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Anglia Examination Syndicate (England)

Certificate in English for Overseas Candidates

Masters Level – Paper C

2007Time allowed – Three hours including listening.

Candidates should answer ALL questions.

Write your answers in PEN in the spaces provided.You may use correcting fluid if necessary.Ask for extra paper if you need it.

CHICHESTER COLLEGE, WESTGATE FIELDS, CHICHESTER, WEST SUSSEX, PO19 1SB, ENGLAND

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For Examiners Use OnlySection A Section B Section C P1 Section C P2 Section D Section E P1 Section E P2 Section F

Section A Listening. (10 marks)You are going to listen to two friends talking in a restaurant.Answer all the questions below by marking the correct box with a tick ().

1. Why has the woman returned from Thailand?

a) because of an illnessb) to earn some moneyc) to see her family

2. What kind of job has the woman got?

a) permanentb) temporaryc) part time

3. Where is the woman staying?

a) with friendsb) in a rented room c) with her family

4. What is the man’s job?

a) doctorb) accountantc) architect

5. What was the hardest thing about learning Thai?

a) the scriptb) the grammar c) the tones

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6. How does the woman feel about her language level in Thai?

a) embarrassedb) proudc) arrogant

7. Why didn’t the man learn much Spanish?

a) He didn’t integrate with the locals. b) He didn’t attend college.c) He didn’t have the aptitude.

8. What did the man like best about Granada?

a) the buildings b) the foodc) the people

9. What does the woman suggest that the man eats?

a) noodles with prawnsb) red curry with beefc) chicken and cashew nuts

10. The man and woman arrange to meet:

a) the same weekb) the next weekc) the week after next

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Section B Listening and Writing. (10 marks)

You and a friend have decided to go on holiday together this year. As you like doing different things, you weren’t sure where to go until you heard the following radio advertisement for Central Parks. Take notes as you hear the advertisement and then use your notes to write a letter to your good friend who lives in another town far from yours, suggesting that you go to Central Parks together pointing out the things that you each like doing that are available there, and the things you could do together.

Let your friend know What is available that they both like What is available that you like What you could do together How long to go for and the price What he/she will need to pack

Write your notes here: These notes are for your own use and are not marked by the examiner.

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Section C Use of English Part One (10marks)Write ONE word only in each gap.

1. I was so surprised I was ____________________ for words.

2. Get a ____________________ on. We’re late.

3. The fact that we’re ahead of schedule is no bad ____________________.

4. We’ve never seen this before. It’s whole new ____________________ game.

5. The manager was really angry and gave the staff a real ____________________ down.

6. We tried that and it didn’t work. We need to take a different ____________________. 7. I’m afraid it ____________________to you to do this job.

8. They’ll be so jealous! With such a good result, I’ll be the ____________________of everyone.

9. He looks so innocent. You’d think ____________________wouldn’t melt in his mouth.

10. I can’t find my keys. They’ve disappeared off the____________________ of the earth.

Section C Use of English Part Two (15 marks)

Write a new sentence which is as close to the meaning of the given sentence as possible, using the word or phrase given. You may not change the word or phrase in any way.

1. We need to be ready in exactly two minutes. (FLAT)

2. He was made redundant last week. (LAID)

3. I would never ever have imagined that. (WILDEST)

4. We have to accept it for what it appears to be. (FACE)

5. It’s just a guess. (STAB)

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6. Do you approve of these figures? (MEET)

7. I have to assume that they’ll be on time. (ASSUMPTION)

8. You have to decide one way or the other. (FENCE)

9. Have you concluded anything yet? (COME)

10. The film was a real disappointment. (LET)

11. We weren’t allowed to build the extension to our house. (REFUSED)

12. I’m still young enough. (SIDE)

13. The teacher doesn’t comment until he understands the situation. (ONLY AFTER)

14. He’s given the secret away. (CAT)

15. He’s started scuba diving. (UP)

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Section D Reading (10 marks)

There are fifteen headlines below and ten short news stories on the next page. In the answer grid below the headlines, match each story letter with the best headline number. There are five headlines you do not need.

1. INCREASED FEARS OF MARKET COLLAPSE

2. PIER TODAY GONE TOMORROW

3. AUCTION REDUCES PUBLIC SPENDING

4. CELEBRITY IMAGES AUCTION

5. DAMAGED HOUSES SAVED

6. DEALS COLLAPSE IN RISING MARKET

7. STORM DAMAGE CLOSES HISTORIC MARKET

8. EXHIBITION OF STAR PHOTOS OPENS

9. CRAZY BIDS AT BOARD AUCTION

10. STAR’S HOUSE CONTENTS AUCTIONED

11. ARTISTS ACQUIRE COLLECTORS’ LONGBOARDS

12. HOW TO AVOID HOUSE PURCHASE DELAYS

13. EXPERTS BROUGHT IN TO STORM AREA

14. GALES POUND OPEN MARKET

15. STORM LASHED MONUMENT GOES UNDER HAMMER

WRITE YOUR ANSWERS HERE.Match the number of the headline to the letter of the article:

A B C D E F G H I J

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AA survey will be carried out today on the houses damaged by the recent tornado in West London. One resident, Stephen Byers, who was sleeping next to a wall that was torn down by the twister said he was grateful that no one was hurt and now hoped that his house could be saved.

GGale force winds have brought down a section of the roof of Leicester’s historic covered market. A spokes man for the council has said that the area is now cordoned off and structural surveys are being carried out. Fortunately no one was injured in the collapse.

IThe auction of computer systems from the Board of Trade and Industry has raised £25,000. A spokesman for the Board said that the computers fetched what had been expected and although minimal would help offset the costs of the new system installed recently.

