Name: _______________________________________ Date: 16/11/2021

PRACTICE TEST 15
SECTION A - LISTENING
Part 1: You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about their jobs in television. While
you listen, complete both tasks below.
TASK ONE: For questions 1-5, choose from the list (A-H) each speaker’s job.
A. make-up artist 1. Speaker 1: ________
B. producer 2. Speaker 2: ________
C. actor 3. Speaker 3: ________
D. researcher 4. Speaker 4: ________
E. sports presenter 5. Speaker 5: ________
F. lighting engineer
G. sound technician
H. costume designer
TASK TWO: For questions 6-10, choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker says they find difficult
about their job.
A. having to upset people 6. Speaker 1: ________
B. incorporating last-minute changes 7. Speaker 2: ________
C. not getting enough variety 8. Speaker 3: ________
D. listening to people’s problems 9. Speaker 4: ________
E. being told what to do 10. Speaker 5: ________
F. keeping up to date
G. not getting enough recognition
H. working in uncomfortable conditions
Part 2. For questions 11-25, you will hear a radio programme cautioning travellers to Thailand on the
risk of breaking the law there. Complete the notes below with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR
A NUMBER.
With the wide availability of (11)_________________ and the recent economic problems in South-East Asia, Thailand
is an increasingly popular and cheap destination for British holidaymakers. Most go for the idyllic beaches and islands
in the south; more (12)_______________ go trekking in the mountains of the north and others will visit, if only for
(13)________________, the go-go bars of Bangkok. Unfortunately, increasing numbers also seek local colour in the
form of(14)________________. At present, 23 British nationals are in prison in Thailand, the majority of them serving
sentences between (15)_________________. Most of these are young men convicted of drug offences. Drug laws in
Thailand are extremely strict and anyone caught (16)____________________ 100 grams or more of heroin with intent
to (17)________________ is punished by a mandatory death sentence. In the case of western foreigners, the
sentence is commuted to life imprisonment, but life in this case means 100 years. For lesser drug offences, the
prospects are still grim. In theory, suspects can only be held for three months before being (18)________________
but, in practice, and especially in narcotics cases, this can take much longer. Bail is almost never given but, if it is, is
set so high that few people can afford it. By pleading guilty (19)_______________, during the police investigation and
at the first court appearance, a suspect can (20)_________________ the court proceedings and improve the chances
of a reduced sentence. A private lawyer costs thousands of pounds and, if a suspect - cannot afford one, he or she
will have to rely on the services of the court lawyer who will probably speak (21)_________________ English and
have little interest in the case as there is no financial incentive. If, however, a suspect pleads not guilty, the time spent
on remand will be longer, the trial may last two or three years and, if he or she is finally convicted, the sentence is
likely to be harsher.
Prison conditions, especially for men, are generally very poor, with prisoners sleeping on the floor without proper
bedding. Everyday necessities, such as blankets, (22)_________________ are not provided by the prison authorities.
Thai prisoners survive thanks to relatives who bring these items in for them, as well as extra food and money for
medical and dental care. Without this network of family and friends on hand to help them, life is
(23)________________ for foreign prisoners. The combination of poor diet, hot and humid weather and very basic
sanitation means that many of them suffer from sores that won't heal or infections that won't clear up. Thanks to a(n)
(24)________________, British prisoners do now have the possibility to apply for a transfer to a British jail.
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Nevertheless, they will still have to serve between four and eight years in Thailand first and the original sentence of 25
years or more will still stand.
Traveller, be warned! Think twice before you try to subsidise your holiday with a spot of drug (25)________________;
for foreigners in Thailand, crime definitely doesn't pay.
SECTION B – VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
Part 1: Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. David’s hard-working when supervised; left to his own______, he becomes lazy.
A. means B. instruments C. tools D. devices
2. Business these days are looking for people who are ______, or in other words, are able to fulfil more than one role
if necessary.
A. ever-changing B. resourceful C. action-oriented D. versatile
3. The vote on the anti-bullying policy was______and it will be put into effect immediately at the school.
A. unanimous B. united C. undoubted D. undivided
4. The sports complex is likely to become a ______after the championships are over.
A. white elephant B. wild goose C. fat cat D. black sheep
5. He’d be an excellent candidate for promotion______his hot temper.
A. if not B. if it wasn’t C. if only D. if it weren’t for
6. The installation of CCTV across the city center will hopefully act as a strong ______ to anyone tempted to commit
vandalism.
