Test 1

Questions 17-26
Listen and complete the form.
Write no more than TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Dubai Palm Apartments
Enquiry taken by: Amanda
Name: 17 ___________________
Address: 37 18 _______________ Vienna
Telephone number: 19_______________
Number of people: four
Starting date: 20_______________ January
Length of stay: 21_______________
Price per day: maximum 22_______________ euros
Other requirements:
fully equipped 23_______________
view of 24_______________
air conditioning must be 25_______________
26 _______________ for car
Questions 27-30
Listen to two students answering these questions and complete the notes in the table below.
Write no more than ONE WORD for each answer.
Where Where
Name Occupation
from located
by the 28_______________
Hanan 27_______________ Muttrah, Oman and near the
29_______________
Kwan student a small 30_______________ near Chonju, Korea
READING PASSAGE 1
You should spend about 5 minutes on Questions 1-5, which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.
The world’s friendliest city
A team of social psychologists from California has spent six years studying the reactions of people in cities around
the world to different situations. The results show that cities where people have less money generally have
friendlier populations. Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, which is often known for its crime, comes out top, and the capital of
Malawi, Lilongwe, comes third.
But what makes one city friendlier than another? The psychologists from California State University say it has got
more to do with environment than culture or nationality.

They carried out a study into the way locals treated strangers in 23 cities around the world. The team conducted
their research through a series of tests, where they dropped pens or pretended they were blind and needed help
crossing the street.

The study concludes that people are more helpful in cities with a more relaxed way of life such as Rio. While they
were there, researchers received help in 93 percent of cases, and the percentage in Lilongwe was only a little lower.
However, richer cities such as Amsterdam and New York are considered the least friendly. Inhabitants of Amsterdam
helped the researchers in 53 percent of cases and in New York just 44 percent. The psychologists found that, in these
cities, people tend to be short of time, so they hurry and often ignore strangers.
Questions 1-5
Choose ONE word from the passage for each answer.
City Positive aspects Negative aspects % of help received
• friendly inhabitants • People don’t have so much
• more 1 2___________
Rio de Janeiro 93%
___________ lifestyle • Has reputation for
3___________
People ...
Amsterdam • have little 4___________ Amsterdam: 53% New
• richer
and New York • don’t pay attention to York: 44%
5___________
READING PASSAGE 2
You should spend about 5 minutes on Questions 6-11, which are based on Reading Passage 2 on the following pages.
The happiest country in the world
Children growing up in Costa Rica are surrounded by some of the most beautiful and diverse landscapes in the world.
Preserving tropical rainforests isn’t Costa Rica’s only success, because the government also makes sure everyone
has access to health-care and education. So when the New Economics Foundation released its second Happy Planet
Index, Costa Rica came out number one. The index is a ranking of countries based on their impact on the environment
and the health and happiness of their citizens.
According to Mariano Rojas, a Costa Rican economics professor, Costa Rica is a mid-income country where citizens
have plenty of time for themselves and for their relationships with others. ‘A mid-income level allows most citizens to
satisfy their basic needs. The government makes sure that all Costa Ricans have access to education, health and
nutrition services.’ Costa Ricans, he believes, are not interested in status or spending money to show how successful
they are.
Created in 2008, the Happy Planet Index examines happiness on a national level and ranks 143 countries according
to three measurements: their citizens’ happiness, how long they live (which reflects their health), and how much of
the planet’s resources each country consumes. According to researcher Saamah Abdallah, the Index also measures
the outcomes that are most important, and those are happy, healthy lives for everyone.
Questions 6-11
Choose ONE WORD OR ONE NUMBER from the passage for each answer.
The Happy Planet Index
Year started: 6___________
Number of countries it lists: 7___________
Measures each country's happiness according to:
■ its effect on the 8 ___________ (i.e. the quantity of the Earth's 9 ___________ that it uses);
■ the 10___________ of the population (i.e. how long people live);
■ how happy its 11___________ are.
READING PASSAGE 3
You should spend about 5 minutes on Questions 12-17, which are based on Reading Passage 3 below.
Freya Stark, explorer and writer
Freya Stark travelled to many areas of the Middle East, often alone. Frey Stark was an explorer who lived during a
time when exploreers were regarded as heroes.She travelled to distant areas of the Middle East, where few Europeans
– especially women – had travelled before. She also travelled extensively in Turkey, Greece, Italy, Nepal and
Afghanistan.
Stark was born in Paris in 1893. Although she had no formal education as a child, she moved about with her artist
parents and learned French, German and Italian.She entered London University in 1912, but at the start of World
War I, she joined the nurse corps and was sent to Italy. After the war, she returned to London and attended the
School of Oriental Studies.
Her studies there led to extensive travel in the Middle Studies, enabling her to eventually become fluent in Persian,
Russian and Turkish. Stark became well known as a traveller and explorer in the Middle East. She travelled to the
Lebanon in 1927 at the age of 33 when she had saved enough money, and while there, she studied Arabic.
In 1928, she travelled bu donkey to the Jebel Druze, a mountainous area in Syria. during another trip, she went to a
distant region of the Elburnz, a mountain range in Iran, where she made a map. She was searching for information
about an ancient Muslim sect known as the Assassions, which she wrote about in Valley of the Assassins (1934), a
classic for which she was awarded a Gold Medal by Royal Geogrpahic Society.
For the next 12 years, she continued her career as a traveller and writer, establishing a style which combined an
account of her journey with personal commentary on the people, places, customs, history and politics of the Midle
East.
Questions 12-17
Write your answers in boxes 12-17 on your answer sheet.
Freya Stark
Born in Paris in 1893
First formal education at 12___________
Worked as a 13 ___________ in Italy
Studied at School of Oriental Studies
Travelled to the Lebanon, where she learned 14___________
Made a journey to the Syrian mountains on a 15___________
In 1934, won a 16 ___________ for a book
Spent a further 17___________ in the Middle East
READING PASSAGE 4
You should spend about 10 minutes on Questions 18-24, which are based on Reading Passage 4 below.
Mau Piailug, ocean navigator
Mau sailed from Hawaii to Tahiti using traditional methods

