’re

a small specialist company - we’ll grow but not out

o f proportion.’

You are going to read an extract from a book about collecting animals for zoos For

Questions 8 -1 4 , choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to

the text.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Part 2

O N ANY collecting trip, obtaining the animals is, as a rule, the simplest part of the job As

soon as the local people discover that you are

willing to buy live wild creatures, the stuff comes

pouring in; ninety per cent is, of course, the

commoner types, but they do bring an occasional

rarity If you want the really rare stuff, you

generally have to go out and find it yourself, but

while you are devoting your time to this you can

be sure that all the common local animals will be

brought in to you So one might also say that

getting the animals is easy: the really hard part is

keeping them once you have got them.

The chief difficulty you have when you have

got a newly caught animal is not so much the

shock it might be suffering, but the fact that

being caught forces it to exist close to a creature

it regards as an enemy of the worst possible sort:

yourself On many occasions an animal may take

beautifully to being in a cage but getting used to

the idea of living with people is another matter

This is the difficulty you can only deal with by

patience and kindness For month after month

an animal may try to bite you every time you

approach its cage, until you despair of ever

making a favourable impression on it Then, one

day, sometimes without any preliminary

warning, it will trot forward and take food from

your hand, or allow you to tickle it behind the

ears At such moments you feel that all the

waiting in the world was worthwhile.

Feeding, of course, is one of your main

problems Not only must you have a fairly

extensive knowledge of what each animal eats

in the wild state, but you have to work out

something else when the natural food is

unavailable, and then teach your animal to eat it.

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You also have to provide for their individual likes and dislikes, which vary enormously I have known a rat which, refusing all normal rat food - fruit, bread, vegetables - lived for three days on

an exclusive diet of spaghetti 1 have had a group

of five monkeys, o f the same age and types, who displayed the oddest individual characteristics Out of the five, two loved hard-boiled eggs, while the other three were frightened of the strange white shapes and would not touch them, actually screaming in fear if you put such a terrifying object as a hard-boiled egg into their cage These five monkeys all adored oranges but, whereas four would carefully peel their fruit and throw away the skin, the fifth would peel his orange equally carefully and then throw away the orange and eat the peel When you have a collection of several hundred creatures all displaying such curious characteristics, you are sometimes driven mad in your efforts to satisfy their desires, and so keep them healthy and happy.

But of all the irritating tasks that you have to undertake during a collecting trip, bringing the baby animals up by hand is undoubtedly the worst To begin with, they are generally stupid over taking a bottle and there is nothing quite so unattractive as struggling with a baby animal in

a sea of warm milk And then they have to be kept warm, especially at night, and this means (unless you take them to bed with you, which is

often the answer) you have to get up several

times during the night to refill hot-water bottles After a hard day’s "work, to drag yourself out of bed at three in the morning to see to hot-water bottles is an occupation that soon loses its charm.

8 W hat does the writer say about getting hold of animals?

A The best solution is to collect most of them yourself.

B Dealing with local collectors takes a lot of time.

C Collecting large numbers of animals is usually no problem.

D Local people may not understand how rare some animals are.

9 What is the main problem with an animal that has just been caught?

A It is frightened to be near humans.

B It has been badly shocked by its experience.

C It does not like being with other animals.

D It will try to break out of its cage.

10 How does the writer treat new animals in his collection?

A He keeps away from those that bite.

B He tries to build up a relationship with them.

C He feeds them by hand every day.

D He keeps them separate for several months.

11 How does the writer make sure the animals have a good diet?

A He collects food for them from their natural home.

B He gives them a variety of fruit, bread and vegetables.

C He mixes food they dislike in with their favourites.

D He finds alternatives to their natural food if necessary.

12 W hat do we learn about the five monkeys?

A Some of them did not want eggs in their cage.

B One of them did not know how to peel an orange.

C Some of them were too frightened to eat anything.

D One of them threw his orange at the others.

13 The writer says that with a large collection of animals, it is

A impossible to keep them all in cages.

B a problem to control their natural curiosity.

C crazy to expect them all to be healthy.

D hard work to give each one what it wants.

14 What problem does the writer have at night?

A He has to work with the baby animals until 3 a.m.

B He keeps the baby animals’ cages in his bedroom.

C He has to keep getting up to look after the babies.

D The babies have to be given regular warm drinks.

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Part 3You are going to read a newspaper article about a special course for people who are

afraid of flying 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.

