KEYS MT 40

I. LISTENING
Part 1:
1. Ramps
2. Lavatory facilities
3. Visual doorbells
4. Clear markings
5. Dyslexia
Part 2:
6. B 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. C

Part 3:
11. T 12. T 13. T 14. T 15. F

Part 4:
1. electronics tycoon 6. wannabe
2. credit 7. six-figure salary
3. budding apprentices 8. regular ratings winner
4. grim economic 9. winning format
5. business 10. the US
II. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Part 1
1. D 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. C
6. A 7. D 8. D 9. C 10. D

11. D 12. A 13. B 14. B 15. A 16. A 17. A 18. B 19. D 20. A
Part 2:
1. inexhaustibly 6. Somewhere
2. meteoric 7. honoring
3. artistic 8. loosening
4. weirdly 9. conformist
5. futuristic 10. precisely

Part 3:
1. generate → generating 2. They → it
3. effect → effects 4. sustainable → unsustainable
5. Previous → previously 6. poisonous → poisoned

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7. by → with 8. Choking → choked
9. backdrop → a backdrop 10. were bruised → bruised
Part 4:
1. with 2. for 3. up 4. up to 5. down
6. off 7. off 8. on 9. up 10. in
III. Reading
Part 1: 1. C 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. D
6. D 7. A 8. D 9. A 10. D
Part 2:
1. being 2. adulthood 3. cited 4. egg 5. ourselves
6. natural 7. any 8. Regarding 9. does 10. not

Part 3:
1. B 2. C 3. D 4. C 5. B
6. A 7. D 8. D 9. A 10. B

Part 4:
1. NG 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. T
6. T 7. NG 8. C 9. B 10. C
IV. Writing:
Part 1: A.
1. was instrumental in the drafting
2. you stuck to/by what we originally
3. spare a thought for those/ people whose
4. prolong our stay so thrilled were
5. marvelled at the shrewdness with
B.
1. is under threat of closure
2. I will take your word for
3. you will be/are bound by
4. with hindsight, I could not have done anything
5. made a name for herself as

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Listening transcript
Part 2:

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Part 3:
Frank: So why are you so against genetically modified food then? I think you’ve been taken in by all the bad
press.
Ann: No, that’s not true. I’ve read up on the subject and I think there are just too many risks.
Frank: The GM foods that you get are probably safer than non GM foods.
Ann: Don’t be daft. Where’ve you got that from?
Frank: Well, there are tighter controls for GM food. There are controls in each country and then at a
European level as well. If they pass through all of those controls before they reach the shops, they must be
ok.
Ann: I just don’t like the idea of having my food altered. What’s wrong with the food we’ve always had?
Frank: We have to move with the times. The possibilities for GM food are endless.

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Ann: What, redder tomatoes or bigger strawberries?
Frank: Yes, for one thing. But what about vegetables with a higher vitamin content or bananas with vaccines
built into them.
Ann: What? (laughing)
Frank: It’s true. They’ve developed a way to produce bananas with the Hepatitis B vaccine.
Ann: Mm, not sure what I think of that. We haven’t done enough research, and playing around with crops is
playing havoc with the wildlife. There are whole species of birds that are in danger of becoming extinct.
Larks for example, they are rapidly decreasing in numbers, and it’s because of the chemicals they are using
on GM foods.
Frank: They haven’t proved that.
Ann: Not yet, no. But it’s only a matter of time.
Frank: Mm.
Ann: And another thing that worries me is the power that a few food companies will have if we start to rely
on GM food. They’ll dominate the poor countries even more than they do today.
Frank: They’ll feed them.
Ann: At a price, yes. Maybe. I’m worried about the food chain, too.
Frank: What do you mean?
Ann: Well, playing around with nature causes no end of damage to some plants and animals. When a species
dies out or mutates, it has a knock on effect on the whole ecosystem.
Frank: I think you’re being cynical. You’re not giving GM food a chance. Ann: Not cynical; just cautious.
Frank: Ok, consider this. Global warming is threatening to destroy the habitat of polar bears.
Ann: What’s this got to do with genetically modified food?
Frank: Everything. We could use GM food to change the polar bears’ habitat now. That way, we can prevent
them from becoming extinct.
Ann: Ok, I quite like that idea.
Frank: Good. You’re starting to come round to my way of thinking.
Ann: No. I’m just trying to understand. I don’t like being a guinea pig and we are all being guinea pigs for
the experiments they’re doing on GM foods. I guess I don’t like the way thing seem to just be happening
without much of a debate.
Frank: What do you mean? We’re talking about it all the time.
Ann: Talking maybe, but nobody’s listening.

Part 4:
One of Britain’s most popular reality TV programmes has returned to our screens for a fifth series. The
Apprentice sees 16 ambitious individuals competing for a job with electronics tycoon Sir Alan Sugar.
With endless talk of credit-crunches, redundancies and cut-backs, it may come as no surprise that thousands
of plucky hopefuls applied for the show. The chosen 16 will compete in a series of business tasks and do
their best to escape elimination. Not one of them wants to hear the fateful words: you’re fired.

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It should also be noted that this year’s budding apprentices are not going to be allowed to forget the grim
economic climate quite so easily. At the launch of this year’s TV show, Sir Alan announced that some
episodes have been "specifically made towards recognition of what difficult times we are in".
The tasks will as usual be gruelling tests of business acumen, team-working and leadership skill. They will
also make for some hilarious viewing. British viewers will be shaking their heads in disbelief at the crazy
decisions of the wannabe apprentices.
But perhaps the most entertaining feature of the show will be watching the hopefuls squirm and squabble
in the boardroom. It is here they will have to explain just why they have failed each task so
badly.
What drives people to take part in the show is difficult to say. Some are clearly motivated by the promise of
a six-figure salary and some claim they want the experience of working with a successful businessman such
as Sir Alan. One thing is for sure, the contestants will all gain some level of celebrity. The show is a regular
ratings winner.
And to date, there has been one big winner and that is the show’s creator, Mark Burnett. Originating in the
US, The Apprentice’s winning format has been copied all over the world and with the hype surrounding this
latest series, it looks as though the show will have success for many years to come.

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