Class: …………………………..

Full name: ………………………………………………

MOCK TEST 3
I. LISTENING (5 points)
Part 1: For questions 1-5, listen to a report on how European countries are dealing with
the coronavirus pandemic and decide whether these statements are True (T) or False (F).
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. Under the full lockdown in Italy, all grocery stores must be shut down.
2. There is a ban on entry for people from Austria into Italy.
3. Angela Merkel warned that Coronavirus could infect up to 17% of Germany's population.
4. Public gatherings still take place in the UK.
5. According to the professor, although the UK is taking more drastic measures than Italy, its
effectiveness is open to question.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2: For questions 6-10, listen to a report on Siberian heat wave and answer the
questions. Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS taken from the recording for each
answer in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
6. How does the woman describeYakutia?
7. What does the number of 1.7 million hectares temporarily burned out refer to?
8. What impact is mentioned as climate change alters the Gulf Stream current?
9. How did the river change in the aftermath of the diesel spill last month?
10. What was cited as the possible cause of the leakage of diesel?
Your answers:
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3: You will hear an interview with Marion D'Souza about homes exchanged for
holidays. For questions 11-15, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according
to what you hear.
11. Marion feels that 'Houseswaps UK' provides safeguards
A. by its mere existence.
В. by carefully vetting its clients.
C. by finding out about a client's home.
D. by checking available accommodation.
12. Subscription charges are not considered to be too high because
A. subscribers do not have to pay for the exchange.
B. of the cost of keeping records up to date.
C. damage insurance is included in the price.
D. they issue three catalogues per year.
13. Marion believes that the areas visited will gain because
A. people will spend more money on accommodation.
B. families generally prefer home exchanges.
C. people will have more money to spend when on holiday.
D. home exchanges are popular with professional people.
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14. Marion says that Ana from Spain was
A. extremely envious.
B. always enthusiastic.
C. never satisfied.
D. initially dubious.
15. Marion thinks that the prospects for 'Houseswaps' are
A. getting better all the time.
B. not very good in Spain.
C. better in Europe than elsewhere.
D. poor in tourist areas.
Your answers:
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Part 4: Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A
NUMBER for each answer in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
ENGLISH LIT - SHAKESPEARE
APRIL 23
Read Hamlet before lesson - see bookmarked pages
'Soliloquy' – one of the 16. _________________ common to Shakespeare's plays
- derived from Latin words 'solus' and 'loqui'
- speech made while alone, shows a character thinking
- 17. _________________
Hamlet contains 18. _________________ soliloquies.
- most spoken by Hamlet
- complex characterisation shows Shakespeare's in-depth treatment of individual
personality and 19. _________________
A soliloquy is not a 20. _________________ – should not be addressed to the audience
- supported by: self 21. _________________
- e.g. O heart, lose not thy nature!
- some directors disagree
- Most famous soliloquy: Hamlet Act 3, 22. _________________
- self-address focuses on expressing 23. _________________
- directed address (e.g. to a mirror 24. _________________) focuses on anger and
frustration at injustice
- one interpretation includes reading the soliloquy from a book
- specific importance to characterisation of Hamlet - shows his 25. _________________
nature
Your answers:
16. 21.
17. 22.
18. 23.
19. 24.
20. 25.
II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR (2 points)
Part 1: For questions 26-40, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the
following questions. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
26. Regional parliaments allow _____ for remote parts of the country or islands far from the
capital.
A. self-government B. self-sufficiency C. self-regulation D. self-support
27. The children are _____ by this new app; they can’t stop using it.
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A. revitalised B. hypnotised C. mesmerised D. capitalised
28. The new consultant is still feeling her _____ in the hospital.
A. bones B. pinch C. way D. weather
29. The surgery hired a _____ to cover the patients while the doctor was on holiday.
A. practitioner B. provider C. locum D. physician
30. The changes in the line-up forced the pop group to _____ after friction developed between
them.
A. displace B. disperse C. discard D. disband
31. Vicky walked into the room _____ as brass and made her demands to the group.
A. bright B. bold C. proud D. loud
32. We were just _____ in the sitting area and somehow the window got broken.
A. beetling about B. haring off C. horsing around D. wolfing down
33. They are a real _____ organisation; they are only interested in making a profit.
A. devil-may-care B. fly-by-night C. open-handed D. down-to-earth
34. They are not likely to _____ information during the current armed conflict.
A. cop out B. ladle out C. peter out D. pull out
35. A major political party is _____ the campaign for tighter gun controls in the wake of last
month’s shooting.
A. procuring B. setting C. spearheading D. fulfilling
36. There's no reason why Peter and I can't complete the project before the deadline; it's down to
_____ much more than my workload.
A. the flexibility of him B. be flexible C. his flexibility D. him to be flexible
37. It is crucial _____ drained and covered before wintertime.
A. for the pool getting B. the pool being
C. that the pool gets D. the pool that it gets
38. The college is planning to narrow their list of candidates for _____ the Dean before the end
of this academic semester.
A. the potential success of B. the potential for a successor
C. the potential successor for D. a successor potentially for
39. "It's become perfectly apparent that Julie isn't coming."
"You're right. _____ the meeting without her.”
A. We might as well start B. Well may we start
C. As we might well start D. We as well might start
40. _____ of get-rich-quick schemes that promise massive returns.
A. Doubting B. Be doubtful C. The doubt is D. Being doubtful
Your answers:

26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.

34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

Part 2: For questions 41-45, write the correct form of each bracketed word in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided.
CENTENARIANS
Centenarians (people aged 100+ years) exhibit (41, MARK) _____ delayed disability. It
seems to manifest only towards the end of their very long lives, at an average age of 93 years. In
one study of centenarians, 15% had no clinically (42, DEMONSTRATE) _____ disease at age
100 years and 43% did not exhibit age-related disease until age 80 years or older. In short, living
to 100 seems to be advantageous not just in years of survival, but in years of quality life.
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 Interestingly, centenarians appear to have little in common, varying widely when it comes to
diet, education, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. Still, studies have revealed some (43,
COMMON) _____. Very few centenarians are obese. Most have first degree relatives who also
achieve exceptional age, indicating genetic factors are strongly involved in longevity.
Substantial smoking history is usually rare. Finally, most centenarians have the personality traits
of (44, EXTRAVERT) _____ and serenity; despite life’s ups and downs, they seem better able
to maintain a positive outlook and handle stress better than the majority of the population.
But one characteristic marks out centenarians (45. DISPUTE) _____: gender. Some 85% of
centenarians are women. Among supercentenarians (those aged 110 or older), the figure is 90%.

Your answers:

41. 42. 43. 44. 45.

III. READING (5 points)

Part 1: For questions 46-55, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable
word. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
We are familiar with the saying “a picture paints a thousand words” and in the global village
the world has become, information in pictorial form is (46) _____ we turn. Much
communication takes place through symbols rather than words, a case in point (47) _____
airports, where you can see the majority of the thirty-four symbols devised (48) _____ the
American Institute of Graphic Arts in the 1970s. Such signs as a knife and fork for a restaurant
or a telephone for a phone booth are a boon for (49) _____ a traveller who does not speak
English or use the Latin alphabet. (50) _____ worldwide "languages" of this kind are musical
and mathematical notation, circuit diagrams, road signs and computer icons, (51) _____, again,
bypass the need for words. Even a label on a garment will carry, in symbols, washing and
ironing instructions. All these (52) _____ to be sufficient to their, (53) _____ restricted worlds
but would it really be possible to devise a universal symbolic system of communication
independent of any spoken language, culture-free and value-free, as dreamt of by the
seventeenth-century philosopher Leibniz? It would seem (54) _____. Chinese and Japanese
pictograms and ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics are sometimes cited as examples of such a
system, yet both Japanese script and Egyptian hieroglyphics include sound-based elements and
Chinese is often transliterated (55) _____ romanised sound-based "pinyin" script. In a word,
words are inescapable.

Your answers:

46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
Part 2: Read the following passage and do the tasks that follow.
Obstacles in the path of renewable energy
A. In the quest to find viable alternative sources of energy, it is understandable that better known
technologies are favoured. This accounts for the relative prevalence of solar panels and wind
turbines, compared to the comparative scarcity of methods harnessing energy from the tides, for
example. Cost and scale play a big part too, as does politics, since it takes a huge political
commitment for a government to back research and investment into a source of energy that may
only reap benefits long after that government is gone. In simple terms, it takes people with long-
term vision and concern for coming generations to make these decisions. They also have to be in
positions of power.
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B. It is important to draw a distinction between renewable and alternative energies. According to
Dr Michael Rudd, of the Dublin Institute of Energy Alternatives, 'There are many alternatives,
one of which is burning wood instead of coal. That does not mean we solve the problems facing
the planet, however. For us to find a viable alternative, it has to be renewable'. Dr Rudd points
out that there is a temptation to overcomplicate matters because of the desire to use advanced
technology for a solution. “Yes, of course we could invest trillions in using electrolysis to split
water into its component parts and use the hydrogen for fuel in our vehicles and factories. And
yes, there would be benefits. But the answer is staring us in the face. Why not use that water as
it is? We have been using flowing water as an energy source for thousands of years,' he says.
C. Water mills are indeed the first example of harnessing natural forces in order to perform a
range of mechanical tasks. The ancient Greeks and Romans had them, and they existed in
ancient China and India. They were used for grinding wheat to make flour, hammering, and
sawing timber or stone. Nowadays, we would rarely think of constructing a dam without making
provision for water to pass through and generate electricity - it seems too good an opportunity to
miss. “But how many dams do you know of?' asks Dr Rudd, 'There are just not that many of
them, even though proposals exist to build thousands. Building dams creates the same problems
that water mills create; once you block the flow of water, you are potentially blocking
navigation routes too, and we still need them, otherwise all our rivers would have hydroelectric
dams on them. Recent research suggests that creating reservoirs has its problems too, since the
stagnant water tends to accumulate methane - a greenhouse gas, and just the kind of thing we are
trying to avoid'.
D. Wind energy has been used for even longer than water if we consider the thousands of years
that have elapsed since we first attached a sail to a boat. The ugliness, noise and damage to
wildlife associated with wind farms have all been well documented. Of course, the supply of
power is at the mercy of wind strength - considerably less dependable than the flow of a river or
the fall of gravity from a hydroelectric dam. It also presents us with an infrastructure issue. In
recent years, there have been several cases where a particularly windy night generated more
electricity than could be used because there were no systems in place to exploit the excess. This
is certainly one obstacle that needs to be overcome.
E. Solar energy is perhaps the biggest success story in some countries. However, ignorance is
one of the barriers which has prevented its implementation in others. Consistently perceived to
be a method for countries with a guaranteed minimum number of sunshine hours, solar power
suffers in certain countries simply because people are not convinced that it will work there.
Those people include financial organisations which could, if they had a more realistic overview,
provide financial incentives for people wishing to invest in green energy. According to Dr Rudd,
'Solar energy for domestic use presents us with a similar picture to that of geothermal energy
and heat insulation - all of them are considerably cheaper if they are incorporated in the planning
stage than if they are added retrospectively. Once all new homes take this into account, we will
see a massive difference. However, there is a further barrier – that of split incentives - whereby
the builder or owner of the property is reluctant to invest in technology, the benefits of which
will be passed on to the tenant in the form of reduced energy bills'.
F. Wave and tide power have significantly greater potential than damming rivers, and they
harness more predictable forces than wind or solar energy. Many of the above obstacles apply
here too, with the threat to marine life and the altering of ecosystems being perhaps more
convincing arguments against. However, the huge cost has proved the greatest impediment so
far. Despite figures that guarantee a return, this method has not yet started generating a
significant amount of energy worldwide. A one-billion-pound project in Wales was given the
green light in 2015, but hit delays almost immediately. Problems specific to this technology
include the difficulty of working underwater and the effect of corrosion on metal parts.
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Questions 56-60
The Reading Passage has six paragraphs, A-F. Which paragraph contains the following
information? Write the correct letter, A-F, in boxes 56-60.
56. an example of an unexpectedly plentiful supply of energy going to waste
57. the negative effect on a means of transport
58. a term make which means a group of people are less motivated to energy savings
59. a complicated and a simple way to use the same natural resource
60. a reference to people who consider the future
Your answers:
56. 57. 58. 59. 60.

Questions 61-64
Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer in the Reading Passage? In
boxes 61-64, write
YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer.
NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer.
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this.
61. Governments do not care about energy sources they will not directly benefit from.
62. Most dams have some form of energy-generating technology built in.
63. The wind is a more reliable source of energy than rivers.
64. Environmental problems are greater with wind, wave and tide technology.
Your answers:
61. 62. 63. 64.

