TEST 1

SECTION I: LISTENING
Part 2: You will hear part of a tutorial between two students and their tutor. The students are doing a
research project to do with computer use. Decide whether the following sentences are (T) or (F).
……………
1. Sami and Irene decided to do a survey about access to computer facilities
because no one has investigated it before.
……………
2. Sami and Irene had problems with the reading for their project because not much
had been written about the topic. ……………
3. Sami and Irene get the main data in their survey from observation of students.
……………
4. The tutor suggests that one problem with the survey was limitation in the number
of students involved. ……………
5. 77% of students surveyed thought that a booking system would be the best
solution.
Part 3 : You will hear a piece of news called “ Bottled air ”. For questions 1-5, write an answer of no
more than three words for each of the questions below. (10 pts)
1. What kind of news did the man see that made him decide to start his business?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2. What is the name of the industry the man is in?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. How much air can you buy for $115?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Where does the entrepreneur live now?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. What does the man sometimes have to go to the bottom of to get air?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
II. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
Part 1. Choose the word or phrase that best fits each blank in the following sentences
1. I always take my lucky _________with me into an exam.
A. sign B. item C. charm D. spell
2. I didn’t know my guess was going to be right – It was just __________
A. pot luck B. odds C. draw D. gamble
3. Why are all your clothes in a __________on the floor?
A. bulk B. heap C. batch D. sum
4. Sending out e-mails that people haven’t asked for to ______addresses is often known.
A. sufficient B. countless C. widespread D. multiple
5. We all have to follow the 2ules, and none of us is ________ the law.
A. beyond B. over C. above D. onto
6. We are pleased to inform you that we have decided to _________your request for British citizenship.
A. give B. grant C. permit D. donate
7. We can only _______ as to the causes of the disaster.
A. think B. consider C. speculate D. ponder
8. I didn’t _________out to be a millionaire – I just wanted to run a successful business.
A. set B. go C. begin D. watch
9. I’m not sure if I’m doing it right, but I’ll try to ___________ahead with it anyway.
A. drive B. bang C. touch D. press
10. Could you lend me some money to _____________ me over to the end of the month?
 A. hand B. tide C. get D. make
Part 2 . There are 5 errors in the passage. Find and correct them. The first one has done as an example.
Line
1 The ability to deceive other is thought by some psychologists to be a character that has
2 been genetically selected through human evolution. Comparisons have been made with
3 animal deception, such as camouflage and mimicry. For hundreds of generations, it is
4 arguing, the ability to make others believe insincere remarks and promises has
5 conferred advantages in struggles to control resources and win mating partners. The
6 less cunning have , quite simply, produced fewer offspring, and a talent for creating
7 false impressions has dominated the human gene pool.
8 What the merits or shortcomings of this line of thinking, they are undoubtedly many
9 occasions in everyday social encounters when people , for the reason or another , want
10 to avoid expressing their true feelings. The ability to do these varies and success tends
11 to breed success. Those which lie effectively will tend to lie more often, perfecting
12 their social skills in the proccess.Those who fail are deterred from future attempts and
13 get less practice. With lying, as with everything else, practice makes perfect.

Part 3. Fill in the blank with a suitable preposition or a particle to complete the sentences
1. I had a row with Elizabeth and it just cancelled ________ all the effort I’d put into getting her to like me.
2. These carrots have shriveled ___________a bit so I think I’ll throw them out.
3. The President’s just been elected to a second term ________office.
4. The media start prying ____________your private life when you run for public office.
5. He may seem tough and ruthless, but _________ heart he’s a kind and gentle man.
Part 4. Fill in each blank with the most suitable form of the word in brackets.
The ___________ (say) “never judge a book by its cover” could not be more true for Ridiculous
Rules by Marjorie Allen. The cover is completely blank, whereas the book is crammed full of
wonderful examples and anecdotes. Allen is an ___________ (speak) critic of what is taught to native
and non-native speakers of English, and has issued a ___________ (declare) of war against textbooks
and style books which tell lies.
Take the ridiculous and ___________ (mean) rule of never ending a sentence with a
preposition. The lovely - if famous – story goes, that Winston Churchill, well-known for his numerous
___________ (write) as well as for being British Prime Minister during the Second World War,
received a manuscript back from an ignorant ___________ (edit), who had told him rather rudely that
he had to ___________ (phrase) a sentence which ended with a preposition. Churchill responded by
making the simple yet forceful ___________ (state) in the margin: “This is an impertinence up with
which I will not put.” – the ___________ (imply) being that not to end a sentence with a preposition
often sounds ridiculous in English, Sadly, Allen informs us that the story is probably mere
___________ (hear), and that Churchill may have actually only written “rubbish!” in the margin.

