1.Read the following article and then answer the questions.

Sixteen - What now?

You’re 16 and finally you can leave school! By now, you’re probably sick of teachers, desks,
tests and exams. But don’t just run for the exit. You need to think carefully about what to do next.
If you want a professional career, you will need to go to university and get a degree. To do that,
you need to stay at high school for another two years. But you needn’t stay at the same place.
There are several options in the district of Northacre.
St. Leopold’s School has the best pass rate of all the high schools in the district. It offers a wide
range of subjects in the humanities and sciences. St Leopold’s is, of course, a private school, so
may be too expensive for you. But don’t worry, there are several other options if you want to
follow the academic route. Knowle Grammar School is a state school, so there are no fees, and it
has excellent tuition and facilities. It is a boys’ school from the ages of 11-16, but from 16-18 it is
co-educational. But it is selective, so you’ll have to pass an exam to get in. If you’re interested in
going into Business, check out Wyle River Academy. This school specialises in subjects like
Business Studies, Management and Economics. If you prefer the arts, look at the courses on offer
at Northacre College. Here you can study woodwork, art, textiles and much more.
Northacre College also offers a wide range of vocational qualifications. You can do a 1-year
certificate or a 2-year diploma in subjects like electrics, plumbing, roofing and hairdressing. If
you’d prefer to work outdoors, look at Milldown College, where there are courses in Farm
Mechanics, Land Management, Animal Management and much more.
A final option is to get an apprenticeship with a local or national company. You will get on-the-
job training, gain certificates or diplomas and start earning straight away. But be warned - places
are limited! Find out more at the Jobs Fair on 26th May at Northacre College.
1 The article advises readers who want a professional career to…
 A. go to university immediately.  
 B. stay at the same school for two more years.  
 C. go to high school for two more years, then get a degree.  
D. Go to university after a gap year
2 St Leopold’s is the best school for…
 A. good exam results.  
 B. humanities and sciences.  
 C. facilities.  
D. languages
3 You can only attend St Leopold’s school if you…
 A. pass an exam.  
 B. pay tuition fees. 
 C. study both humanities and sciences.
D. have talent.
4 You can only attend Knowle Grammar School if you…
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  A. pass an exam.  
 B. are a boy.  
 C. can afford the tuition fees.  
D. are a girl.
5 Anna wants to work with horses. Where is the best place for her to study?
 A. Wyle River Academy  
 B. Northacre College  
 C. Milldown College  
D. St Leopold’s
6 Harry wants to be a builder. Where is the best place for him to study?
 A. Wyle River Academy  
 B. Northacre College  
C. Milldown College  
D. St Leopold’s
7 Caroline wants to run her own company. Where is the best place for her to study?
A.  Wyle River Academy   
 B. Northacre College  
 C. Milldown College  
D. St Leopold’s
8 What is the problem with apprenticeships?
 A. They are not famous. 
 B. They are expensive.  
C. They don’t give you any qualifications. 
D. There are few available. 
2. Read the following article and then answer the questions.
Is a messy office bad for your career?
Some say a messy cubicle makes a bad impression. Others say bosses only care whether you get
your work done. Who is right? People often don't realize that piles of paper, boxes in corners, and
stacks of stuff behind the office door can affect one's upward mobility. Appearances are
important.
Why? Your office is a reflection of your capabilities. Even though a messy desk isn't a sign of a
character flaw, it does tend to give your managers and colleagues the impression that the job is
too much for you to handle, you can't make decisions, you are not doing the job, or all of the
above. Okay, then. Time to tidy up. Here's how to get started:
Store the information and materials you use most often within easy reach – perhaps in your right-
hand desk drawer.
Put things away as soon as you stop working on them. If you're working on something and get
interrupted, try posting a sticky note on the page, jot your thoughts on it, and then file it. That will
help you pick up your train of thought more quickly when you get back to it again.
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 Keep a to-do list close at hand, preferably sorted by category (Do, Call, Write, etc.). Update it at
the end of each day.
