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PAPER 1: READING

Part 1 You are going to read an extract from a novel. For questions 1-8, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Neighbours, we have found, take on an imortance in the country that you don!t begin to have in cities. You can live for years in an aartment in "ondon or New York and barely seak to the eole that live six inches away from you on the other side of a wall. #n the country, though you may be searated from the next house by hundreds of yards, your neighbours are a art of your life, and you are a art of theirs. #f you haen to be foreign, and therefore slightly exotic, you are insected with more than usual interest. $nd if, in addition, you inherit a long%standing and delicate agricultural arrangement, you are quickly made aware that your attitudes and decisions have a direct effect on another family!s well%being. &e had been introduced to our new neighbours by the coule from whom we bought the house, over a five%hour dinner marked by a tremendous goodwill on all sides and an almost total lack of comrehension on our art. 'he language soken was French, French, but it was not the French we had studied studied in textbooks textbooks and heard on cassettes  'hat by itself would not have been a roblem had the words been soken at normal conversational seed, but they were delivered like bullets from a machine gun. Fortunately for us, the good humour and niceness of our neighbours were aarent, even if what they were saying was a mystery. *enrietta was a brown, retty woman with a ermanent smile, smile, and a habit of seaking as though she was taking art in a race.  *er husband Faustin,  was large and gentle, unhurried in his movements and generally slow with his words. *e had been born in the valley, he had sent his life in the valley, valley, and he would die in the valley. *is father +ee $ndr, who lived next to him, had given u hunting to take u the bicycle. 'wice a week he would edal to the village for his groceries and his gossi. 'hey seemed to be a contented family. line 21

'hey had, however, a concern about us, not only as neighbours but as rosective artners, and, through the fumes of black tobacco and the even thicker fog of the accent, we eventually got to the bottom of it.

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-ost of the six acres of land we had bought with the house was lanted with vines. $ccording to a traditional arrangement, the owner of the land aid for new lants and fertilisers. 'he farmer did the hysical work of looking after the cros, and harvesting them. For this, he got two thirds of the rofits while the owner got one third. 'he vines were an imortant imortant art of Faustin!s living. *e had heard of several new houseowners in the area who had ulled u their vineyards to make elaborate gardens, or even tennis courts, and was afraid we might have the same thing in mind. *e needn!t have worried. &e loved the vines  their ordered regularity against the mountain, the way they changed from bright green to darker green to yellow and red as sring and summer turned to autumn  they were meant to be here. 'ennis courts and landscaed gardens weren!t. weren!t. (Nor, for that matter, was our swimming ool, but at least it hadn!t relaced any vines.) $s emhatically as we could in our unsteady French, we told Faustin that we would be delighted to continue the existing arrangement. *e beamed. *e could see that we would all get along very well together. together. /ne day, we might even be able to talk to each other. $dated from A from A Year in Provence by Provence by +eter -ayle

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&hat makes neighbours in the country different from those in town4 A B C D

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mystified. satisfied. amused. anxious.

&hat can we understand about the writer!s choice of this area as a lace to live4 A B C D

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sell the house and land to another owner. change the way things are done. have gardens and tennis courts built. not be willing to work in the vineyards.

&ith regard to his new neighbours, by the end of dinner Faustin felt A B C D

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the concern the arrangement the accent the gossi

'he writer uses the hrase 5the same thing in mind! (line 67) to refer to Faustin!s worry that his new neighbours will A B C D

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was interested in athletics. ket her feelings secret. always soke very quickly. knew her husband was going to die soon.

&hat does the word 5it! (line 60) refer to4 A B C D

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No one soke for five hours. /ne of the neighbours carried a rifle. 'he revious owners of the house were invited too, but couldn!t come. 2veryone tried to be as leasant as ossible.

'he writer soon learned that the neighbour!s wife A B C D

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'hey live nearer. 'hey are more involved. 'hey are more exotic. 'hey are more interesting.

&hat haened at the meal with the neighbours4 A B C D

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*e wanted mountain scenery. #t is an escae from city life. *e deliberately chose a vine%growing area. 'he area!s natural beauty aeals to him.

&hat is the writer!s attitude towards his neighbours4 A B C D

*e and his wife are delighted to know them. *e believes they only retend to be friendly. *e realises the language is not a barrier at all. *e is sensitive to their anxieties.


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2 (Questions 9-15)

Part 2 You are going to read a maga8ine article about laser light. 9even sentences have been removed from the article. 1hoose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each ga (9-15). 'here is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.

