USE OF ENGLISH EXAM 15 minutes WRITING EXAM ss minutes

8 Read the following article about tea consumption in 11 You recently re turned from a
Britain . Fill in ea ch gap with one word o n ly to complete holiday organised by
the text. SunTraveI. The h oliday was
not a success: you h ad a
Global Warming Hits UK Tea Sales number of problems. Write a
Global warming ha s ' blam ed for the h ole in the letter of complaint to
ozone layer, h igher pollution and melting the ice caps - Cu stomer Services a t
now, it is bein g blame d for declining sales of th e Briti sh Su n Travel, including the
national beverage. fo llowin g information:
In 2002, the average Brit d ran k 1,000 cups per yea r - or, 2.2 • brief details of the holiday
kilograms of tea. Th is m ay soun d a a but sales were you booked
down from 2.6 kilograms in 199 7. ' from the fact • a description of wha t wen t
that temperatures are risin g globally, more an d more tea wro ng
drinkers are turning ' co ffee whe n they fancy a • an exp lana tio n of how this
hot be verage. Sales of iced tea, S , are on the rise, affected you
and sales of healthy drink alternatives, ' as fruit • a req uest for co m pe nsa tion.
tea s, also con tin ue to grow. Wri te 200-250 words.
But 1 though the Brits are look in g ' _
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alternatives to the Great Brit ish Cup of Tea, they are still the
seco nd h ighest co nsu me rs of the drink in the wo rld. India is LANGUAGE TIP
the third biggest na tion of tea drinkers, an d Turkey is first.
Your form al lett ers w ill be more
Answers on page 167 effective if they con tain some m ore
com plex sentences. Practi se fo rm ing
EXAM TIP sentences like this, using different
linking words.
M ake sure you use only one wo rd fo r each space and never leave a space
em pty. You do n't lose points for giving a wro ng answer. Rem em ber, you
usua lly need g ram ma r wo rds in th e gaps. Speaking 45 minutes

Picture-based discussion
Writing 7 5 minutes
25 minutes
Writing a letter of complaint 12 Look at this list of things to
9 Which of these problems do you think would be the worst co nsid er when you go
on a holiday? Why? shopping. Decide whether they
are better in small local shops
A lat e flight C dirty room
or large supermarkets . Write
B noisy hotel D guided tour cancelled
down you r re aso n s.
10 The foll o win g a re sentences about the holiday problems in ch o ice of goods
ex ercise 9. Use th e linking word in brackets to combine customer servic e
each pair of sentences into one sentence. parking
lOur flight was dela yed by three hours. We didn 't receive an • transport lin ks
exp lanation . (alth ough) • securi ty
Alth ough _ • fresh n ess of food
2 O ur h ot el room was never clean ed during our stay. We were
ext remely sur prised. (because)
____ beca use _
3 The guided to ur of the hi storic city cen tre was can celled. It
was ve ry di sappointing. (th at)
_ _ _ _ that _
4 We cou ld hear cars an d bu ses all night. We becam e terribly
tired . (because)
____ because _

Now m a tc h each sentence to a problem A-D above.

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13 Look at these sentences which people said
about the list in exercise 12. Eac h sentence
contains a mistake. Ca n you find and correct
the mistakes?
I By m y opi nion, super markets offer an
exce llen t range of di fferen t goo ds to ch oose
fro m.
2 I th in k h ow supermarkets h ave too many
products on the ir she lves .
3 What do I wa nt with twe n ty kinds of
washi ng powder - on ly I ha ve one wash ing
machi n e.
4 It's m uc h bett er to be choice when you are
shopping - there are so man y deliciou s foods
in the wo rld and I don't want to mi ss any.
4 A If shops are ope n on Su ndays, sh op
assistants sh ould get anothe r day off eac h
week.
B Probably. But, on the ot he r hand, if .. .
5 A It's less stressfu l to do your shopping if
you've got mo re time to do it.
B You're right. But does this mea n ...
6 A Sun day open ing is profitable.
B I see. Co uld yo u tell me a bit more
abo ut ...
HOW TO STUDY
Practise d iff erent ways of respond ing to your part ner's
argume nts. Look at the Spea king Bank on page 128 to
find more useful phrases and expressions.

14 Choose from the linking words below to ,

com p lete the sen tences. SPEAKING EXAM .. 10 minutes

and • alth oug h despite • becaus e 17 Read the following statement, and decide
if you agree or disagree with it. Th en
1 _ _ our superm arket is rather a long way prepare arguments to support you r views.
fro m our h ou se, there's a frequent bu s
service. Shop s sh ould n ot be op en o n Sundays .
2 Our local sh op sells most things I n eed,
_ _ you don 't h ave to worr y about Discuss the sta tem en t with a partner,
parkin g. responding to any counter-arguments they
have.
3 Th ey sho uld ha ve secur ity guards in our
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tr yin g to stea l fro m ca rs in it.
4 _ _ all their ad verti sem ents, I don't really
th ink our supe rm arket is really very good
va lue for money.

