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supply of air coming through leather tubes. instr[r]

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Part (Questions 1–15) 3 0102/3 S03 [T urn o ver 1A made B took C did D had 2A ther B quite C w ell D just 3A w atching out B looking out C looking after D w atching o v er 4A across B out C awa y D past 5A gr e w B fe lt C e xper ienced D found 6A reaching B increasing C e xpanding D completing 7A held B put C set D k ept 8A usual B frequent C regular D familiar 9A when B while C as D eve n 10 A pref erred B enjo y e d C desired D selected 11 A tur ned B w ent C became D came 12 A quantities B amounts C totals D n umbers 13 A addition B combination C attachment D connection 14 A tr ansf or mations B adjustments C div ersions D changes 15 A led B caused C guided D influenced 2 0102/3 S03 Pa rt 1 F or questions 1-15

, read the te

xt belo w and decide which answer ( A , B , C or D

) best fits each space

.

There is an e

xample at the beginning (

0 ). Mar k y our ans w ers

on the separate ans

wer sheet . Example: 0A far B distant C remote D distinct TW O CREA

TURES OF THE P

AST – MAMMO

THS AND MAST

ODONS

The elephant has some

(0)

relativ

es called mammoths

, which liv

ed in the Stone Age

More than

15,000 y

ears ago people painted pictures of them on ca

v

e

w

alls

Then, astonishingly

, in 1799, a man

w

alking along the banks of the Riv

er Lena in Siber

ia

(1)

… a star

tling disco v e ry P eer

ing into a w

all of

ice

, he could

(2)

see the shape of a massiv

e

, hair

y mammoth, apparently

(3)

at him He

immediately r

an

(4)

in terror

, b

ut se

v

e

ral da

ys later he

(5)

the cour

age to retur

n and cut the

mammoth’

s tusks – its tw

o enor

mous teeth – out of the ice to sell them Mammoth tusks are the

biggest teeth of an

y kno

wn creature

, some

(6)

a length of fiv

e metres

These tusks w

ere

(7)

to

good use

, protecting the mammoths’ y

oung from other animals

, and br

ushing a w a y sno w . T o

most of us

, mammoths are probab

ly the most

(8)

of the elephant’

s e xtinct relativ es , b u t

thousands of y

ears ear

lier

, in the w

oodlands of easter

n Nor

th Amer

ica, liv

ed another of the elephant’

s

relativ

es called the mastodon Lik

e mammoths

, mastodons ma

y also ha

v

e

had a hair

y coat, b

ut

(9)

mammoths mainly ate g

rass on the plains

, mastodons

(10)

to eat twigs and lea

v e s . W e

do not kno

w wh y mastodons (11) e xtinct Ho w e v e r,

computer studies of the decrease in

mammoth

(12)

suggest that it w

as a par

ticular

(13)

of o

v er-hunting b y humans , and (14) in

the climate at that time which

(15)

to their disappear

ance . 0 A B C D 32

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Parts 2/3 (Questions 16–34)

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Pa

rt

2

F

or questions

16-30

, read the te

xt belo

w and think of the w

ord which best fits each space

Use only

one

w

ord in each space

There is an e

0

).

Wr

ite y

our ans

w

ers

wer sheet

.

Example:

DEVELOPMENTS IN UNDER

W

ATER DIVING

P

eople ha

v

e

been diving without mechanical aids

(0)

ancient times

In those da

ys

, div

ers

mainly w

ent underw

ater to search

(16)

pear

ls or sponges

V

a

rious w

a

ys of supplying div

ers with

air

, and so per

mitting them to sta

y underw

ater f

o

r long per

iods of time

, ha

v

e

been tr

ied f

or w

ell

(17)

tw

o thousand y

ears

Ale

xander the Great

(18)

said to ha

v

e

gone underw

ater in an

ear

ly

(19)

of diving machine

, and Ar

istotle talk

ed about appar

atus

(20)

per

mitted div

ers to

breathe underw

ater

.

It w

as not

(21)

the beginning of the 18th centur

y that more adv

anced equipment w

as de

v

eloped.

In 1717, the first pr

actical diving machine

, or ‘diving bell’

(22)

it w

as called, w

as in

v

ented This

w

as a small w

ooden room with an open bottom, glass windo

ws at the top to

(23)

in light, and a

supply of air coming through leather tubes

Something similar

, made of steel, is

(24)

use toda

y

for underw

ater w

o

rk

,

(25)

as b

uilding the f

oundations of br

idges

.

Ho

w

e

v

e

r,

(26)

div

ers w

ant to mo

v

e

freely underw

ater

, the

y require a suit Ear

ly suits w

ere made

up

(27)

a leather jac

k

et with a metal helmet o

v

er the head into which air w

as pumped do

wn from

the surf

ace through tubes

Div

ers gained e

v

en

(28)

freedom of mo

v

e

ment when the

y could

(29)

r

id of these tubes and carr

y

(30)

o

wn air with them in cylinders

.

0

since

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F

or questions

31-40

, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first

sentence

, using the w

ord giv

en

Do not c

hang

e the w

o

rd

given

Y

ou m

ust use betw

een

tw

o

and

five

w

ords

, including the w

ord giv

en Here is an e

xample (

0

).

Example: 0

Y

ou m

ust e

xactly what the manager tells y

ou.

carr

y

Y

ou m

ust instr

uctions e

xactly

.

The space can be filled b

y

the w

ords ‘carr

y out the manager’

s’, so y

ou wr

ite:

Wr

ite

onl

y

the missing w

ords

wer sheet

.

31

My daughter reg

rets spending all her sa

vings on that car

.

she My daughter wishes all her sa

vings on that car

.