Lasers Light Up Our Lives Twenty-two-year-old James Forsyth talks about his hopes for a new career in laser entertainment 'hree years ago my knowledge of bright, intense, laser

-astering the state%of%the%art technical asects of laser

light was slim, to say the least. #t was limited to

light is imortant, and the year # sent at the college was

what # had learned while visiting mygrandmother

one of the most fruitful eriods of my life. $t this oint,

after she had an eye oeration using laser surgery.

however, #!m curious to learn more about the scoe of

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2veryone was retty imressed, but # :ust

laser design, mainly because # can!t settle for :ust being 13

couldn!t get it out of my mind. #t was the most fantastic

a technician.

thing # had ever seen. # was hooked.

collect now, the better equied #!ll be.

# ket thinking about all those brilliant shaes and

9ources of insiration have included the various laser

a tt er ns th at lo ok ed as if th ey we re fl oa ti ng in mid%

dislays the college took us to see. #!ll never forget going

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1ertainly, the more ideas #

# started by surfing the Net, but soon

to the &ashington
realised that # couldn!t master it all on my own, so #

was built through an incredible laser dislay stretching

made a decision. # was going to learn this technique on a

right across the mile%long surface of the dam. 'he

rofessional basis. -ost of the newest develoments

ama8ing effects used by a comany called "aser -agic

seemed to be coming from the ;.9.$., so it seemed a

+roductions also made a great imression on me. /ne

good idea to make my way across the ocean.

of the best was the wonderful >$ntigravity &aterfall?. 14

# knew # had an awful lot to learn, and # had to start from the beginning.

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$t first, # was taught how to

# couldn!t understand how they seemed to

be travelling uwards against the force of gravity.

create different coloured beams of light. "ater, # learned

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how to make atterns on the screen. 9oon, # was able to

exerience working with a laser light show comany. 15

make lines of coloured light into the shaes of ob:ects and

returning

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/ne of the asects #!m most interested in

animals that eole could recognise. *owever, it took a

is combining laser light with music. $lmost every self%

great deal of ractice.

resecting rock grou has used lasers on concert tours,

2ventually, # studied more advanced techniques to make laser shows exciting. # learned how to use fireworks and

but # want to create a closer synthesis of light and sound, so that both come together in a magnificent show.

theatre smoke mixed with coloured lights to roduce

'he next ste, of course, is to set u my own comany.

dramatic sectacles as well as soft, dreamlike cloud

#!m going to use all my exerience and imagination to

effects. -any of these techniques are now outdated.

create the greatest laser erformance of all time. &ish me

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2 (Questions 9-15)

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# also read all # can about the latest develoments in laser art, and my head is bursting with ideas.

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# found a college with a growing reutation in the field, and sent an intensive year there studying with exerts.

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# was fascinated to see how the high tech lighting they used made it seem as though dros of water were floating in the air.

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#t!s a raidly changing field and every technician has to kee u with the latest breakthroughs.

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-y ambitions for my future career go a long way beyond that.

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Now # can see how the ama8ing visual effects of lasers can really be used to get a message across.

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'hey were clearly the roduct of a comlex scientific and technical rocess, and # was dying to learn all about it.

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'hen, that 1hristmas, the comany where # worked at the time ut on a laser show at its annual arty.



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3 (Questions 16-30)

Part 3 You are going to read a maga8ine article about eole!s views on a new motorway. For questions 16-3, choose from the eole (A-D). 'he eole may be chosen more than once.

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shows flexibility and understanding4

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sees an unexected advantage4

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stress the virtues of develoment4

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fears for the future of local agriculture4

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mentions a democratic rocess4

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struggles with conflicting feelings4

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talks about reventive measures4

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mentions background research4

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reminds residents of their obligations4

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exects the number of visitors to increase4

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seaks of an altered location4

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refer to economic advantages4

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refers to the history of the village4


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3 (Questions 16-30)

P(a''i'g )&r Pr&gress* A new section of motorway is to be built close to the pictures!ue village of Fairfield Four people air their views A

B

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Da' +eeves, a local councillor, claims the new section will shorten the motorway by about 0D miles. >#nstead of going round the hill as it does today, it will ass close to the west side of the village.? Eeeves oints out that the final decision is not in the eole!s hands. >#t!s a national matter, of course, and we have to consider the common good. 'he old road :ust isn!t adequate for the amount of traffic going through the area nowadays. /bviously, the ublic does have a right to rotest and oinions will be taken into consideration. 9ome of our older residents might be oosed to the change. $t the same time, the council has to make it clear that Fairfield doesn!t stand in the way of rogress. #t!s our :ob to see that local eole understand the benefits this new motorway will bring to the village. &e!re quite certain that once the new section is finished, the oulation will areciate the imrovement in local transort.?

