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PART 1 - LISTENING COMPREHENSION

EXERCISE 1 Questions 1-6

You hear part of a radio programme about an important Italian woman, Maria Montessori.

Listen to the information and decide if each of the statements below is true or false. If the
information is true, mark A on your answer sheet. If the information is false, mark B on
your answer sheet. (A = TRUE / B = FALSE)

1. Maria Montessori was the first female doctor in Italy. A

2. You can find a number of Montessori hospitals in different countries. B
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3. Next week is her 50 birthday. B
4. Montessori had a very traditional education for girls. B
5. Maria was supported in her academic plans by her mother. A

EXERCISE 2 Questions 6-10

You will hear an interview with Angela Morgan, who has recently flown around the world in a
helicopter.
Listen and choose the best answer A, B, or C for each question.

6. The main reason for Angela’s trip was to

A. make money for her business.
B. make money for other people.
C. have an exciting adventure.

7. What does Angela say about her life now?

A. She feels much older.
B. She likes to be active and busy.
C. She is lonely without her children.

8. When Angela had flying lessons

A. her course lasted five months.
B. her husband took lessons as well.
C. she got to know her teacher well.

9. During the trip, Angela and her teacher

A. did very little sightseeing.
B. carried all the water they needed.
C. had engine problems several times.

10. What did Angela enjoy most about the trip?

A. flying at night
B. walking in the desert
C. watching the changes in the scenery

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PART 2 – USE OF ENGLISH

EXERCISE 1 Questions 11-25
Look at the following texts. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, or C) that best fits each
space.

How to learn new words

One of the most common aids to memory is the First Letter Memory Aid. It (11)____________
learning the first letter of the points or words in a list that you want to learn, e.g. for an exam.
(12) ____________ studies show that the “it’s on the (13) _____________ of my tongue” feeling
that people get when their memory is blocked can be helped by prompting with the first letter of
the (14) ____________ word. So first, list the points or key words that you want to remember.
Then take the first letter of (15) ____________ word and turn them into a (16) ____________
sentence or phrase. For example, (17)____________ you want to remember “New York,
London, Paris, Tokyo, Madrid and Berlin” (in that order): take the initials of each city and make a
sentence (in your (18) ____________), e.g. “Nobody Likes Pizza With Tomatoes, Meat and
Bread”. Then imagine a horrible pizza with (19) ____________ of bread, meat and tomatoes.
This will (20) ____________ help you remember the sentence, and then the words.

11. a. increases b. involves c. consists

12. a. ___ b. The c. Investigation
13. a. tip b. top c. edge
14. a. missing b. forgotten c. difficult
15. a. every b. each c. the
16. a. silly b. remember c. remind
17. a. suppose b. think c. realise
18. a. idiom b. twist c. language
19. a. crumbs b. loaves c. bits
20. a. then b. therefore c. however

Lionel Guys

The story of Lionel Guys is a classic “locked door” mystery. No one was ever arrested, and no
motive was ever established, but it now seems (21) ____________ how the crime happened.
Guys (22) ____________ have committed suicide since no gun was found in the room, and his
murderer can’t have escaped from inside the room because of the barred windows and the
locked doors. So Guys must have been shot at the door and somehow (23)____________ to
lock the doors himself, before staggering across the room and (24) ____________ on the floor.
He might have been shot in the wrist as he was (25)____________ with all those bolts and
keys.

21. a. undoubtedly b. clear c. reasonable

22. a. can’t b. must c. may
23. a. could b. arranged c. managed
24. a. collapsing b. fell c. knocked
25 a. kicking b. stabbing c. struggling

EXERCISE 2 Questions 26 - 45
Read the sentences below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.

26. I ________ a cooked meal every evening.

a. has b. have got c. am having d. have

27. ‘Oh no! I forgot my keys!’ ‘You’re always ________ your keys!’
a. forget b. forgot c. forgetting d. leaving

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28. I think you _______ silly – just tell the truth!’
a. being b. ‘ve being c. ‘re being d. been

29. ‘I ________ play sport when I was younger.’ ‘Why did you stop?’
a. would b. never c. seldom d. used to

30. ‘Have you seen Cowboys and Aliens?’ ’No, not ________ - I’m going on Friday.’
a. ever b. still c. yet d. since

31. I _________ with my aunt when I go to Mexico next summer.

a. stay b. staying c. ‘ll be staying d. ‘ll have been staying

32. ‘Did you go to school today?’ ‘Yes, despite ________ ill, I still went.’
a. of being b. being c. I’m feeling d. of feeling

