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CAE Test 7 Paper 1 ~ Reading and Use of English .......... Paper 2~ Writing Paper 3 ~ Listening CAE Test 2 Paper 1 ~ Reading and Use of English Paper 2~ Writing .... Paper 3- Listening ...... CAE Test 3 Paper 1 ~ Reading and Use of English Paper 2-Writing .. Paper 3~ Listening . CAE Test 4 Paper 1 ~ Reading and Use of English Paper 2- Writing ........05 Paper 3 ~ Listening . CAE Test 5 Paper 1 ~ Reading and Use of English Paper 2- Writing ....... Paper 3 ~ Listoning CAE Test 6 Paper 1 ~ Reading and Use of English Paper 2 - Writing ae oe Paper 3- Listening Further Exam Practice ~ Reading and Use of English 2.20 p.22 p28 p40 p42 48 p.60 p.62 p68 p80 p88 p. 100 p. 102 p. 108 p. 120 122 . 127Paper 4 ~ Speaking Tests Sample Answer Sheets .......... Appendix 1 — Word and Preposition Combinations 2—Collocations and idioms 3—Word Formation Tables .. 4 Punctuation and Spelling... 5 ~ Functional Phrases for the Speaking Test . p97 p. 149 p. 154 p. 187 p. 189 p. 182 p. 163“GAB Practice Tests contains six complete tests eee ig help. students to propare. for the | University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations ee isin Advancod English (CAB) examination S testa offer comprehensive practice in all four ‘papers of the examination and reflect the most Fecent CAB specifications (introduced for January UGE Ghee providing studonta with the tools to Gevelop the skills required to succeed in this " gyamination and obiain the CAE qualification, CAE Proctice Tests includes a wide range of stimulating, authentic toxts in examination format, listening _ feats with authenticated rocordings and a variety of “gecents, and full-colour visual material for the ‘Speaking Paper. the book provides a detailed overview of the CAE | examination, with a description ofall the sections of, each paper, exam guidance sections and further ‘sam practice for Paper 1 ~ Reading and Use of "Bniglish followed by useful Appendices as well as Sample OMR Answer Sheets at the back of the book. All tests contain helpful exam tips and reminders. ‘The Teacher's Book contains all the Student’s Book | material, Logether with over-printed answers, model weriten answers for the Writing Paper, audioscripts ‘of the recorded material for the Listening Paper, and | guidelines for the Spaking Test, © About CAE ‘Cambridge English: Advanced (CAB) is the fourth level in the Cambridge ESOL five-level series of ‘Exams, It is a high lovel qualification that is "officially recognised by governments, employers and | universities. Tt can also serve as a useful step in & © IDCAR there are four Papers as shown below: developing, Ianguage skills necessary for the CPE. examination, Starting in 2015, the CAB is graded on the ‘Cambridge English Seale, which provides clearer and more detailed information about where candidates fall within each level and grade, and shows how the exams overlap and how performance ‘on one exam relates to performance on another. Commontumpe Canta Cananen Cananee Cane wiemnesn ‘Sein Attend PeePAPER f wee READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (hour 30 mins) ‘This paper has eight parts with 56 questions. Parts 1 to 4 contain tasks with @ grammar and vocabulary focus and Parts 5 to 8 contain a range of texts and reading comprehension tasks. Paper 1 contains texts with a total of ‘3000-9500 words. Part 4 ~ Multiple-choice cloze ‘A multiple-choice cloze of approximately 150 words containing 8 gaps and followed by 8 four-option multiple choice answers. Hach correct answer receives 1 mark Test focus: vocabulary, e.g. idioms, collocations, fixed phrases, complementation, phrasal verbs, semantic precision Part 2 Open cloze A modified open cloze of approxionately 150 words ‘containing 8 gaps, Bach correct answer receives 1 mark. Test focus: awareness and control of grammar with some ‘vocabulary Part 3 - Word formation One text of approximately 150 words, Words must be formed to complete the gaps using the given prompt words, Each correct answer receives 1 mark, Test focus: affivation, internal changes and compounding in. word formation Part 4 - Key word transformation ‘Six questions which consist of a lead-in sentence and a ‘gapped second sentence to be completed with 3 to 6 words, including a given key word which must not be changed. Bach correct answer receives up to 2 marks. ‘Test focus: grammar, vocabulary and collocation Part § ~ Multiple choice: ‘Along text followed by 6 four-option multiple-choice questions. Each correct answer receives 2 marks. Test focus: detail, opinion, tone, purpose, main idea, implication, attitude, fest organisation features Part 6 ~ Cross-text multiple matching Four short texts, followed by 4 mulliple-matching questions. Each correct answer receives 2 marks. ‘Test focus: understanding opinion and attitudes; comparing ‘and contrasting across texte Part 7 ~ Gapped text ‘A.gapped text with 6 missing paragraphs. Bach correct answer receives 2 marks. Test focus: text structure, cohesion and coherence Part 8 ~ Multiple matching A text or soveral short texts proveded by 10 multiple- ‘matching questions. Each correct answer receives 1 mark. ‘Tost focus: specific information, detail, opinion and attitude PAPER 2 [a warrma ‘Tai paper has two pats, Each part requines an answer of 20:60 words, Part One compulory essay based on given input. TTeat focus: may include cotuating, expressing opinions, sgpothessing,juatiping, ceamparing, recommending, supporting, ef Tasks wil aboayatelude an element of pat (four 39 mins) Pan 2 One tnsk from a ehoiee of tree. Task types include letters, proposals, reports and reviews. Test focus: comparing, giving opinions, persuading, justifying, giving advice, describing, evaluating, ‘ypothesising judging priorities (2 or more of these as specified in task) PAPER 2 a LISTENING ‘This paper has four parts with 30 questions. All parts are heard t7c0, Part 1 ~ Muttiple choice ‘Three short unrelated exchanges with two multiple-choice {questions for each Test focus: feeling, attitude, opinion, purpose, function, agresment, gist, ee Part 2- Sentence completion ‘A monologue with 8 sentence-complstion questions. est focus: specific information, stated opinion Part 3 = Multiple choice A conversation between 2 or mare speakers with 6 multiple: chien questions, Test focus: attitude and opinion Part 4~ Multiple matching ‘A series of five short extracts with two multiple-matehing tasks, ‘Test focus: gis, attitude, main points, interpreting context PAPER 4 oe SPEAKING (Approximately 15 minutes) ‘This paper contains four parts, and is taken by the ‘candidates in pairs with two examiners present, One of the ‘examiners acts ns Interlocutor and the ather one 2s ‘Aacessor. Part 1 ~ Interviow ‘A conversation betwen the Interlooutar and each candidate, “Test focus: general interactional andl social language Part 2~ Long turn Individual T-minuto Tong turn’ for each candidate with a briet 30 second response from 2nd candidate. Hach candidate is given 3 visual stimuli with questions, Test focus: organising a larger unit of discourse, eamparing, desoribing, expressing opinions, speculating Part 9 Collaborative task "Two-way conversation between the candidates, The candidates are given spoken instructions with written stimuli, which are used in a decision-making task. Test focus: exchanging ideas, expressing and justifying opinions, agreeing and/or disagreving, suggesting, ‘speculating, reaching a decision through negotiation, ete Part 4~ Discussion ‘A conversation hetween the candidates and the Interloeutor related to the topic introduced in Part 3 ‘Test focus: expressing and Justifying opinions, agreeing ‘and or disagreeing (Approximately 40 minutes"PART Exam apg For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, © or D) best fits ‘each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0) Remember that all four options could ‘Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. ] be simiar in 2 meaning, but only Example: one can beusedin 9 q method —B process © way D procedure ‘the context. q RAINMAKING} The O) sare 1 of making rain is simpler than you might think, As warm, moisture-laden air Deco from the surface of the Barth, it cools and some of the moisture (2) i injo tiny droplets surrounding microscopic particles such as dust and smoke in the air, Forming clouds. The science of weather modification is now big (3) sscsseee« Using radar and sensitive equipment that (4) ......c.sservseeunne atthospheric changes, weather modifiers fly above or ‘below the clouds and spray them with billions of minute particles known as seeding agents. These then ‘attract’ tiny water droplets which (5) around each one. When enough droplets are attached, precipitation ~ the third and final (6) ....sssssceenessesseee i the process which returns water to the earth’s surface — occurs, and it rains, Current weather manipulation technology only allows scientists to “encourage” a cfoud that is (D) sessesoservesensseves HEAVY to produce rain. Some more ambitious scientists foresee a day when they will be able to manufacture rain from blue skies, but this is stil in the fat (8) ...se.eso future, 1A grows B raises ¢ its D rises 2 A condenses ——_—B evaporates transforms groups 3A commerce B industry © trade D business 4 A takes off B picks up © catcheson puts across 8 A gather B fasten © converge D stick 6 A dlvision B stage © period D level 7 A sufficiently B specifically © splendidly satisfactorily 8 A detached B distant ¢ Isolated D remoteFor questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (@). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. evo [3] FELTUPABT ¢ Exam slip For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an First identify what example at the beginning (0) part of speech is ‘given as a prompt Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. ‘word and then think wt of 7 E iret soawnteens, Samo [0] “e)x[PTaiN|s|! [ols [ 0 ST HILDA’S COLLEGE oe Teaching Vacancies Due to the (0)... .. of our sixth form department, we EXPAND are currently recruiting teachers with a(n) (17) . : SPECIAL in ‘A’ level Catering, Childcare or Psychology. St Hilda’s College is a(n) (18) ... : secondary DEPEND school for girls. Our (19)... teense designed IMAGINE syllabus places an emphasis on (20) . ee VOCATION ‘education. You should have @ (21) ss... _.. tack record in teaching PROVE at ‘A’ level standard for at least three years. Teachers with less experience than this will be considered to have (22) SUFFICE ‘qualifications for the positions we are seeking to fil (23) tssssseee With experience in the development and APPLY delivery of innovative curriculum programmes will have a distinct advantage, as will those who can demonstrate a(n) (24)... . WILL, to participate in extra-curricular activities. For further information and an application form, please contact Mrs Jessica Beaumont on: 0208-427-7721.For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a simitar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the word given. Here is an example (0). Example: © He always gives the impression that he’s very confident. ACROSS Ho always. very confident. Tho gap can be filled by the words ‘comes across as being’, so you write: Example: [0] [COMES ACROSS AS BEING Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. 25 'm sure Sarah didn’t mean to hurt your feelings. INTENTION Pm sure Sarah . sensmnnence Your Foaling. 26 Andrew's behaviour was unforgivable. EXCUSE ‘There's .. wn Andrew behaved. 27 We need the public's support for the project to work. SUCCEED Whether the projact public's support. seinen, OM HHO 28 | usually drink a cup of coffee first thing in the morning HABIT Va : ..€ cup of coffee first thing in the morning. 29 "What would you do if you were me?” he asked her. act He asked her in his position. 80 There isn't much chance that Sue will win the race. PROSPECTS Sue's .-- quite stim.‘Vatspored into a word more vd than my ‘PART 5 You are going to read a magazine article about historical biography. For questions 31-36, choose the answer (A, B, G or D) which you think fits best according to the text. ality to canvey this sensation is | believe, a the heart matter, you, the biographer, don't thrill to your jet, you can hardly in all faimess exec the reader todo “59. in-a sense (not, of course, the commercial sense) the choice of subject is irelevant so long as it meets that requirement, You could say that | was extremely lucky to choose Mary Queen of Scots for my fis foray since there proved to be a worldwide audience fr the troubles of the i faled Queen. But you could argue equally that | made iy ‘own luc, since | had always been obsessed by Mary's story from childhood. Nor was success foreardaned. twas, after al, the leading publisher Mark Bonham Carter of (then) Collins who said to. me when {confessed my project, "They ‘say that all books on Mary Queen of Scots sell and no books ‘8 South America do,” before adding with a laugh, "Perhaps yours wl be the exception." Nevertheless | did have luck. In the 605, so-called narrative biography was said to be out of fashion. Mary ‘Qucen of Scots was an early beneficiary fromthe fact that the public continued to have an appetite frit, so Tong as the research was fet to be solid “The actual research fora biography novr that’s a whole ‘other matter. The paramount need for it - historical truth, Maric your answers on the separate answer sheet. “eal on; the other nat, One needs _ mote closely Her | speak rom pe of chances led me to cscovering “lattes: of Oliver Cromwell just ‘manuscript |blazoned my finds actoss the texts onty 10 ‘eale a the prof stage that they might be unpublished but they were not ey important in the grand scheme ofthis ah expensive mistake, : Where the pes and pleasures of welling historical biography are concerned, thee are two pers which seem to ime to rae points of principle. The fist is the patl of ‘anachronistic judgements For example, in the 16th century ine 6 more or less everybody tod astrology serious and more or less everybody enjoyed a jolly afternoon out to see the bears baited. I's no good dismissing the former as meaningless and cringing from the later as dsgusting. | would further cite the perl of hindsight. We may know that Henry Vil wil mary sx times, bute didnt, and he would have ben amazed fit had been predicted atthe time of his rst marrage to Catherine of Aragon. ‘And. the pleasures? Manifold! Principal among them however: the opportunity to lead a if less ordinary. Asa biographer, | can rule over Kingdoms, led the caval into bate, patonise the reat artists ofthe past and all without leaving my chairYou ate going to read four reviews of a popular British television series. For questions 37-40, choose from the reviews A-D. The reviews may be chosen more than once. Qyenden's illustrations of familiar polar bears and black thinos, and less familar takahes and nyalas, and ‘wonder whether | could do anything to help. Published | by the Wildlife Youth Service, part of Peter Scot's WMF, it was a call to action for young folk. Trouble is, BB ve haven't fully listened to it. The book's dustjacket BB cords that about 1,000 animal species were faced = with extinction at the time of publication. Today, the - World Conservation Union's Red list of animals about ich to be concered contains over 16,000 entries : How to be a Bad Birdwatcher by Simon Barnes You know the feeling: you're reading a book, and as "you turn every page you're nodding in agreement, as ~ the writer has popped into your head and committed Your own thoughts to paper. This is one of those ical Tait, editor of ‘Going, Going, Gone?’ an ilustrated compilation of 100 animals and plants in danger of. books. It's about being a normal birdwatcher, reasonably knowledgeable, constantly passionate, but often a bit confused as to what you've seen or heard, and with the vague feefing that everyone else you're with knows so much more. It's the book for those of us who find birdwatching pleasurable, not competitive, and it's terribly funny to boot. | always smile now when 1 see a spartowhawk, | urge you to read this book to find out why. : Field Guide to the Dragonffies and Damselflies of Great Britain and Northern ireland by Steve Brooks and Richard Lewington You can't have a list of wildlife books without including @ guide book. I've gone for this excellent little number, partly hecause it's clearly writen and ‘well laid out, partly because it's superbly illustrated, but mainly because a whole new world has opened up forme since buying it f you've never looked closely at nature before, this book will set you in the right direction, and | guarantee that as you get to know these fascinating creatures you'll have new marvels to understand and enjoy every time you take a summer walk. E: The Future of Life by Edward Wilson Here's a fascinating book which is a great example of conservation-based writing, The ecological debate will always rage on ~ should mankind continue to experiment with new sciences and discoveries, or are ‘we destroying our world and ourselves inthe process ~ and Wilson gets to the heart of the arguments superbly, driven by a constant love of the animals with which we share the planet. Agree with him or not, he's a stimulating writer and this is stimulating bookcea i Both parts of Paper 2 take the same number of marks, 80 spend the same length of time on each one. PAPER 2 - WRITING ‘You must answer this question. Write your answer in 220-260 words in an appropri style on the separate answer sheet. 5 1. Your class has attended a discussion group about how to reduce stress. You ha made the notes below: Write an essay discussing two of the ways in your notes to reduce stress. You shoul ‘explain which way you think is better, giving reasons in support of your answer. ‘You may, if you wish, make use of the opinions expressed in the discussion, but you = should use your own words as far as possible.Write an answer to one of the questions 2-4 in this part. Write your answer in 220-260 words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question umber in the box at the top of the page. 2 You have recently come back from a four-day school trip to another country. Your teacher has asked you to write a report about your experiance. Your report should ‘evaluate the trip, explaining which parts of the trip were most beneficial to your ‘education, and suggest improvements for next year's trip. Write your report. 3 You have been asked by a popular website to write a review of a magazine or newspaper that you have read recently. You should explain which kinds of readers ‘the publication is most likely to appeal to, and what aspects you liked or disliked about it. You should also suggest at least one way in which you fee! the publication could be improved. Write your review. 4 You work at a company that produces food products. Your manager has identified 2 company in Britain which may be interested in importing your company’s products. You have been asked to write a letter to the director of this company persuading them to buy your products. Your letter should explain what is special or Unique about your products, and give reasons why the British company will benefit by importing your products. Waite your letter, You do not need to include postal addresses.Exam ips Read through the auesions very caretuly before you ten and thik about what you are being asked to listen for 9 the speaker's purpose atitudes & prions, or what wo speaker agree on, PAPER 3 - LISTENING ar You will hear three different extracts. For questions 1-6, choose the {A,B or ©) which fits best according to what you hear. There are two question for each extract,exam ai You will bo able to read and listen to the instructions. They will sive you a good idea Of the context of the recorded information ‘and also explain the listening task. You'll hear an artist called Freya Norton talking about her work. For questions 7-14, ‘complete the sentences with a word or short phrase,eee ‘You will hear part of an interview with two travel writers called Owen Griffiths and Janet Groen. For questions 15-20, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. 