I.

LISTENING (50PS)

I. You will hear someone talking on the radio about a Language Study Fair. For
each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space. In each
space, use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. You will listen to the CD twice.

The Language Study Fair

Dates: 17th to 19th of March

Place: (1)…………….. Education Centre

Fair includes: - stands with textbooks

- talks by educational speakers

- exhibition of (2)…………………..

- demonstrations of latest computer programs

Opening hours: 9.30 a.m. – (3)……………….Thursday and Friday

9.30 a.m. – 4.00 p.m Saturday

Tickets: (4)………….……

or £3 for (5)…………………………..

Tickets can be booked by ringing the hotline on 984 7711.

II. Listen to two passages and choose the correct answer. You will listen to the
passages twice.
1. When in Australia have Asian honey bees been found in the past?
A. Queensland B. New South Wales C. several states
2. A problem with Asian honey bees is that they
A. attack bees B. carry parasites C. damage crops
3. What point is made about Australian bees?
A. Their honey varies in quality
B. Their size stops them from pollinating some flowers.
C. They are sold to customers abroad.

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4. Grant Freeman says that if Asian honey bees got into Australia,
A. the country’s economy would be affected
B. they could be used in the study of allergies.
C. certain areas of agriculture would benefit.
5. In order to set up her research programme, Shona got
A. advice from personal friends in other countries.
B. help from students in other countries.
C. information from her tutor’s contacts in other countries.
III. Listen to some of the theories people have had about the cause of his death
and decide whether the statements are true or false. You will listen to the CD
once.

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1. Napoleon died at the age of 51.

2. No one knows exactly why Napoleon died.

3. Some people think that he had lung cancer

4. It is suggested that he was poisoned by his wife.

5. According to the third theory the poison in the dyes in

wallpaper led to his death.
IV. Listen and complete the sentences below. Write no more than three words for
each answer.

1. Governments have been mistaken to ...................... slums.

2. There is often a lack of .................... concerning housing projects.

3. Housing policies which are based on principles of ..................... are particularly

effective.

4. Some ......................... should always be provided by governments.

5. Migrants will only ........................ in housing if they feel secure.

6. Governments often underestimate the importance of ...................... to housing

projects.

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 7. The availability of ......................... is the starting point for successful housing
development.

8. Urbanisation can have a positive effect on the ......................... of individuals.

9. The population size of cities enables a range of ........................... to occur.

10. City living tends to raise the level of .................................... to occur.

II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (50PS)

I. Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
1. Salt and ice can be used to _______ food.
A. contaminate B. pollute C. include D. preserve
2. Ask Tom to give you a hand lifting the suitcase. He is as strong as _______.
A. an elephant B. a buffalo C. a gorilla D. a horse
3. Have you sold ______ of those shirts yet?
A. out B. off C. on D. for
4. ______I to have known there is such an appropriate curriculum, I would have
registered for it at
the beginning.
A. If B. Do C. Were D. Providing
5. When you do something, you should _______.
A. weigh up the pros and cons B. turn over a new leaf
C. go down well with it D. get through to it
6. I made no impression on you at school as I was neither an excellent student nor a(n)
______one.
A. good B. disruptive C. original D. compulsory
7. By the time I was told about the terrible affair, I _______ in what he often said to me.
A. believed B. was believing
C. would have believed D. had believed
8. "How is the traffic there?" -"______."
A. No matter B. Absolutely C. Not too bad D. Good idea
9. "Is the course interesting?" -"______."
A. Agreed B. Ready C. Really D. Absolutely

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 10. All three TV channels provide extensive ____ of sporting events.
A. broadcast B. network C. coverage D. vision
11. They seemed to be ____ to the criticism and just carried on as before.
A. disinterested B. sensitive C. uncaring D. indifferent
12. “Shall we go out tonight?” - “____”
A. Yes, I can B. Yes, we are C. Yes, we go D. Yes, let’s
13. It's no use ___ over ___ milk.
A. crying/ spilt B. to cry/ spilling

C. crying/ spilling D. crying/ to spill

14. They are fighting to eradicate the _________________ of starvation caused by the civil
war.
A. leaving B. legacy C. remains D. tradition
15. The tracker stalked the tiger for days but the animal capture.