33. ‘I won’t go camping next year.’ ‘I won’t _________.’

a. too b. neither c. either d. also

34. ‘Why is Lily angry?’ ‘Philippe promised her he _________ be on time for dinner.’
a. would b. will c. may d. could

35. They threatened to sack him if he _________ change his attitude.

a. don’t b. doesn’t c. didn’t d. won’t

36. Excellent wine _______ made in Spain.

a. are b. is c. to d. be

37. You like my hair? I’ve just ________ at the hairdresser’s.

a. had it cut b. cut it c. cutting it d. had cut it

38. Terry has just called to say that he ________ arrive late due to a traffic jam.
a. need b. did c. may d. will be

39. Rosy asked her mother how long _________ married.

a. she would be b. she had been c. had been d. was

40. You _________ understand him if you listen carefully.

a. will b. would c. did d. would have

41. I _________ smoking five years ago.

a. stopped b. have stopped c. had stopped d. stop

42. There wasn’t ________ in the room.

a. somebody b. nobody c. no one d. anyone

43. David wishes he _________ harder, but he didn’t.

a. worked b. would have worked c. had worked d. will have worked

44. If you want to do well in the exam, you really _________ to study a bit more.
a. should b. could c. must d. have

45. Don’t _________ him make fun of you!

a. allow b. let c. permit d. leave

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PART 3 - READING COMPREHENSION

EXERCISE 1 Questions 46 – 52
Read the following texts carefully. Each text is about a person who has a dream job. For
questions 46 – 52, choose from the people (A - D). The people may be chosen more than
once. Mark the correct letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet. There is an example at
the beginning.
DREAM JOBS
Rachel
Rachel rings from the taxi taking her to the airport. She can’t make our appointment tomorrow
because her boss wants her to be in Los Angeles instead. When you’re personal assistant to a
pop star, you’re expected to jet around the world at the drop of a hat. Rachel loves her job and
gets on well with her boss.
There’s just one minor problem - she can’t stand flying. “On a nine-hour trip to California I
usually take sleeping tablets to help calm me down,” she admits. When she comes down to
earth, she does have to spend time in the office doing mundane paper work – organising the
diary, sitting in on meetings with solicitors and accountants, sorting out itineraries and making
yet more travel arrangements.
She didn’t train for the job. A chance meeting with the manager of a pop group led to the
offer of work behind the scenes. Five years later she was in the right place at the right time
when her boss needed a PA.

Marcus
Marcus is the editor of the ‘Food and Drink’ pages of a daily newspaper and one of his less
difficult tasks is to sample what’s on offer in the finest restaurants.
It was his talent as a cook that led to the offer of a food column from a friend who happened
to edit a Saturday Review. For Marcus, at the time creative director of an advertising agency, it
was a useful secondary income. He was 42 when another newspaper rang to offer a full-time
job. ‘It meant a 50 per cent cut in guaranteed income,’ he says. ‘But it was a chance to convert
my passion into a profession.’

Daniel
Daniel has been an accountant and a golf caddy, a man who carries a golfer’s bags. On the
whole, he preferred the golf. Well, so would you if golf was your passion. There were drawbacks
however. A small flat fee is on offer, plus a percentage of the winnings. The average earnings
are between £25,000 and £35,000 and much of that will go on travel and hotels.
He was just 31 when he first caddied for the golfer Greg Norman. ‘You’re not just carrying
bags. You’re offering advice, pitting your knowledge against the elements and trying to read the
course.’
His accountancy skills were recognised recently when he was made statistical data
administrator. He compiles and analyses the statistics of each day’s play. The results are
sought after by television commentators, golfing magazines, and the golfers themselves.

Rich
‘I started writing children’s stories about twenty years ago,’ says Rich, one of Britain’s most
popular children’s writers. ‘Before that, I had always loved words and enjoyed using them, but
my writing had mainly been poetry. Then I had this idea for a story. I had been a farmer and
know the problem of chickens being killed by a fox. So I wrote a kind of role reversal story called
The Fox Busters, which became my first published children’s story.’
Where do his ideas come from? ‘Well, it’s not easy, I have to work at them,’ he says. ‘That is
what I usually do in the mornings. After lunch, I spend another couple of hours typing out the
morning’s ideas.’
‘I get lots of letters a week which is the part about being a writer that I enjoy the most. I do try
to answer them all, but now I have a secretary who helps me out.’

