ers Certificate Practice Tests Nick Kenny Lucrecia Luque-Mortimer Mem NOT JUST TESTINGExam Overview 2 Practice Test 5 es : oper Reading 2 Practice Test 1 4 Paper 2. Writing 90 oper Reading 4 paper3_ Use of Engish w raper2._ wring 10 aperdUstering 98 Poper3 Use of English 12 Papers speaking 103 reper Usesng 18 Paper’ Speaking 23 Practice Test 6 104 paper | Read 18 Practice Test 2 eae nes 110 Paper 1 Reading a Paper 3 Use of English 2 Paper 2 Writing 30 Paper 4 Listening 18 Paper’ Use of English 32 Paper 5 Speaking 123 Paper 4 Ustening 38 Paper Speaking «3 Visuals for Paper 5 14 Test 1 Speak 124 Practice Test 3 Pree aged i oper Reading 44 Test3_ Speaking 130 Paper? Witing 50 Test Speaking 1 Paper3_Use of Engish 52 Test Speaking 136 Roper Usteing 58 Test 6 Speaking 139 Paper Speaking «8 Answer Key va Practice Test 4 64 Paper 1 Reading oe Tapescripts 153 per 2 Wt 70 Papers Use al 32 Top 20 Questions vs pe tees 72 OMR Answer Sheets 175 Paper'S Speaking 3sim Lah Cec ‘You are going to read a magazine article about a rally driver For questions 1-8, ‘choose the answer (A, B, C orD) which you think fits best according tothe text. Driving in the desert BEM sr paren 1: exonWir ai the writer goto Australia? ‘Ato further dovelop her driving sil B to get practice in criving in desert conditions © to visit mombors of hor family who farmed there 1D. to experiance tving in an unfariiar environment Inthe writer's opinion, the ideal alyng leam-mat fs someone who ‘A. wil keep you from foatng afraid at right. 'B can make up fr any woakeeses you have, {© does not take the competion too seriously. 1D will share your general aims and attitudes. ‘What 600s the wordt’ in ine 40 refer 0? ‘The writer's greatest fear inthe desert was that she might lose her way in bad weather. Dbeoome stuck n wet ground. damage her vetice inthe mud have o be reccved by othor competitors. com> What éo0s tho writer say about the cost ofthe aly? A. Hing a vohicio was hor biggest expense, 1B Safety equipment was proved by the organises. © Sho was surprised that a small garage sponsored nor Anew vehicie would have reduced her maintenance bil {By using the phrase ‘a gitsjaunt’ (ine 68), the big dealers showed that they felt ‘A. unimpressed by the writer's diving skis 8 alack ofrospoct for this partcular event. © sure thatthe writer wouldn't complete the rally 1D an unmitingness to sponsor rallying in general. ‘According to the writer, men rally divers {allt roalico whan something is about io go wrong, tend to feel overconfident when cving al speed. ‘se0m to have fewer problems with navigation refuse lo accept the advice of women. com> Inthe last paragraph, the witer suggests that aking part inthe rally thas improved her career prospects. hha improssed her suporors at work 's something that she wil do every year. 's creating cortainprobloms inher private ie, com> rests. aren 1 neaoinPart 2 ‘You are going to read an article about the music used in gyms. Seven sentences hhave been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences AH the one which fits each gap (9-15). There is one tog Music to get ‘At college, | used to go to the gym regularly but | never liked the music they played in the classes. | trained as an instructor largely so that | could have Control ofthe stereo. Now | teach twenty hours of aerobic classes a week and so | always associate physical activity with banging house music at 140 beats per minute Th not as crazy 08 you might think. Music and exercise have lng been known o be close companions. [BIN] —_|He is ale the architect of tho Brunol Musi Rating inventory (BM, designed toate the motivational qualities of music Karageorghis says we have an underlying predisposition to react to musical stimuli, ‘Music is boneficial’ he explains, ‘because ofthe similaritios between rhythm and human movement. The synchronisation of music with exercise consistently demonstrates increased levels of work output among exercise participants’ | For James Cracknell, the rower, the ideal music ‘was a Red Hot Chil Peppers’ album, which he says played an integral part in his preparation and, uimatly is Olympic victory. BRIN] —_}" you ae not famtiar with this word, it means that dung repetive exercise, music essentialy diverts attention away from the sensation of fatigue. The right music can almost persuade your body that you are infact having ance sit down anda coflee [Not everyone, however, shares the same taste Intunes. ‘Can you turn that racket down?’ said a participant in one of my classes before storming ‘out. Reaching a consensus on music is notoriously tricky — which makes communal exercise classes problematic. There are, however, some rules that professional finess instructors totow. HT] ‘Most importantly, however, the music should mirror your heartbeat. The instructor should choose the ‘music to go with the diferent phases of a ciass, from the warm up, to high intensity, to the final relaxing phase. I's advisable to follow this sequence when you work out alone, too, and not make the mistake a good frend of mine made. [IST —_] Instructors and gyms often buy ready:mixed CDs that come witha music lence, without which they can be fines heavily. frequent complaint by those who oo to clases is that they hear the seme old songs over and over again. IAN ts also tue, sok, that ‘most people respond best in motivational terms to cute awful songs — music they wold necessary be proue to have on thei Ped