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Progress Test 1: Paper 1: Reading (Part 1, Multiple Matching (Headings)

This summary provides the key details from the document in 3 sentences: A sailing race article is presented with multiple choice headings to match different sections of the article. The article describes the challenges of participating in a round-the-world yacht race over 11 months, including physical discomfort, mental stress from constant focus, and interpersonal tensions from living and working closely with others in a competitive environment. It discusses how the crews, made up of amateur volunteers who paid to participate, work together to overcome difficulties and share responsibilities on board despite differences in experience.

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Progress Test 1: Paper 1: Reading (Part 1, Multiple Matching (Headings)

This summary provides the key details from the document in 3 sentences: A sailing race article is presented with multiple choice headings to match different sections of the article. The article describes the challenges of participating in a round-the-world yacht race over 11 months, including physical discomfort, mental stress from constant focus, and interpersonal tensions from living and working closely with others in a competitive environment. It discusses how the crews, made up of amateur volunteers who paid to participate, work together to overcome difficulties and share responsibilities on board despite differences in experience.

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Progress test 1

PAPER 1:
Reading
(Part 1, Multiple
matching
(headings)

You are going to read an article about a sailing race. Choose the most suitable heading
from the list A-I for each part (1-7) of the article. There is one extra heading which you
do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

A An unexpectedly demanding way of life


B The consequences of poor performance
C No way out if you don't like it
D Letting everyone have a moment of glory
E Benefiting from the power of nature
F Cooperating to overcome the power of nature
G It's not what people think
H A solution that seems to work
I The terrible consequences of making a mist

ROUND THE WORLD IN A YACHT


Heather Wilson goes on board the yacht 'London Light' to
reveal the truth about life at sea
Imagine, for a moment, spending the night on board a
large yacht, being roughly woken in the pitch dark and
ordered on deck. Every so often you will be totally
drenched, very suddenly, in salt water. You will be sharing
the same cramped space with 14 other people for a whole
year. Your stomach, when not affected by seasickness, will
be hit by the competitive tension and nervousness that
afflicts all sportspeople. You will be obliged to concentrate
without cease. The slightest loss of focus could cost
someone their life.
Jerry Wallace, a marketing director, found sailing a
refreshing change from the selfish individualism of
business. Although he was prepared for the discomfort,
the mental stress of long-distance racing was not what he
had anticipated. 'A Grand Prix driver has a few hours of
focus, a footballer 90 minutes, but we have been racing
for 11 months. This is something I didn't really appreciate
before I started.'
Inevitably, there are tensions. The kind of people who
choose to take part in races like this tend to motivated and
strong-willed. On a trivial level, there are the usual

arguments about things like cleaning, tidying, personal


hygiene, even the way people snore. Rows on a boat must
be addressed immediately. Left to develop, they get much
worse. On London Light they have done this by having a
meeting where problems can be discussed and resolved by
majority vote. Cooperation is the key, and everyone can
have their say. The London is one of the few boats that has
never lost any crew early because of a personality clash.
For the eight crews taking part in the Round-the-World
yachting race, this has been daily life since they left Britain
eleven months ago. Now, after racing 50,000 across
kilometres of ocean, they are soon due home. While most
of us have worked, slept, taken a holiday, these crews
have sailed and sailed, day after day, night after night, in
weather conditions that would test any human. This is the
reality of ocean yacht racing, which bears little
resemblance to the popular image of sailing - the quick
sprint around a lake before returning ashore for a meal
and a warm bath.
The strongest source of unrest on any boat, whether
professional or amateur, is the racing itself. Such is the
issue's potential for disruption that two captains resigned
during the year because their crews were unhappy at their
boat's lack of racing success. Inevitably, some crew
members want to race the boat hard. That means that
only the best sailors tend to get to actually steer the boat,
which is not satisfactory.
Racing 20-metre yachts around the world is a story of
unrelenting hard work, pushing yourself to the limits of
endurance. But it is also a story of the vastness and beauty
of the sea, of seeing the sun rise and set on hundreds of
desolate horizons, and of the supreme satisfaction of
arriving somewhere knowing that wind alone has taken
you there.
Unlike the captains, who are professional sailors, the crews
all consist of amateur volunteers who have actually paid
for the privilege of taking a year off from their work and
enduring these difficult conditions. On board London Light
the ages range from 21 to 65. For the youngest member,
Susan Porter, the trip is about the excitement of both the
racing and the elements. 'Being able to pitch yourselves as
a team against a storm gives you a huge sense of
achievement,' she says.
Some crew members feel they have paid their money and
should not be excluded from any tasks on the boat. Walter
Given, a retired teacher aboard the London Light, believes
the jobs around the boat should be shared out among the
crew. And if that means that some of the less competent
spend time at the wheel, so be it. 'We all could have done
some more steering -that's the glamorous bit,' he says,
though this did not spoil the trip for him at all. At 65 the
oldest member of the crew, Walter feels the trip has really
given him a lot more enthusiasm for life.

