GPE 6 – PROGRESS TEST 1

90 MINS

I. LISTENING (1 mark each / 20 marks)

Part 1: You will hear the recording TWICE.

Listen to a radio programme about five affordable spa holidays.

Questions 1-5

Mark the letter A, B, C, D, E or F on your answer sheet to indicate the country that matches each
holiday resort below.

Note: You will not use all of the countries.

1. Maya Tulum Retreat & Spa A. South Africa

2. Spa Eastman B. Mexico
3. Lasko Thermal Spa Resort
C. Ireland
4. Museum Spa Wellness Hotel
D. Canada
5. Fordoun Hotel & Spa
E. Greece
F. Slovenia

Questions 6-10

Mark the letter A or B on your answer sheet to indicate whether the following sentences are True
or False.

A for TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

B for FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

6. Maya Tulum Retreat & Spa is a renowned spa accredited by travel experts.

7. Therapies involving hot temperatures are the greatest experieces in Spa Eastman.

8. Lasko Thermal Spa Resort is well-known for traditional Hindu costumes.

9. There used to be a mansion next to Museum Spa Wellness Hotel.

10. All the rooms at The Fourdun Hotel & Spa have the view to the surrounding green area.

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Part 2: You will hear the recording ONCE only.

Listen to three people describe an experience with IKEA furniture.

Questions 11-20

Mark the letter A, B, or C on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.

A B C
Which speaker … Speaker 1 Speaker 2 Speaker 3
11. used to have the same experience before
that?
12. had problems understanding what to do?
13. mentioned the durability of the products?
14. had to put all parts of furniture together
twice?
15. learned a lesson from the experience?
16. at first believed that he/she was able to
put the furniture together?
17. received help by one close member in the
family?
18. got irritated due to some missing parts of
the furniture?
19. admitted that the experience was his/her
mistake?
20. was the least successful at assembling
IKEA furniture?

II. VOCABULARY (1 mark each / 10 marks)

Questions 1-10

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word/phrase that best fits each
of the following blanks.

1. I’m looking for a __________ to open the wine.

A. saucer B. plate C. jug D. corkscrew

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2. Sue: “I’ve bought some wrapping paper for Mary’s present.”
Steve: “Great! Have you got any __________?”
A. needle and thread B. wire C. SellotapeTM D. handle

3. A(n) __________ is an afternoon performance of a play.

A. matinee B. scene C. plot D. interval

4. My dad combs his hair with __________ to one side.

A. bunches B. plaits C. a fringe D. a parting

5. A(n) __________ is a country that has a king or queen.

A. revolution B. monarchy C. civil war D. army

Questions 6-10

Mark the letter A, B, C, D, E or F on your answer sheet to indicate the word / phrase that best fits
each of the following blanks.

Note: You will not use all of the words / phrases.

A. tie B. stick C. put up

D. change E. sew F. set up

6. Mum, the button’s come off my shirt again. Can you __________ it on for me?
7. My daughter has just learned to __________ her shoelaces.
8. We had to get a phone engineer to come and __________ our Wi-fi.
9. Can you believe it? He’s been driving for 25 years and still doesn’t know how to __________ a
tyre!
10. Mike: “I need to __________ this photo on this application form.”
Alex: “OK. Here’s the glue.”

III. GRAMMAR (1 mark each / 10 marks)

Questions 1-10
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word/phrase that best fits each
blank below.

1. In some countries, it’s prohibited to make a noise after 10.00 p.m.

In some countries, you __________ make a noise after 10.00 p.m.
A. don’t have to B. needn’t C. mustn’t D. shouldn’t

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2. You’ll __________ read the instructions before you try to assemble the table.
A. have to B. need to C. must D. A & B are correct.

