HES Reaaing and use of English Part 1 For questions 1-8, rad the tox: below and decide which answer (A,B, Cor D best fits each gap. Tere is ‘an example atthe beginning (0, Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. © minus D less ‘Mars on Earth ‘The centre of Antarctice, whore wine temperatures frequently fal to (0)... 80 degre conrad an for four ‘months each year thers (1)... Caress 24 hour a dey ane of the most extrome envionment on Eth 1s also by ‘he mest sina place to the surface of Mave, tic a why a). ‘rom the European Space Agency hve spat rine months ata baoe thre ‘They have been stung he physical an psychological @) on humans ving in extren contons, in eter to obtain bette understanding othe cicutos humans wil)... rng the long fight to Mare and he tay ‘there. OF course, space i (6)... Artrtiea in that atronauts havo to adapt to weightlessness, but the base is 3.200 metves above sea (7) ‘aking clic to breathe ther as ean be on spa08 tights. Tey have als, ke space travellers, experienced son feegs of being (8)... from civilisation. of hiton slots ang ae Use of Engh art vets | as4A roguar 2 Ate a A cow 4A ceauts 8A oppose 6 A ime 7 A ight 8A broken much cast fects dare repeated tame © gong issues cnalenge wefan depth C hope 1 ntained | D tong) D tam D risks D face D ceront D sone D taken Reading and Us of Engh Pat.[SSE Reading and Use of English Part 2 For questions 8-16, ad the text below and think ofthe word wich best fis each gap, Use only one word In each gap. Theres an example atthe beginning (0) example: [0] [ST ]ufefe] TT TTT J Marathon in the mountains ‘The Utra-Tall of Mort Blanc is n extreme marathon held anualy (0). 2003 in the mountans of France, ‘tay and Swizerana. Weel regaded ©) ‘one of the toughest races inthe worl, to Utra-Tral takes pace In August, 10)... tomparaures frequent range fom over SO°C at the lowest pons of the couse, to wel (11) rosin at the hight, ‘An Olympic marathon is 425 kionetres ong, but (12). on 6 ove 160 lometes in length and neues re ‘mountain peaks. That invohescirbing a total of approximately 9,500 mates, (1). nl consideraby higher tan Everest n (4). of penaps because at th, the annual eventhas become increasing popular with unnes, {0 (19) nnn Onn thatthe numbers have had to ba ited to 2200, Only about ha ofthese, (16) average, ae ky fof the couse, tines that peal vary tom 20 nous to over 4. Reading and Us of Engh Part 2 ete | a7kp Reading and Use of English Part 3 For questions 17-24, read the tect below, Use the word given in capitals atthe end of some ofthe lines to ‘orm a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There isan example at the beginning (0) Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example: [0] [R[EJAs]o[nfale[cyel [ [| Jobsin the future In venty yeas me, which jobs wl poop til be doing, an which isi (0) 10 assume wal nave gone forever? Today's young people should REASON ie a qeston AL (7) nnn fre choosing acaear Cleaty CONSIDER. ‘ere wl contin to be a noe fr (18) nnn Olesions such as EXIST ‘medicine that involve caring for thers, and alo for people abl to porsuaco, ko 9) and lawyers, Poumies “Theo wil of cours be re 20). _-Lofjobs in scence and technology, SHORT parca for ndviduas abe to 2) In newer fds such SPECIAL biotechnology and microbiology (nthe oer hand the seedy rep (2).. ob to rbot wil. Lose ‘speed up evan further 3s they reploce workers not onl n manuactring but leon te 9). dus. And as ebotslaam how to stackshehes, CONSTRUCT take over at checkouts or sand us aur online shopping, won't belong before APPEAR aaa | ets Reading and Uso of Engh Part 3Reading and Use of English Part 4 For questions 25-80, complete the second sentence so that thas a similar meaning tothe frst sentence, Using the word given. Do not cxange the word glven. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Here san example 0). Example: (0 My ite bother went to se the big match by hime. own My tle brother Went nf 9 the Big match ‘The gap can be filed by the words ‘on his own so you write: Example: [0 (ON HIS OW \wrte only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. 