Test 3 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1 hour 15 minutes) Part 1 For questions 1-8, read the tect betow and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is en example at the beginning (0), ‘Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: © A wanting Basking CG seeking demending oe eee e3 Feedback forms Often when we buy something oruse a service, we are given a form (Q) ..... ROW satistieg We ere with the product or the sevice, Many people feel that (1) ....... Such forms is @ waste ‘of time; they think that companies probably take no notice of what people put on the forms ‘This may be the (2)........ wth some companies but with most nothing could be further from the @ - Surveys are caretully analysed so thst problems can be (4) cu... In fact, Improvements made by companies offen (6) ...-«. because of what customers have writen on ‘hese forms. Hf you are given a form to complete, companies want you to do $0 in as MUCH (8) ..nsn @S possible They obviously ike to receive (7)... on their preducts but they also want custemers 10 (@) asus. any problems that trey have found. If customers do not do this, companies may remain unaware of probleme and, conoquentiy, ne Improverrents can be made, A puttingdown —B witingup = ilingin Drawing out A case B_ position © condition D state A experience = Bact © truth D pracice A. shown B tinguiohed identified D marked A canyout B comeabout © takeoff D_ openup A etal B evidence © point D_ information A. approval B tributes © admiration compliments A refer B_ mention © oily D adviseTest 3 Part2 For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ‘one word in each gep. There is an example at the beginning (0), \Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. 9) (s[rlwlelel 1 I Exampl Outdoor swimming Ever (0) ...... | was @ young girl, | have been an enthusiastic outdoor swimmer. My favourite place to swim is the ldo near my home in London — a giant pool with reflections in the sun Tike ‘can be uninviting to those (10) jewels, Beng unheated, (9) prefer warmer water, but that also means fewer crowds, ‘The swims | prefer ere the ones on my own when I have the pool allto (14)... . Then, I sip into the water and feel it surround me. | swim up and down the pool, thinking of nothing but ‘counting strokes between breaths: ‘One, two, three, four— breathe." Whole hours can slowly cif (12) soso y 88 my arms stretch oUt In (13) ....» of me. | concentrate (14) bubbles make 2s | exrale under water. (15) the noise the there may be other swimmers ground, | stil feel alone and at peacs, sensation I don't get (16)... e188 | know,Reading end Use of English Part 3 For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals al the end of some of the Ince to form a word that fits in the gaa in the same lina, There is an examole at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN GAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. example: [0] [¢[o]n] 5] 7] Rule] 7[ [oly] | | | 0 ‘The leaning tower of Pisa, Italy I 1973, (0) scence WOrk began on what was to become the CONSTRUCT “Leaning Tower of Pisa’, It was, thouyh, never the (17)... of the INTEND builders that the tower should lean. Pisa was a prosperous city and expensive marble was used to build the tower. After five years, it became (18) that the tower was. EVIDENCE leaning because the soft soil was incapable of fully supporting the (19)... Of the marble, Work wes halted for almost a WEIGH hundred years because of a series of wars, However, this long pause in the building work was (20) for the tower as it gave FORTUNE the (21) ....n. time te settle, work had continuad, the tower woud — FOUND almost certainly have collapsed. There were later attompte £0 (22) ....eu the tower, but these were STRAIGHT rot always popular with the local inhabitants because the tower hed become a tourist attraction. In 2008, following mejor (3) ........ work on the tower, engineers RESTORE 4) announced that the tower would remain stable for at CONFIDENCE: Jeast another two hundred years.Tests Part 4 For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence $0 that ithas a simlar meanira to the frst sentence, usng the ord given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, ircuiding the word given. Here lean example (0). Example: 0 Avery frendly taxi evar drove us into town, DRIVEN We 2 very frendly taxi criver The gap can be filed by the words were diven into tewn by: $0 you write: aro: [0 wet oRreu nro mamer | \Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the senarate answer sheet. 