A. constraint B. restriction C. deterrent D. boundary
7. The list of the sources for the information in this book is contained in the book’s______.
A. acknowledgements B. bibliography C. appendix D. contents
8. Having some volunteer work on your CV can be a real ______ in your cap when it comes to applying to university.
A. feather B. hair C. beard D. sideburn
9. As the two seminars are running ______, I will have to make a choice on which one to attend.
A. continually B. concurrently C. continuously D. currently
10. He went to great lengths to ______ the details of the intricate plans to his co-workers.
A. spell out B. stand up C. take in D. measure out
11. We all hope that the boss is going to ________ the bill for the staff party.
A. arm B. leg C. foot D. head
12. Peter needs to learn how to put limits to his ______ otherwise nothing and nobody will ever be good enough for
him.
A. diligence B. introspection C. procrastination D. perfectionism
Part 2. Read the passage below, which contains 8 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the
corrections.
NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED
It is no coincident that people who take risks are far more likely to make progress in life and accomplish their goals.
The reason why is simple: in embracing risks, big or small, ones also embraces opportunities. Even though we realise
this, many of us are often incapable of taking a chance, whether because of the fear of failure or the uneasiness of
being pushed out of our comfort area. Having been disappointed by past failures, many people have trouble to
embrace new risks as their feelings of vulnerability can lead to avoidance-type behaviors. This is apparent in many
individuals whose primary reaction after such an experience is, understandably, to protect them from further
disappointment by simply avoiding what caused the disappointment. Although this is a logical reaction, it definitely
holds us away from fulfilling our potential. Undoubtedly, reaching a point which we feel we have achieved at least
some of our life goals is integral to our happiness; without taking a chance every now and later, this may never be
possible.
SECTION C – READING
Part 1: Read the passage and choose the best answer.
HAND-MADE HISTORY: the Bayeux tapestry.

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If a picture is (1)_______ a thousand words, the seventy-three scenes of the Bayeux Tapestry speak volumes. The
tapestry narrates, in pictorial (2)_______, William, Duke of Normandy’s invasion and conquest of England in AD 1066,
when he (3)_______ the Saxon forces of King Harold at Hastings. Historians believe that the work was (4)______ in
England, probably around AD 1092, and that it was commissioned by Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, William’s half brother,
who ensured his fame by figuring (5)_______ in the tapestry’s later (6)_______. Legends connecting it with William’s
wife Matilda have been (7)_______.
The Bayeux tapestry is not, (8)______ speaking, a tapestry, in which designs are woven into the fabric, but rather a
crewel form of embroidery, the pictures being made by stitching woolen threads into a background of plain linen. The
threads, in (9)_______of red, yellow, blue and green, must (10)_______ have been jewel bright, but have (11)______
light brown with age. Moreover, one end of the now 20 inch (50 cm) broad and 231 feet (70m) long cloth is missing.
You can view the Bayeux tapestry in the William the Conqueror Centre, Bayeux, Normandy, France. An enduring
(12)______ of the times, it is as valuable a (13)_______ of evidence for the Norman Conquest as photographs or films
are today.
1 A. valued B. worth C. merited D. deserving
2 A. fashion B. type C. design D. form
3 A. defeated B. won C. defended D. invaded
4 A. originated B. invented C. created D. manufactured
5 A. prominently B. strongly C. powerfully D. sufficiently
6 A. views B. scenes C. frames D. pictures
7 A. disowned B. dispersed C. disgraced D. discounted
8 A. normally B. strictly C. truly D. sincerely
9 A. colors B. shadows C. shades D. varieties
10 A. once B. then C. before D. earlier
11 A. changed B. turned C. transformed D. developed
12 A. witness B. confirmation C. testimony D. proof
13 A. segment B. part C. piece D. portion
Part 2: Fill in the gap with ONE suitable word.