D /ne of the village!s oldest residents, ar. "&rs.th,

,e Pa.'e, a farmer, is less than enthusiastic. >'his new road is going to cause havoc. #t!s going to cut right across three farms, and they!re aroriating some of our best land. 'here!s bound to be damage to the surrounding area from all the heavy construction equiment. You only have to look at a ma. 'he motorway!s going to run :ust a coule of hundred yards from some of the farm buildings. ust imagine what the noise will be like. #t!ll be terrible for the cows, # can tell you that much. #t!s bound to affect milk roduction. $nd then there!s the orchards  the ale trees that my grandfather lanted. 'here!s no comensation for all the time and effort sent on fruit trees like those. # wonder who!s going to reay us for all the income we!ll lose. Farmers carry on an old, time%honoured tradition, and it!s hard enough to make ends meet. 'his may not be a farming village any longer, but Fairfield owes its existence to the farms. *ow can local eole turn their backs on farmers now4?


was born in Fairfield and has been running the grocery sho since she was a young woman. >Fairfield will turn into a tourist sot. +eole are always on the lookout for a lace off the motorway to sto for a break. ;ntil now we!ve managed to avoid that because Fairfield was :ust a little bit too far to be convenient. Now we!ll have all sorts of strangers coming in, and that!ll be the end of our eace and quiet. *aving a motorway so close by will bring noise and air ollution from all the cars, and before you know it, wealthy city eole will be looking at village roerties, rices will shoot u and local young families won!t be able to afford them. -ind you, most young coules move away anyway. 1ome to think of it, new eole around the lace might liven things u and be good for trade. # know some eole would be leased if the coffee sho here started serving meals.?


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/a0es Cave'ish, a 'ransort -inistry official, had the unleasant :ob of facing a small, rather hostile audience at a ublic meeting. >1utting 0D miles off the road will save time and etrol. /ur survey shows that most of the working oulation of Fairfield have :obs in -anchester. 'he motorway will make life easier for them. 'ransort imroves local business. 'he motorway will bring roserity. Gelieve me, roerty rices here will rocket when city eole see how easy it is to commute from a rural village. $s for the farmers, # guarantee we will do everything ossible to minimise damage to their land and reduce noise. $coustic walls will be built wherever the motorway comes within ADD yards of existing dwellings, and the authorities will decide on the amount of comensation each farmer should receive for aroriated land and any financial damage they may suffer in the future. 'his seems like a fair comromise to me.?

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PAPER 2: WRITING Part

1 (Question 1)

Part 1 You 0ust answer this question. &rite your answer in 12-15 words in an aroriate style.

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You have received an email from your friend +aul, who is organising a chess tournament. Eead +aul!s email and the notes you have made. 'hen write an email to +aul, using a(( your notes.

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+aul *utchins

e't

6nd February

ue%t

'ournament

*i, # haven!t heard from you in ages. $ re you /I4 &hat!s haening with you4 Explain why

#!m organising a chess tournament on 'uesday 6Dth from A.DD%00.DD m. =o you think eole will be able to make it4 # hoe you can  #!m relying on you for our team@

No, because …

&e!re holding the tournament in &ellington *all, on the university camus outside the city. 'here is some ublic transort to the lace but our funds are limited so we can!t rovide buses. &hat do you advise4 I advise …

'he other issue is food. #t!ll be a whole day of cometition so # suose we should lay on some form of refreshments, right4 $ny

Yes. Suggest …

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&rite your e0ai(. You must use grammatically correct sentences with accurate selling and unctuation in a style aroriate for the situation.



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PAPER 2: WRITING Part

2 (Questions 2-4)

Part 2 &rite an answer to &'e of the questions 2-4 in this art. &rite your answer in 12-18 words in an aroriate style.

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You recently attended a concert that took lace in your town. &rite a letter to a friend who lives abroad describing the event, where it was held, the music and the atmoshere. =o not write any ostal addresses. &rite your (etter.

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$ guest seaker came to your school to talk about ways of keeing your city clean. Your teacher has asked you to write an essay giving your oinions on the following statementJ Teenagers should play an active part in keeping their city clean

&rite your essa.. 4

You have decided to enter a short story cometition advertised in a maga8ine. 'he cometition rules say that the story must egi' with the following wordsJ " wanted to do well# " didn$t want to fail This was my chance

&rite your st&r..



