Test 2 PAPER 1 READING AND WRITING TEST (1 hour 30 minutes) READING PART 1 Questions 1-5 ‘* Look at the text in each question. ‘+ What does it say? '* Mark the letter next to the correct explanation — A, B or C — on your answer sheet. Example: CYCLISTS" ‘When this entrance is _ locked use side gate 26 A Valuable objects are removed at night. B Valuables should not be left in the van. C This van is locked at night. Example answer: i) iA BS =o A Lock your cycle near this gate before entering. B Cyclists should use a different entrance when this one is locked. C If the side gate is locked, go through the cycle entrance.£25 RESERVES ANY PICTURE IN THE GALLERY It’s raining in Manchester, 50 am Visiting museums. Here for the day with Ellen, who's at a college interview right now. Driving home together tonight. Love Annette SPORTS HALL Final five minutes of bookings must be used to put equipment away Cae Pe CLR raced Pree ete eae Peers ane! you ceuld help cook! Reading A We will keep any picture for you if you give us £25. B Some of the pictures in the gallery are reserved. € It costs £25 to show your picture in the gallery. A Ellen and Annette are spending the day together sightseeing B Annette is writing this card while Ellen attends an interview. C Ellen is staying overnight in Manchester, but Annette isn't. A Bookings now include an extra five minutes for equipment to be put away. B You have five minutes after bookings have finished to return any sports equipment used. C The hall must be cleared of equipment in the five minutes before bookings end. John wants Helga to A find a boat for hire on the river. B do all the cooking on the holiday. C help those on board to communicate. 27Test 2 28 PART 2 Questions 6-10 The people below all want to move to a new home. ‘On the opposite page there are descriptions of eight different homes. Decide which home (letters A-H) would be the most suitable for each of the following people (numbers 6-10). For each of these numbers mark the correct letter on your answer sheet. Chris and Sarah want to rent a flat as soon as possible. They would prefer a quiet part of town with views over gardens and water. George would like to rent a small home near the centre of town with somewhere safe to keep his car. He has only a little time to do the gardening. Graham and Suzie have four children. They want to buy a house in the countryside which is big enough for each child to have their ‘own room. The children enjoy playing outdoors. Mary is a lawyer who works mainly in London, She is hoping to buy a home in the country where she can work sometimes. She needs to be able to catch a train to London easily. James and Miranda have always lived in town, but as their two teenage daughters love riding they now want to buy a house in the country. They need enough space to have two horses.Reading Looking for a new home? A. Tidmarsh This six-bedroom, nineteenth- century house, just outside the village of Tidmarsh, is a very pleasant family home with two sitting rooms and a dining room. There is a garage and a garden with a swimming pool. Quick sale wanted. C Lower Farleigh For sale: this newly-built one-bedroom town house has a large lounge, kitchen, bathroom, garage and a private garden at the back that needs some work. Itis very close to the shopping centre and within five minutes’ walk of the bus station with connections to London and Birmingham. E Dinton A beautiful small cottage for sale in a pretty village with lovely views over farms and hills, The accommodation includes two bedrooms, kitchen, living room and study/office. Enjoy the quict of the countryside and still benefit from good connections with all major cities as the railway station is very close. G Saxford A spacious new two-bedroom apartment will become available for rent when the owner moves abroad in three months’ time. It has views of the park and canal although it is only one street away from the main shopping area. No private parking facilities are included but there is usually space to park in the street outside. B Brettisham This elegant one-bedroom house near the river consists of an unusually large living room, bright kitchen and bathroom. it has gas central heating, a small garden which is easy to look after, and a garage. Reasonable monthly rent for a town centre property. D_ Corbridge A lovely, furnished apartment away from the noise of the city centre, with a balcony looking down on beautiful lawns, flowers and, beyond them, the River Thames. The accommodation includes two bedrooms, a living room and a kitchen/dining room. Cars may be parked in the road. Available to rent immediately. F Winchcombe For sale: an interesting old country farmhouse with two reception rooms, comfortable kitchen and three bedrooms, Next to the house there are some old buildings which could be used to store equipment or keep animals, and a field which could be turned into a garden with tennis court or swimming pool H_ Beckington For immediate rent: an attractive, large nineteenth-century town house with ten bedrooms. At the end of the garden, there is an old building, originally used for horses, which could be used as a garage or turned into office accommodation. 