HBT) order prepare mental, for example, golfers can get hold of a special range of music {ust for them. Whatever your spor, Ike to ge you some final words of advice. As Karageorghis suggests, enjey the beat and let the music motivate you, but neve forget your main objective isto exercise and musics only there o help you do that. TEST 1, PAPER 1: READING"A But perhaps the most useful thing The most convenient s the gym ‘about music is that it allows even called Third Space in London's the humble gym-goer or runner to ‘Soho, which does several sessions: ‘practise a tochnique used by elite ‘a week to live D. accompaniment. athletes, known as disassociation’ F He was cooling down to techno B_ Those days you can find music ‘music, which lft him feeling tallored to sultan incredibly diverse nervous and twitchy ll day range of sports and exercise needs. |G Choose the right music and, © One of them is that the music according to Karageorghis, you can must be appropriate tothe type of Lp your workout productivity by as ‘lass and not just the instructor's ‘much as twenty percent. personel enthusiasm fora particular ‘genre or artist H_DrCostas Karageorghis, a sports ‘and exercise psychologist who is | D_ Thisis mostly because only ‘alco a musician, has spent more | allimited number of them are than a decade studying the link released for pubic performance between athletic activity and music. each veer, and party because teachers universally favour the ‘most popular tracks. rest, papea t:reaome EDPart 3 ‘You are going to read a magazine article about five people who each write a personal blog, For questions 16-20, choose fram the people (A-E). The people may be chosen more than once. ‘Ann Handley Dave Armano Carol Krishner Debbie Weil ‘Tristan Hussey mooe> Which person started wing he blog as 2 ayo improving carer prospects? ays they use the personal blog in profesional acvtes? -wams prospective bloggers about a loss of privacy? rmenions having catain dics 8 ¢tnenager? made a dacislon to improve te ual ofthe Bog? isnot conoemed about making eres in the bog? fet ro need to lear anything new before stating towne logs? bolloves tat logging has improved tht anguage skis? initially lacked confidence in their ability to attract readers to the blog? ‘was surprised by the response to the blog? a) compares he ease of wring bags to ther types of wing? ‘Values the fact that the blog provides a break from work? remembers other people being less open about what they had writen? AARAAAARABABRE has offered other new bloggers help in stating their blogs? TEST 1, PAPER 1: READING‘Ann Handley Like many of my schoo! friends, {used to spend hours every day writing a diary But while they kept them hidden under their beds, Ineaded an audience, interaction and feedback, One day, ‘my teacher encouraged me to join a pen fiend ‘organisation and | sed to write pages of fascinating detail about my teacher, my friends, my dog .. ‘even invented a few personalities, the details (of which were far more interesting than my own life. So when one of my colleagues explained to me what blogging was all about - the frequent postings, the feedback, the trackbacks — | felt confident that | already knew all about it. | am now a marketing specialist ‘and my biog is a business tool. But at the same time | am reliving the joy of communicating and the thrl ofthe conversation, Dave Armano A year ago | was a professional minding my own business. When | started reading blogs, | would say to myself: ‘There's 0 much information out there ~ so many smart people I decided to start my own biog, but | had no idea what | was doing. | was basically @ nobody and | was trying to get people to listen tome. What was | thinking? But then | created a visual for my biog and before I knew it, had all these other blogs linking to me — doing weird stuff like trackbacks. | had no idea what a trackback was, but | went from forty hits a day to close to a hundred overnight. It was amazing! That's when | stopped to think: if| wanted traffic, I needed to {get some good content there, and that's what really worked for me. Carol Krishner It's great to have my personal blog because I feel free and if| make mistakes eam from the experience. 'm a lecturer, and i's refreshing to be able to step outside my ‘academic interests and into a different world. But i's interesting that when you choose topics to rite about you give others hints about yourself, ‘and people do get to know you. So it's not the Read the personal stories of five bloggers thing to do if you want to remain anonymous. (One of the first lessons | learnt is that the blogosphere is a genuine community. After asking Why do people start writing blogs? ‘a question ina blog comment about what Quaities are needed ina good blog, | soon got spot-on advice from a blogger | didn't ‘even know. Then | had an invitation to a local face-to-face blogger meet-up, which was an ‘amazing experience. Debbie Weil | started my first blog exactly three years ago fora very practical reason Itwas clear to me that blogs were gaing to become a useful tool Jn my future job as @ journalist. | needed to know how to use this new tool, and | figured blogging ‘myself was the quickest way to get up to speed. Heart quickly and since then I've helped others launch their own personal blogs. The simplicity Cf blogging software enables me to write short entries without any problems or delays. Writing 2 750-word