A. missed B. slipped C. jumped D. eluded

16. This book will be a delight to readers of science fiction.

A amateur B. skilled C seasoned D. loving

17. A considerable of folklore has built up regarding the magical properties of

sites such as Stonehenge.

A. pile B. body C. doctrine D. culture

18. Closure of schools took place falling numbers of pupils.

A. in the context of B. with regard to

C. with a concern for D. in consideration of

19. Don't worry - the documents are safe lock and key at my place

A. under B. on C. in D. within

20 for Tom's opposition, we would have agreed to the contract.

A. Be it not B. Would it not have been

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C. Should it not have been D. Had it not been

II. Each line of the following passage has one mistake related to either grammar
or vocabulary usage. Find and correct them.
Air pollution is a cause for ill – health in human beings. It a lot of countries, there are
laws limited the amount of smoke which factories can produce. Because there isn't
enough information on the amount of smoke in the atmosphere, doctors have proved
that air pollution makes lung cancer. The gases from the exhausts of cars have also risen
air pollution in most cities. The lead in petrol produces a poisoned gas which often
collects in busy streets surrounding by high buildings. Children who live in areas where
there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere cannot think as quick as other children and they
are clumsy where they use their hands. There are long-term effects of pollution. If the
gases in the atmosphere continues to increase, the earth's climate will become warmer.
A lot of ice near the Poles may water and may cause serious floods.
III. Fill in each blank with a suitable PREPOSITION or PARTICLE.

1. The teenager took his father’s credit card and ran into 7,000 dollars’ worth of
purchases.

2. Don’t believe her when she says she’s got stomachache. She’s putting it up . She just
wants to get out of going to school.

3. I’ve always found his attitude to me rather puzzling.

4. If you want to have an evening out, the child is sure to be quite safe in the care of a
baby sitter.

5. The younger worker can be trusted in the work, he won’t spoil it.

6. Frank was not cut out the job of a policeman because of his excitable character.

7. Have the authorities finished looking up the cause of the explosion yet?

8. It’s impossible to live on the low unemployment benefit I come to from the
government.

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9. Everybody put Mr. Spark’s success to his extraordinary cleverness at persuading
people to entrust their money with him.

10. Many a change has been brought down in the climate by global warming.

IV. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.

Vitamins, taken in tiny doses, are a major group of organic compounds
that regulate the mechanisms by which the body converts food into energy. They should
not be confused with minerals, which are (1. organic) organic in their makeup.
Although in general the naming of vitamins followed the (2. alphabet) alphabetic order
of their (3. identify) identification the nomenclature of individual substances may
appear to be somewhat random and (4. organize) unorganized .
Among the 13 vitamins known today, five are produced in the body. Because the body
produces sufficient quantities of some but not all vitamins, they must be supplemented
in the daily diet. Although each vitamin has its specific (5. designate) designation and
cannot be replaced by another compound, a lack of one vitamin can interfere with the
processing of another. When a lack of even one vitamin in a diet is continual, a vitamin
deficiency may result. The best way for an individual to (6. sure) sure a necessary
supply of vitamins is to maintain a balanced diet that includes a (7. Vary) varieity of
foods and provides adequate quantities of all the compounds. Some people take vitamin
supplements, predominantly in the form of tablets. The vitamins in such supplements
are (8. equal) equal to those in food, but an adult who maintains a balanced diet does
not need a daily supplement. The ingestion of supplements is recommended only to
correct an existing deficiency due to (9. balance) balanced diet, to provide vitamins
known to be lacking in a restricted diet, or to act as a therapeutic measure in medical
treatment. (10. specify) specific caution must be exercised with fat-soluble substances,
such as vitamins A and D, because, taken in gigantic doses, they may present a serious
health hazard over a period of time.
PART III. READING
I. Read the following passage and then choose the most suitable word or phrase
for each space
English spelling
Why does English spelling have a reputation for being difficult? English was first
written down when Christian monks came to England in Anglo-Saxon (1) ______ .They