3. You __________ to arrive late on your first day at work.

A. shouldn’t B. oughtn’t C. mustn’t D. A & B are correct.

4. I spent ages looking for the right shoes, and in the end I __________ find the perfect pair.
A. can B. am able to C. could D. was able to

5. To work for this company, you must __________ speak three languages.
A. can B. could C. be able to D. are able to

6. I decided I didn’t like my new coat so I __________ to the shop.

A. took back it B. took it back C. took back D. A & B are correct.

7. It’s difficult __________ __________ a mobile phone..

A. to imagine – not to have
B. imagining – not to have
C. to imagine – not having
D. imagining – not having

8. They told me I should go to the cinema with them.

They persuaded __________ to the cinema.
A. me to go B. me going C. to go D. going

9. In recent years many books __________ about the American Civil War.
A. wrote B. were written C. have been written D. have written

10. The Mayor is opening the new museum.

The new museum __________ by the Mayor.
A. is opening B. is opened C. is be opened D. is being opened

IV. READING (1 mark each / 20 marks)

Part 1

Questions 1-10 are based on reading passage “Welcome to the new gold mines".

Questions 1-4

Four sentences have been removed from the text.

Mark the letter A, B, C, D or E to indicate the sentences that best fits each gap.
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 Note: You will not use all of the sentences.

A. They can expect to earn between £80-£120 a month which,

given the long hours and night shifts, can amount to as little
as 30p an hour.
B. He enjoys doing his job, and it’s quite well-paid.
1. Gap 1: ______
C. ‘The reason people buy gold is the same reason they pay
2. Gap 2: ______
people to wash their car - they would rather spend money on
3. Gap 3: ______
it than do it themselves,’ he says.
4. Gap 4: ______
D. Working from a cramped office, he kills dragons and robs
them of virtual gold in ten-hour shifts.
E. While young, largely unskilled workers such as Li spend their
days in the virtual field, highly skilled graduates, mainly
female, receive better salaries working as customer service
operators.

Questions 5-10

Mark the letter A, B or C on your answer sheet to indicate whether the following sentences are
True, False or Not Given.

A for TRUE if the statement agrees with the statement

B for FALSE if the statement contradicts the statement
C for NOT GIVEN if there’s no information about statement

5. The “gold farmers”’ jobs are similar to working in a factory.

6. According to Li Hua, the job of a gold farmer brings him the pros only.
7. Li Hua gets his own room which is included in the salary.
8. WoW7 gold is a company that sell its customers only virtual money.
9. Eva Yuan thinks that if people want to buy virtual gold there is no reason why
companies shouldn’t sell it.
10. Playing games and getting paid for doing so is a trend nowadays.

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 WELCOME TO THE NEW GOLD MINES

Being paid to play games all day long sounds like a dream job – but for thousands of ‘gold
farmers’, the virtual reality is hard work.

Li Hua makes a living playing computer games. (1) __________ Next to him, rows of other young
workers do the same. ‘It is just like working in a factory, the only difference is that this is the
virtual world,’ says Li. ‘The working conditions are hard. We don’t get weekends off and I only
have one day free a month. But compared to other jobs it is good. I have no other skills and I
enjoy playing sometimes.’

Li is just one of more than 100 workers employed by WoW7gold, an internet-based company that
makes more than £1m a year selling in-game advantages to World of Warcraft players. Apart from
gold, customers may ask for their avatar’s skill level to be increased, or for a virtual magic sword.

For thousands of workers such as Li, ‘gold farming’ is a way of life. (2) __________ After
completing his shift, Li is given a basic meal of rice, meat, and vegetables, and falls into a bed in a
room that he shares with eight other gold farmers. His wages may be low, but food and
accommodation are included.

The gold farming industry may be about playing games, but these companies take their work
seriously. At WoW7gold, there are different departments, including production, sales, advertising,
and research. (3) __________

Eva Yuan is one such operator. A 26-year-old graduate who speaks three languages, she has been
working for WoW7gold for more than a year. ‘Most of our customers are from America, but they
are people of all ages and careers,’ she says. ‘The biggest transaction I have seen was one person
who bought 100,000 gold pieces, which costs £2,000 to £3,000.’ Yuan thinks her job is
worthwhile. ‘Everything that appeals to some people in the world needs some people to produce
it. We are allowing people to buy what they want, and we care about that.’

