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PART 1: LISTENING

I. Detroit is a U.S. city that has been hit hard by poverty and dilapidation in recent decades. But its
citizens are working on a grassroots strategy to rejuvenate their city with urban farming. Listen to
the recording about urban farming in this city and fill in each blank with ONLY ONE WORD.
Write your answers in the box provided below. (5 marks)

Jackie Hunt comes to garden at D-Town Farm in Detroit just about every day. She says growing
(1)...................... is gratifying.
D-Town is a 1.6-hectare farm that grows 35 different kinds of fruit and vegetables. Volunteers plant
the farm together and in return get a discount on produce. Jackie says the aim is to give Detroit's
(2) .................... access to fresh food. "One of the things we can do by doing this, by having people
who don't farm, who don't have (3) ..................... in the back yard, have them come out here and see
how easy it is to plant whatever it is that's planted," she added.  "It's like simple.  You can do it in the
back yard. You can grow enough in the back yard to feed everybody."
And the farm serves another (4) .........................:  it unites the community.  Local residents help out at
the farm and that's important for the area, says Kwamena Mensah, D-Town's manager: "When there
is a community project going on, then the kids, they feel a sense of(5).. ........................," said
Mensah.  "They will look out if people just dump tires and stuff in the garden . They won't let people
steal the produce and everything. There are a lot of good things (6)...................... as a result of urban
farming in this city."
D-Town is not alone.  There are urban gardens all over Detroit - outside of offices, churches, at
community centers.  Some grow produce for sale, but for many, that is not the main (7) .....................
Patrick Crouch manages another urban farm called Earthworks: "They are really focused not
necessarily on (8)..........................., but on [there] being a space in which folks can grow food for
their families and themselves," said Crouch.  "Their focus is often times on (9) building, working
with youth. It really depends on their location what their focus is, but they are all over the place. It's
hard to go very far without noticing one." 
Crouch says poverty in Detroit has helped to spur urban food-growing.  Dilapidated buildings are
common and there are large tracts of unused space around the city, which he says are (10) ................
for urban farming.  But he says Detroit is not the only city where this is going on.
But with farms like D-Town around the city, Crouch says Detroit is at the vanguard of the movement.
Your answers:

1.1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5.

6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 8. 9. 9. 10.

II. Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks with the missing words (NO MORE THAN 3
WORDS/ blank). Write your answers in the box provided below. (5 marks)

On (1)........................................I was at Ascot races with my girlfriend, Isadora Bell. We left my flat
at 1 o'clock in my white Jaguar and drove to Ascot. We didn't stop for petrol but we had lunch in the
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pub, but it was (2) ..................................... London and Ascot. We had beer and sandwiches outside.
We arrived at the (3).................................. at 1:55 in time for the first race. We stayed there until the
last race at 5 o'clock. We were very lucky. I won a lot of money but I can't remember exactly how
much. That's why I had a lot of money in my flat when (4)................................... came to my flat at
5:30. I left Isadora in central London. She wanted to buy some clothes in (5)............................... I
don't know where she is now.
Your answers:

1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5.

III. Listen to a report of an accident and choose the correct answer for each of the following
questions. Write your answers in the box provided below.(5 marks)

1. The accident happened in...

A. Cambridge C. Cambridge street
B. the opposite corner D. a telephone box
2. The student wasn't driving carefully because ...
A. the traffic lights were green. C. he was looking at the girl
B. he was thinking about a bone D. his car was not expensive
3. When the dog saw the cat, ...
A. it stopped thinking about the bone C. it ran across the road
B. it ran quickly towards the Rolls Royce D. it ran away
4. The V.W crashed into the Rolls Royce because...
A. it tried to avoid running over the dog C. the student wanted to stop the Englishman
B. the Rolls Royce stopped suddenly D. both drivers were careless
5. When the girl saw the accident, she...
A. ran away as quickly as she could C. was sorry for the Englishman
B. called the police right away D. was sorry for the student
Your answers:

1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5.