Set up a filing system. Many people feel more secure when all their active projects are in sight,
but that doesn't mean everything has to be strewn across your desk. If any projects are visible,
they should only be the four or five that need your immediate attention on any given day, stacked
in a vertical file. Put them away as you go. Your day is complete when all the files are off your
desk. Noting each project on your to-do list, keeps everything within view and alleviates 'out-of-
sight, out-of-mind' anxiety.
Plan your day. A short daily session to review each day's accomplishments, and a weekly plan to
track your goals a week or two ahead of time, are a must. Planning helps to prevent many of the
fires that cause our days to spin out of control. If you do it carefully, it will also eliminate most of
the paper from your desk.
1 Which impression could your messy office give to your colleagues?
A. You are not a good person.
B. You are a talented guy.
C. You cannot do your job in time.
D. You are professional.
2 When should you put things away from your desktop?
A. at the end of the month
B. never
C. on Friday
D. you have finished working on them.
3 When should you update your to-do list?
A. every week
B. at the end of each day
C. every 12 hours
D. every month
4 Which linking word best fits this sentence? “ ……… a messy desk isn't a sign of a character flaw,
it does tend to give your managers and colleagues the impression that the job is too much for you
to handle.”
A. even though
B. if
C. unless
D. however
5 Which phrases best defines SET UP in this sentence? “Set up a filing system.”
A. to enable
B. to establish
C. to put upright
D. to enhance
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6 Which of the options best completes this sentence? “That will help you pick up your train of
thought more quickly...”
A. when you get back to it again.
B. if you will get back to it.
C. if you get back to it.
D. until you get back to it.
7 “That will help you to pick up your TRAIN OF THOUGHT” means
A. it will help you train your thinking.
B. it will help you remember and continue working.
C. it will help you to catch an earlier train.
D. It will help you refresh yourself.
8 Which description best matches the “out-of-sight, out-of-mind” anxiety?
A. keeping everything within view makes you feel stressed.
B. not thinking about problems makes you feel better.
C. not keeping everything within view makes you feel stressed.
D. not seeing things you have to do makes you forget about them.
3. Read the following article and then answer the questions.
Memorandum
To all staff
The hospital is always trying to cut its carbon footprint, and to do this, we want to encourage staff,
visitors and patients to use environmentally-friendly forms of transport to and from the hospital.
Therefore, we are making the following changes, which will come into effect from 1st April:
Car Park A will stay as a staff car park, but, to encourage car sharing, it will only be available to
cars containing 3 passengers or more. This rule will be in place between 7am and 6pm. A car
park attendant will monitor users. Note that cars do not have to leave the car park with three
passengers. The parking fee will remain at the current price of £1 an hour up to a maximum of
£5 per day. If you are interested in car sharing and wish to find members of staff who live in your
area or along your route, please click on the link on the human resources page of the hospital
website. Car Park C, previously a staff-only car-park, will now be open to visitors at the
increased cost of £2/hour up to 5 hours, and £1 an hour after that. These new rates will also apply
to staff/visitor Car Park E. Car Park B will only be open to blue card holders. Only senior and
emergency staff are eligible for this card.
Car park D will no longer be in use, as it will make way for an improved bus park. The current
bus service (Service 56D) from the city centre will be replaced by two services. The service will
be available to staff, patients and visitors alike.
Service 57A will run from: Hebdon Town centre, Hebden Station, Critchley Park and Ride,
Grafton Street Train Station, Portchester City Centre (Bus Stop D on Mill Yard) to the hospital.
The service will run 24 hours a day every 20 minutes between 7am and 7pm and once an hour
during the night.
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 Service 62A will run from Oldgrave Town Centre, Kings Wood Park and Ride and Polegate Park
and Ride to the hospital every 15 minutes between 7.30 am and 7.00 pm and once every 30
minutes thereafter.
