TEST7

Part 1. For questions 1-5, listen to a report on how European countries are dealing with t~e
coronavirus pandemic and decide whether these statements are True (T) or False (F). Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.

I. Under the full lockdown in Italy, all grocery stores must be shut down.
2. There is a ban on entry for people from Austria into Italy.
3. Angela Merkel warned that Coronavirus could infect up to·l 7% of Germany's population.
4. Public gatherings still take place in the UK.
5. According to the professor, although the UK is taking more drastic measures than Italy, its
effectiveness is open to question.

Ii. our answen I 2_

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Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to a talk about how to prevent a food crisis and answer the
questions. Write NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS taken from the recording for each answer
in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.

6. Which group of nations have auspiciously implemented feasible measures in the fight against
the pandemic?
7. What have Peruvian and Brazilian governments increased in their cash-transfer program?
8. According to the ODI's research, which aspects of life have been improved among cash-grant
recipients?
9. What is the name of the method applied by corporations to grant financial aids for reduced
working hours?
10. In addition to providing tax relief and access to retirement accounts, whic;h step has also been
taken to alleviate economic burden?

I Your answers

6. I 7. I9. 110.

Part 3. For questions 11-15, listen to a discussion between Belinda Phipps and Kate Andrews
about Prime Minister David Cameron's pledge to close the gender pay gap by making large
businesses publish their pay gap figures, and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best
according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes
provided.

11. Belinda Phipps suggests that the Equal Pay Act

A. should be repealed by the government.
B. allows equal pay claims to be brought.
C. requires businesses to publish their pay gap figures.
D. is too outdated to exert any effect on the gender wage gap.

12. Why does Kate Andrews mention the data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)?
A. To encourage women to opt out of the workforce
B. To highlight overall imbalance in favour of women

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r C. To make a point against the proposed legislation
D. To demonstrate as evidence of gender discrimination in the workplace

13. What puts female workers at a disadvantage compared with their male counterparts?
A. Inability to achieve a work-life balance
B. Unwillingness to stay focused on one career path
C. Mental strength to catch up after falling behind
D. Ineptitude to deal with the harsh realities of working life

14. Belinda Phipps and Kate Andrews agree that

A. whether to work overtime or not is of one's own accord.
B. gender pay gap is the result of social beliefs rather than employer discrimination.
C. some women tend to be deprived of the right to make free choices related to their career.
D. forcing businesses to publish their pay gap figures cannot solve the issue of income inequality
by gender.

15. When the host cites possibilities about the promising future of women at work, Belinda
Phipps
A. implies that these have insignificant impact on whether gender pay gap will continue to exist
or not.
B. asserts that more rigorous action need to be taken to tum these possibilities into realities.
C. claims that such brighter prospects for women would be a turning point in the labor history.
D. contends that such possibilities are baseless and unreliable.

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Your answers

11. 112. I13. I14. I15.

Part 4. Listen to five short extracts in which people are talking about films and do the tasks
below.

TASK ONE
For questions 16-20, choose from the list (A-H) what unexpected aspect each speaker
encountered while watching the film.
A the versatility of the cast
B the seamlessness of the images
C the authenticity of the scenes
D the film's sense of humour
E the feeling elicited
F the scarcity of roles
G the impact of the soundtrack
H the intensity of the special effects

Speaker 1 16
Speaker 2 17
Speaker 3 18
Speaker 4 19
Speaker 5 20
TASK TWO

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For questions 21-25, choose from the list (A-H) what each person sees as the role of special
effects infilms.
A setting the scene
B tricking the audience
C shocking the viewer
D augmenting the viewing experience
E crafting new realities
F affordi ng harmony in the story
G enhancing the characters
H providing excitement

