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Listening test
Part 1

You will hear some sentences. You will hear each sentence twice. Choose the best reply
to each sentence.

1. A. I hope so
B. I hope, it does
C. I hope, they come

2. A. A man who works on a ship

B. A man who looks after sheep
C. A man who makes things out of metal

3. A. Oh good!
B. One hour
C. Half past twelve

4. A. I don’t like coffee

B. I prefer tea
C. Coffee, please

5. A. It is a red shirt
B. It was very cheap
C. It was in a shop

6. A. I’m afraid so
B. I think so
C. That’s all right

7. A. No, I’m not

B. Only a little
C. Yes, very much

8. A. That’s very good

B. Here you are
C. It doesn’t matter
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Part 2

For each question, write the correct answer in the gap.

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Part 3

You will hear five different people being interviewed on the radio about Christmas. For
questions 15-18, choose from the list A-F which words best describe their feelings about
this celebration. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need
to use.

15. Speaker 1 … A) A surprise he/she wants to give someone.

B) A recent holiday.
16. Speaker 2… C) Healthy recipes he/she wants to get.
17. Speaker 3… D) New skills he/she wants to get.
E) Why people should avoid some food.
18. Speaker 4 … F) His/her daily routine.
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Part 4

Label the map below.

Write the correct letter, A-H, next to Questions 19-23

19 super market …………

20 climbing supplies store …………
21 museum …………
22 bike hire …………
23 café …………

Part 5

You will hear three different extracts. For questions 24-29, choose the answer (A, В or C)
which fits best according to what you hear. There are two questions for each extract.
Extract One
24. Raphael is thinking of learning the keyboard instead of the drums because
A) finding somewhere to practice the keyboard is less problematic.
B) it’s easier to control the volume on a keyboard.
C) keyboards are much more portable.
25. What’s Lizzie doing?
A) trying to persuade Raphael to make up his mind
B) questioning whether he has made he right decision
C) suggesting he takes more time to choose which instrument to play
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Extract Two

26. What does the woman say about meeting clients for the first time?
A) She doesn’t feel comfortable wearing formal clothes.
B) She isn’t as open as she usually is.
C) She tries not to be influenced by the surroundings.

27. What do they agree about long-term business relationships?

A) First impressions can turn out to be right.
B) Friendships can develop over time.
C) Promotion can change the way a person behaves.

Extract Three
28. How did Nick feel when he made a dish he used to love as a child?
A) disappointed that it was less sweet than he remembered
B) frustrated that it took a long time to make
C) embarrassed that it tasted so unpleasant

29. What aspect of Nick’s job is his sister interested in?

A) how competitive it is
B) how unpredictable it is
C) how technical it is

Part 6
You will hear a part of a lecture. For each question, fill in the missing information in the
numbered space.
Write no more than ONE WORD for each answer.

RIDING SCHOOL VOLUNTEER

In addition to working on her horse-riding skills, learning (30) …………………………...
skills was another reason Diana wanted to volunteer.
Diana was especially impressed with the (31) ......................................... of the area where
the riding school is located.
In the mornings, Diana’s first job was to carry out what are known as
(32) .....................................checks , which were supervised by an experienced employee.
When Diana was giving children riding lessons, she advised them to
(33)…………………………. If they felt nervous.
As a result of riding every day, Diana’s (34) ............................................... improved.
The most thrilling ride for Diana was when she jumped over a (35) ……………….............
on her favourite horse.
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READING TEST
Part 1
Read the text. Fill in each gap with ONE word. You must use a word which is
somewhere in the rest of the text.
How does farming impact air quality?

Farming releases small particles of pollution into the air. This 1 s the quality of
the surrounding air and has serious impacts on human health. In fact, air pollution
caused by 2 results in 17,900 deaths in the US every year! We wanted to
understand more about which farming processes and foods caused the most 3 .
That way we could look for ways to reduce it. We calculated the total farming-related
air pollution released in the US. We broke this data down into different categories for
further analysis. We found that animal waste, fertilizer, and tilling 4 the vast
majority of deaths. Animal-based foods caused nearly four times more deaths than
plant-based foods. Finally, we looked at 5 that could decrease air pollution. We
found that changes in diet were the most effective. But farming interventions alone
could lower 6 considerably.

Part 2

Questions 7-14
Look at the five reviews of rice cookers, A-E.
For which rice cooker are the following statements true?

Write the correct letter, A-E, in boxes 7-14 on your answer sheet.
NB You may use any letter more than once.

7 The handles at the side are hard to use.

8 It cooks brown rice without making a mess.
9 It automatically switches setting to keep to rice warm when cooked.
10 It’s difficult to get the removable top really clean.
11 A selection of recipes is provided with the cooker.
12 It has a handle at the top for carrying the cooker safely.
13 The outside of the cooker doesn’t get too hot.
14 You can put the pot in the dishwasher.
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Rice cookers
What’s the best rice cooker for you?
A Ezy Rice Cooker
This has a 1.8 litre pot and a stainless steel exterior. It has a separate glass lid, and the
handle on the lid stays cool. It produces perfectly cooked white rice, but tends to spit
when cooking brown rice. There are slight dirt traps around the rim of the lid, and neither
the pot nor the lid is dishwasher safe.

B Family Rice Cooker

This has a plastic exterior and a flip-top lid. The lid locks when closed and becomes a
secure handle to carry the cooker. The aluminium interior pot is quite difficult to clean,
and it can’t be put in a dishwasher. It’s programmed to adjust the temperature once the
rice is done so that it stops cooking but doesn’t get cold.

C Mini Rice Cooker

This has a flip-top lid and a 0.3 litre capacity. The interior pot is made of non-stick
aluminium and is dishwasher safe. This rice cooker is ideal when cooking for one.
However it does not have any handles at the side, and water sometimes overflows when
cooking brown rice.

D VPN Rice Cooker

This has a painted steel exterior with a handle on each side and a steel inner pot. It has a
lift-off lid and comes with a booklet including a range of ideas for rice dishes. However,
the keep-warm setting must be manually selected and the handles are tricky to grip.

E S16 Rice cooker

This is simple to use, not spitting or boiling over even when cooking brown rice. The
exterior stays cool when in use, so there’s no danger of burning your hand. However, the
lack of handles is a nuisance, and a recipe book would have been useful.
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Part 3

Questions 15-20
The text has six sections, A-F.
Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of headings below.
Write the correct number, i-vii, in boxes 28-33 on your answer sheet.

15 Section A
16 Section B
17 Section C
18 Section D
19 Section E
20 Section F

Preventing the theft of turtle eggs

Conservationists and law enforcement have struggled to prevent wildlife trafficking. But
could some plastic eggs and GPS trackers change the game?
A
Humans have been eating sea turtle eggs (and killing adult turtles for meat) for millennia.
However, as human populations exploded and as sea turtles began to confront additional
threats such as intensive fishing, beach development and climate change, sea turtle
populations declined precipitously. Today, all but one of the world’s seven species of sea
turtles are considered threatened according to the IUCN* Red List. And the one that’s not
– the flatback turtle – is listed as data deficient, which means scientists simply don’t
know how it’s doing.
B
One major problem is that every year millions of sea turtle eggs are illegally taken by
poachers for sale on the black market. The situation is particularly serious in Nicaragua,
in Central America, which is home to four sea turtle species.
Kim Williams-Guillen, who works for conservation body Paso Pacifico, described the
poaching of sea turtle nests on the beaches of Nicaragua as ‘uncontrolled, unregulated,
extensive and contested’. Even the best-protected beaches are plundered to some extent
and it’s not uncommon to see poachers digging up nests just meters from tourists
watching sea turtles laying their clutch at night, she said. This poaching becomes
particularly frenzied during the arribadas – mass laying events where thousands of
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turtles nest on the same beach for a single night in a biological strategy to overwhelm
natural predators.
C
‘Even with armed guards, the numbers of poachers overwhelm military personnel by ten
to twenty to one,’ Williams-Guillen said. ‘Although many poachers are locals with
limited resources, during these arribadas there are influxes of gangs of poachers from
larger cities outside local communities. These are not just local poor people without other
options.’
But to protect the country’s sea turtles, Williams-Guillen said conservationists shouldn’t
just depend on catching low-level operators. ‘If one poacher decides to stop, another one
will just step into his place… we need to know more about the middlemen and people
higher up in the distribution chain,’ she said.
D
Paso Pacifico’s solution is the creation of high-tech sea turtle eggs: fake eggs
convincingly crafted to look like the real thing, but which contain GPS tracking devices.
These have the potential to reveal the destination markets for trafficked sea turtle eggs.
Making convincing sea turtle eggs is not easy, and Paso Pacifico is still working on
perfecting a prototype. In particular, it’s proving quite problematic to create the right
texture, since sea turtle eggs are not covered in a hard shell like those of birds, but are
quite flexible.
So Paso Pacifico brought in Lauren Wilde, a special effects artist in the US, to create a
convincing outer shell. First, Wilde had to get her hands on the real thing. Since it’s
illegal to send sea turtle eggs over the border, Wilde is using land turtle eggs from
California. ‘It was really eye opening and important for me to feel these eggs and how
the shell bends a little,’ she said.
To get the GPS device inside the shell, Paso Pacifico is using 3D printers to make a
plastic ball which will then have a GPS transmitter fitted inside. This will take the place
of the embryo inside the shell. Lastly the fake shells will be sealed with silicone,
waterproofing them.
E
Sea turtles on average lay around 100 eggs in a nest, and once the fake eggs are finished
they will be slipped in with the real ones. Williams-Guillen said it might even be possible
to deliver fake eggs into nests while poachers are at work. Wary of tourists, poachers will
often back off if strangers come near and then return when they have gone. ‘It would be
pretty easy to drop an egg in the dark into a nest they have been digging up,’ she said.
Once the poacher picks up the fake egg along with the real ones, conservationists and law
enforcement agents will be able to track them. Experts believe most of the stolen eggs
eventually make their way out of Nicaragua, possibly to El Salvador or Guatemala.
However, there is also growing concern that sea turtle eggs from Central America are
actually heading to the USA, from where they are sold on to other countries around the
world.
F
To date, Paso Pacifico has yet to put a single fake egg in a nest. But Williams-Guillen
said she isn’t too concerned that publicity for their scheme will result in poachers looking
for the eggs. ‘The vast majority of the poaching is happening at night, so already it is
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hard to tell [the eggs] apart, and at this point, poachers and middlemen are not closely
inspecting eggs, but rather shoving them into a sack as quickly as possible.’
Of course, poachers will eventually become aware of the prospect of fake eggs among
the real ones – especially when customers try to bite into an egg and break their teeth on
the GPS transmitter instead. So, Paso Pacifico plans to do a massive deployment of as
many fakes as possible to gather a lot of data before poachers get wise.
Knowing where the eggs go will allow conservationists and law enforcement agents to
focus their resources on the right places – whether it be through awareness-building
campaigns or crackdowns on illegal sellers. And eventually Paso Pacifico hopes to share
the technology with interested parties around the world.
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*IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature

Part 4
Read the following text for questions

Britain needs strong TV industry

Comedy writer Armando Iannucci has called for an industry-wide defence of the BBC
and British programme-makers. "The Thick of It" creator made his remarks in the annual
MacTaggart Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

"It's more important than ever that we have more strong, popular channels... that act as
beacons, drawing audiences to the best content," he said. Speaking earlier, Culture
Secretary John Whittingdale rejected suggestions that he wanted to dismantle the BBC.

'Champion supporters'

Iannucci co-wrote "I'm Alan Partridge", wrote the movie "In the Loop" and created and
wrote the hit "HBO" and "Sky Atlantic show Veep". He delivered the 40th annual
MacTaggart Lecture, which has previously been given by Oscar winner Kevin Spacey,
former BBC director general Greg Dyke, Jeremy Paxman and Rupert Murdoch. Iannucci
said: "Faced with a global audience, British television needs its champion supporters."

He continued his praise for British programming by saying the global success of
American TV shows had come about because they were emulating British television.
"The best US shows are modelling themselves on what used to make British TV so
world-beating," he said. "US prime-time schedules are now littered with those quirky
formats from the UK - the "Who Do You Think You Are"'s and the variants on "Strictly
Come Dancing" - as well as the single-camera non-audience sitcom, which we brought
into the mainstream first. We have changed international viewing for the better."
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With the renewal of the BBC's royal charter approaching, Iannucci also praised the
corporation. He said: "If public service broadcasting - one of the best things we've ever
done creatively as a country - if it was a car industry, our ministers would be out
championing it overseas, trying to win contracts, boasting of the British jobs that would
bring." In July, the government issued a green paper setting out issues that will be
explored during negotiations over the future of the BBC, including the broadcaster's size,
its funding and governance.

Primarily Mr Whittingdale wanted to appoint a panel of five people, but finally he invited
two more people to advise on the channer renewal, namely former Channel 4 boss Dawn
Airey and journalism professor Stewart Purvis, a former editor-in-chief of ITN. Iannucci
bemoaned the lack of "creatives" involved in the discussions.

"When the media, communications and information industries make up nearly 8% our
GDP, larger than the car and oil and gas industries put together, we need to be heard, as
those industries are heard. But when I see the panel of experts who've been asked by the
culture secretary to take a root and branch look at the BBC, I don't see anyone who is a
part of that cast and crew list. I see executives, media owners, industry gurus, all talented
people - but not a single person who's made a classic and enduring television show."

'Don't be modest'

Iannucci suggested one way of easing the strain on the licence fee was "by pushing
ourselves more commercially abroad".

"Use the BBC's name, one of the most recognised brands in the world," he said. "And use
the reputation of British television across all networks, to capitalise financially oversees.
Be more aggressive in selling our shows, through advertising, through proper
international subscription channels, freeing up BBC Worldwide to be fully commercial,
whatever it takes.

"Frankly, don't be icky and modest about making money, let's monetise the bezeesus
Mary and Joseph out of our programmes abroad so that money can come back, take some
pressure off the licence fee at home and be invested in even more ambitious quality
shows, that can only add to our value."

Mr Whittingdale, who was interviewed by ITV News' Alastair Stewart at the festival,
said he wanted an open debate about whether the corporation should do everything it has
done in the past. He said he had a slight sense that people who rushed to defend the BBC
were "trying to have an argument that's never been started".

"Whatever my view is, I don't determine what programmes the BBC should show," he
added. "That's the job of the BBC." Mr Whittingdale said any speculation that the
Conservative Party had always wanted to change the BBC due to issues such as its
editorial line was "absolute nonsense".
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Questions 21-25 Choose the correct letter, A, B va C

Do the following statements agree with the information in the IELTS reading text?

In boxes 21-25on your answer sheet, write

21. Armando Iannucci expressed a need of having more popular channels.

A) True B) False C) Not Given

22. John Whittingdale wanted to dismantle the BBC.

A) True B) False C) Not Given

23. Iannucci delivered the 30th annual MacTaggart Lecture.

A) True B) False C) Not Given

24. Ianucci believes that British television has contributed to the success of American
TV-shows.

A) True B) False C) Not Given

25. There have been negotiations over the future of the BBC in July.

A) True B) False C) Not Given

Questions 25-29

Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.

Write the correct letter in boxes 25-29 on your answer sheet.

26. Ianucci praised everything EXCEPT

A US shows
B British shows
C Corporation
D British programming
27. To advise on the charter renewal Mr Whittingdale appointed a panel of
A five people
B two people
C seven people
D four people
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28. Who of these people was NOT invited to the discussion concerning BBC renewal?
A Armando Iannucci
B Dawn Airey
C John Whittingdale
D Stewart Purvis
29. There panel of experts lacks:
A media owners
B people who make enduring TV-shows
C gurus of Television industry
D top executives

Part 5
Read the text below and answer Questions 30-35

Air Rage
The first recorded case of an airline passenger turning seriously violent during a flight, a
phenomenon now widely known as “air rage”, happened in 1947 on a flight from Havana
to Miami. A drunk man assaulted another passenger and bit a flight attendant. However,
the man escaped punishment because it was not then clear under whose legal control a
crime committed on plane was, the country where the plane was registered or the country
where the crime was committed. In 1963, at the Tokyo convention, it was decided that
the laws of the country where the plane is registered take precedence.
The frequency of air rage has expanded out of proportion to the growth of air travel.
Until recently few statistic were gathered about air rage, but those that have been indicate
that passengers are increasingly likely to cause trouble or engage in violent acts. For
example, in 1998 there were 266 air rage incidents out of approximately four million
passengers, a 400% increase from 1995. In the same period American Airlines showed a
200% rise. Air travel is predicted to rise by 5% internationally by 2010 leading to
increased airport congestion. This, coupled with the flying public’s increased aggression,
means that air rage may become a major issue in coming years.
Aside from discomfort and disruption, air rage poses some very real dangers to flying.
The most extreme of these is when out of control passengers enter the cockpit. This has
actually happened on a number of occasions, the worst of which have resulted in the
death and injury of pilots or the intruder taking control of the plane, almost resulting in
crashes. In addition, berserk passengers sometimes attempt to open the emergency doors
while in flight, putting the whole aircraft in danger. These are extreme examples and
cases of air rage more commonly result in physical assaults on fellow passengers and
crew such as throwing objects, punching, stabbing or scalding with hot coffee.
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The first time that an 30_____________ of air rage was recorded was in the 1940’s, but the
passenger was never actually charged for an offence because there were no clear rules in
place to specify where to prosecute. It was later 31_____________ that it would be the
country where the plane is registered. Air rage has 32_____________ significantly since this
time, growing by a staggering 400% from 1995 to 1998. Air rage is 33_____________ to be a
major problem in the future as air travel increases, as do levels of aggression. Angry
34_____________ can put everyone in danger including the pilots, the crew and the other
passengers, with some form of 35_____________ being the most common consequence.
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Writing

Task 1

Your next-door neighbour likes to listen to music late at night. Because of the
loud music, you often lose sleep.
Write a letter to the building manager. In your letter:

• describe the situation

• explain the problems it is causing you
• offer at least one solution

Task 2

Some people say that physical money will no longer be used in the future.
However, others believe it will remain in use. Discuss both views and give your
opinion.