SPEAKING EXAM .. 5 minutes

15 The two photos show different kinds of

shop. Co m p a re and contrast the pictures.
How a re they different in terms of what
they offer the customer?
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EXAM TIP
When yo u' re looking at two pho tos, think of as many
differences as you can, to give you ideas about w hat to
say.

Debate 20 minutes

16 Read the followi ng mini-di alogues and

co m p lete the missing responses.
A Th e wee kend should be spe n t with the
fam ily.
B Th at's true , but ...
2 A People who work can 't do th eir sh opping
on wee kdays if sh ops close early.
B Well, I agree to some exten t - h owever, ...
3 A Sh opping is a for m of en terta in me n t.
B I' m no t sure I agree with th at becau se ...

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Reading 35 m inutes
1 Read the first paragraph of the
text in exercise 4 qu ickly.
Don 't fill in the gaps yet.
Which heading below, A or B,
do you think would match the
paragraph?
A A view from a helicopter
B How the English live
2 Match the following headings
to each of the paragraphs 2-5 .
A A maze of streets
B A hidden artist in every
Englishman
C No such number
0 The nation of nest builders
3 Read the following extracts
from the text. Circle the words
that the underlined words refer
to in each extract 1-3 below.
lOur neighbours were from
Argentina. Their two litt le
daughters were th e nices t
children I've ever seen .
2 We decided to put the house
up for saie. The price we set
wasn't high, so we soon
found somebody interested in
buying it.
3 She was born in the country
and spent her chil dhood in a
small quiet village. She
considered it the ha pp iest
period in her life. That was
the reason why she always
dreamed of buying a sma ll
house and moving away from
London.
EXAM TIP
Missing sentences always refer to w hat
comes before or after each gap.
Underline the words in each missing
sentence and in the text w hich help
yo u choose the righ t sentence. When
you have completed the text, check
that the extra sentence doesn't fit any
of the gaps.
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READING EXAM
4 Read the fo llowing extract fro m a book about En glish
people. Five sentences have been removed fro m the text.
Fill in ga ps 1- 5 w ith th e m issing sentences from A- F. Th ere
is one extra sentence that won't fit any gaps .
(1) If you look from a helicopter at any English town,
you will see that the residential areas consist almost
entirely of rows of small boxes , each with its own
little patch of green. ' _ _ The princ iple, however,
will be clear: the English all want to live in their own
private houses with their own private garde ns.
(2) What you cannot see from your helicopter, you
will learn as soon as you try to visit an English home.
' _ _ Some humorists claim this is the result of 'a
conspiracy to mislead foreigners ', pointing out that
our streets are never straight, every time a street
bends , it is given a different name , there are at least
60 confusing synonyms for 'street', and the
numbe ring of the houses is hopelessly illogical.
(3) The house numbers are at least as well
camo uflaged as the street names. ' __ One taxi-
driver explained : 'An Englishman's home is his
castle , right? We can 't act ually have massive walls
around it, but we can make it difficult to get to.'
(4) The Englishman's ho me is much more than just
his castle; it is also his identity and his prime
obsession. ' _ _ The mania for home improvements
is widespread . Research shows that only 2% of
English males and 12% of females have never done
any Do-lt-Yourself.
(5) Working on home improvemen ts is an
opportunity to exercise our creative talents. ' _ _
Although it may sometimes be an economic
necessity, we see the arrangement, furn ishing and
decorating of our homes as an expression of our
unique personal taste.
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 1S minutes Listening ... 15 minutes

A You may h ave its add ress
and a map , but you will
have great di fficu lty in
find ing the h ou se yo u are
lookin g for.
B Or at least that's h ow we
like to think of it.
e Th is is an unwritten rule
of home ow ne rsh ip a nd
the moving-in ritua l.
D They are either h idden , or
even not there at all.
E In better-off areas, these
boxes will be fur ther
apa rt, an d the green
patches attached to th em
will be larger.
F Th is is why a hou se is not
some th ing you just
passively ' have', it is
some th ing yo u co nsta n tly
'work on' .
S Loo k at the info rmat ion in the table in exercise 6. For ea ch
item 1-7, decide w h ic h of the number s A-H are definitel y
wrong. Think about what so rt of in formation you 're trying to
match.
LISTENING EXAM 10 minutes
6 '" 09 First read the information below. You a re go ing to hear
a yo u n g college student talking about the places he's lived
in. Match the information in column A to the right numbers
in column B. There is one number that yo u ca n't match to
a ny information.
A B
1 th e distance of the village where the speaker was A 3
born from the capita l, in kilo metres B 2
2 th e age of the speake r whe n hi s brother was born C 20
3 th e size of the family flat in the capital, in o 1988
square metres E 4
4 th e number of bed rooms in the famil y flat in F 2003
the cap ital G 68
5 the year the spea ker wen t to school H 38
6 th e number of stude n ts in the spea ker's first
school class
7 th e number of studen ts the speaker first sha red a
flat with at co llege
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EXAM TIP
In this type of task, the best thing to d o as you' re waiting for the recording to
start is to qu ickly read through the items and to eliminate all the op tions that
are d efinitely w rong for each item A-H . This way yo u'll have few er answ ers to
choose from .