45 Owen feels well suited to a career as a travel writer because ‘A he has the determination to succeed. B he finds it easy to adjust to new places. © he believes he has the right ski, D he isn’t ready to settie down. 46 What was Janet's attitude towards her first newspaper job? ‘A. She was grateful to have the chance to prove herself. B She was relieved to finally find a steady job. © She believed it would help her achieve a goal. D She was excited about where it might lead, 17 Why did Janet write a travel piece in Vietnam? ‘A. Sho was unsure whether or not her boss had asked for one, B She knew that something needed to be written urgently © She made a sudden decision to write it while she was there. D She believed the newspaper might publish it, 18 According to Owen, in order for a travel pieoe to be successful A. it needs to strike the correct balance in style. B thas to appeal to all potential readers. it should be constructed like a short story. D it must convey the writer's enthusiasm for the place. 19. Owen suggests that good travel writers A are selective about what they include. B usually only need to write one draft. © always go on remarkable journeys, D understand the needs of editors. 20 Janet and Owen agree that aspiring travel writers ‘A need to have realistic expectations. B. should try something adventurous. © must seek out useful contacts. D should concentrate on writing about local places.Exam fig ‘You will hear five short extracts in which people talk about their jobs. Make sure you read While you listen you must complete both tasks. both tasks before you listen for the frst time.Exom slip Itaverd is being tested, look for structural factors, lke prepositions, which are needed to produce gp enduro the meaning that fits ‘the sttustion. For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, Cor D) best each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Mat your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: B experience ¢ suffer 1A B 2a B cistinguished 3 A arrangement —_B series 4 A lately B strongly 5 A instances B cases 6 A picked up B noted down 7 A interference ——_B intrusion 8 A beginnings B infancy ee000000 D bear times ‘shown up intervention outset identified order rightly occurrences put down recognition origins, vguo0v00c09For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap, There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. i)SPART 3 Exam For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end aie some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an examp| Decide from both _at the beginning (0). the sentence and 3 the text asawhole Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Meena ora slFleleltlaleelet PTET TTL plural is needed, Ed Abo Lh ATs ‘Would you sleep inside ata) (0). - balloon? That, in essence, INFLATE sa what astronauts at the International Space Siation could be doing in. the fature. Faced with the problem of less than (17)... living SPACE and working compartments, ingenious scientists came up with a(n) | ORY. an. new idea, The Transit Habitation Module is — CONTROVERSY made from flexible fabrics which, when packed up, can ae) . fit inside one of the rockets used for COMFORT transportation, When it ie finally positioned in space, it expands like a Dalloon to double its volume. Woven from nearly (20) .. BREAK fibres that are used to make Kevlar, worn by police fica ea ‘alters, ‘the modules have the (23)... to withstand most space STRONG collisions, Folding floors and walls lock into postion to provide instant (2) 0. _ Sleeping quarters are double-walled, and the 4) ACCOMMODATE. ‘saps are filled swith, water. This protects (23) .. » from INHABIT radiation and keeps noise to a(n) (24) . MINIMISE module is the eutting edge of space technology.For questions 25-80, complate the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do net change the word given. You must Use between three and six words, including the word given. Here is an example (0). Example: 0 He always gives the impression that he's very confident, ACROSS He always very confident. ‘The gap can be filled by the words ‘comes across as being’, so you write: Example: |0| | COMES ACROSS AS BEING Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. 25 It’s impossible to change our plans now because we weren't notified in advance. sucH ‘Changing our plans is not - notice. Ifwe had not rehearsed so many times, we would have had terrible stage fright. BEEN iit . ‘we would have had terrible stage fright. many rehearsals, | don't want to hurry and risk doing a bad job on the project. TAKE | would rather .. v»« 8 good job on the project. ‘They had hired somebody to redecorate their house a short time before my visit. HAD They had neinnnine . when I visited. Exercising after a meal could stop you from digesting your food, INTERFERE Ifyou exercise after a meal, it could of your food. Lucy doesn't mind whether she goes to France or Italy on holiday. DIFFERENCE tt. on holiday. . whether she goes to France or ItalyPART 5 which you think fits best according to the text. ‘Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Who's that girl? ‘Actress Gina McKee, the star of Donmar's ‘Ivanov’, is nothing like the women she portrays. Alice Jones meets her. Blegant, slabasier-pale and with a measured murmur of a voice, Gina MeKee is, initially at least, regally mysterious But every so often you see a chink in the actress calm ‘exietior. More than once she breaks off from one of her thoughully evasive answers to say, with a strong hint ol a Gece accent, “Plether, Dthes” or °T dont want 10 _smund too posh. * When I wali imto her opulent hoze! ‘mille, she 1s standing looking editatively out of the window in @ neat purple carligan, kneclength black silk skirt aad ballet pumps, bat as she tums, she eranis a fete co to eh tnowthll of crumbs: Later, when there i a knock at the door, sie eups up and sprints gnlishly down the corridor to open tt “This ability to combine a star quality with that of a down fo-earth everywoman in her performances. which offer only the mildest of hints a the emotion swirling beneath a ‘ply vestrained surface, has mede McKee one of Britain's iost tespectéd actresses: MeKee's first Chekhov role in ‘Duanov pits her opposite Kenneth Branagh asthe tubercular wile of fvanov (Branagh) Anna's physical and mental ‘health disumtegraves as her husband mdulges wt a mid-life censis. “Somebody asked me at work, ‘ls sis the fist ‘Chekhox play you've done® And I nearly said ‘no! 1 don't ‘even know why,” she admits, You can see why, though ‘MeKee and Chelchow would seem to be a match made in heaven ~ all wan sullering and overwrought emotions ‘bubbling under the sarlace ‘So does ll this repressed emotion burst out of her when she stops working? “I was flmiig Mike Leigh's Naked and {was really immersed in x. 1 went to a dinner party and ‘one of my friends asked, ‘Do you not bring st home with ‘you!’ Lsaid, ‘no’ and, at exactly the seme time, my husband said "yes", She siniles ruefully. As a tule, McKee likes to keep the boundaries sticly drawn between home and work, Of her husband, she says vaguely: “He's been in the industry but he's not now. What's great is that he sunderstands how it works.” Far from being a precocious child star, as a teenager MeKee spotted a poster for a youth drama workshop in 3 shop window and joined up. She was spotied by a TV Scout and landed 4 part on the children's show Que Eagles in 1979. On leaving school, McKee was all set srudy theaite design at ar college “But at the clevent hhour 1 got on a midmght bus to London," There, sh applied 19 and was wejected by three drama schools ‘Bristol, Lamda and Cental. “To be Tair, Central said en back next year, when you're 18 But by the nme 1 was 1 Doras working” ‘She Soon landed paris in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Insp Marse and eventually Our Friends inthe North, wath a ca including Danie] Craig. In her Balta-vrinning tum as ‘MeKee aged from 18 19 52. Now #4 years old, does concern her? “No It's great being in your forties | feel Ug Ive got enowgh history to leam from and enough future ‘enjoy ” That said, wher [ ask fet fater about one of fi ‘reds on the movie website IMDb, she lauriches inte & good-homoured tant “They've got'my age wrong! ‘younger than that: Cdlon’t think I've got anyone else's Bat I've gor somebody efe's age. One of my agents tried i chimge it and they won't ~ 1 suppose they think eve actress is trying to pretend they're younger So having worked with pretty mach every signifieanc in Briish fm, does Gina MeKee hanker alier a Holly woo ‘caer, like that of her erstwhile colleague Craig? ehalfed 10 bus for Danny, But a's not an obvio comparison, is it? I'm never going be James Bond, Wwe io face that. But Eve never put up geographic boundat for my work, Plenty of people are jomg to put things your way, why would I do that? I'm in a position where can easily wavel. im married but I don't have childrert 3a its not like Thave to stay for school-anc! all that. But th ‘whole big-time Hollywood thing, i's mcredibly unlikely isnt a Would she feel adrift mm 1A. away ftom her Nor 1oots? Mekee thinks hard for 2 moment before giving & ‘typically ambiguous answer. “Where I grew up in ti Nont-east, the community there, and the way. peo relate to one another, goes very deep. But | dont: defn myself as a Northerner in that | don't ive in the North what does that make me? she ponders. “I suppose I'm bit of everything, like a Woolworths pic'nimix.