32

The

y are e

xtending this motorw

a

y

b

y

100 kilometres

.

being This motorw

a

y

100 kilometres

.

33

It w

as a mistak

e f

or the compan

y to install the ne

w computer system.

should The compan

y the ne

w computer system.

34

W

e

mended the roof to pre

v

ent the birds from making nests in it.

so We

mended the roof not mak

e nests in it.

carry out the manager’

s

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Parts 3/4 (Questions 35–55)

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35

I’m afr

aid I don’t ha

v

e

time to go shopping this mor

ning.

too I’m afr

aid to go shopping this mor

ning.

36

Matthe

w can’t be sure that Ale

x will help him if something goes wrong.

rel

y

Matthe

w can’t him if something goes wrong.

37

By the time w

e

arr

iv

ed at the theatre

, near

ly all the seats had been tak

en.

har

dl

y

There left b

y

the time w

e

arr

iv

ed at the theatre

.

38

P

auline isn’t tr

ying to solv

e her financial prob

lems at all.

eff

o

rt

P

auline is solv

e her financial prob

lems

.

39

I'd r

ather y

ou made less noise – I'm tr

ying to get some w

o

rk

done

.

mind Would m

uch noise – I'm tr

ying to get some w

o

rk

done

.

40

I shouldn’t bother to clean the windo

ws toda

y because it’

s going to r

ain.

wo

rt

h

It the windo

ws toda

y because it’

s going to r

ain.

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F

or questions

41-55

, read the te

xt belo

w and look carefully at each line

Some of the lines are correct,

and some ha

v

e

a w

ord which should not be there

.

If a line is correct, put a tic

k (

) b

y

the n

umber

wer sheet

If a line has a w

ord

which should

not

be there

, wr

ite the w

ord

wer sheet

There are tw

o e

xamples at

the beginning

(

0

and

00

)

.

Examples:

WHERE I GREW UP

0

When I w

as y

oung, I liv

ed in a place called Coromandel in

00

Ne

w Zealand I w

as been tak

en there b

y

m

y

parents when I w

as a f

e

w

41

w

eeks old, and liv

ed there until I w

as f

our

teen y

ears

I still think

42

of that per

iod as the happiest time of m

y

lif

e

My lif

e w

a

s m

uch

43

uncomplicated then and Coromandel w

as a magical place

It

44

had been a b

usy gold-mining to

wn, b

u

t that w

as long bef

ore

45

m

y

f

amily ha

v

e

arr

iv

ed By then it had become a v

e

ry

r

un-do

wn

46

place

My f

a

ther w

as a doctor

, and people w

ould pa

y to him

47

in sheep

, pigs

, hens and, occasionally

, the pieces of gold He w

ould

48

ha

v

e

pref

erred pa

ying mone

y,

of course

, b

u

t the

y simply didn’t ha

v

e

49

an

y.

My sister and I had no man

y cares at all W

e

w

ent to the village

50

school, which together w

as attended b

y

just tw

enty children of all ages

.

51

Out of school hours

, w

e

look

ed after lots animals on the f

a

rm

s

52

around the to

wn, although w

e

didn’t really ha

v

e

a clue ho

w

53

long to it Coromandel is a large and b

usy tour

ist resor

t no

w

,

54

b

ut it w

as peaceful to

wn when I w

as a child, and I w

ould

55

lik

e doing nothing better than to go bac

k to reliv

e m

y

memor

ies

.

00

been

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Part (Questions 56–65) and answer keys

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F

or questions

56-65

, read the te

xt belo

w

Use the w

ord giv

en in capitals at the end of each line to f

o

rm

a w

ord that fits in the space in the

same

line

.

There is an e

0

) Wr

ite y

our ans

w

ers

wer sheet

.

Example:

BREAD

I’m a g

reat

(0)

of bread Whene

v

er I smell freshly bak

ed

LO

VE

bread, it reminds me of m

y

ear

ly

(56)

when I used to visit

CHILD

the little bak

er

y that m

y

g

randf

ather o

wned.

And, of course

, there are

(57)

good medical reasons wh

y w

e

VA

R

Y

should not f

o

rget the

(58)

of eating plenty of bread.

IMPOR

TANT

Bread contains near

ly all the protein needed f

or children’

s

(59)

GR

O

W

and f

or adults to sta

y fit and w

e

ll W

e

can get a

(60)

of

THREE

our daily protein

(61)

from just six slices of bread.

REQ

UIRE

Bread,

(62)

some popular f

oods which are not par

ticular

ly good

LIKE

for y

ou, giv

es

(63)

to bones and teeth when the

y are de

v

eloping

STR

ONG

and k

eeps them health

y as w

e

get older

(64)

, bread helps us

ADDITION

to f

eel

(65)

as it contains iron as w

ell as se

v

e

ral essential vitamins

.

ENERGY

lov

er

0 lov

er

PART ONE

1 A

2 D

3 B

4 C

5 D

6 A

7 B

8 D

9 B

10 A

11 C

12 D

13 B

14 D

15 A

PART TWO

16 for

17 over

18 is/was 19 kind/type/sort 20 that/which 21 until/till

22 as

23 let

24 in

25 such

26 if

27 of

28 more/greater

29 get

30 their

PART THREE

31 (that) shehadn’t | spent 32 is being| extended (by) 33 shouldnot | have installed 34 so(that) (the) birds |

would/could

PART FOUR

41 years

42 much

43

44

45 have

46 to

47 the

48 paying

49 many

50 together

51 lots

52

53 long

54 town

55 doing

PART FIVE

56 childhood 57 various 58 importance 59 growth 60 third

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