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Finally, step ten: / move in for the kill Ht 43 0 4 dog /becaus, , / and pretend / your dog just got run over" cy your ma: © Buys don’t care about cats. // Don’t actually & woot much” Seara will smudge, / but j be all down and /“L lovee" yo? uch’ ,/ blah a Just be all down the! Can tilt your hea » blah. // He should put his arm around you! ® pov! d/ and — there comes the kiss.’ // She t0° Scanned with CamScanner1 but laugh. // ‘You’re somethi: ldn’t help ing else, / Sarah 1 as much effort / into your school work / as you did Tete 7 ty Pr fatuation plan, / you'd be a straight-A student,’ // arr ysteP i, tens (Adapted from Pieces of My Heart by Sinead Moriarty) uum Ha OuKMoeKama ce a ‘ipo ropaun NP a ce nodasam co6bcmeenume ‘am mexcmna Sarah Mullen u Scooby u ce npasu yeosopxama, ue Ha a nuceam C OYMU. ucramar ce 13 part Two [GREBDING COMPREHENSION Section One Directions: Read the text below. Then read the questions that follow itand choose the best answer to each question — A, B, C or D. ‘Two weeks after he first learnt about Jean-Claude’s existence, Robert Beckwith was pacing back and forth in the corridor of the International Arrivals Building at Logan airport. In the strained and anxious days before, there had been many conversations with Louis Venargués. To make arrangements, establish the parameters for the boy’s brief visit to America. A month, not one day more. And Louis would have to use this grace period to find some altemative to a state orphanage. _ Louis had to tell Jean-Claude that he had been invited by some old friends of his mother’s. The idea was not totally implausible, since Nicole Would surely have spoken to him about her year of residency in Boston. io no circumstances could Louis tell the boy that Robert “Of was his father. Sule Anything you say. ®° you, Bob wondered. Much ee ere was the not inconsiderable matter of telling t! «, wizing, Bob called a family meeting. ‘ re of ours has died,’ he said. , “asked Paula apprehensively. ‘Is it Grandma? I know this is not easy for he girls. After Scanned with CamScannerIt’s nobody you’ve met. Someone jn , ‘No,’ said Bob. ; No,’ said y Paula asked again. ME Aag «a French lady Yes,’ Bob replied. fe tate tat ‘Then Jessie said, ‘How come you're telling us if we q * dason ...’ Bob answered. ‘Sheed? Jessie quickly asked. “Uh - roughly Paula’s age.’ ‘Oh wow,’ said Paula. ; Jessica glared at her younger sister, and then tumed to Bob, ‘ed she inquired further. - | ‘And he’s an orphan,’ Sheila added with an emphasis that only By lon’t know hey appreciated. ‘Oh gee,’ said Paula sympathetically. | ‘That's why,’ said Bob, ‘since he’s alone — we'd like to ask him ove, for a while. Maybe a month. When we’re in the big summer house atthe Cape. That is, if neither of you minds.’ ‘Oh wow,’ chirped Paula once again. Her vote was clearly yes. ‘Jessie?’ : ‘Well, there’s justice in the world.’ ‘What?’ ‘If I can’t visit France, at least I’Il have a native to discuss it with’ ‘He’s only nine years old,’ said Bob, ‘and he’ll be sort of sad. Atlest at first.” “But, Father, surely he can talk.’ ‘Of course.” ‘Which means I’ll hear a better French than Mademoisel* | O’Shaunessy’s, So I rest my case, Dad.’ He’s my age, Jessie, not yours, ‘ Paula interrupted. My dear,’ said Jessie with self-importance, ‘he won temps du jour, “The whar?’ postudy French. Vous étes une fool.’ .. And the! # Pouted. Some day she’d get revenge on Jessi? igi foreign visi Sito} true in heart, T would soon see what was what, and pay 4 Curiously, Atlantic instead 8itls of nine a +t give you | | ttention wag the rossile | neither of them asked why the boy re cise dg! of'staying with some friend who lived li overjoyed to have a visit from a boy their 98° Scanned with CamScanner =—anxious £0 gain worldliness through international experience. ven made herself go through the motions of a normal day, Her act sheila enough for the girls who seemed to sense nothing amiss. ed furiously, and actually completed the editing of Reinhardt’s ob of course, could see behind this facade of industry, but could ook: Bobs say nothing. As she grew more distant he felt increasingly io nothing: ey’d never been estranged like this. At times when he was Ee for her smile, he would hate himself. At other times, he would yea boy. é hate ba ‘Arrivals Board announced that TWA 811 from Paris had just tonded. A crowd began to form around the double-doored exit from the she ¥' cust joms area. And Bob suddenly was very scared. For during the past weeks all the arrangements had occupied his mind to