Use of English ... 20 minutes

7 Read the description in exercise 8 on page 40. Don't fill in any

ga ps yet. Com p lete the inventory of Miss Stoner's room with
the missing information.

BEDROOM
piece of furn itu re nu mb er of item s
..(:'ire..place.

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USE OF ENGLISH EXAM 10 minutes Writing .... 110 minutes

8 Read part of a Sherlock Holmes story. Writing an email 40 minutes

Ch oose the be st option: a, b, c, o r d, to fill
the gaps in the text. 9 Ca n yo u find a nd correct the si x mistakes in
this pa ra gr aph ?
A small side door ' _ _ into the wh ite - I t hi nk t he best place in wor ld is the hi sto ric
was hed corridor fro m wh ich the th ree town of Bu ry St Edm un ds. I kn o w this town too
bedrooms opened. We a_ _ at o nce to the we ll because it 's where I am bo rn . It's bea utifu l
one in which Miss Stone r was no w slee ping, town, and there's a ma rket eve ry week - visito rs
and in w hich her sister ' _ _ wit h her fate. It came fro m everyw here . The local people is
was a cosy little room, wit h a lo w ' _ _ an d friendl y.
a gaping firepl ace, the sty le of old co un try
ho uses. A brown chest of d rawers stood in 10 Rea d the exam task in exercise 12 carefu lly.
one corner, a narrow bed in 5_ _ , and a Then lo ok a t the paragrap h in exercise 9
d ressing table o n the left-h and side of the aga in. As a n answer to the exam ta sk, does it
window. These articles, wit h two sm all co n tain a ll t h e req ui red information?
wickerwork chairs, ' _ _ all the fu rnit ure in
11 Use yo ur own idea s to complete this text.
the room, save for a sq ua re of Wilton ca rpe t
in th e centre. Ho lmes dr ew o ne of the ch airs As far as I'm concerned, the best place in t he
in to a co rner and sat in ' _ _ r wh ile his eyes wo rld is called _
travelled ro und and rou n d and up and do wn, This wonderful is situate d _
taking ' _ _ eve ry detail of the apart me nt. How do I know about it? Well, for o n e thing, 1
_ __ _ . I can recommend it to an yo ne
1 a carried 5 a o t he r becau se of _
b led b another
c gu ide d c seco n d
d took d the secon d WRITING EXAM 20 minutes
2 a arr ive d 6 a m ad e u p
12 You see t h is announcem e nt on the
b en tered b lined up
Internet. Write an email reply in 40-50
c reached c put up
words.
d passed d took up
3 a wa s m et 7 a silen t •
b h ad met b silence THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD:
c was meeting c quietl y
d will
4 a floor
m eet d
8 a
silen t ly
in where is it?
b ceiling b on Email us a nd tel l us w hy t he place
c window c through w he re yo u live, or a not he r pla ce
d wa lls d up yo u know w e ll, is th e best pla ce in
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the wo rld .
We w a nt to know:
EXAM TIPS • w ha t it 's ca lled
Whe n you read t he text for the first time, igno re th e • w he re it is
gaps, and just try to get a general sense of what it is • ho w yo u know abo ut it
abou t. • w hy yo u recomme nd it.
Always check yo ur a nswers to make sure they fit
logically as well as grammatically.
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EXAM TIP
Fifty words isn't very long for a text, particularly if you
are required to includ e a nu mber of pieces of
inform at ion . It 's im portant to practise w rit ing relevant
and accurate sente nces so that you can produce
suitable short tex ts in th e exam.

