TEST 3

I. LISTENING
Part 1. Complete the form below. Write ONE WORD AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Rented properties customer’s requirements
Name: Steven Godfrey
Example: Answer:
No. of bedrooms: Four
Preferred location: In the ……central………………..(1) area of town
Maximum monthly rent: £ ………600……………..(2)
Length of let required: ……2 years………………….(3)
Starting: September 1st
Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD AND/ OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Address Rooms Monthly rent Problem
Oakington Avenue Living/dining room, £ 550 No ……gargage………
separate kitchen (4)
Mead Street Large living room and £ 580 The ……garden………
kitchen, bathroom and a (5) is too large
cloakroom
Hamilton Road Living room, kitchen- £ 550 Too noisy
diner, and a
……study……………
(6)
Devon Close Living room, dining £ ……595…………(7) None
room, small kitchen

Part 2. For questions 8-16, listen to a piece of news about the “bloodbath” in Northern Sri Lanka
and fill in the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the
recording for each answer in the spaces provided.

8. According to the UN's spokesman Gordon Weiss, more than 100 children died during what he
called the large-scale _____killing of civilians__________over the weekend.
9. The UN had warned against ___the bloodbath ___________ and the weekend's events showed that
'that bloodbath has become a reality'.
10. A doctor working in the war zone said that the bodies of 378 people had been registered at his
hospital and that many other _____cops__________were lying outside.
11-12. He said ________heavy arms_______ appeared to have been fired from ___government run
territory___________ into a mainly civilian area under Tamil Tiger rebel control.

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13. The government said the issue of ___civilian casualities___________is highly sensitive here and
the state-owned Daily News on Monday makes no mention of the incident at all.
14. In New York, the British Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to ____co-
sponsor___________informal discussions.
15. The discussions with ministers and charities are on ____humanitarian___________situation.

Part 3. True or False

Listen and decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
16. The Child Well-Being Index has been going for over 75 years. F
17. The child death rate has halved since 1975. F
18. Children's health has got worse in the past two decades. T
19. The report says obesity causes an abundance of fast food. T
20. The number of kids below the poverty line hasn't changed for 20 years. T

Part 4
You will hear part of a radio programme in which a new book is being reviewed.
For questions 1-5, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
1. The main reason that Isabella was unlikely to become a travel writer was that she
A believed travel at that time was very dangerous.
B was under an illusion about her health.
C had never displayed much imagination.
D had regarded travel as a man’s occupation.
2. Sarah thinks Isabella’s trips to Australia were surprising because she had previously
A preferred an inactive lifestyle.
B been frightened of animals.
C never experienced extreme climates.
D spent most of her time socializing.
3. According to Sarah, Isabella’s letters
A should have been published earlier.
B were based on newspaper articles.
C may have exaggerated what she saw.
D failed to provide enough details at times.
4. In Sarah’s opinion, Isabella’s personality was unusual because she
A had rebelled against her father.
B was at her best in challenging situations.
C only pretended to be courageous.
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D traveled despite her illnesses.
5. According to Sarah, the book in its current form
A does not make it clear how the letters have been edited.
B ought to contain all of the letters Isabella wrote to Henrietta.
C fails to include examples of Isabella’s bad experiences.
D should be adapted so the style is familiar to readers today.

B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (30 points)

Part 1: Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which best completes each sentence. (10 pts)
1. Journalists were ______ around the hotel, waiting to interview the star.
A. sauntering B. milling C. trudging D. staggering
2. Tim’s extremely punctual. He turns up every day at nine o’clock on the ______
A. dot B. spur C. spot D. day
3. That human rights are ______ is unacceptable in a civilized society.
A. abrogated B. impeached C. infringed D. quashed
4. A: You should never have agreed to help mend her car!
B: “__________________”
A. Famous last words B. Well, you live and learn
C. It’s a small word D. You can’t win them all
5. The rents in this area are ______ the highest in the city.
A. far from away B. away by far
C. far and away D. far or away
6. All building work must be carried out ______ safety regulations.
A. on behalf of B. with obedience to
C. in compliance with D. with reference to
7. We’ll have to take what he says on ______.
A. trust B. faith C. belief D. confidence
8. I don’t like that movie because the storyline seemed ______ .
A. compulsory B. analogue C. poised D. contrived
9. I can’t tell you much about the subject, I’m afraid. I only have a very ______ knowledge of it
myself.
A. fundamental B. rudimentary C. elemental D. primary
10. No matter how angry he was, he would never ______ to violence.
A. resort B. recourse C. exert D. resolve

11. He looks very aggressive and threatening, and so his soft, gentle voice is rather ______

A. disembodied B. disconcerting C. dismissive D. discordant

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12. We were ______ by the officers' decision to divert the whole traffic from the main route.