PART II. CRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

I. Choose the best answer for each of the following questions. Write your answers in the box
provided below. (10 marks)

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1. I was disappointed that the restaurant had .............................. flowers on the table.
A. false B. artificial C. untrue D. forged
2. ................an Oscar last year, she's now one of the most powerful movie stars in the industry.
A. She won B. The winning of C. Having won D. To win
3. How did your .................go? Do you think you'll be offered the main part?
A. auditorium B. audition C. audience D. audit
4. Reports are coming in of a major oil spill in ............. Mediterranean.
A. a B. the C. Ø D. an
5. People can become very ................ when they are stuck in traffic for a long time.
A. bad-tempered B. nervous C. stressful D. depressed
6. Some crimes seem to be ...................in this country than in others.
A. much less common B. the least common C. too little common D. little common enough
7. You really ...............make such a mountain out of a molehill.
A. can't B. mightn't C. won't D. shouldn't
8. The doctor told Laura that she needed................on his arm.
A. operation B. cure C. surgery D. remedy
9. There's a pack of ........................vegetables in the freezer, I think.
A. freezing B. frozen C. icy D. iced
10. Susie and Francis ................in on us last night, so I had to quickly defrost a pizza.
A. turned B. came C. went D. dropped
11. I was very proud when I was told that I'd been made into a ..................
A. prefect B. pupil C. classmate D. student
12. I think you need to ............. your ideas more clearly so that the reader doesn't get confused.
A. dawn on B, get on with C. set out D. give in
13. It was.............from the most comfortable flight I've ever been on.
A. far B. further C. away D. way
14. The couple were finally .....................by the landlord after not paying rent for six months.
A. demolished B. evicted C. evacuated D. rejected
15. Who was the receptionist ..........................the phone at the time?
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A. answering B. having answered C. was answering D. to answer
16. .............quickly we ran, we just couldn't catch up with the van.
A. Although B. Much C. Even D. However
17. Britain has been in the European Community for more than 30 years. ....................., there are still
occasional calls for its withdrawal.
A. However B. Even though C. Despite D. In spite of
18. It was ............... a victory that even Smith's fans couldn't believe it.
A. such surprising B. surprising enough C. too surprising D. so surprising
19. No sooner ....................everyone started to gossip about him.
A. had Mike left than B. did Mike leave than C. Mike had left than D. left Mike when
20. I work such long hours that I don't really have time for much of a .................... life.
A. friendly B. outgoing C. social D. free
Your answers:

1.1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5.

6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 8. 9. 9. 10.

111. 112. 13. 14. 1 15.

16. 17. 18. 19. 120.

II. Find 10 spelling errors in the following passage and write the correct spelt words in the box
provided below. (5 marks)
FOOD FAME
Henry John Heinz, the founder of the gigantic food processing and canning empire that bears his
name, was born in 1844 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of German immigrant parents. When he was 25,
he formed a partnership with an old family freind, Larry Noble, selling horseradish sauce in clear
glass jars (priviously, green glass had disgiused the dishonest practice or of substituting the
horseradish with other vegetables). So began the Heinz reputation for quality and honesty. There
products were also sold with the promise that they did not contain artificial flavors and colors, long
before such facters were thought desirable. Heinz and Noble steadily added other lines, including
pickles, and in 1876, Heinz formed an other company with his brother and a cousin. One of his first
products made was ketchup, a food found in every American household. This had previously been
made on a domestic scale and involved the whole family stirring a hugh pot over an enormous open
fire for an entire day. The business was sufficiently successful by 1886 for the Heinz family to visit
Europe. The company sold it's first products in Britain to an exclusive London store, astonishing them
by daring to enter througth the front door, rather than the tradesmens entrance, as was expected at that
time.
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Your answers:

1.1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5.

6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 8. 9. 9. 10.

III. Fill in each blank with a suitable PREPOSITION or PARTICLE. Write the answers in the box
provided below. (5 marks)
1. Everyone complemented her..............the wonderful buffet she's laid on.
2. The meat was well-cooked, but the sauce was totally lacking .................flavor.
3. Karen's very careful ...........how much salt she has.
4. I don't think people should be allowed to perform experiments..........animals.
5. Many lives were saved....................the introduction of antibiotics.
6. My grandfather's over 95 and is...........pretty poor health these days.
7. He tried to talk me...........buying that house.
8. We shouldn't bring Tommy ......on our discussion; otherwise, he will waste our time with silly
suggestions.
9. Jimmy was taking..........his maths teacher when unfortunately she walked in and caught him.
10. I got Tom.......to repair the lawn-mower.
Your answers:

1.1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5.

6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 8. 9. 9. 10.