PART III: READING (60 pts.)

Part 1. For each gap, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D which best fits the context.
THE TRADE IN RHINO HORN
Last year thieves broke into a Scottish castle and stole only one thing: a rhino horn, which at 1.5
metres was the longest in the world. In China pharmaceutical factories have been building up collections of
antiques made from rhino horn, for the sole (1)………of smashing them to powder to make the essential
ingredient of many of their medicines. And in Africa poachers continue to die in the (2)………..for the black
rhino.
Recently, conservations met to (3)……… a campaign to persuade countries where rhino horn is (4)………
part of the traditional medicine to (5)………. to substitutes. The biggest threat to the survival of the
rhinoceros is the (6)……….. of certain countries to enforce a ban on domestic (7)…… in rhino horn.
The rhino horn is included in many (8)……….. for disorders ranging from fevers to nosebleeds. Horn, like
fingernails, is made of keratin and has no proven medicinal (9)………… Traditional substitutes, such as horn
from buffalo or antelope, are regarded as second best.
The battle is thought to be winnable. But it may be harder than the battle against the trade in ivory, for there is
a (10)………between the two commodities. Ivory is a luxury; rhino horn, people believe, could save the life
of their child.

1. A. reason B. intention C. need D. purpose

2. A. chance B. search C. fight D. race
3.A. design B. plan C. programme D. form
4.A. hardly B. even C. nearly D. still
5.A. vary B. switch C. modify D. adjust
6. A. rejection B. denial C. refusal D. protest
7. A. business B. commerce C. selling D. trading
8. A. recipes B. aids C. remedies D. doses
9. A. capacity B. values C. control D. powers
10.A. variation B. difference C. gap D. comparison
Part 2: For questions 81-90, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use
only one word in each space. (10 pts)
WRONGED BY HOW YOU WRITE

The handwriting of school children could spell the difference between success and failure in examinations
according to research carried out by the Open University.
In a study (0)…by…. Dennis Briggs of the Faculty of Educational Studies, it was found that essays which
were written (1)………… different styles of handwriting attracted different marks. ‘The findings suggest that
there is a borderline zone within examination marking where (2)……..an essay is written may be almost as
important as what the essay is about,’ said Mr.Briggs. Five essays were double marked (3)……..the second
marker unaware of the marks of the first marker. The essay scripts for the second marker had been copied out
in three writing styles. Two of the styles were ones which had been the subject of continual criticism at
school.
(4)………the markers were practising teachers who (5)……….told that the effectiveness of double marking
was being checked. the results showed that a 12-year old who can present an essay one way will do better,
perhaps much better, (6)………a friend who presents the (7)………..standard in terms of content but who (8)
……..not or cannot make it look so attractive. The conclusion is that school children may not do as (9)
………as perhaps they could (10)…….. their handwriting is untidy.