1 Under the rules, staff can only park in car park A at noon if...
A. they hold a blue card.
B. there are three people in the car.
C. they stay for a maximum of 5 hours.
D. They stay all day at work.
2 The cost to park in Car Park A for 4 hours will be...
A. £ 1
B. £ 4
C. £ 5
D. £ 7
3 Staff should ... to find people to share a car with them.
A. go online
B. visit the human resources department
C. speak to their departmental manager
D. speak to the director
4 After April 1st, Car Park C will be for...
A. staff only.
B. visitors only.
C. senior and emergency staff only.
D. staff and visitors.
5 The cost to park in Car Park C for 8 hours will be...
A. £8.
B. £13.
C. £16.
D. £18.
6 The cost to park in Cark Park E for 4 hours will be...
A. £4.
B. £7.
C. £8.
D. £10.
7 The cost to park in Car Park B is ...
A. the same as car parks C & E.
B. the same as car park A.
C. the same as car park E.
D. not given in the text.
8 Joe comes into Portchester by rail. Which bus service should he use to get to the hospital?
A. 56D
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C. 62A
D. both 56D & 62A
3.Read the following article and then answer the questions.
WHAT MAKES NIKE’S ADVERTISING TICK
Phile Knight, the co-founder and former Chief Executive of Nike, prefers to let his superstar
athletes and advertisements do his talking for him. Named Advertiser of the Year at the 50 th
Cannes International Advertising Festival, he is the first person to win the award twice.
Knight has an absolutely clear and committed strategy to use celebrity athlete endorsement. He
describes it as one part of the “three –legged stool” which lies behind Nike’s phenomenal growth
since the early 1980s, with the other two being product design and advertising.
He has built Nike’s expansion into sport after sport from its athletics roots on the back of sporting
masters: Carl Lewis on the track: tennis’s Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe; Tiger Woods, who
led Nike into golf; Ronaldo and Brazilian national football team; and basketball star, Micheal
Jordan, who famously rescued the company.
From the beginning Nike has been prepared to take a gamble on sporting bad boys others would
not touch: Andre Agassi springs to mind. It was a strategy that began with Ilie Nastase, the
original tennis bad boy. The Romanian had the quality that has come to represent Nike and its
advertising attitude.
After extraordinary growth, Nike became number one trainer manufacturer in the US. But Knight
admits the company then lost its ways as it failed to cope with its success. It experimented
unsuccessful with expansion into non-athletic shoes, and lost its number one position to Reebok in
1986.
Knight bet the future of the company on a new feature: a new air technology inside the trainer. He
launched the product with a David Fincher- directed ad which used the Beatles track Revolution,
and then marketed the Air Jordan brand on the back of Michael Jordan. Sales took off and the rest
is history.
This brings us to the subject of globalisation and the question of how American the brand can be.
Nike uses a mix of global ad campaigns such as “good v evil” and local advertising such as its
famous poster campaigns in the UK.
During a 21-year partnership with the agency Wieden and Kennedy, Nike has created some of the
world’s most attention-grabbing advertising: for example the Nike “good v evil” campaign and
two advertisements both for World Cups and the ad “tag”, last year’s Cannes grand prix winner.
Other famous ads star Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi playing in the streets of Manhattan; Tiger
Woods playing “keepy –uppy” with a golf ball; and Brazil’s team playing soccer at the airport
terminal.
It is a remarkable body of work, both in its variety, daring and consistent originality. At Nike
there is a streamlined decision-making process that gives marketing directors real power. They do

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 not rely on market research pre-testing which often reduces the impact of more experimental
commercials. There is also the long relationship with one of the world’s best ad agencies, and
what Wieden describes as “an honesty about sport”. Things only happen in Nike ads that
sportmen and women can really do.
“My number one advertising principle- if I have one- is to wake up the consumer,” concludes
Knight, with an absolute conviction that is unique among modern-day chief executives. “We have
a high-risk strategy on advertising. When it works, it is more interesting. There really is no
formula.”
