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Part

1

You

are

goi

ng to

read

an

extra

ct fr

om a

nov

el.

For q

uest

ions

1 –

8,c

hoos

e th

e an

swer

(A, B

, C o

r D)

whi

ch y

ou th

ink

fits

best

acc

ordi

ng to

the

text

.

Mar

k yo

ur a

nsw

ers

on th

e se

para

te a

nsw

er s

heet

.

I sh

ifted

unc

omfo

rtabl

y in

side

my

best

sui

t an

d ea

sed

a fin

ger

insi

de t

he t

ight

whi

teco

llar.

It w

as h

ot in

the

little

bus

and

I h

ad ta

ken

a se

at o

n th

e w

rong

sid

e w

here

the

sum

mer

sun

bea

t on

the

win

dow

s. I

t was

a s

trang

e ou

tfit f

or th

e w

eath

er, b

ut a

few

m

iles

ahea

d m

y fu

ture

em

ploy

er m

ight

be

wai

ting

for

me

and

I ha

d to

mak

e a

good

im

pres

sion

. Th

ere

was

a lo

t dep

endi

ngon

this

inte

rvie

w.

Man

y fr

iend

s who

had

qua

lifie

d w

ith

me

wer

e un

empl

oyed

or

wor

king

in s

hops

or

as la

bour

ers

in th

e sh

ipya

rds.

So

man

y th

at I

had

alm

ost g

iven

up

hope

of a

ny fu

ture

for m

ysel

f as a

vet

erin

ary

surg

eon.

Ther

e w

ere

usua

lly t

wo

or t

hree

job

s ad

verti

sed

in t

he V

eter

inar

yRe

cord

eac

h w

eek

and

an a

vera

ge o

f eig

hty

appl

ican

ts fo

r eac

h on

e. I

t had

n’t s

eem

ed p

ossi

ble

whe

n th

e le

tter c

ame

from

Dar

row

by in

Yor

kshi

re.

Mr S

. Far

non

wou

ld li

ke to

see

me

on th

eFr

iday

afte

rnoo

n; I

was

to c

ome

to te

a an

d, if

we

wer

e su

ited

to e

ach

othe

r, I c

ould

sta

yon

as

his

assi

stan

t. M

ost y

oung

peo

ple

emer

ging

from

the

colle

ges

afte

r fiv

e ye

ars

of

hard

wor

k w

ere

face

d by

a w

orld

uni

mpr

esse

d by

the

ir en

thus

iasm

and

bur

stin

g kn

owle

dge.

So

I had

gra

bbed

the

lifel

ine

unbe

lievi

ngly

. lin

e15

Th

e dr

iver

cra

shed

his

gea

rs a

gain

as

we

wen

t int

o an

othe

r st

eep

bend

. W

e ha

dbe

en c

limbi

ng s

tead

ily n

ow fo

r the

last

fifte

enm

iles

or s

o, m

ovin

g cl

oser

to th

e di

stan

tbl

ue o

f th

e Pe

nnin

e H

ills.

I h

ad n

ever

bee

n in

Yor

kshi

re b

efor

e, b

ut t

he n

ame

had

alw

ays

rais

ed a

pic

ture

of a

regi

on a

s he

avy

and

unro

man

tic a

s th

e pu

ddin

g of

the

sam

e na

me;

I w

as p

repa

red

for s

olid

resp

ecta

bilit

y,du

llnes

s and

a to

tal l

ack

of c

harm

. B

ut a

s th

e bu

s m

ade

its w

ay h

ighe

r, I b

egan

to w

onde

r. T

here

wer

e hi

gh g

rass

y hi

lls a

nd w

ide

valle

ys.

In

the

valle

y bo

ttom

s, riv

ers

twis

ted

amon

g th

e tre

es a

nd s

olid

gre

y st

one

farm

hous

es l

ay a

mon

g is

land

s of

cul

tivat

ed l

and

whi

ch p

ushe

d up

the

wild

, da

rkhi

llsid

es.

Sudd

enly

, I

real

ised

the

bus

was

cla

tterin

g al

ong

ana

rrow

stre

et w

hich

ope

ned

onto

a s

quar

e w

here

we

stop

ped.

A

bove

the

win

dow

of

a sm

all g

roce

r’s

shop

I r

ead

‘Dar

row

by C

o-op

erat

ive

Soci

ety’

. W

e ha

d ar

rived

. I

got

out

and

sto

od b

esid

e m

yba

ttere

d su

itcas

e, lo

okin

g ab

out m

e.

Ther

e w

as s

omet

hing

unu

sual

and

I d

idn’

tkno

ww

hat i

t was

at f

irst.

The

n it

cam

e to

me.

The

oth

er p

asse

nger

s had

dis

pers

ed, t

he d

river

had

switc

hed

off t

he e

ngin

e an

d th

ere

was

not

a s

ound

or a

mov

emen

t any

whe

re.

The

only

vis

ible

sig

n of

life

was

a g

roup

of

old

men

sitt

ing

roun

d th

e cl

ock

tow

er in

the

cent

re o

f the

squa

re, b

ut th

ey m

ight

hav

e be

en c

arve

d of

ston

e.

Dar

row

by d

idn’

t get

muc

h sp

ace

in th

e gu

ideb

ooks

, but

whe

re it

was

men

tione

d it

was

des

crib

ed a

s a

grey

littl

e to

wn

on th

e R

iver

Arr

ow w

ith a

mar

ket p

lace

and

littl

e of

in

tere

st e

xcep

t its

tw

o an

cien

t br

idge

s. B

ut w

hen

you

look

ed a

t it,

its

set

ting

was

be

autif

ul.

Ever

ywhe

re f

rom

the

win

dow

s of

hou

ses

in D

arro

wby

you

cou

ld s

ee t

he

hills

. Th

ere

was

a c

lear

ness

in th

e ai

r, a

sens

e of

spa

ce a

nd a

irine

ss th

at m

ade

me

feel

I ha

d le

ft so

met

hing

beh

ind.

