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A- LISTENI

N6

Part

1

_-

You

will

listen

to

Gwen Jones

talking to

Gureth, her grandson, about her

life.

For

questions

l-4, choose the correct finswer. Write

your

$nswers

in

the numbered boxes.

1. Gareth

didn't

meet his great uncles because

A.

they all

died.

B.

two

died and one went to

live

abroad.
C. Gwen lost touch rvith

them.

D. they went to

live

abroad.

2.

Life

was tough for

Auntie

Lynn because

....

A" she

didn't

have a

famiiy

of her own.
B. her sister died.

C. she had to bring up her sister's children r.vithout much help.
D. Grven's dad

didn't

earn much money.

3. Gwen regrets that

A.

she wasn't happy at school.
B. kids are unkind to one another.

C. young people

don't

understand the importance of education.
D. she

didn't

stay longer at school.

4. Wher:e did Gwen's husband work r.vhcn they

first

met'/

A.

In a butcher's

shop.

B. ln Woolwofth's

C. In a clothes

shop.

D.

In the steel works

Your

anslvers here

Part 2

-

You

will

hear a guide

taking

&

group

of visitors around a museuffi.

For

questions 1-5, give

short

answers to the questions.

write

No

MORE TIIAN

THREE

WORDS

AND/ORA

NUMBER

tckenfrom

the

recording.

l{rite your

answers

in

the numbered boxes.

1. When was the museum founded?

2. What can visitors

find

in the cellar storerooms?

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3. What needs modernizing?

4.

I{ow

long is the Rutland Dinosaur?

5. Which part of the Rutland Dinosaur was made of Polystyrene?

Your

answers here

Part 3

-

You

will

hear a dialogue

about

property

development.

For

questtons

I-5,

deeide whether the

foltowing

statements are

True

(T) or False

(F).

Write

your

answers

in

the numbered boxes.

1. The process of buying a house, improving

it

and selling

it

for a

profit

is called money making.
2. Marcus says that buyers need to do their homework before they buy a house at an auction.

3. When renovating a house, Marcus suggests that buyers

think

about

what fittings

future occupants

will

need"

4. People advertise in newspapers because they want to sell their homes at lower price.
5. Marcus suggests contacting the land registry

if

you

find

an empty house.

Your

answers here

Part

4

-

You

will

heur

purt of

u

talk

by

time

management expert

Duvitl Markham,

For

questions

l-8,

complete each sentence

with

NO

MORE

TIIAN

TWO

WORDS tuken

_from

the

recording,

Write

your

answers

in

the numbered boxes.

David says that the key to good time management is

(1)

.

It's

important to have

(2)

...expectations of what you can achieve.
David warns that (3) .can prevent us achieving what we set out to do
He recommends giving

priority

to (4)

if

we feel overwhelmed.
David advised against always

trying

to

(5)

. .. ..

in

our work.

Housework requires the same (6) that we need to exercise at work.
David suggests we should reserve time for those pursuits we

find

(7)

He says

it

is a mistake to

think

of the

(8)

...

as a fbrm of relaxation.

Your

answers here

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B. LEXTCO

&

GRAMMAR

Part

1

*

For

questions 1-16, choose the best optton to complete eack sentence. Write

your

ilnswers

in

the
numbered boxes"

1. She ran as fast as she could; otherwise, she

...

... her bus.

A.

would

miss

B. would have

missed

C.

missed

D. had missed

2.

....

....

is that a chicken stands up to lay its eggs.

A.

Because many people

don't

realize

B. That many people

don't

rcalize
C.

It

is that many people

don't

realize

f).

What many people

don't

realize
3. Of all entries received, his

was

out

for

special raise.

A.

isolated

B.

brought

C.

opted

D.

singled
4. They are bring

in

.. .

.

.. changes to the way the

office

is run.

A.large

B.

radical

C.

deep

D. immense

5. The party

.

. . . rather

well.

Everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves.

A.

went

off

B. came

forward

C. folded

up

D. got over
6. The art teacher gave the children a

free

..

....

in their creative compositions.

A.

offer

B.

gift

C.

kick

D. hand

7. When you come down the

hill,

do drive

slowly

because

it

is

not

..obvious where the turning is.

A.

immediately

B.

directly

C.

instantaneously

D. quite

8.

Mr.

Simkins is

the

big
Managing Director.

in

the

compan)' as he has

iust

been promoted

to

the position

of

A.

bread

B.

cheese

C.

apple

D. meat

9"

ln

the modem area, the increased international mor,ement of peopie has greatl_v . . . .. the destruction

of

languages

A.

speeded

B.

urged

C.

accelerated

D. hurried

10.