1 According to Phil Knight, what are the three factors which have led to the huge success of Nike?
A. Product design, famous people and advertising
B. Celebrity athlete endorsement, product design and advertising
C. Celebrity athlete endorsement, product design and famous people
D. Celebrity athlete endorsement, product design and high technology
2 Who led Nike into golf?
A. Michael Jordan
B. Jimmy Connors
C. McEnroe
D. Tiger Woods
3 Which innovation saved the company?
A. A new air technology inside the trainer
B. Beautiful design
C. High-risk strategy on advertising
D. Market research pre-testing
4 Which celebrity saved the company?
A. Tiger Woods
B. Carl Lewis
C. Michael Jordan
D. Ronaldo
5 What is Phil Knight’s key idea about advertising?
A. To wake up the consumer
B. To support the consumer
C. To follow the consumer
D. To persuade the consumer
6 What award does Nike win twice?
A. Advertiser
B. Best Seller
C. Customer Service
D. Golf
7 Which of the following does Nike believe is not important?

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 A. To wake up the consumer
B. high-risk strategy
C. market research pre-testing
D. the long relationship with one of the world’s best ad agencies
8 Which advertising campaigns does Nike use?
A. Global advertising campaigns only
B. Local advertising campaigns only
C. Online advertising campaigns
D. Global and local advertising
4. Read the following article and then answer the questions.
Airbus crisis over
Airbus says it has turned the corner after a crisis connected to production problems and turmoil in
the boardroom at its A380 super-jumbo project that has gone on for the past year. Speaking at the
Paris air show, Louis Gallois, CEO of the European planemaker, said, "Airbus is back."
Airbus, which announced a raft of orders on the first day of the show, is competing with Boeing,
its American rival, for the title of the largest planemaker in the world.
Boeing is expected to reveal the numbers of orders for its 787 Dreamliner soon. Airbus orders
unveiled on Monday included Qatar Airways confirming a $16bn order for 80 A350 Airbus
planes and ordering three A380 super-jumbos for about $750m.
Boeing and Airbus are also competing for orders from aircraft leasing firms. Orders from these
companies - who rank highly among the biggest global buyers of aircraft - are often regarded as
an indication of how successful a model will be in the long term.
Airbus also secured orders from US Airways that are worth $10bn for 22 of its A350 jets, 60
A320s and ten of its A330-200 wide-body planes.
A few months ago, Airbus unveiled a major cost-cutting programme aiming to reduce the
workforce in Europe by 10,000, as well as announcing a group restructuring. "I can tell you with
full confidence that Airbus is back and fully back, as you have started noting yesterday as
demonstrated by our first day announcements," said Mr. Gallois on the second day of the air
show.
However, Boeing also announced a deal with General Electric (GE) on the show's first day. GE's
commercial aviation services placed an order for six 777 Boeing freighters valued at around
$1.4bn, to be delivered in the last quarter of 2008.
A Wall Street Journal website report, quoting the Delta operating chief yesterday said that Delta
Air Lines were on the verge of ordering as many as 125 Boeing 787 jetliners by the end of this
year. However, a spokesman for Delta later said that it had been having conversations "with
several aircraft makers" and that "no final decision" had been made on future fleet purchases.
1 The problems at Airbus …………
A. have been resolved completely.
B. have been resolved partly.
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D. are far from resolved.
2 Airbus announced …………
A. a large number of orders on the first day of the show.
B. some orders on the first day of the show.
C. a few orders on the first day of the show.
D. no orders on the first day of the show.
3 Qatar Airways ordered …………
A. 83 planes on Monday.
B. 80 planes on Monday.
C. 13 planes on Monday.
D. 3 planes on Monday
4 US Airways …………
A. placed an order for the new super-jumbo.
B. didn't place an order for the new super-jumbo.
C. may have placed an order for the new super-jumbo.
D. will place an order for the new super-jumbo.
5 Boeing …………
A. announced sales of the Dreamliner.
B. may sell some Dreamliners to General Electric.
C. may sell some Dreamliners to Delta Air Lines.
D. won’t sell Dreamliners to General Electric.
6 The Wall Street Journal website report …………
A. was definitely correct.
B. was definitely wrong.
C. was partly wrong
D. was possibly correct.
7 Airbus reported to reduce the workforce in Europe by ………… .
A. 10,000
B. 20,000
C. 30,000
D. 40,000
8 How much did Airbus earn from selling planes to US Airways?
A. $3bn
B. $5bn
C. $10bn
D. $22bn