article is @ daunting task, but a ‘Quick blog entry takes less than a minute. And yet the effect is so significant — | get calls from ‘companies saying they've read my blog and would | be available to give a presentation, for a large feo. Tristan Hussey Writing has been a struggle for me for most of my academic life. In my first high school year | had serious spelling problems all the ime. At college, thanks to a spell checker and some practice, | did fine. In 2004, | was in an administrative job and fooling that | was only using a small portion of my skills. had heard about this blogging thing and decided | should give ita go. I wrote one biog but deleted itafter a couple of days. Then | realised that i | wanted a better job, I'd need to get good at this. So I started reading blogs, writing blogs = itwas a daily ritual of reading and writing. And guess what, my wnting was getting better, and, incredibly, I got noticed by employers. Today | work for a blog software company.Part 1 Tun us ‘You must answer this question. Write your answer in 120-150 words in an appropriate style. 1 You have received an email rom Jennie, an English-speaking friend who has recenily moved to your country and now lives near ‘you, Read Jennie's email and the notes you have made. Then write an emailto Jennie, using all your notes. Yes ghedetsils —_| EN tesrs, paren a ‘email Page Loft From: Jennie Sullivan Sent: 20% jly 2008, Subject: Geuing fe have decided try and ge fit, bt Lam finding it fens to decide what to de, Ter a perk ner er, an you join me 0 ge running inthe morning? ——| Asso ne, Fa bit ay I need 0 5094 ym brcce I would never do any exec a me, Art 1 shee ay goad yy in shi area? Trey ey with my sbosteor Do you think Ten et vou xc fg ft tie awe te gyn? Tihs ene avery good einer i ike erm Le sin realy wll Cn you teach me? Now I mat oto bay spots clothes and equipment Sey soon, Love, Jennie ‘Write your email. You must use grammatically correct sentences with accurate ‘speling and punctuation in a style appropriate to the situation. warningPart2 \Write an answer to ene of the questions 2-4 in this part. Write an answer in 120-180 ‘words in an appropriate styl. 2 You have seen an announcement in an international magazine. “When Iwas really small “Tellus ahoue your best fiend when you were child and say why you got on well ogether “The es aril will win a book a prze. Wiite your article. 3 You recently saw this notice in your local newspaper. ‘Wit a review for ul Have you visited a museum lately? If, could you write a review of our ‘vst for che college magazine? Include information abou the exhibit, {he information available andthe fxs, and sy whether you would recommend ito ether stadens, “The best eviews wll exes book tokom asa prize ‘Write your review. 4. Your teacher has asked you to wrte a story for an intemetional magazine. The ‘story must begin with the following words: ‘As soon as Roy opened the door, he knew something was wrong. \Wiite your story. ‘5. Answer one of the following two questions based on your reading of one of these set books. {a) Author - Name of book ‘Compare the main character as stheis atthe beginning and atthe end ofthe story Write an essay saying in what ways s/he has changed as a result of events (b) Author — Name of book | have jst seen the fm [name of book] and I realy liked it | know you have read the book. Do you think itis worth reading or willbe bored? Jack |Wrte a letter to Jack answering his question and giving reasons for your opinions, oe |TEST en PE IAENSSED For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example atthe beginning (0) Inthe exam you mark your answers on a separate answer shest clear D wide Don’t forget your hat ‘An important point to remember if you ike spending time out in the (0)... aris thatthe human head doesn't work very well outdoors iit becomes too ho, cold Cr wel. That's why a hat is a good investment, wherever you're planning to go out and (1)... Surprisingly a single waterproof hat with a brim will do the (2). adequately in most conditions In cold climates, the problom is thatthe hoad is (3)... heat all the time. As (4) as fiy to sixty percent of your body's heat is lost through the head and neck, (5) ‘on which scientist you believe. Cleary this heat loss needs to be prevented, but its Important to remember that hats don't actually (6)... ou warm, they simply stop heat escaping Just as importants the need to protect your neck from the effects of (7) sunlight, and the brim of your het will do this. f you prefer a baseball cap, (8) buying one that has a drop down ‘al’ atthe back to stop your neck (9)... sunburnt, And in wet weather (10)... Rats are often more practical than puling up the hood ‘of your waterproof coat because when you (1)... your head, the hat goes with you, (12)... the hood usually doos not. WER es1 1, paren a: use oF encuisn© A open Bee © oar D wise 4A around — 8 about along D above 2A ib B task © tole D duty 3. A Giving away B sending out © dropping off Dunning down 4A soon B long © wel much 5 A according 8 regarding depending rating 6 A maintain B stay © had D keep 7 A sharp 8 keen © bcght D deep 8A consider 8 rocommend advise suggest 9 A suffering 8 going having D geting 40 A occasions 8 postions © cases © conditions 410 ater B swith «= Gum D spin 42.8 insteadot 8 whereas ratherthan thereby Test 1, paren: ust oF encuish IEPart2 For questions 13-24, read the text bolow and think of the word which best fs each ‘g2p. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). In the exam you vite your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on a separate answer sheet example: [OWT] Te ] Penguins on the move For years, the penguins at San Francisco Zoo were happy (0)... theives. They sed to go for the occasional swim during the summer, but spent the winter resting in their burrows — only coming (13)... at meaitimes when fish was provided for them ‘Then one day, six new penguins, (14) .... had been entertaining the vistors at a theme park in San Diego, atived to share the pool. These new arrivals immediately |Part 4 ‘You will har an interview with Pamela Green, a young fashion designer, For {questions 24-30, choose the best answer (A, B or C). ‘24 What helped Pamela to decide to become a fashion designer? oe enema para ahemmerarerriony a Pipi seperti 25 What does Pamela say about having a degree in fashion? A Ite essential fr promotion, B Its evidence of your abilty. _ Be © It guarantess you a better income, 26 Pamela says that when starting your own fashion label, is most important to A. enjoy the creative process. contact shops that might sel it. © havea business plan, 5 27 Where does Pamela usually find inspiration for her fashion design A inthe work of ther designers B inthe styles of ather countries inthe clothes her frionds wear 5 28 What aspect of her work does Pamela find most aficult to deal with? A. the pressure to mest deadlines: the failure of some of her designs © the need to attend fashion shows 29 According to Pamela, successful designers need to be able to A. predict future fashions. B recognise all past styles. © got their designs published. zs '30 What advice does Pamela have for people who want a career in fashion? A. Be aware ofthe options available. B Don't be afraid of sudden fame. © Leam from your own errors. g WEEN esr, raren usteninetd Eau Part 1 (3 minutes) ‘The examiner will ask you both to tak briefly about yourselves by answering ‘questions such as: First of all, we'd like to know something about you. ‘Where are you from? What do you like about living in... ‘What is there for young people to doin your area? Part 2 (3 oF 4 minutes) You will each be asked to talk for a minute without interruption. You will each have ‘wo different photographs to talk about. You will also have to answer a question after your partner has spoken, ‘Study places (compare, contrast and speculate) Turm to pictures 1 and 2 on page 124, which show people studying. Candidate A, compare and contrast these photographs, and say why the people hhave chosen these places to study. You have @ minuto to do ths. Candidate 8, do you ever study in albrary? Doing exercise (compare, contrast and speculate) ‘Tum to pictures 1 and 2 on page 125, which show people exercising Candidate 8, compare and contrast these photographs, and say how good these {orms of exercise might be for tre people In the photos. You have a minute to do this. Candidate A, do you ke team sports? Part 3 (3.07 4 minutes) ‘You will be asked to discuss something together without intoruption by the examiner. ‘You will have a page of pictures to help you. ‘Travel problems (discuss and evaluate) ‘Turn to the pictures on page 126, which show diferent problems people may have ‘when they travel (go on holiday) How serious are these problems for the people involved? ‘What can people do to avoid these problems? Part 4(3 0° 4 minutes) ‘The examiner encourages you to develop the discussion in Pert 3 by asking {questions such as: Do you ike ‘adventure’ holidays? Why/Why not? Has anything lke this ever happened to you? How did you react? How dangerous is itto go on safari holidays? rest, paren s: secaxine EENWhy have the people chosen these places to sti na TEST 1, PAPER 5; SPEAKING{_How good are these forms of exercise forthe people inthe photos? Useful phrases Dhetos are dong ver torent peso vec. ‘he boysin te fst photo re plying football ana they seum fo be enoying the people inthe second photograph who ae Seca in 25m for ‘working out Footbal an excelent form of exercise an Sea teaches chren the Inthe second phot, think he young weman looks bore, She probably eres Sever mes Soot to ke Ft ‘hod puting on weight ‘nemo at the back e dong weighting Dera they oth have fultimejobs and they amet the aym ae rest 1, papers: sreacinc EESHow serious are these problems for the people involved? What can people do to avoid these problems? Useful phrasesToe: eal feet ‘You ae going to read an extrac rom a navel. For questions 1-8, choose the answer (A.B, C orD) which you think fits best according tothe tex. HEEB tesr 2, paren 1: ncaoins41 What di the writer think ofthe farmhouse when she first saw it? ‘A. It was better than the description in the guidebook. B It lived up to har expectations ofthe countryside. © It was similar to one her aunt had writen about It reminded her of her own house. 2 What does the word ‘ridge’ (ine 7) describe? ‘A. an agricultural building Ba feature of the landscape © a piece of farm machinery D__a.way of dividing fields on a farm 3 What do we discover about the farm in the second paragraph? ‘A. Itwasn't as large as it soomed. B None ofthe animals belonged toi. ©The owner lived in another part of the country. 