IV. Give the correct form of each word given in the parenthesis. Write the correct words in the box
provided below. (5 marks)
1. The chances against this kind of unusual ................................are very high. (OCCUR)
2. I'm not convinced that there's a ...................link between pollution and global warming. (CAUSE)
3. The..............of the cliffs by the sea has completely changed the landscape. (ERODE)
4. Female animals have an ...............need to protect their young. (INSTINCT)
5. The police are investigating the ..............disappearance from the zoo of a number of animals.
(MISTERY)
6. We knew that getting between the whale and the ship was ................., but it was the only way to
stop them hunting. (RISK)
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7. What's your .................of the situation? (ASSESS)
8. We have to wait for.................conditions to launch the boat. (FAVOUR)
9. The expedition travelled miles in search of the ..............mountain gorilla. (ELUDE)
10. Following the .............of the volcano, hundreds of villages were destroyed. (ERUPT)
Your answers:

1.1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5.

6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 8. 9. 9. 10.

V. Read the following passage and fill in each blank with a appropriate word. Write the word in the
box provided below. (10 marks)
Most people know that cigarette smoking is (1)……............to their health.Scientific research shows
that it can (2)……............…many kinds of diseases. In fact, many people(3)……........…smoke get
lung cancer. Doctors believe that it may also cause lung cancer in people who (4)………not smoke.
Nonsmokers often breathe in the smoke from(5)…..........…….people’s cigarette. This is secondhand
smoking. Smoking is the number one killer in the African-American community. Adult black males
have a greater (6)........................ of dying from cigarettes (7)............... adult white males. This is
partly because black males are (8)..................... likely to smoke mentholated cigarettes like
Newports, Kools, and Salems and higher tar and nicotine brands. Mentholated cigarettes are
particularly dangerous because the smoke is pulled deeper (9)....................... the lungs. Therefore,
they(10)……..passed laws that prohibit people from smoking in many public places.

Your answers:

1.1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5.

6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 8. 9. 9. 10.

PART III. READING

I. Read the following passage and choose the suitable words (A, B, C or D) to fill in the blanks.
Write your answers in the box provided bellow. (10 marks)

The language of Tears

The ability to weep is a uniquely human form of emotional response. Some scientists have suggested
that human tears are evidence of an aquatic past- but this does not seem very likely We cry from the
moment we enter this (1)......................., for a number of reasons. Helpless babies cry to inform their
parents that they are ill, hungry or uncomfortable. As they (2)................., they will also cry just to
attract parental attention and will often stop when they get it.
The idea that having a good cry can do you (3).................is a very old one and now it has scientific
validity since recent research into tears has shown that they (4)..............a natural painkiller called
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enkaphalin. By (5) .............sorrow and pain this chemical helps you to feel better. Weeping can
increase the quantities of enkaphalin you produce.
Unfortunately, in our society we impose restrictions upon this naturally (6)................activity. Because
some people still regard it as a (7)..................of weakness in men, boys in particular are admonished
when they cry. This kind of repression can only increase stress, both emotionally and physically.
Tears of emotion also help the body (8)................. itself of toxic chemical waste, for there is more
protein in them than in tears resulting from cold winds or other irritants. Crying comforts, calms and
can be very enjoyable - (9).........................the popularity of the highly emotional films which are
commonly (10)...................."weepies". It seems that people enjoy crying together almost as much as
laughing together.
1. A. world B. place C. earth D. space
2. A. evolve B. change C. develop D. alter
3. A. better B. fine C. good D. well
4. A. contain B. retain C. hold D. keep
5. A. struggling B. fighting C. opposing D. striking
6. A. curing B. treating C. healing D. improving
7. A. hint B. symbol C. feature D. sign
8. A. release B. rid C. loosen D. expel
9. A. consider B. remark C. distinguish D. regard
10. A. named B. entitled C. subtitled D. called
Your answers:

1.1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5.

6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 8. 9. 9. 10.

II. Read the following passage and choose A, B, C or D to answer the questions. Write your
answers in the box provided below. (10 marks)
MODERN SURGERY
The need for a surgical operation , especially an emergency operation, almost always
comes as a severe shock to the patient and his family. Despite modern advances, most people still
have an irrational fear of hospitals and anesthetics. Patients do not often believe they really need
surgery- cutting into a part of the body as opposed to treatment with drugs.
In the early years of the twentieth century there was little specialisation in surgery. A good
surgeon was capable of performing almost every operation that had been devised up to that time.
Today the situation is different. Operations are now being carried out that were not even dreamed
of 60 years ago. The heart can be safely opened and its valves required. Clogged blood vessels can
be cleaned out, and broken ones mended or replaced. A lung, the whole stomach, or even part of

