of English

and Use
Reading
Paper 1 minutes)
h o u r 15
TEST (1

FIVE

Part 1 There is an
ample
examel.

Readingand Use of English C or D) best fits each gap.

and decide
which answer (A, B,
read the text below
For questions 1-8,
at the beginning (0).

Example C taken
D called
A considered B regarded

0 A B CL

Handwriting
on
and people would be complimented
It was once(0) ...... as an art. It was taught
it. (1).... then it was called penmanship,
but it is now better known as handwriting.
been a significant decrease in its quality.
In addition to the change in name, there has
number
The once high (2) ... of handwriting has become so poor that an increasing
e x a m s papers are becoming impossible
to read. On (3)....... of this increase,
of pupils'
teachers are now (4) . an even greater use of word processOrs for examination

candidates.
Apart from poor handwriting, there is another problem exam candidates face. Some pupils
(5) ifficulty in writing quickly enough to finish their exam papers. Consequently,
pupils who are unable to write ten words a minute can use a scribe, someone who writes
exactly what the pupil says. A similar increase to the one seen in the use of word processors
has been (6). with scribes
While word processors and scribes have (7).. the examiner's job easier, there has been
opposition to their use. Critics claim that instead of allovwing pupils to (8) . . doing their
own writing, they should be taught to write properly through greater emphasis being put
on handwriting in the classroom.

1 A From B Since Back D By

2 A standard B stage C level D position
3 A purpose B conclusion C reason D account
4 A asking after B going through C calling for D looking into
5 A find B give C have D suffer
6 A regarded B viewed C remarked D observed
7 A caused B allowed C done D made
8 A give up B put out C do away with D turn down

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 Paper 1 Reading and
Use of English
TEST
FIV
Part 2
Readingand Use of Englishbelow and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in
text
estions 9-16, read the
For at the beginning (0). Write your a n s w e r s in capital letters.
ch 20,There is an example

Example:
oTHE RE

THE BRITISH WEATHER

Whether they
If
f
(0)..HERE
(0). ************is one subject that
. . .
the British really take an interest in, it is the weather.
complaining bitterly about it, the weather often takes
centre
are simply discussing it, (9) . .

a conversation. (10)..... makes the British weather such a fascinating topic is that it is so
stagein . . .

unpredictable and, for the most part, bad.

This unpredictably bad weather is often talked about (11) . if it were a recent phenomenon,
but it is, in fact, nothing new. Take the lce Storm of August 1843, for example. (12). . . . the
ninth day of that summer month, a brutal hailstorm swept over the Midlands and East Anglia. As a

result, thousands of residents from Oxford to Norfolk (13) .... . their windows smashed and roofs
damaged. More recently, the winter of 1962-1963 was the coldest since 1740. Temperatures were so low
andthere was so much snow that Britain nearly (14)... ... Out of supplies of food and fuel.

These two examples give indication . . bad weather in Britain can be.
some of just (15)......
Fortunately such extremes are quite rare, but the surprises the weather can bring are likely to keep the
British talking about it for a (16) ... time to come.

D
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Reading and Use of English Part 3

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
a word
that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers in capital
letters
Example:o
TouR|SM

PEACE AND QUIET IN LUXURY

For those people with deep pockets and a desire to get well away from
destinations of mass (0)....TOURISM ..., Manafaru in the Maldives isa tiny TOUR
tropical island that offers visitors peace and quiet without depriving them of the
(17) . Surroundings they are used to. Although it takes time to LUXURY
reach the island, the journey is fun. A (18) . .. from the Maldives FLY
capital, Male, on a small plane is followed by a speedboat ride from Hanimaadhoo
island. On their (19).. .. all guests are greeted by their own ARRIVE
(20) .. member of staff and the sound of beating drums. PERSON

There is a choice of excellent (21). but thewater villas, which are ACCOMMODATE

(22) * . .. designed, are the most desirable. Contemporary comforts STYLE

include internet, satellite TV, an iPod dock, DVD and an espresso coffee maker.
Other features that make a stay in a water villa so (23) . .
************* are a
.
MEMORY
glass floor in the sitting room to watch the fish swimming around below and a
balcony with a pool and an (24). view of the Indian Ocean. AMAZE
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ReadingandUse of English Part 44
tar qUestions 25-30, complete the second sentence to that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
Here is an example (0).

Example:

0 Provided you help me in the garden this afternoon, you can borrow my car this evening.
LONG
You can borrow my car this evening *****«
. me a hand in the garden this afternoon.

The gap can be filled by the words 'as long as you give', so you write:
0 AS LONG AS YOU GIVE
Write the missing words in capital letters.