A. rambled B. shuffled C. stumbled D. baffled

13. I usually buy my clothes ______. It’s cheaper than going to the dressmaker.

A. on the house B. off the peg C. in public D. on the shelf

14. My father _______ when he found out that I had damaged his car.

A. brought the house down B. saw pink elephants

C. made my blood boil D. hit the roof

15. She was kept awake for most of the night by the ______ of a mosquito in her car.

A. groan B. moan C. whine D. screech

16. Their eventual choice of the house was _____ by the time Peter would take to get to the office.

A. related B. consequent C. determined D. dependent

17. When the funds finally ______ , they had to abandon the scheme.
A. faded away B. clamped down C. petered out D. fobbed off
18. I was in a quandary ______ what to say.
A. as to B. for C. owing to D. of
19. The agricultural project suffered a major ______ when winter arrived three weeks earlier than
expected.
A. distortion B. downfall C. contraction D. setback
20. The police arrested the wrong man mainly because they ______ the names they had been given
by the witness.
A. bewildered B. merged C. confused D. puzzled

Part 2. Correct word form

1. I seem to have ……mislaid…………. my keys. I can't find them anywhere. (LAY)
2. The chair umpire…………overruled………….the linesman and called the ball out (RULE)
3. There are many complaints about the ………inadequacy………… of facilities for the
handicapped. (ADEQUATE)
4. Please put out your cigarette. There's an……ashtray………… over there (ASH)
5. I found this offer among the……classified………….. ads in the paper (CLASS).
6. We have just been shown another example of……senseless………. killings (SENSE)
7. Kurdish ……separately… organised a demonstration last week (SEPARATE)
8. The monetary……system of some countries used to be based on gold. (MONEY)
9. For all of us, Marilyn Monroe was the ……personification…………….of beauty (PERSON)
10. Some MPs are calling for …detainment……………. without trial (DETAIN)

Part 3: The passage below contains 10 errors. Find and correct them.

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What is the media? What constitutes the media? The media
consists on all the ways that news and information is 0. on  of
disseminated-> distribute to the mass audience. The media
covers everything from hard news, which is investigating
reporting, to stories that are pure entertaining, such as whether 1. .................................
your favourite movie star was on the ‘Best Dressed/Worst 2. ..................................
Dressed’ list. Whether from-> in print or broadcast on TV, the 3. .................................
stories are the product of the reporting of many journalists who
4. ................................
write the stories to-> X, and editors who give out the assignments,
assess the quality of the writing and research, but-> and make the 5. .................................
decisions about where and when the stories run. 6. .................................
The news has an immediate impact. The Internet puts global news 7. ..................................
onto the personal computer on your desk. All almost-> Almost all
8. .................................
browsers have links to up-to-the-minute new stories from various
news services. You cannot-> can get constant news updates from 9. .................................
a variety of sources via your personal computer, provided-> 10. .................................
providing you with the most up-to-date and in-depth coverage.

Part 4: Preposition or article

1. Judging_____at the time of the day when something is done, one can decide how
important an event is.
2. Frequently single- parent children take____on___some of the functions that the absent
adult in the house would have served.
3. The skyscraper stands out_____of______ the blue sky.
4. What you’re saying amounts___________ blackmail.
5. Paul won't do anything without asking his wife first. She's really got him_________ her
thumb.
6. The thing I don't like about my present job is that we often have to work up to 10
hours__________ a stretch.
7. He didn't have time to prepare a speech, so he had to give one __off____ the cuff.
8. He finished his speech_____by___ tremendous applause. Round
9. "I think Arsenal are the best football club in Britain." "Come ______ it! What about
Liverpool, then?"
10. The party was already____at______ full swing by the time they got there.

PART III – READING

Question 1. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following
passage. (10 points)
The quality of life these days is something most of us take for (1)_____ it takes some radically
different experience to (2)_____ this fact home to people. In my (3)_____ , it was spending three
weeks aboard on a yacht with twelve other people, completing in a major sailing race. (4)_____ I was
officially a guest, it was (5)_____ clear to me from the start that there was to be no room for
passengers, and that I’d have to (6)_____ my weight.

