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Standard Level
Listening
Text A: Cartoons
1. (the) Hidden Heroes of Towny Town
2. she was not invited to the school’s Christmas party
3. how important every single profession / how we all depend on each
other
4. to think of things that we take for granted
5. the future lies in professions that robots cannot do

Text B: Making the best out of the summer holiday

6. C/E/G/H/J (in any order)
7. A
8. A
9. C
10. B
11. B

Text C: Man attacks neurologist at Central Hospital

12. the latest news
13. a conventional approach
14. lunged at her
15. Mrs. Tran’s deteriorating condition
16. clinically incurable
17. mainstream medicine
18. be an excuse for violence
19. against the hospital’s policy
20. acknowledge that he had made a mistake
21. visited one of the acupuncture centres (in town)

Reading
Text A: What to Expect from Uni Life
1. C,E,G,H.K (in any order)
2. an exciting prospect

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3. outside the classroom

4. may have to spend less time in classes
5. more critical of your work
6. in lectures
7. B
8. A
9. J
10. D

Text B: ‘Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise’: a Life Well Lived

11. “Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise” covers so much ground
12. being interested in breadth rather than depth
13. redundant
14. Any one from: photographs / film footage / interviews with her son
/ interviews with artists who worked with her / interviews with Bill
and Hillary Clinton.
15. often cruel
16. a documentary
17. Maya Angelou
18. Stamps, Ark
19. relationships
20. the directors / Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack
21. B

Text C: What happened to Vauxhall Gardens

22. False— finally, after some dancing, visitors watched a firework display
23. False— The Gardens closed because people were visiting them less
and less
24. False— Once the railways were built, Londoners were also able to
travel further
25. True— There were (also) pickpockets and footpads
26. False— under the name ‘New Spring Gardens’
27. False—it could only be reached by sailing up the Thames
28. to show off the latest fashions
29. thought to help keep people well
30. (free) but exclusive

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31. To attract greater numbers of people

32. deliberately
33. The Rotunda
34. A remarkable marble statue of the composer Handel
35. D
36. B

Higher Level
Listening
Text A: Man attacks neurologist at Central Hospital
1. B
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. B

Text B: Assimilation
6. assimilation
7. immigrants (to Britain)
8. retain a sense of their original identity
9. not be comfortable in their new skin
10. have a sense of pride in becoming British
11. C
12. A
13. A
14. B
15. B

Text C: What I learned from the CAS 7th learning outcome

16. reflecting on an important tenet of CAS (, namely its 7th learning
outcome)
17. Any from: help the elderly/ help the homeless/ help orphaned
children/ help those who were terminally ill/ take part in animal
protection organizations/ take part in Save the Earth (organization)
(Do not accept ‘save the world’)

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18. orphaned children

19. state-of-the-art
20. cheer (them/ orphaned children) from the sidelines
21. A,C,D,G,J (in any order)

Reading
Text A: What happened to Vauxhall Gardens
1. C,E,G,H,K (in any order)
2. railways were built
3. noise and pollution
4. deliberately low
5. a (remarkable marble) statue of the composer Handel
6. in 1850
7. D
8. L
9. C
10. E
11. J

Text B: Green Week in Cameroon Raises Awareness

12. by working on practical solutions
13. Green Media Campaign
14. False: fuel-efficient cook stoves will be discussed/ will present a
workshop on fuel-efficient stoves
15. False: the challenges of community forest management
16. False: helps to connect remote communities with proper access to
water
17. False: The University of Buea has an operational biogas generator
18. True: followed by discussions about a controversial land claim
19. True: the day will finish with the movie Local Solutions to a Global
Disorder.
20. Green Week
21. speakers from all over Cameroon
22. fuel-efficient stoves

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23. sewerage
24. Land Day

Text C: So Much to Tell You

25. the boarding school/ Warrington
26. I don’t know/ I suppose
27. sit at their desks and be silent
(Both are required for the mark to be awarded. Accept other words
with the same meaning.)
28. anorexia of speech
(Accept exact wording only.)
29. she has said more than she should/ has written more than she wanted
to
(Accept other words with the same meaning.)
30. Any two from: having to line up/ (always) being ordered about/ no
privacy/ no freedom
31. Not so many weirdoes, better food, no more group therapy.
(All three are required for the mark to be awarded.)
32. C
33. B
34. A
35. D