All aboard the flight from fear

S tu a r t Rising w a s te r r ifie d o f fly in g

course: a se m in a r conducted by two airlin e

pilots an d a psychologist from a leading

London hospital.

We sat like atten tiv e schoolchildren,

focused on o u r th re e teachers F irst, we

w ere asked to identify o u r specific fears

and problem s Some did n o t like take-off

an d landing 15 Some sh ared

m y intense dislike of being trapped in the seem ingly sm all space of a n aircraft.

O ur first te ac h er asked: ‘Does anyone dislike lifts o r trav e llin g on th e U nder­ ground?’ Lots of hands shot u p w ith m ine I felt b e tte r already One p erso n had been stru ck by te rro r on an U nderground train

I w as in good company.

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O ur tu to r encouraged us to identify o u r

p a rtic u la r w orries and fears connected

w ith a ir travel We form ed team s an d got to

know each other, example, th e pilots explained th a t on tak e­ off th e re is alw ays a lot of noise as the engines build up power, b u t n o th in g is wrong.

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The pilots discussed o ther com mon fears

and w orries People like me, who m ay feel

b rea th less in enclosed spaces, w ere

re a ssu re d th a t the a ir in the a irc ra ft is

continually 'b e in g changed T here is

alw ays enough air. 1 8

engines ro ared into life; the plane moved forw ard. 19

T he

p rin cip les of flight w ere discussed and

th e pilots explained th a t a ir trav e l is, in

fact, one of th e safest form s of m odern

transport.

The tim e had come We were told to take

all the positive action needed We should be

courageous and resolute Now, if we

followed through, we would be able to face

ou r fea r of flying and then overcome it.

We w ere tak en to a 747 aircraft We

clim bed aboard I sat beside Betty, the lady

who h ad panicked in th e lift N ervously

grip p in g h e r arm rests, Betty was now

m inus h e r smile The young wom an across

the aisle from m e was in tears She was

scared, b u t she was on th e plane The

‘F asten yo u r seatbelts, please,’ a silky fem ale voice urged us How could we resist? We did as

we w ere told and kept o u r cool Or trie d to Suddenly, we h ad tak en off We were airborne We flew from H eathrow airp o rt to the so u th coast Dungeness Pow er Station was clearly visible from the window On th e

r e tu rn to H eathrow \ e tsok it in tu rn to

v isit th e flight deck 20

A fter we h ad got off the plane, we

b u r s t into a display o f em otion, triu m p h a n tly laughing and cheering while exchanging hugs and claps on th e back.

21 I • We h ad all faced a serious problem and tak en a giant step tow ard overcom ing it We felt sad for th e few who

h ad refused to board the aircraft The chances are th a t they w ill probably never get on an y plane.

Me? I’ll soon be flying to America.

A Betty, a middle-aged lady w ith a lovely

sm ile, adm itted th a t she had panicked

w hile stuck in a lift between floors in a

S panish hotel.

B Betty, delighted to be back on the

ground, even gave me a friendly peck

on th e cheek.

C E verything th e re was u n d er control

and, o f course, we understood th a t

th e ‘bum p’ on landing was quite

norm al.

D No tu rn in g back now.

E M ore stran g e and potentially

frightening noises occur at o th e r

tim es, such as w hen th e wheels are pulled up.

F O thers disliked th e m ovem ent of the plan e w hen it is h it by a ir currents.

G However, stress and tension can be

b rought on sim ply by shallow breathing: we w ere therefore encouraged always to take deep, full breaths.

H We w ere th e n ready to analyse our problem s, w hich w ere discussed and critically exam ined.

I Young, middle-aged and old: w hat we all h ad in com m on w as a fear of flying.

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You are going to read a review from a music magazine For Questions 2 2 -3 5 , choose from the albums reviewed (A-E) Some of the albums 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 a nsw er sheet.

Part 4

Of which album(s) are the following statements true?

Additional interesting material comes with the album.

All the music is taken from public performances.

Some of the music has not been heard in public before.

The album contains music recorded after one of the

performers died.

One of the items has recently been a big hit.

The new version of the album contains more items than the

original.

The album was produced after musical experiments.

The recordings show how artists can find it difficult to keep

up standards.

The playing on the album lacks originality.

The original album was made to meet legal obligations.

It is much better than similar albums.

The majority of the music does not live up to its description 3 2

The title of the album was taken from a programme about the 33

M I K E B U R W O O D looks at a

selection o f m u s ic a lb u m s w hich are

m a k in g th eir second appearance on the

recording scene.

