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PART A: LISTENING
Section 1. You are going to listen to a woman talking about how to save the planet. While you listen
complete the notes below by writing NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each
answer. The recording will be played twice.

SAVING THE PLANET

Approx. amount of money that each household could save a year: US $ (1)______
Main topic of the book: (2)__________
Ways to prevent global warming:
use modern types of (3)__________
put your (4)___________ in a cool place
turn off (5)___________
only shower for (6)___________
unplug your (7)___________
Types of energy saving
Amount saved
keeping tyres inflated:
US $ (8)____________
eating less (9)___________:
US $ 109
buying food in (10)________________:
US $ 293

Section 2. Listen to Kate and Martin talking about their study at university. While you listen, choose the
best answer to each of the following questions. The recording will be played twice.
11. Before giving her presentation, Kate was worried about _____________.
A. being asked difficult question
B. explaining statistic results
C. keeping her fluency
D. using the projection equipment
12. During many presentations by students, Martin feels that _____________.
A. the discussion of research methods is not detailed enough
B. lecturers do not show enough interest in their students work
C. the student does not make enough eye contact with the audience
D. there are too many questions asked
13. What is Kates opinion of the tutorials she attends?
A. They involve too much preparation.
B. They do not have a clear focus.
C. They should be held more frequently.
D. They fail to meet most of the students demands.
14. What does Martin intend to do next semester?
A. Make better use of the internet.
B. Improve his note-taking skills.
C. Prioritize reading lists effectively.
D. Enroll in a typing course.
15. What problem do Kate and Martin both have when using the library?
A. Other students sometimes make noise.
B. There are too few desks to work at.
C. The catalogue is difficult to use.
D. The opening hours are too short.

Section 3. You will hear five different people talking about short courses they have attended. For
questions from 1-5, choose from the list (A-F) what each speaker says about their course. Use each letter
only once. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use. You will hear the recording TWICE.
A. I was encouraged by the teachers to continue developing my skill.
B. I learnt something about the subject that I hadnt expected.
C. I prefer the social life to the course content.
D. I intend doing a similar course again.
E. I found out something about myself.
F. I thought the course was good value for money.

1. Speaker 1: __________
2. Speaker 2: __________
3. Speaker 3: __________
4. Speaker 4: __________
5. Speaker 5: __________

PART B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Section 1. Phonetics
Pick out the word whose position of main stress is different from that of the other words. Identify your
answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
1. A. enthusiasm
2. A. influence
3. A. anniversary
4. A. income
5. A. committee

B. characterize
B. interview
B. representative
B. canal
B. infamous

C. experiment
C. accuracy
C. environmental
C. prefer
C. politics

D. curriculum
D. computer
D. sociology
D. belief
D. family

Section 2. Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer A, B, C or D.

1. We would very much _______ a reply by the end of the month.
A. expect
B. require
C. appreciate
D. value
2. The following is a list of courses currently _______ at UTAS.
A. on offer
B. of offer
C. in offer
D. with offer
3. We need a ______ who can talk and give messages to our opponents.
A. passer-by
B. go-between
C. runner-up
D. higher-ups
4. Is it necessary that I _______ here tomorrow?
A. am being
B. were
C. be
D. would be
5. What made Peter _______ his family and his job? Where did he go and why?
A. walk away on
B. leave out at
C. go off on
D. walk out on
6. The judge _______ the murdered to a lifetime imprisonment.
A. sentenced
B. convicted
C. accused
D. prosecuted
7. ______ in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge spans the channel at the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
A. Completed
B. Completing
C. Being completed
D. To be completed
8. Nam has now _______ to the point where his English is almost fluent.
A. arrived
B. approached
C. reached
D. advanced
9. He stood on the _______ of the ship and watched the seagulls dive for fish.
A. floor
B. ground
C. platform
D. deck
10. Through an _______, your letter was left unanswered.
A. overcharge
B. overtone
C. oversight
D. overtime
11. Even after I washed the coat, it still had some _______.
A. weak
B. faint
C. thin
D. uncertain
12. You can be made eligible by _______ the entry form.
A. filling
B. writing
C. completing
D. answering
13. The damage from the explosion _______ to over $50 million.
A. amounted
B. cost
C. estimated
D. added
14. Hes at the _______ of his career at twenty-five.
A. summit
B. peak
C. tip
D. sky
15. I have got a very high opinion _______ your father.
A. on
B. to
C. for
D. of
16. Al painted his bedroom black. It looks dark and dreary. He _______ a different color.
A. must have been choosing
B. must have chosen
C. should have chosen
D. may have chosen
17.
- Doctor: Remember not to eat fast. Its not good for your health.
- Patient: _________.