25 Amanda woko up late because she'd fegoten to set her alarm. Have Amanda hac forgotton to set her alarm sho late 26 Tis ntamet browser works abate than the others. NEARLY “The other ntrnet browsers dent this one 21 ‘Can brow your phone fore minute, Jack? asked Emme, WHETHER Emma asked Jack. pone, 28 Raymond hes so much sl as an arts that his drawings lock ike photographs, suck Raymond is art that hls drawings lock tke shotoeapb £29 | wish had’ stayed up soll lst ight. ep Tehouls last int, 80 Our departure was delayed because another fight arivod las. ccauseD “Te clay to our dopo _ etal of another fight, Reading and Use of Engh Part 4 Tet | 10ky Reading and Use of English Part 5 ‘Yu are going to read an extrac from a novel For questions 81-98, choose the answer (A,B, © or) which you think fits best according to the tet ‘The fights busy and the lst few pssengers wo board ae sarching for places 1 stow their hand laggage. The ‘son woman in the st next o mals in he te sweeties, probably traveling on business. Ian wondering I should tet he when the mann the wirdow sea shows up and ‘we have oft him in, She setes bakin the mide et ‘When ry tsp myself back in fn she's picked up the Duce of my bel by acident and ve look at each her and laugh ‘hat have you been doing in angolore? ak ‘My office i there. 1's where I'm based notice that she has a Nort American accent Se lls ne she works for mukinaonal company that makes cesking an that sheis on her way to Talon, She as to vit a couple ‘of acres and meet with sme er people from the ong, She's ao trying to comet er PAD tess wich ison alapop she has under the seat in front of he. ‘While she's aking she prs her pasport auay inher bag and ate she's Canadian. She aks me what Ido and Ill bet Then ask er same more about her job and she ls me about that. By thistime we are inte air and imbing towards our cruising ate, The cabin is quiet lights sil dimmed, Jotthe yl suid oie savoring ad the murs of conversation. The Fick t Singapore i tree and a half ours | ean decide whether t attempt seep It is neal init andi hardy see worth it The man in ‘the window sot has put on eye shades and hasan inflated pill arourd his neck He has sigpe down in the sat ih is ead oling to one sie hs blanket pulled upto hisches. The wrnan sha no ininton to sleep 50 ask ‘et where she gem up. 350 | Tests ee ee she tls me her father Isamedial ocr and that he went Canada before she wat born They spent fe yeas in Montreal bu mos ofthe tne shelved in Saskatchewan. "ewes OX; she sys. There ar things happening there its rot dl you might think he tls me sometimes in ‘the winter it would get down minus sity. “Realy ia mins thi she says "But the wind chil factor made fel ke meus iy remember them saying onthe weather forecast urna Mesh wl fez in 1.4 seconds” Things ike that? “Ye never Been aruhere that col | ay "Somehow it’ fee that bad she says." asthe a dey cold When the sun wa shining it di Ser that Cold makes your skin Kn f tingle We used to play ot Int You can get seriously cldand nt realise When yout back indoors your face and hands ache as the blood comes back. uppoee tht is hw polar Be lores end up losing toes They don elise how col they ae! "suppose say. There's. pause inthe conversation and wonder what 0 say nex. “1 ques you get the ether extreme ving in ri “Bangalore ne she ys though we need rin. The rough very bad in sot Ini ight nom ‘The woman aks me how | get into my preset job and elt her a it about ny fe At Teas tl he the sory vthich overtime has ashioned ise imo what all mye eso that beng deliberately secretive or deceit jst dont know hawt ak about what really happened, Reading end Us ot Engich Pat 5‘3 What do we find out about he woman nthe st paragraph? 1k She's annoyed at having change soa with snater passenger She fds amitake she makes amusing, {She wants to get on with er work sing the flat She has cic neing oom far tems she brought on ose {82 What doos the weman say tthe begining of the conversation? ‘A. Shehas Gansdlan nations Sho usualy works Tala (© Shols curently both studing and working _ Shei going o work for aerent employer 28 Wy does the writer tay awake throughout the Fight? ‘ATs lot of mechanics noise on he plan. Nobody ese on board seus to want to sep. {© Some ofthe passengers aking lousy He would not be able to seep very on, ‘34. The woman tals about emparstures in Canada to