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SECTION A: LISTENING
I You will hear a food critic, Andrea, talking to a famous chef For questions 1-9, choose the correct option from A, B, C, or D.
1 What is Marco Pierre well-known for?
A sacking staff B making staff feel small
C being enthusiastic D being the best chef in the country How does he think his appearance has changed over the last eight years?
A His hair is longer B His complexion is less clear C He weighs a lot more D He wears different clothes How does he usually treat his customers nowadays?
A He throws many out of his restaurant B He fights with many of them C He makes jokes at their expense D He makes them laugh He asked one food critic to leave
A in front of the man's guest B when he met the man in the bathroom C without paying his bill D in the middle of lunch
5 How does he treat his kitchen staff nowadays?
A He bullies them mercilessly B He keeps them under control C He takes advantage of them D He shouts at the unnecessarily The 'two-star' chef spent his childhood in
A Leeds B Chelsea C Knightsbridge D Italy What is the code he lives by?
A He forgives people who apologize B He criticizes people face to face C He forgives and forgets everything D He never speaks ill of anybody What does he believe?
A arrogance is a negative quality B arrogance creates success
C greatness does not follow success D arrogance is created by greatness What did Andrea think of the meal she had?
A There was too much to eat B It wasn't simple enough
C The chef’s ability had been exaggerated D She had never tasted a meal like it ………… ………… ………… ………… …………
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II Listen to the tape and then choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D.
1 What aspect of communication does the professor mainly discuss?
A Public speaking B Sending clear messages
C Body language D Multimedia
2 How does the professor emphasize her point about the importance of posture and gestures? A By identifying the different kinds of body postures
B By stating the dimensions of various gestures C By comparing gestures in different cultures
D By explaining the relationship between body movements and other people's responses to them
3 According to the professor, how much of the information people receive when we talk to them comes from the words that we say?
A All of it B 90% C 50% D 10%
4 According to the professor, why is it important to know and understand your own body language?
(2)B So that students can feel more relaxed at an interview
C Because people need to know what their body is saying if they want to succeed D Because people are not usually aware of informal body language
5 Why does the professor mention eye contact?
A She wants the audience to look at her B In her opinion, it is not necessary C She uses it as an example of negative body language
D She believes that it causes complications
6 What does the speaker imply when she says this……… ? A The information she gives may surprise students
B The information she gives is false
C The information she gives is difficult to understand D She is unsure of the information she gives
10 ………… 11 ………… 12 ………… 13 ………… 14 ………… 15 ………… SECTION B: GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
I Choose the word that best complete each sentence.
1 The president was eventually ……… by a military coup
A disposed B despised C deposed D dispersed The collapse of the silver market left him financially ………
A desolate B dejected C destitute D derelict
3 He ……… so much harm on the nation during his regime that it has never fully recovered
A indicted B inferred C induced D inflicted I don’t want to be rude, so I’ll just say he is a bit ………
A flabby B plump C overweight D obese Union leaders called for ……… between themselves and the government
A speeches B elections C debates D consultations At the ……… same moment, we both realized what was happening
A quite B simply C very D absolutely
7 It was clear from the beginning of the meeting that Jack was ……… on causing trouble
A inclined B predisposed C bent D obsessed Even the other convicts considered it a……… crime
A guilty B hard-bitten C heinous D hell-bent The Internet has led to the faster and more effective ……… of information
A expansion B coverage C spread D dissemination 10 This is the kind of crime that all decent people in society ………
A appall B frown C deplore D disallow
11 For many young people, driving cars at high speed seems to ……… a rather fatal fascination
A contain B comprise C weave D hold
12 On the news there was some dramatic ……… of the earthquake that had been captured by an amateur cameraman
A shooting B scenery C clipping D footage
13 Let’s not decide yet where to stop on the journey – we’ll just play it by ……… and see how we feel
A lip B eye C ear D hand
14 I did not mean to offend her but she took my comments ……… and now will not talk to me
(3)15 As the end of term approached, he longed to break free from the ……… of life in boarding school
A constraints B shackles C strings D ties
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II Find 15 mistakes in the paragraph below, and correct them.
