Test 4 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1 nour 16 minutes) Part 1 For questions 1-8, read the text below and dacide which answer (A,B, C or D)bes its each gao. ‘There is an example atthe beginning (0) Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: © Acstrong B deop © thorough heavy a 8 oD Chimpanzee beds (ne moming, Koichiro Zama, a zoologist at Japan's Kyoto University, awoke from a (0). sleepin the treetops of an African forest. For years, he had been (1)... forthe perfect night's STeep, His (2)... 8109p that night had not involved special mattresses or pillows. had been ‘on a construction of leaves, (9)... together by twigs, and built by chimpanzees, amma noticed that chimpanzees’ beds are built to (4)... the exact shape of thelr bodies. ‘They're built high up in trees, and sway gently with the movement of the branches, which aids leop. He realised they could serve as a useful 6)... fo the perfect human bed. Zamma has now designed a bed based on the principles of the chimpanzee bed. The mattress (6) css & depression in the centre to imitate the natural dip in the chimpanzee bed. This Is supported by a frame which (7)... the bed to gently move, Some enthusiasts (8)... he bed has transformed their sleeping habit, 68Inquiring restoring ‘ripped coincide model promotes admits respond wanting refreshing grasped ft standard demonstrates allows promote searching relieving pushed follow Imitation consists encourages Reading and Use of English D attempting renewing D hes D_comespond D oxamole D features D_ provides D_ recommend 3G] 0Test 4 Part 2 For questions 9-16, read the text below and think ofthe word which best fs each gap. Use only ‘one word in each gap. There is an example atthe beginning (0) \irite your anewers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet, New Year's resolutions At the start (0)... each new year, people in some countries make resolutions for the futur, ‘These resolutions are intentions that people alm to full in the hope of changing their lives (0) nus the better, Resolutions range from giving (10) ..... @ bad habit such as smoking (19) beginning a new activity, for example learning to play a musical instrument. Unfortunately, many people find keeping thelr resolutions very difficut and, a month (12)... so later, abandon them. This is often a result of having seta totally unrealistic goal for themselves ‘The people who are most successful in keeping their resolutions (18) .... usually those ‘who make sure that their goals are fairly small and straightforward. They havo a clear idea of precisely (14)... they plan to do to reach their goal. Often they tnd (15)... helpful I they. have fiends wo have made the same resolution because they are then able to support one: (16)... in remaining committed and focuses. ro > [p. 145)Reading and Use of English Part 3 For questions 17-24, read the text below. Lise the word given in capita at the end of some of the linas to form a word that fs inthe gap in the same line, There fs an example st the beginning (0). \Wirte your anewers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. [2] [elalalofols LH l Exampl Alfred Hitchcock ‘One of the most (0) .. Alfred Hitchoock. He was bom in England and had considerable ‘lmmakers of the twentieth century was FAME (17) scsnis making fms there before he decided to move to the SUCCEED United States to work in Hollywood, Hitchoock is best remembered for his (18) thrillers, such as PSYCHOLOGY Psycho, He had groat ski in building up (18)... which made his TENSE fine oxtromely (20)... for audioncee. FRIGHTEN Ftencock ed 10 make BME) conn Mas of is ns ~ at APPEAR | times that were in no way essential to the plot. When he realised audiences were wating eagerly for him to appear, he started to make sure that these moments occurred early in the fms to avold being a (22) con rom the pot DisTRACT Fit was sometimes said that Hitchcock had no great king for actors. This was something of an (23) . but there is certainly some EXAGGERATE i (24) simi as he did nat enjoy working wth actors who disagreed TRUE withthe way he intrproted thelr parts. (Bes) 7a tin 18 Test 4 Part S You are going to read a magazine artcle about being a cartoonist. For questions 31-98, choose tho answer (A, B, Cor D) which you think fits best according tothe text, ‘Mark your answers on the separate answer shot So you want to be a cartoonist? People are always asking me how