*‘You are going to read four reviews of a collection of short stories. For questions 87-40, choose from the reviews A-D. The reviews may be chosen more than ones.Which reviewer thas a different opinion from reviewer C on the influence of the past on Borges’ writing? shares reviewer A’s opinion on Borges’ relationship to genre? ‘expresses a itferent view from reviewer D regarding how comprehensible Borges’ writing Is? ‘does not share the view of the others regarding the effect Borges thas on his readers’ minds? (I 40]You are going to read an extract from @ magazine article. Six paragraphs have be removed from the extract. Choose from the paragraphs A-G the one which fits each (41-46), There is one extra paragraph you do not need to use. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. ‘Thove isa dragon inthe lavatory. Iisa giant: nine feet. Jong und broad-shouldered, with « dark, sealy head. It if from the bow! and toms in a series of ‘movements towards me, its forked tongue Stabbing at the air It is staring at me through tiny, rupiile eyes; T am biting ty Tip 10 check Tm sill awake, After travelting for three days, Ihave had my first experience of 2 Komodo dragon, in a Third ‘World public convenience. _—_ ‘The adults take longer to areive, tndling out of the forest in a slow swagger. The dragons rely on their highly toxic saliva to Kill their prey, and as they ‘waddle towards the kitchen, strings of drool dribble from their dinosaur jaws. oe ‘And 56 they drink from the lavatory instead. It an incengrious, but sensational sight. Now all but Confined to tke tiny neighbouring islands of Komodo and Rincs, the 2,500 remsining deagons are like flotsam from another era, living fossils. in the ‘weirdest, most wonderful sense. i body is tense, As I lean forward to take a phot 1 feel like f'm staring down the muzzle of a gun - Tm loving every minute of it. Not only this, but it can also be very treacherous. ” heard about large ferries being sucked under here, ssid a German backpacker. "There was no w: ‘they were just dragged down by the currents swallowed up." I didn't sound like zood news, but ‘the same we sat on deck in the sunshine, watching Komodo slid past our bows, ies As we settle down under turquoise skies to watch the dragons, every bumpy minute of the journey se ‘worthwhile. Although protected by the Ker National Park, Rintea and Komodo are-under pressure. ‘The ‘stands’ human population has increased 800 ‘cent in the last sin decades and poaching of some of the dragons’ Favourite prey is putting the giant reptiles. in peril Once siranded at the ends of the earth, Komodo dragon must. increasingly compete with Jumans, and the outcome is far from certain, [3] | "Over here!" shouts the tanger. “In the bushes, ick!” He is standing in the shadow of a small copse, ‘with 2 gigantic dragon an arm's length in front of him and his heavy wooden stick braced defensively ‘between them, It is fying motionless in the pool of shade, but its eyes are as cold as an arctic gale, and its | | Its not serious, however, and within an hour, we are aboard the Tittle plane, buzzing back west towards the burger bars of Bali. Tt is 9am, and somewhere, 30,000- feet below, the dragons are once again following the smell of frying eggs to a group of tourists,‘and we are standing st ‘of a bill overlooking the and the pretty bay our . Up here, the giant never faraway They eis x buffalo, the dragons’ = and strike with Dig ones weigh 70k ai 80 per cent of their body ey from the frenetic streets of. 1 Bali began three days easier, ‘ack of a coughing bus. Rinca odo are best reached from the ‘sland of Flores ~ where ogists discovered the skeletal ‘ttle mumans.. For 21st- Homo sapiens, the slow tip boree of four buses ancl 5 in tiring succession. «din a tiny cove on Rinca's ye of prehistoric times as a trip Jurassic Park, Rinea is the ‘of the dragons’ two island ‘but chances of seeing the s here ate higher. Only a iLof tourists visit the island, and :Wvould have the ranger station to ‘Ives, with an invitation to fast thrown in. is breakfast time on the tiny adonesian island of Rinca, and the a shore, a postcard setting 5 smell of frying eggs hangs in the soggy ‘vopical air. The young dragons, jumpy and eacitable’ arid barely a foot long, arfive first attracted by the cooking smells, and dart between trees as they lose in on the ranger sation, ‘Named Flores (which means “flowers’). hy the Portuguese who once. settled here, this wild, volcanic island is one of Indonesia's most spectacular, Rundown Labuhanbajo is little mow than 2 chaotic mishmash of wood and tin, but its setting, around a dramatic bay filed ‘with islets, is absolutely stanning. Back on Flores, later, the buses east are bumpier than ever. But by the time ‘we have checked info a hotel room in the eastern town of Maumere, with a plane ficket back to Ballon the bedside fable, we feel like we have retumed to the 2ist century. But there is one fina! reminder that we ate at the untamed end of the modem world, Waiting for the plane back 1 Bali, we are hitby an ‘After reading the incomplete text, look ‘carefully atthe Information, ‘which comes before and after ‘each gap. Pay to words which refer to peonle, special attention time and places. eExam ili > Don't waste time reading the whole text several times in deta, Reac once caretuly, then try to home in on what anevers the questions. ‘You are going to read a magazine article in which four people discuss their hobbies For questions 47-56, choose from the people (A-D). The people may be chosen mor than once. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.Outside Interests us about their unusual hobbies, which take ‘han ‘out into their backyard and bey loser nature and the environment : bend designer, but, unusually, the material | ve been fescinated by the weather since | ee ima tree shaper, and create my 1 used ected. watching oe 8 ipulating the growth of tees. The a ren't a8 difficult as you might think. Ws grwvard 10 persuade the trunk 10 grow in it. The skill lies more in the design what i posible. Given time, you can fy a sculpture or even a living chair M 7 tainly look unusual, but the skills aren't spect tary to what most people think, storm ‘been creating tree-root chasing isn't particularly dangerous. W's not like in the in north-eastern India for hundreds disaster movies where everyone ‘gets caught up in the a very rewarding storms and there's lots of debris flying around. We dfé cenainly recommend it, but | know i's always stay a sensible distance away and ensure we It requires a tot of dedication and have an escape route if the storm takes an unexpected 1 ecause if can take years for your project to turn, The most dangerous thing about storm chasing is leted form. actually the driving: it’s the normal risk of road . accidents made worse Lee 's excitement. be =i 3 ot can be completely late at night digging furtvely at D Stephen he road, don’t be teo startled, !'m a guerilla | only discovered geocaching a few years ago. Since ich means garden on any neglected piece then it's taken over my life. It's the modern-day ‘neighbourhood. There was a strip of land equivalent of a treasure hunt, except that we geocachers e ry house which wasn't properly maintained have the help of GPS, which is a way of identifying your kind of wasteland, full of weeds and location using signals sent from satellites. To get started, 1¢ day | coulde’t stand it any longer ~ so 1 all you need to do is go online and choose a suitable up and planted some flowers there, | haven't geacache to hunt for. The geocaching site will give you since. Although | don't have permission tothe GPS co-ordinates: all the information you need to 7 fhe land which | work on, 1 haven't find the right location using your GPS device. The final tered any trouble over this, thank goodness! {f step isthe hardest but also the most fun! You will have 4 ‘asks me what f'm up to, they’re usually satisfied to do a bit of searching around the area to find the I show them my seeds and flowers, Some people geocache. You're looking for a small container which their time and effort to help out. We're could be under some stones, ina hole in a tee or sy ur wish 9 make our local envionment more cligused as something ele, Ise the geocache, you for everybody: will find a little Book which you should sign once you : find it The thing | like best about geocaching is that it “takes you out into some unexpectedly beautiful places. Why not give ita go?UN OPA REIN) ‘Make sure you road all the Information given 40 you in the form of notes or opinions, as these form the basis for your answer. The type of language used in presenting the information ‘given wall help you decide how formal or informal your answer should be. ior You must answer this question. Write your answer in 220-260 words in an appropria style on the separate answer sheet. 1. Your class has listened to a radio discussion about how parents can encoura Write an essay discussing two of the ways in your notes for parents to encourage their cile's interest in science. You should explain which way you think is better, siving reasons in support of your answer. ‘You may, if you wish, make use of the opinions expressed in the discussion, but you should use your own words as far as possible, 4parr 2 Write an answer to one of the questions 2-4 in this part. Write your answer in 220-260 words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question ‘number in the box at the top of the page. 2 You work for an organisation that is running an English summer schoo! involving lessons, activities and day trips. You have received a letter from an English teacher asking for details about her job at the school. The teacher wrongly believes that she will only have teaching responsibilities. Write a letter to the teacher, correcting the misunderstanding and giving details about all the different responsibilities she will have. Write your letter. You do not need to include postal addresses. 