Th

e pr

essu

re o

f th

e ci

ty, t

he n

oise

, the

sm

oke

– al

read

yth

ey se

emed

to b

e fa

lling

aw

ay fr

omm

e.Tr

enga

te S

treet

was

a q

uiet

roa

d le

adin

g of

f th

e sq

uare

and

fro

m th

ere

I ha

d m

yfir

st s

ight

of S

keld

ale

Hou

se.

I kne

w it

was

the

right

pla

ce b

efor

e I w

as n

ear e

noug

h to

re

ad S

. Far

non,

Vet

erin

ary

Surg

eon

on th

e ol

d-fa

shio

ned

bras

s na

mep

late

. I

knew

by

the

ivy

whi

ch g

rew

unt

idily

ove

r the

red

bric

k, c

limbi

ng u

p to

the

topm

ost w

indo

ws.

It

was

wha

t the

lette

r had

sai

d –

the

only

hou

se w

ith iv

y; a

nd th

is c

ould

be

whe

re I

wou

ldw

ork

for t

he fi

rst t

ime

as a

vet

erin

ary

surg

eon.

I ra

ng th

e do

orbe

ll.

1A

s he

trav

elle

d, th

e w

riter

regr

ette

d hi

s ch

oice

of

A

seat

. B

cl

othe

s.

C

care

er.

Dm

eans

of t

rans

port.

2W

hat h

ad s

urpr

ised

the

writ

er a

bout

the

job?

ATh

ere

had

been

no

adve

rtise

men

t. B

He

had

been

con

tact

ed b

y le

tter.

CTh

ere

was

an

invi

tatio

n to

tea.

D

He

had

been

sel

ecte

d fo

r int

ervi

ew.

3Th

e w

riter

use

s th

e ph

rase

‘I h

ad g

rabb

ed th

e lif

elin

e’ (l

ine

15) t

o sh

ow th

at h

e fe

lt

Aco

nfid

ent o

f his

abi

lity.

B

read

y to

con

side

r any

offe

r. C

caut

ious

abo

ut a

ccep

ting

the

invi

tatio

n.

Dfo

rced

to m

ake

a de

cisi

on u

nwill

ingl

y.

4W

hat i

mpr

essi

on h

ad th

e w

riter

pre

viou

sly

had

of Y

orks

hire

?

AIt

was

a b

eaut

iful p

lace

.B

It w

as a

bor

ing

plac

e.

CIt

was

a c

harm

ing

plac

e.

DIt

was

an

unha

ppy

plac

e.

5W

hat d

id th

e w

riter

find

unu

sual

abo

ut D

arro

wby

?

Ath

e lo

catio

n of

the

bus

stop

B

the

smal

l num

ber o

f sho

ps

Cth

e de

sign

of t

he s

quar

eD

the

lack

of a

ctiv

ity

6W

hat d

id th

e w

riter

feel

the

guid

eboo

ks h

ad m

isse

d ab

out D

arro

wby

?

Ath

e be

auty

of t

he h

ouse

s B

the

impo

rtanc

e of

the

brid

ges

Cth

e lo

vely

vie

ws

from

the

tow

n D

the

impr

essi

ve p

ublic

spa

ces

7 H

ow d

id th

e w

riter

reco

gnis

e S

keld

ale

Hou

se?

A

Th

e na

me

was

on

the

door

.

B

It ha

d re

d br

icks

.

C

Ther

e w

as a

cer

tain

pla

nt o

utsi

de.

D

It

stoo

d al

one.

8H

ow d

id th

e w

riter

’s a

ttitu

de c

hang

e du

ring

the

pass

age?

AH

e be

gan

to fe

el h

e m

ight

like

livi

ng in

Dar

row

by.

BH

e be

cam

e le

ss e

nthu

sias

tic a

bout

the

job.

C

He

real

ised

his

jour

ney

was

like

ly to

hav

e be

en a

was

te o

f tim

e.

DH

e st

arte

d to

look

forw

ard

to h

avin

g th

e in

terv

iew

.

Turn

Ove

r

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2

You

are

goi

ng t

o re

ad a

n ar

ticle

abo

ut a

wom

an w

ho i

s a

dow

nhill

mou

ntai

n-bi

ke r

acer

. S

even

sent

ence

s ha

ve b

een

rem

oved

from

the

artic

le.

Cho

ose

from

the

sent

ence

s A

– H

the

one

whi

ch fi

ts

each

gap

(9 –

15)

. Th

ere

is o

ne e

xtra

sen

tenc

e w

hich

you

do

not n

eed

to u

se.

Mar

k yo

ur a

nsw

ers

on th

e se

para

te a

nsw

er s

heet

.

Dow

nhill

race

rA

nna

Jone

s te

lls o

f her

mov

e fro

m s

kiin

g to

dow

nhill

mou

ntai

n bi

king

and

her

rap

id r

ise

upth

e ra

nks

to h

er c

urre

nt p

ositi

on a

s on

e of

the

top

five

dow

nhill

race

rs in

the

coun

try.

At

the

age

of s

even

I h

ad l

earn

t to

ski

and

by

four

teen

I

was

co

mpe

ting

inte

rnat

iona

lly.

Whe

n I

was

eig

htee

n a

clos

e fri

end

was

inju

red

ina

ski

race

, an

d a

s a

re

sult,

I

gave

up

com

petit

ive

skiin

g.

To f

ill t

he g

ap t

hat

skiin

g ha

d le

ft I d

ecid

ed to

sw

ap tw

o pl

anks

of w

ood

for

two

whe

els

with

big

tyre

s.

My

first

race

was

a c

ross

-cou

ntry

race

in 1

995.

It

was

n’t a

n am

azin

g su

cces

s.

9 A

fter

ente

ring

a fe

w m

ore

cros

s-co

untry

rac

es, a

loca

lbi

ke s

hop

gave

me

a do

wnh

ill b

ike

to t

ry.

I

ente

red

a do

wnh

ill

race

, fe

ll of

f, bu

t di

d re

ason

ably

wel

l in

the

end

, so

I s

witc

hed

todo

wnh

ill ra

cing

.