Part 3. Read the following passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each question. Write
your answers in the space provided. (15 pts)
There is one kind of pain for which nobody has yet found a cure—the pain that comes from the ending of a
relationship. The relationship could be a marriage, a love affair, or a deep friendship, in fact, any strong
emotional tie between two people. Such a relationship may come to an abrupt but premeditated end: or it
may simply fade away slowly as people and circumstances change. You may be the one to “break it off” ,
with a short note or a brief phone call. Or you may be on the receiving end, like the soldier who dreads
getting a “Dear john” letter from a girlfriend who has got tired of waiting. But however it ended and
whoever decided to end it, the pain is equally hard to bear. It is a sort of death, and it requires the same
period of mourning, the same time for grief.
Although there is no cure for grief, we cannot help looking for one, to ease the pain and to make us forget
our tears. We seek refuge in other relationships, we keep ourselves busy with work, we try to immerse
ourselves in our hobbies. Perhaps we start to drink more than we should to “drown our sorrows,” or we
follow the conventional advice and join a club or society. But these things only relieve the symptoms of the
illness; they cannot cure it. Moreover, we are always in a hurry to get rid of our grief. It is as if we were
ashamed of it. We feel that we should be able to “pull ourselves together.” We try to convince ourselves, as
we bite on the pillow, that we are much too old to be crying. Some people bury their grief deep inside
themselves, so that nobody will guess what hey are going through. Others seek relief by pouring their hearts
out to their friends, or to anyone else who can offer a sympathetic shoulder to cry on. But after a while, even
our friends start to show their impatience, and suggest with their reproachful glances that it is about time we
stopped crying. They, too, are in a hurry for the thing to be over.
It is not easy to explain why we adopt this attitude to emotional pain, when we would never expect anyone
to overcome physical pain simply by an effort of will power. Part of the answer must lie in the nature of
grief itself. When the love affair dies, you cannot believe that you will ever find another person to replace
the one who has gone so completely out of your life. Even after many, many months, when you think that
you have begun to learn to live without your lost love, something—a familiar place, a piece of music, a
whiff of perfume — will suddenly bring the bitter-sweet memories flooding back. You choke back the tears
and desperate, almost angry, feeling that you are no better now than the day the affair ended.
And yet, grief is like an illness that must run its course. Memories do fade eventually, a healing skin does
start to grow over the wound, the intervals between sudden glimpses of the love you have lost do get longer.
Bit by bit, life resumes its normal flow. Such is the complexity of human nature that we can even start to feel
guilty as these things start to happen, as if it were an insult to our lost love that we can begin to forget at all.
The important thing to admit about grief, then, is that it will take its time. By trying to convince ourselves
that it ought to be over sooner, we create an additional tension which can only make things worse. People
who have gone through the agony of a broken relationship and there are few who have not -agree that time is
the "GREAT HEALER". How much time is needed will vary from person to person, but psychiatrist have “a
rule of thumb”: grief will last as long as the original relationship lasted .The sad thing is that ,when the
breakdown occurs ,we can only stumble forward over the stones beneath out feet. It is dark ahead, and you
will feel painfully many times before we begin to see the light as the end of the tunnel.
1. Relationships often come to an end because……………
A. the feeling of the people was not very deep. B. people do not realize the pain they can cause.
C. people do not always stay the same. D. very few people really know how to love.
2. One way to get over the broken relationship is to …………
A. write a “Dear john” letter. B. form new relationships
C. make a brief phone call D. try to forget the other person.
3. If you seek advice on what to do about a broken relationship, you will probably be told to...
A. pull yourself together (use your will power) B. keep busy at work
C. find someone else D. join a club
4. Often we are ashamed when we cry because …………..
A. we think it is a childish thing to do. B. we do not expect our unhappiness to last so long.
C. we are worried about what others will think of us D. only children and babies cry.
5. You tell your friends about your unhappiness because…………
A. you hope it will make you feel better B. you want them to hear the story from you
C. you feel sure that they have had similar experiences D. you want them to feel sorry for you
6. When your friends get tired of listening to you they will ………….
A. tell you to pull yourself together B. try to avoid your company
C. show by their expressions that they have had enough D. help you to get over your grief