show thet ‘A itcould sometines be extemal col n Montreal B Incas amore pleasant cau oven than Canada. the pace where she grew up coud be intresting In Sasatchowan cldron ato stay st home a win 38. What does “that oer to ino 527 [alin to notice how cold some pats ofthe body realy are weerng clothes that da net cover he akin very ald washer playing games ouside in extremely ow temperatures going nto warm place sight fom somewhere much coder 96 Tha witermantons the western india because 'A-herealses the woman wens to change the subject B_hewants to Keo th conversation going he ns the wether an inaresting topic to dsc. 1D helhad wanted to ask th woman abou it whl she was aking Resaing and Use of nghh Part § ests 1 ataEy Reading and Use of English Part 6 ‘You are going to read an article about returing to work after being away on holiday. Six sentences have been remaved from the article. Choose fram the sentences.A-G the one which fits each gap (37-42). There is one extra sentence which you donot need to use. Just because Ive been on holiday doesn't mean | have to be happy day hongover,bedeto-workbuer, jpasrrove reson’ ifs weltnown concn, and fm suena tom My cat My ronose, My fends. My bed The st ed the some every sie, but al vie tee on he es Soy ‘of every holiday, to convince ef that going home sit 0d, Then | eel utety mercbe. There plenty of things on not great ocr, maths, reuring Hy bets on fe bu the ning Fen wor ot corning back ro work afer © holy. son eome cai of being sty irae. To ave hod clove anne tock ond en ean hoof. ‘were evronehsbeenwoinghord whut exaont Tunes or ering avin wit ore Ie tnd rey bod rane [Sl] —_| en the sumer of tame fo olay ong, ocho Be ‘Feartove! depress’ sa wetinown conden. tn orecen sey coded by 0 rove wate, 82 pa (cect 354 pepe cited epateerd psn trent EB] | Potato tntre ty sae Cr oes VRE weve coe feng at reronog wan te eu tren ou mange eve eroticy pac ond nek youre guaniced Yo wal este orf st jeter [B91] | OF te apse depen. recrgansaion hor 100 place while you were avy. Sil, 1 coud be wane, Over hee-quares of people cuastoned 1 ho! thei holiday depresionlested foro asa | Tests rons [BT] JPenps ney etd hove sree Cah od nor bared ging ter yes of proce, Ive come up with © fe ge ther hap. Abr. The hs het mentened cho. [ERE] ese peop now a yao ‘anerineral igh endra inte ofc, The ic enenmen on geting ough tes doy bak wa wneu nena ove. mofinga gd pon foro new ie Gripen too much te ony own ary okiog ety holiday pots soyeg ema ca lee sy fe |e! sony for my poor cteegues hevng 1 ook ot my long foce today, but leas by ha geting my bad mood in ect. [AB ny break now in Then I on suppor hem in their enon?) of need ight even lend heen one of my pes Roading and Uso of Engh Pat 8‘A. By September, on the other hand, when the E Tho next ono fs making sue have a day off | schools go back and the ain summer holiday ‘renting botween gating home and going to season ver lbs backto normal wor 1B Themost content, wih Boh the home anc F Aso, over twos of hem answered the not working life, appearto be hos whe say at ame qutlon, “Ae you usualy gad tobe ome ater ‘ser ‘holiday abroad?” with 2 presumably unhappy sounding ='No. (© Forinstanco, that high Important task yout ‘witha colleague thas bom ignored and later @_Longor by atleast fortnight, ques, than the ‘cased your ema inbox totum toxic. hati thoy’ taken, _Alleast, though, tm pt tm ont fod-up wage ave 1 oa ke mis Reading ed Use of English Part 6 vets | 288EE Poasing ana uso of engiisn Part 7 ‘Yu are going to read a newspaper atc about an Olympic athlete. For questions 48-62, choose from the paragraphs (A-D). The paragraphs may be chosen more than once. Which paragraph ves an explo Jessi having good luck? ‘eles to the oe of Jessie's family helping her achieve suggests issuing that Jasin dos not understand here beta? mentons a previous sporting ciapooiniment hat Jessica ad? plains why Jssica is so popular with tho local pubic? ‘explain why another athiete was srprsed at Josica’s pormance? mentions a paint childhood meray? ppearance can give amiseading sys tat Jesia'rlatlonship wit someone can Sometimes be felt? contrasts Jssca’s personaly on and of the track? 