I th

ink

my

skiin

g he

lped

a l

ot a

s I

was

abl

e to

trans

fer

seve

ral

skill

s su

ch

as

corn

erin

g an

dw

eigh

t-bal

ance

to m

ount

ain

biki

ng.

This

yea

r I’m

rid

ing

for

a fa

mou

s B

ritis

h te

am a

nd t

here

are

ra

ces

alm

oste

very

wee

kend

from

Mar

ch th

roug

h to

Sep

tem

ber.

10

In fa

ct, t

here

’s q

uite

alo

t of p

uttin

g up

tent

s in

mud

dy fi

elds

.

Last

sea

son

I w

as s

elec

ted

to r

epre

sent

Gre

atB

ritai

n at

bo

th

the

Eur

opea

n an

d W

orld

C

ham

pion

ship

s. B

oth

even

ts w

ere

com

plet

ely

diffe

rent

from

the

UK

race

sce

ne.

11

I

was

tot

ally

in

awe,

rac

ing

with

the

rid

ers

I ha

dbe

en f

ollo

win

g in

mag

azin

es.

The

atm

osph

ere

was

ele

ctric

and

I fin

ishe

d ab

out m

id-p

ack.

Mou

ntai

n bi

king

is a

gre

at s

port

to b

e in

. P

eopl

e as

k m

e if

dow

nhill

rac

ing

is r

eally

sca

ry.

I sa

y,

‘Yes

it is

, and

I lo

ve it

.’ E

very

tim

e I r

ace

I sca

re

mys

elf s

illy

and

then

say

, ‘Y

eah

let’s

do

it ag

ain.

Whe

n yo

u’re

rid

ing

wel

l, yo

u ar

e rig

ht o

n th

e ed

ge, a

s cl

ose

as y

ou c

an b

e to

bei

ng o

ut o

fco

ntro

l.12

H

owev

er, y

ou q

uick

ly le

arn

how

to d

o it

so a

s no

t to

inju

re y

ours

elf.

And

it’s

part

of th

e le

arni

ng p

roce

ss a

s yo

u ha

ve to

pus

hyo

urse

lf an

d try

new

ski

lls to

impr

ove.

Initi

ally

, dow

nhill

raci

ng w

asn’

t tak

en s

erio

usly

as

am

ount

ain-

biki

ng d

isci

plin

e.

13

But

thin

gsar

e ch

angi

ng a

nd r

ider

s ar

e no

w r

ealis

ing

that

th

ey n

eed

to tr

ain

just

as

hard

for d

ownh

ill ra

cing

as th

ey w

ould

do

for c

ross

-cou

ntry

.

The

race

s ar

e ru

n ov

er g

roun

d w

hich

is g

ener

ally

cl

oser

to

verti

cal

than

hor

izon

tal,

with

jum

ps,

drop

-offs

, ho

les,

cor

ners

and

nas

ty r

ocks

and

tre

es t

o te

st y

our

nerv

es a

s w

ell

as t

echn

ical

sk

ill.

At t

he e

nd o

f a r

un, w

hich

is b

etw

een

two

and

thre

e m

inut

es in

this

cou

ntry

you

r leg

s hu

rt so

muc

h th

ey b

urn.

14

B

ut in

a ra

ce,

you’

re s

o ex

cite

d th

at y

ou s

witc

h of

f to

the

pai

n un

til y

ou’v

e fin

ishe

d.

A l

ot o

f pe

ople

thi

nk t

hat

you

need

to

spen

d th

ousa

nds

of p

ound

s to

giv

e do

wnh

ill m

ount

ain

biki

ng a

go.

15

A re

ason

able

beg

inne

r’sdo

wnh

ill b

ike

will

cos

t yo

u ar

ound

£40

0 an

d th

e ba

sic

equi

pmen

t, of

a c

ycle

hel

met

, cyc

le s

horts

and

glov

es,

arou

nd £

150.

La

ter

on y

ou m

ay

wan

t to

upg

rade

you

r bi

ke a

nd g

et a

ful

l-fac

e cr

ash

helm

et,

sinc

e rid

ers

are

now

ach

ievi

ngsp

eeds

of u

p to

80

kilo

met

res

per h

our.

A

B

C

D

I’ve

falle

n of

f m

ore

times

tha

n I

care

to

rem

embe

r.

I us

ually

hav

e to

sto

p du

ring

prac

tice

sess

ions

.

The

cour

ses

wer

e tw

ice

as lo

ng a

nd th

e cr

owds

wer

e tw

ice

as b

ig.

I’m n

ot s

trong

eno

ugh

in m

y ar

ms,

so

I’ve

been

doi

ng a

lot

of

uppe

r-bo

dy t

rain

ing

this

yea

r.

E F G

H

The

attit

ude

was

: how

muc

h sk

ill d

o yo

u ne

ed to

sit

on a

sad

dle

and

poin

t a b

ike

in th

e sa

me

dire

ctio

n fo

r a fe

w m

inut

es?

I fin

ishe

d la

st,

but

it di

dn’t

mat

ter

as I

real

ly e

njoy

ed it

.

Not

hing

cou

ld b

e fu

rther

from

the

truth

.

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not a

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3

You

are

goi

ng t

o re

ad a

mag

azin

e ar

ticle

abo

ut p

eopl

e w

ho c

olle

ct t

hing

s.

For

ques

tions

16

– 30

, ch

oose

from

the

peop

le (A

– D

). T

he p

eopl

e m

ay b

e ch

osen

mor

e th

an o

nce.

Mar

k yo

ur a

nsw

ers

on th

e se

para

te a

nsw

er s

heet

.

Whi

ch p

erso

n

had

to re

-sta

rt th

eir c

olle

ctio

n?

16

has

prov

ided

use

ful a

dvic

e on

thei

r sub

ject

? 17

was

mis

led

by a

n ea

rly s

ucce

ss?

18

rece

ived

an

unex

pect

ed g

ift?

19

adm

its to

mak

ing

little

pra

ctic

al u

se o

f the

ir co

llect

ion?

20

regr

ets

the

rapi

d di

sapp

eara

nce

of c

erta

in it

ems?

