Practice Tests for the Revised CPE 2 TB

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C o n t e n t st

Introduction 4

C P E J E S T 1

C P E T E S T 2

C P E J E S T 3

C P E J E S T 4

C P E J E S T , 5

C P E J E S 1 6

Paper 1- Reading ~ - 6

Paper 2 -Writing : 16

Paper 3 - Use of English 18

Paper 4 - Listening 26

Paper 5 - Speaking 31

Paper 1- Reading 32

Paper 2 - Writing 42




Paper 1- Reading 58





Paper 1- Reading 84

Paper 2 -Writing 94




Paper 1- Reading 110

Paper 2 -Writing 120




Paper 1- Reading 136



Paper 4 -'Listening 156


Visual material for the Speaking Paper 162

Writing - Suggested Answers 169

Speaking - Suggested Answers :............................. 182

- - '=-:-"'Ta:pescripts : '.'.:'.~ ~. ~'.: 200


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n t r o d u c l i nCPE Practice Tests contains six complete tests

designed to help students to prepare for the

University of Cambridge Local Examinations

Syndicate CUCLES) Certificate of Proficiency in

English (C\E) examination. The tests offer

comprehel\sive practice in all five papers of the

examination and reflect the revised exam which will

be introduced from December 2002, thus providing

students 'with the tools to develop the skillsrequired

to succeed in this examination and obtain the CPE

qualification..\

CPE PracticeTests includesa wide range ofstimulating,

authentic texts inexamination format, listening texts

with authenticated recordings and a variety of

accents, and full-colour visual material for the

Speaking Test.

The Student's Book provides a detailed overview of

the CPE examination, with a description of all the

sections ofeachpaper.

The Teacher's Book contains all the Student's Book

material, together with over-printed answers, model

written answers for Paper 2 - Writing andsummaries

for Paper 3 - Use ofEnglish,tapescripts ofthe recorded

material forthe Listeningpaper, and guidelinesforthe

Speaking Test. Italsoprovides exam guidance sections

and guidelinesonassessing and marking each paper.

Ab ou t CPE~-c-

CPEis atthefifth level inthe UCLESfive-level series

ofexaminations and isdesigned to offeran advanced

qualification, suitable for those who want to useEnglish for professional or academic study purposes.

At this level,thelearner isapproaching the linguistic

competence of an educated native speaker and isable

to use the language in a wide range of culturally

appropriate ways.CPEis recognised bythe majority

ofBritish universities for English language entrance

requirements. It is also widely recognisedthroughout

the world by universities, institutes of higher

education, professional bodies as wellasincommerce

and industry as an indication of avery high.level of

competence inEnglish.

Cambridge Level Five

Certificate ofProficiency in English (CPE)

Cambridge Level Four

Certificate inAdvancedEnglish (CAE)

Cambridge Level Three

First Certificate in English (FCE)

Cambridge Level Two

Preliminary English Test (PET)

Cambridge Level One

Key English Test (KET)

Paper 1 (l hour 30 mins)

Reading 4parts 40marks

Paper 2 (2hours)

Writing 2 parts 40marks

Paper 3 (l hour 30 mins)

Useof English 5 par ts 40 marks

Paper 4 (approximately 40 mins)

Listening 4 parts 40marks

Paper 5 (approximately 20 mins)..

40mar~s-...... ..

Speaking 3parts

TOTAL 200marks


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Paper 1 ~~eading (l hour 30 minutes)

For questions 1-18, read the three texts below and decide which answer (A,B, C or D) best fits each gap.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet .

..".. ,41

A u s t r a l i a n C i n e m aThirty years' ago, the New

Australian cinema (1) .

the attention of the world with

heroic stor ies set in the late-

nineteenth and early-twentieth

centuries. They were tales of the

formation of a national identity,

of the recent European settlers'transactions with their strange

new world and its frighteningly

mystical inhabitants. When this

vein was (2) , local film

makers left home or turned to the

problematic present of people

living lives of noisy desperation in

the (3) suburbs of the

big coastal cities, home to most

Australians. As television series,

these cosy, unheroic stories

(4) worldwide popularity,

but relatively few films of this sorthave found success elsewhere,

except for a small handful,

among which are these,

(5) accomplished

and calculatedly theatrical films.

They are loving assemblages of

conventions and cliches from

musicals of the past, produced

with an exuberance that

(6) the audience up in

uncritical enjoyment. t

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1 A appropriated captured C annexed D mastered2 exhausted B drained C emptied D squandered3 A lounging B stooping C stretching @ sprawling4 A reached achieved C fulfilled D managed5 A deeply B heavily highly D widely6 sweeps B lifts C brushes D carries

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R ecent archeological studies of the

isolated region have (7) .

astounding evidence of Mesolithic

hunter-gatherers, Neolithic farmers and

even an aristocratic dynasty which

populated the area during the late Bronze

(8) Thefew centuries before the

time of Christ saw the area at its most

remarkable. Artefacts, relics and the

remains of dwellings, bear (9) to

its importance. An extraordinary sequence

of buildings (10) in the erection

of a gigantic wooden structure, at least 40

metres in diameter, which was probably

used for ceremonial (11) before

it was eventually burnt to the (12) .

and subsequently covered over with turf to

create the huge mound which is still visible

today.

7 A unburied uncovered C unfolded D unmasked8 A Years B Period C Era @ Age9 A testimony B evidence witness D proof

10 A terminated culminated C finalised D_ ceased-- -- .- -- - -- - ..11 A aims B intentions purposes D targets12 A surface ground C earth D field

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We believe that there are two

types of people who will take

the time and (13) .

to read this advertisement. In

the first category are those

unbelievers who, in aillikelihood, will think to

themselves, 'sounds good,

but Idon't think this is for me.

I could never manage to do

that'. They then go back to

doing the same (14) .

job that they have (15) .

been doing for the past

decade or so. Then, there is

the second category. This

group is made up of those

people WllO believe in taking(16) but not at the

exper.se of peace of mind.

These individuals carefully

(17) the advantages

against the disadvantages.

You know, those people who

look before making the

proverbial (18) : .

13 A exertion effort C struggle 0 stress14 A substandard B unreliable C insufficient @ unfulfilling15 A distastefully reluctantly C hesitantly 0 adversely16 risks B dangers C hazards 0 stakes17 A measure weigh C compare 0 COUnt18 A jump B vault

leap

D spring


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-----------------------u ~re going to read four extracts which are all concerned in~~~e way with exploration and discovery. For

stIOns 19-26, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Mark your

wers ont~e separate answer sheet.,

T r a v e ll i n g A c r o s : s ' th :e ~ D ', ~ s e r ( "4. ": : ; ._ r :: .

Crossing the Sahara is a dangerous business.George-Marie Haardt needed no reminder of this.

During the desert leg of his 1924 expedition's

15,000 mile trip, the expedition's eight trucks

travelled for 330 miles without finding a drop of

water. 'Any breeze there is, becomes atorment,'

the team reported. 'We are suffocated, saturated

with dust; we could almost believe ourselves to be

like men turned into red brick.' Writer Donovan

Webster confirms this. 'People die allthe time,' he

says. 'That's why you go with someone you trust.'

Don reckoned a little technology wouldn;t hurt,

though. 'When I mentioned to my guide, a Tuareg

tribesman' from Niger, that I had a GPS (global

positioning system) receiver to help us navigate,he said he didn't need it,' says Don. 'I've got TPS,'

hetold me - 'Tuareg positioning system.' And he

did! He could find his way anywhere just by seeing

ripples in the sand. He was as interested in my

world as Iwas in his,' Don recalls. 'When I showed

him a photo of my kids at Niagara Falls, he wanted

to keep it. He thought the kids were sweet - but

couldn't imagine that much water in the world.;

A could not find water.

B were not to be trusted.

@ didn't need technological aids.D were af fected by the climate.

A was indifferent to other cultures.

B wanted to visit Niagara Falls.

@ was fascinated by the immense waterfall.D wanted to keep a souvenir of his children.


