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2

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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the cause of the explosion yet?

Page

4ll3 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.

1

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L+i

5 6

7

8 9

10

B. clue

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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6 7 8 9 10

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6 7 8 9 10

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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6 'l

8 9

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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

degree

of

control

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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

\s'. tfqw

^qut Llves c.actelnfatce out

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

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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

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...

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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