7. We are upset by reminders of our lost love because they come so……………
A. rarely. B. rapidly. C. unexpectedly. D. occasionally.
8. Memories continue to upset you, and this makes you feel that…………
A. will never get over your grief B. have no will power
C. are utterly alone D. have made no progress at all
Part 4. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow. (15 pts)
JARGON
A
Jargon is a loaded word. One dictionary defined it, neatly and neutrally, as ‘the technical vocabulary or
idiom of a special activity or group’, but this sense is almost completely overshadowed by another: ‘obscure
and often pretentious language marked by a roundabout way of expression and use of long words’. For most
people, it is this second sense which is at the front of their minds when they think about jargon. Jargon is
said to be a bad use of language, something to be avoided at all costs. No one ever describes it in positive
terms (‘that was a delightful piece of rousing jargon’). Nor does one usually admit to using it oneself: the
myth is that jargon is something only other people employ.
B
The reality, however, is that everyone uses jargon. It is an essential part of the network of occupations
and pursuits that make up society. All jobs present an element of jargon, which workers learn as they
develop their expertise. All hobbies require mastery of jargon. Each society grouping has its jargon. The
phenomenon turns out to be universal - and valuable. It is the jargon element which, in a job, can promote
economy and precision of expression, and thus help make life easier for the workers. It is also the chief
linguistic element which shows professional awareness (‘know-how’) and social togetherness (‘shoptalk’).
C
When we have learned to command it, jargon is something we readily take pleasure in, whether the
subject area is motorcycles, knitting, cricket, baseball or computers. It can add pace, variety and humour to
speech - as when, with an important event approaching, we might slip into NASA-speak, and talk about
countdown, all systems go, and lift-off. We enjoy the mutual showing-off which stems from a fluent use of
terminology, and we enjoy the in-jokes which shared linguistic experience permits. Moreover, we are
jealous of this knowledge. We are quick to demean anyone who tries to be part of our group without being
prepared to take on its jargon.
D
If jargon is so essential a part of our lives, why then has it had such a bad press? The most important
reason stems from the way jargon can exclude as well as include. We may not be too concerned if we find
ourselves faced with an impenetrable wall of jargon when the subject matter has little perceived relevance to
our everyday lives, as in the case of hydrology, say, or linguistics. But when the subject matter is one where
we feel implicated, and think we have a right to know, and the speaker uses words which make it hard for us
to understand, then we start to complain; and if we suspect that the obfuscation is deliberate policy, we
unreservedly condemn, labeling it gobbledegook and calling down public derision upon it.
E
No area is exempt, but the fields of advertising, politics and defence have been especially criticized in
recent years by the various campaigns for Plain English. In these domains, the extent to which people are
prepared to use jargon to hide realities is a ready source of amusement, disbelief and horror. A lie is a lie,
which can be only temporarily hidden by calling it an ‘inoperative statement’ or ‘an instance of plausible
deniability’. Nor can a nuclear plant explosion be suppressed for long behind such phrases as ‘energetic
disassembly’, ‘abnormal evolution’ or ‘plant transient’.
F
While condemning unnecessary or obscuring jargon in others, we should not forget to look out for it in
ourselves. It is so easy to ‘slip into’ jargon, without realizing that our own listeners/ readers do not
understand. It is also tempting easy to slip some jargon into our expression, to ensure that others do not
understand. And it is just as easy to begin using jargon which we ourselves do not understand. The
motivation to do such apparently perverse things is not difficult to grasp. People like to be ‘in’, to be part of
an intellectual or technical elite; and the use of jargon, whether understood or not, is a badge of membership.
Jargon, also, can provide a lazy way into a group or an easy way of hiding uncertainties and inadequacies:
when terminology slips plausibly from the tongue, it is not essential for the brain to keep up. Indeed some
people have developed this skill to professional levels. And certainly, faced with a telling or awkward
question, and the need to say something acceptable in public, slipping into jargon becomes a simple way out,
and can soon become a bad habit.
Questions 1-5
The Reading has six paragraphs, A-F. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of
headings below.
LIST OF HEADINGS
i The benefits of simple language
ii A necessary tool
iii A lasting way of concealing disasters
iv The worst offenders
v A deceptively attractive option
 vi Differing interpretations
vii Publicising new words
viii Feeling shut out
ix Playing with words