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T h e L a d y o f t h e L i n e s

f\1aria Reiche, a German mathematician,-p'evoted fifty years of her life to protecting and

studying the Nazca lines of the Inca, Born in

Dresden in 1903, she arrived in Peru, became

fascinated by the Inca culture and initiallyfound

archaeological work, It was when, however, she

overheard someone discussing giant figures

carved into the ground, south of Lima that she

found what was to become her life's work,

Instantly mesmerised by these strange objects,

she began to study them alone, 'I walked along

them to understand their meaning,' she said. 'I

noticed that they formed figures, a spider, a

monkey, a bird.' After surveying around 1,000

lines, she wrote her book Mystery of the Desert,

published in 1949.

In order to spend more time with the

geoglyphs, she set up home on the edge of the

desert, living off fruit and nuts and sleeping

under the stars. If vandals dared to set foot near

the lines, sheshooed themaway, so determinedthat the lines should be preserved that when

plans were made to flood the areafor agricultural

use,she successfully blocked the move.

Her tireless work has nowresulted in the Nazca

lines having been declared a World Heritage

Site and she is regarded by some as a national

heroine; she is Saint Maria, 'Lady of the Lines'.

When she died in 1998 aged 95, the question

arose of who would now protect the lines,

which were becoming increasingly threatened

by vandals, looters, irresponsible tourists and

changing weather patterns. Fortunately,however,

the UN's cultural agency has recently donated a

substantial amount for their long-term

conservation.

immense shapes cut into the earth.S a form of rock art found in the desert.

C vast and mysterious Peruvian statues.

D paths left by the Incas.

A the Nazca lines are uninteresting.

S Maria Reiche belonged to a religious order.

C in the past the lines were not valued.

Maria Reiche's work was not continued.


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ar;ne ResearchThe World Centre for Exploration has been

- running since,1904.Ourinternational,professional

society has been a meeting point and unifying

force for explorers and scientists worldwide. The

Explorers Club is dedicatedto the advancementof

field research,scientific exploration, and the ideal

thatitis vital to preservetheinstinct toexplore. We

foster these goals by providing research grants,

educational lectures and publications, expedition

planning assistance, exciting adventure travel

programmes, and aforum where expertsin allthe

diverse fields of science and exploration canmeet

to exchange ideas.March willmark the fifth year of

the running of the Kosa Reef Protection Project.

The project is a joint effort by Kosa Marine

resources, an international group of volunteer

divers, and island support staff. Divers prepare

fish inventories, photo and video records, and

take scientific measurements documenting reef

status. For the first time, this year's team will

employ protocols developed by the international

organisation 'ReefCheck'.

The ExplorersClub also offersmodest expedition

grants for expeditions that forge links between

space and earthexploration. Expeditions working

in extreme environments or using satellite and

space related technologies should contact us at

the following address.

A to provide somewhere to meet.

S to record the world's resources. to promote on-site investigations.D to support explorers financially.

A intending to ask for international aid.

S trying to increase marine resources.

C taking action to prevent damage.

@ observing the condition of the reef.


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a ha r i y a's T o mb s-e 2,600 years, a desert oasis yields the long-sought tombs of its legendary governor and

-"- family. The streets of EI Bawiti, the largest town inBahariya Oasis, are busier now. Hotels

~vebeen built since more than 200 Graeco-Roman mummies were discovered nearby. Yet,

- Bawiti hid an older secret. The tombs of Bahariya's legendary governor, Zed-Khons-uef-

h, his father, and his wife were discovered in a maze ofchambers beneath local homes.

aeologists had been looking for Zed-Khon's-uef-ankh ever since the tombs of three of

egovernor's relatives were discovered in 1938.Zed-Khons-uef-ankh ruled Bahariya during

C ypt's 26th dynasty, a time when the isolated oases of the Western Desert were

egically important buffers against invaders. Bahariya, with governors who were wealthy

en with connections to the throne, flourished at the crossroads of caravan routes. Zed-

ns-uef-ankh, a man whose power to move men and material i s most evident in the two

ammoth stone sarcophagi that were transported across miles of sand and wasteland to

"s oasis tomb, had a chapel built in a temple nearby, with a relief depicting him as large as

e pharaoh, a bold assertion from a powerful man we now know better.

A many Graeco-Romans were buried there.

8 it was well located on a prime trade route.C it was the seat of a powerful man.

o many rich administrators were posted there.

extremely confident.

remarkably impious.

hugely wealthy.

very impertinent.


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Yau are goingtoread anextract from anovel. Seven paragraphs havebeen removed from the extract. Choose from

he paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap (27-33). There:-isone extra paragraph which you do not need to

se. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

The small, bright lawn stretched away smoothly

to the big, bright sea. The turf was hemmed with

an edge of scarlet geranium and coleus, and

cast-iron vases painted in a chocolate colour,

standing at inteNals along the winding path that

led to the sea, looped their garlands of petunia

and ivy geranium above the neatly raked gravel.

@ J G IA number of ladies in summer dresses and

gentlemen in grey frock-coats and tall hats stood

on the lawn or sat upon the benches. Every now

and then, a slender girl in starched muslin would

step from the tent, bow in hand, and speed her

shaft at one of t he targets, while the spectators

interrupted their talk to watch the result.

~I DThe Newbury Archery Club always held itsAugustmeeting at the Beauforts'. The sport, which had

hitherto known no rival but croquet, was

beginning to be discarded in favour of lawn-

tennis. However, the latter game was still

considered too rough and inelegant for social

occasions, and as a n o pportunity to show off

pretty dresses and graceful attitudes, the bow

and arrow held their own.

~I EIn New York, during the previous winter, after he

and May had settled down in the new, greenish-

yellow house with the bow-window and the

Pompeian vestibule, he had dropped back with

relief into the old routine of the office. The renewal

of his daily activities had s eNed as a link with his

former self.

~I BAt the Century, he had found Winsett again, and

.~at the Knickerbocker, the fashionable young men

of his own set. And what with hours dedicated to

the law and those given to dining out or entertaining

friends at home, with an occasional evening at

the opera or the theatre, the life he was living had

still seemed a f airly real and inevitable sor t of

business.

@ 2 J H _But the Wellands always went to Newport, wherethey owned one of the square boxes on the cliffs,

and their son-in-law could adduce no good

reason why he and May should not join them

there. As Mrs. Weiland rather tartly pointed out, it

was hardly worthwhile for May to have worn

herself out trying on summer clothes in Paris, if

she was not to be allowed to wear them; and this

argument was of a kind to which Archer had as

yet found no answer.

] AIt was not May's fault, poor dear. If, now and then,

during their travels, they had fallen slightly out of

step, harmony had been restored by their return

to conditions she was used to. He had always

foreseen that she would not disappoint him; and

he had been right. No, the time and place had

been perfect for his marriage.

] FHe could not say that he had been mistaken in his

choice, for she fulfilled all that he had expected. It

was undoubtedly gratifying to be the husband of

one of the handsomest and most popular young

married women in New York, especially when s he

was also one of the sweetest-tempered and most

reasonable of wives; e.nd Archer had not been

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May herself could not understand his obscure

reluctance to fall in with so reasonable and pleasant

away of spending the summer. She reminded him

that he had always liked Newport in his bachelor

days, and as this was indisputable, he could only

'Qrofess that he was sure he was going to like it

better than ever now that they were to be there

together. But ashe stood on the Beaufort verandah

and looked out on the brightly peopled lawn, it

came home to him with a shiver that he was not

going to like it at all.

In addition, there had been the pleasurable

excitement of choosing a showy grey horse for

May's br ougham (the Wellands had given the

carriage). Then, there was the abiding occupation

and interest of arranging his new library, which, in

spite of f amily doubts and disapproval, had been

carried o ut as he had dreamed, with a dark-

embossed paper , an Eastlake book-case and

"sincere" armchairs and tables.

