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PAPER 2 Writing Part 2 For questions 1-18, read the three texts below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D)
Part 3 best fits each gap.
PAPER 3 Use of English
Part 4
PAPER 4 listening

PAPER 5 Speaking

Where was he? Sally (1) the living room anxiously, unable to keep still. How
would he take the news? Would he be angry? She doubted it, but then nor would he
be over the (2) He might be pleased at first, then worry about how they were
going to cope. How wouldthey cope? She (3) her hands in desperation. Why did
it have to happen now, just when he was about to (4) on his PhD? She was
supposed to work and support them both while he studied. Two years later and it
would have been wonderful! But now?

The key turned in the lock and she (5) round, her heart thumping. 'Hi, love: he
said, as he came through the door. Then he saw her face and stopped dead in his
(6) 'What's wrong?' There was nothing for it but to tell him. 'We're going to have
a baby: she said simply.

1 A stalked B paced C wandered D marched

2 A meadow B hill C top D moon
3 A wrapped B shook C wrung D clasped
4 A endeavour B embark C depart D undertake
5 A swirled B rolled C coiled D spun
6 A steps B tracks C place D feet

To those of you who are pragmatic and have your feet firmly (7) on the ground,
the Chinese art of feng shui may sound like just another bohemian (8) to be
scoffed at.

In fact, if you (9) with the philosophy, you will see that feng shui really does
provide practical solutions to the problem of clutter in your life by encouraging you
to reconsider your relationship with your surroundings. You are probably reluctant to
part with mementos, yet this unwillingness (10) creates a connection with the
past that prevents you from moving on, and your· home atmosphere becomes
(11) By teaching you to clear away clutter and create a fresh atmosphere in your
home, feng shui brings a sense of harmony to your environment and so enhances
your personal life. That (12) , you may then discover that you are less sceptical
of the philosophy behind it.

7 A attached B rooted C placed D planted

8 A fad B phase C habit D whim
9 A discard B dispel C despatch D dispense
10 A subconsciously B unwittingly C unerringly D indefinitely
11 A torpid B immobile C stale D inactive
12 A said B done C won D finished
To many people, the ability to draw seems inexplicable, an innate talent reserved only
for the chosen few. For this reason artists are usually revered, sometimes
undeservedly so. That is not to (13) their admirable ability, but they themselves
do little to dispel the mystery surrounding the skill of drawing. For skill it is: one which
can be taught and learnt when you go (14) it in the right way.

If you ask an artist how she draws so well, she is (15) to say, 'Well, I just look at
something and draw what I see.' This naturally does nothing to help the uninitiated
and the mystery is (16) Yet on reflection, the artist's words define the process
of drawing precisely, (17) simplistically. For the secret of drawing lies in the
artist's ability to see - not so much what she sees, but how she sees it. It is the art
teacher's job, then, to teach students how to change their way of looking at things,
and the student in turn must learn to adjust her (18) of things.

13 A degrade B belittle C defame D besmear

14 A around B about C over D through
15 A prone B predisposed C loathe D liable
16 A perpetuated B continued C extended D disseminated
17 A even though B nevertheless C albeit D all the same
18 A conception B revelation C perception D vision
PAPER 2 Writing You are going to read four extracts which are all concerned in some way with
robots. For questions 19-26, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits
PAPER 3 Use of English best according to the text.

PAPER 4 Listening

PAPER 5 Speaking

Fancy creating your very own Ronaldinho? Well, before long,

you may be able to do just that. Simply sign up for RoboCup.

RoboCup is the nickname for an international scientific project

called the Robot World Cup Initiative. Inspired by the idea of
using football as a means of promoting science and
technological development, the project organisers have set an
ultimate goal of building a robotic football team that will be
able to beat the human World Cup winners by the year 2050.
Teams are becoming increasingly competitive in their
endeavours to create humanoid footballers, and the annual
RoboCup World Championships play host to robotic designs at
the cutting edge of artificial intelligence technology. RoboCup
Junior, an offshoot of the project designed for schools, has
also witnessed some innovative designs from budding young
scientists around the globe.