I became a cartoonist, This ts understandable ~ cartooning Is one of those jobs you dream about asa litle id like being a race ear dever But most people eventually throw these childish daydreams fiway and consider more realist professions, like becoming a tax lawyer or & manufacturer fof auto parts, The idea that you can support Yyourselt financially at all, let alone maintain An adequate lestyle, by sketching the sort of ‘doodles commonly found in the margins of high ‘choo! notebooks 1s, when you think about it Silly Yet some people do exactly that ‘As for me, after having a fairly typical cartoonists childhood (obsessive love of comic Strips, contributions to. school publleations, ‘being kcown throughout school as" the kd who ‘raws), happened to stUdy graphic design In college and thea, alter graduating, went ‘round diferent companies with.a colfection ‘of ilustrations. | was lucky to find someone at {2 newspaper who told me they Wwere looking for poiteal eartoans on focal Issues. T drew tp a few ideas and they bought them; In afew ‘ont, [was selling enough to support mysel, You actually don't need much to become a cartoonist. You don't need a university degree {you don’t need: much money, you dos't even, Teally need to kiow bow to draw. You just feed your brain, Your hand and something that rakes a mark, But ofcourse fit really was that fasy, there would be as many cartoonists as there are, say, teachers. The technical barriers to being a cartoonist are Tow, but its a tough job nevertheless, No one should attempt to tnter the profession unless they feet that doing anything else would be impossible. After all's fo much easier to seta regular [ob that pays the rent and leaves atleast alte time for the family home repairs and hobbies. 4 “The more things you know tow to do wel, the more chance you have of making a living vith {your art Tve done politica cartoons, comic “trips and comic books, Ive also been a weiter 2 caricaturist and. oceasionilly. a designer. | ‘don't turn dovn anything - that's because you ‘cal earn a auf lot even from work you don"t particularly want to do. I also doesn't hurt fo'be inteligent, wellread and curious about ‘everything around you But what about the business side of being a ‘cartoonist? There was atime when a significant umber of cartoonists could find regular Jobs ‘doing cartoons for several diferent newspapers ‘and magazines, But those days, i they arent ‘gone, are rapidly passing, For almost everyone today, cartooning ts an entrearencurial activity a thal areas youre not ust gong to have produce the work, youre going to have 0 sell The more comfortable you are with what that involves, the better you'l do, Time and time again, ve seen cartoonists with average creative ables and excellen business sills do far beter than those who were artiste geniuses but nothing el Tt amazes me how often I meet people who have never sold cartoon ir thelr life and yet areterrfed someone wil tel thelr ideas, Some these people are s0 worsted that they refuse to let others even look at their world Legally, all you need to-do to protect your stalls draw ‘litle “efor ‘copyright somewhere, put a Circle around the Fetter, ther. write your name fnd the date next to i But let's face it~ it's far itorerealstic that no one wil be interested In Your work I, by some chance, someone steals Zoartoon and i goes viral on the Internet and tverybody starts emailing i to thelr frends, isnot a disaster itean be an extremely lucky break, publcty-wiselReading and Use cf English In the fst paragraph, what point does the writer make about being a cartoonist? Itis not seen as a very practical career option. People prefer doing jobs that have a higher status. People are surprised at how tle money cartoonists get. Not enough children are being encouraged to become one, voa> What does ‘that in ine 13 refer to? thinking about things too much supporting yourself financially ‘etching doodies in school notebooks considering a ciferent profession voor ‘The writer mentions teachers to make the point that > professional cartoonists need time to develop thek skis. prolecsional cartoonists need to have a passion for their work itis harder to become a professional cartoonist than it might seem. D__ many professional cartoonists complain of not having much fee time. In the fourth paragraph, the witer suggests professional cartoonists learn from other types of artists. do thorough