1D. The bed-and-breakfast business was Going wel 4 What disappointed the writer about the accommodation offered a the ferm? [A the lack of space to hang clothes B the fact that it needed cleaning the limited amount of furniture D the size ofthe rooms 5 When Mrs Vosper asked if they were on holisay, the writer felt 'A_ embarrassed by her aunt's reply B_uncure why her aunt had really come. © {00 tired to take in what was being said. D_ worried that she might be asked something next. {6 What does the writer suggest about her bedroom at the farmhouse? |A. Her aunt had picked a better one. B twas an unhealthy place to sleep. © Her mother would have approved of it D_ itwasn't the one she would have chosen. 7 The word iin line 74 refers to ‘Aa page in the magazine. Banartcie in the magazine. © a photograph in the magazine. D_ an advertisement in the magazine. 8 The writer was unimpressed by the magazine because [A itdicet contain any interesting stories, {provided only factual information. 8 © it seamed to bo all about London D_ itwas given away free to people. Pe: |Part 2 You are going to read an extract from an article about a trip to study the bottienose whale. Seven sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (9-15), There is one extra sentence ‘hich you do not need to use, | Douglas Chadwick joined the crew ofthe research boat the Balaena, Ihave joined the rew ofthe Balaona, a 15-mare research boat, and we are now afew kilometres off tn east coast of Canada, saling over what seafarers call the Gly. Gly means narow chanvet, bu this itis mor ikea drowned Grand Canyon, about on Ilometres acoes and, n paces, vera klomote straight down tothe boiom ofthe see. The Gully, with ts obundant fh Is home to a dozen kinds of cetaceans We have come in search of bottlenose whales. Hal Winitead, a whale expert, and his crow ae here o study the behaviour ofthese enigmate creatures, lam hoping to see at leat one today, but Lam prepared io be disappcintd. ve been tld tha, a8 ale, the fat hinge you 80 ae spouts, the typical jets of water coming out of rer heads, which are visble tom a dstence. | —] The nother botlonose and Teas nineteen closely related midde-sized whales frm the fay Ziphidao. Referod to a3 ‘beaked whales’, they Account for one in every four species of cetaceans the marine maminalskrown 28 whales, dolphins ‘and porpoises. Poople love whales, but most of us ‘wouln'trecognse azphid fone surged through the tig oom, IT] ‘Aeady some tse metres longa bith northern botlenoses continue o grow in size unt the ape oftwenty, when they mey each ten motes. Adults weigh between ve and seven tonnes, roughly the seme os Aican elephants, [HT | These ore probably aon the most ntellgent animals onthe TEST 2, PAPER 1: READING ‘ent planet, and we hardly know a thing about them, says Hal Whitehead itis very quiet and all we can hear is the ereak of he ship's masts as it sways, Suddenly, breaths 1ke great sighs sound through the fog. HT} “The smalest one exis forte boat anda ager companion cuts of. Then they rejoin the others ‘oat tke swollen logs a shot distance away. ‘can see them wel They have smal ns bt big domed heads with imposing foreheads ebove narrow, protruding awe. Their heads re wosthrds out ofthe water now al pointing our way.) We are being studied by northern botenose whales, which i nly fa, since tha is what we came to doto them if te bottenoses dont swim too fast, we can keep up and observe them. Theie moverents are accompanies by grunts, whistes and cheers mado by the bowholes. Every 30 often, one repeatedly Its is ta to give the water a resounding slap. This dleplay may function as yet another way o be heard The Biggest question is what goes on when these animals are nol onthe suriace, which is mest of the fimo. To find out, tho roscarchor attached a timo- dopth recorder (TOR) toa whale’ skin. The TOR stayed on fr fourand hat hours and surfaced with tho frst solid data ever obtained about a zip in its submarine Kingdom. [BHT ——] Thi ovelation ooms to prove Hal Whtehoad theory that he ‘wots deepest divers the botanose whale ~ or maybe one ofthe many other beakod whales yet to be studi“This is not surprising because, even E The same holds for leaping ‘among scientists, these whale ‘skyward and making a huge splash, probably qualify as the east familiar though they may do this just fr fun. ‘of all big mammals. F Beyond these basic facts, ite is (On one ofits dives, the bottlenose known about the lives of nrthem hhad reached a dapth of 900 metres. _ottlenoses. “These animals aren'just watching G These strange noises come from Us, they are scanning us with rapid four creatures, soven to ten metres Clicking noises just above the range long, which have risen from the (of human heering. epihs. |Whale hunting reduced the H_ When you come closer, though, you population by at least seventy ‘may find that they have submerged percent. and the species remains ‘on along dive, presumably in depleted today. ‘search of food. esr 2,paven esos EE3 You are going to read magazine article about four women who are referees or Umpires in diferent sports. For questions 16-30, choose from the women (A-D). The women may be chosen more than onco. ‘A Benita D'Couth B Ria Cortesio © DroiliClarke D Grace Gavin ‘Which woman ‘mentions concentrating on her jb and not paying attention to Tip Strip anything else? Question 16: Look or srathewarct=3199 was appointed todo ajob which she knew would be her last? ‘on dang her oat Ee gq remamters her feeling of confidence when se started refereeing? iio yng ‘arcane ‘mentions one qualty she