2 Relative values Vocabulary formation of adjectives > CB page |7 EB Look at the adjectives of feeling in the box. Which five are negative? confusing depressing encouraging frustrating harmful imaginative independent irritated practical_—_relaxed Complete sentences 1-6 with a suitable adjective trom Activity 1. and couldn't und person who likes to do things » pub Complete the paragraph about Jamie with the adjective form of the words in the box. create emotion pessimist real reliability social sympathy thought son. Heal in be quite (2)Use of English Word formation (Part 3) > CB page |7 About the exam: in the Neaaing and Use of Engisn paper, Part 3, you read a text with agap in some of thelines. You change the word in capitals atthe end of these lines tofitthe gap. + Read the title and the whole text to make sure you understand it, * Look at each sentence in detail, Check what kind of word you need (noun, verb, adjective, adverb) — whether you need to add a negative prefix or sutfix whether the word needs to be plural B For questions 1-8, read the text below. Use ‘the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form 3 word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Gossip is good for you! Gossip has a bad name. Many people say itis. (O)ecbed and otters claim that iis often KIND (1)... ang therotore a waste of tne. Taling AC OUNATE, bout someone behind their back can cause (2). to rack down and create great RELATE (9)... Butcanithavea postive tinctonas HAPPY wel? The most popular televsion programmes are soap aperas nish aten have rathor (4). stowlinesn whch strangecharsctors DEPRESS indulge in creating and circulating (6)......and PLEASE. vicious rumours that inthe real world would be (6)... ~and yet we all take great delght in ACCEPT liscussing the ups and slows of thelr tes, Why is this? Could it be that they give us an alternative family which wa can gossip about without (7)... eating trouble? Taking an ACTUAL, interest n other people is considered to be a (P),___ setnity in ema clos —i1 gies the HEALTH feeing of bang informed about what's happening in tne wider worl, So gossiping may be ga6d for us etter al Reading Multiple matching (Part 7) > CB page 18 — About the exam: Inve Reauiny ard Use uf Enlist pope, Feb, you match questions ar statements to several short texts. ‘© Read the text through quickly to get a general idea af what itis about ‘= Underline key words and phrases in the questions. ‘+ Find expressions in the text that havea similar meaning to the key words, You are going to read a magazine article about people who discovered they had a relative ‘they didn't know about. Read the texts on page 14 quickly and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). the people are unhappy about what happened Allthe people only met recently For questions 1-10, choose from the sections (A-D). The key words and expressions have been underlined for you. The sections may be chosen more than once. Which two people Iie near one another? do the same work? ‘met thanks to someane else? blame somaone alse for what happened fo ther? ‘lan to meat forthe frst time soon? rad a.gaod relationshin before they found out the tuth? ‘were tol suusly knowlecgwabla about ther family history? plan ta puna someting shout thar exnecience? eat when they yete very young? ‘wera the visims of a crualexneriment? wore. th ARAB A ARABA 2Finding family A Harry and Samuel Quintana Horry Guintona and his cousin Bamuct have ot in commen, oven iCthey ckdnt know that unt they met again recently after fy years, Samal grew up in South Atica and only visted the USA, where Fis cousin Harry lived, once as a very small chile, Both children altended @ fail wedding, After that neither boy's parents take about ther relatives overseas, As a recut, the cousins grew up an, ‘rerentsioss of me Allannc Uoean, unaware ot each omer anc, the parallel Wes they were leading, Harry Quintana graduated in, dentistry and decided to specialise in the treatment of chidren, Until he saw Samuels name in a conference programme, he had, 70 idea that over in South Afica his cousin had already become vl estabishad in exactly the sare profession, When the cousins met recently they found out they lke the same foods and have both recenty taken us go Carlos Rodriquez and