Thousands of miles away, I ask Jamie, a 24-year-old gamer from the UK, what makes him spend
his money on these sites. (4) __________ ‘You could spend time getting gold, say 20 real-life
hours. Or you could go to work for two hours and pay someone else for the gold. If I’m playing, I
want to play, not do boring tasks.’

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 Most multiplayer game operators do not allow players to buy gold from gold farmers.
WoW7gold is no longer active, though similar services can be found online.

Part 2

Questions 11-20 are based on the reading passage " Three key places in the history of mankind".

Questions 11-15

Mark the letter A, B or C on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.

A B C
Great Yellow River Los
In which place …
Eastern Alamos
Rift Valley
11. were deadly objects created?
12. do visitors have to plan their trip carefully?
13. did one important civilization begin at the same
time as another?
14. did people have to fight against a natural
disaster?
15. were remnants of the first humans found?

Questions 16-20
The following words are underlined in the text.
Mark the letter A, B, C, D, E or F on your answer sheet to indicate the meaning that matches
each word.

Note: You will not use all of the definitions.

16. enormous A. a large and important organization

17. itinerary B. essential in order for something to exist
18. vital C. having little value or importance
19. civilization D. extremely large
20. institution E. a society, its culture and its way of life during a particular period
of time
F. a detailed plan or route of a journey
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 Three key places in the history of mankind
Choosing the most significant places in history is not an easy task when there are so many
options. The following are three that deserve to come somewhere near the top of the list.

A - Great Eastern Rift Valley

This enormous valley runs through Tanzania and Kenya, and it is where the human story really
begins. It is where the earliest signs of Homo sapiens and its predecessors have been found. The
discovery has led scientists to propose that all the races in the world began in East Africa. They
believe that a great migration started around 70,000 years ago, when Homo sapiens began to
move out of Africa and across the rest of the world. The most important prehistoric remains have
been found at Olduvai, a gorge in Tanzania that stretches for 48 km. There is a museum at
Olduvai which contains some of the items that have been found in the area. Several travel
companies include a day-trip to the Olduvai Gorge on the itinerary of their safaris in the
Serengeti National Park. Visitors are only allowed to walk around the excavation site at certain
times of the year, so you are advised to check your dates before you book.

B - Yellow River
Rivers were absolutely vital for human social development, and this one is no exception. The
Yellow River, or ‘Huang He’ as it is called in Chinese, rises in the Bayan Har Mountains in western
China and flows for nearly 5,500 kilometres to the Bohai Sea in the east. It is on the banks of the
river, principally in the Wei Valley, that we find the beginning of Han Chinese civilization. Around
2,200 years ago, tribes and villagers were forced to work together in order to dig channels to stop
the regular flooding of the river. Out of their cooperation, the Han dynasty was born. Its birth
occurred at roughly the same time as the start of the Roman Empire, and the parallels between
the two are remarkable, in spite of the enormous distance that lies between them. Travel
companies run 10-day or 14-day tours of the river starting in Beijing, but most of these involve
long bus or train journeys.

C - Los Alamos
Los Alamos is the site of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in New Mexico, USA, the
place where the first atomic bombs were created. The weapons were developed by the United
States’ Manhattan Project, and they were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki in the final stages of the Second World War. At the time, the existence of the laboratory
was a secret. The leader of the project was the American physicist Robert Oppenheimer, a
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professor at the University of California, Berkeley. After the event, he spent the rest of his life
wondering whether he had done the right thing. LANL is still a working institution, so most of it
is closed to the public. However, tourists can visit the town itself, which has a population of
around 12,000 inhabitants. Good places to learn about Los Alamos are the Bradbury Science
Museum in the town centre and the Los Alamos Historical Society nearby.

THIS IS THE END OF THE TEST.

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