3. You live in a city which suffers from bad tratfic congestion, The mayor of your city has asked residents to submit proposals suggesting steps the city council could take to reduce congestion in the city. You decide to write a proposal, explaining what steps the council should take, what the effect of them would be and how the ‘council should raise money for any expenses. Write your propos 4 You work parttime at a sports centre and have recelved this memo from your boss. srerererrmenceteeststan Memo _ Asc kotow wehave seen recent dropin mesmbershipfigures here ad the cantre, 1 soould, be grateful f you. caud voite a a report ‘outlining what you believe are the arengts and. weaknesses of the - contre. lease shat the most likely reacons for the drop in, membership are anc. suqgest possible urys to solve this problem. — 2339223 Write your report.beam te Answer all questions. Never leave a blank. ‘You may not be sure of the correct answer but you might have ‘understood more than you think. PAPER 3 - LISTENING You will hear three different extracts. For questions 1-6, choose the ansy (A, B or C) which fits best according to what you hear. There are two questio for each extract,Exam ig Before listening, read through the set of sentences and think about the type Of information that is missing. Remember that ‘most answers will ‘be nouns or very short noun groups e.g, adjactive plus oun. ‘You will hear a commander of an emergency response team talk to his team in Preparation fora rescue situation, For questions 7-14, compte the sontonces with | ‘a word or short phrase. EMERGENCY BRIEFING 11 73)ith i ime, Listen for gwar in the i then tr to You will hear an interview in which a shoemaker called Michelle Lewis and a tailor called Robert Murphy are talking about their work. For questions 18-20, choose the answer AB, 16 16 7 18 19 C or D) which fits best according to what you hear, Conceming the word ‘craftsman’, Michelle and Robert disagree about A. whether it applies to themselves. B. how itis understood by the public. its use in the fashion industry. D what it originally meant. What does Michelle say about being a perfectionist? A. It means not compromising what she believes. B It can cause problems by limiting her productivity. [tis trait she developed after years of taining. 1D It causes her to be impatient to finish a job. ‘Michelle and Robert agree that getting the small details right A is something everybody can leam to do. 8 iis less important than creativity. © is a boring part of finishing Items. © is personally rewarding. When asked about custom work, Robert reveals that he has A a tendency to avoid working closely with customers. Ban understanding that it involves putting his creativity second. G a desire to use it to perfect his skils D a reluctance to listen to customers’ opinions. What does Michelle say about her role as a designer? A It has no place in creating custom shoes for customers. B It-comes into play when customers don't have strong opinions. G Itinvolves persuading customers to make good design choices. D tis important only regarding individual design elements. Michelle and Robert both suggest that the appeal of handmade items ‘A was greater in historical times. has to do with their costiiness. © comes from the fact that no two are alike. 1D has diminished because of mass production.‘You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about using different Exom agg > ‘The speakers may not use the same ‘Worcs as inthe le you listen you must complete both tasks. whit ‘questions. Listen for different ways of referring to the items listed.Exam :3 Many of the missing ‘words are paris of set Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. phrases, PART For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, 8, C or D) best each gap, There is an example at the beginning (0). Example: © A valued = B worth © merited D deserving Ifa picture is @) a thousand words, the seventy-three scenes of the Bayeux ‘Tapestry speak volumes. The tapestry narrates, in pictotial (1) noes William, Duke of Normandy’s invasion and conquest of England in AD 1066, when be Q the Saxon forces of King Harold at Hastings. Historians believe that the work Was (3)... jn England, probably around AD 1092, and that it was commissioned by Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, William’s half brother, who ensured his own fame by figuring (4) a in the tapestry’s later ® a ‘The Bayeux Tapestry is not (6)... : 1 tapestry, in which designs are woven into the fabric, but rather a type of embroidery, the pictures being made by stitching woollen threads into a background of plain tinen, The threads, in (7) of red, yellow, blue and green, must once have been jewel bright, but have (8)... light brown with age. An enduring testimony ofthe times, itis as valuable a piece of evidence for the Norman Conquest as photographs or film are today. 1 A fashion B type © design D form 2 A defeated B won © defended D invaded 8 A gone through B brought about © cared out «=D made up 4A prominently B subsequently © powertuly sufficiently 5 A viows B scenes frames D pictures 6 A normally B strictly ¢ tly D sincerely 7 A colours B shadows © shades D varieties 8 A changed B tured © transformed developedFor quastions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap, There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. examote: [0] [|e] [TTT TTT Have you noticed the spate of bank mergers (0) in the financial pages? If you thought this was all (9) the name of increased profit margins, think again. The banks themselves .. their very survival. Thelr are engaged in a struggle (10) nemesis? The internet, of course, The Internet proved, in just a (14) short years, that it can transform the way that commerce is conducted. Customers can pay for goods and services online, and settle (12)... accounts on the Internet. Soon, direct transfers (13) conceivably spell the end of money as we know it today. Cash, cheques and credit cards will give (14) . to e-currencies, or ‘internet only’ money. What form will these new ‘o-currencies' take? Some Internet sites are already using a system whereby you can earn credits, or ‘beenz’ by can then be used to ae form such visiting participating sites, (15) purchase items online. (18) -csnnnnnnsens e-currencies ultimately take, the only thing we can be sure of is that counting out coins will soon be a thing of the past.SPARS Exam tiggs For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end. ‘some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an exam Youmayhavate __at the beginning (0. ‘make more than one change to the Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. pone wot z Irae inegse, Example: [6] LT Penguins, whose torpedo-shaped bodies and selfimportant ‘waddles we adore, are the latest on aln) (0) sennnnons list of - species which are (17) sou» by changing climatic conditions. This change is happening (18) with heatwave and Moods in places as far apart as Texas and India. Such (19) in. weather patterns has been increasing in (20) cnn «although the reasons for this are not yet fully understood, As a result, ocean currents are being disrupted and because of thie, the Antarctic food chain is. ;. The penguin is fast becoming a casualty. ‘The death rate of penguin chicks is soaring and this could ultimatoly prove @1) to the entire species. The one positive aspect ofall this lies in ite potential to force people _ to examine the (22) . threat posed to the fragile Antarctic ecosystem. : ‘ ‘that we could lose one athe most beloved (24). ‘on the planet should be a wake-up call for all of us.For questions 25-90, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the frst sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the word given, Here is an example (0). Example: 0 He always gives the impression that he's very confident, ACROSS He always ... seuss VOY Confident ‘The gap can be filled by the words ‘comes across as being’, so you write: Example: [0] [Comes ACROSS AS BEING Write onty the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. 25. Julia is growing up with her aunt and unole in the countryside. BROUGHT Julia vou her aunt and uncle in the countryside. 26 Would you mind if [eft after lunch today? OBJECTIONS Do you have after lunch today? 27. Sarah is very different from her sister. COMMON Sarah has her sister. 