ery ese ey For questions 1-8, read the text below and dacide which answer (A, B, C or D) best cess wikis fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Roce s ee Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. ing PAPER 4 Speaking impact © difference D consequence The importance of a name Have you ever thought about the (0)... your name has on the way others perceive you? A recent study by Dr Simon Laham from the University of Melbourne and Dr Adam Alter from New York University Stern Business School reveels that people with 'easy-to-pronounce’ names tend to be (1) ....... more positively than those with ‘difficult-to-pronounce’ names. The researchers found thet people with more easily pronounceable names were more likely to be (2) ...... upon favourably for political office, and that lawyers with easier sounding names madte their way up the career (3) «faster. Surnames from a wide range of nationalities were used in the study, and researchers stressed that preferences were not (4)... due to the length of a name ‘or how unusual it was, but rather how easy it was to say. Dr Laham believes the research highlights the kind of (6) ..... thinking is (6) preferences that are both trivial end subtle. An appreciation of this may lead to more that our everyday to. The wider (7) ....» is that our decisions are often shaped by impartial, fairer thinking and (8) ....... of other people. 1 A evaluated B reckoned © figured D determined 2 A put B looked © called D come 3 A order B stairs © scale D ladder 4 A barely B hardly € plainly D merely 5 A angles B biases © weights D turns 6 A subject B obliged © conditioned obedient 7 A-connotation —_B association implication _D_ manifestation 8 A attention B regard € treatment D notice Cambriage Enstish: Advance Test 6 »> PAPER 1 Reacing and Use of Englisn >» Part 109