The next morning Archer scoured the town invain

for more yellow roses. In consequence of this

search, he arrived late atthe office, perceived that

his doing so made no difference whatever to

anyone, and was filled with sudden exasperation

at the elaborate futility of his life.Why should henot be, at that moment, on the sands of St.

Augustine with May Weiland?

Newland Archer, standing on the verandah of the

Beaufort house, looked curiously down upon this

scene. On each side of the shiny painted steps,

was a large, blue china flowerpot on a bright

yellow china stand. A spiky, green plant filled each

pot, and below the verandah ran awide border of

blue hydrangeas edged with more red geraniums.

Behind him, the French windows of the drawing

rooms through which he had passed gave

glimpses, between swaying lace curtains, of

glassy parquet f loors islanded with chintz pouffes,

dwarf armchairs, and velvet tables covered with

trifles of silver.

Archer looked down with wonder at the familiar

spectacle. Itsurprised him that lifeshould be going

on in the old way when his own reactions to it had

so completely changed. It was Newport that had

first brought home to him the extent ofthe change.

Archer had married (as most young men did)

because he had met a perfectly charming girl at

the moment when a series of rather aimless

sentimental adventures were ending ina premature

disgust; and she had represented peace, stability,

comradeship, and the steadying sense of an

inescapable duty.

Half-way between the edge of the cliff and the

square wooden house (which was also chocolate-

coloured, but with the tin roof of the verandah

striped in y ellow and brown to represent an

awning), two large targets had been placed against

a background of shrubbery. On the other side of

the lawn, facing the targets, was pitched a real

tent, with benches and garden-seats about it.

Newport, on the other hand, represented the

escape from duty into an atmosphere of

unmitigated holiday-making. Archer had tr ied to

persuade May to spend the summer on a remote

island off the coast of Maine (called, appropriately

enough, Mount Desert) w here a few hardy

Bostonians and Philadelphians were camping in

native cottages, and whence came reports of

enchanting scenery and a wild, almost trapper-like

existence amid woods and waters.


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ou are going to read an extract from an article. For questions 34-40, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which

u think fits best according to the text.

A!though he made his name with his archeological

nds.of early'humans, Richard Leakey became famous

s the conservationist who turned the tide against

ephant poaching. Bringing the slaughter of Kenya's

ephants under control required a military solution, and

eakey was not afraid to apply it. Many poachers were

lled, giving Leakey a reputation for being a cold-

looded obsessive who put animals before people.Moreover, his efforts to eradicate corruption in Kenya's

ildlife management system won him many enemies.

But the birth ofthe KenyaWildlife Service (KWS),the

radication of elephant poaching and the ban on the

nternational trade in ivoryare his legacy, and they form

e basis of Wildlife Wars. This surprisingly personal

memoir has much to tell about the fragile relationships

etween conservationists and governments. Itis a story

ot only of Kenya, but of the continuing cost of trying to

avethe world's wildlife from extinction.

Life for the average person in Africa is tough, andasic needs are far f rom being met. This is the

ackground against which Leakey fought his war, and

e constantly refers to the threat poverty poses to the

reservation of Af rica's spectacular wildlife. Leakey's

rgument, here and in recent lectures, is that national

arks managed exclusively for biodiversity protection

must be created, and that this protection of our wildlife

eritage should befunded by international sources.

However,in theearly 1990s the development agencies

avoured"community-based" conservation.Leakey's stand

n protection ofparks was seen as a lack of respect for

ocal communities, and used against him when he

esigned as head of the KWS in 1994.Recently donors

nd conservationists have come to recognise the

mitations of purely local conservation programmes;

here is a growing consensus that the poor are unlikely

o manage wildlife resources wisely for the long term

ecause their needs are immediate.

Wildlife Wars continues where Leakey's memoir One

Life leftoff. Itspans a 13-yearperiod, beginning in 1989

when Leakey became head of the KWS. Then the

elephant slaughter was at its height across Africa; it is

estimated that between 1975 and 1989 the international

markets for ivory in Europe, the United States and Asia

ledtothe death of 1.2 m elephants, slaughtered for their

ivory tomake pianokeys, games and fashionaccessories.

Kenya's herds werereduced bymore than 85%by armed

poachers, who turned their guns on anything andanyone. To stop this killing required changing the

perceptions of ivoryusers so as to eliminate the markets,

aswellasmounting an armedforce against the poachers.

With both humour and seriousness, Leakey explains

the sacrifices he had to make inorder to see his vision

succeed. Despite the gravity of the situation, Leakey

makes light of the sometimes comical circumstances,

although it is clear that his life was at risk many times

and he worked under tremendous pressure. For many,

however, the real question is why this paleoanthropologist

should risk his life for wildlife. The answer may lie inLeakey's own depiction of himself, although obviously

aggressive and drivenwhile running KWS, as essentially

reflective. Presenting in moving terms his introduction to

elephant emotions and society, he describes his

outrage at the moral and ethical implications of

poaching and culling for ivory, arguing that elephants,

apes, whales and dolphins have emotions so like those

of humans that they deserve to be treated as such.

Hard-core wildlife groups sniggered at his 'bunny-

hugging' tendencies, but they underestimated his

impact. It is impossible to put a value on Leakey's work

during those years.Asthe elephant population began to

recover, Kenya's tourist industry revived to become the

country's main source of revenue. An international

awareness campaign centred on an ivory bonfire, which

led to the ban on ivory trade and the collapse of ivory

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34 Richard Leakey is most well-known for

A increasing wildlife budgets.

successfully stopping illegal hunting.C removing the ban on the ivory trade.

D helping to identify man's origins.

35 In paragraph 3, Leakey makes the point that

conservation should be aglobal responsibility.B a' war must befought against poverty.

C Africa's wildlife is an international attraction.

D there is insufficient money to establish parks.

36 Itis now becoming accepted that

A Leakey had no regard for local communities.

B conservation programmes should be under local control.

C donors have not yet received sufficient recognition.

@ poverty makes regional conservation programmes unreliable.

37 The writer says that between 1975 and 1989

A the perceptions of the use of ivory changed.

B elephants were used to make piano keys.

the elephant population was decimated.D demand for ivory began to decrease.

38 Leakey considers himseif

A amusing.

B sentimental.

contemplative.D obsessive.

39 What does the writer imply inthe last paragraph?

A A disease had affected elephants.

B Leakey's views are overly sentimental.

C Leakey's success isin doubt.

@ Leakey's work had wide-ranging effects.

40 This passage is taken from

A an article about endangered species.

B a book about Richard Leakey.C an article about Kenya.

@ a book review.


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=a p e r 2-J V r i t i n g (2hours)

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You ha've r,ead the extract below aspart of anewspaper article on teaching foreign languages insecondary

schools. Readers were asked to send intheir opinions. You decide to write aletter responding to the points

raised and expressing your own views.

"It isn't enough that our teenagers areconstantly bombarded with hours of

lectures and reams of homework. Now,

thev want to make learning a second

language compulsory for secondary

school students. Some of these children

will never visit a foreign country or mix

with foreigners, so why should they be

forced to pile this extra course onto their

academic plates? Whatever happened to

teaching the basics and preparing our

children for the future?"


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nt an answer to one of the questions 2-4 in this part. Write your answer in 300-350 words in an

propriate style.

2 A national TV channel has just begun the broadcast of anew soap opera. You have been asked to write areview of the show for alocal magazine. Write a review and saywhythese shows are sopopular with some

people and unpopular with others.

3 Your local town council has announced plans to upgrade the town centre. They have invited proposalsfrom interested citizens on how to do this. Inyour proposal, comment on the present condition of the area

and make suggestions as to how to improve it.

A business magazine has invited readers to contribute an article entitled Why It's Good To Be Your Own

Boss. Write an article describing what kind of company you would like to set up and the advantages and

disadvantages of running your own business.