28 The high street shops used to be a lot busier when | was a child NEARLY ‘The high strest shops .. was a child, ‘as they were when 29 They cancelled the order because the goods were faulty. GROUNDS ‘The order .. the goods were faulty 30 The captain does not have the ability to lead the squadron. INCAPABLE ‘The captainAPART 5 You are going to read @ newspaper article about two authors. For questions 31-96, choose the answer (A,B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. ‘Exefyone is inghtened of Paul Auster. He is too clever for ‘bad day. Aeeling less than sparkling, irs best to put his books in a drawer and watch sitcoms And a for his wile, she Js equally _hallbont. Sin Husted’ third novel, What Loved, isso yng tha deans ener ants : ‘The Austers are by all accounts ‘com Reed is regular dismer guest, Peter C literary pivze to your name, meeting them both ( a ‘ig sutely one of life's more temniyang prospects. throws you off to discover the. sale oro fa funny and bright, fall of enttusiasm and questions, They ‘have a habic of fimshing off one another's sentences, and ate clearly: having @ ball hating the Iterary circuit together (hey are in Sydney afier headlining at the Adelaide Festival Writers’ Week) ‘Ws much niver to go fo 2 festival wih Paul This 1 our fourth,’ suules Husted. I wouldnt go alone, t would be intolerable,” deadpan het beau. ‘Auster is up (6 his old sncks again with Mam in the Dari, published this month [es «move within « no jumping from the poynset amusings of bed-rdden septuagenarian widower August Brill to the surreal adventures of his creation, Owen Tinck, They ae both in ‘the dark, buc Brick is having the more confusing time of 1, locked a5 he is In an altemative America. Brille imaginings have dragged Brick tron his semt-ordinary lif and thrust hm into a nso parallel one, The ending packs a powerful punch that lingers fong alter you put the book down. ‘samilort. His books ate so priginal ( question that comes. ‘op frequenly- is he the ynter or his subject) that on 2 Be ee Does Auster help i Jan McEwaut, too — but if you havent’ a prestigious _ How do these two start their stoned? Auster always Hustved’s latest, The Sorrows of an American, ‘wonderful too, a deeply human account of « sense Tally, place, love and loss that cenures around Gndeavours of & brother and sister, Ek Davidsen by forming ‘# picture in tus mand, His previous novel, “Troiels im the Sehiptorium, began with a vision of un old ‘coming io me I had this image of git ‘out io the country and siting up in her ni born again,’ says ok oe then ee into Important involving mystical tales of and hd coma wet 0 ending away). When I staned wrt Course. With Auste as her fist away with anything fess.PARTS ‘You are going to read four extracts from articles in which food writers discuss the influence of molecular gastronomy on modem restaurant cooking. For questions 37-40, choose from the writers A-D. The writers may be chosen more than once. The Influence of Molecular Gastronomy on Modern Restaurant Cooking A. Ida Lowe ‘Molecular gastronomy is the most exciting thing to happen to British food since Elizabeth David finally. ‘managed to steer the natives of these isles away ‘rom ‘8 diet of perpetual stodge. The culinary magic woven by Intrepid chefs such as Blumenthal has regained modern food some of its aura of wizardry, Much of this ig thanks fo the introduction of Bunsen burners and Centrifuges into the Kitchen to create all manner of new ‘gourmet trends with foams, mousses and otfier once- unimaginable food forms, it is likely that as scientists and tha world’s best chefs continue to collaborate, we ‘will See even more revolutionary foodstuffs come into being, whieh can never be a bad thing, E Nicholas Noble Frem the moment that humans fst dlecovered that fire applied to food mace the eating of more pleasurable, ‘our species has been developing ever more “Complicated methods of preparing food. Science has always played @ huge tole in the development of ‘cooking metheds and tools, 80 the modem cuisine of ‘molecular gastronomy is siriply the logical extension of the inherent relationship between science, food and ooking. They are inextricably bound together | for ‘one, am already drooling in anticipation of meats that _ awa us inthe years to come. The more weleam about ‘the physies and chemistry of favour of, for instance, satiate the batfect ieobety of & waves, the'more good ‘190d We will be able to savour with greater pleasure. We live in an ever changing and progressively technological world, so i's simply ridiculous not 10 embrace the changes i our knowledge about food and cooking discovered by our new breed of scientist: chefs. The traditionalists are no different to the Luddites who went round smashing factory machines: at the dawn of the Industria! Revolution, But fe ll those who oniy iook backwards, they are doomed to fall into obscurity. 54 "that tvacitional food preparation will become extinct. ancient cannot co-exist, even In the same kitchen. © Ben Thomas While it would be rdlculous: to: deny many of the Positive aspects of the influence ot molecular ‘gastronomy on modem cuisine, i has, | feel, now ‘reached a point where the sclence has become more important than the actual food. Is there any real point having eclble paper that has been ‘printed! with fru based inks Ih an inkl printer? it all sounds weird anc wonerous but is it diane? I have come to doubt i. Many of the modern tricks used by whize-kie chefs in some of the supposedly best gourmet restaurants of the world are uncoubteciy nighty impressive. No one would quibble at the theatricality of using a biow torch 10 achieve the perfect creme frules, This is food as ‘performance. A mere spectacle. Science is always {Going 10 be a feature of madern cooking but | would ke {o'50e the emohasis shifted back fo the actual food and the eating ott. D Lucy Cravens height of pretension. I's certainly very unkely to ever feature, to any great extent, in the home-cooked food of ordinary mortals and wil remain the preserve of ‘wealthy gourmands, in the main. There Ja certainly ‘something fascinating about some of the techniaues Used, lke flash freezing food with liquid nitrogen oF Injecting fillings into dishes with a syringe. Yet itis also there is 2 real reason for them: However, the new attitude to food is here to stay. But It does not mean ‘There seems no real reason why the two cooking — styles, no mater how fadealy afferent, cant have a felon wo able reinleratio.Which writer disagrees with the others about the value of highty technological or Scientific gadgets in modern cooking? shares Thomas's opinion that molecular gastronomy can be criticized for being showy? oxpresses a similar view to Noble on the scientific improvement of food in the future? has a different opinion to Cravens about conventional cooking continuing to be as important as modem cuisine?‘You are going to read an extract from a newspaper article about voluntary work on a coral Six paragraphs have been removed from the extract, Choose ‘rom the paragraphs A-G tI cone wich fits each gap (41-46). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use, Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. ze warming, overfishing gid cueise «flippers, coral eniee an eran ee ‘off Thailand, one project is training volunteers io collect data vital 10 their survival. Dan Linstead reports. Soon we were zipping away from a wonky red jetty aboard the Moby Dick As se bounced across the waves, we oluntcors discussed the task ahead. “I reckon 1 can definitely tell the difference berwcen soft coral and a fish 16%," said Gish, 9 6d-yeat-old grandmother from Oregon, Porsonally, I was still simggling with the technic distinction berween rack and rubble - but by now it was too late. We were bobloing 50m from the island of Ko Wai, our ‘row nodding towands a neat semicivle of eef. “OK, lets See what's down there" said Kate, We flopped in. ne measure and that Coke bot,” said hid seemed on land. The tape measure unfusied clearly thenead for action, “Let's do a transect over the reef, and it wasn’t that hard (and only a bit weird) to wite on a clipboard underwater. My task that day was io count iaveritvates, and with only sea urchins in evidence, managed fine. oo ea Hine’. The Reef Check approach to the global ee simple: we were going to swim Grand plans, and having devoted our tine tothe cause, we © pie eg ees on aunty stoped Eyal el elie» corns elPetifaion, Bul se ‘Moby Dick sped back towards the gam harbour ater « final day spent mou the ret's denizens, 1 hha w be honest with mysett Had T nobly volunteoted my tim for seience? Or hat 1 jut spent a frankty enjoyable Se paraise |sil these fish had in comin: vas a d civinarest in being counted. Ko Tong Lang and other eels ns next week we persevered, noting fish and estimating the size of sowing it really was in thir i, whether they know it o¢ OW imagine that covent's a ssid Kirn, gestur ext to the unfurled tape, He ‘on the clipboard. “After the also looking for invertebrates ‘Ses cucumbers, giant clams. ‘need to know how big they are, ber that underwater everything 5% bigger” ed, “is that there are hundreds of mich data, ile finding ‘ory fow scientists And. polyp fom which the whole mal ecosystem springs, requires clean -snasrow band of sea temperature i salinity. Ranged against that Hlezion of man-made threats. search fo sich ings are wha tad me to Ko Chang, a Thal island “the Cambodia border, Along with other volunteers, Thad signed up fora atch expedition’ run perv oganibation. Earthwatch, sssion? To help conduct fieldwork 28 the local reels — and maybe learn abit by the E Hanging motionless in the bath-waon ‘water, the soap opera of reef life scrlied before my eves. A 3o0-sttong schoot of rabbit fish and parrottish sibiled furiously at the coral and swarmed on. ‘That amped in my mouth stopped me from exclaiming "Wou!” A Tuer suurise ~ all misty reds and ‘ehres ~ wa daubing the hosizan as our ‘pickup drew into tne ramshackle fishing village of Salsk Phet a couple of days ates. We'd watched our Fish TD videos. ‘We'd pmuctised our hand Signals, Ie was tie (o put our walang ite ction, "Atte end of every day the foals from _9ur lipbouds joined dato: Reef ‘Ultimately he aims to take bis dala ta € ‘Thai government to lobby for mo ‘sobus! conservation legislation, 5S =< Exam Tip 120-page dossier had come loriously to fife, and only the snorkel Look for links at the beginning and the ‘end of the missing paragraphs as well ‘as before and after the gaps.be i Itmay be useful to {90 through each ‘section of the text in tum and match the questions which refer to it, were ‘You are going to read an article about applying for jobs. For