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used the 23 letters of Latin to write down the sounds of Anglo-Saxon speech as they
heard it.
However, English has a (2) ______ range of basic sounds (over 40) than Latin. The
alphabet was too small, and so combinations of letters were needed to (3) ______ the
different sounds. Inevitably, there were inconsistencies in the way that letters were
combined.
With the Norman invasion of England, the English language was put (4) ______ risk.
English survived, but the spelling of many English words changed to follow French
patterns, and many French words were (5) ______ into the language. The result was more
irregularity.
When the printing press was (6) ______ in the fifteenth century, many early printers of
English texts spoke other first languages. They (7) ______ little effort to respect English
spelling. Although one of the short-term effects of printing was to produce a number of
variant spellings, in the long term it created fixed spellings. People became used to
seeing words spelt in the same way. Rules were (8) ______ and dictionaries were put
together which printers and writers could refer to. However, spoken English was not
fixed and continued to change slowly - just as it still does now. Letters that were
sounded in the Anglo-
Saxon period, like the 'k' in 'knife', now became (9) ______. Also, the pronunciation of
vowels then had (10) _____ in common with how they sound now, but the way they are
spelt hasn't changed.
1. A. ages B. centuries C. times D. years
2. A. deeper B. longer C. thicker D. wider
3. A. explain B. express C. perform D. tell
4. A. at B. in C. on D. under
5. A. announced B. found C. introduced D. started
6. A. discovered B. invented C. made up D. taken up
7. A. brought B. did C. made D. put
8. A. drawn up B. filled in C. got across D. handed out
9. A. dump B. quiet C. silent D. speechless
10. A. much B. many C. few D. little

II. Fill in each blank with one suitable word. Write your answers in the spaces
bellow.
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 Is Photography Dead?
For a long time in the past photography was not regarded as an art. It was simply a
skill and it was criticized for being too mechanical and not creative enough. At last,
however, photography is now accepted as a unique and very important (1) aspect of art.
The photograph's claim to be an objective record of reality is now seriously
challenged, and the important function of photography in modern-day society is
consequently (2) a threat. The threat has suddenly become all the more serious as more
and more photographers are (3) exposed to the new technology which computers offer.
Moreover, a (n) (4) high number of colleges have now begun to offer (5) jobs in
computer imaging. All these developments (6) is a disturbing question. Is photography,
as we know (7) now, dead?
In spite of its complete transformation by new technological developments, however,
photography will continue to play a (8) active role in our culture. Although it may no
longer (9) have to be realistic, modern photography can continue to provide us with
fresh visral (10) pictures about ourselves and the world in which we live.
III. Read the following passage and choose the best answer
Staggering tasks confronted the people of the United States, North and South, when
the Civil War ended. About a million and a half soldiers from both sides had to be
demobilized, readjusted to civilian life, and reabsorbed by the devastated economy.
Civil government also had to be put back on a peace time basis and interference from
the military had to be stopped.
The desperate plight of the South has eclipsed the fact that reconstruction had to be
undertaken also in the North, though less spectacularly. Industries had to adjust to
peacetime conditions: factories had to be retooled for civilian needs.
Financial problems loomed large in both the North and the South. The national debt
had shot up from a modest $65 million in 1861, the year the war started, to nearly $3
billion in 1865, the year the war ended. This was a colossal sum for those days but one
that a prudent government could pay. At the same time, war taxes had to be reduced to
less burdensome levels.
Physical devastation caused by invading armies, chiefly in the South and border
states, had to be repaired. This herculean task was ultimately completed, but with
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 Other important questions needed answering. What would be the future of the four
million Black people who were freed from slavery? On what basis were the Southern
states to be brought back into the Union?
What of the Southern leaders, all of whom were liable to charges of treason? One of
these leaders, Jefferson Davis, president of the Southern Confederacy, was the subject of
an insulting popular Northern song, "Hang Jeff Davis from a Sour Apple Tree", and even
children sang it. Davis was temporarily chained in his prison cell during the early days
of his two-year imprisonment. But he and the other Southern leaders were finally
released, partly because it was unlikely that a jury from Virginia, a Southern
Confederate state, would convict them. All the leaders were finally pardoned by
President Johnson in 1868 in an effort to help reconstruction efforts precede with as
little bitterness as possible.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. Wartime expenditures
B. Problems facing the United States after the war
C. Methods of repairing the damage caused by the war
D. The results of government efforts to revive the economy
2. The word "Staggering" is closest in meaning to
A. specialized B. confusing C. various D. overwhelming
3. The word "devastated" is closest in meaning to
A. developing B. ruined C. complicated D. fragile
4 According to the passage, which of the following statements about the damage in the
South is correct?
A. It was worse than in the North. B. The cost was less than expected.
C. It was centred in the border states. D. It was remedied rather quickly.
5. The passage refers to all of the following as necessary steps following the Civil War
EXCEPT
A. helping soldiers readjust B. restructuring industry
C. returning government to normal D. increasing taxes
6. The word "task" refers to
A. raising the tax level B. sensible financial choices
C. wise decisions about former slaves D.reconstruction of damaged areas
7. Why does the author mention a popular song ?