I

reckon

Martin

is of a nervous breakdou,n.

A.

in

charge

B. under

suspicion

C.

indicative

D. on the verge

1 1. There is no room

for

...

_"..

if

we want to stay in this competition!

A.

complaisance

B.

competence

C.

complacency

D. commendation

12. Tempers began

to

....

...

as the lorries forced their way through the picket lines.

A.

break

B.

fray

C.

grate

D.

fire

13. Customs

officials

...

an attempt to smuggle the paintings out of the country.

A.

shunned

B.

seized

C.

executed

D.

foiled

14. I have made plans to take a

trip to

Seattle in July.

A.

culpable

B.

sagacious

C.

exemplary

D. tentative

A.

whichever

B.

which

C.

whatever

D. what

16. I take

avery dim

..

....

of this

kind

of behavior. I

think

that

it

is unacceptable.

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answers here

D.

hint

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5 6 7 8

9 10 11

l2

13 14 15

t6

Part

2-

For

qaestions

l-10,

supply the

cowect.form of

each word

in

capital.

Write

your

flnswers

in

the
corr esp on ding n umb er ed b oxes.

Part 3

_-

For

questions 1-10,ft11in euch

blsnk

with a suitable

PREPOSITION

or

PARTICLE.

Writeyour

answers

in

the numbered boxes.

1. The teenager took his father's credit card and ran

...

7,000

dollars'

worth of purchases.

2.

Don't

believe her when she says she's got stomachache. She's

putting

it

... . She

just

wants
to get out of going to school.

3.

I've

always found his

auitude

... me rather puzzling.

4. If

you want to have an evening out, the child is sure to be quite safe the care of a baby sitter

5.

The younger worker can be trusted the work, he

won't

spoil

it.

6.

Frank was not cut

...

for the

job

of a policeman because of his excitable character.

7.

Have the authorities finished

looking

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POWER

NAPS

Power napping is an effective, and under-used

tool.

It

is a quick, intense sleep

which (1)

DRAMA

improves alertness. These naps are especially useful

for

those whose sleep

is

constrained

by

a

(2)

DEMAND

schedule:

for

example,
mothers of smali children or travelling business (3)

EXECUTE.

However, the
conditions must be

right

and practice is required for maximum effect.

Power naps should be short, between ten and

twenty-five

minutes,

to

prevent

(4)

ORIENT

on awakening

in

such

a

short

time, but (5)

ACQUIRE of

the
habit is simply a question of practice.

At

the

(6) OUT,

it

is more important

to

relax for a while than actually

fall

asleep.

Power napping is not a good idea

if

you

find

it difficult

to wake up at the (7)

DESIGN

time or have problems sleeping at night after a power nap in the day.

The kind of dozing that can (8)

COMPANY

a sensation of overwhelming
(9)

SLEEP

is not a true power nap, but a desperate attempt to compensate

for

a poor sleep routine.

However,

with

practice? you

will

find

that power naps can lead

to

a welcome
(10)

ENHANCE

of your performance when you need

it

most.

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8. It's

impossible to

live

on the

low

unemployment benefit

I

come

.... from the govemment.

9.

Everybody put

Mr.

Spark's success

to entrust their money

with

him.

to his extraordinary cleverness at persuading people

10.

Many a change has been

brought

.... in the climate by global warming.

Your

answers

here

I

C.

READING

Part

l-

Read the

_following

passoge

and

choose

the

options

tltat

best complete

tlre blanks.

l{rite your

zttsn)ers

in

the ruumbered boxes.

Smart

Shoes

Smart shoes that adjust

their

size throughout the day

could

soon be available.

A

prototype has already
been produced and a commercial version may be

(1)....

... production r.vithin a l'er.v years" The shoe

contains sensors tl'rat constantly check the amount of room left in

it.

If

the foot has become too large, a

tiny

valve opens and the shoe (2)...slightly. The entire control system is about 5'"n' square and is located
inside the shoe. T'his radical shoe (3).." ... ...a need because the volume of ttre average foot can change

by

as much as 8o/o during

the

course

of

the day, The s)'stem

is

able

to

ieam about the 'uvearer's t'eet and

(4)....

....up a picture of the size of his or her t'eet throughorit the da.v.

It

rvill

allorv the shoes to change

in

size

by

up

to

8Yo so that

they

always f,rt

(5)...