has that is appreciated by male players? ara example of te 20 has had Wo go tou Moyehsoiha gives an example ofthe or of sis she has hed to go Uough? ft th nee to prove to others that she wes wel uted othe job? says people feel more postive about her refereeing after seeing hor in action? intends to do something 60 that other women can reach her posion? {ocls thatthe general public is unaware of the demands of her job? remembers the excitement of learring about an appointment? ‘mentions her good relations with other sports professionals? behaves difrenty when she's actually doing the job? refers to the lack of nancial motation in thelr work? adits one of her skills needs to be better to referee in men's ‘matches? recognises an employer's postive altitude towards her sporting ‘commitments? Aa SASASAA SBABAE HEE testa, aren 1: aeaoinEee When you first meet Bentla D’Couth, the first woman football referee in India, appearances can be deceptive. She is soft- spoken and appears shy and unassu in sharp contrast to how she is on the fel where she appears loud and aggressive. Bentla was always interested in football, but it was only at the age of eighteen that she leamt that women’s football existed. ‘In my first refereeing job, | knew that | was very well aware of every detail of the game and that's why I could not go wrong. Iwas sure | ‘wouldn't make a wrong decision,’ she says. ‘it doesn't happen now, but | guess earlier people did have that “what would she know" attitude, But once they saw me on the field refereeing a match, they would start coming to me for tips to improve their game. | can say that | haven't had any bad experiences 50 far.’ Bentla knows she needs to improve (on her positioning, though. ‘Boys play very fast, so it can be a little taxing to Keep up with their pace." PRS ed ‘Sydney was actually my third Olympics ‘and this was a unique achievernent as unt then no British woman had ever umpired at three Games, It seemed a long time since my first Olympics in Barcelona in 1992, and then Atlanta in 1996." A World and Olympic panel umpire’s performance is assessed in all international matches, and they have to score a minimum 8 out of 10 every time if they want to maintain their position. ‘Factors included in the assessment are such things ‘as control, signals and cooperation with the other umpire on the pitch and fitness,” explains Clarke. She arrived in Sydney early to get over the stresses and strains of the flight, ready for the pressures of the two ‘weeks of the Olympic hockey competition, knowing too that it would be her final tournament as she had decided to retire at what she hoped was the top. ‘Increasingly, there is more at stake,” she says, ‘itis big ‘money for the players and the coaches but for umpires only personal satisfaction at a job well done.” Reo) Ria Cortesio, a native of Davenport, Iowa, is one of five women to have umpired in professional baseball. She is hoping to ‘open doors for others to follow her. Asked what drove her as a young person to become an umpire, she referred to ‘the challenge’. ‘| don't think that people realise ‘what it means to work games day in and day out at the professional level, always fon the road,’ she said. I's you against the world during the season.’ Asked about her interactions with fans during the game last ‘Sunday, she said she was so focussed on her work that she didn't have time to consider her surroundings. ‘It really doesn't make any difference being a woman on the field - or even off the field. I do feel a {great responsibilty to get girls and women involved, The one group of people that | haven't had a single problem with are the players, coaches or managers. If anything, there are some that are more respectful fo me than usual.” | respond inthe heat ofthe maton,’ Grace Gavi roferee When Grace Gavin was accepted as a referee for the Women’s Rugby World Cup, sshe found out via her mobile phone on her way to the airport. | almost bounced ‘myself out of the taxi, she says. Grace ‘combines her refereeing with a full-time job. ‘Tstrongly believe that if we referee world- class athletes, we must train like world-class athletes. This Is dificult to manage when ‘work occupies fifty to sixty hours of my week. My firm is very supportive, though. Of course, my boss was happy when I retired from playing because the black eyes that | sported some Monday mornings were not going down well with clients,” Early in her: refereeing career, somebody told her that she would always be handicapped by the perception that she was not fast enough to referee men's rugby. I have worked constantly to defeat this perception,’ she says. ‘Surprisingly, many players like having me as a ref because they can hear my voice. They can pick it out and are able to J esr 2,parent: recone EENco Fett WRITING ‘You must answer this question. White your answorin 120-160 words in an appropriate svi. 1 You recently won a prize ina sports competion. The prizes a free week at a soaside resort of your choice. You have just received ths leer from the ‘competition organiser. Read the letter and the notes you have made. Then write a letter tothe organiser, using all your notes. am very pleased to send you some information ‘about your prize - a free week at a holiday resort of your choice, for two people. Your prize includes the following: provide more + freeretumtickets | aetaie? | }-—— ty plane or coach —* accommodation [| tr