research fr jobs. ‘work on diferent projects atthe same time. ‘accept even unappealing jobs. com> ‘What does the wrter say about dealing withthe business side of being cartoonist? A. roan be distracting, B tis unavoidable © tis dificult to do wal D_Itcan be exhausting. \What does the writer say about the thet of ideas from cartoonists? itis highly unkely to happen. People are more aware of it now. ‘The law does not prevent it happening. ‘The internet has made it easier to do. voor (Sens) 7Test 4 Part 6 a ———————————— a, ‘You are going to read an article from a magazine about an unusual hobby. Sbx sentences havo been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap (@7-42). Thore fs one extra eantence which you do not need to use. "Meck: your answers on the separate answer sh Messages in bottles 1 was 22 and on a family holiday in the Caribbean Turks and Caicos Islands when It first happened, As we strode along the beach, T sav a glint of blue glass on the shoreline. i realised it was a large bottle ~ and that there ‘was something inside it. Twas s0 excited! Yd always dreamed of finding a message Ina bottle and my hands were shaking as uncorked it. ft turned out the bottle had been dropped eight months previously by a ‘couple on board a cruise from the Portuguese {sland of Madeira This botle had managed fo survive its journey all the way ‘across the Atlantic and Pd found it, Temallet the senders as soon as got back tothe hotel. They were happy to know someone had got their message, but perhaps disappointed that if had been found so soon after they'd ‘dropped it overboard. For me, however, it was ‘a profound experience. My family and [had always beach-combed for shells on vacation, and when you learn how to look properly, you start finding loads. gured that Teould do the same with messages in bottles. Since that holiday, eight years ago, I've found ‘more than 80 messages In bottles, mostly fon the Turks and Caicos Islands, which ‘oceanographer Curtis Ebbesmeyer calls ‘a ‘agnet for floating objects’. Bottles have been ‘washing up on the Islands since at least the 18005; the Turks and Caicos National Museu features a large collection. I've picked up 6 bottles from senders in North America, Furope and Asia, [38] ___]T'vealso found artwork, business cards, dalla bils.. even a crumbling piece of wedding cake. [try to make contact with the senders if1 can, [HOT]! travelled to Dasseldort last summer to meet Sabine Roy, @ German travel agent whose message I found back in 2011. Sabine's message had deteriorated badly by the time fd found it; all [could make out was a cruise ship letterhead het name and ‘Diseldor I tried tracing her for four years fore! thought of posting a messege on soclal medi Within a. day, had tacked her doven It’s a very strange experience when [meet a ‘sender. We've been brought together entirely by chance and there are no guarantees we'll have anything in common, | People ‘who send messages in botlles tend to be adventurous types and are often as excited to meet up as lam. |A tot of people forget they've sent these messages and when you present them with these pleces of ther past I's almost ike time travel ‘When I called the phone ‘number supplied, n Baltimore, USA, | spoke to an elderly woman, She told me her young ‘son must have sent the bottle while on a boat trip with his dad in the 1990s, I's discoveries. like these that keep me interested in hunting for bottles.1s not just messages inside either B So you might think these encounters ‘could be awkward - although that hasn't been my experience 50 far © One of the oldest messages I found ‘was from a soft drinks bottle from the 19706, D_ ewasn’t a treasure map or a cry for help from someone stranded on a deserted island, but to me, It was 2 miracle. Reading and Use of English Sometimes i's funny, as was the ease with anote I found from a sender who claimed to have been “taken prisoner bya grumpy old monster It sparked a sort of obsession and I started spending every spare cent and every spare moment looking for more bottles, ‘Theinternet has made that easier than It would have been In the past and | often get help through my blog and web page. 4 2(Opis) 77Test 4 Part7 You are going to read a magazine article about working as a sports psychologist. For questions 443-52, choose from the sections (A-E}. The sections may be chosen more than once, ‘Mark your answers on the separate answer shes