Britain has a generally mild temperate climate The weather, however, tends to be changed (though not necessarily unpredictable) as a result of the constant influence of different air mass The prevailing winds are south-westerly, which bring warm air in from across the Atlantic There are a few extremes in temperature, which rarely goes about 320C or below -100C In summer, southern Britain is warmer than northern Britain because of its attitude, but in winter the North Atlantic Drift – a warm sea current - keeps the west mild than the east Consequently, Wales and the south-west peninsula has the most moderate climate and eastern England the most extremely These differences, are not great however, and local variations arise from factors such as latitude and pollution are often greater Annual rainfall is fairly evenly distribute, but ranges from more than 1,600 mm in the mountainous areas of the west and north far less than 800 mm over central and eastern parts This is because depression from the Atlantic bring frontal rainfall first to the west and that western Britain is higher and so gets more relief rain
(Candidates themselves write out all the blank columns and lines)
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III Select the word in the list below the text and change it in the correct form to fill in the gap. GIFT-GIVING
If you have ever lied about some horrendous offering until your face was puce, or lain awake worrying about what to buy the one you love, you will know that the giving and receiving of Christmas gifts is fraught with political significance At its (1) ………., pretending you like something is merely prudent damage (2) ………., designed to save the feelings of someone you love Women, incidentally, are far better at this - like George Washington, men cannot tell a lie (well, not about presents anyway) and fail to see why (3) ……… to adore a polyester tie is better than reducing an (4) ……… relative to tears
(4)For some parents, Christmas is a great time to play power games Sandy, 23, claims she comes out in a rash when it's time to select a gift for her mother 'It's (8) ……… political I have two brothers and a sister and our mother uses our presents to play us off against each other One present will be admired and the others cast aside Her approval becomes the focus of the whole day.'
There is nothing particularly difficult about buying presents - provided you have a moderate degree of (9)
……… and a genuine affection for the (10) ……… But if you are presented with a daintily wrapped insult on Christmas morning, just keep smiling It's never too early to start planning next year's revenge
1 SIMPLE LIMIT PRETEND OLD BEAR
DIE LIFE BELIEVE SENSE 10 RECEIVE
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IV Put the verb in parentheses in the correct tense or form The word in italics should be put in the correct position in relation to the verb.
Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim (1 see) ……… monsters in the sea Though people
(2 often laugh) ……… at stories told by seamen, it is now known that many of these 'monsters' which (3 at times sight) ……… are simply strange fish Occasionally, unusual creatures (4 wash) ……… to the shore, but they (5 rarely catch) ……… out at sea Some time ago, however, a peculiar fish was caught near Madagascar A small fishing-boat (6. carry) ……… miles out to sea by the powerful fish as it pulled on the line Realizing that this was no ordinary fish, the fisherman made every effort (7 not damage) ……… it in any way When it was eventually brought to shore, it was found to be over thirteen feet long It had a head like a horse, big blue eyes, shining silver skin, and a bright red tail The fish, which (8 since
send) ……… to a museum where it (9 examine) ……… by a scientist, is called an oarfish Such creatures (10 rarely see) ……… alive by man as they live at a depth of six hundred feet
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V Fill in the blank space with one suitable preposition.
1 He expected his daughter to fetch and carry ……….him all day
2 She’s got the business of buying birthday present down ……….a fine art A : I’ve got some questions I’d like to ask you
B: Right, fire ……….!
4 With several of their planes ……….temporarily commission, the airline is losing money
5 The hall isn’t quite ready for the ceremony yet, but it will be all right ……….the night
6 I’ve only had time to dip ……….the report
7 Our first sight of the dingy little hotel did not inspire us ……….much confident I just can’t manage ……….£50 a week
9 You can’t expect promotion to be handed to you ……….a plate 10 When he listens to music, he’s lost ……….the world
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VI Fill in the blank with A/AN/THE or x (no article)
1 If this goes wrong, your job’s on ……… line In ……… case of fire, ring the alarm bell
3 What? “Pam”? Oh no, there is ……… L in the word “palm”
4 At the end of the street there is a house in ……… course of construction
(5)6 There was ……… Mr Jones calling you while you were out
7 ……… Netherlands is a country in Western Europe on the North Sea
8 After being imprisoned by the South African white ruler for 26 years, Mandela became ……… president
9 ……… Smiths has a son and a daughter The son was in the army and the daughter was training to be a doctor
10 The leader of the team is usually called ……… captain
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SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION
I Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word.
