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PART A. LISTENING
Section 1. You will hear a radio programme about the history of roller skating. For questions 1- 10, complete the sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS. The recording will be played TWICE.
The country where the first roller skates were probably made was (1) ________.
In 1760, John Merlin went to a ball in London playing a (2) ________ whilst on roller skates.
Unfortunately, John Merlin injured himself when he broke a (3) ________ at the ball.
In Germany, roller skating was used in a ballet called (4) ________.
James Plimpton’s invention helped roller skaters to control the (5) ________ of their skates.
The first team sport to be played on roller skates was (6) _________.
In Detroit in 1937, the first (7) _________ in the sport took place.
The use of plastics meant that both the (8) _________ and ________ of roller skates improved.
The musical “Starlight Express” was seen by as many as (9) _________ in London.
The speaker says that modern roller skates are now (10) ________ and ______ than ever before.
Section 2. Listen to a lecture on solar eclipses and do the tasks that follow. The recording will be played TWICE.
Questions 11-16. Choose the correct letters (A, B, or C).
11. The speaker compares a solar eclipse today to a ________.
A. religious experience B. scientific event C. popular spectacle 12. The speaker says that the dark spot of an eclipse is ________.
A. simple to predict B. easy to explain. C. randomly occurring 13. Concerning an eclipse, the ancient Chinese were _______.
A. fascinated B. rational C. terrified
14. For the speaker, the most impressive aspect of an eclipse is the ______.
A. exceptional beauty of the sky B. chance for scientific study C. effect of the moon on the sun 15. Eclipses occur rarely because of the size of the ________.
A. moon B. sun C. earth
16. In predicting eclipses, the Babylonians were restricted by their _______.
A. religious attitude B. inaccurate observations C. limited ability to calculate Questions 17-20
Complete the table below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Date of eclipse Scientists Observation
1715 Edmund Halley (17.) ______ who accurately predicted an eclipse.
1868 Janssen and
Lockyer
discovered (18.) _______
1878 Watson believed he had found (19.) _______
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1919 Einstein realised astronomers had misunderstood (20.) _______
PART B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Section 1. Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete each sentence below.
1. After his wife’s death, he ________ drinking.
A. held to B. took to C. got to D. came to
2. Bacteria can’t be seen by the _______ eyes. You have to use a microscope.
A. bare B. mere C. naked D. nude
3. Hostile rivalry often involves _______ one’s opponents.
A. deleting B. detaining C. deciding D. defaming
4. The dealer wanted $40 and I was only willing to pay $30, but we finally agreed to ______ the difference.
A. split B. divide C. decrease D. drop
5. Our grandmother has always favoured Mai against the other children. She’s been the ______ of her eye.
A. apple B. cherry C. grape D. plum
6. My _______was in my mouth when I suddenly realized that I was alone in the middle of the forest.
A. finger B. stomach C. heart D. hair
7. _______ he delivers the report, it will be sent to the headquarters.
A. At once B. Immediately C. Soon enough D. On the point
8. Numerous _________ have prevented us from going to the lakeside again.
A. deterrent B. impairments C. inhibition D. adversities 9. I don’t need to know the whole story, just give me the ________.
A. details B. gist C. sum D. particulars
10. I revised my views _________ comments from colleagues.
A. further to B. against C. in the light of D. consequent 11. Her ability, ________ with a determination to succeed, should make her very successful.
A. coupled B. joined C. related D. connected
12. He can’t even speak his own language properly, ________ Spanish.
A. without saying B. leaving out C. let alone D. to mention 13. After the accident, there was considerable doubt _______ exactly what had happened.
A. in the question of B. as to C. in the shape of D. for
14. If only people in our grandparents’ generation ______ the opportunities that we take for granted nowadays.
A. could have B. would have C. have had D. could have had
15. _____ any heavier, we’d never have made it on time.
A. Was the traffic B. Had the traffic been C. Should the traffic be D. Be the traffic 16. We all have to follow the rules, and none of us is _______ the law.
A. beyond B. onto C. above D. over
17. The chemicals give _______ toxic fumes, so be extremely careful when using them.
A. off B. in C. away D. out of
18. It’s very important that we ______ as soon as there’s any change in the patient’s condition.
A. be it notified B. being notified C. were notified D. be notified 19. Don’t throw that basket away! It may still ______ in handy when we go picking mushrooms.
A. find B. run C. give D. come
20. They promised to stand by each other through ______.
A. thick and thin B. hard and fast C. short and sweet D. wear and tear Section 2. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.
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There are many moral issues which remain unresolved to this day. One of these is voluntary euthanasia. Let’s say there is a patient who has a (1.)____ disease. All possible treatments known to science are (2.)____. There’s no cure, and no hope. The patient’s death from this disease at some point in the future is unavoidable. Most of us would say that, as long as the patient is (3.)____ comfortable and pain-free, there’s no moral issue. But what if the patient is in extreme agony? They cannot live (4.)____ of machines and 24-hour care.