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the brain can be removed and still permit the patient to live a comfortable and satisfactory life.
However, not every surgeon wants to, or is qualified to carry out every type of modern operation.
The scope of surgery has increased remarkably. Its safety has increased too. The hospital stay after
surgery has been shortened to as a week for most major operation.
Many developments in modern surgery are almost incredible. They include the replacement
of damaged blood vessels with stimulated ones made of plastic; the replacement of heart valves
with plastic substitutes; the transplanting of tissues such as the lens of the eye; the invention of the
artificial kidney to clean the blood of poisons at regular intervals and the development of heart and
lung machines to keep patients alive during very long operations. All theses things open a hopeful
vista for the future of surgery.
One of the most revolutionary areas of modern surgery is that of organ transplants. Until a
few years ago, no person, except an identical twin, was able to accept into his body the tissues of
another person without reacting against them and eventually killing them. recently, however, it has
been discovered that with the use of X-ray and special drugs, it is possible to graft tissues from one
person to another which will survive for periods of a year or more. Kidney’s have been
successfully transplanted between non- identical twins. Heart and lung transplants have been
reasonably successful in animals, though rejection problems in humans have yet to be solved.
“Spare parts” surgery, the simple routine replacement of all worn-out organs by new ones,
is still a dream of the distant future. As yet, surgery is not ready for such miracles. In the
meantime, you can be happy if your doctor says to you: “Yes, I think it is possible to operate ”.
1. Most people are afraid of being operated on _______________
A. in spite of improvements in modern surgery
B. because they think modern drugs are dangerous
C. because they do not believe they need anesthetics
D. unless it is an emergency operation
2. Surgeons in the early years of the 20th century, compared with modern ones, ____________
A. has less to learn about surgery B. needed more knowledge
C. could perform every operation known today D.were more trusted by their parents.
3. Open heart surgery has been possible ____________________.
A. only in the last sixty years B. from prehistoric
C. since the nineteenth century D. since the invention of valves
4. A patient can still live a comfortable and satisfactory life, even after the removal of
___________
A. his brain B. his lungs
C. a major organ such as the stomach or one lung D. part of the stomach or the whole liver
5. Modern surgeons ___________________
A. do not like to perform operations of the new type
B. are not as highly as the new type
C. are obliged to specialize more than their predecessors
D. often perform operations which are not really needed
6. The word irrational in the passage can best be replaced by ____________
A. logical B. understandable C. unreasonable D. unusual
7. Some of the more astonishing innovations in modern surgery include_____________
A. ear, nose and throat transplants B. valves plastic hearts
C. les transplants D. plastic heart valves
8. The main difficult with organ transplants is _______________
A. it is difficult to find organs of exactly the same size
B. their body’s tendency to reject alien tissues
C. only identical twins can give permission for their organs to be exchanged
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9. “Spare parts” surgery_____________________
A. will be available in the near future B. is only possible for the animals
C. has been replaced by modern drug treatment D. has yet to become a reality
10. You can be happy if your surgeon can operate because it means ___________
A. he thinks your condition may be curable B. he is s good doctor
C. he knows you will survive D. you are getting better already

Your answers:

1.1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5.

6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 8. 9. 9. 10.

III. You are going to read some true stories about the 5 animals. Which animal do you think goes
best with description? You may not need one description. (5 marks)
A. An animal that healed someone who was depressed.
B. An animal that died of a broken heart.
C. An animal that refused to be separated from another animal in the same house
D. An animal that knew when its owner was coming home.
E. An animal that loved classical music
F. An animal that accidentally deleted some valuable files on a computer.
1. STORY 1
Mr. and Mrs. Roper live near London with their son, Robert, and a mynah bird called Sammy. Robert
travels a lot in his work and he is sometimes away for weeks or even months. He doesnt alwwats tell
his parents when he is coming home, but he doesn't need to. Mr. and Mrs. Roper always know when
their son is going to arrive because Sammy starts calling "Robbie" a few hours before Robert walks
through the door.
2. STORY 2.
In France, a man had to move to a new job two hundred kilometers away. He owned a dog and a cat
and he loved them both. But he thought that the cat would prefer to stay in the same house with new
owners. So he moved house and only took the dog. About three weeks later, the dog suddenly
disappeared. For several days, the man looked for his dog but didn't find him. Then, seven weeks
later, the dog turned up... but he was not alone. By his side was the cat. They were tired and hungry
after their long journey, and the cat's paws were bleeding. But they recovered quickly and were never
separated again.
3. STORY 3
Bill Bowell, a retired manager, was suffering from depression. The doctor gave him antidepressants,
but they didn't help, and he was unable to work for twelve years. Then he decided to swim with the
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dolphins. "My life changed forever", says Bowell. "A dolphin called Simo looked into my eyes for a
few minutes and I started to cry. All my emotions erupted like a volcano. As I cried, Simo put his
head on my chest and stayed very still". After swimming with dolphins Bowell says he has fully
recovered.
4. STORY 4
A bank worker in San Francisco decided to take his Siamese cat, Morris, into his work with him one
day. While the man was speaking on the telephone, Morris walked across the keyboard of his
computer and accidentally keyed in a secret code that deleted files worth $ 100, 000. As you can
imagine, the man's employers were not amused.
5. STORY 5
While travelling in the north of England some years ago, my husband and I stopped in a quiet place
for a picnic and played some Mozart on a CD player. After a few minutes we looked up and realized
that we were surrounded by cows who were listening to the music. When the Mozart was finished, we
put on a CD of modern music. The cows immediately turned round and walked off.
Your answers:

1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5.

IV. Read the following passage and fill in the gaps with suitable sentences provided below to make
a complete article. One is EXTRA. (5 marks)
A. But he had no idea that the trickle would become a flood, a deluge of humanity that would destroy
his dream.
B. By 1850, he was a ruined man.
C. The gold rush is the story of thousands of ordinary people willing to take.
D. They were called "Forty-niners" because they left home in 1849.
E. The discovery, he declared, was a fact. Within days "gold fever" descended on the country.
F. He wanted an agricultural empire and refused to alter his vision.
GOLD FEVER
In 1848, when gold was discovered in California, John Sutter was already one of the wealthiest
people in the state. (1)....................................................
A private empire
Sutter was a Swiss immigrant who came to California in 1839, intent on building his own private
empire. At that time, the state was a distant outpost that only a handful of Americans had seen. San
Francisco had just a few hundred residents. Sutter built a fort, and soon he had 12,000 head of cattle
and hundreds of workers.

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By the mid-1840s, more and more Americans were trickling into California by wagon and ship.
Sutter welcomed the newcomers: he saw them as subjects for his new kingdom. (2)...........................
Discovery
At the beginning of 1848, Sutter sent James Marshall and about twenty men to the American River to
build a sawmill. It was nearly complete when a glint of something caught Marshall's eye. Later he
wrote: "I reached my hand down and picked it u; it made my heart thump, for I was certain it was
gold. The piece was about half the size and shape of a pea. Then I saw another."
The "Forty-niners"
By the end of the year, whispers of a gold strike had drifted eastward across the country- but few
easterners believed it until President James Polk made a statement to Congress on December 5th
1848. (3)..........................................
The news was telegraphed to every village, to every town. Hundreds of thousands of people, almost
all of them men, began to prepare for the epic journey west. They sold possessions, mortgaged farms,
borrowed money, and banded together with others from their towns to form joint stock companies.
They said their goodbyes and streamed west- thousands of young adventures willing to take a chance
on gold: a year of pain in return for a lifetime of riches. (4)........................................When they would
return was another matter entirely.
By early 1849, gold fever was an epidemic. By the end of 1850, Sutter's grand empire had completely
collapsed. Sutter did not have gold fever. (5).............................................In the new California, he was
simply in the way. The Forty-niners trampled his crops and tore down his fort for the building
materials. Disillusioned, he eventually left the state. The man who had had the best opportunity to
capitalize on the discovery of gold never even tried.
Your answers:

1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5.

PART IV. WRITING

I. Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap.(5 marks)
1. The government is considering a new law to ban smoking following new research. considered
A new law to ban smoking..........................................................................................following new
research.
2. I'm not so keen on skiing now I've discovered snowboarding. gone
I've .........................................................................since I discovered snowboarding.
3. People walked more fifty years ago than they do now. would
Fifty years ago, ....................................................................than they do now.
4. Some people don't respect the law. have
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Some people ..........................................................................the law.
5. The judge told the jury to consider the man's past life. account
The judge told the jury to .................................................................the man's past life.
II. Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meaning. (5 marks)
1. Photographs are not permitted under any circumstances.
Under................................................................................................................
2. What would you do if you had a million euros?
Suppose.............................................................................................................................
3. Not many people want this type of bank account.
There is..........................................................................................................................
4. Elaine tasted the curry for me to see how hot it was.
I...........................................................................................................................
5. It's a waste of time looking at that website.
There is..............................................................................................................
III. Write a paragraph about the advantages of being the only child in the family. (about 200
words) (10 marks)

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