questions 47-56, cho from the sections of the article (A-E). The sections may be chosen more than once. ‘Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.Daring to be Different ghost organisations search for employees who wil tin mith the company culture, showing that they have ski wells that are unusual cou put cant at he op ofthe, ee hologist. “But companies, a oe is, look for people who have worked to sort ott {could be as obvious as ethnicity, but could D Je those who have 2 disimilr educational ltcan even be to your acraniage if you want 0 save the : : >world, “Individuals who mention that they have done some chariy work, at home ar abroad, whic e people focused ne managers. “The certain ki i work for oe ‘the benefit. oe york on the selling floor are as much an owner as > haitman. Therefore, the management style must be F ‘ lusive, very empowering.” Iti, he says, “about Finally, creativity can be an le to enjoy being led by you.” This f 00 ight not expect i) be. put. “emphasis task, as it requires candidates to. possess an initiative and creativity,” a. Bronte Blomhoj, HR anal fevel of maturity and so graduates who can manager at a soft dtinks « nstrate this are highly desired, to take this to heart in. epee We get boxes of - chocolates and letters in smoothie bottles. Doing these unusual things ae ‘seem over the top, but they do confident in describing when you's fallen out oe for new idea rene." Though the phrase ‘confiet management’ next day, uke a big. Corporal ® Potential fo sound very negative, itis neverthel ‘portant skil. "Organisations today must be logical and limited solution when it comes 10 problem ily changing and evolving inorder to stay ahead solving, and that is very valle.” Hie copatton/ she mys ut you dit ge choresPAPER 2 - WRITING Excim fig“? You must answer this question. Write your answer in 220-260 words in an appropri style on the separate answer sheet. Read the rubric, carefully and Gecide which two points in the rubric you wish to include in your ‘essay. You will need to develop ‘and justify these points. f you make use of the opinions, remember to use your own words as ‘ar as possible. ‘Write an essay discussing two of the ways in your notes for richer countries to help poorer countries. You should explain which way you think is more effective, giving reasons in support of your answer. You may, if you wish, make use ofthe opinions expressed in the discussion, but you should use your own words as far as possible,Write an answer to one of the questions 2-4 in this part, Write your answer in 220-260 words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question number in the box at the top of the page. 2 You see the following announcement on a website, History Alve: Send us a review of a film or documentary which inspired you to learn more about an historical event. What was it about the film or documentary which interested you in the subject? Did you change your opinion about the film or documentary once you had learned more about the event from other sources? Write your review. 3 You have received a letter from your English friend. Write your letter in reply. You do not need to include postal addresses, 4 You have spent several weeks working 2s a volunteer for an intemational book festival. Your work involved preparing the venues for different events, assisting ‘guest speakers and writing reviews for the festival magazine, Now your manager has asked you to write @ report about the festival, explaining which events were the most successful, describing what problems you encountered and suggesting improvements that could be made for next year. Woelte your report.You many not be able to answer the ‘two questions In order as the information needed ccould be in afferent, paris of the script PART 1 -exrmact 1 You will hear three different extracts. For questions 1-6, choose the answer (A, B or G) which fits best according to what you hear. There are two questions . for each extract, ‘You hear part ofan interview with a guitarist called Rick Evans. 4. How did Rick feel when he was performing at the concert? ‘A. ploased that he was playing well ott B overwhelmed by the occasion . c intimidated Suite eras: audience 2 ‘What is Rick's attitude ao a better musician? A He is aware of the importance of continuing to challenge himself : a Ve shape io sineiy malas neienel fae 3 aiready attained. 2 believes he can never do enough practice. “EXTRACT 2 : You hear part of a radio interview with well-known Interior designer, Fiona Sharpe. : '3 Fiona says tat she feels cisappoiniod by hor job when ‘A clients don't seem to appreciate her hard work, B a client doesn't communicate what they really want. 3 |] © her design skis are not fully utiised. 4 What doss Fiona do to ty to ensure that her clients “ae happy with her work? |A. She adapts her designs if necessary She discusses every detall of a design with them. © She completely puts aside her own preferences.Brom sip? Do not try to ‘paraphrase information that you hear, The answers are always ‘actual words from the recording, ‘You will hear a herbal therapist called Chris White talking about his work. 7-44, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.‘You will hear an interview between a crime journalist, Mary Hazlit, and a police diver, Michae! Doolan, talking about his work, For questions 15-20, choose the answer (A. B, C or D) which best fits according to what you hear. 15 16 7 18 19 ‘What does Mary say about police divers? A She believes it’s the most dangerous job in the police force. B_ She assumes that previous experience is necessary. © She admires the expertise they require for their job. D She feels they undergo far too much training. What does Michael say about being a police diver? ‘A His scuba diving experience helped him. B He is primarly a criminal investigator. © There are many obstacies to his work, D It's only dangerous in zero visibility. Michael disagrees with Mary that the police diving training course ‘A has aspects that could be considered boring, B_ was extremely easy to complete. © is more interesting when it involves practical lessons, D could be frustrating at times. Mary and Michael agree that job of a police diver A is an opportunity to swim in attractive waters. B_ sometimes includes glamorous elements. © isnot as risky as recreational diving. D requires working in unappealing conditions. Mary suggests women don't become police divers because they Aare not fit and strong enough. B prefer looking after children. © would have to give up too much time, D are more cowardly than men. Michael thinks that women police divers A. are more conscientious than men, B are just as capable as male divers, © have fewer problems arranging childcare, have to face some discrimination at times.E ‘You will hear five short extracts in which people itlearning a forei mci Youle mes in which people are talking about learning a foreign language. Lsten to the speaker's tone of ‘While you listen you must complete both tasks. voice. What is his/her atitude?: (PART 1 For questions 1-8, read the tox bolw and decide which anewer (A B, © oF D) best fs Exon Tipe Gacitgap. Thor son example athe bopnang ©) Make sure the word you choose «Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. fits the style of the text, which maybe Example: tome ote OA says B doos © delivers announces Informal Fue eS UNG Picture the scene; you're in a meeting and the marketing manager stands up and (0)... a speech. You don't mean to be impolite, but you're not quite up to the mark on the most recent power speak. Her talk of “fishing where the fish swim” and “making significant inroads into e-tailing” leave you Domninnnmmesnnnninnninnnees WhY you're the only person who hasn't got a(n) oe what's going on, Don't panic, you've just been subjected to the latest barrage of business “buzewords’ Research shows that up to 75% of office employees (3) .n. sneameune SUCH meeting room jargon to give the (4). sennnneu that they have power. If you're not up-to-date, you nay find that you ace no longer taken seicusly by your colleagues. Power speak is a game completely Gmnnemmmnnnenosne BP Wilh group identification and the (6) ..n.uennmeninnemenn of ‘outsiders who don’t know the language. AS (1) ssnnnnunsnnnnnannnsnnenone aS it§ usage may be, not everyone is impressed by it. Many find it invitating and (8)... .. those who indulge in it as pretentious and somewhat ridiculous. Nonetheless, power speak is hereto stay 4A wondering B thinking © Imagining D reflecting 2 A clue B hint © idea D indication 3A establish B produce © operate D utilise 4A expression B impression © sense D effect 5 A mixed B caught © bound D made 6 A elimination B prevention © oxclusion D separation 7 A sizeable B elevated © inflated D extensive 8 A regard B mention © note D observeFor questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. CT Example: [0 " decisions are looming. Do you step: > straight () of more Serene education? Do. you plunge virtually limitless and responsibilities are relatively | between. It's the perfect time to pursue thoso. | 0, Ae a matter of (18) Every year, more and more people are deciding that the conveyor bel Is not them. Instead, they are opting to take some time out forExam fips? When you have fener through the text withthe words inserted, to see itmakes sense For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fis in the gap in the same line. Write the new ‘word in the correct box on your answer sheet. There is an example at the beginning Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example: /0] [R]e/ale|i[t]¥ ke me when it’s= ‘Look at the word For questions 25-30, 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 six words, including the word given. Here is an example (0). Example: 0 He always gives the impression that he's very confident. ACROSS He always very confident. ‘The gap can be filed by the words ‘comes across as being’, so you write: example: [0] [owes AGAOSS AS BENG Write only the missing words IN GAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. 