They are obviously more comfortable and less

likely to

cause blisters. From an athlete's

point

of

view.

they can help

improve

(6)..."..."a

little,

and
that is why the fir'st

(7)...,...for

the system is

likei1,to

be

in

a sports shoe. Eventuallv. this s.vstem

will

find

a (8)...in man.v other household items.

fiom

beds that automaticail.v change

to

fit

the person
sleeping

in

them.

to

power tools that (9)...themseh,es to the user's hand

for

better grip. There is

ilo

reason why the system

couldn't

be adapted for use in hundreds

of

consumer (10)

1.

A.

under

B.

in

C.

on

D.

for

2.

A.

amplifies

B.

develops

C.

expands

D. increases
3.

A.

detects

B.

finds

C.

meets

D. faces
4.

A.

build

B.

pick

C.

grow

D.

set

5.

A.

exactly

B.

absolutely

C.

completely

D.

totally

6.

A.

achievement

B.

performance

C.

success

D.

winning

7.

A.

purpose

B.

exercise

C.

use

D. operation

8.

A.

function

B.

part

C.

way

D. place
9.

A.

shape

B.

change

C.

respond

D. convert

10.

A.

commodities

B.

possessions

C.

goods

D. objects

Your

answers here

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Purt

2 - Read the p$sssge

andft,ll

in

each

blsnk

u,ith ONE suitable

word

Whitney Houston was the youngest of three children born to John and Cissy Houston in East Orange,

New

Jersey. She was born

(1)

..

a musical

family

as her mother was a successful

R&B

backup singer, her
father was Cissy's agent, and her cousin was Dionne

Warwick.

(John Houston later became

Whitrey's

agent.)

Houston grew up

in

East Orange,

New

Jersey and (2) began singing

in

the Baptist church.

As

a

teen she sang (3)

for

Lou Rawls and Chaka Khan and worked as a model, and appeared on the
cover of magazines such as Glamour and Seventeen.

She broke

into

the music industry

in

1985 (4) she signed a record contract

with

Arista Records

and produced her

(5)

...

..

album, lYhitney Houston. She received her

first (irammy

Award for one

of

the number one songs on the album, "Saving A11

My

Love

lbr

You."

Fler second album, Whitney, was the

first

album by a lemale artist to enter the charts at number one.

Whitney has

since receirred numerous Grammys,

and

became

the

first

perfcrmer

to

have

seven (6)

...

number

one

singles

on

the

Billboard

magazine

pop-music

charts. She has also enjoyed a

successful (7)

...

as anactress in leadroles

lbr

suchmoviesasT'he BodygttardandV{laiting

fo

Exhale.

She has

(8)

...

most

olthe

music fbr the soundtracks in these

fllms.

Whitney is involved

with

(9)

...

humanitarian organizations as the

llnited

Negro College Fund, the
Children's Diabetes

Fund,

and St. Jude's Children's

Hospital.

She

(10)

...

The Whitney

Houston
Foundation

fbr

Children, Incorporated, a

nonprofit

organization assisting homeless children and children

with

cancer and

AIDS.

Your

answers here

Part

3-

Yau are gaing to reud an article efiout an underwater maseum. Six sentences have been removed

from

the text" Cleoose

_from

the sentences

A-H

tlte

one which

_fits

each

gap (1-6).

There are two

extrs

sentences which

you

tlo not need to use. Write

your

answers

in

the numbered boxes,

T]NDERWATER

WORLD

If

you want to dive

in

clear blue waters,

find rich

marine

life

and swim over the remains thrown away

by

ancient sailors, the

tiny

island

of

Ustica is the place to go. This island, 60km

from

the Italian coast, is the
site of Europe's

only

rurderwater museum. (1)

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The

clear waters

attract

some

of

the world's

best underwater

divers.

The

International Academy

of

Underwater Sciences,

which

was

set

up

to

encourage underwater

exploration,

is

based

in

Ustica" (2)

Dr Honor Frost, a Bristish underwater archaeologist and Golden Triden winner, believes that Ustica shows

that

some underwater remains

are best

left in

the

surroundings

where they

have been preserved

for

centuries.

(3) ...

According to Frost, the establishment of the underwater muselrm has made an interesting area

of

seafloor,
together

with

the objects

which fell

to

it

in antiquity, safe

for

future study. (4)

For example,

it

is

puzzling that

only

iron anchors of quite a late date seem to have been lost there, despite
local evidence of sea trade during a period nearly four thousand years ago, when stone anchors would have

been in use. Among the anchors and other remains there are an extraordinary number of Roman millstones,
which were

widely

traded throughout the ancient

world. (5) ...