Juan Gan \When Jusn Garcia moved to @ new neighbourhood at the age of thitesn, a classmate intrecuced him ta Carlas Rodriquez, who lvod in tha next street. They were Go sil in looks and interests that they were jokingly known as the twies, However, ten years into teir fends, Juen and Carlos were stunned to jeam that, they are sibings. Juan had aways known that he was adopted ‘as @ baby bul he didn't search for his bith pareris untl he was, twenty-one, It vas then that he discovered his biolocical father shared Carlos’ father’s eurname. A DNA test conte thet they are indeed related, When the test results came through, Juan 2nd Carlos were beth shorkee hut dalightar laa remark “tw Talged as an only child and always longed for brothers end sisters, Now I'm lucky enough for my best fiend to be my brother! © Petra Holmes and Elisa Manning Potra Holmes and Elisa Manning have ved vary similar nes. Baty bor in New York. they citer this high schon newspapers and studied the sama thing at university, It is only atthe ape ofthity- five that they discovered each other and just how similar thay were: IHerfcel tains wha hadl been separated as babies ane! gona te Ivo ‘with new families a part ofa scentiic stuty of child development. Find phrasal verbs in the texts A-D in Activity 2 with the same meanings as the underlined words and phrases in sentences 1-8 below. 1. Willom dizcavarad that the person he hed thought was his uncle was actualy not related to him at al 2. ve just stared doing yoga I love it (Text) 3 her exam results arived she was overjoyed to that she had passed everything, (Text 4 w she had one ‘The truth came out when Elisa decided to try to trace her birth ‘mother, She was able to lack at the records anc saw that she had ‘an identical twin, Petra. When she finaly found her sister, they put Ihe neeesinf the stan together “Nature verted for us 18 gia UP et $0 we thnk it 6a crime we Ware separated, sald Elsa They have taken this up with the psychologist responsibia, but, 2eeeraing te the twine he didn'® even apoiogion. The oitore oe working an book about thelr experience D Brenda McLaughlin and Allison Burroughs Brenda Mel.auahin had spent years cormoling an extersve family ites in which she had recorded f her father’ relatives’ names, long with the date they wore barn, ah they mrrd end when | they dled. Brenda, wha ves in Sydney, Australia, knew about thei various offspring, including the children of her fathers youngest usin, rene, Meena, Alison Duncugh, here's et ty wat living on the other sid of the cauntry in Perth. Although Brenda knew about her and her younger brother, there had been no ‘conta, Ther, ul of the Bue, she received an eral rem Alison, wiho had also been looking into the McLaughin famy and had found Brenda's name on a website devoted to genealogy. Alison, knew vitualy rotting about tne tamil and was amazed and, dalghted with Brendel research, ‘We've set un a famiy reunion next Chistes,’ savs Brenda, ‘Better late than never is what | say 5 oer Text ©) 6 eof with the schoo direct 7 sotg 8 It's good to organise frequent 5. (Tet DGrammar adverbs and extreme adjectives > CB page 20 Gi Find and correct the mistakes with adverbs in sentences 1-8 below. There are four mistakes. 5 © 7 8 I'sstrange that we get an so well because we have hardly anything in comm Complete sentences 1-8 below with an appropriate adjective from the box. You do not need to use all the adjectives. angry big brilliant difficult exhausted enormous frightened furious impossible intelligent terrified tired 1 and mos > is henther 3 _with Tim. He iy forgot my birthday 4 ed to meet up butit was 5 3 have an early night. 'm absolutely 6 of dogs wh inow she loves them, z 8 Listening Multiple choice (Part 4) > CB page 21 About the exam: Inthe Listening paper, Part4, you hear an interview /dizcuscion between two penple: You answer questions with three options to choose fram, You have one minute to fead the questions Strategy: + Read the questions and the three options, 4 he first rime you lst, uodetie aly Key wou you Tea and mark the possible answers «The second time you listen, check your answers BB © 03 You will hear an interview with a young singer and dancer called Susie Tomkins, talking about her relationships and her career. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer (A, Bor C). sie feel about her fa 14or their constant sup at her talent carr ¢ pleased that they understood her ambitions 2 with students at jpact by their wd ithard to share their interests, th of their feelinas 3 eing ina musical she has on peopk Ing fans atterwards, inexpectedly challenging, 4 pertormers in the musical with, 1D She acmired their professianal approach © Shewas glad of their assist 5 Susie values her relationshio v A Itboosts her own confidenc B itenables her to talk about problem © itgesherin: niment 6 How does Susie feel abaut her career choices so far? A somy that she can'talways live a normal life B regretful af missing time with fren 1 eauvesel ty nievemant they represen 15Grammar verb patterns: -ing or infinitive > CB page 22 BD choose the correct alternative in italics to complete the sentences, 1. stopped running because Complete sentences 1-6 with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. las. 2 robiem? (re) 3 wanted... his frend, he didn’ 4 ‘anew mobile phone, but what should | 5 actually enjoy cinema on my own. (go) 6 “Tcan'tstand _.. football it's so boring! (watch) Find and correct the mistakes with -ing and infinitives in sentences 1-6. Tick the sentences that are correct. 1. She made him hel ner do the cooking, but he wasn't ery good at 2. | stopped to smake over five yearsago and now | feel great 3 Het ie her humribet, but sheididn'tanswwar 4 I'iinever forget to see the royal wedding on television — 5 your application for the job s much sport as possible to 18 Speaking agreeing and disagreeing (Part 3) > CB page 23 Bh © oe complete conversations 1 and 2 with the phrases in the boxes. Then listen and check. 1 Exactly! —Ihadn'tthoughtof that, Soda | mmnotsure about that. What about you? A: | think i's so important to get on well with your B: (1) | havea great relationship with jant than getting on Inif you come from avery it'salmast inevitable ddan gy eate five of us and things with her 2 Good point, Well, actually see what youmean but I'mnot convinced, 's your view on that? Br Icawit tom — but (@). Certain friends are pretty crucial — it'd be a poor social life without them! But farnily must, a) some things the jainiy true for me. TheyWriting Essay (Part |) » CB page 24 About the exam: In Part 1 of the Writing paper. you have to wiite an essay for yaur teacher in 140-190 words. Youwill be sgiven a topic and @ question, and two ideas to write about, You must use bath these ideas in your essay, and also add one idea of yourown Strategy: Rea the ak ele + Think of ways of expanding the notes you are gen Thinkof asvantages and cisadvantages bt each one + Think of your own idea, with a reason, » You should fave an introduction that leads into the topic aod acenchsion that answers » Use-asemisormal style + Include both the ideas inthe task and your 0 [DD Read the essay task and question below. Every rary 1s omerent in size, Uo you think itis better {0 grow up in a large family or a small one? Notes Wite about: 1 company 2 support 3 (your own idea) Complete the sentences with the 1g words in the box. although as. aswellas however inspiteof whereas 1 ‘ave lots of brothers and sisters... you jomeone tospend time vit Ik to them about Look at the points a student wants to make in his/her essay. Which points are not relevant? | zompany big fami: always someone to talk to/competitive/ ‘play games shal fami qei/bonte/ termed 2 support big fanly siblings listen to problems/parents pay oe ringing ow nerd nds sell fami more idegendert/con lve ina fatcan spend ‘more money 2 own point grandparents you can find out about the eh aye have ime to stn to you/they don’ understand siadeen lie Underline the linking words used to connect points with reasons, Sait better oe ina lenge on aval fri? Tris safc question te areter as ne cont toast cur dori, ard ery fry is ferent. (Ne on ony experience cur en fori Honewr there ore pants 1 em make ‘na ig fy wit os of sings there is aays some to tak tesa leno yr cerblema ernie thay avs etl net can realy hes you Ch the cher hard, ings can also be very carpet nd that con cause problems. ‘The preblen with a ral Sari is that te canbe very et ond esstly bering even hough oes teach peopl to be cep ich is a good ting Nevertheless they need to make