Questions 65-68
Complete the summary below. Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the
passage for each answer. Write your answers in boxes 65-68.
The writer argues that we see more solar panels and wind turbines because we have a better
understanding of these technologies. This also explains the 65. _____ of other alternatives.
Dr Rudd says that alternative energy is not the same as 66. _____. He says that, although we can
get some benefit if we invest in complex solutions, this is not necessary. He warns against
creating too many 67. _____, however, since it is now known that this releases harmful gas into
the atmosphere. Dr Rudd goes on to say that energy efficiency in homes needs to be considered
at the 68. _____ as it is less cost effective to do it later.
Your answers:
65. 66. 67. 68.
Part 3: In the passage below, seven paragraphs have been removed. For questions 69-75,
read the passage and choose from paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap. There is
ONE extra paragraph which you do not need to use. Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided.
Living in a Dream World
Daydreaming can help solve problems, trigger creativity, and inspire great works of art and
science. By Josie Glazier.
Most people spend between 30 and 47 per cent of their waking hours spacing out, drifting off,
lost in thought, wool-gathering or building castles in the air. Yale University emeritus
psychology professor Jerome L. Singer defines daydreaming as shifting attention “away from
some primary physical or mental task toward an unfolding sequence of private responses” or,
more simply, “watching your own mental videos.” He also divides daydreaming styles into two

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main categories: “positive-constructive,” which includes upbeat and imaginative thoughts, and
“dysphoric,” which encompasses visions of failure or punishment. 
69.
Such humdrum concerns figured prominently in one study that rigorously measured how much
time we spend mind wandering in daily life. In a 2009 study, Kane and his colleague Jennifer
McVay asked 72 students to carry Palm Pilots that beeped at random intervals eight times a day
for a week. The subjects then recorded their thoughts at that moment on a questionnaire. The
study found that about 30 per cent of the beeps coincided with thoughts unrelated to the task at
hand and that mind wandering increased with stress, boredom or sleepiness or in chaotic
environments and decreased with enjoyable tasks. That may be because enjoyable activities tend
to grab our attention.
70.
We may not even be aware that we are daydreaming. We have all had the experience of
“reading” a book yet absorbing nothing—moving our eyes over the words on a page as our
attention wanders and the text turns into gibberish. “When this happens, people lack what I call
‘meta-awareness,’ consciousness of what is currently going on in their mind,” he says. But
aimless rambling can be productive as they can allow us to stumble on ideas and associations
that we may never find if we intentionally seek them.
71.
So, why should daydreaming aid creativity? It may be in part because when the brain is floating
in unfocused mental space it serves a specific purpose. It allows us to engage in one task and at
the same time trigger reminders of other, concurrent goals so that we do not lose sight of them.
There is also the belief that we can boost the creative process by increasing the amount of
daydreaming we do or replaying variants of the millions of events we store in our brains.
72.
The mind's freedom to wander during a deliberate tuning out could also explain the flash of
insight that may coincide with taking a break from an unsolved problem. A study conducted at
the University of Lancaster in England into this possibility found that if we allow our minds to
ramble during a moderately challenging task, we can access ideas that are not easily available to
our conscious minds. Our ability to do so is now known to depend on the normal functioning of
a dedicated daydreaming network deep in our brain.
73.
It was not until 2007, however, that cognitive psychologist Malia Fox Mason, discovered that
the default network — which lights up when people switch from an attention-demanding
activity to drifting reveries with no specific goals, becomes more active when mind wandering is
more likely. She also discovered that people who daydream more in everyday life show greater
activity in the default network while performing monotonous tasks.
74.
The conclusion reached in this ground-breaking study was that the more complex the mind
wandering episode is, the more of the mind it is going to consume. This inevitably leads to the
problem of determining the point at which creative daydreaming crosses the boundary into the
realms of compulsive fantasising. Although there is often a fine dividing line between the two,
one question that can help resolve the dilemma relates to whether the benefits gained from
daydreaming outweigh the cost to the daydreamer’s reputation and performance.
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75.
On the other hand, there are psychologists who feel that the boundary is not so easily defined.
They argue that mind wandering is not inherently good or bad as it depends to a great extent on
context. When, for example, daydreaming occurs during an activity that requires little
concentration, it is unlikely to be costly. If, however, it causes someone to suffer severe injury or
worse by say, walking into traffic, then the line has been crossed.

