Time: 45 minutes

Total number of questions: 14 multiple choice and 1 writing exercise

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Question 1 – 7 are based on the following passage:

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Total number of questions: 14 multiple choice and 1 writing exercise

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Q1. The writer’s main point in this article is:

A. To explain why people don’t like modern art
B. To encourage people to think more about their own reaction to modern art
C. To criticize the amount of money that is wasted on modern art
Q2. In line 8, what is meant by “contemporary artist”?: Artist who are ____
A. working now
B. popular now
C. retired now
Q3. In line 14, what does “all” refer to?

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 ____________
Q4. In line 14, which phrase means “to cause people to have strong feelings” ?
 ____________
Q5. In line 28, what is another way of saying “vaguely resembling”?
A. looking a bit like
B. being exactly the same as
C. trying to be different from
Q6. In line 33, what is “encrusted” mean?
A. to protect
B. to make very beautiful
C. to cover with something hard
Q7. In line 49, who does the phrase “the Hirsts, Emins and Cernys of this world” refer to?
 ____________
Question 8 – 14: Complete the following crossword
Across:
Q8 (1). I don’t want to go there again tomorrow. I
can’t ________ the thought of it.
Q9 (2). He ____ got to me with his nasty comments.
Q10 (3). Oddly enough, I found it a welcome
________to be living in a much smaller flat.
Q11 (4). Don’t forget to drop us an ______from time
to time.
Q12 (5). I’m glad to be seeing the ___ of my old boss.
Q13 (6). The simple ____why I can’t stand him is that
he was very rude to my best friend.
Down:
Q14 (1). You can’t be too tired to come out tonight.
That’s a really ______________.
Writing task: You should spend 20 - 25 minutes on this task and write at least 200 words.

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Total number of questions: 14 multiple choice and 1 writing exercise

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The diagram below shows how instant noodles are manufactured.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant: