Test i Paper ỉ Reading

Part 3
our, fhe W orld Championships w ill be 'It is essentíal that we all think and train
You are going to read a magazine inlervi8w with a sportswoman. Eight sentences have tougih. "You have to push yourselí to play like world<lass pla yers/ says Kendra.
been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-l the one which fits each e o d ì day, tfiere's no rest between games < na a g — I see my role as supporting
gap (16-22). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. There is an
example at the beginning (0). cs ‘m a series. And you can still win an and encouraging íhe rest of the team.'
rểm notional series if you lose the first 'From the very begínrúng, my netball
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
game. career ha$ alw ays been careíully
In the fifteen years since she has been planne d/ she says. '
píoying at top level, the sport has become Doubíless she w ill coach young píayers in
harổer, faster. On court, players are more fhe Kiture, but at the moment her eyes are
The aggressive. 'You don't do a ll that training firm ly set on her last big event. As
r>ot to come out a w in n e r/ says Kendra. she leads out her team in the opening
IVeiball ■ I ~ | W e're all íriendlier after the candlelight ceremony, she is more than
ga me. likely to have a tear in her eye.
Captaỉn Netbaỉl is also taking a far more

' These are her fourfh W orld scientiíỉc approach to íitness testing,
In o u r se rle s UI1 n o m e n in s p o rt,
Suzie E llis w eụ t 10 m e e l E nglan(j’s Cbampions ìips and they are guaranteed
n e tb a ll ca p ta in . to be the biggest ever, with 2 7 nations
A Bưt the cham pionships are different F As far as l'm aware, w e have always
ỉaking part.
because there's only one chance and beaten them, but th e yll be exciting to
'W e 'll have home support behind ưs,
you have to be ready to make the play.
Kendra Slawinski is captain of w hich ỉs so sp e cia l/ she says. 'And
most of it.
England's netball team. when I met her, it's im portant that the reputation of G As captain, I think it's important that
she'd had a typical day for the weeks netball in this country should be B In fact, some of them help me with I have a strong meníal attitude and
leading up to next month's W orld improved. i i s i i A home crowd w ill my speed and ball-skills training. lead by example.
íĩĩUịìUìd---------
Championships: a day's teaching at a have expectations and gỉve more c But once the final whistle b!ows, you H As a result of playing here, there will
local school follow ed by a training support. People w ill expect us to start the become a different person. be more pressure than w e're used to.
session in the local supermarket car park. tournament with a good game.'
D So I took the decision some time ago I l'm too involved in w hat l'm doing
'D o n 'tyo u get strange looks?' I asked her. Their first game is against Barbados
that this compeíition would be the - concentrating on my movements
I might
1MIiy III notice cars sỉow UUYYII
down a nd it comes im m ediately after the
end of it as fa r as p la yin g is and my feet - to see anything else.
oưt o f the corner of my eye, bưt that's all.' opening ceremony. 'Ịi/Atô They have
ịlỉĩẤiiịi concerned.
'M y whole life now is all about making lots o f ability.'
su re l'm at my absolute best for the The England team are currently ranked E l'm on a strict timetable to gain
Cham pionships/ says Kendra. íourth in the world. But, as Kendra points maximum fitness for them.

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ềềềUềểềềkề
Test 2 Paper 1 Reading

P art 3
' holiday, if my husband hadn't taken her was amazed that a correspondence could
You are going to read a magazine article about letter writing. Eight sentences have been photo and if I hadn't asked her fo r her last so long. The ỉocal press even
removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-l the one which fits each gap
address, I w ould never have been able to considered the correspondence vvorth
(15-21). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. There is an example
at the beginning (0). w rite to her. As ỉt isr we now reporting on the írorìt page.
have a regular correspondence. I can I am pleased that m y children are
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
ĩm prove my French (she speaks no carrying on the tradition. Like my mother
English); we have stayeđ at her home twice beíore me, I insỉst they w rite their own
and she has stayed with us. thank-you letters. My daughter vvrites me

Drop me a My biggest letter-vvriting

however, came this summer, when my
success, little letters, just as I did to my mother.
'W ÊẾ I strongly urge readers not to
fam ily and I stayed w ith my American allow letter w riting to become another
penfriend in Texas. E v e ry o n e 'lost art'.

ị 14 ị I u li li ị I ị 4 ị ị ị ị I ị ị %
In our fast w orld of phones, fax machines w e also made phone calls but it is the
and com puters, the old-fashioned art letters I remember most.
A Most of the letters from home contained just everyday
of letter w riting is at risk of disappearing There w ere also letters fro m my
events concerning my parents and their triends.
altogether. There IS the boyíriends. In my youth I seemed to attract
people who had to w ork or study away B We had been corresponding fo r 29 years but had never met.
excitement of its arrival, the pleasure of
seeing who it is from and, tinally, the at some tim e and I was only able to stay c It didn't matter how short or untidy they were as long as they
enjoyment of the contents. in touch by correspondence. were letters.
Letter w riting has been part of my life for found that I could often express mysett
D Notes are appreciated, but how much better to ha ve a year's
as long as i can remember. Ít probably more easily in vvriting than by talking.
supply of news!
began w ith the little notes I would vvrite I love the letters that come w ith
to my mother. My mother, also, always birthday or Christmas cards. I E Poor handvvriting can spoil your enjoym ent of a letter.
insisted ! vvrite my ow n thank-you And it's better stiil when it's an airmail F But instead of harming the relationships, letter w riting
letters for Christmas and birthday presents. envelope w ith beautiful stamps. My seemed to improve them.
overseas letters arrive from Mangala in Sri
G She and my son have penírienđs ữf their own in Texas,
When I left home at 18 to train as a Lanka, from someone I trained with over 20
organised by my peníriend.
doctor in London, I would w rite once a years ago, and ! have a peníriend in
vveek, and so w ould my mother. Australia and another in Vancouver. H More important, if she hadn’t replỉed, we would be the
Occasionally my father w ould w rite and it Then there's the lady who writes to me poorer for it.
was always a joy to receive his long, from France. If we hadn't started talking in
ỳ. I Yet, to me, there is something about receiving a letter that
am using letters. 16 Of course, a restaurant on the way home from
X '1 \l

cannot be matched by any other form of communication.

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Test 3
Paper ỉ Reading

Part 3
When she isn’t at sea, Rachel is in her office There was ữiis iimnense bang as the shock
You are going to read an extract from a magazine arlicle about underwater expioration.
Sĩ the Oceanography Centre, Southampton. waves hlt our vehicle and I thought, ‘Tm
Eight sentences have been removed from the extract. Choose from the sentences A-l
the one which fits each gap (16-22). There is one extra sentence which you do not need *Two thirds of my saỉary comes from going to die ” We stared at each other ín
to use. There is an example at the beginning (0). teaching* which I love, but I do it so I can get The relieí was
Mark your ansvvers on the separate answer sheet. on with my research into the “black incredihle - we were still alive!’
smokers”. This is just another name for
BIt’s such an adventure divửig down to the
nnderwater volcanoes - water comes out of
deepest part of the ocean. Eveiy time I look
In h o t w a t e r ứie rock and tưrns into what looks like black
smoke.
out of the porthole and see those chimneys,
Rachel M ills is a scỉentist who spends as m uch tim e as she can at the bottom there is such a sense of wonder.
of the Atlantic O cean. “The only Ume I’ve been ừíghtened is when I had studied the black smokers for three
I first went down with ửie Americans. We years for my Ph.D. When I got down there
Rachel Mills teaches and does research ínto vessel ửiat gets released, and it’s like letting
were towing equipment on a 50-metre rope and saw them for real ìt was such an
maríne geochemistry, which meânô she go of a ping-pong ban in the bath - it goes
when suddenly there was an explosion. amazing íeeling.’
studies the Chemical processes happening rapidly to the suríace.
in the sea. 1 When she isn’t
‘I didn’t know how I was going to react ữie
teaching, she Jlowers herselí into a Steel
first time I climbed into the vehicle. It was on A Here, on*the ocean floor, is a huge must stay inside until someone opens the
vehicle, a vessel for m\derwater exploration
the deck of a ship and I got in with an area of underw ater volcanoes, their door £rom the outside.
the size of a small car, and dives three
ỈTLStructor. mmụ. They were testing me chứrưieys all blơwing out black smoke.
kilometres đown into ửie Atlantic Ocean to F When it d idn’t happen, we couldn,t
to see how I wou!d react to being in such a
stndy underwater volcanoes. B Here I am on the bottom of tìxe seaTand believe it.
small place.’
no-one else on this planet has ever
‘Inside,1 she says, 'space is so limited that G This pours out at a rate of one metre per
Now Rachel has made six dlves. Last year before seen them.
I can reach out and touch the two pilots. second and at a temperature of 350
she dived with a Russian crew, ‘We went to a
íP/.íĩỉỉr'<
A dive can last íor 16 hours - c No-one’3 tested it yet, but I don’t think it degrees.
site which was a ũve-day sail west of the
three hours to reach the ocean floor, ten wouId be a very pleasant jouxney.
ịịị

Canary Islands in the Atlantic. Hữ.' H Aíter that, as you get really deep, itJs near
hours gathering samples of rock and water
It is where ứie Atlantic Ocean comes alive. D He then talked me through the £reezing point so you need a sweater,
and then three hours to get back up to the
The Russian team were droppửig off some emergency procedures; inoluding what thick socks, gloves and a wooìly
suríace again/
li, i

scỉentưic equlpment ửiere to discover the to do if the pilot had a heart attackl hat,
‘If anything happens, and you have a effect of a multi-national programme that
E They are used to these conditions, which I She is a lecturer at the Oceanography
problem and have to get to the top quickly, wou!d make a hole 150 metres through a
me an we can’t stand up or move and we Centre at Southampton University.
you can hit a paiũc button. The outside volcano.’
drops away leaving a small circular escape
vi- d'

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 Paper ỉ Reading

Sarah meets h er írienđs in the chalet where she week*s shop on Saturday, Sarah does ir now*

You are going to read a magazine article about a girl and the job she does. Eight livcs “ and they go o u t at about 11 p.m . £Wc
‘T hey get here at around 4.30 p.m.
sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-l the One usuallv start o ff in Bananas, m ight go to tì ]ayys
vvhich fits each gap (15-21). There is one extra sentence vvhich you do noi need to use. Sometímes theỵ are disoricntatcd and full o f
There is an example at the beginning (0). and pcrhaps Dick}s T-Bar at thc cnd o f thc
qucstions. ĩ ’m sure it\s the m ountain aỉr that
evcning,’ she says, But Sarah ncvcr stays out too
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet does som ethỉng to th e m /
latc OÍ1 Saturday nỉght as Sunday is hcr busicst
rimc o f the week. ' m Eetvvcen tea and dinner, Sarah takes any gucsts
nccding boots o r skis down to rhc ski shơp and
Work bcgíns cariicr than Lisuat on Sun day, sincc
Kccping the holidav-makcrs happv breakfíLSt for guests who arc leaving has to be on
then gcts 2L lift back to thc chalet from onc oí'
the ski shop staíĩ. [ p l :Som etim es I ’m
the tablc by 7 a.m. i H l :Wc just blitz
A chalet £ fir lys w ork is never done} Sarah S uth erlan d-lH lch tells Veronica Lee - in so tircd T jưst havc an early n ig h t/ she says.
thc placc - clcar the breaklast, strip the beds, gct
between m a k in g beds a n d delicious dinners.
everything ready.’ I f she hasn^t alreadv done the
This is thc sccotiđ year as a chalet girl for Sarah thcmselves, or clcans the room s — ‘the worst
Surherland-P ilch, a 24-year-old from West p art o f thc j()b/ shc saỵs.
Sussex. Known bỵ hcr nickname, Piich, Sarah Ị A At around 3 p.m ., the cleaning work đone, F 4A frightfitl d a v / she savs, Cw hcn yoư
By abou t 11 a.m. she is rcady co go on thc
works íor a cqnipany in Val d ’lscrc, Francc, Sarah then prepares tea for the new gưests. ccrtaiĩứy d o n 5t wanc to be cooking breakfast
síopcs hcrsclf. She skis as much as possible.
cooking and clcaiiing for visitors who com c to 1 with a terrible heâdache.’
Sarali rcturns to thc chalet in timc B Sarah enjoys cooking and, aiter leaving
ski and stay in the w ooden hoascs, knọw n as
to prcpare dinner and takcs a showcr bcíbre school, supportcd hcrsclf during holidays bỵ G Shc gcts up at 7 a.m. to walk thc niílc or so
chalets, that are cliaracrcristic o f the area. Sarah
doing so, but docs n o t slcep. ‘It1s fatal if you workĩng ÙS a cook. to the chalct, wliich slccps up to 18 guests
građuatcd 111 Prench and H istory o f A rt from i
d o / shc savs. cach weck.
O xío rd Brookes U nivcrsity [ast sum m er. I c "Thcrc’s nothing worse rhan com ing in to a
cI t’s a good waỵ to make contacts. D in ner, a thrcc-course affair, is scrvcd at messy kitchen the next morning*’ H It is soon dm e for diim cr d\!ty again and

I mccr successfi.ll people evcry w cck.5 8 p.m. and coffcc is usuallv on rhc table by pcrhaps a drink later, but not aKvays.
D As soon as thc gucsts are goaCy Sarah starts
Mìỵ&ỊỲiì 10 p,m. Sarah clears away the dinner things and
Sarah does not clive in \ Ệ ịM ỉt; Shc has hcr cleaning madly. I Beỉng a chalct gừl isn’t a carecr, she says,
iaỉiSSí: Somccinìcs she
íìils the dishwashcn
own brcakíast beíorc prcparing th at ()f the bur an enjoyable wav to spend a year or tw o
will stay and chat witli the guests, o th er timcs E ‘On a good day we can be up there until
guests. ‘T hcy gct chc works - porridge, eggs, bcfore settling đown.
they are contcnr to bc left alone. 'G ood guests 4.30 p .m .’
ccrcals> íruit and croissants.’ W hcn rhc last
can makc a week brilliant - breakfast this
o f the guests has had brcakfast, by about
m orning vvas grcat fun - but some wccks, fi>r
9 .30 a.m.* Sarah clears up and either makcs thc
vvhatever rcason, d o n ?t go quitc so well.’
aữ ernoon tea, which is lefr tbr rhc gLiests to help

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Test I Paper l Reading

Part 3
A HONvever. tlũs took lo n g cr than shc cx p cctcd , F H ow cvcr. having th c advancage o f groxving up
an d liavinị' a ram oitt fa(hcr d id n ’t au to n u rically in tlie m usic b » sin « s h e n c ir, Pam k n ow s vvhat
You are going to read a magazine arlicle about counlry music star Pam Tillis. Eight
o p c n doors. S h c sang in a rh y ih m and blucs th ii involvcs. S hc u n d e rsu n d s w h at is necevsary
paragraphs have been removed from the article. Choose from the paragraphs A-l the one
b an d , and attcr tì\x* years o f \v ritin g and in tcrn is o f hard w o rk and lo n cly nigiits spcnt
which fits each gap (15-21). There is one extra paragraph which you đo not neeđ to use.
singing. tĩnally g o t h e r b ig chance. in hoccl ro o im .
There is an example at the beginning (0).

B P ain eọịoyed playing w iih th c g rotip shc hađ G Piun bclicves t l u t th c cx p cricn cc gavc h c r X
Mark your answers on the separate ansv/or sheet.
ío rm c d . ‘T h c re s c n o rm o a s cn crg y o u t thcre,' g reater d ecerm in ad o n to live th c lifc shc
shc States cm phaticaUy.‘I lasted j m t o v cr .1 year, w an ted . ‘If so m c th in g d n u n atic likc th at
b u t th e n it \V 3S tim c to 1*0 home.* liappciis to anyonc, i( Iiu k c ỉ th c m th in k th ey
survivcd to r ì reason.*
W i l d A n g e l
c P am íìrst appcared o n .1 n ụ ịo r stagc a t th c agc
o f cipln, ỉin g in g \vith h c r Inthcr. As a tccnagcr. H O ne ĨI1 p articu lar to ld h e r cliat sh c \vas cap íble
Country musỉc star Pam Tỉllis talks ơbout her lựe and work. sh e show ed » p at m an y u lc n t aighcs in o f sin g in g any k in d o f m usic sh c \\-amcd. Kccn
N aihviU e, and p erfo rm cd at Io c j 1 clubs. to spread h e r artiitic w in g ỉ. shc p m to g cd icr a
\Vlnlc in che studio iccortiing bcr jlbtnn A ll Ọ fThis Paiu*s new frỉciick thcrc cnconnined her to widcn
'locw<? ja z r /ro c k b an d ’ callcd Frcclight.
i M t , country tnuỉic star Pam Tillis íoimd h m e l f h e r m iH Ìc n l tn ste s.
im.ii>ining an old d in cc hall. A \ a rcsult, thc D Pam . hm vcver, pro d u ccd h e r la t« t K co rd
Mcxic.iii-flavoured ballnd, ‘T cquih M ockingbird', h crtclf. *It was rcvvarding an d enjayable,' shc I ‘It \vasn’t pl.iinied. M y violin playcr $ «Tte d to
onc o f thc album s highlights. js punctuatcd by thc sa y s,'b u t I \vish l'd b een ablc to takc 3 \v h o le play his H>lo an d m y m in d \vas tra iu p o rtc d to a
‘It \va$ a crazy dme,’ Pam rccalls. ‘W hcn yourc
tound o f hcr dancc stcps. vouim, yx>u go any way the wind blovvs. so 1 WIS ycar ovcr it.’ rim e a b o u t 2 0 0 years ago. W h e n l startcd
experim eniing and sc d n g \vhat I could do. F was d ancing, th e no ise seem cd so ap p ro p riatc th at
I
> searching for my ideniity, if you likc.’ E C a liío rn is has alwa>"s b ecn th c d estin atio n for \ \ r lefi it o n thc recorđ.'
T h e cldcst child o f tamcd coui«r>’ singcr M d T illii. Am cricaV h o p c íu k and dream crs. P am fclt
Pam li.ii hcci) ÍI1 the busincss long cnouiỊh to kno\v I » r liim tcd b y liíẽ in Na^hvillc. and so íh c to o
\vhcn to add somechiitg .1 littlc unum al to h cr m uũc. K etum ing lo Noàlivillc in 1978, Pam was stil! m ovcd to th e w est coast.
But tar trom bcing thc 'goldcn child’ \vith a o n c - looking tor hcr placc. Somi: o f hcr songi had been
way tickct to success, PamTillií'$ jo u rncy to stardom recorcled by otlicr artists, but she no\v bt‘g jn the
has bccn liill o f ups and downs. search for her íìrsc recording contract.
15

T hen hcr lifc w » turncd upsiiic do\vn. At thc agc ot"

T he KSC, as (hey say. is hiỉtory. R eccntly votcd
16. Pam was involvcd in 3 scrious car accidcnt,
Pcnule Singcr o f thc Year by thc Coutỉtry Music
lcadiníỊ to w ars o f plastic swrgcr>- and occasional A »ocutioi). and \vith a scrics oíbesc-selling rvcordi
pain cvcr sincc. bchind her, the m ost difficult part o f Pam’$ lifc thcse
days is balancing licr homc life, \vith her husband
[« Ị
and w u n g íon, and hcr carccr.
A ũcr tlic accident, $hc atccndcd (hc ư n ĩv cn itỵ o f
Tcnncssce, Jiul it \vas hcrc that Pam startcd hcr íìrst: I 21
band. Lcaving collcge in 1976.shc workcd for a timc ‘In íom e ways it \vas worsc‘ in Dads day.' admiB
in h cr íathcrs publiíhiniĩ company, S aw g n » M uãc, Pain .T h ere was n o T V o r vicieo and thcy wcre awa>'
bui then it \vas time to leave thc nest.
100 <ia>-s o r niorc i year. liut the S3crifìce is \vorth
it. It's .1 \vay o f (eaching >x)ur kids about |].iving a
drc^m. and how im porunc it to follo\v (hat
In che b tc 19705, this area was ỉ inagnct for yotmiỊ drcỉm .'
Amcricans. T hcrc wns no bcMcr placc to bc. and

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 Paper I Reading
Test 2

P a rt 3
The river scemcd maddened as tho watcrs beíore Ihc (lam \vas buỉlt. the rlvcr had (loodcd

You are going to read an article written by someone who lives in a house in a valley. Seven poured almost horizontally do\vn to ỉts lo\vcr the nearby villagcs in just such a rage. Now.
sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one stretchcs. Just a couple of mclrcs from our thc dam rcstrlcts the flow ol the rỉver
vvhich fits each gap (16-21). There is one extra sentence vvhich you do not need to use.
There is an example at the beginning (0). coỉỉagc,
» the slmiiĩì seemed
’ U I" ư v v i l i v u wild bcncatli
l l \ l l/V I I V U U I Uic
M IV <111(1 usually all Is well: the í>reat mass of waler
brldge. I 20Ị J For three (lays wc prayed from the hỉlls. the product ()f snow and
Mark your answers on the separate ansvver sheet.
that it \vould Siay bclo\v its wall. Our prayers torrentỉal rain. remaỉns bcliiiid iis barrlcr wiih
were ans\vcrcd as the dam held and tho watcrs just the occasionííl overflo\v. 21 Wc

L l V I N G IN T H E V A L L E Y began to subsidc. can feel our homc in thc valley is still secure
and safc.
On many occasỉons through the ccnturlcs

And yel wc knc\v Uiat Uicre was reason for us

lo \vorry. The snow and \vind were certãlnly
inconvcnlcnt but thcy did not really Irouble us
grcally. 17 ; ll rcmlndcd us I>f \vhal
A It was thc river. the Ryburn, \vhich E v\e can thus cnjoy, rathcr than fear. the
could havc occurrcd if circumstânccs liart boon
normally flowcd so gently. that huge clouds Ihat hang ovcr tlic vallcy.
dlíTcrcnt. ií thr no\v «f vvatcr írĩ>m the hills had
threatcncd us most. and can bc thrilled by the tremendous
noi. many years beíore. becn controlled. held
power which \vc know the rlver
back by a scrỉes or dams. B And yet the immcnse po\vcr of íill Iliỉs
possesses.
\vatcr above us prevcnts us froin ever
In a short lime thc snơ\v siarted 10 mclt. Day
belicving ourselves lo bc completcly F II almosl completely blocked our lane
aílcr day. \ve \vatchcd íurlous clouds plle up
safe ỉn oụr homc. and madc the sireamside path slippery
NVc had boen IMng In our vallcy íor slxteen hiíih ovcr Ihc liills to thc vvest. Slnlsier grey
and dangcrous.
monlhs vvhrn \vc Ilrst realised tho đangcre that clouds vxiended over Ihe valleys. QÍ8 c They twisted and turned. rlsỉng
castNvards and upxvards. warnỉng of G There In Ihc heights it \vas like the
could exlsl. [ 0 H (ỉntll then. we had fcli Wc had seen enough of the sky: mm \ve began
xvliíit was to come. Niagcira Kalls, as the \vatcr surgcd over
safe and shcltercd in c»ur vallcy. lo uatch Ihe river. uhich evcry da> was
the cdge <)f the (lam and poured into the
borominíỉ fullcr and wlldcr. D It \vas far dccpcr than we'd ever seen it
Soon snow bcgíin to fall. \Viihln a day it lay strcam below.
so near our homc, ỉungỉng ĩurỉously at
some 13 centimetres deep. pĨ6 Buí The snow w as gradually \vasho<1 away as morc
its banks. H It was the year when Ihe storms came
on Ihe neiplilMíuring hciíihls thc snow w as and more raln streamed Irom the clouds. but
carly, bcfore the calendar even hỉnted at
much deeper and stayed for longcr. Up Iherr hiíih up in Uie hills the reservolr \vas niling «nnd
\vinicr. cven bcĩore Novcmber was out.
tho wlnd blasird nercely. Deep ín our valley u e wa8 Ííisi ai)|)roaclìlii{> danger level. And thon II
íolt only 8uddcn gustó of \vind: trccs swayed bui happcncd - for Ihe llrst time In ycars Uie
Ihc* branchcs held flrm. rcsciAoir (nrrílimcd. 19

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Test3 Paper I Reading

P a rt 3
rcplaccd \vith m ore up-to-date m odels at any oíĩercd to gucsts m ust bc cxccllcnt. C hef Patrick

You are going to read a magazine artide about a nevv hotel. Eight sentences have been tim e. Video recordcrs can also be Iipgraded G uilbaud's D ublin rcstaurant alrcady had two
removed from the article. Choose írom the sentences A-l the one which fits each gap w hcn ncccssary. M ichelin stars w hcn hc agrccd to m ove his
(16-22). There is one extra sentence vvhich you do not need to use. There is an example at
Despite thc prcscncc o f all this very up-to- rcstaurant business to the M crrion. 22
the beginning (0 ).
the-m inute equipm ent in the room s, M acCann He has hccn able to design a nesv kũchen and
Mark your answers on the separate answ er sheet says thcy havc tricd hard noi 10 m ake guc.sts take it into thc m odcm age. T here are hetter
fecl Ihreatcned hy the tcchnology. 21 Ị parking facilities than at thc prcvious address.
T here arc. o f coursc, a sw im m ing pool and too. From thc hotcl’s side, thcy arc ablc to offcr
Five-star luxury gym , six conícrencc room s. tw o bars and tw o a popular and successlul place to eat, w ith no

restaurants, and a bcautiíul garden ai thc hcart financial risks attachcd.

meets up-to-date o f it all. A ided by tcchnology and a highly capahlc

technology A s at all luxur>' hotcls, thc food thai is staff, the M errion looks likcly to succccd.

he five-star Merrion Hotel, vvhich has jưst complain about rooni tcmperaturc. [ 18
T opcncd. i$ thc rcsult of considcrablc Guests have the opportunity lo change the
tcmpcraturc thcmselvcs within ihree degrees
research into customer reqiùrcments and ncarly
1W0 ycars' work convcriing four largc. cilhcr sidc of thc nornial 18°c but, in addition.
cightccnih-ccntury hcmscs in Dublin. Ị~ 0 : I each individual room can bc adjusicd by any
This has been done for thc bcncfit of statĩ and amount betwcen I4°c and 25°c ai Ihe 1'ront -------
dcsk. A For guesls, though, it is thc other F Hovvevcr, for dctails of his g u csts’
guesis alikc.
This is particularly ữuc for the technology offcrcd in their room s w hich is preíerences. hc rclics on the hotcl’s
At the Mcrrion. General Managcr Pcler
business user. and MacCann estímates that up lo m ost likcly to find favour. Computer System.
MacCann expccts his staff lo know thc gucsts by
name. I 16 ĩt can deal vvith rctum clienis sixiy-five pcr cent of his business vvill come
B Being part o f ihc hcMcl site has hugc G T he one hundred and i'orty-fivc bcdroom s.
in thc cxtra-spccial vvay that is appropriatc to a ftom ihis pítrt ot thc markei. To provide Ihe best
bcncfits, lx)th for him and thc hotcl itself. large and w ell-fum ishcd, arc both
fivc-star hotcl. serN-ice for such needs, thc hotcl has takcn
com íortable and w elcom ing.
Though the System cosi £250.000 to install. it the traditional busincss ccntrc and pui it into
c Extra cablcs havc bccn laid to handlc
will pay for itself over time. according to individual hednx>ms. Each onc has thrce phones, H Hc praises its efficiency and talks
vvhatever scientiííc advances may occur.
MacCann. [ 17 For cxamplc. a gucsi two phone lines, a fax machine thai doubles as a enthusiastically o f thc facilities it offers.
who rcqucsts ccrtain music CDs during a íĩrst photocopicr and printcr. and a video- D He expecLs fifty pcr ccnt o f thc room s to
slay will find thosc same CDs rcady for him on a coníercncing facility. bc (K*cupied in the hotel’s fírst ycar. 1 Crcating a new hotcl in this w ay has

rctum visit. This is thanks to thc gucst-his(ỡT>' Technology changcs so quickly these days that allow cd the latcst tcchnology to be
the hotel has had to try to íorccast possiblc E A noiher hi-lech System Controls this installed.
íacility which allovvs s«afĩ lo key in any nunibcr
iniprovements. Ị 20 Tlic tclcvisions arc e&sential arca o f coniíort.
of prcfcrcnccs.
Hotel gucsts Ihe vvorld ovcr írcqucntly rcntcd ralher than boughi, so Ihai Ihey can bc

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Test 4
Paper I Reading

Part 3

hve years ago,Jcromc \vciit to the United States to At th.1 t momcnt. a paticnt arrivcs. Jcromc rushes
You are going to read a nevvspaper article about a dentist. Eight sentences have been
removed from the arlicle. Choose from the sentences A -l the one which fits each gap do rcsearch. ‘ | 2 2 I Ị ' He sees his patient- ovcr.oíĩcrs him a cup o f tca (hcrbal or regular),asks
(16-22). There is one extra sentence vvhich you do not need to use. There is an example v-cntrcd attitudc as the start o f a gndual movcmcnt him \vhat vidco hc’d likc to vvatch and lcads him
at the beginning (0 ).
:owai-ds lcs$ íormality in the conservativc Britíỉh gendy tovvards the chair.

Mark your answers on the scparate ansvver sĩieet dcnristn- profcs$ion.

Fun at the Dentist^s?

wr>’ ic a u .tb r n u l.c lin in l viỉits. H c s a p .' 17 ị

V ĩrtual-rcality hcj<l>cts arc o n c o f lns nc\v rcUxatiữii

A O ne o f the things I found out thcrc was thai E Wc were the íìrbt practicc in Britain to
te c h n iq u e t.' 18 I T ho headscts are uscd for
\vhen you makc it casicr for the patienr, you introduce thcm.
th e iniúal chcck-up . w hcrc th c paticĩit sits o n the
makc it casicr for yourseir.
Wuc co u ch and w atchcs an u n d m v a tc r film w h ile I F It íccls a bit strange. but as long as pcople are
look at ( h d r te tth . T lien ilie headsel sw itch«s to a B Th.1t swhy I don’cwcar a wlũtc coat. relaxcd, it’s not paiiilul.

spccial cam cra, to pivc thc paticnc .1 \nsiul tou r

c It' pcoplc are rclaxed, entertained and correcdy G Now they look for\vard to their visils hcrc.
arotiiHÌ th cir m outli.'
trcatcd. they will íorgct such prcvious ncgaũvc
I f \x>u \valk in to w . L loydJcrom c's dcncal surgcrx' in H When pcoplc \valk in, I \vanc thcm to rcalisc
cxperiences.
Ghsgoxv, ỵ o u ’11scc b rig h t pa.ntings arxl a fash.o.ubLc A n o th cr kcv Poinc “ th jt th c surs cry m orc \vith all thcir scnscs that its not like going to
blue co u c h w h ich pa«icn« sic o n w hilc he ch cck s hkc J shoP «faan a denri«V .T o d iy th crc Í4 D The reiaxation techniques arc importaiu but the dcntist $.
th e ir tccth .Jero m e says,* I 0 I I I T h a ù bccauve th c smclỉ o f o r in ^ - ‘ E u StneU « w r >’ tlic qualicy o f thc trcatnỉcnt is thc most
I Fifty pcr ccnt o f the population only go to the
th c y rc frig h tcn cd : iin p o rta n t.T h a t d ental sm ell o f suigical spirit can gct iiuporunt thing.
deruist whcn thcy”rc in pain.
th e heart racini; in m uuitcs if you*re írig h ten e d o f
H e has tric d to cveace a n en v iio n m cn t w hcre p c o p le J ■ .

arc n o t aíraid .‘ | l 6 Ị I find th a ts o n e o f th c

things Ihat pcoplc a s o c ũ c e wich pain. In fac«. m y K now n as GUsgovv's m ost tish io m b lc dciióst.Jc*Dm e

philosophy b Chat d e n u l ciratm ent sh ould takc p l x e » kecn lo p ° int o u t that hc u k cs h ii ' w r k very

in an atmcKphcre o f rcU xation, in tc rc u and, a b o \r j l l . seriou5ly- B B S I

enjoyinent.’
For e x a m p k Jero m e a special im tru n ien t

W hich ií all highly shockiiìg for aiụ-onc (m ost o f us) w hĩch sprays w arm w atcr o n chc tccth to c k a n thcm .

\v ho associatet d c n u l trcatm cnt \vith pain. o r Jt th e rnchcr chan v ra p in g ih c rn .' I 2 1 I ~| *

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Test 5 Reading and Use of English

Part 6
A 
Although it may seem unnecessary to do E 
In fact, Liz’s behaviour is not at all like that
these, Liz views them as essential. of other college students her age.
You are going to read an article about sleep and learning. Six sentences have been removed from
the article. Choose from the sentences A–G the one which fits each gap (37–42). There is one extra B 
It also has a less obvious but possibly even F 
But that’s exactly what many researchers
sentence which you do not need to use. more profound impact. say it is.