25. | bumt the steaks and | also overcooked the potatoes. pip Not . but | also overcooked the potatoes. 26 There is no doubt that James will be given the promotion for head manager. BOUND James to the position of head manager 27 Steve's parents were not surprised by his exam results. CAME ‘Steve's exam results 28. | did my absolute best to make sure he got the care he needed. POWER did . to make sure he got the care he needed. 29 The police arrested a man because they suspected he had carried out several burglaries in the area. SUSPICION Aman was arrested .. ‘several burglaties in the area. 80. | don’t need any help at present. FOR can manage time being.peets ‘You are going to read a newspaper article about crime fiction. For questions 31-38, choose the answer (A, B, C of D) which you think fits best according to the text. ‘Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. ‘The novelist James Sallis talks to Chris Wi “felt ce [vas stumbling, groping around in the dark. Didn't now where I was going inthe next paragraph; didn't now what Iwas doing in the next chapter. But I somehow found my way.” Speaking soflly and slowly, with the slightest Deep South twang, James Sallis is on the line from Phoenix to discuss his new novel, Sali River. I's the shortest, ‘of his incceasingly slim tales to dae, but took the longest 10 ‘write Sallis says he's relying more on improvisation and abandoning “the certainties with which | egan writing”. As Sallis recalls this struggle for direction, he sounds like his Jost antthero, Turner. He introduced the existential detective in Cypress Grove. A sequel, Cripple Creek, followed. Now Salt River completes the Turner trilogy. Sills presents Tumer as a man defined and haunted by what the no longer is: a soldier, a cop and a convict. Episodes from Ins former lives are seatered through the books as flashback. "Tumer isa man whose ie has gone through sbrupt change Sallis explains. "flr thatthe novels’ stractanes should reflect this” Its @ technique that 8 at odds with the dhumbnail sketches favoured by crime writers intent on establishing a novel's cast quickly before cracking on with the plot If he takes his time when it comes to characterisation ~ we don't lean Turner’ frst name unt midway through the second book ~ Sallis also has a laid-back approach to story. ‘The barely-there storylines in Salt River almost evaporate on the page, You don't get lost in his plots, they tend to lose themselves “Plots are a contrivance ~ out lives are plotlss = yet they're necessary, I think, to literary form,” explains Sallis. "My way of dealing with this has been to move the plot ofttage abit, to write around it. Is this why, when T think of Salis's Books, I'm hit by smells of home-brewed coffee and wild magnolia rather than anything that actually happened? "Those are the parts of the world that we own, what comes back to us about times in our own lives when we think of the past,” he insists, "All too often Im reading this great book with characters that walk right into my own life, then | somemhere around the fith or sith chapter the plot kicks in ~ and sll that falls into the background. 1 want that surround to remain in the foreground.* He does that “surround” very well, evoking the grit and wit of rural Southern life with ease. (Sallis grew up in Helena, a small town on the banks of the Mississippi.) He fas an ear for sleepy, porch-tront wisdom, with his characters often ‘swapping stories to the sound of cicadas on long summer nights, Were there books in the house when he was young? Were from lower-class, Souther stock," he says, "My dad. ‘as farly typical, hard-working, blue-collar ~ hunting on weekends, fixing lawnmowers ... My brother ond 1 developed this lowe for books. The frst things I read were setence fieion,” So were the firs things Salis wrote, He began to sel stories to magazines and then made a fe-changing move to London in his early 20s to edit the groundbreaking seit ‘magazine New Worlds with Michael Moorcock atthe end of the 60s, Working alongside Moorcock opened Sallis's eyes to hard-boiled crime fiction: "Mike introduced me to books by Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, which Thad never found herein the States, oddly enough." When Sallis began to write his own crime novels, critics distinguished hitn as a supposed rate breed ~ the "Kterary crime write’, Sallis finds the ag "useless and foolish" but his novels have an undeniable intllectualism that remains rare in the gene, Sallis gives mea taste of the next novel "The major characters area contract killer, a 12-year-old whose parents have disappeared and who goes on living by himself in the family house, anda pair of detectives, with the point of view shifdng among them chapter to chapter." Long-Legged Fly and Cypress Grove started out as standalones, so who Knows if this will launch another series, As Sallis says: "L never know I'm jumping inthe river; [always think Im just sticking my feet in."Pant You are going to read four extracts from articles in which academics discuss problems associated with economic growth. For questions 37-80, choose from the academics AcD. The academics may be chosen more than once. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. growth, Anyone? A ‘An incroase ia the efficiency with which we use resources does not necessatlly lead fo a reduction in envronmentat damage. In most cases, the rate of consummation of resource actualy tends’ to rise as resource efficiency increases, This means that the total consumption and the environmental pressure can increase even though the amount of resources needad to produce each unit actually decreases. Evon if we were to find a limitless and free way 10 generate pollution-free. energy through technological innovation, endless economic growth would stil be environmentally problematic. What wil the limitless energy be used for? fits used to procucs products which use up natural resources, or damage ecosystems, then the effect fn the environment wil stil be negative. The conclusion is that simply depending on increasing eco-eicienay by technological advancement i insuificient to separate growth from environmental impacts. It might even worsen ‘the existing situation, 8 ‘As environmental economists, we are following the established mathematical laws of classic economic theary that have beer with us since the late 18th century. However, ecological economists have been trained mostly as ecologists and view human economics as a subfield of ecology, which cannot be separated from the rest of the ‘ecological process of the planet, denying the basic and essential premise that the economy is a disereto and isolated system. The ecologies! economists prooose that a Ron-growth or de-growth economy is necessary to obtain ‘environmental sustainability. However, deconstruction of ‘current economic theory in favour of something ess reliant (on hard currency is a ‘heavy price’ (s0 to speak) to pay for ‘saving the environment - not completely unworkable, The ‘environmental economists’ goal, on the other hand, is to maintain growth, which the whole theoretical framework of mainstream economics is based upon, while minimising environmental damage through measures such as imposing taxes on pollution and creating new greener technologies. ‘As development proceeds, even the ertcl functions of the ‘ecosystems that make up the natural word are taken over by the state and corporations. We are fatally cut of from nature ‘and micro-managed to increase profit. Thus our food crops. are fertiésed by nitrogen produced at great cost in factories, rather than made by nitrogen-fixing bactera on the roots of plants; andthe water we use, instead of being stored for free in aquifers baneath the ground, is stored in large, man-made reservoirs tis now even proposed that, rather than cut down ‘on emissions of greenhouse gases which are threatening the sStablity of the world climate, the Eart’s natural functions. should be regulated by vast geo-engineering schemes. In ‘other words, the eycle of endless growth that is necessary for ‘economic development threatens not only the valuable social ‘economy of barter and ree exchange of goods within families ‘and the community, but aiso the ‘great economy’ which is the ‘ecology of the natural world as a whole. Processes and ‘services that once cost nothing now depend on the exchange ‘of money, which harms both the social community and the ‘environment. But unfortunataly, there seems to be no way of turning back the clock D “There are two relevant groups of theories about the relationship ‘between economic growth and happiness: absolute utity theories and relative preference theories, The former argue that when a country is poor, paople are in great need of ‘commacities. Therefore, greater income can fil more needs so that increasing the incame ofall wi ase the Rappinase of el. Accoreing t© the latter, the signifcence of an individua’s income relative tothe incomes of other people in society. So, Itis status, rather than absolute amount of income that matters to happiness. It folows that the absolute uty theoces can only be valid up to a cetain point. When a countrys affuent ‘enough, the gains fom income growth vill decrease gradualy, and the mechanisms described in the relative preference theories begin to play the main role. At this stage, economic growth, and the associated increase in incomes, will not change an indvidua's wel-being and itis predominantly social cequalty that affects the level of happiness.