A. All right, I wont. Thanks, doctor.

B. Its OK. I will.
C. Thanks for your suggestion.
D. Im sorry. I have eaten so much fat.
18. He is sometimes bad-tempered but he is a good fellow _______.
A. by heart
B. at heart
C. in heart
D. with heart
19. She got tired of _______ the old lady hand and foot, and decided to look for a different job.
A. serving of
B. working for
C. waiting on
D. seeing to
20. _______ on the stairs than the phone rang.
A. No sooner had I stepped
B. Had no sooner I stepped
C. No sooner I had stepped
D. Hardly had I stepped
Section 3. Fill in each blank with a suitable PREPOSITION or PARTICLE.
1. This country is said to be rich _____ natural resources.
2. Not knowing he had fallen _____ _____ his girlfriend, I made the mistake of inviting them both to the
party.
3. Unrealistic people hold the belief that our fossil fuels will never be used _____.
4. Many plant and animal species are undoubtedly _____ the verge of extinction.
5. After his fathers death, he came _____ a lot of money.
Section 4. If a line is correct, put a tick () next to the number. If there is an extra word in a line, write it
next to the number.
0 it
00
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

There is one language we all speak, no matter what country we live in it: The language of
numbers. The language of numbers is called mathematics. You are learning it in school now. The
simplest kind is arithmetic. In high school and college, you'll learn other kinds of mathematics. To
help all of us with mathematics, machines have also been invented. They let us to do problems
faster and with fewer mistakes. We know that the abacus or counting board was the first of these
machines. It was invented many thousands of years ago, but it is still used in China, Japan and
other countries else. Today, computers are used all over the world. These computers seem how to
think. Of course, they really don't. They do only what people tell them to do. But they do it much
more better and faster than a person could so. Inside, a computer may look very confusing to you.
But the people who run it know just what to do. They can make a computer store up facts and give
in them to other people. They can make it solve hard problems and help us to live better. Like
people all over the world, these machines speak the same language, numbers.

Section 5. Complete the following passage by supplying the correct form of the word to fill in each blank.
TV ADVERTISEMENTS
In most parts of the world, the (1)__________ basis of the television industry is
the sale of advertising time. This is so important and (2)_________that it funds all the
technical and staff costs involved in the (3)________ of programmes for a variety of
audiences. This is no (4)__________ from that employed by newspapers and
magazine when they sell advertising space on their pages, except that
(5)__________ have little choice but to watch the advertisements, with the added
(6)__________ of interruption during their favourite programmes. One (7)
__________ is the BBC which is state funded and so does not show
(8)__________. This avoids the situation where children watching TV are easily
(9)__________ by persuasive advertising for junk food items which their parents
may consider (10)________.

1.
2.
3.
4.

ECONOMY
PROFIT
PRODUCE
DIFFER

5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

VIEW
ANNOY
EXCEPT
COMMERCE
INFLUENCE
HEALTH

PART C: READING
Section 1. Choose the correct answer to complete the following passage by writing the corresponding letter A, B,
C or D on your answer sheet.
THE STORY OF GOLD
The story of gold is an adventure involving kings, queens, pirates, explorers, conquerors, and the
native peoples they conquered. Throughout history, gold has (1)_______ a magic spell over those it touched.
Gold is beautiful and rare; a soft shiny metal that can be moulded into many (2)_______ . It has been used