PAPER 2:
Writing
(Part 1,
transactional
letter)
You recently attended an interview for a summer job in London. The job involves living
with a family and looking after their young children. You have just received this letter
from the agency. Read the letter, on which you have made some notes. Then, using all
the information in your notes, write a suitable reply.

You have been selected for one of our summer jobs in London.
All accommodation and travel costs are paid for, including
transport to and from your home country. In order to place
you with a suitable family, we now need some further information
fromyou:
The job will last four weeks. When could you start?
You will be working mornings only. The family can provide all
your meals or just bed and breakfast. Which would you prefer?
You will be organizing activities for the children while you are
staying the family. Please choose the two activities from the list
below that you feel you could help the children with and say
why:
Swimming Tennis Word processing digital Photography
dressmaking Drawing and Painting Football Music
Is there any further information you need from us?
Yours sincerely
Sally Brent
Summer Jobs Overseas
give date
say which
and why
tell them
pay?
day off?
Write a letter of between 120 and 180 words in an appropriate style on the opposite page.
Do not write any postal addresses.

PAPER 3:
Lexical cloze
For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits
each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
0 A wide B long C deep D broad

SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR


From Land's End, in southwestern England, to John O'Groats in northeastern Scotland is
903 miles. It's a (0) way to walk or cycle, through the famously unpredictable British
weather, but it's the sort of challenge that (1) to people. Steve Watts, (2) , joined

a team which was cycling from one end of the British isles to the other as a way of
(3) money for charity.
All went well on Steve's trip, which was very well-organised and he (4) to complete
the distance in eleven days. At least, he nearly did. For when Steve got to within a mile
of his (5) destination, he was so overjoyed with his (6) , that he invited one of his
back-up team, a young female physiotherapist, to join him on the bike for the last few
metres.
That's when disaster (7) Somehow the pair (8) their balance and the bike
crashed to the ground. The next thing Steve knew was when he (9) up in an
ambulance on his (10) to hospital. It was then that the awful truth hit him. He had
not only injured himself quite (11) , but he had also (12) to complete his journey
after all. Fortunately, however, the organisers (13) sorry for Steve and decided to
(14) the fact that he hadn't actually (15) the finishing line!

1 A likes B attracts C appeals D enjoys


2 A for example B such as C however D as well as
3 A doing B raising C fetching D gaining
4 A coped B enabled C succeeded D managed
5 A furthest B latest C final D terminal
6 A achievement B fulfilment C realisation D conclusion
7 A shot B broke C burst D struck
8 A lost B missed C slipped D spoilt
9 A caught B got C woke D came
10 A approach B way C travel D path
11 A strongly B heavily C hardly D badly
12 A failed B avoided C lacked D refused
13 A said B got C had D felt
14 A neglect B escape C ignore D reject
15 A delivered B crossed C ridden D respected

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