The question is: ·can RoboCup's goal realistically be achieved by

2050? The organisers admit it's a tall order, but argue that it
is nevertheless feasible. After all, there was only a matter of
fifty years between the first flight by aeroplane and the first
moon landing. So it would be folly to dismiss out of hand the
possibility of a world class robot football team beating the
human champions by 2050. For now, though, my money
remains firmly on the real Ronaldinho.

19 The RoboCup project was launched

A to advertise the use of artificial intelligence technology in football.
B to help children create a robotic football team by the year 2050.
C to promote products created using robotics and artificial intelligence.
D to provide incentives for progress in artificial intelligence and robotics.

20 How does the writer appear to feel abut the ultimate RoboCup challenge?
A amused but dismissive
B enthusiastic and optimistic
C interested but sceptical
D scornful and disbelieving
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21 Which feature of the robot does the advertisement emphasise?

A its loquacity
B its succinctness
C its austerity
D its reticence

22 Who does the advertisement seem to be targeting?

A business executives who lead busy social lives
B professional people who live alone and need help
C anyone who can afford the luxury of such a product
D career women with pressing family commitments
 Home Help Maid to Measure
• Having problems organising your day?
• Need someone to wake you up in the morning without bending
your ear?
• Ever feel you would benefit from having your PA available on a
24-hour basis?

Problem solved! Meet Wendy, the no-fuss, no-nonsense personal

assistantof your dreams, Friendlyand reliable, she will remind you of
the day's appointments or inform you of the latest news or weather
forecast discreetly and without lumbering you with the usual
emotional baggage, Thisis because this little lady is a robot,
The latest in state-of-the-art robotic design by Won Industries,Wendy
can be programmed to suit your needs, Her Inbuilt link to the
Internet enables her to record phone messages and incoming
e-mails, while an alarm system is programmed to contact
emergency services in case of an accident or fire In the home,
Speech recognition software permits her to recognise up to six
people, and she can respond to programmed spoken requests
quickly and effectively,
And of course, after the initial outlay, maintenance costs are
relatively low,
So, what are you waiting for? Call your local Won representative
today to learn more, You won't regret it!

21 Which feature of the robot does the advertisement emphasise?

A its loquacity
B its succinctness
C its austerity
o its reticence

22 Who does the advertisement seem to be targeting?

A business executives who lead busy social lives
B professional people who live alone and need help
C anyone who can afford the luxury of such a product
o career women with pressing family commitments
 Introducing Robo-Doc
In an endeavour to ease the pressure on senior doctors and
surgeons, who are often required to divide their time between two
or three hospitals, scientists have developed a medical robot that
will be able to cover ward rounds. The Remote Presence Robot
(RP6) allows a patient immediate access to a surgeon or consultant
anywhere in the world. The specialist, controlling the robot with a
remote control joystick, is able to examine a patient via a screen on
the robot's 'face', view X-rays, records and test results, and give
advice to other medical staff, even though he or she cannot be
physically present.
In Britain, the RP6 robots are being trialled at St Mary's Hospital,
London. Heading the project is Professor Sir Ara Darzi, Head of
the Division of Surgery, Anaesthetics and Intensive Care at
Imperial College London and a practising surgeon at St Mary's. In
a news release announcing the start of the trials earlier this year, he
stated: 'This is a revolutionary concept which opens new avenues
for telemedicine research and integrates technology with
healthcare at a grass roots level, increasing the interface between
patients, clinicians and teaching staff.'
The trial also includes a study to assess how patients respond to the
robot and to evaluate the potential for further developments.

23 Why is the robot scheme beneficial to both doctors and patients?

A It enables specialists to examine patients physically and provide a diagnosis
from a distance.
B It saves specialists time and provides patients with instant support.
C It enables staff to treat patients effectively from a distance.
D Patients are able to seek the advice of any medical expert day or night
anywhere in the world.