Example:
Which person had to cancel a meeting? A

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Which person:

46. says their job is more important than it appears? C

47. took a drop in salary in order to do the job? B
48. often has to travel at a moment’s notice? A
49. needs assistance with their work? D
50. has to do some boring duties? A
51. finds their job hard? D
52. used to do two jobs simultaneously? B

EXERCISE 2 Questions 53 – 60

Read the following text and choose the best answer for each question.

The Mother of all Teachers

Imagine having ten children … and teaching them all at home. That’s what Tracey Smith, 40,
chose to do at her five-bedroom house in Surrey. Tracey also runs a book importing business
and her husband, Ron, 46, has a plant shop. Their children are Lucy, 17, Timothy, 15, Phillip,
13, David, 11, twins Thomas and Samuel, nine, Richard, seven, Simon, four, Joanne, two, and
five-month-old James. Here Tracey talks to Diana Orchard.

My day begins just after six, when I get up with baby James. Then, after a big breakfast around
our huge kitchen table, we get down to lessons at about 7.30am. I have a fairly strict routine – it
would be impossible to run our lives any other way.

The dining-room is set out with rows of desks, like a small classroom, and we also use the big
dining-room table. I buy most of our text books from America, and we follow a curriculum largely
dictated by the children’s interests. I try to cover a broad range of subjects and I find it a
constant pleasure to learn new things myself or re-visit subjects I haven’t touched on for years.
The 11- and 13-year-old boys are building a trailer to go behind their bikes so they can help
their dad at the shop. They wanted lights on the back, so we have had to learn about electricity
and wiring to make it safe.

Every morning’s work will include an hour of maths or English, and the rest is interest-led, such
as finding a country on the globe and then looking it up on the Internet, or studying a particular
period of history. We work through until 1pm. Ron always comes home for lunch because he
works nearby, and we all sit down for a family meal.

I try to cook in advance, usually the night before, and all the children apart from the very little
ones help with chopping and stirring. Then, after lunch, we spend the afternoon doing craft o
sporting activities. I take the children swimming on Fridays, we go ice-skating, go for walks or
write letters. When I’m out with the children I occasionally get comments, such as “Shouldn’t
they be at school?” or “Are they all yours?” – but most people around here know us.

In the evenings they do what normal children do – they play on the computer or they watch
videos. We do have a television, but I disapprove of so much that is aimed at children today,
that I prefer to let them watch films I know.

We have an acre of land here, so whenever the weather is fine they play out and ride their
bikes. We live in a beautiful village with lots of streams and trees. One child, David, has cornet
lessons outside the home – the rest I teach myself. Most of them play an instrument and we
often gather together in the evenings.

People may think it’s an unusual way to give children an education, but I feel they are having a
far more rounded and enjoyable childhood than I did. I had a normal education at a state
primary school and then a comprehensive. I did well academically, but I didn’t enjoy the social
side of school.

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Financially, it is hard going, but we live fairly frugally. They don’t nag for the latest designer
jeans or trainers because there isn’t the peer pressure to have these things. Nor do I get the
moans of, “Why don’t we have a bigger house or a bigger car?” because they don’ t feel they
have to compare themselves to everyone else.

I think society is obsessed by the idea of “quality time” with children, when you rush out and
spend a fortune taking them to Legoland or wherever. Our belief is that any time together as a
family is quality time – even just eating a meal, playing music or going for a walk. I have kept
going because I felt so strongly that this was the right thing to do.

Exercise 1 – True or False

53. All of the children play a musical instrument.

a. true b. false

54. Tracey is educating her children at home because she doesn’t like the school her
kids would go to.
a. true b. false

55. Afternoons are spent working on maths.

a. true b. false

Exercise 2 – Answer the questions according to the text.

56. What is the purpose of this article?

a. to persuade
b. to inform
c. to convince
d. to question

57. This article was written about Tracey Smith because

a. she has a different lifestyle
b. she is famous
c. she has recently published a book
d. the family has had serious problems

58. What does ‘it’ in paragraph 4 refer to?

a. English
b. maths
c. a country
d. the globe

59. What does ‘the rest’ in paragraph 7 refer to?

a. books
b. musical instruments
c. other subjects
d. the other children

60. What is one of the advantages of teaching her children at home that Tracey speaks
about?
a. they can help her around the house
b. they get a better education
c. they spend less time in school
d. they don’t suffer from peer pressure

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