25 My stor eaid tome, ‘Please ring me tomorrow morning. Gwe My sisterasked me cc snnnnnine reece tomorTOW Mong 26 char inited Jule tothe party because he didnt wart to risk offending her. MicHT Flichard fot Julie... he gia ask her to the party 27 They let me watch television only ater ha tnished my homework. ALLOWED Lew homework, ‘watch television until had finshed my Reading and Use of English 28 Thetwo gris eucceedled in winaing the quiz by themsaives. MANAGED Inthe quia, the to gis. io senses OW, 29 I'm sorry that! didnt spend longer with my aunt when | called on her lest week. Time wvitn my aunt when | calles | would tke to have fon her last week. 90. Thenumber atstudents al the colage is going to rise next year, INCREASE THe sence ‘he numberof students at the college next yearTest 3 Part5 You are going to read a magazine article ebout a voiceover artist. For questions $1~98, choose the answer (A. B, C cr D) which you think fits best according to the text. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet, Shirley Ford, voiceover artist Clive Gartside meets the voiczover artist Shirley Ford, whose voice Ie familiar from advertisements, cartoons and other recordings. During cur fist. bour-long conversation, Shirley Ford speaks to mein the voice of a cheeky Beat fld boy, the boy's tred mother. an amusing elderly Scottish woman. and 1 very fastlalking alien Her voices ~ I struggled to keep count of them all ~ are recognisable to viewers of children’s ‘TV and cartoons, and fo people who have seen computerised employee programmes about hell and safely, Tve jst done a voiceaver about back ‘juries she says, $0 [Pad to learn quickly Bow to ‘pronounce losds of medical terms, Shirley tas about what It takes to do voiceovers. ‘Lola of ectore, some very highly regarded, ecko they ean do funny voices ard, actualy, many of them probably can she says. ‘There's more fo it than that, though. You have to bring the seript to le lor an aucionen who eat see you Yeu woulda’ believe how many household names are desperate to do veleeaver work Thinking of the publicity producers will Invite them to auditions, but often they don't get offered parts because, they're 100 used to acting with their whole bodes. Aller school, Shirley enrolled on a drama course With a standard acting career in ind, During the course, she had some occasional work. singing Jingles Jor TV adverts. One day,’ she says, the ‘an who ran the recorssng studio suggested | try ‘ot for the part of a rabbit in the soundtrack for a cartoon It seeined Hdlculous =I hada studied ‘Grama to play rabbits —but I tried itfor alaugh and, fmazingly, ended up geting a major part” Shirley Fealsed she could do volees and that voiceover ‘worl might be the way to go duit fale actors are frequently seked to provide the voiees for small boss and gis. Thelt voices ate ighter than these f male actors, and Wn the recruitment of child performers there are complex procedures and endless forms to deal with, which Droduction compaties un tight schedules vould rather avoid. Stinley has learnt to create the right sounds from the back of er throat, and to avoid always sounding ike the same child, she collects ew voices as she waiches chileren's TV, Cartoons are the highlight of a job that includes a ‘whole range of things from educational videos to Yacuum cleaner adverts, ‘Those are hard because you have to sound enthusiastic about something you care nothing about, but my years In this profession help. she says, “They've taught me ‘at tie trck is to smile while you're talking ~ that makes your volee sound bright and cheery. When Tye got some days doing animation work, it feels lke a holiday; the interaction with other actors makes a huge difference." ‘The compatition for work ls force and a good showreel™a recording demonstrating what the atist ‘ean do le eesential bs definitely worth investing 2 strong shored Shirley says. ‘There areagencles which specialise in helping voiceouer artists put them together? She chims to have gotwhere shels ~ near tne top of her profession throush douedress 25 much a6 natural abiiy. Whether Ite makin your shovreel and taking it round all the fm an V compaties, advertising agencies and recording studies. or simply practising your voices, It's all about setting goals abd reusing to give up. For anyone considering a career doing voiceovers, Shirley recommends attending. ‘specialist ‘workshops ~ they cover all pes of voweover” She also believes a passion for human sound is fundamental, deacritang hersel! as obsessed wi voices and in 2 sense, becoming the characters the Is performing, ‘le been in the studio deing 4 particular kind of American volee, for example, it an take control of me andl be sposking ke that {for hours, perhaps even days afterwards, she szys. ‘My children have grown tp. sed to thelr ream talking in completely diferent voices" sine 6131 32 Reading and Use of English ‘What frst impressed the writer ebout Shirley Ford? A. the number of her voices that seemed familiar to him B. the speed with which