24 What does Professor Darzi mean when he says that the scheme 'integrates
technology with healthcare at a grass roots level'?
A Technology can playa direct role in the practical treatment of all patients.
B Medicine combined with technology can offer effective healthcare.
C Technology provides medical experts treating patients with a bedside
manner.
D Healthcare experts can make use of technology to help them form diagnoses.
 He was lying face down in the dark, a heavy object pinning
him to the floor. Breathing was difficult and movement was
impossible. What had happened? An explosion? An
earthquake? Had the house collapsed? Jenny! Was she
alright? He had to get out ... had to find her ... Pain seared
through his chest and everything went black.
A low, whirring sound reached his ear and he stirred. Had
he left the mixer on? No, that was absurd! Even ifhe had, it
wouldn't be working now. His mind must be playing tricks
on him. He wondered how long he had been lying there. At
that moment, a dull red glow lit up in front of his face and
he found himself staring into what looked like a miniature
camera stuck on the end of a probe. It was surreal; he had to
be dreaming! The camera paused for a minute as if
registering his presence, then backed away, and the
whirring sound gradually receded, silence falling around
him like a blanket. He felt nauseous again. Wait! Was that
another sound? The weight above him shifted and he cried
out in pain.
'Here's someone, Stan! In here!' yelled a voice above him.
'The robot actually did it! Get over here. Now!'
He'd been found! He was safe! But what was that about a
robot?

25 The man thought he must be dreaming because

A of the incongruity of what he could see.
B he imagined he could see a camera.
e of the fact that he was hallucinating.
o he was bewildered by the light.