David Martyn was born and (1) ………. in a land which prides (2) ………. On its Celtic culture Early in life he (3) ………. a love for animals, in (4) ………. for horses, a love which he (5)………. tillhis dying day He did not, (6) ………., wish to become a veterinary surgeon (7) ………. less a jockey, for he had (8) ……….
his heart on a medical career
(9)………. due course, he moved (10) ………. his parents to London (11) ……… in his mid-teens, sixteen to be (12) ………., he began to study medicine
(13) ……….the start he applied himself (14) ………. great diligence to his studies,
(15) ………. that it took no-one by (16) ………. when he passed his finals with (17)
……….colors
Dr Martyn went (18) ………. to specialize and was already at the (19) ………. of the medical tree (20) ………. he left medicine for the ministry
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II Choose the answer that best completes each sentence.
At 13.19 yesterday British Rail's retired Peaks class diesel locomotive 46009 came from Old Dalby station at about 100mph to strike the nuclear fuel flask the Central Electricity Generating Board had placed across her track
She was a few minutes late because of anti-nuclear demonstrators on the line, but the tense, waiting spectators knew there was no driver at the controls and no passengers in the three elderly coaches 46009 was pulling
For a few eerie seconds, I suspect most of us were more concerned with the fate of the train than with the 8ft square yellow-painted steel transport flask whose security this extraordinary event was designed to demonstrate
Even the board's ebullient chairman, Sir Walter Marshall, admitted to a moment of shock as the 150-ton train struck its target But he was delighted with the result
The impact was like a vast bass drum being sounded across the Leicestershire countryside Then a flash of flame as the locomotive tossed the 50-tea flask aside and leapt over the deliberately derailed wagon that had carried it
But even though the flask lay on its side as to give the diesel’s protruding draw bar the best chance of prising the heavily-bolted lid open, the flask suffered only superficial damage
Sir Walter beamed as his engineers connected a pressure meter to the flask’s valve and registered a drop through the lid seals of only 0.29 of a pound from the original 100lb per square inch
(6)Sir Walter openly acknowledged that this expensive crash test, spectacular though it was, was not conducted primarily as a scientific experiment
The 14-inch-thick forged steel walls of the flask were actually subjected to far more stress last March, when it was dropped from a crane onto concrete
Yesterday's spectacle-staged at a cost of £1.6 million- Sir Walter said, was to reassure people that the transport of irradiated nuclear power station fuel really was safe from road or rail accidents The CEGB's complete four-year program of full-scale Magnox fuel flask testing is expected to cost £4 million
Now the board were considering whether to subject the same battered flask to a prolonged fire - another requirement of the international regulations governing nuclear fuel transport from power stations to reprocessing plants like Sellafield (formerly Windseale) in Cumbria
Locomotive 46009’s last run started eight miles back down the British Rail test track towards Nottingham, where a railwayman threw a small external switch to start her moving
At four miles she could have stopped by an automatic signal One mile to go and she passed the point of no return
The crash was all over in perhaps five seconds, covered for another 10 seconds by the exploding locomotive smoke
When the whole train came to rest within about 100 yards, the three carriages were still more or less upright, though most of their wheels, like those of the locomotive, had been torn off
Only a few windows were smashed Seats in the rear of two carriages were mostly still in place It was not meant to be the railwaymen’s day, but they were quietly just as proud of the way their train had survived as the CEGB engineers were of how their nuclear flask had so passed its test
On this representative for the Welsh anti-nuclear campaign had the last word
Why he asks sarcastically at the press the briefing If nuclear fuel was so safe on the railways, did the board hand it over to Sellafield where it seemed to be split into the Irish Sea? An irrelevant question, said the board’s spokesman
1 The writer reports the time of the crash as 13.19………
A to be exact B to give the effect of a timetable C because the test was delayed D because it was lunchtime He refers to the locomotive as 'she' because………
A it was very old B he loves old trains C this is how railway staff refer to trains D all trains are feminine in English
3 In the test ………
A a nuclear fuel flask was seriously damaged B a train was destroyed
C a locomotive was destroyed D a nuclear flask was completely undamaged Sir Walter 'beamed' (line 54) because ………