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Writing an informal letter 70 minutes Speaking ... 65 minute s

13 Look at the instructions for exercise 16. Make notes under the Situational role-play
following headings a b ou t your town. Write at least three ideas
... 2 5 minutes
in each group.
17 Look at what advice some
Places to visit Activities to do Food and drink people gave about choosing
to try a n area to live in. Match
the first part of ea ch
sentence 1-4 with the
seco n d part A-D .
1 Being near a h otel isn 't so
important
2 It 's ni ce to h ave a friendly
resta ura nt nearb y
3 You shou ld find out
4 It's good to be nea r the
sh ops

If you're working w ith a partner, discuss you r ideas together. A if you sudden ly rea lise
you need b read .
14 Put the words into the co rrec t order to make sentences with B for times whe n yo u do n 't
gaps at t h e en d of ea ch one. wa nt to cook.
C what spo rts you can do in
lOne really p lace is visit m us t you _ _ .
t he area.
2 I goi ng suggest to a lso _ _ .
D if you h ave your own
3 As for sure I'm activities , en joy you'd _ _ .
home .
4 Anothe r to interesting is do thing _ _ .
5 When hungry you feel, forget don't eat to _ _ . 18 Here are some more
6 A drin k ca lled love is you'll _ _ . opinions a bou t where to
live. Ch oos e the co rrect
15 Use you r ideas from exercise 13 to complete the sentences in
alternativ e: A o r B, to
ex ercise 14 .
complete each se n te n ce .
1 In m y op in ion, _ _ is
WRITING EXAM 50 minutes the m ost im portant th in g.
A living near yo ur school
16 Read part of a letter you have received from your penfriend
B your h ome n ear you r
abroad. Write a reply in about 200 words.
school
2 If yo u live in a flat or on ly
50 I'm r'cClllj 10 0 b V1') fOr'WClr'd h ave a sm ali garde n, _ _
to live close to a park.
GOm'V1.') to jOur' GOUV1tr'j - f;V1Cl11l But ,t 5 A it 's almost im portant
50 5Cld tl,.,Clt I'm GOm;V1.') WI,.,CV1 JOU Clr'C B it 's q uite importa n t
ClWCll AV1jWClj) GClV1 JOU tclI mc . WI,.,Clt 3 Perso na liy, _ _ bein g
nea r a cine ma is very
plClGC5 I 51,.,ould .')0 to) WI,.,Clt fi,.,'V1.')5 I
import ant beca use you
51,.,ould do) ClV1d WI,.,Clt tl,.,;V1.')5 I 51,.,ould CClt can watch DVDs at home.
ClV1d dr' ;V1IL? A I'm n ot thinki ng
B I don 't t h ink
4 What do you th in k abo ut
the im portance _ _ n ear
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A to live
EXAM TIP B of livin g
When preparing and planning to write letters, pay attention to all the 5 How im por tan t are sports
required relevant inform ation. Make sure you use an appropriate style for the
facilities from your _ _ ?
reader of your letter.
A poin t of view
B opinion

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 SPEAKING EXAM 10 minutes 22 Think about jobs. Make two lists under these
headings. Write at lea st five jobs for each
19 Your friend and his/her family are moving group.
home soon. You have agreed to give them Job s in the cou n try
advice about choosing a new place to live. Job s in the city
Discuss the points below with your friend,
and decide which two are most important. Which jobs do you think are better? Why?
• shops 23 Use words fro m the list below to complete
• sports facilities this paragraph.
• restaurants
• hotel find • pr efer • lives • ti red • looking
• cinema
As somebody who ' _ _ and wo rks in th e city,
• schools
I always z_ _ to go into the cou ntryside for
• park my h olidays. When I'm 3 _ _ of the noise, the
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traffic, and th e stress, I iove to ' _ _ peace and
quiet . I en joy s _ _ at the su nset an d breathing
EXAM TIP
the clean air.
If someone tells you their opin ion, it's better to respond
to it first before saying your own idea. Practise ways of
doing this, using: SPEAKING EXAM 10 minutes
• Oh really!
• Do you? 24 Look at the two photos on page 43. One
• That's interesting. shows the countryside and the other shows
• I see what you mean. the city. Compare and contrast them.
You can find similar useful phrases in the Speaking Bank • Which one is more similar to where you
on page 128. live?
• How are people's lives different in the
Picture-based discussion 40 minutes countryside?
• Are job opportunities different in the city
20 Co m p lete this text by writing one word in and countryside?
each gap. • Where would you prefer to spend your
Actuall y n either ' _ _ these pictures is very holidays, the city or countryside?
similar to the pla ce where I live. My home is in Answers on page 170
th e subur bs of a large city, so it 's more green
a_ _ th e city centre. It's also less crowded and EXAM TIP
more peaceful. However, it's 3 _ _ as quiet or Sometimes, especially if you are feeling nervous, you
as gree n as the real countryside. ' _ _ fact , may feel stuck for ideas in the exam. If this happens,
these da ys, the 'real' cou n tryside s _ _ don 't panic. Instead, im agin e w hat op inions othe r
di sappearing fast, as the population continues people that you know well (family, friends) might have
' _ _ increase. ' _ _ addition, people want about the subject. Then you can express these opinions.
larger and larger houses, and these of course
require more land to be built a_ _ .

21 Use your own ideas to make complete

sentences.
I People who live in the city ha ve more

2 If you live in the coun try, you' re more

3 There's more in cities.

4 You feel more in the countryside.

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