21

is a

war

e th

at a

fulle

r col

lect

ion

of it

ems

exis

ts e

lsew

here

? 22

has

a hi

stor

y of

col

lect

ing

diffe

rent

item

s?

23

perfo

rmed

a fa

vour

for s

omeo

ne th

ey k

new

? 24

is a

nat

iona

l exp

ert o

n th

eir s

ubje

ct?

25

is a

war

e th

at th

ey fo

rm p

art o

f a g

row

ing

grou

p?

26

insi

sts

on p

urch

asin

g to

p-qu

ality

item

s?

27

notic

ed it

ems

whi

le lo

okin

g fo

r som

ethi

ng e

lse?

28

has

to p

rote

ct th

eir c

olle

ctio

n fro

m d

amag

e?

29

wou

ld li

ke to

cre

ate

a ha

nds-

on d

ispl

ay o

f the

ir co

llect

ion?

30

The

Wor

ld o

f Col

lect

ing

A

Ron

Bar

ton

shar

es h

is h

ome

with

abo

ut 2

00

sew

ing

mac

hine

s. H

is p

assi

on b

egan

whe

n he

was

sea

rchi

ng fo

r bits

of s

econ

d-ha

nd fu

rnitu

re

and

kept

see

ing

‘bea

utifu

l old

sew

ing

mac

hine

s th

at w

ere

next

to n

othi

ng to

buy

’. H

e co

uldn

’tre

sist

them

. Th

en a

frie

nd h

ad a

mac

hine

that

w

ould

n’t w

ork,

so

she

aske

d B

arto

n to

look

at i

t fo

r he

r. A

t tha

t sta

ge h

e w

as n

ot a

n au

thor

ity

on t

he s

ubje

ct,

but

he w

orke

d on

it

for

thre

e da

ys a

nd e

vent

ually

got

it g

oing

. La

ter

he o

pene

d up

a s

mal

l st

and

in a

Lond

on

mar

ket.

‘M

ost

peop

le

seem

edun

inte

rest

ed.

Then

a d

eale

r ca

me

and

boug

htev

eryt

hing

I’d

tak

en a

long

. I

tho

ught

, “G

reat

! Th

is i

s m

y fu

ture

life

.” B

ut a

fter

that

I n

ever

so

ld a

noth

er o

ne t

here

and

end

ed u

p w

ith a

st

all

in

anot

her

mar

ket

whi

ch

was

on

ly

mod

erat

ely

succ

essf

ul.’

Now

aday

s,

he

conc

entra

tes

on

dom

estic

m

achi

nes

in t

heir

orig

inal

box

con

tain

ers

with

thei

r ha

ndbo

oks.

H

e is

ofte

n as

ked

if he

doe

san

y se

win

g w

ith t

hem

. T

he a

nsw

er i

s th

at,

apar

t fro

m m

akin

g su

re t

hat

they

wor

k, h

era

rely

touc

hes

them

.

B

As

a bo

y, C

hris

Pet

ers

colle

cted

hun

dred

s of

vint

age

cam

eras

, mos

tly fr

om ju

mbl

e sa

les

and

dust

bins

. La

ter,

whe

n th

e tim

e ca

me

to b

uy h

is

first

ho

use,

he

ha

d to

se

ll hi

s va

luab

le

colle

ctio

n in

ord

er to

put

dow

n a

depo

sit.

A fe

wye

ars

afte

r, he

too

k up

the

inte

rest

aga

in a

ndno

w h

as o

ver a

thou

sand

cam

eras

, the

ear

liest

datin

g fro

m 1

860.

N

ow P

eter

s ‘ju

st c

anno

t sto

p co

llect

ing’

and

hope

s to

ope

n hi

s ow

n ph

otog

raph

ic m

useu

m

whe

re m

embe

rs o

f th

e pu

blic

will

be

able

to

touc

h an

d fid

dle

arou

nd

with

th

e ca

mer

as.

Whi

lst

ackn

owle

dgin

g th

at t

he R

oyal

Cam

era

Col

lect

ion

in B

ath

is p

roba

bly

mor

e ex

tens

ive

than

his

ow

n, h

e po

ints

out

that

‘so

few

of t

he

item

s ar

e on

sho

w th

ere

at th

e sa

me

time

that

I th

ink

my

own

pers

onal

col

lect

ion

will

eas

ily

rival

it.’

CSy

lvia

Kin

g is

one

of

the

fore

mos

t au

thor

ities

on

pla

stic

s in

Brit

ain.

She

has

, in

ever

y co

rner

of

her

hou

se,

a st

rikin

g co

llect

ion

of p

last

ic

obje

cts

of e

very

kin

d, d

atin

g fro

m th

e m

iddl

e of

the

last

cen

tury

and

illu

stra

ting

the

com

plex

us

es o

f pla

stic

ove

r the

yea

rs.

Kin

g’s

inte

rest

st

arte

d w

hen

she

was

co

mm

issi

oned

to w

rite

her

first

boo

k.

In o

rder

to d

o th

is, s

he h

ad to

sta

rt fro

m s

crat

ch; s

o sh

eat

tend

ed

a co

urse

on

w

ork

mac

hine

ry,

mai

ntai

ning

th

at

if sh

e di

dn’t

unde

rsta

ndpl

astic

s m

anuf

actu

re th

en n

obod

y el

se w

ould

. A

s sh

e ga

ther

ed i

nfor

mat

ion

for

her

book

,sh

e al

so b

egan

to c

olle

ct p

iece

s of

pla

stic

from

ever

y im

agin

able

sou

rce:

junk

sho

ps, a

rcad

es,

and

the

cupb

oard

s of

fri

ends

.

She

al

soco

llect

s ‘b

ecau

se it

is v

ital t

o ke

ep e

xam

ples

. W

e liv

e in

an

age

of t

hrow

-aw

ay it

ems:

tap

e-re

cord

ers,

cas

sette

s, h

air

drye

rs –

they

are

all

repl

aced

so

quic

kly.