C 
Liz knows that she must nevertheless do G 
Quite the opposite, actually, as research
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. her best to avoid it. into its effects progresses.

D 
Research suggests that the most critical
period of sleep for this to happen in is the
College students need their sleep! one on the same day.

Research into the connection between sleep and learning suggests

that sleep is even more important than previously thought.

Only a month and a half into her first semester Inadequate sleep negatively affects our
at college, Liz, a student at Harvard University, learning processes. It is simply more difficult
already wishes she had more time for sleep. to concentrate when we are sleep deprived;
Several mornings each week, Liz rises before this affects our ability to focus on and gather
six to join her teammates for rowing practice. information presented to us, and our ability to
On days like these she seldom sleeps more remember even those things we know we have
than seven hours per night, but it’s not as if she learned in the past. 40 That is, the
doesn’t try. effect that many sleep researchers think it has
on memory consolidation, the process by which
37 She often misses opportunities to connections in the brain strengthen and form
socialize in order to get her coursework done into something more permanent.
and still get to bed at a reasonable time. Even
without knowing just how important sleep is to A number of studies have shown that poor
learning, she tries to make time for it. quality sleep can negatively impact on a person’s
ability to turn factual information or processes
This is not always easy, however. The many they’ve just learned into long-term memories.
demands on her time include her chosen sport, 41 And if this opportunity is missed
as well as activities like studying optional extra – such as when a student stays awake all night
subjects. 38 She and other students – it generally can’t be made up. Even if sleep is
who think the same way as her sacrifice ‘recovered’ on subsequent nights, the brain will
sleep to fit everything in. It isn’t surprising to be less able to retain and make use of information
learn, therefore, that students represent one gathered on the day before. These findings shed
of the most sleep-deprived segments of the new light on the importance of making time for
population. Coursework, sports and new-found sleep, not only for college students like Liz, but
independence all contribute to the problem. for anyone who wants to continue to learn.

Studies have found that only eleven percent Early in her first semester at Harvard, Liz feels
of college students sleep well consistently, like she is maintaining a healthy balance, but
while seventy-three percent experience only just. Trying hard to get the most out of her
at least occasional sleep issues, as Liz does. time in college, she admits it’s sometimes hard
Forty percent of students felt well-rested no to see sleep as an important part of her athletic
more than two days per week. Poor sleep is no and scholastic objectives. 42 Rather
longer considered a harmless aspect of college. than thinking of sleep as wasted time or even
39 The results of this show that it has time off, we should, they say, instead view it
significant impact on memory and learning. as the time when our brain is doing some of its
most important work.

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Test 6 Reading and Use of English

Part 6
A However, to do so would have required D One question, however, had been left
superhuman strength against the friction unanswered.
You are going to read an article about how the Egyptian pyramids were built. Six sentences have
of the desert sand.
been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A–G the one which fits each gap E The pyramid builders seem to have realised
(37–42). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. B This allowed them to work out exactly how that this was the correct proportion.
much of it had been used every time.
F The effect of this turns out to be significant.
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. C This slowed it down dramatically.
G It was to help the sledge move more easily
across the sand.
Has one of the mysteries of the ancient pyramids
been solved?
A painting in a 3000-year-old tomb suggests how the Ancient Egyptians may have
transported the heavy stones used to build the pyramids.
Ever since the discovery of the first pyramid, This revelation was made by researchers from the
scientists have wondered how ancient Egyptians University of Amsterdam and the Foundation for
built these monumental structures that are visible Fundamental Research on Matter. The scientists
even from space. arrived at this conclusion after conducting extensive
testing in their laboratory, by sliding a weighted tray
There are a number of theories about the construction across both dry sand and sand that had been mixed
techniques they used. 37 Egyptologists with varying amounts of water. In dry sand, heaps
had always wondered how workers were able to formed in front of the tray as it was dragged along.
move the giant limestone blocks. These weigh as 40
much as 2.5 tons each, and the stone quarries from
which they were cut were often located hundreds of However, as the researchers added water, the sand
kilometres away from the pyramid sites. hardened, which helped reduce both the force
needed to pull the tray and the friction against it.
Dragging them on basic wooden sledges, similar to That’s because the water helps form tiny water
those people use to slide down snow-covered slopes bridges, known as capillary bridges, between the
in winter, was the obvious answer. 38 sand particles, causing them to stick together.
It now turns out that the workers probably did 41 The force required to pull the sledge
have some assistance – from ordinary water! What would have been reduced by as much as 50% as the
is even more amazing is that the answer to the sand became stiffer, which meant that half as many
Egyptologists’ puzzle has been staring them in the workers were needed to move the heavy stones.
face for many years, in a wall painting in the tomb
of an ancient Egyptian king, or pharaoh. There was a tipping point, though. After the
moisture exceeded a certain amount, the stiffness
The artwork, which depicts a pharaoh being pulled started to decrease and the capillary bridges melted
along by a large team of workers, has one significant away, causing the sand to clump up around the
detail that had so far been misinterpreted – a man tray once again. According to the researchers, the
pouring water in front of the sledge the pharaoh perfect balance appears to be when the volume of
is being dragged upon. Egyptologists had always the water is between 2 – 5% of the volume of sand.
thought that the man was performing some kind 42 And so another step has been taken
of religious ritual. However, some scientists now towards understanding the incredible feat achieved
believe that the water was being poured for a totally by these ancient engineers. Now if we could only
different reason. 39 find a painting that would tell us how the workers
erected these impressive structures without access
to modern mechanics, that would be amazing!