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Paper 3 -IVse of English (lllOur 30 minutes)

or questiops 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word inach spac~ There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

xample: 0 i _ n _

A N I N F L U E N T IA L MA N

Bo rn (0) ..i.~ Switzerland in 1875, Karl Gustav jung's early l ife was (I) f. . from

conventional. The (2) Q r.l ! Y. child of a country pastor with waning religious convictions and a

spiritualist mother (3) V)(.~Q .... .... conversed with g ho sts , ju ng felt a lien at ed and lonely

(4) Q. ? a child.H e spent his life trying to understand (5) nature of the human

psyc he, to prob e the hu man mind to see wh at lurked be ne ath. (6) W. b.< 1t he found helped form

the foundations of modern psychology, identifying such familiar concepts as introversion and

extroversion, as (7) w.~ J J. . . as complexes.jung went (8) . f. y r. t . b. g. r. . than the mainstream of

. (9) R eC la rd le s s f pd' 'r. p" h did' . h d I " 'sCience. .. 0 acce te sClentl,1C0 IniOn, e e v e tnto a nC ie nt m yt s an reIglons

and the esoteric literature o f a lchemy and ast rology. (1 0 ) ... ..Q!1. r. i r. L . . . his research, he discovered

recurrent images that he argued revealed the existence of a 'colle ctive unconscious', which we

( II) iJ. .I . . . . . . . . . . . . sh ar e. S uc h fin din gs h av e m ad e ju ng 's w ork in flu en tia l in fie ld s w ell

(12) ~.~,J?'1!Lpsycho logy , pe rm ea ting literature, relig ion an d cu ltu re .

jung completed his fina l work just mo nths be fore his de ath in 1 9 6 / . Today,jungian analysis thrives

( 13) .. i.r. psychological circles, attracting a steady stream ofpa tients seeking solace from

the personal difficulties in their lives. With more people than (14) e.Y.. . . before discovering

that 'success' often (15) . . f Q.i J. ~ to bring happiness, the importance ofjung 's efforts to find

contentment have never been clearer.


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~or q estions 16-25, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines toform

-ordthat fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers on

the separate answer sheet.

~ e _ s _ t a _ b _ l _ i s _ h _m_ e _ n t _

T d' f' , II t' d d' k' (0) establishmento a y s ca e IS a sma ea Ing an nn Ing ,yet, was

historically a coffee house which served only coffee. The English term cafe,

borrowed from the French, is ultimately a (16) ..0 .~ r .!Y. 0. r. i . ' ! ~. . of the Turkish

kahve, meaning coffee. The (17) .! rJ .trQ.0 .!-1 ( t i qn .of coffee and coffee drinking to

Europe provided a much-needed focus for the social (18) ...q ~ t iY. i.t i~.~.. .of the

middle classes. The first cafe is said to have opened in 1550 in Constantinople;

during the 17th century, cafes opened throughout Europe. During the 200 years

after the mid-17th century, the most(19) .p .r .Q~p..~r9.!-1~ .coffee houses of Europe PROSPER

ourished in London as meeting points for (20) ...~r. '.0 !~~?.. .discussion about the E N D

latest news and for bitter (21) ...0 .iw g n ~ ~ m ~rJ t~... During this time, the lucrative AGREE

of ee

business of buying and selling insurance, ships, stock and commodities was

disposed of in coffee houses. They became informal stations for the collection

and distribution of packets and letters. By the 19th century, the (22) 0.0 . ! ! Y .

ewspaper and the postal service had displaced these functions. About the same

'me, the French cafe and restaurant were at their zenith as (23) ..g 0 th ..~ r. i.~ g.. .

I f rt t d (24) in telle c t u als Th f' t' d t baces or a IS s an e ca e con Inue 0 e an

2 h century, as espresso and other various coffees became popular, many

utlets (25) ...~P .g .~ !0 .1 .i.~ .j.~ ~1.. in coffee opened.

GATHER

INTELLECT


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r questions 26-31, think of one word only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences. Here is an

ample (0).

ample: .'\

0~ g _ O _Od ~

Roger agreed that it was a(n) .....?.t~p.... in the right direction, but said more progress was

needed.


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Since it ..k J . t ; ; I ( k gq. onto a disused factory, I was reluctant to buy the house.

Simon put the car into reverse by mistake and .~ . !H :;k~ .Q.into the car behind.

o One of the special features of the new railway stations is the artefacts on ....\(.i.~ W... there.

Their ...yj~w.... is that you should not interfere in this matter.

The government was not able to .P.r.Q.v .! ~ g ,details of its plans for new road construction.

They had to .P .r.Q.v . j~g.for a possible emergency by stocking up with food and other supplies.

The new b i l l attempted to .P. r.Q Y.i.q ~.consumers with the means to fight back against

unscrupulous retailers.


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r questions 32-39, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using

word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and eight words, including the word

en. Here is an example (0).

a _r _e _ su_ l_ t _ o _ f_m _ y _p_r_ o _ m _ o_ti_ on _

Our other expenses .m~.~L.!?g.Jq.l~g'1... in tQ .. . .~.Q .r.~ flA !. . {Q.n.~ i.Q.~ m t iQ n before we decide to buy anew car.

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Yesterday, Iseemed ...JQ.. .~ ..~n~. .Jh~ ...w h.Q.I .~ .. ~.((Jy '.q.l.l..J~.Q .. . . .m 'J .~ w .~r . (n....the phone.

Amy ....~~~m?..J9 .. .~ .0.Vg..Jt;1!~~n... Q .. ~n~L.Q.L.what you said.

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questions 40-44, read the following texts about zoos and conservation. For questions 40-43, answer with a

rd or short phrase. You do not need to write complete sentences. For question 44,write a summary according

the instructions given.

ite your answers to questions 40-44 on the separate answer sheet.

The role' of the traditional zoo, inherited from the 19th century, has undergone a dramatic shift. A

growing recognition that zoos ought to be in the vanguard of the fight against the devastation of our line 2

natural world has begun a zoological revolution. The change occurred in the 1960s, when the Jersey

zoo was set up to breed endangered species. As a result, the breeding of animals in captivity has

become a complex science, with zoos around the world co-ordinating their efforts to avoid the genetic

dangers of in-breeding small populations.

The answer to the question of whether zoos can have very much impact on the preservation of

endangered species is, probably, minimal. Zoos do not focus their education efforts on those people

in the strongest positions to affect the future of the wildlife exhibited. For the most part, conservation

education is targeted at children and other non-decision makers in a process too slow or too far away

to address the extinction crisis which exists now. Furthermore, the efforts of zoos to inform lawmakers

and government authorities are usually low-key or non-existent. Campaigns are more likely to be for

an animal exhibit rather than for the existence of the animal itself.

Nevertheless, it does not do to address the future from a foundation of pessimism. A vision of the future

is embraced in which the human population has levelled off at about 8.8 billion and wherein human

effects upon the environment have been tethered and considerable wildlife remains. It certainly will notbe as rich or abundant as today's wildlife, but with substantial diversity and numbers of more or less

wild ecosystems, and the zoos' work, this vision can become reality.

Explain in your own words what the writer means by 'address the future from a foundation of pessimism,'

(line 14).


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endid you last go to a zoo? It's a fair bet that many people will reply 'not since I was achild'. Why do

so many people stop going to zoos when they reach adulthood, or at least until they have children of

eirown? Maybe it's unease about, or opposition to all those bars.

rganisations such as Zoo Check have campaigned vociferously inresponse to some blatant examples

of pbor animal welfare. The group's doggedness has achieved positive results, with zoos in the 21st

century taking stock and questioning what their purpose is. Such pressure has generated a much greater line

awareness of the need for good animal welfare and a role in conservation. Animals are now kept in as

natural conditions as possible and with as much space as possible.

-. Improving animal welfare is one aspect of work driving zoos into the 21st century. But what about their

conservation role? Clearly, education is anarea to which zoos are ideally suited. An extensive collection

ofthe most popular animals ensures ahealthy flow ofvisitors, while a large presence of less well-known

but endangered species aims to provide conservation education.