In early 1976, Mau Piailug, a fisherman, led an expedition in which he sailed a traditional Polynesian boat across
2,500 miles of ocean from Hawaii to Tahiti. The Polynesiai Voyaging Society had organised the expedition. Its purpose
was to find out if seafarers in the distant past could have found their way from one island to the other without
navigational instruments, or whether the islands had been populated by accident. At the time, Mau was the only man
alive who knew how to navigate just by observing the stars, the wind and the sea. He had never before sailed to
Tahiti, which was a long way to the south. However, he understood how the wind and the sea behave around islands,
so he was confident he could find his way. The voyage took him and his crew a month to complete and he did it
without a compass or charts.
His grandfather began the task of teaching him how to navigate when he was still a baby. He showed him pools of
water on the beach to teach him how the behaviour of the waves and wind changed in different places. Later, Mau
used a circle of stones to memorise the positions of the stars. Each stone was laid out in the sand to represent a star.
The voyage proved that Hawaii’s first inhabitants came in small boats and navigated by reading the sea and the stars.
Mau himself became a keen teacher, passing on his traditional secrets to people of other cultures so that his
knowledge would not be lost. He explained the positions of the stars to his students, but he allowed them to write
things down because he knew they would never be able to remember everything as he had done.
Questions 18-24
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1?
Write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
18 At the time of his voyage, Mau had unique navigational skills.
19 Mau was familiar with the sea around Tahiti.
20 Mau thought it would be difficult to use a compass and charts.
21 Mau’s grandfather was his only teacher.
22 Mau used stones to learn where each star was situated in the sky.
23 The first inhabitants of Hawaii could read and write.
24 Mau expected his students to memorise the positions of the stars.