26 We can infer from the text that

A the man is married to Jenny.
B the man is the first survivor to be found by the robot.
e Jenny had been cooking when disaster struck.
o Stan is the robot's operator.
 You are going to read an extract from a novel. Seven paragraphs have been
removed from the extract. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each
PAPER3 Use of English gap (27-33). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to use.
PAPER4 Listening
PAPER 5 Speaking
School Tie
The bus journey seemed interminably long. It was a
warm day for March and the atmosphere inside the bus
was stifling. My crisp new uniform felt like a
straitjacket, the infuriating scarlet tie round my neck
threatening to choke me. Ties! We have to wear a tie to
school, in this day and age? An outrage, an
abomination! My aesthetic senses were affronted.
[E]~ _
'Let's see you do it, then, mother! I mean women wear
them all the time, don't they? So it's natural that their
daughters should wear them to schoo!!' Sarcasm
remained my strongest weapon against my patient,
care-worn mother. Frustrated, I tore the offensive
object from my neck and threw it unceremoniously on
the floor. 'Just another yoke around our necks to force
us to submit to their authority!'
~------------
'Come on, dear. It's not so bad. It's only a uniform, and
you'll look so smart.' My mother always tried to avert
potential head-on collisions between my father and me.
'I'm not wearing it! And I'm not going to that crummy
school! Why did we have to move? Why couldn't dad
have stayed where he was?' I ranted on, relentless,
fighting back angry tears, lamenting the injustice of
the situation forced upon me.
~------------
With the benefit of hindsight, of course, I realise that
she was undoubtedly the person who suffered most
from that move. It had been thrust upon her just as
much as on us children, and had rocked her world too.
She had been happy with her life, her circle of friends,
her daily routine. Suddenly, she too found herself in an
alien environment, keenly aware not only of her own
problems in readjusting, but of those of her offspring as
well.
~------------
That I was the focus of some speculation was
understandable. A new girl starting in the middle of
the school year was bound to arouse interest. It boded
change - of both a demographic nature in the
classroom and a geographical one, for where would I
sit? And beyond that, a readjustment in the social
dynamics of the group, a potential reshuffle m
hierarchy.
QTI~-----------
Sinking lower in my seat, I silently cursed my father's
appalling timing in being relocated, thus bringing upon
his daughter anguish and embarrassment for the
second time in six months. Was the youngest member
ofthe family suffering the same humiliation? I doubted
it. Sporting an equally crisp new uniform, with an
equally constrictive tie, but seemingly unaware of it,
my sibling had casually strolled off to school that
morning as if it were no big deal.
QI]~-----------
'Hello.' A voice close to my ear broke through my
jumbled thoughts and returned me abruptly to the
present. It seemed that one of the girls could contain
her curiosity no longer. 'What's your name?' I
struggled against an urge to be sick, forcing down the
lump in my throat, and eyed her suspiciously. Staring
at me was an open, fun-loving face, with eyes that
sparkled with mischief. It showed potential. At least
she was making an effort. I had to give her that.
[EJ _
The content of that first conversation escapes me now.
All that remains is the feeling of relief I enjoyed as the
knot of fear and embarrassment that had been
churning in my stomach gradually dissipated, and even
my tie seemed to loosen its stranglehold on my throat.
I began to breathe normally again and the prospect of
entering a new phase in my life no longer seemed so
dark and terrifYing.
The egocentricity of youth often prevents us from
perceiving the pain of others. So concerned are we
with our own feelings, we believe that no one can
be suffering with the same intensity as ourselves.
In the emotional turmoil caused by the upheaval of
moving house and changing school, of having my
world turned upside down, I failed to even
consider, let alone comprehend, the pressures
upon my parents. Rather, I callously blamed them
for the situation, and as usual, mother bore the
brunt of my rage.
My mother thought I was overreacting, as always.
'Ever the drama-drawers!' she would say,
exasperatedly. 'Everything is of major importance
when it concerns you. Think of your father for
once! It's not easy for him, either. Don't be so
difficult!'
The root of my present discomfort lay in the fact
that my new classmates were being about as subtle
as a couple of sledgehammers, standing up in their
seats and peering over at me, then falling back and
giggling at some not very private joke concerning
my appearance.
'What kind of establishment are you sending me to
this time?' I had berated my mother. It had taken
me an age to learn how to do the tie up, standing
in front of the mirror, with my father ostensibly
showing me how. He soon despaired of my
miserable efforts, however, patience not being one
of his strong points.
E Sitting there sweltering on that bus, however, the
tie now neatly in place - my father had seen to that
- understanding and compassion were beyond me
as I cursed my misfortune in being forced to
change school again. I stared mournfully out of the
window and desperately tried to ignore the
sniggering and whispering from the seat behind
mine.
F While the other girls tittered inanely in the
background, we made our first connection. So
imprisoned did I feel in my isolation, exiled on the
island of that lonely seat, the space next to me
taunting me with its emptiness, that this gesture,
this reaching out felt like a lifeline pulling me back
to civilisation.
G Peter generally went through life with an air of
polite aloofness. Unperturbed by emotional
attachments, seemingly untroubled by fear,
insecurity or self-doubt - all of which clouded my
own troubled, adolescent mind - he drifted into
new environments and new experiences cushioned
by an inherent sense of self-assurance. How I
envied him!
H I was full of such proclamations at that age, much
to my parents' consternation. I wore them out
with grand statements on independence and free
thinking. 'Frank and outspoken' were comments
frequently made by the teachers at my previous
school, euphemisms, no doubt, for 'pig-headed and
contrary'. My comment on the present state of
affairs caused my father's face to go a dangerous
shade of red.
 You are going to read an article about music. For questions 34-40, choose the
answer lA, B, C or 0) which you think fits best according to the text.
PAPER 3 Use of English
PAPER 4 Listening
PAPER 5 Speaking
I maginea locked room in which a person sits alone staring
into space.There is nothing to look at. Most of the world is
stripped away.Except for sounds.
But these sounds resemble nothing heard before. They lack
all similarity to experience and any reference to surroundings.
Now imagine that those sounds - heard for the first time - are
the sounds of a Beethoven symphony. What would that
disembodied ear and mind make of them? How much would
be understood?
In recent decades such a situation would have been
considered artificial, abstract and irrelevant. What kind of
musical understanding can grow out of this kind of isolation,
lacking the expectations provided by the knowledge of a style
and lacking some sense of historical and political context? To
understand music, we have been taught, that room has to be
unlocked, the windows open and the world fully engaged.
But now the emphasis may be changing. The appeal of a
more abstract way of thinking about music may be growing.
There is a search for timeless laws and principles; it may be that
something can be learned from the listener in the locked
room.
A new field, for example, sometimes called biomusicology,
is preoccupied with how music affects the brain. What regions
of the brain respond to changes in harmony or melody? Is
there a single region that makes sense of music? Is there a
difference between the way neurons react to frequency
differences in speech (intonation) and frequency differences in
pitch (melody)? In such research the contingencies of culture
and history are often stripped away.The foundations of musical
perception are sought, as are the biological laws that make
music a human universal.
This change in emphasis may also be contributing to a
renewed interest in the relationship bet:\veen music and
mathematics. For all of music's deep connections to human
experience and social life, music is also similar to mathematics
in important respects, as ancient philosophical and musical
texts insist.
Harmony and counterpoint, after all, are sonic reflections of
ratio and number. Musical languages seem to possess their own
premises and laws. And a coherent and elegantly phrased
composition can display the beauty and inevitability of a
mathematical proof. Mathematicians and musicians have long
had reciprocal interests. For a time, though, such musical
idealism became something of an eccentricity.
But more recently seminars in music and mathematics have
been proliferating at universities. Last autumn Oxford
University Press published an anthology, 'Music and
Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals'.
What sort of picture of musical understanding is taking
shape with this renewed interest? Much of the brain research
is teasingly inconclusive. Every effort to examine the effects 0
single musical variables - pitch, metre, harmony -
inadvertently shows just how much more music is than the
sum of its parts. Despite attempts to identity a particular
musical region of the brain, for example, Dr Tramo, director 0:
the Institute for Music and Brain Science at Harvar
University, has shown that many regions are active when musi
is heard: even motor areas of the brain can become actiw
though the body might be at rest.
The relationship bet:\veen music and language is also
complex. The Russian composer Vissarion Shelabin continue";
to write music for a decade after a stroke in 1953 damaged lis
speech and language understanding. In one classic study, brain-
damaged patients could identity instruments and wrong no :
but could not recognise melodies. Some acoustic phenome:::-
- say variations in pitch - are interpreted differently \yhe
heard in music and in speech. A recent paper on the tone-dC'.,.:-
by researchers who included Aniruddh D. Patel at .•
Neurosciences Institute in San Diego shows that while su ::
individuals may have no trouble discriminating intonations :::
speech, they are stymied by sliding musical imitations of th :~
intonations.
Sonic events may be experienced differently when ( ~
become part of music. This is where that locked room becOl~~
so suggestive. We have all been in the position of that abs
listener, particularly when hearing music of an alien culture -: -
the first time that can at first seem like little more than rand _
sounds.
But music has a power unique among forms of h -
communication: it can teach itself. Gradually, over repea:~.:.
hearings, without the use of a dictionary or any reference'
the world outside, music shows how it is to be understood. -=----.
listener begins to hear patterns, repeated motifs and chant> : _
metre and realises that sounds have punctuation, that p
are being manipulated, transformed and recombined.
Nothing else is quite like this self-contained, self-teac
world. Music may be the ultimate self-revealing code; it car: .
comprehended in a locked room. This is one reason ,,"-
connections with mathematics are so profound. Though
requires reference to the world, it too proceeds by no
similarities and variations in patterns, in contemplatin" '
structure of abstract systems. Mathematics is done the
music is understood.
34 Why does the writer mention the Beethoven symphony in the second
paragraph?
A to illustrate that certain kinds of music do not make sense when heard in
isolation
B to emphasise the difference between a well-known piece of music and music
that has never been heard before
e to demonstrate that music needs to be related to the outside world in order to
be appreciated
o to speculate what it would sound like to a person with no previous experience
of this kind of music