meais. ——____—— |__« tickets for sports performances | Not included: travel insurance T now need to krow which holiday resort you would lke to¥go To, when you would like Ye Travel andthe rare ond age of the person traveling with you. 1 look forward t hearing from you. Yours sincerely Poul Holden Competition Orgoniser ‘ite your letter. You must use grammatical correct sentences with accurate Tip Strip ing and punctuation in a sty'e appropriate forthe situation. i soeting and ye approp Fae eed ese pena? 4 the ind of tarspert 2 what information youneed, 2g. what ote 3 whether breakfast, net and enn proved “4 mentioned spars you fa WEEN esr 2, paren 2: warrinsPart 2 \Write an answer to one ofthe questions 2-4 in this part. Write an answer in 120-480 Words in an appropriate siye 2. Your English friend is coming to vist you next month and this is part of an email he has sent you. “Tam relly looking fora otis rip, bu you know me, 1 ie plan ‘everybing wel T would very meh ike ogo and sea; mc mate spoil, tetbou spending to mack mency and ab oie few masens. Have you bed (ay thongs about hs we could make the mow of te werk? Simon Write your email You recently saw this notice in the college newsletter, ‘Wiite a review ofthe school concert ‘Whar did yu think ofthe school concer? Wite a review fr the schol ‘agin, Ince your opinion about the choice of songs, the performers ‘nd say whether you think the schoo hall a suitable venue “Thebes seview wil be published! Write your review. 4. Your teacher has asked you to write a story for an international magazine. The story must end withthe following words: Ithad all ended well, but Sarah would never bo able o forget how tightened she had been. \write your story. 5. Answer one of the following two questions based on your reading of one of thes set books. {2) Author ~ Name of book ‘There is one character inthe book whois not very pleasant. Write an essay {describing this character and explaining how hisiher behaviour affected other ‘characters in the novel. (&) Author - Name of book Would you recommend this book to teenagers all over the world? Write @ review for the library magazine saying in what ways the book is or isnt sutable and give reasons for your opinions. rest 2, racer 2: warns ERste Peo eeis ‘Question 11: Only one of these words is eorect. Inthe conten ofthe Invert ‘Question 12: Which of ‘hese words vl mak 23 phrasal ero whieh ‘es had the ie"? WE sr 2, paren a: use oF enause Part t For questions 1~12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0) In the exam you mark your answers on a separate answer sheet Example: 0 A goss B calls C passes D itles Sudoku ‘Aro you a fan of the popular logical puzzle that (0)... by the name Sudoku? (1)... you're not, the chances are you know somebody who is. Once (2). known outside Japan, this adsictive brain teaser has become a common feature of ‘newspaper puzzle pages all over the word ‘Sudoku's great success (3)... much to its simplicty. The game (4... for neit ‘mathematical ability nor (8)... Knowledge and there are just a few sentences of straightforward instructions to read before you can play. The only skill required is the ablity to (6)... the diference between nine diferent symbols, and these don't ei have to be numbers. ‘Some clever marketing has helped the game. Westem newspapers worked (7) ‘at promoting the game. Without this, it is unlikely that it would have (8)... off and ‘become quite such @ runaway success. The game also (9)... from its Japanese ‘name that made people in many parts of the world (10) .... tas a superior kind of puzzle compared to those you usually ind in newspapers and magazines. But the popularity of Sudoku reached a peak in 2006, ifthe numberof (11)... on ‘one leading wobsite Is anything to go by. Newspapers responded by (12)... Up with new kinds of logical puzzles, all with simple rules and Japanese names. But for {tue Sudoku fans, only the real thing wil do,0 A goes B calls C passes D titles 1A Apartfrom B Evenif © Inspiteof D_ Regardless 2 A thinly B rarely © hardly D. briefly 3A results B_ thanks © owes D lends 4 A expects B demands C requests calls 5 A general B_ normal © usual D ordinary 6 A copy B_ match Cc notice D recognise 7 A tough B hard © strong D heavy 8 A got B taken © given D passed 9A promoted B improved C benefited D_increased 10 A believe — B_regard © think D consider 11 A hits B licks © strikes D shots 412 A setting —B_ putting © making D_ coming a aPart2 For questions 13-24, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each ‘gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example et the beginning (0). Inthe exam you write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on a separate answer sheet. example: [Owl R[E I The birth of YouTube In 2005, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, two software designers from Silicon Valley in California, (0)... invited to a dinner party. Several people had brought their ‘camcorders tothe party and these people were complaining about (13) difficult it was to share home videos online. That was when Chad and Stove came Up (14)... the idea for YouTube, the site which makes (15) .... easy to uptoad home videos onto the Internet. They formed a company, borrowed some money and (16)... themeolves up in business. It turned (17)... that millions of people already had short home video clips that they thought t (18)... be unto share with other enthusiasts around