EThe Huddlepool Buiding Society has announced that last month the average size of a new mortgage was up 2 per cent on the previous months’ figure. The number of first time buyers has decreased by 30 per cent in the same period.More disturbingly the number of home repossessions was up 15 percent fuelling fears of a crash in the housing market.

JBrighton’s West Pier is to be auctioned off this week as the current owners cannot raise the funds to save the historic landmark from falling into the sea. The pier has been severely damaged by storms in recent years. A consortium of buyers aim to purchase the landmark structure and restore it to its former glory.

DEleven surfboard designs from some of the world's top artists and actors raised £78,000 at an auction in Newquay.The nine-foot longboards were painted by ten personalities including the Turner Prize artist Damien Hirst, Graffiti guru Banksy and surf legend Laird Hamilton.

CPhotographs of Audrey Hepburn, Kate Moss, Joni Mitchell and Vivienne Westwood are among 91 being auctioned at Sotheby's in aid of The Women's Therapy Centre.Alison Swan Parente, Child Psychiatrist explained that she chose to organise a fundraising auction of photographs since the centre helped hundreds of women a year and needed funds.

BA collection of former star Syd Barrett’s gems will go under the hammer today in Cambridge.The late founding member of Pink Floyd, will have many of his household possessions auctioned off in what has been described as a colourful insight into the life of a musical genius.

HThe delays caused by surveys, searches and other legal necessities are causing many home sales to fall through. In the white hot housing market house prices are now increasing so fast that sellers are pulling out of deals agreed months before, since the value of their houses may have increased by tens of thousands of pounds in the conveyancing period. There is no legal obligation for sellers to honour accepted offers until contracts are exchanged.

FOur reporter Joan Simmonds has been to a property auction to find out how to sidestep the drawn out process of house buying. With care it might also be possible to grab a rare bargain at a time when house price rises are at record levels.

Section E Reading (20 marks)Read this article about Global Water Supplies and answer all the questions in your own words.

Global Water Supplies

When most people think about water shortages — if they think about them at all — they think about a local problem. We don't usually regard such problems as particularly worrying, sharing confidence that the situation will be readily handled by investment in infrastructure, conservation, or other management strategies. Whatever water feuds arise we expect to be resolved through negotiations or in the courtroom. But shift from a local to a global water perspective, and the terms dramatically change. The World Bank reports that 80 countries now have water shortages that threaten health and economies while 40 per cent of the world have no access to clean water or sanitation. In this context, we cannot expect water conflicts to always be resolved amicably. More than a dozen nations receive most of their water from rivers that cross borders of neighbouring countries viewed as hostile. These include Botswana, Bulgaria, Cambodia, the Congo, Gambia, the Sudan, and Syria, all of whom receive 75 percent or more of their fresh water from the river flow of often hostile upstream neighbours.In the Middle East, a region marked by hostility between nations, obtaining adequate water supplies is a high political priority. Verbal threats have been exchanged over the use of shared rivers. (It should come as no surprise to learn that the words "river" and "rival" share the same Latin root; a rival is "someone who shares the same stream.")More frequently water is being likened to another resource that quickened global tensions when its supplies were threatened. A story in The Financial Times began: "Water, like energy in the late 1970s, will probably become the most critical natural resource issue facing most parts of the world by the start of the next century." This analogy is also reflected in the oft-repeated observation that water will likely replace oil as a future cause of war between nations.A prime cause of the global water concern is the ever-increasing world population. As populations grow, industrial, agricultural and individual water demands escalate. According to the World Bank, world-wide demand for water is doubling every 21 years. Water supply cannot keep pace with demand, as populations soar and cities explode. Population growth alone does not account for increased water demand. Since 1900, there has been a six-fold increase in water use for only a two-fold increase in population size. This reflects greater water usage associated with rising standards of living. It also reflects potentially unsustainable levels of irrigated agriculture. World population has recently reached six billion and United Nation's projections indicate nine billion by 2050. What water supplies will be available for this expanding population? Meanwhile many countries suffer accelerating desertification. Water quality is deteriorating in many areas of the developing world as population increases and salinity caused by industrial farming and over-extraction rises. Furthermore, some experts claim that climate change has the potential to worsen an already gloomy situation. A technological solution that some believe would provide ample supplies of additional water resources is desalination. There are approximately 11,000 desalination plants in 120 nations in the world, 60 per cent of them in the Middle East. Others argue that a market approach to water management would help resolve the situation. They say such an approach would help mitigate the political and security tensions that exacerbate international affairs. For example, the Harvard Middle East Water Project wants to assign a value to water, rather than treat rivers and streams as some kind of free natural commodity, like air.Other strategies to confront the growing global water problem include slowing population growth, reducing pollution, better management of present supply and demand and, of course, water conservation. We must certainly acknowledge that water is a very scarce and valuable natural resource.

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Part Two (10 marks)

Replace these phrases or words with other phrases or words of your own so that the article still reads correctly, both grammatically and in the sense of what is said. The words or phrases are all underlined in the article so that you can find their context easily. One of them has been done for you as an example. There may be more than one way of answering; answer the way you think best.

a) readily

b) feuds

c) amicably

d) hostile unfriendly

e) quickened

f) analogy

g) escalate

h) salinity

i) mitigate

j) exacerbate

k) scarce

Part Two (10 Marks)Summarise in no more than 100 words the causes and possible solutions to the looming global water shortage

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Section F Writing (25 marks)

Use your own ideas, the notes below, and, if you wish, facts and ideas from the article in Section E, to write a structured composition of between 350 and 400 words on the following topic:

Suggest ways by which demand for water could be reduced and strategies that could be

employed to implement these reductions.

Personal use Agricultural use Industrial use Governmental role Individual role Free market role

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