Part 1 On the road Young has written book about journey which Sot Seven months. Beginning in Bein she Scaded west out of China ane then south to ‘Ssh The 20 years of erie unt then ha Seen varied= he had been acorreapondent for 2 Frenct weekly. she had sald inthe Oljmptes ‘=: sted internationally. but er main ove wat Ssveling, She had made 2 similar journey a Scsral Asa and had a minor sucess ith the SSsting book. When she writes she take of Se audence as one lamlly member or one good ‘So She writes what seas seen and fe the Shit hime up onthe roe —herdescrpions Se camel journey are med with dacs ‘Sout poiclans and images ofa gi with her Sas hundred plate, en Datton visite the bottom tip of Cite and Sw the eg of the feel she deched to ‘ors Antarctica She ried not foe discouraged Brothers eho had done ithe sen who Hid Sled across alone didn't know how to desl ‘ith the fea of someone hapy to takes plane Some of te ray, but wanted to do the tp my fen way" She spent seven moths erosting the continent, pitching tents on the sea Tee Baton says that as a woman, hee reasons for eaporation are ferent trot those of eh. ‘Me have done [to show they eat win hay 0 to see what the environment can teach ne, Seto fee the ir and see what looks like. OF Ist sitaround and apprecate the scenery” She 'Sawnter who explores the world in order to write She says, Taleo sults me to get sway Ive to tree mel! rom the bills and the ak sana Antaretia le peeect fr that" twas, Fowever the most testing envionment she has rer experienced could bea fulltime Job fat survvne! (On her first trip, aged 24, Moore hitetket troush Nigeria’ canoed’ down’ the Congo and rode horseback "across. ‘Cameroon, Waat ‘Marted asa yearlong. tip tured Into. a" threcandahaltyear journey. "The puis that lay ahead was wonder ~ days rating toe fled” She was raeed inthe ‘ile tis si her mother and grendmother fad geown up ia China." dont now where | Belong My fama thought Mas totally normal that had a larger ew of the word” She Aismises fear. Wid animals wil Jock for a scape route rather than attack she ays ‘Amongst other things, Moore has devised her ‘own cure Tor homesites. “You can always Improvise something Ifelthomesckfor eg for breaklast while Goating down the river so had ‘us ~ crocodile eg and felt much beter. Moore does believe that'a‘woman's approach Is diferent. She varely undertkes ourneys ‘wih an ultimate am, gol or destination = she Seeldes as she goes slong, ten wth the Hip of i. See oer Sete eee Seer se eae a fe, mg te eres oe Sls cree o ema a ae beac cere oem gee crema pega ee Poe i egg eae areca tis rite aren omnia Se ee Seat ese hei L1IOZ @PePIDH ISTist Grade 2017 Part 1 "You are gong to read a newspaper atc about four people who have wren travel books Forquestons 16-30, chose from the psople(A-D). The peop maybe choaan more than on Mar you arowers onthe seperate anwer sheet. Of which writer i the following stated? ‘he does rot make decison navares. Se seato be aounalt. Sho has en up ting ‘Se wae nan era ay. She eave with the notion opting her expres it ‘Sho was unselsd about hertz when she wes youn One others wasnt succes. Her wing reficts i. they happened. ‘She has written a very success book, Which writer says she took no notice of other people's epinans when planning one rp? ‘on one tip, ust staying alive took up mast of her tine? ‘he takes pleasure Inher surouncings? she chose ner method of anspor because of lack of funds? ‘se is confident of fring solutions o problems? she kes to escape from avenay pressures? 