'Ihe _charm

_of

_Llstica's_underwater_world,_{though, is}_{not only}

_in

_its_historical_{objects. The}_sea_{of Ustica,}_as
tirr as five kilometers from the coast, is considered to possess to

Italy's

best under"water reserves, as

well

as

some

of

the

clearest waters

in

the

Mediter:ranean.

(5)

.."...

.You dive

into a world of

wonderful
archaeological remains and fantastic colours : bright coral. an astonishing variety

ol

searveeds and colonies

of

sponges

A

- Many questions remain to be ansrvered about the museum site.

B

_-

Above these,

within

15 metres of the surf'ace. divers can see octopus and all kinds of fish.

C

-

Made

of

volcanic

rock.

they were carried

by

corn ships heading

from

Rome

to

the ports

of

the north

African

coast.

D

*

This

excellent

visibility

_-

often

open

up

to

20

metl'es

_-

makes

it

a

great

place

for

underwater
photography.

Il

- This gives divers the experience of underwater archaeology

without

disturbing important sites.

F

-

However.

this

section

of

the

museum, although already accessible

to diving

visitors.

still

contains
material

of

interest to researchers.

G - This month it presented its Golden Trident awards, the underwater equivalent of the Nobel prizes,

which

have been awarded annirally since 1960.

FI - Only here can divers explore labelled exhibits snch as anchors, pots and millstones,

which

t'ell to the

sea

tloor

centuries ago.

Your

answers here

Purt 4 - The reading p$ssilge has seven paragraphs

A-G.

Choose the comect

headingfor

each

paragraph

from

the

list

below, Write

your

onswers

in

the numbered boxes.

List

of Headings

i.

A

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of

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ii.

Where research has been carried out into the effects of

family

on personality

iii.

Categorising personality features according to their

origin

iv.

A

variety of reactions

in

similar situations

\,.

A

link

between personality and aspects

of

our lives that aten't chosen

vi.

A

possible theory that cannot be true

vii.

Measuringpersonality

viii.

Potentially harmful effects of emotions

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tfqw

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qssa(alitLss

x.

Differences between men's and women's personalities
Example:

l.Paragraph

A

iu,,..

2. Paragraph B

4

Paragraph

E

5

Paragraph

F

6

Paragraph

G

3. Paragraph C

_

4. Paragraph D

\Yhat

is

personality?

A

We are

all

familiar

with

the idea that different people have

different

personalities, but what does
this actually mean?

It

implies that different people behave

in

different ways, but

it

must be more than that.

After

all, different people

find

themselves in difl'erent circumstances, and much of their behaviour

follows

from this fact. However, our cofllmon experience reveals that different people respond in quite remarkably
different ways even when faced

with

roughly the same circumstances.

Alan might

be happy

to iive

alone

in

a quiet and orderly cottage, go out once a week, and stay

in

the same

job

for

thirty

years,

whilst

Beth

likes nothing better than exotic travel and being surrorinded by vivacious friends and loud music.

B

In cases like these, we feel that

it

cannot be

just

the situation which is producing the differences

in

behaviour. Something about the way the person

is

'wired

up'

seems

to

be at

work,

determining

how

they react

to

situations, and, more than that, the

kind of

situations

they

get themselves

into

in

the

first

place. This is why personality seems to become stronger as we get older; when we are _Yoffig,our situation
reflects extemal tbctors such as the social and

family

environment we were bom into. As we grow older,
we are more and more affected by the consequences

of

our own choices (doing jobs that we were drawn
to, surounded by people like us whom we have sought out). Thus, personality ditferences that might have
been very slight at bir"th become dramatic

in

later adulthood.

C

Personality,

then,

seems

to

be

the

set

of

enduring and stable dispositions

that

characterise a

person. These dispositions come

partly from

the expression

of

inherent features

of

the nervous system,

and partly

from

learning.

Researchers sometimes

distinguish between

temperament,

which

refers
exclusively

to

characteristics

that

are

inborn

or

directly

caused

by

biological

factors, and personality,

which

also includes social and

cultural

learning.

Nervousness,

for

example,

might

be

a

factor

of

temperament, but religious piety is an aspect of personality.

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D

The

discovery

that

temperamental

dilferences

are real

is

one

of

the maior findings

of

contemporary psychology.