1. Paragraph A ……………
2. Paragraph B ……………
Paragraph C …… ix ……
3. Paragraph D ……………
4. Paragraph E ……………
5. Paragraph F ……………
Questions 6-10
Complete the summary using the list of words A-H below.
THE UP-SIDE OF JARGON
A know-how B possessiveness C shop-talk D efficiency

E pleasure F command G humour H feeling

Jargon plays a useful part in many aspects of life including leisure. For example, when people take up
pastimes, they need to develop a good (6)……………………… of the relevant jargon. During discussion of
these or other areas of interest, conversation can become more exciting and an element of (7)
……………………… can be introduced by the use of shared jargon.
Jargon is particularly helpful in the workplace. It leads to more (8)……………………… in the way
colleagues communicate during work hours. Taking part in (9)……………………… during moments of
relaxation can also help them to bond better.
It is interesting that members of a group, whether social or professional, often demonstrate a certain (10)
……………………… towards the particular linguistic characteristics of their subject area and tend to regard
new people who do not wish to learn the jargon with contempt.
Part 5: You are going to read an article in which four young people say how they deal with the everyday
stress in their lives. For questions 1-10 below the text, choose from the people (A-D).
Beating Stress
A.
School student Ester Montoya knows she has to improve her marks in her main subjects. She’s trying hard
but it’s not easy and sometimes she feels she’s doing too much work. ‘I have to get away from it now and
then,’ she says, ‘so recently I’ve joined a local youth theatre group. It really helps because it takes my mind
off everything, it’s a kind of escape from reality. Also I’m meeting other people of my own age and I’m
hoping to make some friends there. Apart from that I suppose there’s TV, but there’s not a lot on. I’ve read
that laughing can be very relaxing, but I’m afraid none of the comedy series they’re showing right now is
worth watching. Something I’ve been meaning to try, though, is work helping others, perhaps old people. A
friend of mine does it, and she says it really makes a difference – both to them and to her.’
B.
For seventeen-year-old Steve Ellison, life if particularly busy right now. He’s revising for some important
exams but he still manages to find time for his favourite free-time activities, which include long-distance
running. ‘It’s funny,’ he says, ‘I only took to it recently when I found it helped me wind down, because at
school I never looked forward to those cross-country runs we had to do every Monday morning. Yet
nowadays I run a lot at weekends, and I do some voluntary work with local kids at the sports centre.’ As
well as doing plenty of exercise, he also tries to maintain a healthy diet. ‘I’ve told myself I must always eat a
variety of healthy food, with lots of fruit and green vegetables, though if I’m out with my mates I may give
in to temptation and have a burger and chips. I never drink coffee, though, because it makes you talk and act
nervously, and it keeps you awake at night, too, which is bad for your stress level.’
C.
First-year university student Amelie Lefevre believes that the best way to beat stress is to organize your life
more sensibly. ‘My life used to be pretty chaotic, there always seemed to be so much to do, often jobs that
other people should have been doing. So what I eventually learned to do was to say no, politely, to extra
work. That helped, as did making a list of priorities for each day, with some things scheduled for today,
others for tomorrow and some that could be postponed for longer. I also make rules for myself about meal
times, and the amount of sleep I need. There was a time when I was staying up until all hours, but I was
exhausted the next day so I don’t do that any more. I think I manage my time quite well now, but nobody’s
perfect and occasionally I still oversleep and turn up late for lectures!’
D.
Student Ndali Traore likes to get up early so he has a relaxed start to the day. ‘I hate leaving jobs till the last
minute, and I always try to do those I like least first,’ he says. ‘These days I always listen to music while I’m
working,’ he adds, ‘whereas a couple of years ago I found it annoying – it always seemed to spoil my
concentration.’ When he has some free time, he goes to the cinema, or out with friends. ‘If something’s
bothering me,’ he says, ‘I often find that just talking to them about it helps. Particularly, if you can make a
joke about it, because it always seems a lot less serious when you do that.’ If he’s on his own, he has a
special way of dealing with stress: ‘I try to relive occasions when I was really relaxed, such as spending the
day by a beautiful lake in the sunshine. That often works,’ he says.
Which person
1. regularly does a job without getting paid?
2. no longer agrees to do things they don’t want to do?
3. tries to see the funny side of things that are worrying them?
4. accepts that they sometimes make mistakes?
5. prefers to do unpleasant jobs as soon as possible?
6. is not doing as well in their studies as they would like?
7. likes to tell friends about their problems?
8. sometimes breaks their own rules about eating when they are not alone?
9. finds that acting makes them feel better?
10. likes to think back to times when they felt less stressed?
PART IV: WRITING ( 60 pts)
Part 1:Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one, using the word
given. You must use between three and eight words including the word given.
1.Russ’s opinions on the new management policies were very different from those of his fellow workers.
(ODDS)
Russ………………………………………………………………………..…… the new management policies
2. Tom’s presence at parties adds to everyone’s enjoyment. (SOUL).
Tom………………………………………………………………… parties.
3. His colleague will do anything to avoid confrontation. (LENGTHS)
His colleague ………………………………………………………to avoid confrontation.
Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence.
4. Whatever the methods used to obtain the result, drugs were definitely not involved.
-> There was no question ......................................................................................................................
5. Those terrapins which survive their first year may live to be twenty.
-> Should...............................................................................................................................................
Part 3. Essay writing
Are security cameras an invasion of our privacy?
Write an essay (of about 300 words) to give your own opinion.
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