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 For the first few nights, none of us was able to sleep for more than a couple of hours at a (7)_____
before being rudely awoken by an aggressive command. Then we’d do physically exhausting work in
total darkness. Every few minutes we’d be completely soaked to the (8)_____ by a large wave we
couldn’t see coming. I shared sleeping (9)_____ with six other women, with barely enough room to
stretch my legs. Soon I found myself (10)_____ for my comfortable sheets back home, a hot
chocolate and a warm bath.
1. A. given B. accepted C. granted D. read
2. A. bring B. push C. sweep D. carry
3. A. example B. instance C. case D. experience
4. A. Although B. However C. But D. Therefore
5. A. done B. taken C. made D. announced
6. A. offer B. move C. use D. pull
7. A. piece B. time C. period D. moment
8. A. flesh B. skin C. bone D. stone
9. A. quarters B. premises C. dormitories D. digs
10. A. desiring B. yearning C. dreaming D. considering

Question 2: Read the text and think of a word which best fits each gap and write it into the gap.
Use only ONE word. (15 points)

ART AS A CAREER

Many celebrated artists have found it hard to make ends meet early in their career. (1)
_____With_____ a few well-known exceptions, however, (poor Van Gogh being perhaps the most
famous one) (2) _____most_____ went on to find recognition within their own lifetime. Picasso’s
life story is the kind of rags-to-riches tale which gives hope to many (3) ___an_______ unknown
artist. In 1904, he was sharing a draughty and primitive studio complex with thirty other artists. But
by his death, he was a multi-millionaire and probably the most celebrated modern artist (4)
__ever________. Nevertheless, (5) ____for______ every success story, there must be dozens of
artists (perhaps some potential “great”) who have endured a lifetime of hardship (6) ___in_______
obscurity. (7) ___Whether_______ they were never recognised because their work was (8)
____out______ of sympathy with the prevailing fashion, or because they lacked talent, (9)
_____is_____ impossible to say. Most people see art as a vocation rather than a career. There may
indeed be some truth in the idea that artists need to be exceptionally dedicated to succeed, and even
relatively successful artists sometimes have to supplement their income (10) _____by_____ working
in other areas occasionally.

Question 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. (10p.)
Cooperation is the common endeavor of two or more people to perform a task or reach a jointly
cherished goal. Like competition and conflict, there are different forms of cooperation, based on
group organization and attitudes.

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 In the first form, known as primary cooperation, group and individual fuse. The group contains
nearly all of each individual’s life. The rewards of the group’s work are shared with each member.
There is an interlocking identity of individual, group and task performed. Means and goals become
one, for cooperation itself is valued.
While primary cooperation is most often characteristic of preliterature societies, secondary
cooperation is characteristic of many modern societies. In secondary cooperation, individuals devote
only part of their lives to the group. Cooperation itself is not a value. Most members of the group feel
loyalty, but the welfare of the group is not the first consideration. Members perform tasks so that they
can separately enjoy the fruits of their cooperation in the form of salary, prestige, or power. Business
offices and professional athletic teams are examples of secondary cooperation.
In the third type, called tertiary cooperation or accommodation, latent conflict underlies the shared
work. The attitudes of the cooperating parties are purely opportunistic: the organization is loose and
fragile. Accommodation involves common means to achieve antagonistic goals: it breaks down when
the common means cease to aid each party in reaching its goals. This is not, strictly speaking,
cooperation at all, and hence the somewhat contradictory term antagonistic cooperation is sometimes
used for this relationship.
Question 1: What is the author’s main purpose in the first paragraph of the passage?
A. To urge readers to cooperate more often
B. To offer a brief definition of cooperation
C. To explain how cooperation differs from competition and conflict
D. To show the importance of group organization and attitudes
Question 2: The word cherished in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to _______
A. defined B. agreed on C. prized D. set up
Question 3: The word fuse in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______
A. explore B. unite C. evolve D. react
Question 4: Which of the following statements about primary cooperation is supported by
information in the passage?
A. It is usually the first stage of cooperation achieved by a group of individuals attempting to
cooperate
B. It is most commonly seen among people who have not yet developed reading and writing
skills
C. It is an ideal that can never be achieved
D. It was confined to prehistoric times
Question 5: According to the passage, why do people join groups that practice secondary
cooperation?
A. To experience the satisfaction of cooperation
B. To associate with people who have similar backgrounds
C. To get rewards for themselves
D. To defeat a common enemy
Question 6: Which of the following is an example of the third form of cooperation as it is defined in
the fourth paragraph?
A. Students form a study group so that all of them can improve their grades
B. Members of a farming community share work and the food that they grow
C. Two rival political parties temporarily work together to defeat a third party
D. A new business attempts to take customers away from an established company
Question 7: Which of the following is NOT given as a name for the third type of cooperation?
A. Tertiary cooperation B. Antagonistic cooperation