Our obsession with recording (14)__________ detail of our happiest moments (15)________ be damaging our
ability to remember (16)__________, according to new research. Dr Linda Henkel, from Fairfield University,
Connecticut, described this (17)__________ the ‘photo-taking impairment effect’. She said, ‘People often whip out
their (18)_________ almost mindlessly to (19)____________ a moment, to the (20)__________that they are missing
what is happening right in front of them.’ (21)___________ people rely on technology to remember for them –
counting on the camera to (22)_______ the event and (23)____________not needing to attend to it fully
(24)____________— it can have a negative impact on how (25)______ they remember their experiences.
In Dr Henkel’s experiment, a group of university students were led (26)____________ a tour of a museum and
asked to (27)_________ either photograph or try to remember objects on (28)____________. The next day, each
student’s memory was tested. The results showed that people were less accurate in (29)__________ the objects they
had photographed (30)____________ with those they had only looked at.
Part 3: Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
WORK, WORK, WORK!
Stress, sleeplessness, depression, heart disease, shortness of temper, memory loss, anxiety, marital breakdown, child
delinquency, rudeness, suicide - a mere shortlist of some of the symptoms of the postmodern malaise. The cause of all
our woes? An avalanche of surveys, polls and expert commentaries show that we all work too long, too hard, that our
bosses are beastly; that we are insecure and afraid. You know all this stuff. We seem to be workers on the verge of a
nervous breakdown. So far, so bad. But there's plenty of good news about work, too - even if it is not always shared
with the same enthusiasm as the 'Work is Terrible' stories. Four out of 10 UK workers declare themselves 'very
satisfied' with their jobs, more than in France, Germany, Italy or Spain.
Work has become our national obsession. Whether we are damning the impact of work on our health, our families, our
time, or celebrating its new-found flexibility, rewards and opportunities, we are talking, writing and thinking about
work like never before. As with so many obsessive relationships, the one with work is a love hate one. Mixed
messages are everywhere - on the one hand, the government emphasises the importance of paid work, and then
cautions about the impact of too much paid work on families. Women celebrate the economic independence work
brings, then are made to feel guilty about their children. Salaries go up, but few of us feel richer. We find a job we
love and so work long hours at it, and then feel that we are failing to get our 'work/life' balance right. Why is work

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under the microscope? Perhaps because our work simply occupies a more important place in our lives than it did.
Maybe we care, and worry, more about work for the same reason we care and worry so much about our children or
our health - because it is important to us. Men and (for the first time in centuries) women are placing work closer to
the centre of their lives. And maybe that's no bad thing. The 'leisure society' would probably have been a boring place
in any case. Our work fixation springs from a series of profound changes in the nature of employment, all of which
push work more deeply into our individual lives, our families and our communities. Work has become a more
important element of our personal identity; we have greater control and choice over the shape of our working lives;
women have entered and transformed the workplace; the nine-to-five has become more sociable; more of us want or
need the financial independence that a wage offers; and the economic rewards of working have increased - work
pays. Work has become a more important personal identity tag, supplanting the three traditional indicators of our
uniqueness - place, faith and blood. As geographical roots have weakened, religious affiliations have diminished and
the extended family has dispersed, how we spend our labouring hours has become a more important window into our
souls. This trend reflects and reinforces a desire for work which brings personal fulfilment, for work we are proud of. If
work means not just income but identity, then the choice of job becomes critical. This is why tobacco companies find it
so hard to hire people - to work for them would be to taint your own identity. But the new salience of work has come
with a price; fewer people are able to feel secure; the need to keep pace with change is tiring and stressful; white-
collar workers are putting in longer hours to try and keep a toehold - with potentially damaging consequences for the
children; and the deification of work threatens to push those who are outside the paid workforce further towards the
margins of society. This would not matter so much if work did not matter so much. Not just in terms of income, but in
terms of identity. When work becomes more than simply a passport to a pay cheque, when it opens the door to
friends, purpose, satisfaction and a place in the world, its absence is more keenly felt. Once we admit the centrality of
work to our lives, it might be harder to kid ourselves that we are doing older employees a favour by 'letting them go'.
But we dare not admit work’s importance to us. We like to moan about it, preferably with work colleagues just after
work. The love of your job is now the only one that dare not speak its name. The idea of work as intrinsically bad has
poisoned us for too long. The poet and mystic Kahlil Gibran said that work was “love made visible”. Wouldn't it be
great if we could capture a bit of that spirit, even if just for a while?