lls of stirs tse ther tardy Tis a grt adenge When grandparents lve in the fay as ‘cl sine thoy om teach you abou Ic the past They coo howe rrore tire to isin to yo as they dst go out to werk he parents ch, but semetines they Nae petlemes understanding medern techoabgy On balance, ser that there sro right rsher but there are rere adkaniages tho dsadkanioges to fing in a Bigger far ent thas indZIasiwr/Follrtha eps you have been talking about family our teacher has aeked you to write Write an essay using al the points and give reasons for Is it etter 1 be the oldest or tne youngest in a farnly? Notes ‘Write about: 1 time parents have with you 2 responsibilities you have 8 (your own idea} By Write your own answer to the task,Multiple-choice cloze (Part 1) For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, Cor D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Rock ‘n’ roll drummers are as fit as. sports stars Bands are (0) Awe vm of talented people, each wth ther own (1)... and status within the group. But drummers ae cffrent. Doctors montored drummers during rehearsals and (2)... performances fang mer thangs were surprising. Many ums we as Mas (8)... athistes. ‘Gad drumming requires 9 combination of physial anrl mantal agity. aed fines is vital. 4) uid nd umn (6)... hunckeds of calones. One described it 3s having fa three-hour workout every night. Modern drunimers often fotow a strict fin © Soversi houre betore 2 pertormance, many stat warming up by doing stretching lke athletes, they eat bananas to (7)__.... their energy levels and take specially prepared aneray chinks a portormance a drummer can loge two ltres of 58 regime, working vith personal trainers and sticking to a special vith them (@).._.... The cemparison between drummers and sports stars seams fat. 0 with Didone up with 1 Dsection 2 Ale Daut 3 Aimport Dexclusi 4 ADuting Whilst 5A a Aran 7 Aksspup @ Asters 18 Open cloze (Part 2) 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). Mother, father or both? In modern society men and women expact equality at werk, but can thie extend 10 (0) rinaiea up chileren? Ist retistic (@) te share parenting, ars their ras arancty ative? (10)___. iS usualy mothers who stay at home, many fathers (41)... now asking for an equal opportunity to spend time (12)... care of their ciilaren, The question is whether fathers can really (13)... ea.a! partners in childcare. Its possible thal the biological advantage mothers have. impossible to overcome expect new parents Mary counles would tke to share the responsibilty or (14 aici alicules, IF Lull vores Ueide 1 work part-time, thera wil be @ crop in it one (18) ___. other of he parents often chooses to raturr to full-tme employment, after thai cikiren, but this can create 9, and 80 (Of course there are parents who have managed to share chitdcare responsibilities, but offen the mother feels guity about giving (18)... her role as the Maybe t's a case of tial and error in establishing the way forward.Word formation (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 word that fits in the gap in the same line, There is an example at the beginning (0). Music or architecture? Taking about music is tke dancing about architecture es thought the @) coum: Clam Schumann said this in 1846, although there's no conclusive (17)... ofthat. But what dd she mean? Let thik about. Festy, muste send its yn message tots Istanars, and so it may be (18)... to.tolk about what it means. But iis not (18) danos troupe dong an interesting and meaningful (20) ..__. with architecture as its tonic, iso, Clara’ (21)... quote woukd be \erorg ond taling about mucie may be more (22)... than she thought. People cen hold USE their own (28)... opinions about all forms PERSON. of art, and the antst's own intention is not (24)__... any more valdl than enyone else's talking about art, music and fms, Wouldn't Ife be dull F no one wanted to shave their POINT to magne a POSSIBLE PERFORM ORIGIN NECESSARY pinion! Key word transformation (Part 4) 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 two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0). Example: o 25 5 28 | always went every summer WOULD ith my f fi 29 'mstillworking FINISHED hat re 30 There’sag VERY 20d chancs the cup my team will win the cup this yee