21st Grade 2017 Part 2 ‘You are going to read a nowepaper article about an elephant. Seven sentences have bean femoved ftom the ariel. Choose trom the sentences AH the ane wien fe each gap (2-15). ‘There sone extra sentence which you do not ned to use. “Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Saving an elephant Douglas Turner tells the story of a baby elephant who was taken (on a 1,500 km journey in order to save her life. ‘The fet tine 1 saw Wivin, she looked Ie zene old woman with wily ain, but abe Seas infact baby elephant She bad been tet Uchind when her lami group wae chased back Into the forest ater belng caught raiding ae {lan Southern Samat, Idenesia She had ee rescued by the loa! people who quel resled that they lacked the means cae for et Soshewas brought tothe lca alice othe Wie Conservation Society. Win wat desperate lor allection. Because her growing tet sere sore, Taal faten to chewing on Snything an everyting, Everyone atthe Conseratonofice was impressed by her spe she was clearly x survivor, but having her there presente mamber of probens So the sat desperately contacted fnyone wi could ghe advice. and began constructing feeding equipment tom kth ot fubing attached to a plaste bot. Once they Aiscovered the formula of blend of cow's mil, coconut water and mk powder, Winn started 1 taken iui There could be no question of releasing her bck Jato the wid. The nly epson was for her to #0 1 an eepant training cette (ETC), wih cared foc orphaned elephass. The nearest ETC was 1500 en aay, ot tanepeting Win over thal stance woul be extremely dieu, epecaly 5 she wae 20 weak We set olf Im convoy. Win was na eep on a cushion of coconut pains, withthe wide centre sal 1 followed wit a photographer, ‘The irsttwonyur hours wen weit ET — Mostly we traveled inthe cool othe night. diving through seeping vilages and setting up eam at daybreak ting up tent to ive Wivin shade We cootiued on our way in the late afternoon au drove stalght into torent rainstorm, Trees were blown dowa, ever locking the road in places, BET ——] We stopped for estas 2 a rndsie eat where one lea peeved in and Touched her nervously at M expecting an elect Aerts dye we avd tthe Sebang E10 ‘emt tern wt, noe amet Se ‘rod tt we sos ty tao fe ln She newb ea mt te win the trvn toteed SHE Howerer seid soo Sete et Sebagneractng we whe ‘siecle So,atera week weleft Winn athe centre Regular ‘updates rom Joanne kept ws formed o Wii's Improving condition, Mt could be questonet sehether we were jst in patting al hs efort Tato keeping ust one animal live In oder for Ito lve ate ie in expt. ‘She was a symbol of hope for a group of aR ‘onseretionit who are very aware tat fakes an enormous amoubl ote ad staan to make ‘ilerence.‘A Despite this, Wivin manage to Seep content B However, as we were told they ad an lephant with a newbom al, which ‘night provide aria ostr mother or ‘Wivin teamed to god an opportunity (© Win was more than just an orphan lephant 1D Even when she was sleepy, she would ‘wrap Der" trunk around the nearest person, leding or company. Alter weighing er, our fears wore troduction were mae the next dy. But Wivin could pot be separated from er Bottle, ao unfctnatly we had 10 vou the ostering ea (G Wiwin determined our schedule she vas Hed we stopped, and she was hmary we opened cacont nf hee H The mort immediate ofthese wat her uwaingess to dik anything 1 the ‘seein eat. LTOZ Opesy 3ST1st GRADE 2017 Part 3 You are going to read a magazine article about a woman called Cire Hall who used to tain racehorses in Bain. Fer questions 1-8, choose the answer (A, B,C or D) which you think fs best according to the tox Mark your anewers on the separate answer shoot A change of lifestyle An allergy mace Clare Hall give up her jo training racehorses, but she has now created @ ‘new career for herself as 2 best-soling author. Jane Henman interviews her nthe arg el which would normaly conta hose ‘here are tee tig dogs rig ly ru. As {ato Gar Hl an her bus, Datel he ap, ‘Tm oot allowing Care to have ari ger th sna S's a Sa rg (Brew her wort cant ve en ey Cla enang eration ben for sone tit a ha | incor tht had stl develope