4 Part 2 You will hear a man called Chris Graham talking to a group of students about a vacation job he had in Australia. For questions 9 - 18, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase. My Vacation Job in Australia Chris thinks the best place to find a job like he had is the (9)... Chris is studying (10). at university. For most of the time he was working for the travel company, Chris lived in a (11)... outside of the town. Chris was often asked to go to a (12) at the weekend. In the mornings, Chris had to drive tourists to see the (13) in the desert. Many of the tourists were unaware of the need to keep their (14) covered up when they were in the sun The tourists particularly wanted to know how to tell the difference between the (15) __ of the wild animals. In the afternoons, the tourists were able to see some (16) that had more than one use. Chris says that the local government would like to have a larger (17) to attract tourists, Chris advises other students to send off their job application forms in the month of (18) at the latest.4 Part2 For questions 9 — 16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only ‘one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0) Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. example: [ol[s]ifyfcfel [TTT TTT TTT tt From black pepper to chilli pepper In the 15" century, Europeans knew nothing of the chilli pepper, but they held black pepper in high regard and had used it in cooking (0) ........ Greek and Roman times. Ships travelling east brought the black pepper from the Spice Islands in South East Asia but this (9) a long time. In 1492, Christopher Columbus was asked to find a shorter route to the Spice Islands, going westwards (10)......... than eastwards, and so he set (11) ........ from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean. Columbus didn't succeed (12)......... finding the Spice Islands but he (13) ......... manage to reach the Americas. There he (14) across another pepper; the chill, which had been used in cooking in South America for thousands of years. Soon (15)........ Columbus's voyage, large quantities of chillies were being shipped back to Spain from the Caribbean. Later, people realised that chillies would actually grow in southern Europe and it wasn't long before fresh chillies were (16) sale in European markets.line 22 line 30 8 Part 5 You are going to read an article about a woman who trains actors in fighting skills, For questions 31 — 36, choose the answer (A, B, C of D) which you think fits best according to the text. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Kombat Kate James Stanton meets ‘Kombat Kate’ Waters, who trains theatre actors in how to ‘fight’ on stage. There must be few occasions when it would be really rude to refuse an invitation to head-butt someone you've just met! But I'm in one of those right now. I’m in a rehearsal room in a theatre with a group of actors, facing up to stage fighting director Kate Waters. I've already dragged her around the room and slapped her on the arm. Now she wants me to head-butt her. But fear not, this is all strictly pretend! “Imagine there’s a tin can on my shoulder,’ she says. “Now try to knock it off.’ I lower my head as instructed, then lift it sharply, aiming for the imaginary can, hoping desperately that I don’t miscalculate the angle and end up doing damage to her face. To my amazement, I get it right. “That was good,” says Waters. ‘Now ‘maybe try it again without smiling.” Waters, known in the industry as Kombat Kate, is showing me how actors fight each other without getting hurt, and that includes sword-fighting. (She inspires fierce devotion: when I tweet that I'm meeting Waters, ‘one actress friend responds: ‘She’s amazing. She taught me how to be a secret service agent in two days.") Pethaps the most famous play Kate has worked on recently was called Noises Off: She taught the cast how to fall down stairs without breaking any bones. One of the fight scenes is fairly close, Kate tells me, to the one we're trying out now, ‘I've just slowed it down a bit,” she says tactfully, before inviting me to throw her against the wall. I obey, making sure I let go of her quickly, so she can control her own movement. Push your ‘opponent too hard, and they will hit the wall for real. I watch her hit the wall before falling to the ground. She's fine, of course. “That's my party trick,” she says with a grin. ‘Works every time.” ‘Once the lesson is over Kate tells me how she became one of only two women on the official register of stage fight directors. Already a keen martial arts expert from childhood, Kate did drama at university, and one module of her course introduced her to stage combat. When she made enquiries about the possibility of teaching it as a career, she was told about the register and the qualifications she'd need to be accepted onto it. It was no small order: as well as a certificate in advanced stage combat, she would need a black belt in karate and proficiency in fencing, a sport she'd never tried before. But she rose to the challenge and taught the subject for several years at a drama college before going freelance and becoming a fight advisor for the theatrical world. The play she’s working on is Shakespeare's Richard IIL. This involves a famous sword fight. With no instructions left by the great playwright other than — Enter Richard and Richmond: they fight, Richard dies —the style and sequence of the fight is down to Kate and the actors. ‘Ttry to get as much information as possible about what a fight would have been like in a particular period,” Kate explains, ‘But because what I’m eventually doing is telling a dramatic story, not all of it is useful. The scene has to be exciting and do something for the audience.” Unimately, of course, a stage fight is all smoke and mirrors. In our lesson, Kate shows me how an actor will stand with his or her back to the audience ahead of a choreographed slap or punch. When the slap comes it ‘makes contact not with skin but with air: the actor whacks his chest or leg to make the sound of the slap. In the rehearsal room, I can’t resist asking Kate how she thinks she would fare in a real fight. Would she give her attacker a hard time? She laughs, ‘Oh, I'd be awful,” she says. ‘T only know how to fake it” T can’t help thinking, however, that she’s just being rather modest.31 32 33 34 35 36 In the first paragraph, the writer is aware of A acritical attitude from Kate, B the concem of the other actors. C the need to reassure his readers. D having been in a similar situation before. How does the writer feel when Kate mentions the tin can? worried about hurting Kate relieved that Kate is just pretending concerned that it may injure his head convinced that he won't take it seriously enough vom> When Kate and the writer repeat the fight scene from Noises Off, we learn that A the writer isn’t sure of his instructions. B Kate has adapted it slightly for the writer to try. C the writer is initially unwilling to do it. D__ Kate has to react quickly to a mistake the writer makes. What does the phrase ‘no small order’ (line 22) tell us about stage combat? ‘A Kate knew she would love learning about it. B tis something very few people ever perfect € Studying it required a lot of obedience and respect. D Qualifying to teach it would be a long and difficult process. What does the writer tell us about the sword fight in the play Richard II? A ts details need to be made up, B It's a particularly challenging scene to do. C Its action is conveyed through spoken words. D__ tis widely agreed to be the most exciting of its kind. What does ‘it’ refer to in line 30? information a fight a particular period a dramatic story com> Turn over >1 2 Part 1 You must answer this question. Write your answer in 140 — 190 words in an appropriate style on the separate answer sheet. In your English class you have been talking about the fashion industry. Now, your English teacher has asked you to write an essay. Write an essay using all the notes and giving reasons for your point of view. Cad ‘Some people say the fashion industry has a bad effect on people's lives. Do you agree? Notes Write about: 1. whether people's appearance is important 2. the price of clothes 3.(your own idea)BLANK PAGE