the exclusion of emotion. He'd been too distracted to allow himself to think what he might feel when those metal doors would open and a son of his would walk into his life. Not a theoretical dilemma he’d discussed by telephone, but flesh and blood. A living child. The double doors parted and out came the flight crew. For an instant the customs area was revealed and Bob craned his neck, trying to glimpse inside. He saw the lines of passengers all waiting for inspection. But no little boy. He was so distracted, he began to smoke. Actually, since he had given ‘pinhigh school, he was puffing on his pen. It pacified him somewhat, till he "alized what he was doing. Embarrassed, he put it back into his pocket. The doors now opened once again. This time a stewardess emerged, mas green leather valise and leading a tousle-haired little boy who i ae aTWA flight bag close to his chest. The stewardess glanced (2 atthe crowd, finding Bob almost immediately. cessor Beckwith?” 8” . — I don’t have to introduce you two.’ She turned to the boy a English, ‘Have a good time now.’ Then she slipped off. : suddenly, the two of them were on their own. Bob glanced Mat the 1: ‘ea’ little boy. Does he look anything like me, he wondered. Th “Claude? : Wee? Modded and held out his hand. Bob reached down and shook it “Bonigg Mt You, Jean-Claude. Did you have a nice flight? ; “ Monsieur,’ the child said politely. ‘Oui, j’ai fait bon voyage. oa ga Scanned with CamScanner. Jean-Claude’s Louis venargues A.is Jean-Claude’s step-father. * was Nicole’s husband. ‘al worker at an orphanage. d of Robert Beckwith’s. B. was Nie C. isa sock p. isa frien mother + been to the US in her life-time. married to Robert once. e identity of his father a secret. 10 one’s help. A. had neve! B had been C. had kept th D. had raised him on her own, with ni When Robert first told his girls about Jean-Claude, ‘A. he introduced him as a distant family relative. B. his wife already knew who the boy really was. C. he led them to believe he was their half-brother. D. he lied about how long the boy would stay with them. Jessica A. is much younger than her sister Paula. B. is firmly against Jean-Claude’s visit to the family. Cc is quite pleased with her French lessons at school. D. is envious of her sister’s better chance for friendship. After the family meeting, Paula felt somewhat unhapPY because A. she’ she’d never had the chance to visit France to brush up her French, B. her si CG hat fete 7 been deliberately spiteful to her. D. she news didn’t take her side in the argument with W Jean-Claude wouldn't wish to spend any tim her sist" ve wilh Ne Until Jean-c wl laude'’s arrival, Sheila morally supported He" hus A. althou Band ih she couldn’t forgive him for what he had done: am + and Was ye, i i C.but couldn't haces atthe forthcoming meeting with D. although she ide from the girls that something Was a oi was too busy to express her feelings ' ie Scanned with CamScannertthe same time Robert was unable to see though the reasons for his wife’s behaviour. pexplained his wife’s alienation from him with her overwork. Celt pangs of remorse for what he had done to his wife, in blamed Nicole for telling Jean-Claude about him and ruining his life. A while waiting at the airport for Jean-Claude, Robert started & smoking” his pen because Avhe felt anxious and couldn’t think clearly, B.he had forgotten his pack of cigarettes somewhere. Che was still upset about Sheila’s reaction and didn’t realize it. D. he was well aware of the ban on smoking in public places. 9, The stewardess ‘A. and Jean-Claude came out with the flight crew. B.had difficulty recognizing Robert in the crowd. C. assumed Robert and Jean-Claude knew each other. D. returned to the customs area after escorting the boy. |. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. Jean-Claude didn’t have much luggage with him. B. The boy bore a striking resemblance to his father. C.At seeing the boy, Robert’s fear was replaced by curiosity. D. Jean-Claude seemed able to understand English well. Section Two it Five ections: Read the text below about stress and ways of coping with 4B Gee ‘aphs have been removed from it. Choose from paragraphs ar thes fext the one which best fits each gap 1-S. There is one extra Ph which you do not need to use. Baby boo LONG ROAD TO ADULTHOOD consign (Le. people bom between 1946 and 1964) hav” long lesoo ted the generation that did not want to grow UP, perpetual °Bowing poet 88 they become eligible for social security. Now, in ers, ad Of research shows that the real Peter Pans are not the “UNstance “e generations