35 What preconception about musical thinking is now under question?

A that music has to be heard in a suitable environment in order to be
understood
B that an understanding of music depends on the listener's cultural conditioning
e that people lack the historical and cultural background to make sense of
music
o that our knowledge of music is essentially abstract and artificial

36 Biomusicology
A is the study of how the brain understands and reacts to music.
B examines the relationship between language and music.
e is the study of how neurons react to language and music.
o examines which regions of the brain respond to changes in intonation.

37 According to the writer, the patterns in a musical composition

A illustrate the connection between philosophy and mathematics.
B can only be understood in a mathematical context.
e can be compared to the patterns studied in mathematics.
o no longer express the range of human experience.

38 Research indicates
A that the relationship between music and the mind is unexpectedly complex.
B that several areas of the brain respond exclusively to music.
e that when the listener is in motion, certain areas of the brain are activated.
o that pitch, metre and harmony stimulate all parts of the brain.

39 Studies have also shown that some people with brain damage
A can tell the difference between notes and intonations in speech.
B are unable to distinguish or identify specific tunes.
e are unable to recognise notes played on certain instruments.
o fail to notice when a musician strikes a wrong note.

40 In the last paragraph, the writer suggests that

A music can only be successfully interpreted in a locked room.
B ultimately music can be appreciated in any context.
e we understand music in the same way that we approach mathematics.
o the brain responds to music in the same way it responds to language.