I.

LISTENING
Exercise 1.
1. c
2. a
3. c
4. d
5. d
Exercise 2.
1. F
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. T
Exercise 3.
1. a budget hotel
2. within the last 12 months
3. The restaurant suggestions
4. detailed maps
5. Twitter tourism
Exercise 4.
1. a monster storm
2. mandatory evacution orders
3. category for hurricane
4. uninhabitable
5. abnormal rise
6. national hurricane center
7. land fall
8. fluctuated
9. potentially even strengthening
10. costal communities
II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Exercise 1:
1. c 2. b 3. c 4. b 5. b 6. b 7. b 8. c 9. a 10. c
Exercise 2:
1. Line 2: in => at
2. Line 3: psychologically =>psychology
3. Line 7: however => whatever
4. Line 9: what => which/that
5. Line 11: expected => unexpected
Exercise 3:
1. up 2. of 3. on 4. out 5. into
Exercise 4:
1. saltwater
2. established
3. segmented
4. asserting
5. enthusiasts
6. scavengers
7. voracious
8. irreparable
9. nocturnal
10. disturbance
III. READING
Exercise 1:
1. a 2. c 3. d 4. c 5. b 6. a 7. d 8. a 9. d 10. d
Exercise 2:
1. source
2. first
3. them
4. shoulders
5. losing
6. what
7. behind
8. health
9. behalf
10. evasion
Exercise 3:
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. D 8. D 9. B 10. D
Exercise 4:
1. ii 2. iii 3. v 4. iv 5. viii 6. vii
7. FALSE 8. FALSE 9. NOT GIVEN 10. TRUE
Exercise 5: 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. C 8. B 9. C 10. D
There is a widespread belief among secondary school students that nothing
but a university degree is a passport to later success in life.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this belief? Give reasons and
examples to support your opinion(s).

University education has been a topic of concern in this day and age. While
many junior high school pupils argue that university qualifications is the top
priority for a successful career, I believe that there are still other ways to
become successful.
On the one hand, there are two reasons why university education is essential to
gain affluent in later life. Firstly, having a degree can improve the chances of
employment. Although a degree does not guarantee success, it does improve
chances of getting noticed. This helps them much to get a job in a competitive
market nowadays. Secondly, students can have good jobs with lucrative income
if they have higher educations. In fact, students having university educations
are, more or less, provided with fundamental skills and knowledge suitable for
jobs. In order to employ them, companies will have to spend a large amount of
money.
On the other hand, I hold a strong belief that university education is not the
only way to success because of two reasons. Firstly, there are careers that you
really don’t need degrees to be successful in. As a matter of fact, having a
degree will never guarantee success either. For example, it takes skills and
talent to be an actor or athlete. Leonardo DiCaprio barely finished high school
but he ends up winning an Oscar eventually. Secondly, the digital age has
brought many new professions that do not require higher education. Even a
decade ago, people would have never believed that “vlogging” – making videos
and posting them online – would be a future career option. Now, some vloggers
pay the bills uploading YouTube videos alone can pay the bills. Having a
degree or not has no impact on your popularity.
In conclusion, I believe that there are various ways to be successful in the
future and one of them is getting a university qualification.