she could master now voices © the ability she had to make different voices sound funny the wide range of voices she could produce Inthe second paragraph, what does Shirley say about voiceover work? A Many actors feil to take it seriously enough. B trarey suits actors with a background in comedy. © Itrequires skills thet well-known actors sometimes lack. D__ Producers tend to be reluctant to consider famous actors for it. What can be @ problem with children doing voiceover work? A Their voices often seem strange alongside adult voices. B_ They tend to sound very similar to each other, © Hiring them involves completing a lot of paperwork. D_ Ittakes a long time to train them, What do we learn about Shirley from the fifth paragraph? A She understands that some jobs are more interesting than they might seem. B__ She knows how to hide her lack of interest in certain kinds of work. She fools free to spend more time on projects that sha enjoys. She no longer feels bad about promoting certain products. ‘The writer uses the word ‘doggedness’ in line 61 to refer to Shirley's determination to succeed. success in her career. willingness to accept support. korowiedge of her field of work. voa> The writer's purpose in the final paragraph is to show how badly Shirley's career affects her family life. ow much Shirley enjoys doing certain accents. how exceptionally talented Shitley is. how involved Shirley can gat in her work. poeTost 3 Part 6 ‘You are going to read an article ebout the book Guinness World Recoras. Six sentences have been removed from the artisie. Choose from the sentences A~G the one which fits each gan (87-42). ‘There is one extra sentence which you do not nead to use, Mark your arswers on the separate answer sheet. How to break a Guinness World Record Who doesn't want to be the best in the world? Why are we so fascinated by breaking records? For ‘record holders, it is official confirmation that you ‘can do something better than anyone else in the ‘word, evenif iis just eating lemon quiety. People like setting goals, pushing themselves ~ especially if they get see their name in prin at theend oti Although humans have been competing and showing olf for thousands of years, the oficial arbiter of hhuman achievement, Guianess World Records, is stil ‘young, It began only 64 years ago when Sir Hugh Beaver, head of the Guinness company, got into an argument while away on a hunting trip about the fastest game bird in Europe: was it the grouse, the duck or the plover? ‘nd $0 the tdea for 9 book of records was bom, & definiive ist of the world’s superlatives. N's amazghow maay people seem o be interested in breaking a record. GWR gets about 1,000 record clalims a week of which only 5%~7% are accepted, and ahout 2% make It Into the ansual book. You may wonder what hind of person is interested in breaking records, Applications come ftom all aver the world: most from the US, followed by India and Ching ~ two Indian men are current batting for the ‘longest hair recerd, The typical woull-be record-breaker is apparestly aman in his mids Ashrita Furman from the US fas the record forholding the most records (morethan 20, ‘though hehas broken up 60, Some peaple even ‘make record attempis every day, They change with the times: records ‘volving selfes have become popular recently So, remember that you are responsible for proving what you've achieved. The mind s constantly teling you that you can't do things. Without the internet, therewas.n0 easy way of checking - even the hosts well-stocked brary couldn't settle the matte, Almost anything definable, measurable and provable ean becomea record, Some, lke those, are easy toattempt but diffcullto beat, such as eating three cheese bisculs in te fastest time @.78 seconds). It's easier to beat an existing record than set a new one because “rsts' have 10 be approved as suitable records to attempt, [GOT] The general notes spell out the Importance of evidence ~ photographic, video, ‘dependent witnesses ~ ac much ae you can fe. For mass patielpation records, you must prove that sou've counted propery. WR gives some yeneral advice to newcomers: ‘analyse the specific rules for your chosen record to spot and exploit any foopholes in them, For example, Furman smashed the world record for rolling an orange for «mile with his rose when he Aiscavered the niles didn stipulate colour — he ‘chose an unripe green orange that was hard, round and fos. owt enough justo be ale to do something unusual, sch 2s lick your elbow. ‘You need to have the skill to be able o fee your bow as many times as possible in one hour ~ something that can then be attempted and broken by someone else. Records will be dismissed if they are considered stupid, dangerous or illegal, or if there isa’t ‘enough evidence: an argenist’s playlog marathon