EX1

43 С.… meal times are something I’ve never really got to grips with in all the years I’ve travelled alone.
44 A.You can take the Oz Experience bus down the west coast, jumping off whenever you want, then
catching the next bus when you’re ready to move on again.
45 B.The advantages of a pre-planned tour are that you can get an agency to take care of all the
arrangements, which can be time-consuming to do yourself.
46 D.But I learnt to accept that some people have different attitudes to mine.
47 A.To cheer myself up, I’d sit down and write a fortnightly email home about everything I’d been up to.
48 A.I remember sitting in the plane thinking to myself: ‘What have I let myself in for?’
49 C.There’s also the wonderful freedom to do what you like, when you like, without having to convince
anybody that it’s a good idea.
50 B. …if someone’s chosen to do the same type of trip as you, you’ve probably got lots of ideas
in common.
51 D.… the pressure that you’re under to make your own mind up about everything.
52 C.Another thing is stay in the nicest places your budget permits. Miserable hostels can really spoil a trip.
EX2
43. C. I’ve got two helmets, a summer and a winter version but I still get too hot on really sunny days. Still,
you can’t really do without one, can you?
44. A. I’d say to anyone thinking of getting a bike, make sure the saddle’s right before you part with your
money. If you’re going to use it a lot, you don’t want to get sore.
45. D. He reckoned it had once belonged to a professional cycling champion, but I think he was making it
up.
46. C. It’s a red and black cruiser with a burger-shaped bell — some of my friends think that’s a bit uncool,
but I don’t really go along with that idea.
47. B. I use it every day and tend to wear everyday clothes and try and dodge the showers.
48. B. I cycle all over the city because it’s much quicker than walking and you don’t get snarled up in the
traffic, which can be a pain in a motor vehicle.
49. C. I cycle down to college in no time at all, but the uphill trek home takes me around thirty-five minutes.
50. A. I’ve always thought that the bike was a good reflection of the real me actually…
51. D. It did get stolen on one occasion, but then later that week I saw someone riding it up my street. I
grabbed him and gave him his taxi fare home so that I could take it back.
52. B. I worked briefly as a cycle courier — delivering letters and stuff. It was fun, but I wouldn’t
recommend making a career out of it!
EX3
1. C. To get the computer I had to attend regular meetings with an advisor, which I hated at first, but
eventually I learned to recognise my strengths and be realistic about my weaknesses;
2. B. I always considered myself fit; I mean, I go to the gym two or three times a week. But as soon as
we set out, I realised I was quite out of my depth;
3. A. I’m sure if I had to I would just deal with it, although it would be a challenge. But I’ve never had
to live alone.
4. B. The most challenging thing I’ve ever done, by far, was trekking in the Himalayas. It was
something I’d always dreamed of doing and I was incredibly fortunate to have the opportunity to join
a trek for charity. – Taking part in a charity is the ‘helping others’ parts.
5. A. Luckily my husband has no problem with spiders, and is tolerant of my phobia!
6. C. I was just so terrified that I would fail.
 7. D. It was all very fast; there was no time to think. The feeling was exhilarating, to be honest.
8. D. I had read that it was possible to get over phobias by exposure, so I put myself into difficult
situations on purpose.
9. C. To get the computer I had to attend regular meetings with an advisor…
10. D. I was going to try bungee jumping. I got a trusted friend to go with me; to make sure I didn’t
change my mind.
EX4
1. E. This answers the question posed in the previous sentence.
2. B. An advice is given in the previous sentence, and then more explanation is presented in Sentence B
3. G. A range of occupations is talked about in the paragraph, and Sentence G presents additional examples
of such spheres of work.
4. D. The question in the previous sentence asks for qualities of potential candidates and Sentence D gives
the answer – what the employer is looking for in people they want to hire for a job involving a lot of
travelling.
5. F. Sentence F contrasts the previous sentences about companies that care about their employees and the
sentence after the gap that asked their workers to move on a very short notice.
6. C. This paragraph gives tips, including the warning in Sentence C about not wanting to travel for the rest
of your life.
EX5
37. D. Certain destinations are mentioned where celebrities are most likely to come from.
38. C. ‘One of them’ refers to the ground and security staff representatives who can give a tip on a celebrity
planned to arrive.
39. A. Last sentence of Paragraph Three: I guess that’s because they can see the value of it. ‘It’ refers to the
attention they receive, mentioned in Sentence A.
40. F. ‘Duck and dive’ of Sentence F is the leap mentioned in the sentence following the gap.
41. G. The topic of this paragraph is how unpredictable celebrities’ reaction can be, illustrated by Naomi
Campbell.
42. B. ‘Them’ refers to the two babies carried by the Duchess of York.
EX6
1. B. The sentence explains what a static line is and how it works. Both sentences next to the gap are
related to this system that is often used for newcomers’ first jumps.
2. G. This sentence provides a contrast with the sentences that follow it, in which author’s memory
seems to be missing some details about the experience.
3. D. Sentences after the gap describe the gradual increase in altitude and the time of free-falling that it
allowed.
4. C. ‘That mistake’ refers to deploying the canopy at a speed that is too high. In order to reduce the
speed of free-fall the skydiver has to assume a ‘stable position’.
5. F. The sentence that fills the gap introduced the problem the author had faced.
6. E. ‘right at sunset’ helps to connect this sentence with the paragraph, which mentions that the fall
took place in ‘an orange-red glow of the most amazing sunset’.