sn egy to Serer Ging up ting brace ar 80 fog a 8 orb decison ott But H wasn a aed ‘hemoney anymore. And aes alowed eo ty ‘ring on tine Daas =Ta boc etn ny Gave was rout po sl ae. Her tater oul ord oe Sn farm worker 0 Cae an Secor shri nO say Frewem to fed the pg st ght emember eng ‘aly grom ap the dy I wa alowed fo fed thet ‘nm own’ Somelines Cl accompanied er aie 10 the fede om her poy. Twas le ten and nat oie oa hore My thor ped oro nde Stowtng “Up dour up down" Arson se ol ‘hve go a eee oat the eal rc sates tbe te ee ee avg en “hg supporte They were herelf eaed has, Barham thy ook ack set she says ‘Clare's career ats inert logeday. She wa not iat of upsetting pole and had repeat oe ‘bang ouepoten awe endless atene wth hoes hey respond to Knese ad are prepare to wort eit i oe md SEaeaeas aay Sie ge a cr pe ier ee ioe asa aa one sities “rmimira rete meio ne Sica yey ad a oe Se Sectaae fete mea ape eecadiye bac Eimear stems sili pee Rime bape este sar ia ‘emily me be a Tice secon te saidiconhicateeeeameanat Sime enrarenaes Se mec eee air ares ie avticnach rite BeratecuerneatersPart 3 \What do we learn about Gare in the frst paragraph? A. Shais sit word about her fancal security. BB Shokes to follow her husband's advice. © Sho.was reve to begin a less stressful ob She accepted that a change of carver would be beneficial When Clare was a child, she ‘A. was annoyed by her faters advice. 1B was keon fo eam money. enjoyed taking on responsibity wanted tobe mora independent. What doos Clare mean by ‘they tock aback satin ino 287 ‘A. They gave her confidence. B_ They had high expectations of her © They didnot try to influence he. They sis rot ask hr for hl, How oie Clare feel atthe end of her carer as a trainer? ‘A. upset by some people's personal eticism surprised at her coleagues reactions © roloved thatthe hard work was over proud of her contribution to horse-racing Accoring to Clare, horee training resembles wring in terms of ‘A. the amount of etort required, B. the experience needed to succeed. © theloneliness of the activity. 1D thocxtremes of emotion inoved, What ie Clare’ attitude to her son? [A She considers that hos too compete 1B Sho worries that he is under oo much pressure. © She belives that she should have more contact wth im, 1D She thinks ne should spend more time with his daughter, What doasitin ine 54 refer to? ‘A. dealing with the owners Branning a racing stable © being succosstulin aces 1D eaming money in horse-racing Inthe tna paragraph, the writer suggests that Clare ‘A. plans to return tothe horse~racing business. Bis exaggerating the s2e of her income. “G_misses her invelverent wth horses Dis concentrating to much on her habbles. LIOZ Opesy 3sT1st Grade 2017 Part 4 Here are some sentences about going camping. Foreach question, complete the second sentence eo that means the same as the fst. Use no more than three words. Wire ony the missing words on your answer sheet "Youmay uso ths page for any rough work Example: © Mycousinhas int mea very good tent. have | very good tent from my cousin. Answer: fo voroned | 1 Everyone in our tami enjoys camping hokidys, In our family all of us... ‘camping holidays, ‘Camping is cheaper than staying in a hotel Camping costs -nsnnoonn than staying ina hotel. 2 The campsite we' going tis near the beach ‘The campsito we're going to isnot too the beach. 