29Test 2 30 PART 3 Questions 11-20 * Look at the sentences below about the island of Petula ‘* Read the text on the opposite page to decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. * Ifitis correct, mark A on your answer sheet. * If itis not correct, mark B on your answer sheet. " 12 13 14 15 16 7 18 19 20 People have lived on the island for more than 400 years. There is a big difference between day-time and night-time temperatures on the island. ‘The islanders have sold their salt to other countries since the 1970s. It takes three hours to reach Petulia from the nearest port. ‘Some farmers have more pieces of land to look after than others. The animals are moved onto different land every year. Boys often play football on the school field, Both adults and children help to make the islanders’ clothes. It is likely that there will be a tourist hotel on the island soon. Tourists pay to stay with families.Reading THE ISLAND OF PETULIA Geography Petulia Island is only 5.5 kilometres long and 1.5 kilometres at its widest point. It lies in the middle of Lake Donika, and is 3,900 metres above sea level. Petulia has had a small number of inhabitants for over four centuries. It now has a population of 1,500 people. It has no roads, no cars or bicycles, and no electricity. The sun is extremely hot during the day but temperatures at night regularly fall well below freezing. The water of Lake Donika is 10 degrees Celsius all year round. ‘The past Until recently, the island was separate from the outside world. Before the introduction of motorboats in the 1970s, travelling from Petulia to the nearest port could take over 20 hours. This journey was therefore made only once a year in order to buy salt. Motorboats have now cut the journey time to three hours, bringing new trade and tourists to Petulia Farming, Petulia is divided into six farming areas. Each farmer owns one piece of land in each ofthe six areas and grows vegetables, potatoes and cereal. Every year, farmers leave a different piece of land unplanted to allow the earth to rest. Cows and sheep are kept here during this time to improve the soil. The food grown by each farmer is shared by everyone: none is for sale. Petulia’s farming year is divided into wet and dry seasons. The wet season is the busiest time. All land is dug by hand, using spades. In the dry season between July and August, the islanders have time to build new houses, repair stone walls and make clothes. Men knit traditional clothes from wool that is prepared by the women. Education Petulia has a well-equipped primary and secondary school. There is a good-sized sports field, but instead of playing football the boys usually choose to knit, like their fathers, while the girls make wool. Walking along the rough tracks of the island, tourists often see small children on their way to and from school. Visitors Petulia has a tourist industry but the people have kept their traditional customs. They recently voted against a hotel development plan, so there will be no hotels on the island. Instead, tourists are placed with a family as guests. The money earned by each family is, like all money on the island, equally divided. During the dry season, many islanders entertain tourists late into the cold nights with pipe music and dances. 31Test 2 32 PART 4 Questions 21-25 ‘* Read the text and questions below. * For each question, mark the letter next to the correct answer — A, B, C or D— on your answer sheet. The shoemaker Bill Bird is a shoemaker who cannot make shoes fast enough for his growing number of customers — and he charges more than £300 for a pair! Customers travel hundreds of kilometres to his London shoe clinic or to his workshop in the countryside to have their feet measured. He makes shoes for people with feet of unusual sizes: very large, very small, very broad or very narrow. The shoes are at least as fashionable as those found in ordinary shops. Mr Bird says: ‘My problem is that I cannot find skilled workers. Young people all seem to prefer to work with computers these days. We will lose the necessary skills soon because there are fewer and fewer shoemakers nowadays. I am 45, and now I want (0 teach young people everything I know about making shoes. It’s a good job, and a lot of people want to buy beautiful shoes specially made for them.” He started in the business 19 years ago and now he employs three other people. His customers pay about £500 for their first pair of shoes. He says: ‘Our customers come because they want comfortable shoes which are exactly the right size.’ Extra pairs of shoes cost between £320 and £450, as it takes one employee a whole week to make just one shoe. 21 What is the writer trying to do in the text? describe where Mr Bird finds his staff encourage people to wear comfortable shoes advertise a job selling expensive shoes show Mr Bird's worries about his trade vou> 22 What can readers find out from this text? how many customers Mr Bird has how to make shoes like Mr Bird how to get to Mr Bird's London shop how much Mr Bird's shoes cost voup23 24 25 Reading What is Mr Bird's opinion of young people? They want too much money. They are difficult to train. They prefer other jobs. They don't work hard enough. com> Customers choose Mr Bird because his shoes are the most fashionable. fit perfectly. look very unusual. are traditional in design. voor Which advertisement would Mr Bird put in a newspaper? Wanted - experienced Wanted - young people to shoemakers to work in large train as shoemakers. Must shoe company in London. be able to use a computer. Good rates of pay. Wanted - young people to ° | Wanted - country workshop train as shoemakers. Good needs people for unskilled job with small company. jobs working with shoes.Test 2 PART 5 Questions 26-35 * Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. * For each question, mark the letter next to the correct word — A, B, C or D— on your answer sheet. Example answer: THE ESCALATOR ‘An American, Charles D. Seeberger, invented moving stairs to transport people (0) vevnnsnnne the 1890. He (26) . this invention an ‘escalator’, (27) sworn the name from the Latin word ‘scala’, (28) . means ‘ladder’. Escalators move people up and down short (29) .......-. - Lifts do the same, but only move (30) small number of people. If an escalator breaks down, it can still be (31) as ordinary stairs, An escalator can move (32) . 8,000 and 9,600 people an hour, and it (88) ......... not need a person to operate it. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, cities were (34) more crowded and the first escalators were built at railway stations and in big department (38) wen. » so that people could move about more quickly. Today we see escalators everywhere. 0 Ain at C by Don 26 A announced _B called C translated D explained 27 A fetching B lending CC taking D carrying 28 A what B whose who D which 29 A distances B directions C measurements —_D lengths 30 A the Ba C some D any 31° A walked B made C used D changed 32 A from B between Cto D above 33 Ais B has C did D does 34 A coming B becoming € continuing D developing 35 =A stores B shops C places D housesWriting WRITING PART 1 Questions 1-5 Here are some sentences about daily travel. * For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using no more than three words. Write only the missing words on your answer sheet. Example: Going by bus is quicker than cycling. Cycling .2akes. than. going by bus. Maria lives a long way from her office. Maria's office isn't her home. Itis a forty-minute bus journey to her office. The bus journey to her office .... forty minutes. Driving a car in the town centre is not allowed. You are not allowed . .. cars in the town centre, Maria sometimes takes a taxi although it is expensive. Maria doesn't often take a taxi .. expensive. Yesterday she got up too late to catch the bus. Yesterday she got up so late that she . vnenmene the DUS.Test 2 PART 2 Question 6 You are planning a surprise party for your cousin and want to invite an English-speaking friend to the party. Write a card to send to your friend. In your card, you should * invite your friend to the party «say when it will take place * explain why you want to surprise your cousin. Write 35-45 words on your answer sheet. 36Writing PART 3 Answer one of the following questions (7 or 8) Question 7 * This is part of a letter you receive from your pen-friend, I've just bought a new computer game. Do you like playing games on the computer — or have you got a Play Station? What else do you use the computer for? ‘+ Now write a letter, answering your pen-friend’s questions. ‘+ Write your letter in about 100 words on your answer sheet. Question 8 * You have to write a story for your English teacher. * Your story must have this title: Winning the prize + Write your story in about 100 words on your answer sheet. 37