7 ee eee ewe Roading and Us of Engsh Pat 7‘A There nave been many great Chpic athletes in recent years, but fon have bean taken otal county's her quite as aly ae gold medal winner Jessica Emi, Fer que etemination to succeed, hor god humour whan faced ty setbacks and the aso joy she showed wien nally bacoringOiynpie champion have contributed to this, a has the feu ofthe spat she has chosen {tw compete inthe hetathin. This involves trnng in worl-lass rrforances in sete track ad fll events overt dys, A fist Sigh, Jssca ~at us 1.65 mares and 87 lies may seam 29 uni winne of sucha phycaly demanding spot, but once the acon bagi It son becomesclear she has the sped, strength and endurance to best anyone, Jessica recognises that her namally easygoing ature i tensor nto something much freer hen she hes to compete. Se knows that success ony comes rom beng highly motiated nd {otalyfecuse on each event. Inher autobiography Unbelievable, he tals ofthe way sh was picked ona school by bigger gs because of ber background a ack of see, and how that has made her determined to suceed, particully agit aller an songs athletes, She azo ‘ons out that she not rma particularly spartng family and that her sister “absolutly tes ‘spon, but sys she was introduces to atlatis by her pens, who hve continued ta ge her encouragement and suppor tought her carer as an athlete Her ther was ber inthe UK and hr father in Jamaica {© She ets on wel with har amy, 5 she does wih er husband And, saying she dikes confit and wherever possible avoids arguments with people, The oly exception shar wane Cll, wth hom she has row ‘ary 6a’ Ang although Jessica isa pycholgysrauat, she fs unable to ‘explain how she scqured the wemendous sel spine that has enabled he to keep training to Olmpic gold meds standard wile so many thers have gven up along the way. Of course, at that lve nothing canbe taten for granted, as she discovered when sudden injury put her ‘out ofthe Being Games. She describes that as the aves point inher cae. Typical, tough, Jessica bounced back, and ence fit agin began traning jst a hard 8 eer By the time ofthe London Ganes in 2012 she was inthe best shape af her lif, endon tht occasion she was fetunateennugh ora eof injury. Some ofthe times she rao in the heptathlon were so fas thi she would have achieved good position nthe nas of track fens Such asthe 200 meres, That ought to mind a race won two years earlier aginst the word champion, wha coul'low she had ns to someane wha tained fr seven diferent events Since the London Olympics, esi has contin ta ake part in competitions, eaiving ruerous award including Weld Sportsman ofthe Year. She has alo featued on a speci postage stamp and has had a ot bx inher hme cy of Sheed painted god inher honour. ecding ane Uso of Engh Part 7 rests | 38swing Pats “You must answer his question iit your answer in 140-180 words in an appropriate sive. +1 nyour English lass you have been discussing holidays in sciools and colges. Now your English teacher has asked you to wie an essay. Vite an assay using al the notes and give reasons for you pol of view ‘Should students have # long summer holiday or should terms be longer? Notee re about 1 wich fate forleaing 2 ‘lr activites nthe days 3 (your ov ia) Wing PartEW ws m2 \Wrte an answer to one ofthe cuestions 2-8 inthis part. Write your answer in 140-190 words in an appropriate syle, 2 You see this amouncement oan English-language website Fm reviews wanted Which tm ave you sen in we srsting aay unegecd appeal Wie ew the, esbing what pene a yas unespte,Sey whey tink th pope wal jy wang te Bn, The st ews wil pero ow wee At we Write your review. ‘8 Your Engish teacher has asked you to wre report on shopping in your res. You shoud expan which ee the ‘most popular shops or shoppng cenzes in your re, sy why you think they are popar and suggest other kine of shops that you think shout cpon hee Write your report 4 You 220 the owing anncunsement nan international magazine ‘tices wanted for publication Write about a person who is popular or Famous in your county. We wil publish the best artes in next months magazine, Wit you article. woting Pat 2 ret | 387—ky Listening Part 1 {Z vou withear people taking in eight itferent stations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer, RBar. 41 Younes’ a man taking