It

could

easily have been

the

case

that

there were

no

intrinsic

differences
between people

in

temperarnent, so that given the same learning history, the same dilemmas, they would
all respond in much the same way. Yet we now knorry that this is not the case.

E

Personality measures turn out to be good predictors of your health, how happy you

typically

are

-

even your taste

in

paintings. Personality

is

a much better predictor

of

these things than social class or
age. The

origin

of these diff'erences is

in

part innate. That is

to

say, when people ale adopted at

birth

and

brought up

by

nerv tamilies, their personalities are more

similar

to those o1'their blood relatives than to
the ones they grew up

with.

F

Personality differences tend

to

manifest themselves through

the quiok,

gut-feeling,

intuitive

and
emotional systems of the hnnran mind. The slorver, rational, deliberate systems show less variation in output
fiorn person to person.

l)eliberate rational strategies can be used to orrerride

intuitive

patterns of response, and this is how peopie
wishing to change their personalities or feelings have to go about it. As human beings, we have the unique

ability

to look in at our personality

lrom

the outside and decide what we want to do

with

it.

G

So what are the major \vays personalities can

differ?

The dominant approach is to

think of

the

space

of

possible personalities as being defined

by

a number

of

dimensions, Each person can be given a

location in the space by

their

scores on

allthe

dilTerent dimensions. Virtuail-v ai1 theories agree on

two

of

the main dimensions, neuroticism (or negative emotionalit)') and extroversion (or positive emotionality).
Hon'ever they

difler

on horv rnany additional ones they recognise. Among the most

influential

proposals

are

openlless. conscientiousness

and

agreeableness.

In

the next

section

I

shall

examine these

five

dimensions.

Your

anslyers here

Part

5-

You are

going to

read the introduction

_from

a

book

on

sports.

For

question

1-5,

choose the

snswer

(A,

B,

C, or

D)

which

_{you think Jits}

best

according

to the texffiWrite

your

answers

in

the
numbered boxes.

SPORTSWRITING

Offices and bars are

fulI

of casual obscenity, but most British newspapers are ... well, not necessarily careful

about language, but careful about bad words anyway. The

phrase'family

newspaper'is an ineluctable part
of our lives. Newspapers are not in the business of giving gratuitous offence.

It

is a

limitation

of newspaper

writing,

and one everybody in the business, whether

witing

or reading, understands and accepts. There are
many other necessary

limitations,

and most of these concem time and space.

Newspapers have dominated sportswriting in

Britain

for years, and have produced their own totem figures
and doyens.

But

ten

years ago,

a

new player

entered

the

game.

This

was the

phenomenon

of

men's
magazines; monthly magazines for men that had actual words in them - words for actually reading.

GQ

was

1 2 aJ 4 5 6

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the pioneer and, in my

totally

unbiased opinion as the long-term author of the magazine's sports column,

it

leads the way

still,

leaving the rest panting distantly in its wake.

Sport,

is

of

course, a

blindingly

obvious subject

for

a men's magazite

-

but

it

could

not

be tacked

in

a

blindingly

obvious way. Certainly, one of the

first

things

GQwas

able

to oflbr

was a new way of

writing

about sport, but this was not so much a cunning plan as a necessity

.The

magazine was doomed, as

it

were,
to offer a whole new range

of

freedoms to its sportwriters. Heady and rather alarming freedoms. Freedom
of vocabulary was simply the most obvious one and, inevitably,

it

appealed to the schoolboy

within

us.

But

space and

time

were

the

others, and these possibilities meant that

the craft

of

sportswriting had

to

be
reinvented.

Unlike

newspapers, afiragazine can

offer

a decent length of time to research and to

write.

These are, you
would

think,

luxuries

-

especially to those of us who are often required to read an 800-word match report
over the telephone the instant the

final

whistle has gone. Such a discipline is nerve-racking, but as long as

you

can

get

it

done

at all, yol

have done

a

good

job.

No

one

expects

a

masterpiece

under

such

circumstances.

In

some ways the ferocious restrictions make the

job

easier.

But

a long magazine deadline
gives you the disconcerting and agoraphobic freedom to researeh, to

wtite,

to think.

To write a piece for a newspaper, at about a quarler of the massive GQlenglh, you require a single thought.
The best method is to

find

a really good idea, and then to pursue

it

remorselessly to the end, where

ideally

you make a nice

joke

and bale out stylishly.

If it

is an interview piece, you

look

for a few good quotes, and

if

you get them, that's your piece

written

for you. For a longer piece, you must seek the non-obvious. This

is

a good

quality in

the best

of

newspaper

writing, but

an absolute essential

for

any

writer

who hopes to
complete the

terri$ring

amount

of

words

thatGQrequires.