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A. To give an example of a Northern attitude towards the South
B. To illustrate the Northern love of music
C. To emphasize the cultural differences between the North and the South
D. To compare the Northern and Southern presidents
8. The word "them” refers to
A. charges B. leaders C. days D. irons
9. Which of the following can be inferred from the phrase "...it was unlikely that a jury
from Virginia, a Southern Confederate state, would convict them"?
A. Virginians felt betrayed by Jefferson Davis. B. A popular song insulted Virginia.
C. Virginians were loyal to their leaders.
D. All of the Virginia military leaders had been put in chains.

10. It can be inferred from the passage that President Johnson pardoned the Southern
leaders in order to
A. raise money for the North
B. repair the physical damage in the South
C. prevent Northern leaders from punishing more Southerners
D. help the nation recover from the war

IV. Read the text below carefully and then do the following exercises.
Testing 1, 2, 3, …
A. These are testing times. In both education and the field of work, the prevailing
wisdom apears to be: if it moves, test it and if doesn’t, well, test it anyway. I say wisdom,
but it has become rather an absession. In addition to the current obstacles, like GCSEs,
A-levels, GNVQs, ONDs, and HNDs, not to mention the interviews and financial hurdles
that school-leavers have to
overcome in order to access higher education, students are facing the threat of “new
tests”, Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SATs)
B. SATs are being imported from the United States, where they have been in use for
nearly a hundred years. As a supplement to A-levels, the tests purport to give students
from poor backgrounds a better chance of entering university. SATs are intended to
remove the huge social class bias that exists in British universities. But, in fact, they are,
no more than an additional barrier for students. The tests, which masquerade as IQ
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tests, are probably less diagnostic of student potential than existing examinations, and,
more seriously, are far from free of the bias that the supporters pretend.
C. First of all, as for any other tests, students will be able to take classes to cram for
SATs, which again will advantage the better-off. At a recent conference of the
Prefessional Association of Teachers, it was declared that school exams and tests are
biased toward middle-class children. Further, the content of the tests in question is not
based on sound scientific theory, merely on a pool of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs),
set up by a group of item writers.
D. The questions in SATs are tested on a representative sample of children. Those which
correlate with the school grades of the children are kept, and the rest discarded. This is
highly unsatisfactory. There is also evidence that in MCQs tests women are at a
disadvantage, because of the way they think, i.e. they can see a wider picture. And it is
worth noting that MCQs are only as good as the people who write them; so, unless the
writers are highly trained, those who are being tested are being judged against the
narrow limitations of the item writers.
E. Globalisation has introduced greater flexibility into the workplace, but the
educational system has not been so quick off the mark. But there are signs that times
are a changing. Previously, students took exams at the end of academic terms, or at fixed
dates periodically throughout the year. Now, language examinations like the TOEFL,
IELTs and the Pitman ESOL exams can be
taken much more frequently. The IELTs examination, for example, is run a test centre
throughout the world subject to demand. Where the demand is high, the test is held
more frequently. At present, in London, it is possible for students to sit the exam about
four times a week.
F. Flexible assessment like the IELTs has been mooted in other areas. It has been
suggested that the students may in future be able to walk into a public library or other
public building and take assessment test for a range of skills on a computer. The
computer will dispense an instant assessment and a certificate. The beauty of this
system is the convenience.
Questions 1 – 5: This reading passage has 6 paragraphs (A-F). Choose the most
suitable heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Write the
appropriate number (1-10) next to the paragraph. One of the headings has been
done for you.