that have followed. For many, by choice or ; ‘ndependence no longer begins at 21. ci "Scanned with CamScannerle between 20 and 34 are taking longer to establish themselves in careers, marry, h; cially independent, said Frank F. Furstenb, Peopl educations, become finan MacArthur For team of ‘scholat 2. Marriage and parenthood — once seen as prerequisites for adult _ are now viewed more as lifestyle choices, according to a NeW ten released by Princeton University and the Brookings Institution, The stretched-out walk to independence is rooted in social economic shifts that started in the 1970s, including a‘ change from 3 manufacturing to a service-based economy that sent many more people college, and the women’s movement, which opened up educational ang professional opportunities. 3. oun 1 Dr. Hughes, who grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, said, “My parents got married when they were 24, and my mother always said she thought marriage was hard work and considered it better for women to wait till their 30s.” 4, osnossones of traditional day 40% ot finish AVE Child, ‘ enPerE, Who lead undation Research Network on Transitions toad leads rs who have been studying this transformation, ih 4 For many, marriage has disappeared as a definition adulthood, as more and more younger people live together. To births are to unmarried mothers, an increase from 28% in 1990. At the same time, more women are remaining childless, eit choice or circumstance. “20% of women in their 40s do not have chil 7 Furstenberg said, pointing out that “not having children . €n considered bizarre or tragic in the ‘50s; now it’s @ lifesty! puoces ° 6 é s, abot che re people in their 20s are also living with theif ory ono Of 25-year-old white men shared a home with thelr Foo al less the before the latest recession — compared with one ss than one-eighth in 1970, her bY would fe choice Scanned with CamScannera - «od of life is emerging in which wee riod 0 iH young people are ‘A ne) rescents but not yet adults,” Mr. Furstenberg ane ia Jonger 4! ‘ Aaah National surveys reveal that an overwhelming majority of Americans, : dults, agree that between 20 + fuding younger acun's, 7 and 22, peopl ind 7 finished with school, working and living on theit own, sl i in practice many people in their 20s and early 30s have not yet packed these traditional milestones. ably did have an influence,” she added, since her mother couraged her to get an education and have a career, Forthe first time, a majority of ‘mothers, 54%, have a college education, upfrom 41% in 1990. “That is a huge change,” said Andrew J. Cherlin,a professor of sociology and public policy at Johns Hopkins University. “That pro! always en The term “baby boomer” is also used in a cultural context. It is jokingly said that, whatever year they were born, baby boomers were coming of age at the same time across the world, expecting the world to improve with time as a result of their efforts. So Britain was undergoing Beatlemania, while people in the US were driving over to Woodstock, organizing demonstrations against the Vietnam War, or fighting and dying in the same war; meanwhile boomers in Italy were dressing in mod clothes and “buying the world a Coke”. . From the Obama administration’s new rule that allows children up to age 26 to remain on their parents’ health insurance to the large increase in the number of women older than 35 who have become first-time mothers, social scientists say young adulthood has undergone a profound shift. ~ More schooling has meant that children have to rely on financial Support from their parents. Adults between 18 and 34 received an erage of $38,000 in cash and two years’ worth of full-time labor et their parents, or about 10 % of their income, according to the acArthur network, te aecount for more than half of college students and nearly half of Dr. oo force, which in turn has delayed motherhood and foal child. nN Hughes, 39, married last year and is pregnant with = ~ liman Hughes, who works for the Department of a Se Until] 7 Services in Washington, said she did not finish her educ eo lost © Was 30, and so had always expected to marry later on a i other friends from college waited until their late 20s or 30s MY as Well, she said. - Scanned with CamScanner‘on One: Cloze Read the text below and for each numbere, Secti Directions: 'd gap L206 the letter (A, B, Cor 15 each Space SMALL TALK IS THE CEMENT THAT HOLps BUSINESSES TOGETHER Did you know that 50% of business communication is actu gmall talk? Small talk is a (1. A. lively - vital C. vigorous D, jy, part