for money, jewelry, and to decorate special buildings suchas palaces and places of worship. (3)_______ the
precious metal was discovered, prospectors rushed to mine it, starting new cities and countries as they went.
Gold and the people who love it have helped shape the world we live in today. Gold is one of many
elements, or substances that cannot be changed by normal chemical (4)_______that are found in the Earth's
crust. Gold has a warm, sunny color and (5)_______ it does not react (6)_______ air, water, and most
chemicals, its shine never fades. In its natural (7)_______ , gold is soft and easily shaped. When heated to
1,062 Celsius it melts and can be poured (8)_______ moulds to form coins, gold bars, and other objects.
Stories have been told, movies (9)_______ and legends born about the (10)_______ of the world's great
gold deposits. It is a saga of dreams, greed, ambition and exploration.
1. A. knitted
B. woven
C. sewn
D. folded
2. A. outlines
B. shapes
C. formats
D. lines
3. A. Forever
B. However
C. Whenever
D. Whoever
4. A. measure
B. course
C. mode
D. means
5. A. despite
B. yet
C. because
D. so
6. A. with
B. in
C. on
D. to
7. A. stage
B. position
C. state
D. estate
8. A. at
B. with
C. through
D. into
9. A. composed
B. done
C. made
D. built
10. A. discovery
B. detection
C. disclosure
D. revelation
Section 2. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer by writing
the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
Televisions contribution to family life in the United States has been an equivocal one. For while it
has, indeed, kept the members of the family from dispersing, it has not served to bring them together. By
dominating the time families spend together, it destroys the special quality that distinguishes one family
from another, a quality that depends to a great extent on what a family does, what special rituals, games,
recurrent jokes, familiar songs, and shared activities it accumulates.
Like the sorcerer of old, writes Urie Bronfenbrenner, the television set casts its magic spell,
freezing speech and action, turning the living into silent statues so long as the enchantment lasts. The
primary danger of the television screen lies not so much in the behavior it produces - although there is
danger there as in the behavior it prevents: the talks, games, the family festivities, and arguments through
which much of the childs learning takes place and through which character is formed. Turning on the
television set can turn off the process that transforms children into people.
Of course, families today still do special things together at times: go camping in the summer, go to
the zoo on a nice Sunday, take various trips and expeditions. But the ordinary daily life together is
diminished that sitting around at the dinner table, that spontaneous taking up of an activity, those little
games invented by children on the spur of the moment when there is nothing else to do, the scribbling, the
chatting, the quarreling, all the things that form the fabric of a family, that define a childhood.
Instead, the children have their regular schedule of television programs and bedtime, and the parents
have their peaceful dinner together. But surely the needs of adults are being better met than the needs of
children, who are effectively shunted away and rendered untroublesome.
If the family does not accumulate its backlog of shared experiences, shared everyday experiences
that occur and recur and change and develop, then it is not likely to survive as anything other than a
caretaking institution.
1. Which of the following best represents the authors argument in the passage?
A. Television has negative effects on family life.
B. Television has advantages and disadvantages for children.
C. Television should be more educational.
D. Television teaches children to be violent.
2. The word it in the first paragraph refers to _______.
A. dominating
B. time
C. television
D. quality
3. Why is Urie Bronfenbrenner quoted in paragraph 2?
A. To present a different point of view from that of the author.
B. To provide an example of a television program that is harmful.
C. To expand the authors argument.
D. To discuss the positive aspects of television.
4. The word freezing in the passage is closest in meaning to _______.