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PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISH Part

1 (Questions 1-12)

Part 1 For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each ga. 'here is an examle at the beginning (). !a0p(e 

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A rescrition

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B

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B case

C examination

D treatment

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"&ur-Legge B(&& Ba'* 'he next time you take your sick et to the vet for () ..... , you may ( 1) ..... sight of a cat sleeing under a chair at the clinic. =on!t automatically assume it!s a atient, or even a et. 'he cat has an imortant role at the clinic it is an animal blood ( 2) ..... . "ike humans, animals sometimes need a blood transfusion to relace blo od that has been los t in a figh t or (3) ..... illness or an accident. -any clinics now kee a cat for this ( 4) ..... . /ne such cat is "ucky, who used to be a homeless stray but now lives a ( 5) ..... life at a clinic, where small (6) ..... of his blood are taken regularly during the year to (7) ..... the lives of other animals. Nosy, a cat at the "ivermore Leterinary 1entre in 1alifornia, does even more. (8) ..... giving blood, Nosy lays with sick cats and kittens, which (9) ..... them feel better and often hels in their ( 1 ) ..... . =ogs also need blood. *owever, (11) ..... clinics kee a dog to give blood. #n order to give blood, a dog has to be quite large in si8e. Gig dogs don!t (12) ..... well when confined in small kennels at a vet!s clinic. $s a result, most vets get dog blood when necessary from an animal blood bank. 1

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B kee

C gras

D hold

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B donor

C user

D giver

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A over

B by

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A urose

B function

C use

D ob:ective

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A convenient

B satisfied

C content

D comfortable

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A arts

B quantities

C items

D numbers

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A rescue

B reserve

C conserve

D save

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A $art

B 2xcet

C Gesides

D $s well

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A causes

B encourages

C leads

D makes

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B recovery

C healing

D cure

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A some

B any

C few

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2 (Questions 13-24)

Part 2 For questions 13-24, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each ga. ;se only &'e word in each ga. 'here is an examle at the beginning (). &rite your answers  CAP,AL L!,,!+ . !a0p(e 

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,he B(ue Cit. 9ortland, () ..................... Norway, has all ( 13) ..................... makings of a oular tourist sot. 'he surrounding countryside is a favourite among hikers and backackers, largely (14) ..................... to its beautiful scenery and mountain walks. #n addition, 9ortland boasts Norway!s thirteenth longest bridge, where visitors and locals (15) ..................... can cast their lines. $nd in the winter months, on dark, clear evenings, tourists may be lucky (16) ..................... to see the sectacular Northern "ights  nature!s own light show.

Yet, in (17) ..................... of these attractions, a guidebook writer once described the town as nothing more (18) ..................... an overnight sto, a lace to change buses on the way to the north.

'he eole of 9ortland realised that unless they (19) ..................... something about it, their town would never become a real tourist attraction. #n 0MMK, a local artist, G:orn 2lvenes, came (2) ..................... with an insired idea. Glue, the colour of the sea, is a symbol of the town!s fishing heritage. ( 21) ..................... this in mind, he convinced the local residents to turn 9ortland into a Glue 1ity by ainting it (22) ..................... very colour. 'he ainting began in 0MMM. 'he lan was that by the year 6DDA, 07 of the inner city areas would have ( 23) ..................... ainted contrasting shades of blue, and thus, 9ortland would be unique.

'he ro:ect has transformed the town and also led to an increase in commerce and a cultural revival in art and music, making 9ortland (24) ..................... worth a visit.



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3 (Questions 25-34)

Part 3 For questions 25-34, read the text below. ;se the word given in caitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the ga i' the sa0e (i'e. 'here is an examle at the beginning (). &rite your answers  CAP,AL L!,,!+ . !a0p(e 

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Airp&rt A%tivities &hile waiting for a () ........................... out, airline assengers usually look around the

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airort terminal for things to do. 'hey often send time (25) ........................... at the

HOP

duty%free shos, where they can buy items such as (26) ........................... erfumes, clothes,

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drinks and cigarettes at lower than normal rices because they are tax%free.

&ith the (27) ........................... of new 2uroean ;nion tax laws, it has become

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(28) ........................... to oerate duty%free shos because their rices are, in fact,

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no (29) ........................... than in regular shos. 'herefore, to comensate for the

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(3) ........................... of income that businesses have suffered in the 2uroean ;nion,

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airort authorities have been (31) ........................... on the lookout for new ways to

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make money and occuy (32) ........................... at the same time.

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For examle, management at 9chihol $irort in *olland had the (33) ...........................

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idea of oening a casino, and also roviding chair massages. /ther airorts have oened health clubs where eole can exercise on the l atest sorts (34) ........................... before

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flying out.