Speaker I 21
Speaker 2 22
Speaker 3 23
Speaker 4 24
Speaker 5 25

PRACTICE TEST 8
Part 1. For questions 1-5, listen to a talk about the richest places in the world. What does the
speaker say about these places? Choose five answers from the box and write the correct letter,
A-J, in the correspondintJ numbered boxes provided.
A. A crash in an industry is closely linked to foreign affairs.
B. Social gaps still persist in the projected wealthiest place worldwide.
C. According to the IMF, this country is following unsustainable development pathways.
D. Authorities need to carefully study the market data and assess the external conditions and
risks.
E. The boom in a lucrative industry originated from a discovery made around 50 years ago.
F. With GDP per capita at nearly $80,000, this country is the richest place in Europe.
G. There is a dark side to the obsession with economic growth targets.
H. Nearly 40 per cent of the total proven natural gas reserves globally are located in this place.
I. This is a success story of a formula implemented to overthrow an autonomous regime.
J. Foreign companies that are seeking asylum from large corporate taxation move to this tax
haven.
K. Holding the largest natural gas reserves, this country claims the first spot of the richest
nation's ranking.
Countries
1. Ireland
2. Singapore
3. Luxembourg
4. Macau
5. Qatar
Your answers
13. 14. 15.

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 Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to a report on how China successfully landed its rover on
Mars and answer the questions. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the
recording for each answer in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
6. What challenge did the rover encounter before its touchdown on the Martian surface?
7. Besides parachute and rockets, what was used as a combination to carry out the mission to
Mars?
8. What was Jurong?
9. In which field does this outstanding achievement consolidate the leading position of China?
10. What was the name of the U.S. rover which made a successful landing on Mars in February?
Your answers
I 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1 1 1 1

Part 3. For questions 11-15, listen to a discussion in which two historians, Matt Thomas and
Sue Wilkins, talk about a book they have written and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which
fits best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes
provided.
11. Sue says that
A until recently amateur archaeologists weren't allowed to dig on the Thames foreshore.
B official authorisation is needed to excavate along the river.
C any finds must be reported to the Port of London Authority.
D she had to be a member of a society to dig under any part of the Thames.

12. Matt says that, in the past, poverty-stricken children

A would hunt for birds along the river banks.
Bused to try and sell things to people walking along the river.
C would bum things they found by the river to keep warm.
D discovered things in the mud at certain times of the day.

13. How did Sue use to feel about the Thames?

A nostalgic because she visited the river with her parents
B excited about finding rare jewellery and other treasures
C repulsed by the appearance o·f the water
D revolted by the thought that she would excavate in mud one day

14. Matt is intrigued by

A what can be learnt from the artefacts they find.
B the transport people used in the Middle Ages.
Chow London's inhabitants used to aispose of their rubbish.
D the large expanses of mud which are exposed when the tide goes out.

15. What makes the discovery of the small-scale items so important?

A their surprising ornamental use
B what they reveal about family relationships
C the fact that the mud has conserved them remarkably well
D the fact that they confirm a widely held theory
Your answers
111. 112. 113. 114. 115.

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Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to a talk about a hiddenf,xfor the gender pay gap problem
and supply the blanks with the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS
taken from the recording for each answer in the space provided.
Man,y 16.________ _have already been made to ensure that the females receive
equal pay for equal work with their male counterparts. However, less remuneration and
promotion prospects can still be found among the former gender. The reason is their role as the
17 ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , which forces them to sacrifice their working hours to family
obligations, including after-school childcare and 18._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . That parents are
in a predicament finding childcare around school hours 19. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ about
assimilating work and school schedules. A discrepancy in those two schedules leads to a million
fewer women with 20. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _working, it is a real public issue. According to a
CAP 2016 Report in the U.S, a staggering sum of $55 billion of work output was lost to
21. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. All too often, we tend to focus on these problems
22. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Furthermore, many people positively regard aligning school and
work schedules as 23 ._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ that is beneficial to both students and teachers.
This can also 24. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ with the genuine demand of families, according to
Chris Gabrieli- Chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. Changing the school
calendar, nevertheless, is not the hard-and-fast solution to gender pay gap; if fact, a
25. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ addressing various other issues is needed.

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