’ K

ing’

s se

cond

boo

k, C

lass

ic P

last

ics:

from

Bak

elite

to

Hig

h Te

ch,

is t

he f

irst

publ

ishe

d gu

ide

to

plas

tics

colle

ctin

g.

It

desc

ribes

colle

ctio

ns th

at c

an b

e vi

site

d an

d gi

ves

sim

ple

and

safe

hom

e te

sts

for i

dent

ifica

tion.

Kin

g ad

mits

th

at

‘pla

stic

is

a

mys

terio

ussu

bsta

nce

and

man

y pe

ople

are

frig

hten

ed o

fit.

Eve

n so

, the

ban

d of

col

lect

ors

is c

onst

antly

ex

pand

ing.

DJa

net

Pont

in a

lread

y ha

d tw

enty

ye

ars

of

colle

ctin

g on

e th

ing

or

anot

her

behi

nd

her

whe

n sh

e st

arte

d co

llect

ing

‘art

deco

’ fa

ns i

n19

66.

It

happ

ened

whe

n sh

e w

ent

to a

n au

ctio

n sa

le a

nd s

aw a

sho

e-bo

x fil

led

with

them

. S

omeo

ne e

lse

got

them

by

offe

ring

ahi

gher

pric

e an

d sh

e w

as v

ery

cros

s. L

ater

, to

her

asto

nish

men

t, he

wen

t ro

und

to h

er f

lat

and

pres

ente

d th

em t

o he

r. ‘T

hat

was

how

ital

l sta

rted.

’ Th

ere

wer

e ab

out f

ive

fans

in th

esh

oe-b

ox

and

sinc

e th

en

they

’ve

been

exhi

bite

d in

the

first

rea

lly b

ig e

xhib

ition

of ‘

art

deco

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Am

eric

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fans

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nor

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glas

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are

extre

mel

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gile

an

d pe

ople

ar

ete

mpt

ed to

han

dle

them

. Th

e id

ea is

to h

ave,

one

day,

abl

ack-

lacq

uere

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om w

here

the

y ca

n be

mor

e ea

sily

see

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ontin

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stric

t he

rsel

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fa

ns

of

apa

rticu

lar p

erio

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nly

buy

a fa

n if

itis

in

ex

celle

nt

cond

ition

.

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sam

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leap

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eve

ryth

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ouse

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Test 2

PART ONE

1 B

2 A

3 C

4 D

5 C

6 A

7 B

8 D

PART TWO

9 D

10 E

11 G

12 A

13 B

14 H

15 F

PART THREE

16 A

17 A

18 B

19 A

20 B

21 D

22 A

23 C

24 A

25 B

26 C

27 C

28 A

29 C

30 D

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Part

1

You

mus

t ans

wer

this

que

stio

n. W

rite

your

ans

wer

in 1

20 –

150

wor

ds in

an

appr

opria

te s

tyle

on

the

oppo

site

pag

e.

1 Y

ou h

ave

rece

ived

an

emai

l fro

m y

our

Eng

lish-

spea

king

frie

nd, S

ara,

who

is p

lann

ing

to o

pen

a re

stau

rant

. R

ead

Sar

a’s

emai

l and

the

note

s yo

u ha

ve m

ade.

The

n w

rite

an e

mai

l to

Sar

a, u

sing

al

l you

r not

es.

emai

l

From

: S

ara

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tins

Sent

: 15

th M

arch

200

6 Su

bjec

t: R

esta

uran

t

Say

whe

n an

d w

hy

Sug

gest

You

rem

embe

r ho

w A

lex

and

I ha

ve a

lway

s w

ante

d to

op

en a

rest

aura

nt –

wel

l, w

e’re

goi

ng to

do

it!

We

wan

t to

ser

ve f

ood

from

diff

eren

t co

untr

ies

in o

ur

rest

aura

nt s

o w

e’re

pla

nnin

g to

trav

el a

roun

d to

col

lect

so

me

idea

s. W

e w

ant t

o co

me

to y

our

coun

try.

Whe

n is

th

e be

st ti

me

to c

ome?

We

wan

t to

fin

d ou

t w

hat

peop

le c

ook

at h

ome

ever

yda

y. W

hat’s

the

best

way

for u

s to

do th

at?

We’

d al

so l

ike

to g

o to

som

e lo

cal

rest

aura

nts

whi

ch

serv

e tr

aditi

onal

food

. C

an y

ou re

com

men

d on

e?

Whe

n w

e op

en th

e re

stau

rant

in J

uly,

we’

d lik

e yo

u to

co

me.

Will

you

be

free

?

Repl

y so

on.

Sara

Yes

, giv

e de

tails

No,

bec

ause

Writ

e yo

ur e

mai

l. Y

ou m

ust

use

gram

mat

ical

ly c

orre

ct s

ente

nces

with

acc

urat

e sp

ellin

g an

dpu

nctu

atio

n in

a s

tyle

app

ropr

iate

for t

he s

ituat

ion.

Que

stio

n 1

emai

l

To:

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Mar

tins

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th M

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2

Writ

e an

ans

wer

to o

ne o

f the

que

stio

ns 2

– 5

in th

is p

art.

Writ

e yo

ur a

nsw

er in

120

– 1

80 w

ords

inan

app

ropr

iate

sty

le o

n th

e op

posi

te p

age.

Put

the

ques

tion

num

ber i

n th

e bo

x at

the

top

of th

e pa

ge.

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2Y

ou h

ave

seen

this

ann

ounc

emen

t in

an in

tern

atio

nal m

agaz

ine.

MY

FA

VO

UR

ITE

TE

AC

HE

R

Tell

us

abou

t a

favo

uri

te t

each

er o

f yo

urs

an

d sa

y w

hat

you

re

mem

ber

abou

t h

im o

r h

er.

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will

pu

blis

h t

he

mos

t in

tere

stin

g ar

ticl

es n

ext

mon

th.

Writ

e yo

ur a

rtic

le.

3 Y

ou re

cent

ly s

aw th

is n

otic

e in

an

Eng

lish-

lang

uage

mag

azin

e ca

lled

Thea

tre W

orld

.

Rev

iew

s ne

eded

!