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4 (Questions 35-42)

Part 4 For questions 35-42, comlete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. D& '&t %ha'ge the >&r give' . You must use between t>& and )ive words, including the word given. *ere is an examle (). !a0p(e 

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*e isn!t in the mood for a arty. "!!L

*e ........................................................................................................................................................... to a arty. 36

+eole stoed using this model years ago. U!D 'his model ............................................................................................................................................. .. for years.

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ohn always gets angry when he!s late for work. ,!P!+

ohn tends ........................................................................................................................ when he!s late for work. 38

=esite all their efforts, they failed the test. ,+!D 'hey didn!t ass the test ......................................................................................................................... very hard.

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'he manager failed to ersuade her to accet a romotion. UCC!!D 'he manager ................................................................................................................. her to accet a romotion.

4 Not many eole realise the amount of work involved in lanning a wedding. UD!+,AD

Lery .............................................................................................. much work is involved in lanning a wedding. 41

You shouldn!t wait too long. B!,,!+ You ........................................................................................................................................................... too long.

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&e know that nobody else but you saw the accident. P!+O &e know that you ........................................................................................................................ see the accident.



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PAPER 4: LISTENING Parts

1 & 2 (Questions 1-18)

Part 1 You will hear eole talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer (A? B or C).

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You overhear a woman seaking to her husband on the telehone. &hat does she want him to do4 A take their daughter to ballet class B make a meal for their daughter 1 C deliver something You hear a man seaking to a saleswoman in a sho. &hat is the man buying4 A a suit 2 B a :acket C a shirt You hear a man talking about a new diet. *ow does he feel about it4 A leased B deressed C bored You hear an introduction to a talk. &ho is the guest seaker4 A a oet B a biograher C a film director

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You hear a man talking about a course he is taking. &hat is he learning on the course4 A a foreign language B management skills 5 C comuter skills

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You overhear a conversation at a market. &hat is the relationshi between the seakers4 A mother and daughter B emloyer and emloyee 6 C greengrocer and customer

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You will hear a man talking about a test. &hy did he find it difficult4 A 'he test was unfair. B *e was nervous. C *e wasn!t reared.

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You hear this announcement on the radio. &hat must you do with your letter4 A take it to the radio station B send it to the film comany 8 C take it with you to the cinema

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Part 2 You will hear art of a radio interview about a writer and naturalist called #an 'hatcher. For questions 9-18, comlete the sentences.

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#an 'hatcher is $nn!s

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'he title of $nn!s biograhy about #an is

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#an was educated by #an!s brother 1harles found

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-ichael 'hatcher became a well%known #an!s

13 . 14 of unusual animals is well%known.

'he Gritish &ildlife 9anctuary dislays some of the

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#an 'hatcher has been trying to save animals in danger for $nn!s :ob involves

alive. 16 .

17 the sanctuary and handling visitors.

$nn also works hard to


in the wardrobe.

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PAPER 4: LISTENING Parts

3 & 4 (Questions 19-30)

Part 3 You will hear five different eole talking about how their careers started. For questions 19-23, choose from the list (A-") what each seaker says about his or her :ob. ;se the letters only once. 'here is one extra letter which you do not need to use.

A # had no real qualifications for the :ob. B # was very unhay with my chosen career.

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9eaker 6

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9eaker A

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9eaker B

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9eaker C

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C # have the media to thank for my success. D #t!s the artistic asect of the work that aeals to me. ! #!ve fulfilled a dream #!d always had. " # was really nervous in the beginning.

Part 4 You will hear an author, Eobin Gailey, talking about a safari holiday. For questions 24-3, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

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*ow does Eobin feel this tri was different4 A *e had never been to $frica before. B *e wasn!t alone. C #t was a surrise for his birthday.

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&hy did Eobin refer ambia for a safari4 A *e!d seen the advertisements for Ienya. B ambia is not so crowded. C ambia is less develoed than Ienya.

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'he safari cam where Eobin stayed was A comfortable and well%equied B a bit rimitive with grass huts C a long distance from the airstri

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&hat does Eobin comlain about4 A having to get u at dawn B the danger involved in walking tours C the lack of wildlife to hotograh

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&hat are the best times to go game viewing4 A in the early morning B in the mid%afternoons C at sunrise and sunset

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*ow did his daughter 9amantha feel about her tri4 A 9he was surrised at the si8e of the country. B 9he en:oyed the beautiful scenery. C 9he was frightened by the noises at night.

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&hat did Eobin en:oy most about his tri4 A hotograhing lions and leoards B going bird%watching in a focus grou C learning how to draw $frican scenes

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