A he is a jolly sort of fellow B he had been annoyed by the demonstrators C he wanted pressmen to see he was happy D he knew the test had been thoroughly successful
5 After the crash the pressure inside the flask was ………
A 99.29 p.s.i B 99.71 p.s.i C 100 p.s.i D 100.29 p.s.i The locomotive started its final journey………
A miles from the crash point B when Sir Walter pushed a button C in the direction of Nottingham D away from Nottingham
7 A test was carried out in March ………
A to show the public the safety of transporting nuclear fuel by rail B to conform with international regulations
C at a similar cost to the one reported in the passage D with a similar fanfare of publicity
(7)A definite fact B conjecture C the writer's opinion D Sir Walter's statement
9 The writer reports the condition of the windows and seats because this is……… A important information B an integral part of the test
C irrelevant but amusing D an interesting by-product of the experiment
10 The tone of the passage suggests that the writer is ……….the CEGB A amused by B hostile to C skeptical of D shocked by
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III Choose the most suitable phrase below to fill in the text.
Pollution is one of the greatest problems facing mankind The nuclear accident at Chernobyl and the poisoning of the river Rhine by chemicals are just two recent examples of disasters affecting the environment What can be done? Some people say there is no practical solution However, I believe the problem can be dealt with on three levels: internationally, nationally and last but not least on a personal level
Let us begin by looking at the type of international action that can be taken The first point I would like (1) ……… when a disaster such as that at Chernobyl occurs, it affects millions of people Radiation does not respect international borders In my opinion, governments should have strict safety regulations (2) ……… Furthermore, reactors should be regularly inspected by teams of international experts Similarly, if a country wishes (3) ……… by dumping it at sea, it should only be allowed once the matter has been thoroughly discussed by all the countries that would be affected Environmental disasters can be avoided
Let us now look at what can be done on a national level Governments must be prepared (4)
……… For instance, air pollution could be reduced if car manufacturer and companies were made (5) ……… on car exhausts and factory chimneys These measures would in turn help (6) ……… caused to lakes and forests by acid rain
Lastly, what can we as individuals? Firstly, I believe we should all be prepared (7)
……… Personally, I try and use public transport or my bicycle as much as possible When I buy petrol, I make sure that it is the lead free variety Secondly, we can protest against companies responsible for pollution by making our opinions known and hitting them in the pocket For example, if the public boycotted products such as aerosols, which damage the ozone layer, then manufacturers would have (8) ……… We would show them that we are not prepared (9)
……… destroying the environment
To sum up, I have tried (10) ……… that can be solved given in the fight against: pollution It is a problem that can be solved given the right level of commitment However only by acting as individuals, first can we expect government to act in their turn
A to reduce the damage B to let them get away with
C to govern the construction of reactions D to make changes to our lifestyles E to get rid of nuclear waste F to make is that
G to show that there are steps H to fit effective filters
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SECTION D: WRITING
I Write a new sentence using the word given.
1. He is becoming quite famous as an interviewer NAME
2. He makes sure that he isn't associated with policies he disagrees with DISTANCES 3. I really don't know what you're talking about FAINTEST
4. I feel I am not being treated fairly RAW
5. Someone paid five thousand pounds for the painting WENT 6. You can walk to the station easily from the hotel DISTANCE 7. Pauline isn’t one of the people who know the secret ON
8. We don’t expect that the missing climbers have survived HOLD 9. You must accept the fact that she has left you TERMS
10.He was not given details of the company’s new plans DARK
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II TASK 1
The graph below compares the number of visits to two new music sites on the web. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information shown below. You should write at least 150 words
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II TASK 2
Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic:
Some people believe that computers are more a hindrance than a help in today's world Others feel that they are such indispensable tools that they would not be able to live or work without them.
In what ways are computers a hindrance? What’s your opinion?
Use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and with relevant evidence
(10)