a My mother’s been doing this fruit diet, you know where you're supposed to eat only fruit for ten days as a way of losing weight. What she doesn’t seem to understand is that entuall to lose a few pounds, i'll be because she’s eating less, rather than because of eating nothing but feu Test Pa >> PART 2 You will hear part of a radio interview with a man who is: the headmaster of a Gaelic school. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences. Interviewer: Today I'm going to be talking to Donald Robertson, headmaster of one of the few Gaelic schools in Scotland. Thanks for being with us today, Donald. And maybe | should start by asking you to explain exactly what Gaelic is. Donald Robertson: I's the very old language that was spoken in most of Scotland, outside the cities, up to @ couple of hundred years ago. Interviewer: And has the language died out completely today? Donald Robertson: No, not completely - that’s why our efforts are so important! But very few people speak or even understand the language today: about 60,000 in the whole of Scotland. Interviewer: That actually sounds like quite a lot of people! Donald Robertson: Not for a language. Experts describe a language as dead if fewer than 0,000 people speak it. You see, you have to have a large number of people using the language in everyday situations, not just linguists or people ‘who learn it as a hobby. And young people ~ those under 25 are particularly important. | would like to sae a third of them speaking and writing the language before we can say itis in a healthy state. Interviewer: And at your school all the teaching is in Gaelic? Donald Robertson: That's right. Ithas been discovered that very young children learn a language best if they are ‘completely exposed to it - hearing and speaking the language all day. Of course, its a bit of a shock for them at first, but our teachers are trained to cope with that! Interviewer: What do you think motivates parents to send their children to your school? Donald Robertson: In some cases they want their children ‘to-know about the history of the country = cultural reasons like that. But quite a lot of parents believe that it's good for a child to grow up speaking two languages perfectly In fact, these children grow up to be bilingual Interviewer: What are the advantages of speaking both Gaelic and English? Donald Robertson: There are many advantages about being bilingual. I's been scientifically proven that bilingual children do better ot testa, they have higher self-esteem and_they’re more imaginative and tolerant. In this case, an added advantage is that children of Scottish origin are 194 FCE Tests Tapescrints rediscovering Scotland's mother tongue. Interviewer: Do you foal optimistic about the future of Gaelic? Donald Robertson: Extremely, The important thing is to have government support and enough money available. In fact, when it comes to situations like this, there's an example which is encouraging, and it’s quite close to home. The Welsh language was in real danger of dying out, ‘but with a lot of effort it's been possible to save it. Interviewer: Does that mean most people in Wales now speak Welsh? ftually; 80% of cb Test >> PART 3 You will hear five young people who are outstanding at sports talking about their lives. For questions 18-23, choose from the list A-F the comment each speaker makes about his or her attitude to sport. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need 10 use. 1 My event is the 100 metres sprint. Athletes never last for very long in this kind of event; you just burn up too quickly. I think you have to see it as a way to get your name famous, get some good income from sponsors and advertising, and then put that money into a business ~ a shop or whatever ~ so it'll take care of you in ten or fifteen ‘years’ time, when you can't compete any more. 2 Archery isn't a very well-known sport, but itis an Olympic event. | actually started by complete accident, when a friend of mine wanted to go to an archery club, and | said I'd go along just out of curiosity. But now I'm really hooked. Last month | won a regional contest here in Cornwall, and | have my eye on the national championships later this year. Winning it would just be amazing, even if | never become famous; nobo at me is exciting enough. s Like most athletes, | started at school. We had a really good ‘aym teacher who encouraged everyone to try all the track and field events to find which we were good at. Well, it turned out that | was good at the high jump, and now I'm going to compete in my first international event in the summer. To be honest, I haven't thought beyond that: it's ‘always been my biggest dream to compete at international level for Australia. | know I'm going to be terribly nervous, but its definitely worth it 4 Ever since | was about ten years ald, I knew | wanted to be « professional footballer. | suppose it was partly because both my elder brothers were really good at school, and | wasn't. So | wanted my mum and dad to see Lwas good at something. at least. Of course, as | got older that part of it became lass important, and | found mysalf laving the game itself.