of working with other people: finding out what they’re doing, hay they’re having problems with, and what they think they should be doi differently. Perhaps even more importantly, it’s (2. A. to B. because ¢, for D. about) getting to know your colleagues and business partners a5 people, not just as business machines. Business is very (3. A. largely B. hugely C. enormously D. extremely) based on trusting people, helping and being helped by people and (4. A. making B. arguing C. persuading D. reasoning) people to do things. How can you (5. A. achieve B. reach C. cope D. make) any of those things if you don’t spend time getting to know each other? When is this relationship-building (6. A. suggested B. supposed C. designed D. assumed) to happen? Outside of working hours? No, that’s not right if we accept that relationship building is real work. Whet we're Sitting at our computers or in our offices? No, that’s when ve meh need to (7. A. avoid B. cancel C. withdraw D. elude) interrptoe é re! focused, So when, then? A lot of the best small talk happe * “A. mistakenly B, occasionally C. accidentally D. wrongly): " classic situations are the queue fe . fee machi for the photocopier, the colle or the 4 ir build pood eee But a much more systematic and effective Be re] ationships am " 7 artments (9. A. afford B, let C, ong people from different dep satin Ler’ 8rant D. allow) small talk to flourish in?) about on se things (10. A, even B. straight C. proper D. a bringing i the whole (11. A. sense B. score C. point D. i A + Cause D, te ae for Meetings is to (12. A- generate B. rf 4 ) discussion, to resolve misunderstandings, # D) of the word or phrase that best sui Scanned with CamScanner: roblems that people couldn’t find ;. cations ig js carefully planned in (13, rj ie ete Working alone fever og), and the chair of the meeting (14 | ahead C. forward D eT observes) rigidly to the agenda, none ofth Sticks B. attaches cst Ysfcourse, there’s a time when it’s (15, A, cae things can take el fortable D- agreeable) for one person to talk eae appropriate enand learn, but that’s a presentation, not a meeting, Tyone else to ifyou're serious about making your meetings more effect 4to give the participants plenty of time to ask questions, (16. ass C. take D. change) the conversation in new directions say thin which may or may not be relevant, and (17. A. above all B, all ene once and for all D. all along), get to know each other. Of course, you need to make sure things don’t get out of control, but that means finding 1(18.A. sensitive B. sensational C. sensible D. sensual) balance between small talk and getting (19. A. up B. over C. in D. down) to business. Acompany which does not tolerate small talk may get things done more quickly, but that doesn’t mean it’ll do things the best way, making full (0, A. benefit B. use C. advantage D. gain) of the skills and ideas of its employees ... and it may well find that it loses its best employees and its customers just as quickly. ist tive, you eet A. bring Section Two: Error Identification Directions: Some of the sentences below contain an error in grammar or usage. Others are correct. The error, if any, is contained in one of the 'nderlined parts of the sentence. For each sentence, circle the letter (A, B 0) of the underlined part that contains the mistake. If there is no error "nthe sentence, mark answer D. internet to calculate A Lp. : Did you know you can download a clock from the i th : do is keying in Cost of your business meetings? All you need to B A hourly wat the number of attendees at the meeting and dias bea ay ‘then you start the clock. No error D Scanned with CamScannerAs the seconds tick away, and you see how much are those seg, a our companys u'll] start to appreciate what a terrible waste Of tin B c ‘i y money most business meetings are. No error D Mary wasn’t in love; indeed, she wasn’t much attracted to him, ej ssible to refuse him outright and her indefnig but she found impossiO'e B murmurs were interpreted as assent. No error Cc D. So perhaps we can get rolling the ball by going through the lis A B action points from the last meeting. No error c D If Burckhard didn’t go to the gambling rooms so often in his yor A he might be a millionaire now, ‘But I liked playing with the guys, hes B ‘And I was young and stupid, and kind of got carried away.” Cc D te in the car after stopping for gas, Denise hit the highway * ler Coke sat between the emergency brake and the driver's 44 thai she knew it wasn’t good for her, she finished the lastot . B i i . mediately wished she bought another at the station. 