A. Although these two findings were significant, mind wandering itself was not measured
during the scans. As a result, it could not be determined exactly when the participants in her
study were “on task” and when they were daydreaming. In 2009 Smallwood, Schooler and
Kalina Christoff of the University of British Columbia published the first study to directly link
mind wandering with increased activity in the default network. Scans on the participants in their
study revealed activity in the default network was strongest when subjects were unaware they
had lost focus.
B. However, intense focus on our problems may not always lead to immediate solutions. Instead
allowing the mind to float freely can enable us to access unconscious ideas hovering underneath
the surface — a process that can lead to creative insight, according to psychologist Jonathan W.
Schooler of the University of California, Santa Barbara
C. Yet to enhance creativity, it is important to pay attention to daydreams. Schooler calls this
“tuning out” or deliberate “off-task thinking.”, terms that refer to the ability of an individual to
have more than just the mind-wandering process. Those who are most creative also need to have
meta-awareness to realise when a creative idea has popped into their mind.
D. On the other hand, those who ruminate obsessively—rehashing past events, repetitively
analyzing their causes and consequences, or worrying about all the ways things could go wrong
in the future - are well aware that their thoughts are their own, but they have intense difficulty
turning them off. The late Yale psychologist Susan Nolen-Hoeksema does not believe that
rumination is a form of daydreaming, but she has found that in obsessive ruminators, the same
default network as the one that is activated during daydreaming switches on.
E. Other scientists distinguish between mundane musings and extravagant fantasies. Michael
Kane, a cognitive psychologist at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, considers
“mind wandering” to be “any thoughts that are unrelated to one's task at hand.” In his view,
mind wandering is a broad category that may include everything from pondering ingredients for
a dinner recipe to saving the planet from alien invasion. Most of the time when people fall into
mind wandering, they are thinking about everyday concerns, such as recent encounters and
items on their to-do list. 
F. According to Schooler, there are two steps you need to take to make the distinction. First,
notice whether you are deriving any useful insights from your fantasies. Second, it is important
to take stock of the content of your daydreams. To distinguish between beneficial and
pathological imaginings, he adds, “Ask yourself if this is something useful, helpful, valuable,
pleasant, or am I just rehashing the same old perseverative thoughts over and over again?” And
if daydreaming feels out of control, then even if it is pleasant it is probably not useful or
valuable.
G. Artists and scientists are well acquainted with such playful fantasizing. Filmmaker Tim
Burton daydreamed his way to Hollywood success, spending his childhood holed up in his
bedroom, creating posters for an imaginary horror film series. Orhan Pamuk, the Turkish
novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006, imagined “another world,” to which he
retreated as a child, Albert Einstein pictured himself running along a light wave—a reverie that
led to his theory of special relativity.

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H. Like Facebook for the brain, the default network is a bustling web of memories and
streaming movies, starring ourselves. “When we daydream, we're at the center of the universe,”
says neurologist Marcus Raichle of Washington University in St. Louis, who first described the
network in 2001. It consists of three main regions that help us imagine ourselves and the
thoughts and feelings of others, draw personal memories from the brain and access episodic
memories.

Your answers:

69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75.