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 C. Accommodation D. Latent conflict
Question 8: The word fragile in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
A. involuntary B. poorly planned C. inefficient D. easily broken
Question 9: As used throughout the passage, the term common is closest in meaning to which of the
following?
A. popular B. vulgar C. ordinary D. shared
Question 10: Which of the following best describes the overall organization of the passage?
A. The author provides a number of concrete examples and then draws a conclusion
B. The author presents the points of view of three experts on the same topic
C. The author compares and contrasts two types of human relations
D. The author describes a concept by analysing its three forms

Question 4. Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. (10 points)
Paragraph 1. INCREASED TEMPERATURES
The average air temperature at the surface of the earth has risen this century, as has the temperature
of ocean surface waters. Because water expands as it heats, a warmer ocean means higher sea levels.
We cannot say definitely that the temperature rises are due to the greenhouse effect; the heating may
be part of a "natural" variability over a long time-scale that we have not yet recognized I our short
100 years of recording. However, assuming the build-up of greenhouse gases is responsible, and that
the warming will continue. Scientists and inhabitants of low-lying coastal areas would like to know
the extent of future sea level rises.
Paragraph 2. E
Calculating this is not easy. Models used for the purpose have treated the oceans as passive,
stationary and one-dimensional. Scientists have assumed that heat simply diffused into the sea from
the atmosphere. Using basic physical laws, they then predict how much a known volume of water
would expand for a given increase in temperature. But the oceans are not one-dimensional, and recent
work by oceanographers, using a new model which takes into account a number of subtle facets of
the sea-including vast and complex ocean currents-suggests that the rise in sea level may be less than
some earlier estimates had predicted.
Paragraph 3 F
An international forum on climate change, in 1986, produced figures for likely sea-level rises of 20
cm and 1.4 m, corresponding to atmospheric temperature increases of 1.5 and 4.5C respectively.
Some scientists estimate that the ocean warming resulting from those temperature increases by the
year2050 would raise the sea level by between 10 cm and 40 cm. This model only takes into account
the temperature effect on the oceans; it does not consider changes in sea level brought about by the
melting of ice sheets and glaciers, and changes in groundwater storage. When we add on estimates of
these, we arrive at figures for total sea-level rises of 1 5 cm and 70 cm respectively.
Paragraph 4. THE DIFFUSION MODEL
It's not easy trying to model accurately the enormous complexities of the ever-changing oceans, with
their great volume, massive currents and sensitively to the influence of land masses and the
atmosphere. For example, consider how heat enters the ocean. Does it just "diffuse" from the warmer
air vertically into the water, and heat only the surface layer of the sea? (Warm water is less dense
than cold, so it would not spread downwards). Conventional models of sea-level rise have considered
that is the only method, but measurements have shown that the rate of heat transfer into the ocean by
vertical diffusion is far lower in practice than the figures that many models have adopted.
Paragraph 5 C