More direct involvement in conservation involves the captive breeding of endangered species, ranging

from snails right up to tigers. Unfortunately, the way things are going, with rapid loss of wild habitats,widespread re-release of zoo-bred animals is notgoing to happen. Theaimfornow is tomaintain stocks

of endangered species, breeding them in a co-ordinated way with other zoos so as to maintain their

numbers and minimise in-breeding.

Some would prefer zoos to drop their captive breeding, and t o pour their resources back into the

protection of wild habitats. Captive breeding incurs huge costs and encounters massive problems with

re-introduction. In protecting the natural habitat, the animal, its environment and everything that lives with

it is protected. ThankfUlly, in-situ, orhabitat protection, looks set to become a major component ofmany

zoos' work.

In a paragraph of between 50 and 70 words, summarise in you r own words as far as possible, the

information given in the two texts on how effective the modern zoo is likely to be in conserving endangered

species.

Write your summary on the separate answer sheet.

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Paper 4 - Listening (approx. 40 minutes)

willhear four different extracts. For questions 1-8,choose the answer (A,B or C) which fits best according

hat you hear. There are two questions for each extract.

What does the expert say about foliage plants?

A They are very versatile.

B They need little attention.

e They are cheap and attractive.

The broadcast is aimed at people

A who suffer from allergies.

B who want background plants.

e who neglect their gardens.

xtract Two I

The couple bought the farmhouse because they thought

A it was reasonably priced.

B itwas in bad condition.

e it could be improved.

Using recycled wood made the kitchen look

A warm and sunny.

B more established.

e ultra modern.


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5 What does the speaker do?

A She supplies props for TV productions.

B She writes scenarios for TV serials.

C She sells items of stationery.

6 Her new enterprise turned out to be both

A engaging and meaningful.

B appealing and profitable.

C exciting and constructive.

I E x t r a c t F o u r I

7 How did volleyball get its name?

A From a mixture of sources.

B From the way it is played.

C From its inventor.

8 Volleyball's introduction into Europe was

A gradual.

B unintentional.

C circumstantial.


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illhear an interview with Maria Stefanovich, co-founder of acreativity group which organises workshops

- ~ x uti es. For questions 18-22, choose the answer (A,B, CorD) which fits best according to what you hear.

'rporations appreciate mask-making workshops because

A no one wants negative faces at the office.

B unhappy employees won't come to work.

C they realise how their employees see them.

D their employees change their approach. [ DJi 8J

= mpanies are turning to creative workshops because they have acknowledged that

unproductive employees are a financial burden.

S he traditional work environment has its limitations.

here is an increase in absenteeism.

employees are working too hard without enjoying it. [8 J i9 J

~ e employees at the firm 'Play'

change positions frequently to lessen boredom.

B have business cards indicating their jobs.

ress up like comic book characters.

~o not have stereotyped ideas about their jobs.

=> companies that show most interest in creative workshops are suprising because

ey usually have creative employees to begin with.

B eir employees are the ones who have to present regularly.

ere are many other exciting workshops they would prefer.

[ ! J 2 1Jeir employees should be used to being funny.

entions the traditional companies that have held workshops in order to

boast about the clients her company has helped.

3 ",' ow that they have a narrow list of clients.

'0 nplay the serious reputations of the firms.

[DJ 2 2J

.--

:J int out the diversity of those trying different approaches.

2 9


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u will hear two writers, Susan and Edward, talking about the best way to deal with luggage when travelling.

questions 23-28, decide whether the opinions are expressed by only one of the speakers, or whether the

akers agree.

ite S for Susan

E fOLEdward

B f or Both


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~peaking (approx. 20 minutes)

' .The speaking test involves two candidates and two examiners. One examiner, the Interlocutor, will speak to

youwhile the other, the Assessor, will just listen.

Part 1 (3 minutes)You will be asked questions in turn about certain aspects of your personal life; where you are from, what you

do for a living,where you go to school, your hobbies and your general opinion on certain topics.

Part 2(4 minutes)You will be asked to discuss the photographs on page 163together. There are two stages inthis part.

".Stage 1

ere are some photographs depicting people with different lifestyles. Look at pictures 2 and 4 on page 163 and

alk together about the different ways of life the people shown here might have.

Stage 2

ow look at all the pictures. Imagine these photographs will be part of an advertising campaign fora new product.alk together about the kind of product each of these photographs could be used to promote and select the bestotograph for an advertising campaign.

Part 3(12 minutes)You will be asked to talk on your own, comment on what your partner says and join in a three-way discussion

ihyour partner and the Interlocutor around a certain theme.

e candidate will be asked to look at prompt card (a)

talk about it for two minutes.ereare also some ideas for the candidate to use if

es e wishes.

eother candidate will then be asked if he/she has

ing to add.

e the Interlocutor will ask both candidates a

es ion such as:

a what extent is tourism promoted in your country ?

Prompt Card (a)

I y istourism important today?

-' er ational understanding

- a'onal economies

ovement offacilities

The second candidate isthen given prompt card (b)

and asked to discuss it for two minutes.The other candidate will then be asked if he/she has

anything to add.

Then both candidates will be asked a question on the

subject, such as:

What could be done to attract more tourists?

Prompt Card (b)

Why do tourists come to yourcountry ?

-natural beauty

- entertainment

- history

will then be concluded with a number of general questions about the topic:

egative effects might an increase in tourism produce ?

as tourism affected the diet of local people?

ccessful would eco-tourism be in your country ?

""ea ures could make anarea attractive to visitors ?


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aper 1 - ~eading (l hour 30 minutes)

questions 1-18, read the three texts below and decide which answer (A,B,Cor D) best fits each gap.

k your answers on the separate answer sheet.

now ubiquitous Oar chair - aone-

piece moulded plastic seat,

(3) by wire legs.

However, in this era of optimism

there were a few casualties. The

SBChad extended its service with

outside broadcasts of major

sporting events, plays, gardening

and children's programmes. With

such delights on (4) .in their homes, people were

increasingly (5) to

visit the cinema and as a result the

film industry was struggling. By

contrast, the music industry was

on the up. 'Micro-groove' seven-

inch records,made of unbreakable

vinylite,had begun to be produced

and for the first time, consumers

could choose from a (6) .

range of equipment on which to

play them.

N E W D E V E L O P M E N T S

After the war designers could

experiment more (1) .

with materials once regarded as

substitutes - in particular plastics,

acrylics and nylon. In 1948,

American architect Charles Eames

(2) knowledge gained

during the war to design the

1 A copiously freely C loosely D wildly2 A exerted B allotted applied D practised3 A held B shouldered supported D sustained4 offer B show C sale D approval5 A disappointed B displeased C disconnected @ disinclined6 wide B lavish C plentiful D excessive

~

ira Kurrosawa's 1954 classic

Seven Samurai is about a bunch of

own-on-their luck warriors who

agree to defend a small village from a

band of thieves in (7) for three

meals a day and much honour. Since

Kurosawa's (8) influence was

the epic Westerns of John Ford, it is

ironic that in 1959 Hollywood thought

Samurai would make a good cowboy

film - and The Magnificent Seven

appeared on the screen. Originally, Yul

Brynner was to direct the remake but

after much (9) , director John

Sturges took the helm. Aside from

Broadway actor, Eli Wallach, Brynner

was the onlyfamous name in the movie;

Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughan and

James Coburn got their career changing

roles by (10) of mouth. Now,

in this digitally rejigged (11) ,

you can find out what happened on the

action - filled set via an exclusive new

documentary and see how the film nearly

did not become the(12) classic

it is today.

7 A reciprocity B trade exchange D substitute8 A deep major C large D most9 argument B combat C brawling D jostling10 A talk B speech word D claim11 A edition B recital C variety @ version12 A idolised revered C sacred D worshipped


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UNUSUAL

INSPIRATION

When I was a teenager studying

literature,I used to be annoyed by

the way my father,a doctor, would

(13) the inspiration for great

Iierature to various illnesses.