If

you

write for

GQyau

are condemned to

try

and

join

the best. There is no other way.

GQ is not restricted

by

the same conventions

of

reader expectation as a newspaper.

You

need not

worry

about offending people

or

alienating them; the whole ethos of the magazine is that readers are there to be
challenged. There

will

be readers

who would

find

some

of

its

pieces offensive

or

even impossible

in

a

newspaper,

or

even

in

a

differenl

magaaine.

But

the same readers

will

read the piece

inGQ

and

find

it

enthralling.

That is because the magazine is always

slightly

uncomfortable to be

with.

It

is not

like

a cosy member

of

the

family,

nor even

like

a friend. I1 is the strong, self-opinionated person that you can never quite make up
your

mind

whether

you

like

or

not.

You

admire

him, but you

are

slightly

uneasy

with

him.

The people
around

him might not

altogether approve

of

everything he says; some

might not

care

for him

at

all.

But

they

feel

compelled

to

listen. The

self-confidence

is too

compelling.

And just

when you

think

he

is
beginning to become rather a bore, he surprises you

with

his genuine intelligence. He makes a broad

joke,

and then suddeniy he is demanding you

follow him

in the turning

of

an intellectual somersault.

L.

What

does the

writer

say

about

newspepers

in

the

{irst

paragraph?

A.

They tend not to include articles readers

will

find very challenging.

B.

Articles in them do not reflect the way people really speak"

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C.

They are more concerned

with profit

than

with

quality of

writing.

D.

They

fail

to realise what

kind

of

writing

would appeal to readers.
2.

What

does the

writer

imply in

the

second

paragraph?

A.

GQ magazine contains articles that are

well

worth reading.

B.

Some of the more recent men's magazines are

unlikely

to survive.

C.

The standard

of

sportswriting in newspapers has improved in recent times.

D.

He is in a position to give an objective

view

of sportswriting in magazines.
3.

Why

were

sportswriters

for

GQ

given new freedoms?

A.

Some restrictions of newspaper

writing

do not apply to

writing for

GQ.

B.

The magazine's

initial

plans

for

its sporls articles proved unrealistic.

C.

Notions about what made good sports

joumalism

were changing.

D.

The writers that

it

wanted to employ demanded greater freedom.

4.

What

does the

writer

say

about

the

amount of time allowed

for

producing

articles?

A.

The best articles are often produced under great pressure of time.

B.

Having a long time to produce an article encourages laziness.

C.

Writers are seldom satisfied by articles produced

in

a hurry.

D.

Having very

little

time to produce an article can be an advantage.

5.

What

does the

writer

say

in

the penultimate paragraph about certain

pieces

in

GQ?

A.

They

will

create enoffnous controversy.

B.

They unintentionally upset some of its readers.

C.

They are a response to demand

from

readers.

D.

They are a good

fit

for

the GQ reader.

Your

answers here

I}- WRITING

Part

I

- Finish

each

of

the sentences

with

the

given beginning

so

that

the new sentence has the same
meaning as the previoas one.

1. The

two

sides never looked

likely

to reach an agreement.

->At

no time ..".

2.

It

doesn't matter

which

chemical you put into the mixture

first.

The result

will

be the same.

-> It

makes

3. Such a ridiculous proposal

isn't worth

serious consideration.

-> Thereis...

4. You must concentrate on your work more.

)

you must apply

5. The fund- raisers haven't

officially

decided where to send the proceeds of the concert.

I

,,

3 4 5

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-> No

...

Part 2 - Rewrite each of the sentences with the given word so that the new sentence has the same meaning

as the previoas one.

1. The success

of

our local theatre has made the

city

famous.

MAP

->

The.

2. Since there wasn't a better alternative,

I

accepted the

job.

ABSENCE

->

Itt

.

3. You should observe the task carefully betbre you

decide.

WEATHER

->

You

4. In his new book, the

writer

presents an interesting theory of

art.

FORWARD

-> In

his

5. The board met secretly to discuss changes

in

company

policy.

DOORS

->

The

Purt 3

-

Write an essoy on

thefollowing

topict

"Nowadays the

way

most people

interact

with

each

other

has changed because

of

technology.

In

your

opinion,

has

this

trend

become a

positive

or

negative

development".

Give reasons

for

your answer and include any relevant examples from your own

knowledle

or experience.
You should

write

about 250 words.

Your

answer here

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