Hav

e yo

u be

en to

the

thea

tre re

cent

ly?

If s

o, c

ould

you

writ

e us

a re

view

of

the

play

you

saw

? I

nclu

de in

form

atio

n on

the

cha

ract

ers,

cos

tum

es a

ndst

ory

and

say

whe

ther

you

wou

ld re

com

men

d th

e pl

ay to

oth

er p

eopl

e.

The

best

revi

ews

will

be

publ

ishe

d ne

xt m

onth

.

Writ

e yo

ur re

view

.

4 Y

our

teac

her

has

aske

d yo

u to

writ

e a

stor

y fo

r an

int

erna

tiona

l m

agaz

ine.

Th

e st

ory

mus

t be

gin

with

the

follo

win

g w

ords

:

Anna

had

a v

ery

spec

ial r

easo

n fo

r get

ting

up e

arly

the

next

day

, so

she

set t

he a

larm

for 5

am

.

W

rite

your

sto

ry.

5 A

nsw

er o

ne o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

two

ques

tions

bas

ed o

n on

eof

the

titl

es b

elow

. W

rite

the

lette

r(a

) or (

b) a

s w

ell a

s th

e nu

mbe

r 5 in

the

ques

tion

box

on th

e op

posi

te p

age.

(a)

Th

e C

itade

lby

A.J

.Cro

nin

This

is p

art o

f a le

tter f

rom

you

r Eng

lish-

spea

king

pen

frien

d.

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are

read

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The

Cita

del i

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ass.

Did

n’t y

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ay y

ou’v

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e fil

m?

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thin

k of

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mai

n ch

arac

ter,

Andr

ew M

anso

n?

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e a

lette

r to

you

r pe

nfrie

nd,

givi

ng y

our

opin

ion.

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o no

t w

rite

any

post

al

addr

esse

s.

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e yo

ur le

tter.

(b)

Rou

nd th

e w

orld

in 8

0 da

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Jul

es V

erne

P

hile

as F

ogg

and

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sepa

rtout

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ffere

nt c

hara

cter

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one

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thin

k en

joys

the

jour

ney

mos

t?

Writ

e an

ess

ay s

ayin

g w

ho y

ou t

hink

enj

oys

the

jour

ney

mos

t and

why

.

Writ

e yo

ur e

ssay

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Que

stio

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2, r

ea

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he

te

xt

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low

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ecid

e w

hic

h a

nsw

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(A, B

, C o

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est

fits

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w t

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be

jo

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cre

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hip

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no

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pe

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3

Fo

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Part

4

Fo

r q

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stion

s 3

5 –

42,

co

mp

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th

e s

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nd

se

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so t

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sim

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ple:

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INTO

TOW

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35

Th

e t

wo

bo

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ere

sittin

g b

y t

he

mse

lve

s in

th

e c

lassro

om

.

OW

N

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e t

wo

bo

ys w

ere

sittin

g …

……

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th

e c

lassro

om

.

36

‘I h

ave

an

in

terv

iew

to

mo

rro

w,

so

I o

ug

ht

to le

ave

so

on

,’ Y

an

nis

sa

id.

BET

TER

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ave

an

in

terv

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to

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rro

w,

so

I …

……

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on

,’ Y

an

nis

sa

id.

37

Th

e f

ilm w

ill h

ave

sta

rte

d,

so

it’s n

ot w

ort

h g

oin

g t

o t

he

cin

em

a n

ow

.

POIN

T

Th

e f

ilm w

ill h

ave

sta

rte

d,

so

……

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in g

oin

g t

o th

e c

ine

ma

no

w.

38

Ro

be

rto

arr

ive

d la

te t

his

mo

rnin

g b

eca

use

his

tra

in w

as d

ela

ye

d.

TIM

E

If t

he

tra

in …

……

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ob

ert

o w

ou

ld n

ot

ha

ve

arr

ive

d la

te t

his

mo

rnin

g.

39

I h

ad

ne

ve

r m

et

Pia

’s h

usb

an

d b

efo

re.

FIR

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usb

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40

Ab

du

l’s m

oth

er

did

n’t le

t h

im p

lay o

n t

he

co

mp

ute

r u

ntil h

e h

ad

do

ne

his

ho

me

wo

rk.

MA

DE

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du

l’s m

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er

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his

ho

me

wo

rk b

efo

re h

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d o

n t

he

co

mp

ute

r.

41

Alth

ou

gh

th

e p

olic

e c

ha

se

d t

he

m,

the

th

ieve

s d

idn

’t g

et

ca

ug

ht.

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e t

hie

ve

s m

an

ag

ed

to

ge

t …

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e p

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e c

ha

se

d t

he

m.

42

Co

nsid

eri

ng t

ha

t L

uke

is s

o y

ou

ng

, yo

u m

ust

ad

mit h

e’s

ma

kin

g e

xce

llen

t p

rog

ress a

s a

m

usic

ian

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AC

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g L

uke

is,

yo

u m

ust

ad

mit h

e’s

ma

kin

g e

xce

llen

t p

rog

ress a

s a

mu

sic

ian

.

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8, c

hoos

e th

e be

st a

nsw

er,

(A, B

or C

).__

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____

____

____

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1 Y

ou h

ear a

you

ng m

an ta

lkin

g.

Why

did

he

go b

ack

to c

olle

ge?

A

He

need

ed a

bet

ter j

ob.

B

He

need

ed a

n ev

enin

g ac

tivity

.

C

He

need

ed n

ew s

kills

.

2 Y

ou h

ear a

man

talk

ing

on th

e ra

dio.

Wha

t is

he?

A

an in

vent

or

B

a co

mpa

ny e

mpl

oyee

C

a w

riter

3 Y

ou h

ear s

omeo

ne ta

lkin

g on

the

radi

o ab

out a

n ar

tist.

How

doe

s th

e ar

tist f

eel a

bout

his

wor

k?

A

He

wou

ld li

ke to

exh

ibit

it in

an

art g

alle

ry.

B

He

wan

ts to

mak

e hi

s cr

eatio

ns la

st lo

nger

.

