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PART I: VOCABULARY (2 marks)

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PART II: LANGUAGE USE (2 marks)

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PART III: READING COMPREHENSION (3 marks)

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2. 7. 12.
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5. 10. 15.

PART IV: WRITING (3 marks)

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PART I: VOCABULARY (2 marks)
Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences.
1. She was the __________ of a violent crime and had to receive medical attention.
A. victim B. witness C. culprit D. bystander
2. The police were called to investigate the house that had been __________.
A. mugged B. burglarized C. broken D. victimized
3. Last night, I watched a __________ and it was hilarious.
A. thriller B. horor movie C. romantic comedy D. drama
4. The __________ applauded the actors after the play ended.
A. listener B. speaker C. audience D. observer
5. The __________ caused chaos in the city and many people were injured.
A. storm B. rainfall C. tidal wave D. glacier
6. John felt a deep sense of __________ when he didn't get the job he applied for.
A. confusion B. happiness C. disappointment D. amazement
7. I need to __________ for two at the restaurant tonight.
A. order B. reserve C. check D. make
8. I love the __________ of this cafe, it's perfect for relaxing and chatting with friends.
A. cozy atmosphere B. warm air C. relaxed sensation D. welcoming air
9. The __________ brought heavy rain and flooding to the area.
A. monsoon B. flood C. hail D. heat wave
10. After the __________, the city was in ruins and many people lost their homes.
A. sunset B. earthquake C. sunshine D. vibration
PART II: LANGUAGE USE (2 marks)
Rewrite the sentences using the prompts provided.
1. The teacher will grade the exams tomorrow. (Use PASSIVES)
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2. Alen can’t speak Spanish fluently. (Use ABLE)
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3. It is obligatory for her not to eat gluten because she has celiac disease. (Use CAN’T)
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4. It is not necessary for me to meet Lisa after the show as she quit already. (Use
HAVE TO)
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5. I dont have much free time now, so I cannot hang out with my friends. (Use IF)
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6. Alice is not good at writing, so she decides to quit her job as a reporter. (Use IF)
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7. The doctor prescribed a new medication for my headache. (Use PASSIVES)
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8. Sarah plays football very well. (Use A)
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9. The doctor suggested staying away from fast food. (Use THAT)
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10. Ava did not study hard, so she failed the final exam. (Use IF)
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PART III: READING COMPREHENSION (3 marks)

Reading passage 1
Reading Practice
Here today, gone tomorrow
The Arctic and Antarctica are now within reach of the modern tourist, with many going to
see these icy wildernesses before it's too late. Christian Amodeo reports on the growth of
polar tourism. Travel at the North and South Poles has become an expensive leisure activity,
suitable for tourists of all ages. The poles may be inhospitable places, but they are seeing
increasing numbers of visitors.
Annual figures for the Arctic, where tourism has existed since the 19th century, have
increased from about a million in the early 1990s to more than 1.5 million today. This is
partly because of the lengthening summer season brought about by climate change.
Most visitors arrive by ship. In 2007, 370,000 cruise passengers visited Norway,
twice the number that arrived in 2000. Iceland, a country where tourism is the second-
largest industry, has enjoyed an annual growth rate of nine percent since 1990. Meanwhile,
Alaska received some 1,029,800 passengers, a rise of 7.3 percent from 2006. Greenland has
seen the most rapid growth in marine tourism, with a sharp increase in cruise-ship arrivals
of 250 percent since 2004.
The global economic downturn may have affected the annual 20.6 percent rate of
increase in visitors to the Antarctic - last season saw a drop of 17 percent to 38,200 - but
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there has been a 760 percent rise in land-based tourism there since 1997. More people than
ever are landing at fragile sites, with light aircraft, helicopters and all-terrain vehicles
increasingly used for greater access, while in the past two seasons, ‘fly-sail’ operations have
begun. These deliver tourists by air to ships, so far more groups can enjoy a cruise in a
season; large cruise ships capable of carrying up to 800 passengers are not uncommon.
In addition, it seems that a high number of visitors return to the poles. ‘Looking at
six years’ worth of data, of the people who have been to the polar regions, roughly 25
percent go for a second time,’ says Louisa Richardson, a senior marketing executive at tour
operator Exodus.
In the same period that tourism has exploded, the ‘health’ of the poles has
‘deteriorated’. ‘The biggest changes taking place in the Antarctic are related to climate
change,’ says Rod Downie, Environmental Manager with the British Antarctic Survey
(BAS). Large numbers of visitors increase these problems.
Although polar tourism is widely accepted, there have been few regulations up until
recently. At the meeting of the Antarctic Treaty in Baltimore, the 28 member nations
adopted proposals for limits to tourist numbers. These included safety codes for tourist
vessels in Antarctic waters, and improved environmental protection for the continent. They
agreed to prevent ships with more than 500 passengers from landing in Antarctica, as well
as limit the number of passengers going ashore to a maximum of 100 at any one time, with
a minimum of one guide for every 20 tourists. ‘Tourism in Antarctica is not without its
risks,’ says Downie. After all, Antarctica doesn’t have a coastguard rescue service.’
‘So far, no surveys confirm that people are going quickly to see polar regions before
they change,’ says Frigg Jorgensen, General Secretary of the Association of Arctic
Expedition
Cruise Operators (AECO). ‘However, Hillary Clinton and many other big names have been
to Svalbard in the northernmost part of Norway to see the effects of climate change. The
associated media coverage could influence others to do the same.’
These days, rarely a week passes without a negative headline in the newspapers. The
suffering polar bear has become a symbol of a warming world, its plight a warning that the
clock is ticking. It would seem that this ticking clock is a small but growing factor for some
tourists. ‘There’s an element of “do it now”,’ acknowledges Prisca Campbell, Marketing