31. In the first paragraph the writer implies that ______.
A. workers suffer from mental problems
B. modern lifestyles can sometimes make us ill
C. working people are generally insecure people
D. we exaggerate the negative effects of work
32. The word “damming” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. criticizing strongly B. discussing widely C. debating fiercely D. appreciating greatly
33. In the second paragraph, the writer gives the impression that ______.
A. people have ambivalent attitudes to work
B. women should not continue to work
C. people need a more balanced approach to life
D. work has made us feel better about ourselves
34. How does the writer answer the question "Why is work under the microscope?" in the third paragraph?
A. Because we worry about it all the time
B. Because it is as important as our children
C. Because it is a large part of our lives
D. Because it can affect our health
35. The function of the fourth paragraph is ______.
A. explain the constant need of people to work
B. examine the changes in the nature of employment
C. show how work has become a focal point in our lives
D. summarise the changes in the workplace
36. The term “window into our souls” in the fifth paragraph can be best described as ______.
A. something that we really like and want B. something that we earn for a living
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37. In talking about the jobs we choose, the writer says that ______.
A. our families have become less important to us
B. social change has made work more significant
C. the type of job is becoming less relevant
D. money has become a more important factor
38. According to the article, people who lose their jobs ______.
A. generally welcome the change B. may have fewer social relationships
C. identify strongly with each other D. have higher stress level
39. The word “intrinsically” in the seventh paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. significantly B. fundamentally C. temporarily D. profoundly
40. From the article as a whole, we understand that the writer believes ______.
A. we should rethink our attitudes to work B. we should admit that work is a necessary evil
C. home life should pay a more important role D. we should widen our social circles
Part 4: You are going to read a magazine article in which five people talk about their decision to run
their first marathon. For questions 41-50, choose from the runners (A-E). The runners may be chosen
more than once.
Which runner ______
decided not to be put off running because of a previous experience? 41.
expected the preparation for running the marathon to be worse than it was? 42.
found that the training programme seemed to go more quickly? 43.
imagined that a previous injury would prevent them from competing? 44.
intended to avoid walking as this might lead to a physical problem? 45.
made the decision to run without weighing up the advantages and disadvantages? 46.
simply wanted to complete a race however much time it took? 47.
thought of the marathon as being a way of celebrating an important event? 48.
was in good physical condition prior to starting their marathon preparation? 49.
was motivated to run after watching the end of a marathon? 50.
FIRST MARATHONS
A Susie Gordon
Susie enjoyed cycling as part of her daily routine. Then one year she went to support some friends who took part in a
marathon, and was inspired. "I found it really moving to see all these people doing this amazing thing," she says.
"They had trained for so long and this was their day. I wanted to experience that." She began a six-month training
schedule. "The programme is designed to take you from a standing start to being able to run a marathon," says Susie.
"The aim was to get you to have enough fitness and stamina to run a marathon with minimum risk of injury." Susie's
healthy lifestyle and fitness were a good basis for the demanding training routine. Week one involved alternating short
bursts of running with walking. "I was expecting the training to be awful, but it wasn't," says Susie.
B Ben Harrier
Looking back, the reasons I finally decided to 'take the plunge' and run a marathon are unclear. It was a snap decision
really — I certainly didn't debate the pros and cons for long. There were many factors that led to my sudden decision.
I'd always had some interest in running as a way to stay in shape, but every time I did too much too soon, I injured
myself and did not want to continue. When I reached my mid-forties, I decided I had to get my act together —
mentally and physically. I started walking, then inserted running intervals of a few hundred metres, then gradually
extended the runs and reduced the walks until I was running two or three miles without a rest. I found this healthy
and therapeutic, and something I was fairly good at.
C Vicky Lawrence
I started training for my first marathon in May after being inspired by a marathon in my home city. Witnessing all
those people crossing the finish line made me want to sign up for a similar event. Initially, it was just one more thing
on my list of "things to do". I'd run one and then I'd be finished. I wanted to set a goal for myself and achieve it and
didn't care how long it took. I just wanted to finish. So, I trained for months, running shorter routes during the week,
and going on epic jaunts at weekends. Every Saturday was a new personal best in terms of distance achieved. My
longest run was twenty miles. I tested out my race day clothes to make sure they were comfortable, and tried pre-
race meals of oatmeal, peanut butter and a banana.