was rejected because it was only witnessed by hher_parents Finally, don't cheat! ‘One min, who broke the record for balancing the ost crinking glasses on his chin, hed his award disallowed when he admitted to breaking the rules bby using plastic cups. Anotier useful dea sto choose something you're good at already and work a that There is also a core of seelal tecont breakers You shoul! apply to GWR belore making your record attempt; it will send you the overall guidelines and those specific to your record,Test 3 Part7 You are going to read # magazine article about four extreme fans. For questions 43-52, choose from the fans (A-D), The fans may be chosen more than once. Mark your answers on the seperate answer sheet. Which fan says she was able to improve a dificult situation through being a fan? 43 she first saw her object of interest through a misunderstanding? 4 her object of interest offers the best entertainment of its type? 45 she is uninterested in how popular her object of interest is? she was concerned by what other people might think of her? the objact of her interest has become a part of her identity? 6 a ‘she was encouraged to try and achieve something by being a fan? 48 9 | e0 | ‘she had a low expectation of something at first? she recognises that keeping her obsession going is a luxury? 51 | ‘she was made to take an interest in something that later became her passion? | 52Reading and Use of English Superfans Four wemen talk about the objects of thoi passion and dedication. A Katie on the Harry Potter books: One day when I was 11, my younger sister, who was a big fan of the Harry Potter books, thrust the first book in the seties into my hand and forced me to read it. By the next morning, l' finished it and taken all her other Harry Potter books, too! | loved the fact that it was about an average child doing something extraordinary. Hermione, the clever friend of the main character, Harry, became my hero. I didn't like reading before, Dut because of her I wanted to be top of my dlass at school. The books helped me in other ways, My sister and I used to fight all the time but Harry Potter brought us together, gave us something in common. We even travelled to the UK so we could visit all the locations that were used for the Harry Potter films. B Sallyon the musical Les Misérables I didn’t see Les Misérables when it opened, thinking it didn't sound like anything special, despite all the positive reviews. When | finally went, | was amazed: it was s0 different from other musicals. I've been over 1,000 times now, spending more than $50,000. Because it’s live theatre, every hight is different. You have to keep going back to get everything out of it.I do go to other musicals but it's a risk: you may be wasting your money. When you go to Les Misérables, you're sure to have a good time, When I'm at the theatre, I often hear audience members saying things like: ‘Oh, this is my fourth time!’ I just think: °OK, Keep going!" Some people think I'm mad, but that’s what | think of people who sit on cold riverbanks fishing all day. © Gam onthe opera star, Andrea Bocell When my husband and | started going to the opera singer Andrea Bocell’s concerts all over the world, I worried that everyone ‘would regard us as crazy But we made 30 many friends, and it was all so rewarding, that we just thought: "Who cares?” Like many fans, | first heard him on TV. There was this ‘programme called A Night in Tuscany, which I initially thought would be a travel show. There was something so touching about his voice, We've seen him 60 times now. You'd think we would be getting Lired of it all, but you see something new in each show. And we've made wonderful fiends. Once, we were having dinner with fans from Japan, South Africa and Europe. ‘The only thing linking us was Andrea. It Is expensive, building entire vacations around his tours, but this is our only induigence so we don't worry about it 1D Jane on the pop singer, Madonna My friends say I'm the most positive person they know and being a Madonna fan is. part of that. | remember precisely when [first saw her on a TV music show. | was only watching because I was bored. ‘Then Madonna appeared on screen and | ‘was transfixed by this young woman with such amazing energy. Slowly the Madonna posters started going up in my room. Soon, I was travelling to concerts around the world, | couldn't care less if she is no longer regarded as the coolest star ~ being a Madonna fan Is important to how | see myself ~ my sense of gelf I've now been to over 90 performances. A Madonna show Is like a modern circus: spectacular lights costumes and dancers. Even without her, it ‘would be fantastic, Madonna isn't my only obsession, but she’s the one that provides the most fun, Ive met some of my best friends through Madonna,