Leontes in Shakespeare's The

Winter's Tale was a'casestudy' in

pathological jealousy. Monet andTurner achieved their great work

because of (14) eyesight,

making things (15) blurred,

and soon. Irealise nowthatsuch

thinking is characteristic of the

(16) that doctors have for

Paper 1 - Reading

their subject. Thomas Dormandy,

a consultant pathologist is no

exception to the (17) Heargues in his very (18) book

that during the 19th and much of

the 20th century, tuberculosiswas a

formative influence on art, music

and literature.

3 A credit ascribe C account 0 suggestA contracting failing C deficient 0 short

5 A hardly slightly C barely 0 narrowly@ passion B vigour C fury 0 emotionA law B principle C ethic @ rule0 informative B knowledgeable C informed 0 instructed


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ou are going to read f our extracts which are" all concerned in some way with marriage and weddings. For

estions 19-26, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Mark your

swers on- the separate answer sheet.

--~-- When- it comes-"to ~~~e~:~: it:~, andl

depending onwho officiates, you can more or less

write the book. The traditional Christian vow made

by a wife to her husband has largely been

abandoned, and in its wake, personalised vows

havecome to the fore.

We can attend to ail aspects of the event. Rest 5 Seating atthe reception, as atthe church, can be a

assured nodetail willbedisregarded byus. problem. We will liaise between you and any

1unintentionally difficult familymembers or friendsNot everyone gets married in church these days. usingtact and discretion to preserve the harmonyEventhetraditional sometimes choose othervenuesonthe day as well as in the years to follow. I

they consider more romantic orfitting - a beautiful l \ "

gardenforinstance, ora beach, or amountain top -

evena bus shelter. Whatever format you choose, do come to Royal ("

LilyWeddings to make sure italladds upto aday ~3 Choice regarding the dress too, has become far \

you will remember for the rest ofyour lives.wider. Ifyou don't want to be married in white, )'

dare to be bold. We offer advice and access to

select couturiers and fashion designers.

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W e d d i n g A r r a n g e m e n t s

Royal LilyWeddings exists to provideyouand your

dearones withaprofessional wedding co-ordination

service.

A wishto preserve customary styles.

B lackknowledge of wedding procedures.

C onlywant something different.

(Q) want their wedding day to be perfect.

~ accommodating

B forbearing

C patronising

D demanding


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An important role of the church isto remind

us of the moral concerns confronting

society. Recently we have been reminded

of that role in a speechgiven by the archbishop,

who lamented the high

rate of divorce and linked

falling fertility rates to the

collapse of traditional

family life. He predicted

that the lower birth rate

would have serious social

consequences in the future

and suggested that the

tax system be used to

reward couples who staytogether and have children.

It is unlikely, however, that imposing a

'divorce tax' on separating couples, or

reintroducing fault as an element in

determining custody and property

settlements, as he suggested, will do much

to keep families together. Using the tax

system or custody laws to discipline

couples whose marriages fail, will only add

,.---------------, to the stress and hardshipof those contemplating

divorce. Marriage is not

'the only contract that

people can walk away

from without a penalty' as

he suggested, because

divorce itself can be a

great penalty for those

affected by it. Keeping

couples together by

duress is not the best way

to strengthen marriage.'----------------' How to nurture the

individual desire for growth and fulfilment,

while strengthening family life is a great

challenge for all of society. The archbishop

is to be congratulated for re-opening the

debate.

THESTATE OF

FAMILY

LIFE

A contractual.

punitive.C rewarding.

D understanding.

A exceeded his role.

S overemphasised the individual.

acted in accordance with his position.D paid too much attention to divorce.


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O ut si d e t h eR e ~ s t r yO f f i c eAndthen she sawthe Registry Office anda small crowd chatting on the pavementin front of the entrance. Like a visitor f rom another planet, she saw her publisherand her agent and her poor father's crazy vegetarian cousin and several of her

friends and quite a few neighbours.And she saw Penelope, animated, her red hat

attracting the attention of one or two of the photographers, conversing with the

best man and Geoffrey. And then she saw, in a flash, but for all time, the totality

of his mouse-like seemliness.

Leaningforward, in a condition of extreme calm, she said to the driver, "Would you

take me on a little further please? I've changed my mind."

"Certainly, Madam he replied,thinking she was one of the guests. 'Where would you

liketo go?""Perhaps roundthe park?" she suggested.

As the car proceeded smoothly past the Registry Office, Edith saw, as if in a

still photograph, Penelope and Geoffrey, staring, their mouths open in horror. Then

the scene becameslightly more animated, as the crowd began to straggle down the

steps, remindingher of a sequence in some early masterpiece of the cinema,now

preserved as archive material.

A the wedding of a friend.

S a relative's house.

herown wedding.D an official reception.

cut off from the scene.S disturbed by what she sees.

e impressed by the immobility of the people.D the onset of old age.


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_.. ._------------------------------------u are going to read anextract from a book about India. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the extract.

oose from paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap (27-33). There is one extra paragraph which you do not

ed to use.

ark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

,

RAJASTHAN

One evening, by the light of an electric bulb we sat

out with the villagers in the main street of a 'model

village' of the command area. The str eet was

unpaved, and the villagers, welcoming us, had

quickly spread cotton rugs on the ground that had

been softened by the morning's rain, half hardened

by the afternoon's heat, and then trampled andmanured by the village cattle returning at dusk. The

women had withdrawn, we were left with the men

and, until the rain came roaring in again,wetalked.

@]~ c _The problems of the irrigation project the commissioner

was directing were not only those of salinity or the

ravines or land levelling.The problem as he sawit, was

the remaking of men.And this was not simplymaking

men want something; it meant in the f irst place,

bringing them back from the self-wounding and thespecial wastethat come with an established destitution.

J~ A _But if in this model village - nearKotahTown, which

was fast industrialising - there had been some

movement, Bundi, the next day, seemed to take us

backward. Bundiand Kotah; to me,until thistrip.they

had only been beautiful names, the namesofrelated

but distinct schools of Rajasthan painting. The artistic

glory of Bundi had come first in the lateseventeenth

century.

@]~ G _Old wars; bravely fought but usually little more had

been at stake other than the honourand localglory of

one particular prince. The fortifications were now

useless,the palace was empty.Onedark, dusty room

had old photographs and remnantsofVictorian bric-

a-brac.The small formal garden in the courtya.rd was

in decay; and the mechanical, decorative nineteenth-

-century Bundi murals aroundthe courtyard hadfaded

to blues and yellows and greens. In the innerrooms,

hidden from the sun, brighter colours survived, and

some panels were exquisite. But itall awaited ruin.

]~ D _Their mock aggressiveness and mock exasperation

held little of real despair or rebellion. It was a ritual

show of deference to authority, a demonstration of their

complete dependence on authority. The commissioner

smiled and listened and heard them all; and theirpassion faded.

@2 ] H _They were far removed from the commissioner's

anxieties,from his vision of what could be done with

their land. They were, really, at peace with the world

they knew. Like the woman in whose yard we sat.

She was friendly,she had dragged out string beds for

us from her little brick hut; but her manner was

slightly supercilious. There was a reason. She was

happy,she considered herself blessed. She had hadthree sons,and she glowed with that achievement.

J E _Men had retreated to their last, impregnable defences:

their knowledge of who they were, their unshakeable

place in the scheme of things; and this knowledge

was like their knowledge of the seasons. Rituals

marked the passage of each day, rituals marked

every stage ofa man's life.Lifeitself had been turned

to ritual; and everything beyond this complete and

sanctified world wasvain and phantasmal.

But to those who embraced its philosophy of

distress, India also offered an enduring security, its

equilibrium. Only India with its great past, its

civilisation, its philosophy, and its almost holy

poverty, offered this truth; India was the truth. And

India,for all its surface terrors, could be proclaimed,

without disingenuousness or cruelty, as perfect. Not

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We were, as the commissioner said,among men

who until recently,cutonly the verytops of sugar

cane and left the rest of the plant,the substance

of the crop, to rot. So the present concern, here

in the model village, about fertilisers and yieldswas an immeasurable advance.