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director of Quark Expeditions, which takes 7,000 People to the poles annually. Leaving the
trip until later, it seems, may mean leaving it too late.

Questions 1-7
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 1 – 7 on your answer sheet.
Polar tourism - the figures
Tourism in the Arctic began in the 1..................... and visitor numbers have risen since that
time. These days, over 2..................... people travel there, mostly by ship. The country with
the greatest increase in visitors is 3...................... Tourism has expanded in the Arctic
because the 4..................... lasts longer than it used to. Travel to the Antarctic has fallen by
5..................... over the past year. However, many more people are using small planes and
6..................... to land on the ice. Aircraft are also taking visitors to huge ships that hold as
many as 7..................... tourists.
Questions 8-10
Look at the following statements and the list of people below.
Match each statement with the correct person, A-D.
8. Some tourists believe they should not delay their trip to the poles.
9. There are some dangers to travelling in Antarctica.
10. Some famous people have travelled to polar regions to look at the impacts of global
warming.
A Louisa Richardson
B Rod Downie
C Frigg Jorgensen
D Prisca Campbell
Reading passage 2
The ballpoint pen
Most of us have at least one, but how did this popular item evolve?
One morning in 1945, a crowd of 5,000 people jammed the entrance of Gimbels
Department Store in New York. The day before, Gimbels had placed a full-page
advertisement in the New York Times for a wonderful new invention, the ballpoint pen.

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The advertisement described the pen as 'fantastic' and 'miraculous'. Although they were
expensive, $12.50 each, all 10,000 pens in stock were sold on the first day.

In fact, this 'new' pen was not new at all. In 1888, John Loud, a leather manufacturer,
had invented a pen with a reservoir of ink and a rolling ball. However, his pen was never
produced, and efforts by other people to produce a commercially successful one failed too.
The main problem was with the ink. If it was too thin, the ink leaked out of the pen. If it was
too thick, it didn't come out of the pen at all.
Almost fifty years later, in 1935, a newspaper editor in Hungary thought he spent too
much time filling his pens with ink. He decided to invent a better kind of pen. With the help
of his brother, who was a chemist, he produced a ballpoint pen that didn't leak when the pen
wasn't being used. The editor was called Ladislas Biro, and it was his name that people
would associate more than any other with the ballpoint pen.
By chance, Biro met Augustine Justo, the Argentinian president. Justo was so
impressed with Biro's invention that he invited him to set up a factory in Argentina. In 1943,
the first Biro pens were produced.
Unfortunately, they were not popular, since the pen needed to be held in a vertical
position for the ink to come out. Biro redesigned the pen with a better ball, and in 1944 the
new product was on sale throughout Argentina.
It was a North American, Milton Reynolds, who introduced the ballpoint pen to the
USA. Copying Biro's design, he produced the version that sold so well at Gimbels. Another
American, Patrick Frawley, improved the design and in 1950 began producing a pen he
called the Papermate. It was an immediate success, and within a few years, Papermates
were selling in their millions around the world.
Questions 11 – 15
Question 11-15
Read each part carefully and choose the correct option, A, B, C or D.
11. People went to Gimbels to buy a ballpoint pen because
A they couldn't get them anywhere else.
B they had been told how good the pens were.
C they had never seen a ballpoint pen before.
D they thought the price was good.

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12. Why were early ballpoint pens not produced commercially?
A Nobody wanted to buy one.
B It cost too much to produce them.
C They used too much ink.
D They didn't work properly.
13. Why was Ladislas Biro's pen better than earlier models?
A It didn't need to be filled with ink as often.
B It was designed by a chemist.
C The ink stayed in the pen until it was needed.
D It was easier to use.
14. Biro's first commercially-produced pen
A was produced in a factory owned by the Argentinian president.
B only worked if used in a certain way.
C was a major success.
D went on sale in 1944.
15. Patrick Frawley's pen
A was a better version of an earlier model.
B took time to become successful.
C was the USA's first commercially successful ballpoint pen.
D was only successful in the USA.

PART IV: WRITING (3 marks)

Choose ONE of the following topics to write a paragraph (at least 120 words)
about:
Topic 1: Do you agree that physical education is an important subject at school?
Topic 2: Do you believe that people should work only 4 days a week?
Topic 3: Introduce your favorite dish.
Topic 4: Write about a sport event you joined.
Topic 5: Write about a movie that you have just watched.
Topic 6: Describe a horrifying incident you cannot forget.
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