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Reading
1 Read paragraphs 1–5 and choose the best headings A–F from the list. There is one extra heading.
3 Smartphones with GPS are great, but difficult to use if you’re riding a bike. Now there’s a
helmet that makes finding your way around a lot easier. The helmet has a built-in system that
uses lights on the left or right to show the rider where to turn. The user enters the address of
their destination into the device, and then he or she is away.
4 If you’re looking for something original to wear, then you needn’t look further than the
designs of Ying Gao. These are dresses that use the latest technology to detect when
someone is looking at them. When this happens, tiny motors make parts of the garments
move in patterns. Some of them also light up in the dark.
5 Runners will be able to avoid injury in the future by wearing a kind of smart sock. The
sock is attached to a band around the ankle that detects how the wearer’s foot is moving.
Sensors in the sock communicate data to the band which sends on the information to an app.
If the user is in danger of hurting his or her foot, he or she will receive a warning.
Mark: ___/10
Listening
2 12 Listen to a radio programme about people with incredible memories. Are the sentences true
or false?
1 Stephen Wiltshire’s pictures are mostly of areas where a lot of people live. ___
2 Stephen usually flies over the city for more than an hour before he draws it. ___
Mark: ___/10
Use of English
3 Complete the text with the correct words A, B or C.
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The first week I moved to London to start university, I bought a ___ shirt at Camden Market. I was really pleased ___ the
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shirt because it was so comfortable, but I wanted ___ it for a special occasion. At the time, I ___ to go out much, so the
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shirt stayed in my cupboard for a few weeks. Then one day, a friend of mine ___ me to a party at her house the following
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weekend. I spent ages ___ ready and, of course, I wore my new shirt. I’ll never forget ___ to that party because the
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dancing was so crazy. Before that, I ___ a bit embarrassed about dancing in public, but that night, everyone went wild,
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including me. I made a lot of new friends at the party and after that, I started going out much more. I ___ the shirt any
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more because it ___ a bit scruffy, but it’s impossible for me to throw it away. Whenever I see it hanging in my cupboard I
remember my friend’s party and that crazy dancing.
1 A baggy green trendy B trendy baggy green C green trendy baggy
2 A about B of C with
3 A save B saving C to save
4 A didn’t use to B not used to C didn’t used to
5 A had invited B invited C was inviting
6 A get B getting C to get
7 A go B going C to go
8 A always felt B was always feeling C had always felt
Mark: ___/10
Writing
4 You have received an email from an exchange student who is coming to stay at your house for a week.
Write a reply (120–150 words) to him / her. Include the information below.
• apologise for not replying immediately
• what your town is like
• what clothes you usually wear
• a question about his / her likes and disikes
Mark: ___/10
5 Write a narrative (220–250 words) about the best day of your life. Include the information below.
• where you were, when and who with
• how you had prepared for the day
• what happened on the day
• how you felt at the end of the day
Mark: ___/10
Total: ___/50