25 Thaven't been so shocked by a documentary for ages.

MOST
Itwas one.. ... documentaries l have ever seen.

26 The last thing I want to do now is talk about my future plans.

RATHER
. ..... about my future plans right now.

You really shouldn'tleave the school grounds during breakS.

SUPPOSEDD
You... * ****** t h e school grounds during breaks.

it be a good idea for Jenny to said kyan.

oWouldn't
SUGGESTED
start playing tennis during the summer holidays?"
Ryan playing tennis during the summer holidays.
29 Most
people believe that the wheel is
mankind's greatest invention.
BELIEVED
Thewheel... mankind's greatest invention.
30 As I didn't know where the town hall
was, I had to ask for directions.
GET
Not knowin9 ****** * .
the town hall, I had to ask for directions.
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Paper 1 Reading
TEST
FIVE FIVE
Reading and Use of English Part 6
You are going to read an article about the history of the microwave oven and its inventor. Six sentences have been the food heated up very quickly.
bombarded with the waves,
removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (37-42). There is one extra As a result of being oven.
never be placed in a microwave
sentence which you do not need to use. objects that must
aluminium foil and metal
are some things like
8 There
to vibrate.
inside it was causing it
rise which
C The
temperature
from the principle by
CRIEATINVENTIONS D It had very
little in common
with the
ones
available in the shops today apart

The microwave oven has become part of our modern lives, but how was i tborn and who it worked. harmful to the
user's health.
could be
was responsible ? Linda Reeves reports. that
microwave
ovens

circulating
public became
rumours
however, the
There were, improvements,
manufacturers
made
Like many other great inventions, the microwave oven to the traditional oven method had been born. but as the
disappointing,
extremely
was
developed from research into a quite difterent It was FSales were
the
new-look
oven.

way of
then up to the engincers to develop a new

technology. While Dr Percy Spencer was testing a piece pracea more willing to accept
he had
stumbled on a
revolutionary

of equipment called a magnetron, he noticed that a appliance. By late 1946, the firm Spencer was realised
appli o of the inventor
conclusion,
this
chocolate bar in his pocket had melted. This observation for, the Raytheon Company, had filed a patent
new way of cooking food. Their next move
this
involved
After reaching
preparing food.
fascinated him, so he did an experiment. He put sOme
corn near the testing a microwave oven in a restaurant in Boston
magnetron and stood back. After a short the first
time, he saw the seeds burst into popcorn, the tasty snack This proved successful, so the following yca
we enjoy at the cinema. microwave oven
oven went
went on sale.
sale. |40 T h e oven was
on
4 cost a
Over 1.5 m tall,
weighed about 350 kilos and
he following morning
the experiment with
Dr
Spencer decided to repeat fortune. It also had to be water-cooled as it produced
egg instead of
an
popcorn. He was so much heat.
joined by a colleague this time, and they
both watched At irst, the invention did not go down well wi
curiously as the egg began to tremble. 57J Feeling At firs
consumers. 41 ich d to this
the need to examine the The alterations wne
phenomenon more closely, change in opinion
Dr Spencer's
colleague approached the egg. Just as he included greater t e e
safety, ot an air-conditions
less weight and the use of an
stopped weight a" use

exploded, esS
to observe the vibrations, the cgs or
splattering hot yolk all over him. system heat. The acceptance
to remove excess heat.
m tO u
oven also extended to industry. Restaurants,
Restauran
CTOWave and
ro8 ate
Although his colleague had suffered an indignity, 1or example, could keep their food
in sher
res
pencer could only think about the observations he bad fresh until it had to be cooked, which resulted
made. He quickly worked out that the
chocolate bar, aIshes, less waste and greater savings.
popcorn and egg had been heated by microwave energy. Over ne next decade, the microwave oven shran
58 Immediately, he set about experimenting with size considerablv and became much more
a and
the cooking ability of low-density microwaves. and
Myths about radiation poisoning, blindnestaking
42
Dr rercy
Spencer then made a metal box that had an unpleasant illness prevented sales ro ding
opening nto which microwaves were introduced to cook off. Fortunately for the makers, e cu wed allowe

other foods. Since the waves were trapped with no means the microwave ovenslowy disappeared e
to
Ccrgy increased rapidly. 39 It was demand for this ingenious appliance increase
n s simple construction that became the prototype of the Today the microwave oven has evolved into an app ance
it

ubiquitous mierowave oven that we often depend upon that offers features like convectionneat wichn d
t h a n ever before.
today. Cooking food from the inside out as an alternative m o r e versatile and m o r e popular