A. controlling
B. halting
C. dramatizing
D. encouraging
5. Urie Bronfenbrenner compares the television set to _______.
A. a statue
B. an educator
C. a family member
D. a magician
6. Which of the following would be an example of what the author means by a special thing that families do?
A. Going on vacation in the summertime.
B. Playing cards together in the evening.
C. Reading to the children at bedtime.
D. Talking to each other.
7. The thing that form the fabric of a family in paragraph 3 are _______.
A. special things
B. ordinary things
C. television programs D. children
8. The word it in the last paragraph refers to _______.
A. the television
B. the family
C. its backlog
D. an institution
9. According to the author, what distinguishes one family from another?
A. Doing ordinary things together.
B. Watching television together.
C. Celebrating holidays together.
D. Living together.
10. It can be inferred from the passage that a caretaking institution is one in which care is given _______.
A. charitably
B. lovingly
C. constantly
D. impersonally
Section 3. Read the passage and fill in each numbered gap with ONE suitable word.
JUDO
Judo is a sport that has achieved great popularity in many parts of the world. It (1)_______
originally developed in Japan in the late 19 th century (2)_______ on ancient methods of self-defence. There
are two fighters. Although they use physical violence (3)_______ each other, they are respectful to
(4)_______opponent and bow to each other before and after each contest. Judo is an inexpensive sport to
(5)_______ up because the only equipment you need is the special loose-fitting suit. It is very suitable for
youngsters if they join a club where the instructors are properly qualified and pay enough attention to safety.
Section 4. Read the following passage and choose from the sentences A-F given which best fits in each
numbered gap 1-5. There is one sentence you dont need to use.
Carnival is definitely not a spectator sport. It is very difficult to get carried away by the atmosphere
unless you are taking part in it yourself and by that I mean wearing a disguise of some kind, even if its
nothing more than a mask or a funny hat. In fact, the number of people (1) __________ is usually fairy
small, so you will almost certainly be conspicuous out of fancy dress. You are bound to regret not having
gone to a bit of trouble when (2)___________ having the time of their lives. Ask a friend to lend you a
costume if (3)_____________. You may even find that (4) ___________. If all else fails, you can always
improvise with old streets and clothes, after all, you dont have to look spectacular, elegant or beautiful, but
you should try to enter into the spirit of the festivities if (5) ___________ .
A. you do not have one
B. who do not bother to dress up
C. who dont want to make trouble
D. they are available for hire somewhere
E. you want to join them
F. you see everybody else
PART D. WRITING
Section 1. Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that it has a similar meaning to the
original one.
1. Although the fish appears to be harmless, it is quite dangerous.
Contrary ________________________________________________.
2. Although I like her much, I cant agree with her idea.
Much __________________________________________________.
3. Man continues to take minerals from the earth in immense quantities.
Minerals ________________________________________________.
4. Mary is the most hard-working student in her class.
No one _________________________________________________.
5. It was a waste of time to write that letter.
I neednt ________________________________________________.
Section 2. Write an essay within 250 words on the following topic:
It is thought by some that a school teachers main role is to motivate and inspire students. However,
other people believe that a teachers primary role is to pass on knowledge.
What is your opinion?

Give reasons for your answer and include relevant examples from your own knowledge and
experience.
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Section 1
1. 2.000 2. conserving energy 3. light bulb(s)
5. (the) water/ (the) faucet(s) 6. 8/eight minutes
8. 24
9. beef
10. bulk
Section 2
11. D

12. C

13. B

4. refrigerator/fridge
7. TV/ Television

14. A

15. D

Section 3
1. D
2. F
3. E
4. A
5. C
Section 1
1. B
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. A
Section2
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. D
6. A
7. A 8. D
9. D 10. C
11. B 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. D 16. C
17. A 18. B
19. C 20. A
Section 3
1. in
2. out/ with
3. up
4. on 5. into
Section 4
1.
2. also
3. to
4.
5. else
6. how
7. more 8. so
9. in
10.
Section 5
1. economic 2. profitable 3. production 4. difference
5. viewers
6. annoyance 7. exception 8. commercials 9. influenced 10. unhealthy
Section 1
1.B
2.B
3.C
4.D
5.C
6.A
7.C
8.D
9.C
10.A
Section 2
1. A
2. C
3. C
4. B
5. D
6. D
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. A
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3. against

4. their 5. take

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1. B
2. F
3. A
4. D
5. E
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1. Contrary to its harmless appearance, the fish is quite dangerous.
Contrary to the fishs harmless appearance, it is quite dangerous.
2. Much as/though I like her, I cant agree with her idea.
3. Minerals continue to be taken from the earth in immense quantities.
4. No one in her class is as hard-working as Mary.
5. I neednt have written that letter.

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Task achievement (25 % of total mark)
Grammar range and Accuracy (25 % of total mark)
Coherence and cohesion (25 % of total mark)
Lexical resource (25 % of total mark)

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