the word. [Launched in December 2005, YouTube soon contained more (19)... a million short video clips. People were uploading 8000 clips a day, and watching three milion @ day. They had mostly heard about the site through word (20)... mouth, email and hhypettink, and eighty percent ofthe clips had (21)... made by amateurs. ‘So why was YouTube such an immediate success? Researchers found that, (22)... average, people were spending fleen minutes on the site during each visit, (23) ....was enough time to view several short funny lips. n (24)... words, they were using YouTube to give them a litte break from their work or study HEE e572, paver 3: use oF encuise‘Tip Strip ‘Question 25:0 nou sec eed eS thease ‘e 10 sais he trun eston 30: War's he Storr poe Secon! Question 3: ow teen ofthis seb aunge when Somer sreun? Parts For questions 25-34, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals a the end (of some ofthe lines to form a word that fis the gep In the same line, There is an ‘example atthe beginning (0) Inthe exam you write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on a separate answer sheet eample: [o][r [ye] R[elals[iinis] | Putting the fun back into driving Because ofthe (0)... numberof cars onthe roads, few INCREASE people get the chance 1o go out diving fr (25)... these days. PLEASE In Bai, trafic (26)... has increased by ver seventy percentin DENSE the last couple of decades, but there has been relatively ite (27)... GROW inthe country’ road network. The result of more tac onthe roads has been a greater emphasis on road (28)... and this has meant SAFE the (29)... of tougher speed regulations. As a result those nrropuce (80) .... who enjoy going fast are always in danger of being fined. MOTOR (One answer Is something called @ ‘track day’. This is an event where people can drive their own cars around a racing circuit, and explore the limits of ts (31)... without the need to worry about other PERFORM road users. Track days are not competitive events, and people go for the pure (32)... of driving, Track days are currently seeing ENJOY {an enormous boom in (38)... With over six hundred a year POPULAR hold in Britain alone. A great (34)... of vehicles can be found VARY on the track atthe same time and crivers have to follow a few basic rules, For example, slower vehicles must allow faster ones to pass. evouss EER 2, PAPER 3: USEPart4 For questions 35-42, complate the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the fist sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You ereperenineeau ere ete ‘Including the word given. Here is an example Example: (0. What type of music do you lke best? FAVOURITE What cose type of music? “The gap can be filed by the words 's your favourite’, so you wate: example: [0][ISYOURFAVOURTTE——————d Inthe exam you write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on a separate answer sheet. 135 | expected ice-skating to be more ciffcut than it actually was. NoT loe-skating 18 | had expected. ‘36 ‘Leon, | think you should tell your mother the truth, said Maite ADVISED Maite. . his mother the truth. 37. Not many people went to see that live concer in the park NUMBER Oly an ‘went to $86 that live concert inthe park. ‘38 Naomi hasn't seen any of her cousins for years. SAW ts any of her cousins. HEE tes, paren 3: use oF ewauisi39 40 a How many competitors went in for the race? PART How many competitors the race? You can borrow my new bicycle, but you must be careful with it LONG You can borrow my new bicycle careful with it Melanie regretted choosing such an expensive jacket. WISHED Melanie... .... ales expensive jacket. Recycling old newspapers seems pointless to me. POINT Ican't old newspapers.tir: Fett ed You wil hear people talking in eight ciferent situations. For questions 4-8, choose the best answer (A, B or C). 11 You hear a man talking about a ceramics course he attended. What aspect of the course did he find unsatisfactory? ‘A. the level of support from the staff B the quali of the materials Ca © the cost for students 2. Ona radio programme, you hear some information about a future guest. ‘What will he be talking about? ‘A. organising @ mountain holiday Bl B learning mountain-cimbing skils © buying mountaineering equipment 3 Youre part of a talk about how to look fit and healthy. What isthe speaker's advice? A. chock your weit regula an] Build up your muscles © avoid certain foods 4 You overhosr two college students talking about applying fr a weekend job. ‘What do they agree about? ‘A. Itwould be an enjoyable ting to do B It would be useful experience forthe future. © Itwould help thom with their collage expenses, WEEN sr 2, raven a usteninsYou overhear two people talking about transport. Why has the woman decided to use a bike instead of a car? A. She hopes the exercise will improve her health, B_ She is concerned about the environment. © She can no longer afford the cost. On the radio, you hear a woman talking about a sport. ‘What is she doing? A. explaining something to us B_ warming us about something recommending something to us You hear the weather forecast on the radio. How will the weather change tomorrow? A. Itwill get colder. B Itwill get sunnier. © Itwill get windier. You hear a radio presenter talking about a theatre, What does he say about it? A tis offering an impressive programme. B_ Itwill be closed down in the near future. © Ithas received a grant for improvements.