What if the patient (5.)____and continually asks for their life to be brought to an end by doctors? Should the doctors refuse? At present, in most countries, there are laws against voluntary euthanasia. But from a moral point of view, we have to (6.)_____ that there is a problem. Do the doctors really have the right to be (7.)____ to the patient’s wishes?
On the other hand, opponents of voluntary euthanasia argue that (8.)______
knowledge is increasing all the time. An incurable disease one day may be curable the next.
They also argue that if the law was changed, the (9.)____ situation would put doctors in a much worse position. They currently have no choice. Do we as a society have the right to expect doctors to (10.)____ such a difficult and complex issue?
TERM EFFECT FAIR DEPEND RESOLVE KNOW SENSE SCIENCE RESULT HAND Section 3. There are 10 mistakes in the passage. Find them, identify the lines they belong to and correct them.
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There are very few people who have not heard of yoga, and, even you are 16 or 60, you can reap the benefits of taking it in as a hobby. Yoga has been developed by Hinduism and is a system of training the body and a mind. Its goal is to make it easier for people to remove all distractions which hinders reaching that state of mind and body by which they can live a life of the spirit in union with their maker. Reaching this state is considerable more difficult than might be imagined. For this reason, the training is divided to stages, which become gradually harder and harder. The aim of taking part in the physics training is to bring the body under complete control in those areas as the regulation of breathingc and the flexibility of muscles, neither of which play an important part in controlling our overall movements. Anyone training in this way is called a yogi.
So what are we waiting for? Maybe it’s now we all headed for the nearest yoga class and started training!
PART C. READING
Section 1. Read the text below and choose the correct option (A, B, C, or D) to fit the gaps.
There can be no (1)______that online shopping is of huge benefit to the consumer. Far from becoming (2)______, online shoppers are very demanding. Overpriced merchants with poor services should beware. Gone are the days when stores could charge what they liked for goods and get away with it. The same, too, for shady manufacturer: smarter consumers know which products have a good (3)______and which do not, because online they now read not only the sales (4)______ but also reviews from previous purchasers. And if customers are disappointed, a few (5)______ of the mouse will take them to places where they can let the world know. Nowadays there is nothing more damning than a flood of negative comments on the internet.
However, the big boys, as always, are ahead of the game. Some companies are already adjusting their business models to take account of these trends. The stores run by Sony and Apple, for instance, are more like brand showrooms than shops. They are there for people to try out (6)______ and to ask questions to knowledgeable staff. Whether the products are ultimately bought online or offline is of secondary importance.
Online traders must also adjust. Amazon, for one, is (7)______ turning from being primarily a bookseller to becoming a (8)______ retailer by letting other companies sell products on its site, rather like a marketplace. During America's Thanksgiving weekend last November, Amazon's sales of consumer electronics in the United States (9)______ its book sales for the first time in its history. Other transformations in the retail business are (10)______ to follow.
1. A. query B. question C. examination D. proposal
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2. A. dissatisfied B. competent C. complacent D. compassionate 3. A. distinction B. reputation C. opinion D. resolution
4. A. blurb B. message C. blare D. bubble
5. A. taps B. clucks C. clicks D. prods
6. A. tools B. emblems C. schemes D. devices
7. A. mistakenly B. rapidly C. unresonably D. secretly
8. A. mass B. block C. lump D. chunk
9. A. receded B. excluded C. exceeded D. repressed
10. A. tied B. secured C. fastened D. bound
Section 2. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with ONE suitable word.
It is often said that the British talk about the weather more than any other people in the world;
some extremists (1.)______ that they talk about nothing else. But in fact, even in countries with (2.)______
less changeable climates than Britain’s, the weather is an endless, if not varied, (3.)______ of conversational fodder. This seems only natural when you consider that the weather is one of the few things we all have in (4.)______. It affects our senses, and (5.)______ our moods, so directly and, at times, so intensely (6.)______ it is only natural we should talk about it. After several days (7.)______ even weeks of dark, gloomy weather, a bright day tends to bring out the best in everyone; people recognize the relief (8.)______ others’ expressions which they feel inside themselves, and find it hard to resist commenting a change which is having such an evident (9.)______ on everyone. “Nice day, isn’t it?” is much more than simply a comment on the state of the weather; it is a comment on the human state itself, an acknowledgement that the tenability of our place in the universe depends (10.)______ the existence of a community of human feeling.
Section 3. Read the following passage and answer questions 1-10.
CHILDREN TESTED TO DESTRUCTION?
English primary school pupils subjected to more tests than in any other country
Primary school pupils have to deal with unprecedented levels of pressure as they face tests more frequently, at a younger age, and in more subjects than children from any other country, according to one of the biggest international education inquiries in decades. The damning indictment of England's primary education system revealed that the country's children are now the most tested in the world.
From their very earliest days at school they must navigate a set-up whose trademark is "high stakes"
testing, according to a recent report.
Parents are encouraged to choose schools for their children based on league tables of test scores.