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Test 7 Reading and Use of English

Part 6
A We weren’t the only ones to wonder why D Other devices will also hopefully tell us
this might be happening. how much time puffins spend diving for
You are going to read an article about a type of seabird, called a puffin. Six sentences have been
food.
removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A–G the one which fits each gap (37–42). B From this moment on, we know remarkably
There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. little about where these birds end up and E This was further evidence that something
what could possibly be affecting them unusual is happening at sea before they
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. there. return to the colony.

C But we should also take into account that F 

Puffins are always among the earliest
if a young puffin survives the winter, it will seabirds to lay eggs.
Puffins in peril come back the following July.
G Last year there was an additional task.
Scientist Mike Harris explains that the puffin seems about
to join the list of seabirds whose numbers are declining.

It’s a grey day in early April on the Isle of May off Last spring we also caught and weighed some
the east coast of Scotland. Far out to sea a small returning adults and found they were significantly
dot appears on the horizon. It rapidly increases in lighter than the birds we caught 10 years ago.
size, suddenly turning into a puffin that lands with a 40 Puffins are long-lived and can cope
splash on the water. This bird probably hasn’t seen with a few poor productive seasons, but not with
land for five months, but now it’s returning to its such a large loss of adults.
colony for the breeding season.
In early August, the puffin colonies empty rather
The first puffin is soon joined by others and abruptly. Virtually all puffins leave within a week,
together they bob on the sea. Newly returned though a few adults remain to feed a late chick.
birds are nervous but, as the days pass, they gain 41 I have always believed, though, that
confidence and begin reclaiming the underground few of them venture far from the North Sea. Now,
nesting burrows they made the previous year by however, the development of instruments known
tunnelling into the soft earth on the top of the as geolocators, small enough to be fitted around a
cliffs. 37 They have to hurry because it puffin’s leg, is enabling us to test this idea.
takes three months to rear a chick and all the birds
must leave by early August to spend time feeding We fitted these units to some puffins two years ago
intensively before the winter. and caught the birds again last year to download
the data. Some did remain within the North Sea,
I visit the island every April, eager to see how many but others went much further. For someone who
of the adult puffins we have caught and attached has spent years watching puffins for only part of
identification rings to have returned. 38 their lives, this new technology is providing some
With a team of helpers I counted every occupied fascinating information. 42 This would
burrow on the island – something we undertake still leave us with the question of what they eat in
every five years. winter and whether there are sufficient quantities
of prey available.
The island’s puffin population had been increasing
every year for the previous 40 years, and so we The good news is that we now have an idea of the
anticipated at least 100,000 pairs. To our dismay areas our puffins go to in winter, and we can check
we found just 42,000. 39 Experts from whether conditions there might have altered due to
other research programmes have concluded it climate change or overfishing. Maybe we can then
must be connected to where puffins spend the take some steps to help them. Hopefully it is just a
winter months. local problem, because there are in fact still plenty
of puffins to see around the Scottish coast.

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Test 8 Reading and Use of English

Part 6
A Inline skating is not just about kids whose E In some areas it has been successful in
wishes can be ignored. implementing notorious and strict skating
You are going to read an article about the sport of inline skating. Six sentences have been removed
prohibitions, such as the closure of most
from the text. Choose from the sentences A–G the one which fits each gap (37–42). There is one B 
Once up and running, it’s all about
of London’s parks to skaters.
extra sentence which you do not need to use. consolidating what’s been learned,
enjoying the feel of your wheels and getting F The name doesn’t really matter; it’s the
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. better. impact it has had that is important.

C They all add up to the great new world of G Indeed, it’s all about the right to enjoy life’s
inlining. little – and not so little – pleasures.
Inline Skating D What’s more, with all the right padding and
The popularity of inline skating is growing all the time. protection, adults can start to skate safely
at an age when they are collecting their
No doubt about it, inline skating is one of the We know they are wrong. 39 It is a sport pensions.
world’s most popular street sports. Different people which offers everyone a brilliant way to get up off
call it different things. Rollerblade was the original the couch, whizz around outside, have fun, get fit,
American skate manufacturer and that’s why many get involved, develop skills and learn team-work.
call it rollerblading. Others shorten this to blading,
while still others prefer inline skating (because the In time, all skaters will be allowed to go about their
wheels on each skate are in line). business and co-exist in harmony with other users
of tarmac. 40 So skaters should take care
37 Inline skating has taken the concept of not to adopt a selfish attitude to others, because
self-propelled wheels into a new dimension which annoying other people might eventually lead to
allows skaters of the most basic ability to move with a situation where the skaters’ own enjoyment or
grace, speed and style, and feel good about doing freedom of movement is curtailed.
it. A huge attraction is that you can do it anywhere
where there is a smooth, hard surface and if you’re Kids as young as five or six can learn to skate well.
really keen, you can even do it off-road too. 41 And in between those two extremes
skating is no less important as a way for those in
But the very popularity of the sport everywhere their teen years to avoid the trap of urban boredom,
has created something of a problem. The ‘Ban all which can create problems in contemporary society.
Skaters’ group, made up of opponents of the sport,
has never been far behind. 38 No matter To qualify as an inline skater, you just have to get
– people will keep on skating wherever they can. through the basics of pushing off, turning and
stopping – all easy techniques which most people
So the difficulty lies in changing the attitude of can learn to handle in half a dozen sessions.
established local authorities, which are so often 42 Next you can learn to skate faster,
dominated by older people who have no concept turn tighter, stop faster, skate through slalom cones
of the joy of inline skating, don’t want anything to (just use tin cans) forwards and maybe backwards.
do with it, and simply dismiss the sport as a branch Then you can learn how to go up and down hills and
of the current youth culture they can do without. perhaps some clever tricks as well.

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