Kingdoms, empires, projects like the

commissioner's; they had come and gone.

The monuments of ambition and restlessness

littered the land, so many of them abandoned

or destroyed, so many unfinished, the work of

dynasties suddenly supplanted. India taught

the vanity of all action; and the visitor could be

appalled by the waste, and by all that now

appeared to threaten the commissioner's

enterprise.

So handsome, these men of Rajasthan, so

self-possessed; it took time to understand that

heir concerns were limited. The fields, water,

crops, cattle: that was where concern began

and ended. They were a model village, and so

ey considered themselves. There was little

ore that they needed, and I began to see my

nideas of village improvement asfantasies.

othing beyond food - and survival - had, as

e,become an object of ambition.

; I itality had been sucked up into that palace

the hill; and now vitality had gone out of

di. It showed in the rundown town on the

"Ilside below the palace; it showed in the

e s; it showed in the people, more beaten

. than at Kotah Town just sixty miles away,

amenable to the commissioner's ideas,

more full of complaints. They complained

hen they had no cause; and it seemed

~ they complained because they felt it was

::0 eced of them.

Allthe chivalry of Rajasthan had been reduced

here to nothing. The palace was empty; the

petty wars of princes had been absorbed into

legend and could no longer be dated. All that

remained was what the visitor could see: smallpoor fields, ragged men, huts, monsoon mud.

But in that very abjectness lay security. Where

the world had shrunk, and ideas of human

possibility had become extinct, the world could

be seen as complete.

The Prince's state, or what had been his state,

waswretched; just the palaceand the peasants.

The developments in which he had invested

hadn't yet begun to show. In the morning, in the

rain, I saw young child labourers using their

handsalone to shovel gravel onto a waterlogged

path. Groundnuts were the only source of

protein here; but the peasants preferred to sell

their crop, and the children were stunted.

And after the flat waterlogged fields, pallid

paddy thinning out at times to marshland, after

the desolation of the road from Kotah, the

flooded ditches, the occasional cycle-rickshaw,

the damp groups of bright-turbaned peasants

waiting for the bus, Bundi Castle on its hill was

startling, its great walls like the work of giants,the extravagant creation of men who had once

had much to defend.

Later wesat withthe 'village level'workers in the

shade ofa small tree in awoman's yard. These

officials were the last in the chain of command;

on them much of the success of the scheme

depended. There hadbeenevidence during the

morning's tour that they hadn't all been doing

their jobs. Butthey were not abashed; instead,

sitting in a l ine on a string bed, dressed like

officials in trousers and shirts, they spoke of

their need for promotion and status.


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_. ._-----------------------------------You are going to read a n extract from an article on Marco Polo. For questions 34-40, choose the answer (A,B.

C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

"Here begins the introduction of this book, which is

called 'The Description of the World.' Lords, Emperors,

and Kings, Dukes, and Marquesses, Counts, Knights,

and Burgesses, and all people who wish to know the

different generations of men and the diversities of the

different regions of the world, then take this book and

have it read and here you will find all the greatest

marvels and the great diversities ..."

So begins Marco Polo's book, 'The Description of the

World,' as presented in Arthur Christopher Moule's

masterful English translation of a version of MarcoPolo's

book known to scholars as the 'F' text. The storied

Venetian trader escaped bandits, pirates, rampaging

rivers and sandstorms on his epic eastbound journey.

Sailing the treacherous coasts of Southeast Asia and

India, Marco Polo returned to Venice in 1295, after 24

years, rich in gems, and wild tales ofunimagined lands.

Shortly after his return to Venice, Marco Polo was

captured at sea, possibly by pirates. One tradition'"'

suggests he was imprisoned in Genoa's Palazzo and

that he devoted his prison time to composing his book.

On his deathbed in 1324, the legendary adventurer

reflected that he had many more stories to teil.

'The Description of the World,' the original product of

Marco Polo's collaboration with aromance writernamed

Rustichello has been lost, and so scholars are ieftto sift

through the some 150 versions known to exist, no two

exactly alike. Scholars divide the 150 versions into two

groups, labeled 'A' and 'B'. The 'F' text, which falls intothe 'A' group, is housed in the Bibliotheque Nationale in

Paris. Considered one ofthe best and very close to the

original, it i s written in a Fr anco-Italian language

described by one scholar as 'uncouth French much

mingled with Italian.'

Some of these 'A' texts are notorious for variations that

show the biases, mistakes and editorial judgments of

their copiers. Forexample, when some translators were

presented with the news that the three Magi were buried

at Saveh in Persia rather than in Cologne, they inserted

that the people of Savehtell many lies.Asthese books

were translated from language to language, the

opportunities for error multiplied; one text from the early

16th century is a Tuscan translation of aLatin translation

of an earlier Tuscan translation of the original Franco-

Italian language. Although we have no confirmation of

the Marco-Rustichello collaboration other than the book

itself, Marco Polo seems to have approved of at leas

some of its versions, for in 1307he presented a French

translation of it to an envoy of Charles ofValois.

The second group of manuscripts, known as the 'B'group, provides some provocative material not found in

the 'A' texts. From this 'B' group, for example, we learn

that the people around Yarkand in western China suffer

from goitre - a problem for them even today. Until the

1930s the only examples of 'B' textswere afew odd bits

of manuscript and a printedtext by Giambattista Ramusio

that appeared in 1559, two years afterhis death. Ramusio

tells hisreaders that his Italian version was produced 'with

the help of different copies.' The foundation of hiswork

appears to be a Latin text dating from before 1320,with

influences from other identifiable versions. What is

distinctive about Ramusio's work is that about twenty per

cent of itwas,until 1932, considered unique.That twenty

percent is thought to have come from another early Latin

text,which mayhave beendestroyed in a 1557 fire.In any

event,the source hasnever beenfound.

Asecond version containing much of Ramusio's original

material surfaced inToledo, Spain in 1932. Most ofthis

Latin manuscript agrees with the 'F' manuscript, but it

alsocontains some 200 passages not found in'F'.About

120 of those, however, are found in Ramusio's book.

Because the remaining 80 offer valuable historical andgeographical material and even help to clarify some

obscure passages of'F',thismanuscript is thought to be

acopy of something that was very close to an original.

Insorting this out, scholars have come to conclude that

Marco Polo probably wrote two versions of his book.

The second version, represented by the 'B' texts, may

have been a revision and expansion done for a select

group of readers who had already made their way

through the first book. Itisunlikely that wewill ever know

6Yoctiy what formthefirst book took, but the versions we

h2:Jestill makefora very good read.


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. g to the introduction to the book, readers can expect to

I iar about Marco Polo's life.

earn about differences among generations.

a elto far regions of the world.

ead descriptions of places.

igto the second paragraph, stories about Marco Polo's life

e ell-supported.

eall imaginary.

e place at sea.

esometimes unreliable.

e 'F' text?

eauthentic text written by Marco Polo and Rustichello.

escript with the greatest affinity to the original source.

I .one ofthe 150 versions of Marco's original book.

ood version of the '8' texts written in Franco-Italian.

o eof the main problems with the 'A' texts?

I anslators manipulated the truth.

E ."ngis now difficult and unreliable.

e early versions were remote from the original text.

:.z ertranslations distorted the original.

. roup o(manuscripts

ained previously undocumented information.

e ecompilations of manuscripts printed by Ramusio.

with health and culture in China.

"e e published two years after Ramusio's death.

ound in Spain in 1932?

. version containing valuable information about Ramusio.

. -e which was very close to the 'F' manuscript.

anuscript of 200 passages that do not appear in the 'F' text.

- eoriginal book written by Marco Polo.

ebook, 'The Description of the World,' the author suggests that

.e its uncertain origins, it is afascinating piece of literature.ars should discover who the true author was.

Polo wrote many versions of the same book.

Polo intended his original book for an elite readership.