But this puts children under extreme pressure which could damage their motivation and self esteem as well as encouraging schools to "teach to the test" at the expense of pupils' wider learning, the study found. The findings are part of a two-year inquiry – led by Cambridge University – into English primary schools. Other parts of the UK and countries such as France, Norway and Japan used testing but it was,
"less intrusive, less comprehensive, and considerably less frequent", Cambridge's Primary Review concluded. England was unique in using testing to control what is taught in schools, to monitor teaching standards and to encourage parents to choose schools based on the results of the tests, according to Kathy Hall, from the National University of Ireland in Cork, and Kamil Ozerk, from the University of Oslo, who conducted the research. "Assessment in England, compared to our other reviewed countries, is pervasive, highly consequential, and taken by officialdom and the public more generally to portray objectively the actual quality of primary education in schools," their report concluded. Teachers' leaders said the testing regime was "past its sell-by date" and called for a fundamental review of assessment.
Steve Sinnott, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said England's testing system was having a "devastating" impact on schools. "Uniquely, England is a country where testing is used to police schools and control what is taught," he said. "When it comes to testing in England, the tail wags the dog. It is patently absurd that even the structure and content of education is shaped by the demands
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of the tests. "I call on the Government to initiate a full and independent review of the impact of the current testing system on schools and on children's learning and to be prepared to dismantle a system which is long past its sell-by date."
John Dunford, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, warned that the tests were having a damaging effect on pupils. "The whole testing regime is governed by the need to produce league tables," he said. "It has more to do with holding schools to account than helping pupils to progress.”
The fear that many children were suffering intolerable stress because of the tests was voiced by Mick Brookes, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers. "There are schools that start rehearsing for key stage two SATs [Standard Assessment Tests] from the moment the children arrive in September. That's just utterly ridiculous," he said. “There are other schools that rehearse SATs during Christmas week. These are young children we are talking about. They should be having the time of their lives at school not just worrying about tests. "It is the breadth and richness of the curriculum that suffers. The consequences for schools not reaching their targets are dire – heads can lose their jobs and schools can be closed down. With this at stake it's not surprising that schools let the tests take over."
David Laws, the Liberal Democrat schools spokes-man, said: "The uniquely high stakes placed on national tests mean that many primary schools have become too exam focused. But the Government rejected the criticism. "The idea that children are over tested is not a view that the government accepts,"
a spokesman said. "The reality is that children spend a very small percentage of their time in school being tested. Seeing that children leave school up to the right standard in the basics is the highest priority of the government."
In another child-centred initiative, both major political parties in the UK - Labour and the Conservatives - announced plans to make Britain more child-friendly following a report by UNICEF which ranked the UK the worst place to be a child out of 21 rich nations.
Parents were warned that they risked creating a generation of "battery-farmed children" by always keeping them indoors to ensure their safety. The Families minister, Kevin Brennan, called for an end to the "cotton wool" culture and warned that children would not learn to cope with risks if they were never allowed to play outdoors.
Questions 1-4
Complete the sentences using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
1. The education report describes testing in England as _______testing.
2. Parents often select their children’s schools after studying test results in_______.
3. Kathy Hall and Kamil Ozerk believe testing in England is also used to monitor ________in schools.
4. The major political parties have promised to make Britain ________ in view of the UNICEF report.
Questions 5-7
Read the following statements and write:
YES if the statement agrees with the information in the passage NO if the statement contradicts the information in the passage NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this in the passage
5. According to John Dunford, children would make more progress with much shorter and easier tests.
6. Mick Brookes wants to see earlier student preparation for SAT.
7. David Laws agrees with the opinions of Mick Brookes.
Questions 8-10
Choose the correct letter (A, B, C, or D).
8. What does the government argue?
A. There is not enough testing at present.
B. Tests at primary school are too easy.
C. Tests are not given frequently.
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D. Teachers should take more tests.
9. The government spokesman ______.
A. is extremely critical of the way exams are written
B. accepts many of the points made by the teachers’ leaders C. thinks education is what the government is most interested in D. argue it is the teachers’ fault that students are tested so much 10. According to UNICEF, children in the UK ______.
A. often spend too much time in the worst kind of places B. are not so well behaved as in other countries
C. are not as rich as children in 21 other countries D. could be having much more fulfilling childhoods PART D. WRITING
Section 1. For each sentence below, write a new sentence as similar as possible in meaning to the original one using the word given.
1. Sarah is very likely to be promoted in the year to come. (STANDS)
Sarah _______________________________________________________________________________________.
2. The authorities had decided they would get tough with dissidents. (CRACK DOWN) The authorities ____________________________________________________________________________.
3. Brian is always biting his nails, which really annoys me. (NERVES)
Brian’s habit _______________________________________________________________________________.
4. I wasn’t surprised at all to hear that they had split up. (SURPRISE)
It came _____________________________________________________________________________________.
5. It is my strong belief that Ann took the money. (SUSPECT)
I strongly ___________________________________________________________________________________.
Section 2. Write an essay on the following topic.
Some people believe that it is good for a country’s culture to import films and TV programmes, while others think it is better for a country to have their own films and TV programmes.
Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