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Note: There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use all of them.
YOU MAY USE ANY HEADING MORE THAN ONCE
0. Paragraph A ___9____ Paragraph B 3 Paragraph C 6
Paragraph D7 Paragraph E 2 Paragraph F 5
List of Headings
1. Assessment in the future
2. The theory behind MCQs
3. Problem with SATs
4. Misuse of testing in School
5. The need for computer assessment
6. The benefits of SATs
7. Testing in workplace
8. The sortcoming of MCQs
9. Too much testing
10. Flexibility in language tesing
Question 6- 10: Read the passage again and then decide whether the following
statements agree with the information in the reading or not. Write:
Yes if the statement agrees with the information in the passage.
No if the statement contradicts the information in the passage
No Information if there is no information about the statement in the passage.
Example:
0. SATs is the abbreviation of Scholastic Aptitude Tests .
Answer: Yes
6. In the fields of education and work the prevailing wisdom seems to be to test
everything. No
7. Research in genetics refutes the theory that people are predestined to follow certain
careers. Not given
8. Psychometric testing is favoured by headmaster and mistresses in many high schools.
Yes
9. The writer of this article is in favour of testing in general. No
10. According to the writer, students get benefits from SATs Yes

PART V. WRITING (50PS)

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I. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that the second sentence has the
same meaning as the first one.
1. Something must be done quickly to solve the problem of homelessness.
--> Urgent .................................................................................
2. I simply fail to understand some of my colleague‟s attitudes to work.
-->I have some colleagues attitude problem
3. I did not realize how much he was influenced by his brother.
-->I did not realize the extent of influence he was from his brother
4. Mass tourism has been one of the causes of the environmental problems.
-->Mass tourism is onw of the causes of the en viromental problems
5. It was six months since I stopped subscribing to that magazine.
-->I cancelled my subscribing to that’s magazaine six months ago
6. These books are on loan from the British Council library.
-->These books have ...................................................................
II. Rewrite the following sentences with the given words in such a way that the
second sentence has the same meaning as the first one. Do not change the form of
the word in brackets
1. These two makes of computer are practically the same. (hardly)
These two makes of computer are hardly different
2. His smooth manner didn’t deceive us. (taken)
We weren’t taken by his smooth manner
3. Everyone who spoke to the victim is a suspect. (under)
................................................................................................................................
4. The northwest of Britain has more rain each year than the southeast. (annual)
The northwest of of Britian has more rain annually than the southest
III. Write a composition about 200 – 250 words on the following topic:
“Written books are not needed because we can read almost everything on the Internet” . Do
you agree or disagree with this statement?
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