14 Tho campalte has a swimming pool At the campsite ono 88mg BOO, | asked my ond ithe wanted to come camping wth us {asked my lend. sso: want to 6ome eamping with us?"1st Grade 2017 Part 5 ‘Read ihe ext bolow and choose the comect word for each space. For each question, mark the conect Iter A,B, C of D on your anew shoo example: cee Bas hea 2 oat Answer: [9]4 8 © D [4222] | Birth of the Movies Did you know that cinema is more than 100 years old? Moving pictures (0) invented by the brothers Louis and Auguste Lumitre. The fist showing of a moving Picture or ‘movie"(26) place ina cinema in Pars on 28th December 1895, ‘On that days the Lumigre brothers showed movies (27) their newly invented ‘machine called the Cinematograple. The audience saw a fanny fil in (28) a gardener pile lot of water on (28) by accident. Everyone realy loved i Cinema very (30) became popular all over the word. In 1907 the ist flim studios were builtin a (81) of Los Angeles called Hollywood, (82) the 1920s, Hollywood had become the centre ofthe world film (33) ‘To begin with, the movies had no sound. Words (94) fn the screen from ‘ime wo time 10 (35) the story. 26 A tound B took 1 wont Dome 27 cong B making € seting Busing 28 A where B who which D what 29 A yoursalt B himeate © themsetes D sot 30 A icky Bimmediatey —C fast D cary 31 A place B ste © locaton D aistict 32 ATO BA © For Dey 38 A industry B company, © tase D frm 34 developed 8 happened © appeared D clsplayea 35 A prove B expan © dict D advise1st Grade 2017 Part 6 Look at the textn each question, What does it say? “Mark the corec letter A.B or C on your anewer sheet A Goto the office you have lst a fopey sc 1B Make sure al schooork i gven in on floppy dic othe ofce. © you have found a toppy cise, lease leave tat the office ‘A The English class must take their workbooks othe language laboratory. Will be in Room 24D beside the language laboratory. He's off Sick, 50 use the lesson to revise for the test, Bring your workbooks! 'B The room for English lessons ie changing because ofthe test. © The usual Engen teachor cannot attend today's laeson, ‘A Application forms are unavaliable ater 1 November. ‘Trip to New York Application forms will be alae fom the school ce fom st Nove | The earest that students can pick up thelr application forme st November © Students should give in their ‘appication forms on tat November.rar pn tote iho pr Shane ‘Seer Tobe Part 6 a Louis went windsuting ator he wont to the funk yesterday Lous played beach volleyball before he went windeuring, Louis went othe unt before he has ane Don't stat the front ofthe ef unless your@atencing the pay. Cnty people invite tothe party can come int the cafe. Ht yeurr coming othe party you shouldnt use the tables atthe rot. Marios offering to lone Syvane a book, Mari wants to tun one of Sylviane’ books to her. Mari is asking Syviane to give back ‘8 Book ahe hes borrowed, 10 LTOZ PPRID IST1st Grade 2017 Part 7 For questions 18-24, read the tex! below and thnk ofthe word which best fis each gap. Use only fone word in each gap. There is an example atthe beginning (0), ‘Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet, ecamote: [o] [Flee] TTT TIT TITTLE ‘Aman of many parts Lifeon aremote Scottish island is wondertuly peaceful. But (0)... on local, Hamish McAlpine, le is far from relaxing, Ths fs because Hamish has fourteen jobs. (13) se.nu. he moets me off {he fery, arbour master Hamish is the one and (14)... Berson insight. Luckily, hei also tho 'slan's taxi driver, soe takes me tothe hotel, (18) wn. he Owns. He an even (16)... found ‘serving behind the counter atthe local shop. "eallstated not (17... after Hamish maried his wife Donna in 1964, The couple were asked (16)... they would lke to run the post office. Then Hamish found himself agreeing to become {re chie, policeman and coastguard. Now, having given 35 years of devoted service, Hamish (19)... aboutto retire, But who wil (2)... overhis obs? Can one person do ital or wl the jobs have to be splt up? Apart (21) ‘heir week-long honeymoon on the mainland, the couple have had hardly (22)... holidays. ‘Donna and | have worked together every day forthe last 35 years. But who ‘rows, once we have lets oftime on our hands we (29)... find we can't stand the sight ofeach (24) says Hamish, his eyes twining mischievously, 1