In which section are the follo 1g mentioned? the need io appreciate the process of competing 8 ‘the need for patience to achieve success 44 an incroasadlvel of exviosty about how psychology canheipin spot [5 the apparent ciffcuty of giving instruction in the use of mental sategies [48 | ndrstanding from experanco what sports professionals require a how recent research findings cn ed sportspeople 2 spotspeopss feelings having anegatv elect on hem e reat ararenesso what sports peyhololes do these days 0 the importance for sportspeople of maintaining focus 51 A tondeney o soe suecesstl people as having no weaknesses B 8 145)Reading and Use of English | What does a sports psychologist do? i Jeremy Snape explains A 1s up my company Sporting Edge a decale © The laest scetfe discoverer can tap to totnarethe pace ols whichprmate° ahies™ site mind” for_crample Sacsinsport Tapeaocinte mentale Sevlopnatt nto! RI Sansog Sd Stig pertomance.The vole ofthe torts Geuenlence show ut ha alg to burstves fovdeuget & mre wily cepted Gait ba manganese comarony hgh Sr wher I setup my company’ Nowadoye, _actulyeentes scr nthe el wet when’ poole“rench th vty top of thet Tore repeated can nines or acon Process fen ear tht wat ther and ths or suc or ale, We therore fret! ghme tat fe to thle ecco, Ws Bveaeponliyroennre atu ting srmany wo champlna spre speting habs se a ballhy ar. pone, Lewnng postive abou thar metal Wanng’now it ules Yo eveop coneemrauon bra Eis crea a'new dee fr apotspmpie toes need to forget sho everyting ee i fitout whut thy coud ace wit Tiers and Ieep thelr mind on tl a. Metal ‘ te to be more mists of the concep of Stent ie eiely something tho can be Sora paycoigy hints eco ur rian develope ie ial erent, soc elas people vo atest se being ere, ois a coro for these P Beopl to express ty ous or ave ony The vst major of tring win ts wi a fen. 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Now, your English teacherhas, ‘asked you to write an essay. \Write your essay using all the notes and ging reasons for your point of view. IHG ids Is it better to be par ofa large family of a small family? Notes Write about 4. cost 2. learning from others 3 (our own idea) go (Sp. 107writing | Part 2 rite an answer to one of the questions 2-4 in this part Write your answer in 140-190 words in ‘an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. Put the question number in the box a the top ‘ofthe answer sheet. 2 Yourecently saw this notice ina magazine. | Reviewswamed ‘Useful books _ We us a review of @usetl book which youhaveread. _In yourrevlew describe what the Book s about, explain how it was useful to yt and say why you would recommend ito thers. ‘White your review. 3. Yousee this notice ina travel magazine. Wanted - people to join Arctic expedition ‘Our organization is researching life in the Arctic. We are looking for people to join our ‘two-month expedition next year. You should beable to wore i team have skills tna are ‘usefl in an Arctic envionment and have a good level of English. ‘Write to expedition organizes, Roger Bead, explaining why you would be suitable w join cu expedition ite your letter of application, 4 Yousee tis announcement on an English-language webslte, ee Wits anatcle about an important decison you've made. n your ate you should say what youhad to decide, explain hv easy or cific it was to make he decision, and say what effet it ha on your if | | | ‘An important decision Wite yourFe TTR RTE TTR RTE TE TOTES TEES ESTES ES TESESTESESESSES TIES COEEEC©SES TIES TSE: TIES TICES TOES TSSOIS ISIS IESISIESISIESISIEEISIEIREEITE Test 4 LISTENING (approximately 40 minutes) a Part 1 ‘You will hear people talking in eight different situations. Bh For questons 1-8, choos the best answer (A,B oF. _Listerng test cio 4. Youhearan actress taking about her new part in a play. \Why di she choose to accept it? [A She wanted to work with the main male actor. BB She was attracted by the strong female role, © She wanted a change from her TV work: 2. Youheartwo fends talking about arestaurant what do they agree about I? 3 A. The service could be improved. 8 The food looked unappectin. © The Interior was badly designed. 8 Youheartwo students talking about a visit to a museum. ‘What does the man say about thelr quide? A. He knew alot about the exhibits He gave clear answers to questions. © He made. dificult subject interesting 4. You hear a tak given by acid psychologist ‘The purpose of her talks to 'A_ warn ofthe potential dangers of outdoor play 'B highlight the findings of some recent health research. © persuade people to give thelr chicren more freedom. 