Most record buyers probably w eren't even

aw are of this album 's original release 18

m onths ago Everything But The Girl's

seventh studio LP created hardly any

interest am ong a public for w hom the

b an d 's b ran d of guitar-playing had long

been little m ore than a feeble copy of other

musicians Re-released now, following the

huge success of the popular single M issing,

the album 's selection of basically pointless

songs seems m ore tired than ever Only the

new version of M issing makes any lasting

im pression and provides a rem inder of the

pow er once found at the heart of

Everything But The G irl's music.

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At last, an alternative to the terrible collections so often sold as introductions

to jazz! A Great Day in Harlem is based on

a delightful docum entary of the same nam e w hich tells the story of how some of the finest musicians in jazz history came

to be photographed together in front of a

N ew York building in 1958 Excellent exam ples of the w ork of 18 of them are found on 12 recordings w ith dates ranging from 1936 to 1994 Particular successes are C ount Basie w ith his band, including Lester Young, and Charles

M ingus's original version of Goodbye Pork

Pie Hat, w ritten in m em ory of the same Lester Young only tw o m onths after his death an d less than a year after the original photo w as taken.

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A.GREAU OARIN' HARLEMT

by-Various Art'sts

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This w as originally produced in 1976

sim ply to satisfy the requirem ents of

Elton's contract w ith his record company

At that time, it consisted of ten songs p u t

together from show s in London and New

York, b u t it has now expanded to a

'greatest live h its' form at w ith 16 m ore

songs from those nights Three of these -

Whatever Gets You Through The N ight, Lucy

in The Sky W ith Diamonds and I Saw Her

Standing There - feature John Lennon in his

last onstage appearance.

C onsidered by m any to be the band's best,

1971's Who's N ext w as their only N um ber 1

album Like m any projects, it was

developed from an earlier idea, in this case

an attem p t to com bine rock-music opera

w ith the lim ited technology of the time With seven extra songs, four of them previously unreleased, notes by one of the band m em bers and previously unseen photographs, this is definitely a collector's item.

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Despite the enthusiasm of the accom panying notes, this album really centres o n just one m asterpiece - the 1961

instrum ental hit Let There Be Drums, w ith

its m arvellous rhythm s and rousing

guitar-playing Let There Be Drums

actually follow ed another h it - the

inferior Teen Beat - and N elson spent the

rem ainder of the 1960s trying unsuccessfully to produce sim ilar hits All these attem pts are gathered am ong the 24 pieces here and this album provides a lesson in just how short a m usician's stay

at the top can be.

HERE ANCtTH ERE

K IN G Q F T H E D R U M S bySandy-Nelson

-Paper 2 Writing

PAPER 2 WRITING (1 hour 30 minutes)

Part 1You must answer this question.

1 You are studying English at Romsey College in Britain A friend of yours in

another country is going to the same college and has asked you for some

information and advice.

Read carefully the college information and the notes below Then, using this

information, write a letter to your friend telling her/him about next term You

may add other relevant points of your own.

ROMSEY COLLEGE - IMPORTANT

DATES FOR NEXT TERM

20.00 at Seven Stars Hotel

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

next page Do not write any addresses.

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Part 1

Paper 2 Writing

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 have been asked to write an article for the college magazine which will

help new students to organise their studies effectively You need to include

advice on study plans, good places to work in, exam preparation and making

the best use of leisure time.

Write your article.

3 You see this advertisement in an international newspaper, which would give

you the chance to spend the summer in Britain.

Part 2

Looking for a summer job?

Friendly waiters and waitresses needed for our busy sea-front

restaurant, popular with foreign visitors No experience necessary

but some knowledge of language an advantage Fitness essential!

Apply to: Mrs J Robinson, PO Box 100

Write your letter of application Do not include addresses.

4 You have decided to enter a short-story competition organised by an

international magazine The competition rules say that the story must begin or

end with the following words:

Bern ie woke up suddenly and looked at the bed-side clock It was three

o’clock in the morning.

Write your story.

5 Background reading texts

Answer one of the following two questions based on your reading of one of

the set books.

(a) Do you think the story you have read will be popular in 100 years’ time?

Write a composition, giving your opinion and reasons for your views.

(b) You have been invited to write a short article for your college magazine

on the most interesting person in the book which you have read Write

your article, giving some details of that person’s character and

explaining why you find him or her especially interesting.

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