D Jon Carter
Having torn a muscle at the beginning of the year, I thought I would never run again. To pick myself up after that was
difficult and to hear people around me talking about the runs they were doing made me more miserable. Out of
frustration, I signed up for a half marathon scheduled four months later. Amazingly, I managed to complete my first

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half marathon within the qualifying time. I was motivated. When it came the time to register for the November
marathon, my husband said he wanted to do the full marathon. It coincided with our first wedding anniversary and he
said that he would run for us. I thought, "Why not?" I would complete a full marathon for us, too.
E Sally Woods
The sixteen weeks before the race seemed to go really slowly at first. Then the weeks flew by. My weekly mileage
started climbing and I continued to be injury-free. But the work got harder as the runs got longer and more like real
marathon training. I began to tell people that I was planning to run a marathon. 'Where?' They'd ask. 'In the park,' I'd
say. 'Have you ever done one before?' they'd ask. 'No,' I said, 'so I have no idea what I'm in for, which is just the way
I want it.' I prepared myself as best I could. I formulated a nutrition plan. I determined that I was going to run for as
long as I could, as I have knee problems when I start running again after a walk.
Part 5: Read the following passage and answer the questions from 51 to 60.
Variations on a theme: the sonnet form in English poetry
A. The form of lyric poetry known as ‘the sonnet’, or ‘little song’, was introduced into the English poetic corpus by Sir
Thomas Wyatt the Elder and his contemporary Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, during the first half of the sixteenth
century. It originated, however, in Italy three centuries earlier, with the earliest examples known being those of
Giacomo de Lentino, ‘The Notary’ in the Sicilian court of the Emperor Frederick II, dating from the third decade of the
thirteenth century. The Sicilian sonneteers are relatively obscure, but the form was taken up by the two most famous
poets of the Italian Renaissance, Dante and Petrarch, and indeed the latter is regarded as the master of the form.
B. The Petrarchan sonnet form, the first to be introduced into English poetry, is a complex poetic structure. It
comprises fourteen lines written in a rhyming metrical pattern of iambic pentameter, that into say each line is ten
syllables long, divided into five ‘feet’ or pairs of syllables (hence ‘pentameter’), with a stress pattern where the first
syllable of each foot is unstressed and the second stressed (an iambic foot). This can be seen if we look at the first
line of one of Wordsworth’s sonnets, ‘After-Thought’: ‘I thought of thee my partner and my guide’. If we break down
this line into its constituent syllabic parts, we can see the five feet and the stress pattern (in this example each
stressed syllable is underlined), thus: ‘I thought/ of thee/ my partner and/ my guide’.
C. The rhyme scheme for the Petrarchan sonnet is equally as rigid. The poem is generally divided into two parts, the
octave (eight lines) and the sestet (six lines), which is demonstrated through rhyme rather than an actual space
between each section. The octave is usually rhymed abbaabba with the first, fourth, fifth and eighth lines rhyming with
each other, and the second, third, sixth and seventh also rhyming. The sestet is more varied: it can follow the
patterns cdecde, cdccdc, or cdedce. Perhaps the best interpretation of this division in the Petrarchan sonnet is by
Charles Gayley, who wrote: “The octave bears the burden; a doubt, a problem,. a reflection, a query, an historical
statement, a cry of indignation or desire, a vision of the ideal. The sestet eases the load, resolves the problem or
doubt, answers the query or doubt, solaces the yearning, realises the vision.” Thus, we can see that the rhyme
scheme demonstrates a twofold division in the poem, providing a structure for the development of themes and ideas.
D. Early on, however, English poets began to vary and experiment with this structure. The first major development
was made by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, altogether an indifferent poet, but was taken up and perfected by William
Shakespeare, and is named after him. The Shakespearean sonnet also has fourteen lines in iambic pentameter, but
rather than the division into octave and sestet, the poem is divided into four parts: three quatrains and a final rhyming
couplet. Each quatrain has its own internal rhyme scheme, thus a typical Shakespearean sonnet would
rhyme abab cdcd efef gg. Such a structure naturally allows greater flexibility for the author and it would be hard, if not
impossible, to enumerate the different ways in which it has been employed, by Shakespeare and others. For example,
an idea might be introduced in the first quatrain, complicated in the second, further complicated in the third, and
resolved in the final couplet — indeed, the couplet is almost always used as a resolution to the poem, though often in
a surprising way.