C

He

is h

appy

to s

ee h

is w

ork

dest

roye

d.

4 Y

ou h

ear a

wom

an ta

lkin

g to

her

son

.

Why

is s

he ta

lkin

g to

him

?

A

to g

ive

him

a w

arni

ng

B

to re

fuse

per

mis

sion

C

to m

ake

a su

gges

tion

Turn

ove

r

5 Y

ou h

ear p

art o

f a le

ctur

e ab

out t

he ro

le o

f ret

ired

peop

le in

the

econ

omy.

Wha

t is

the

lect

urer

des

crib

ing?

A

reas

ons

why

som

ethi

ng is

cha

ngin

g

B

erro

rs in

sta

tistic

al in

form

atio

n

C

disa

gree

men

ts b

etw

een

rese

arch

ers

6 Y

ou h

ear a

che

f bei

ng in

terv

iew

ed o

n th

e ra

dio.

Why

did

he

deci

de to

bec

ome

a ch

ef?

A

to fo

llow

a fa

mily

trad

ition

B

to d

evel

op a

nat

ural

tale

nt

C

to p

ursu

e hi

s lo

ve o

f coo

king

7 Y

ou h

ear a

teen

ager

talk

ing

abou

t the

spo

rt sh

e pl

ays.

How

doe

s sh

e fe

el w

hile

she

is p

layi

ng th

e sp

ort?

A

unco

mfo

rtabl

e

B

emba

rras

sed

C

conf

iden

t

8 Y

ou h

ear a

n ex

plor

er ta

lkin

g ab

out a

jour

ney

he is

mak

ing.

How

will

he

trave

l onc

e he

is a

cros

s th

e riv

er?

A

by m

otor

veh

icle

B

on h

orse

back

C

on fo

ot

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Turn

ove

r

Part

3

You

will

hea

r fiv

e di

ffere

nt p

eopl

e ta

lkin

g ab

out a

mis

take

they

rece

ntly

mad

e. F

or q

uest

ions

19

– 23

, ch

oose

from

the

list (

A –

F)

the

type

of m

ista

ke th

at e

ach

pers

on m

ade.

U

se th

e le

tters

onl

y on

ce.

Ther

e is

one

ext

ra le

tter w

hich

you

do

not n

eed

to u

se.

____

____

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

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____

____

____

____

_

A

igno

ring

som

eone

’s a

dvic

e

Spe

aker

1

19

B

faili

ng to

info

rm s

omeo

ne a

bout

som

ethi

ng

Spe

aker

2

20

C

mis

taki

ng s

omeo

ne’s

iden

tity

Spe

aker

3

21

D

arriv

ing

som

ewhe

re to

o ea

rly

Spe

aker

4

22

E ge

tting

a p

artic

ular

dat

e w

rong

Spe

aker

5

23

F lo

sing

som

ethi

ng im

porta

nt

PAPER 4: LISTENING Test 1 Part 2 (questions 9–18) and Test 1 Part 3 (questions 19–23)

Part

2

You

will

hea

r an

inte

rvie

w w

ith a

wom

an c

alle

d H

elen

Hun

ter w

ho ru

ns a

sum

mer

cam

p fo

r tee

nage

rs.

For q

uest

ions

9 –

18,

com

plet

e th

e se

nten

ces.

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

SUM

MER

CA

MPS

Hel

en s

ays

that

peo

ple

taki

ng p

art i

n th

e su

mm

er c

amp

usua

lly s

leep

in a

9

The

sum

mer

cam

p is

a c

hanc

e fo

r tee

nage

rs to

mee

t peo

ple

and

lear

n

10

As

an e

xam

ple

of a

pra

ctic

al a

ctiv

ity, H

elen

tells

us

abou

t a te

am w

hich

bui

lt a

11

In th

e ne

xt c

amp,

team

s w

ill w

ork

out p

robl

em-s

olvi

ng a

ctiv

ities

suc

h as

a

12

with

clu

es.

Hel

en g

ives

the

exam

ple

of

13

as th

e on

ly ty

pica

l spo

rting

act

ivity

at t

he c

amp.

The

day

whe

n te

ams

can

choo

se th

eir o

wn

activ

ities

is c

alle

d‘

14

The

sum

mer

cam

p is

goo

d fo

r peo

ple

who

don

’t ha

ve o

ppor

tuni

ties

or h

ave

little

15

On

‘Bat

tle o

f the

Ban

ds’ d

ay, t

he te

ams

mak

e a

pop

reco

rd a

nd a

16

For t

he te

enag

ers

taki

ng p

art,

the

cam

p la

sts

for

17

You

can

boo

k fo

r a s

umm

er c

amp

that

will

be

held

in th

e m

onth

of

18

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Part

4

You

will

hea

r an

int

ervi

ew w

ith a

con

serv

atio

nist

who

has

bui

lt a

cabl

e ca

r in

the

rai

nfor

est.

For

ques

tions

24

– 30

, cho

ose

the

best

ans

wer

(A, B

or C

). __

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____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

____

___

24

Wha

t fea

ture

of t

he c

able

car

mak

es it

par

ticul

arly

goo

d fo

r see

ing

wild

life

in th

e ra

info

rest

?

A

the

spee

d at

whi

ch it

mov

es

B

the

heig

ht a

t whi

ch it

trav

els

C

the

dist

ance

that

it c

over

s

25

Wha

t is

the

mai

n ai

m o

f the

cab

le c

ar p

roje

ct?

A

to e

duca

te lo

cal p

eopl

e

B

to p

ersu

ade

peop

le to

sav

e th

e ra

info

rest

C

to ra

ise

mon

ey fo

r oth

er c

onse

rvat

ion

proj

ects

26

Wha

t is

the

adva

ntag

e of

the

proj

ect f

or th

e lo

cal p

eopl

e?

A

They

can

use

the

land

if th

ey w

ant.

B

They

can

sel

l for

est p

rodu

cts

to th

e vi

sito

rs.

C

Mor

e w

ork

is a

vaila

ble

to th

em.

27

Why

was

the

cabl

e ca

r red

esig

ned?