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Much of the early work, for simplicity, ignored the fact that water in the oceans moves in three
dimensions. By movement, of course, scientists don't mean waves, which are too small individually
to consider, but rather movement of vast volumes of water in huge currents. To understand the
importance of this, we now need to consider another process-advection. Imagine smoke rising from a
chimney. On a still day it will slowly spread out in all directions by means of diffusion. With a strong
directional wind, however, it will all shift downwind, this process is advection-the transport of
properties (notably heat and salinity in ocean) by the movement of bodies of air or water, rather than
by conduction or diffusion.
Paragraph 6 A
Massive oceans current called gyres do the moving. These currents have far more capacity to store
heat than does the atmosphere. Indeed, just the top 3 m of the ocean contains more heat than the
whole of the atmosphere. The origin of the gyres lies in the fact that more heat from the Sun reaches
the Equator than the Poles, and naturally heat trends to move from the former to the latter. Warm air
rises at the Equator and draws more air beneath it in the form of winds (the "Trade Winds") that,
together with other air movements, provide the main force driving the ocean currents.
Paragraph 7 B
Water itself is heated at the Equator and moves poleward, twisted by the Earth's rotation and affected
by the positions of the continents. The resultant broadly circular movements between about 10 and 40
North and South are clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. They flow towards the east at mind
latitudes in the equatorial region. They then flow towards the Poles, along the eastern sides of
continents, as warm currents. When two different masses of water meet, once will move beneath the
other, depending on their relative densities in the subduction process. The densities are determined by
temperature and salinity. The convergence of water of different densities from the Equator and the
Poles deep in the oceans causes continuous subduction. This means that water moves vertically as
well as horizontally. Cold water from the Poles travels as depth-it is denser than warm water-until it
emerges at the surface in another part of the world in the form of a cold current.
Paragraph 8. HOW THE GREENHOUSE EFFECTS WILL CHANGE OCEAN
TEMPERATURES
Ocean currents, in three dimensions, from a giant "conveyor belt", distributing heat from the thin
surface layer into the interior of the oceans and around the globe. Water may take decades to circulate
in these 3-D gyres in the lop kilometer of the ocean, and centuries in the deep water. With the
increased atmospheric temperatures due to the greenhouse effect, the oceans conveyor belt will carry
more heat into the interior. This subduction moves heat around far more effectively than simple
diffusion. Because warm water expands more than cold when it is heated, scientists had presumed
that the sea level would rise unevenly around the globe. It is now believed that these inequalities
cannot persist, as winds will act to continuously spread out the water expansion. Of course, of global
warming changes the strength and distribution of the winds, then this "evening-out" process may not
occur, and the sea level could rise more in some areas than others.
Questions 1 – 5:
Reading Passage has 8 Paragraphs, 1-8. The first paragraph, the fourth and the last have been given
headings. Choose the correct heading for the remaining 5 Paragraphs from the list below.
There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use all the headings.
List of Headings
A. The gyre principle
B. How ocean waters move
C. The advection principle
D. Diffusion versus advection

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E. Figuring the sea level changes
F. Estimated figures 2
Questions 6 – 10:
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage? Write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

6. The surface layer of the oceans is warmed by the atmosphere. NG

7. Advection of water changes heat and salt levels. T
8. A gyre holds less heat than there is in the atmosphere. F
9. The process of subduction depends on the water density. T
10. The sea level is expected to rise evenly over the Earth's surface. F

PART 4: WRITING (20 marks)

1. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in
meaning to the sentence printed before it. (5 marks)

1. Anna failed to understand how serious her illness was until she spoke to the doctor.

Not until did she speak to the doctor that Anna could understand how serious her illness was

2. I do like carrots, but I don’t want to eat them every day.

Much as I like carrots, I don’t want to eat them every day.

3. I had only just watered the garden when it began to rain.

Hardly had I watered the garden when it began to rain.

4. I would prefer you to pay in cash.

I’d rather you paid in cash.

5. All the children will receive a prize, whatever their score in the competition.

No matter what their score in the competition is, all the children will receive a prize

2. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and eight words,
including the word given. (5 marks)

1. I said that I thought he was wrong about the best way for us to proceed. (issue)

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 I took issue with him about how best we should proceed.

2. He didn’t want to get into a position where he might lose all his money. (possibility)

He didn’t want to expose himself to the possibility of losing all his money.

3. Her work didn’t meet the standards that were considered acceptable. (conform)

Her work didn’t conform to what were considered acceptable standards.

4. He had no idea what was going to happen to him when he walked into that room. (store)

Little did he know what was in store for him when he walked into that room.

5. He became famous, but it cost him his privacy. (expense)

His rise to fame was at the expense of his privacy.

3. Write a paragraph of about 150 words about the advantages of using electronic devices in
learning. (30pts)

I strongly support the use of personal electronic devices in learning because we can’t miss its
definite advantages. First of all, learning with electronic devices saves a lot of time. You can
easily share every informations through your PC, laptop or smartphones to your friends just in
a few minutes. And you can submit your homework to your teacher by this way too. It’s
extremely convenient. Secondly, modern technology tools improve their study
results because of a wide variety of useful learning applications on smartphones, laptop,
tablets and other media players such as dictionary, spelling, translation, pronunciation and
other apps. These apps are not boring but exciting them with colorful designed-courses, funny
methods and attractive contents. Last but not least, using tablets or laptop can lighter your
backpack. Unlike several textbooks which require a lot of space and are heavy to carry,
tablets can store all the information contained in these textbooks. This can help students easier
to carry around. In brief, using electronic devices brings many advantages to leaners, but it
also has many disadvantages. So, it’s up to the leaner to use it in a right way.

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