E. These, then, are the two standard forms of the sonnet in English poetry, but it should be recognized that poets
rarely follow rules precisely and a number of other sonnet types have been developed, playing with the structural.
elements. Edmund Spenser, for example, more famous for his verse epic ‘The Faerie Queene’, invented a variation on
the Shakespearean form by interlocking the rhyme schemes between the quatrains, thus: abab bcbc cdcd ee, while in
the twentieth century Rupert Brooke reversed his sonnet, beginning with the couplet. John Milton, the seventeenth-
century poet, was unsatisfied with the fourteen-line format and wrote a number of ‘Caudate’ sonnets, or ‘sonnets with
the regular fourteen lines (on the Petrarchan model) with a ‘coda’ or ‘tail’ of a further six lines. A similar notion informs
George Meredith’s sonnet sequence ‘Modern Love’, where most sonnets in the cycle have sixteen lines.
F. Perhaps the most radical of innovators, however, has been Gerard Manley Hopkins, who developed what he called
the ‘Curtal’ sonnet. This form varies the length of the poem, reducing it in effect to eleven and a half lines, the rhyme
scheme and the number of feet per line. Modulating the Petrarchan form, instead of two quatrains in the octave, he
has two tercets rhyming abc abc, and in place of the sestet he has four and a half lines, with a rhyme scheme dcbdc.
As if this is not enough, the tercets are no longer in iambic pentameter, but have six stresses instead of five, as does
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whether such a major variation can indeed be classified as a sonnet, but as verse forms and structures become freer,
and poets less satisfied with convention, it is likely that even more experimental forms will out.
Questions 51-55: The Reading Passage has six paragraphs labelled A-F. Choose the most suitable
heading for each paragraph from the list of headings below. Any heading may be used more than once.
List of Headings
i Octave develops sestet
ii The Faerie Queene and Modern Love
iii The origins of the sonnet
iv The Shakespearean sonnet form
v The structure of the Petrarchan sonnet form
vi A real sonnet?
vii Rhyme scheme provides structure developing themes and ideas
viii Dissatisfaction with format
ix The Sicilian sonneteers
x Howard v. Shakespeare
xi Wordsworth’s sonnet form
xii Future breaks with convention
xiii The sonnet form: variations and additions
Example Paragraph A: iii
51 Paragraph B 52 Paragraph C 53 Paragraph D
54 Paragraph E 55 Paragraph F
Questions 56-60: Using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage, complete the sentences
below.
56 Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder and Henry Howard were _________________
57 It was in the third decade of the thirteenth century that the ________________ was introduced.
58 Among poets of the Italian Renaissance ______________ was considered to be the better sonneteer.
59 The Petrarchan sonnet form consists of ______________
60 In comparison with the octave, the rhyming scheme of the sestet is ______________.

SECTION D – WRITING
Part 1: Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one. Use the words
given and the words mustn’t be altered in any way.
1. I didn’t work long hours because I was aware of health risks.(better)
 ____________________________________________________________________________________
2. Tim failed to get into university and he gets very annoyed if it’s mentioned. (chip)
 ____________________________________________________________________________________
3. There have been a lot of redundancies in that area. (lost)
 ____________________________________________________________________________________
4. They don’t care if he meant it or not. The fact is, he said it. (immaterial)
 ____________________________________________________________________________________
5. Don’t worry you will be well taken care of at the hospital. (hands)
 ____________________________________________________________________________________

Part 2: You have seen an advertisement offering a special holiday at a beautiful tourist resort. You
would like to book a holiday. Write a letter to the travel company. In your letter:
- Say when you would like to arrive and leave
- Describe the type of accommodation you require
- Ask for more information about activities available.
Part 3: Write an essay (about 350 words) to state your viewpoint on the following question
It is generally believed that education is of vital importance to individual development and the well-
being of societies. What should education consist of to fulfil both these functions?

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