82Listening You hear part of a radio phone-in discussion about a proposal to redevelop one partot act. ‘Why i the man calling the programme? [A to1express concem about how the projact may afect local residents to question the motivation behind the plan © to point out the tkely environmental impact of any changes ‘You hear wo people taking on the radio about an exhibition of work by a wile photographer. What do they both say about the photos? ‘A. Tholack of variety was disappointing, B The tecinique used in them was unusual © The photographer’ aims were unclear ‘You hear a man telling @ colleague about a workshop he wil attend, What does the man have to do before the workshop? [A listen to some online material Bread some written information think of some questions to bring up ‘You hear two friends talking about the football team they suppor. How does the man fel about the manager of the team? A concerned about his ability to motivate the players B disappointed withthe style of play he encourages worried about his attitude towards journalistsTest 4 Part2 You will hear a man called Victor Medway talking to some students about his job, helping to organise a music festival, For questions 818, complete the sentences with a word or ‘short parase. Listening test auctio Helping to organise a music festival Vietor worked as a (0) for radio programmes before becoming @ festival oraniser Vietor's work as a volunteer involved (10) ata music festival, Victor recently booked a wellknown group who play ay sosnsninininnnnnnnns MUSIC FOF AHS Year's MUSIC Festiva ‘A maximum number of (12). is ‘people ae alloved to attend the festival Victor say that excising his Festiva fora lack of (19) is no longer fat The festival wilinchide (14). ‘acts as a new feature this yea. Victor attends other musi festivals forthe (15)... sees they provide, Victor welcomes the development of a (16). “of fotival organisers Victor says he's surprised that musicians (17) i ‘are sometimes dificult to work wih. ‘Victor has worked hard to improve bis (18) skisPart 3 ‘You will hear five short extracts In which people are taking about ‘a cookery course they participated in. For questions 19-23, ‘choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker iked best about the course. Uso the letters only once. There are three extra eters which you do not need to use, ‘A watching a professional cook an unusual dish Busing modern equipment © eating ditferent people D cooking with fesh ingredients E _larning new cooking techniques tying other people's cooking G mastering new recipes | Hdlscovering how quick some cishes can be to cook Speaker 1 ‘Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Speaker 5 Listening test audio Listening (Bp. 146] Bp. 13] 85Test 4 Part 4 ‘You will hear an interview with Tery Bankcroft, whose company Get Running organises overseas marathons, taking about his ‘work. For questions 24-80, choose the best answer (A, B oC). w« Listening test aucio 24 Tery got involved in running because he was A keen to change his lifestyle, B Interested in starting a new hobby. © motivated to do s0 by another person, 25 What does Terry say about his own running? ‘A. tsa fundamental part of his fe. B. It's less enjoyable than other sports. © He now proters to do shorter races. 26. Tory thinks the most challenging aspect of organising arace is ‘A justifying the cost ofthe race fee to the runners. 'B dealing with people in authority overseas. © ensuring that preparations are completed on time. 27 Whats important to Tory when considering a lation for anew race? ‘A. how easily accessible itis B how well he knows the area © how visualy appealing the landscape is 28 Terry says the volunteers who help outa his races ‘A. are often now torunning, BB. gpt iti recognition for the work they do. © findhelping at events rewarding. 88Listening 29 Terry explains that the race package tours for overseas participants A. cover the cost of air travel B are hardled exclusively by local companies. © include focal accommodation, 30 Whatis Tony's advice to people who are racing forthe ist time? ‘A. Try toget a good postion early on in the race. B. Concentrate on running your own race. © Take great care to avokd any injuries, (Bp. 146] Bp. 155] 97