A

so th

at p

eopl

e co

uld

touc

h th

e tre

es

B

to a

void

cut

ting

dow

n to

o m

uch

fore

st

C

beca

use

it ha

d to

be

brou

ght i

n by

air

28

How

doe

s D

onal

d re

act t

o th

e su

gges

tion

that

he

has

dist

urbe

d th

e w

ildlif

e?

A

He

expl

ains

wha

t hap

pene

d in

the

past

.

B

He

criti

cise

s w

hat h

appe

ns e

lsew

here

.

C

He

deni

es th

at th

ere’

s be

en a

ny d

istu

rban

ce.

29

Why

is D

onal

d su

re h

is p

roje

ct is

a s

ucce

ss?

A

This

pie

ce o

f for

est h

as s

urvi

ved.

B

Ani

mal

s ha

ve re

turn

ed to

the

area

.

C

Oth

er p

roje

cts

have

cop

ied

his

idea

s.

30

Don

ald

thin

ks th

e fu

ture

sur

viva

l of t

he ra

info

rest

will

dep

end

on

A

the

size

of t

he w

orld

’s p

opul

atio

n.

B

the

attit

ude

of p

eopl

e to

war

ds it

.

C

the

size

of t

he a

reas

left

as fo

rest

.

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Part

1

3 m

inut

es (5

min

utes

for g

roup

s of

thre

e)

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d m

orni

ng/a

ftern

oon/

even

ing.

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nam

e is

……

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and

this

is m

y co

lleag

ue …

……

… .

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you

r nam

es a

re?

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I ha

ve y

our m

ark

shee

ts, p

leas

e?

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k yo

u.

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t of a

ll w

e’d

like

to k

now

som

ethi

ng a

bout

you

.

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here

are

you

from

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dida

te A

)?

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nd y

ou(C

andi

date

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hat d

o yo

u lik

e ab

out l

ivin

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ere

/ nam

e of

can

dida

te’s

hom

e to

wn)

? �

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wha

t abo

ut y

ou (C

andi

date

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)?

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ct o

ne o

r mor

e qu

estio

ns fr

om a

ny o

fthe

follo

win

g ca

tego

ries

, as a

ppro

pria

te.

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s an

d di

slik

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o yo

u pr

efer

to s

pend

tim

e on

you

r ow

n or

with

oth

er p

eopl

e? …

… (W

hy?)

�D

o yo

u lik

e co

okin

g? …

… (W

hat s

ort o

f thi

ngs

do y

ou c

ook?

)

�W

hat’s

you

r fav

ourit

e fo

od?

……

(Why

do

you

like

it?)

�D

o yo

u lik

e go

ing

to p

artie

s? …

… (T

ell u

s ab

out a

goo

d pa

rty

you’

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een

to.)

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ll us

abo

ut a

day

you’

ve re

ally

enjo

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rece

ntly

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atio

n an

d W

ork

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o yo

u fin

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to s

tudy

whe

re y

ou li

ve?

……

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? / W

hy n

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ther

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met

hing

new

you

’d re

ally

like

to le

arn

abou

t? …

… (W

hy?)

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re y

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appi

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men

tal o

r phy

sica

l wor

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… (W

hy?)

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o yo

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efer

wor

king

on

your

ow

n or

with

oth

er p

eopl

e? …

… (W

hy?)

�W

hat k

ind

of w

ork

wou

ld y

ou re

ally

like

to d

o in

the

futu

re?

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?)

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1

3 m

inut

es (5

min

utes

for g

roup

s of

thre

e)

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e

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ho d

o yo

u sp

end

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free

tim

e w

ith?

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t sor

t of t

hing

s do

you

do

toge

ther

?)

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ow m

uch

time

do y

ou s

pend

at h

ome?

……

(Wha

t do

you

enjo

y do

ing?

)

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hat s

ort o

f mus

ic d

o yo

u lis

ten

to?

……

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do

you

enjo

y it?

)

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o yo

u ev

er g

o to

con

cert

s? …

… (W

hat k

ind

of c

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rts

do y

ou e

njoy

?)

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t do

you

like

abou

t the

m?)

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here

do

you

like

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ning

to m

usic

? …

… (W

hy?)

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inte

rest

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hobb

y? …

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hat d

oes

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ave

you

got a

ny p

lans

for t

his

wee

kend

? …

… (W

hat a

re y

ou g

oing

to d

o?)

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iday

s an

d Tr

avel

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hich

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ntry

wou

ld y

ou li

ke to

get

to k

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bette

r? …

… (W

hy?)

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hat’s

the

mos

t int

eres

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plac

e yo

u’ve

vis

ited

near

her

e? …

… (T

ell u

s ab

out i

t.)

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ave

you

ever

use

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nglis

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iday

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here

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hat d

id y

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for?

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o yo

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st g

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hy?)

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here

wou

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ture

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ia

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ow m

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ould

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fer t

o w

atch

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e TV

than

that

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less

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hy?)

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ll us

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TV

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ram

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ntly

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r mag

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hy d

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caf

é

Part

s 3

and

4 7

min

utes

(9 m

inut

es fo

r gro

ups

of th

ree)

Part

3

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rlocu

tor

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, I’d

like

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lk a

bout

som

ethi

ng to

geth

er fo

r abo

ut th

ree

min

utes

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min

utes

for g

roup

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a lo

cal c

afw

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ttrac

t mor

e pe

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e ar

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me

of th

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gges

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how

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inut

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inut

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hree

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rlocu

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etri

eve

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3 b

ookl

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4

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rlocu

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ct a

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f the

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ropr

iate

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pend

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e in

a c

afé

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? / W

hy n

ot?)

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ould

you

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ork

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?

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? / W

hy n

ot?)

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hat s

ort o

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t pop

ular

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ount

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hy?)

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hat s

ort o

f thi

ngs

do p

eopl

e co

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ain

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café

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stau

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e. W

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le s

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at g

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hy?

/ Why

not

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u. T

hat i

s th

e en

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ct a

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ou?

PAPER 5: SPEAKING Test 1 Parts 3 and 4


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