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riting (2 hours)

Aproposal hasbeen made by an international retail group ofcompanies to build alarge shopping complex,

complete with restaurants and leisure facilities in a country area close to your town. This islikely to cause

disruption to the area with new road and rail links and relocation oflocal residents. The following comments

were made at apublic meeting to discuss the situation.

What about the noise

and pollution from

the traff ic?

What about the local shops.

How will they survive?

It will bring new

l i fe to the area!

~~

Your local newspaper has published an editorial and i nvited readers to express their views, to be

brought up at the.next public meeting. You decide towrite a letter to the editor to state your point

of view. Write your letter. Do not write any postal addresses.


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answer to one of the questions 2-5 in this part. Write your answer in300-350 words in an

__ropriate style.

2 You are employed by a local magazine and have been asked by your editor to write a review of a new hotelwhich has recently opened in the town. Describe the facilities available. Give your impression of the

interior decorations, courtesy of the staff, and value for money and saywhether you would recommend it

or not.

3 You are a member of a group that is involved in a campaign to encourage people to help the environment.You have been asked to contribute an article for a local magazine, describing how you became interested

in protecting the environment and explaining how groups such as yours can help.

The company for which you work is planning to renovate and expand its present premises. Staff have been

asked to give in proposals on how this can best be done. In your proposal, comment on the present

premises and make proposals for improving and extending them.


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Paper 3 -Use of English (1hour 30 minutes)

or questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word inch space. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.

xample: ~ I o_n_g _

I Q T E ST SPsychologi sts ha ve (0) J.Q X!g ..... bee n in te r es te d in (I) b 9 .w we j ud g e in te ll ig ence in

N .. h d' d (2) thatjwhich t d' h ' h h Ipstra ngers. ow sC Ien tI st s a ve eSlgne tes ts tr y 0 Iscover w IC cues e

p eop le to ju dge IQ a cc ura te ly, a n d w h i c h c a use them to get (3) .. it.. wrong. H ig h s chool

p upils were vi deotap ed a nsw ering though t-p rovoking q uest ions a nd th e video s w er e

(4) .th~n shown to group s of Judges' w h o w er e a sk ed to a ss es s t h e s tu d en ts' p h ysi ca l

typ e a nd m o nito r a va r iety ofbeha v ioura l cu es . Nex t th e ju d ges w e re a sked to ra te the s tuden ts '

in te ll igence. At the (5) Q.m.~ tim e, ea ch studen t wa s (6) 0.1.? 9 requ ired to si t a

s tandard IQ test .

Cer ta in c ue s m a tc hed the (7) .....r.~ .~ M !. t .~ . . . .o f th e IQ tests m ore c losely th an o thers.

(8) W.b .i. I. ~ sp ea king q uickly, usin g a lo t of w ords or disp la y in g e a se (9) Q. f. . .

understanding c aused th e judges to ra te th e students ' in tel ligence h ighly , (10) q n g .

w a s reffeeted in th e IQ tests, (II ) , g t.b g.r.. . cu es seem ed to g ive the judges an ent irely falseimpress ion of intelligence (12) (J~ measured b y t he I Q t e st . (13) ..~mgng~U0.m9.[I,g,.

the cue s t ha t l ed j udges to assess stud ents as dull we re fac tors (1 4) l:!f.b as us ing ha l t ing

sp eec h orslang. C u es t h a t led judges to v iew students as b r ight inc luded ta lk ing loudly and us ing

p rop er English . (1 5) N Q. tH :: o f th e se t r a it s c o r re la t ed w i th m e a su r ed I Q, how ever .


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For q estions 16-25, read the texts below. Use the word given in capitals at the end ofsome of the lines to form

aword that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers on

the separate answer sheet.

~ a_ p _ p _ e _ a _ r_ a n _ c _ e _

EINinoOver the years the (0) .....~P.P.~~~ .0 .~ .~~.. of La Nina has been more

( ) u n p r e d i c t a b l e h h f EI N' .' f II16 t an t at 0 InO, Its patterns are not yet u y

nown and fewer of its effects have been recorded. But both

erns are (17) ~~.~?.i.~~r0~!Ybetter understood than ever before.

at is because the most recent EI Nino will be the first to be

embered for more than just a litany of disasters. The 1997-98

. h is to r ic .Ino marked a (18) breakthrough In that for the

- . 'me scientists were able to predict (19) ..0.~.~~~~.0!..flooding

h h d II" f (20) t h r e a t e n e d~ roug t s mant S In a vance, a oWIngt Ime or .

lations to prepare. At the very least, preparation can save

-. Even in regions affected by (21) .P. .~Y ~ r .~ y ..,constructing

) d ra inage d k '1' I' d...................... systems an stoc piing emergency supp les save

s of lives. Forewarning brought (23) ...r !~ .~ !Y.. .international

c places as Papua, New Guinea, where highland populations

ith (24) .? t.0.~Y 0.t!9.~.after frost and drought combined

(25) .W.~?)?t~.':'!~~... crops.

APPEA R

PREDICT

HISTORY

NORMAL

THREAT

POOR

DRAIN

TIME

STARVE

SUBSIST


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_ .._----------------------------------For questions 40-44, read the following texts on office technology and ergonomics. For questions 40-43, ans er

with a word or short phrase. You do not need to write complete sentences. For question 44, writ e a summary

according to the instructions given.

Write your answers to questions 40-44, on the separate answer sheet.

Thirty years ago, the TV series UFO envisioned 1999 as an era when space fighters were launched

from submarines, the world was under threat from alien invaders - and everyone carried aslide rule in

aholster on their belts.

Even as the programme was being made, pocket calculators were coming onto the market. There was

a lesson about the future: it will overtake your wildest imaginings. If you focus on how existing

technologies will develop, you miss the real changes -and threats. This autumn sees the changeover

from keyboards and mice to using the human voice to dictate directly onto the screen, and tocommand the computer. Wonderful, you may think. A cure for repetitive strain injury (RSI), caused by

repeated physical actions. Except that it will not be. It will transfer RSIfrom the wrist to the throat. The

voice box is avery delicate instrument and we are not used to speaking all the time. Even 200 words

(taking a little over a minute to say) leaves us clearing our throats and sipping a drink. There will be

catastrophes unless we learn how to use our voices safely. Students who get up on the morning of an

essay deadline to compose 4,000 words on a voice-operated computer could permanently damage

their voices.

Each new technological development tends to bring problems with it. Nobody had heard of RSI until

word processors exploded onto the market. Long hours spent staring into a computer monitor led to

complaints of eyestrain, backache and even worries about radiation leaks from the screen. Repetitive

computer related tasks are such acommon feature of modern work that many companies are callingin ergonomic consultants t o recommend ways to avoid RSI conditions such as carpal tunnel

syndrome, a wrist condition commonly found in people who use keyboards. Companies found that by

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Paper 4 - Listening (approx. 40 minutes)

ou will hear four different extracts. For questions 18, choose the answer (A,B or C) which fits best according

what you hear. There are two questions for each extract.

Extract O~e I

1 How does he feel about the estate where he lived?

A He thinks too much importance was attached to housing needs.

B He feels fortunate to have grown up there.

C He resents the lack of play facilities for children.

2 How did he and his friends feel about having to make their own entertainment?

A They didn't like being left to their own devices.

B They went ahead and enjoyed themselves anyway.

C They were too busy working to think about it.

Extract Two I

3 What do they disagree about?

A That it is the parents' responsibility to ensure regular attendance at school.

B That it is better to stay at school to gain qualifications.

C That the young man is at least getting work experience.

4 What is the woman's opinion regarding her son's truancy?

A She fUlly supports her son since he works for himself.

B She doesn't condone it, but feels powerless to stop it.

C She doesn't want to be prosecuted because of her son.


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u will hear a radio programme about afamily who gave up their suburban lifestyle for a life in the country.

questions 9-17, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

_ _ r_e_d u_n_d_a_n_c y_m_o n_e_y 0.

ir house hasI [to] views of the countryside.s p e c t a c u la r

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