on thera about a new akport termi ‘ny das he compare the terial ta factory? ‘A toorticioo the way paople ze reat there 8 to emphasi the enormous se of te bullng (fo dose Is efclency in procasing passengors 2 Youhear aman being ntertoned for ajo He lt his previous job baceuse [A he wanted 0 workin asm towm, hed not got on with his bes. Che tought hs slay was to low ‘8 Youbear a woman aking abot cy sho evs visting What does eh ike most sbouttha ety noways? Bis food B speople © Ke arentecture 4 Younsara man and a woman sing about hotel they have recent stayed a Thay agree that {nthe locaton was convener the price of th oom was rasonable. © themes were 900d 15 Youheara woman aking about buying a clock onthe neat. ‘What does sho say about it? [A The clock had baen daraced when arived. 'B The postage cost more thn she hac expecod. {©The lem cost heres thar what was worth 16 Youheara bus driver talking about his jb. ‘ich aspact of his work does he sometimes rey dst? A. erving not wae dosing with paar © stating work eary 17 You near aman tang on heraco about hs ery ‘What does ne say about his school days? ‘A Ho regs not stodying had. 1B Horemain ends wth sone classmates. He clalted some of is teachers. {8 You near aman tng a woman about ana gallery he has Vist. ‘The man saysthe ar gary 1 was too crowed had rove moved had oo fon werks on cela ase | Tests Leaning Part—_k pp Listening Part 2 FAP You withear a young women cae Amanda Mito talking toa group of colege students about ‘Taciovondo, the Korean marta ar, For questions 8-18, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase, {You wil need to play this recording twice] ‘Taking up Taekwondo ‘Aranda sys she was geting bord with gong to) rand (10) iad hort take up Taskwondo. ‘Atha Taslwonde club, Aan was tol that siz ac strangth was ess important than (19), ‘Amand is hlped by the fat tat she can keep er (1) nn We ‘Amanda says she was mere (13) ‘than some of tha male students. ‘Amanda explains that he students do Sm (14) exercises when thay have fished runing. Amanda wae suprise to tnd how high se cou (1). afer ther exercises. ‘Amanda lays wears safety equpment on He (1) as wo 8.00 herhands. “The only serious ir het Amara has ha Wa 10 Wa (17) nn 5 “Troon colour bat that Aman wants to gts (18) et Ustening Pare 2 est | 280EE eons rans £83) You withear five short exracts in which people cts the computer they use whon traveling. For ‘questions 19-23, choose from the list (A-H) the criticism each speaker makes of their computer, Use the Ittrs only once There are tee eta lets wnich you donot reed to use. [You wil need to ply this recording twice] 1A Tour ty poe B Trabant oo ase ster [8] {smear un sony on a a — | D Toke cut to use Deron wore somes [al took unatatve. count [i 2 tet o connect toot devices. speakers [Tas] 8 Is too hea o anyway 60 | Tests stoning Part’mart 4 ne You wit hear a student called Ahmet Kaya talking about his vacation jo, which involves working ight. For questions 24-00, choose the best answer (A,B oC). [Yu wil ned to play this recording twice ‘24 Why ld Armet doco to gla job working at ight? [A The hours wore shorter tan for day Work, twas the only jb ho was able to gt. © Thepay was better han tor day werk 25 What cl Ahmet fd hart gt used to a fst? [A Going out to work when chore were having fun Not beng able to sleep uhenever he wanted to. © Going to bed when everyone ese was getting up. 25 What effect dovs Arent’ job have on his ect ite? [A Ha can soe his gitiendas often ashe would hk. B itmaksenodiference thow often he soos his ends. © Atweskendshe stays out al ight wihout fing Sapy. 27 Armet fds his working hours convent because they erable him to A. ley doing execs far nore. travel on publ transport when itis es crowded. {© make mocical appointments nthe mornings. ‘28 Atmet bates that because he works rights he mey bemor kl to ‘A. become be-erpered catch nines. (© ave an accion 29 Owing this working hours Atmel eats [A jutatter he fishes wort B once during his si ‘20 What dose Ahmat say aboutthe customers wo shop threat ight? [A Thay krow the pole are watching thom al thot. 1B They ao ual in os ct @hury than daytime customers. {© They buy the came kines of hinge a daytime shoppers. stoning Par ests | set