0.2" c D The pun ; Purpose of today’s meeting is to see where we vat A marketi ing plan and to work out what still needs to be dove belt B the launch, that is now just si c S Now just six weeks away. 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It was a doris, day, Noerror 1 ag P ; fr hearing the decision of the probation board, the judge A Teco, ™mended that the prisoner be not released for another two years: B Cc ror Scanned with CamScannerwhom the exclamation ‘Eureka! is A. Fama attributed, is said to have been so eager to share his discovery > har 44, Archimedes, 10 leapt out ofhis bathtub and ran through the streets OF Syracuse & n No error D 15. According to the American writer Wendell Berry, itmaybe that y A we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work B Cc : No error D Section Three: Paraphrase Directions: Transform the sentences in bold type following instructions and choosing one of the suggested structures — A, B or C so that the meaning is best preserved. 1. Fishing was one of the many hobbies her uncle enjoyed doing it his free time. Finish with “... he enjoyed doing i in his free time.” and choose beginning among: A. Fishing was a hobby of her uncles’ which ... B. Fishing was her uncle’s hobby, which ... C. Fishing was a hobby of her uncle’s that .. 2. Oliver has hired a company to clean his flat once week. Finish with “... once a week.” and choose a beginning amons: A. Oliver’s flat i is being cleaned ., B, Oliver has his flat cleaned ., C. A company has Oliver’s flat ‘cleaned .. Don’t worry! Perhaps you left your cell phone at hom’ Start with “Don't worry! ...”" and choose an ending anos: 5 a can a left your cell phone at home. cy ‘ould have left your cell phone at home. ‘Ou may have left your cell phone at home. Scanned with CamScanner4 pe to the car and immediately realized that the key wa: iS not igot int me vin with “that the key was not on me.” and choose q beginning mong? : Hardly had I got into the car when I realized .,, ne soonet I had got into the car when I realized .,. C The minute I got into the car, I had realized .,. hey say the police are investigating the theft of a Painting by Da Vinci. : Transform the sentence, choosing among: 4.Thetheft ofa painting by Da Vinci is said to have been investigated by the police. B.I’s said the theft of a Da Vinci painting has been investigated by the police. C. The police are said to be investigating the theft of a painting by Da Vinci. Before accepting the job, I was a bit apprehensive of taking on so much responsibility, but in the end everything worked out just fine. Finish with “... about the responsibilities that would come with the job for in the end everything worked out just fine.” and choose a beginning among: A. I needed not to worry so much ... B.Ineedn’t have worried so much ... C.I didn’t need to worry so much ... ' They didn’t give her the role as she looked too young to be a mother Start with “Looking too young to be a mother, ...” and choose an ending among: A. a : x they didn’t give her the role. + She was not given the role. ~~ the role was not given to her. ] rere hot learning how to drive when I was stilla ee one With“... when Iwas still a student.” and choose a begi Ig: AL BR ie Thad leamt how to drive ... SI learnt how to drive ... “im f 'st have learnt how to drive ... — Scanned with CamScanner9, Despite the severe hardship they faced, the settlers Manag : 6 rvive the winter. ‘ na with “Although ...” and choose an ending among: ‘A. ... having faced severe hardship, the settlers coulg su winter. ‘ B.... they faced severe hardship, the settlers were able to su winter. . C. ... faced by severe hardship, the settlers succeeded to SUTVive the winter. 10. The last thing you should do is punish him for making that choice, Start with “Under no circumstances ...” and choose an ending among. A. ... should you punish him for making that choice. B. ... you should punish him for making that choice. C. ... you shouldn’t punish him for making that choice. Part Four sarees mee Directions: Write an essay of 220-260 words on ONE of the Jollowing topics. g Comment drawing upon your own experience observations or reading, 1 Wi ; hat are the pros and cons of home education and informal leaming as you see them? f homeschoolino ¢, If you had the chance to choose, would you aa ' ‘chooling to state education? Explain why. ‘None of today’s music Years’ time.” Do you agre pinion, Supporting it wi 2. . . i 30 will be remembered or listened 4 ae © or disagree with the statement? Give ith arguments and examples. Scanned with CamScanner