Part 4: For questions 76-82, read an article about food in Ancient Rome and choose the
answer A, B, C or D which you think fits best according to the text. Write your answers in
the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
EATING IN ANCIENT ROME
Interest in the dining habits of Ancient Rome necessarily focuses on the upper classes, since the
poor then, as now – ate simple fare such as coarse bread and pea broth, with little seasonal
variation.
For the aristocrats, however, it was a different story. With all the resources of the far-flung
empire at their disposal, and a veritable army of slaves to toil over the hot cauldrons in the
kitchen, the nobles could put together a fine feast whenever they wanted to and, according to
contemporary sources, they wanted to quite often. For the leisured classes, food was not just
something to keep body and soul together, but a way of demonstrating your status. Guests were
invariably made fully aware of the expense their host had incurred.
This was done in several ways. One was to impress diners with the platters, bowls and trays that
the food was served on, made of silver, bronze and pewter worked into intricate patterns. The
dining rooms themselves were also designed to demonstrate their owners' wealth: fretted ivory
ceilings, for example, with panels that slid back to release a shower of rose petals on to the
guests. In some houses, grains of precious stones, gold, amber or pearl would be served up,
hidden in the food. Hosts would also be judged by the entertainment they offered. The more
elaborate the better seems to have been the rule. Exotic dances, juggling acts, poetry readings,
gladiator fights were performed and, no doubt, evaluated.
Then, of course, there was the food itself. The basic ingredients were all very easy to come by,
with most Roman villas boasting their own vegetable gardens, orchards and livestock pens. The
hosts' wealth would be displayed not only through the quantity of the edibles on offer, but also
through the cost of acquiring them. There was, therefore, a vast array of hors d'oeuvres: fresh
asparagus, egg dishes, seafood, even specially fattened snails and dormice. The main course (or,
more frequently, main courses) comprised roasted or boiled poultry and game or other meat
delicacies. Several dishes would be placed on the table and the guests, reclining on couches,
would help themselves, using their right hands. They were largely unimpeded by cutlery: forks
were unknown, and knives and spoons used only occasionally. Napkins were provided to protect
the upholstery and to wipe sticky fingers.
And the fingers certainly got sticky. Nearly every dish was smothered in sauce, which was
thickened with wheat flour or crumbled pastry. The most noticeable ingredients were spices,
which served to disguise the dubious freshness of the food and, more importantly perhaps, to
demonstrate the costly variety of condiments available to the host. Sometimes, so many spices
were combined in one sauce that it was impossible to identify any one flavour. And if the cook
was a trifle heavy-handed, there was always the danger that the guests would feel as though their
stomachs were on fire.
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But it was, perhaps, the presentation of the food that made the greatest impact. The
contemporary writer, Petronius, has bequeathed a vivid description of a feast where a hare was
served adorned with wings, to look like Pegasus; quinces were stuck with thorns to resemble sea
urchins; and roast pork was carved into the shape of songbirds, fish and geese.
It may be hard for those of us in labour-saving homes to imagine the time and effort required to
produce such a lavish banquet. Cooks and slaves would have launched themselves into frenzied
activity amid simmering pots and pans, pounding herbs and spices, turning whole carcasses on
spits, fetching wine and oil from amphorae, grinding grain to make flour – and all under the
watchful eye of the lady of the house. She may, perhaps, have ordered the slaves to mix 'bad
honey with 'good', or to boil meat that had gone off first in milk, then in water. After all, it
wouldn't do for the guests to spot a deficiency. One wonders whether those same slaves, on
catching a glimpse of the ornate tableware, or the floral garlands worn by the guests to ward off
the effects of too much wine, laughed up their sleeves at the efforts being made to impress. One
wonders, too, whether the guests, entering the dining room (right foot first over the threshold to
avert ill luck) ever suspected that the spices disguised a decided lack of freshness. Perhaps,
though, when it was finally time to stagger home, the wine and the entertainment had had the
desired effect.
76. What reason does the writer give in the second paragraph for the Romans hosting such
extravagant feasts?
A. To prove that their status entitled them to freedom of choice.
B. It was how they best liked filling their leisure time.
C. They were responsible for seeing to the disposal of vast resources.
D. It advertised their importance.
77. How were diners shown the host's wealth?
A. They were allowed to keep silver plates.
B. They saw automatic moving panels in operation.
C. They were given gifts of valuable minerals.
D. They were presented with lots of flowers.
78. We learn that most of the food
A. was home-grown produce.
B. was chosen to impress.
C. would not be found in a modern kitchen or restaurant.
D. was not fresh.
79. What impression of a typical Roman feast does the writer give?
A. The guests would sit at a large table but move to get their food.
B. The furniture would get very sticky.
C. The guests didn't know how to use cutlery.
D. Everyone ate at a rather unusual angle.
80. What complaint would the writer most likely have about Roman food?
A. The seasoning wasn't subtle enough.
B. The pastry was too crumbly.
C. The trifles caused stomach ache.
D. The food was rotten.
81. The writer suggests in the last paragraph that the reader may be unable to comprehend
A. why the slaves would work so hard.
B. why the hostess would have so much responsibility.
C. the scale of the preparations involved.
D. the hostess's willingness to use food that wasn't fresh.
82. The writer implies that the slaves may secretly have mocked
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A. the guests for the amount of wine they consumed.
B. their mistress for serving such unhealthy food.
C. the guests for their naivety about why spices were used.
D. the need to go to such lengths for admiration.

Your answers:
76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82.

Part 5: You are going to read a newspaper article containing book reviews. For questions
83-95, choose from the reviews (A-H). The extracts may be chosen more than once.
In which review are the following mentioned?
83. ______ a subject whose fascination never fades
84. ______ particularly fine illustrations
85. ______ an accidental transgression
86. ______ a successful fusion of words and graphics
87. ______ an adult who helps a child
88. ______ travel between completely credible worlds
89. ______ a previous work by the same author
90. ______ children who are not interested in certain kinds of books
91. ______ children who lack self-confidence
92. ______ doubts about who the book is intended for
93. ______ a powerful evocation of a particular time and place
94. ______ an unexpected ending
95. ______ the tendency to patronize
Books for Children
Reviews of the best children’s books published this year
A. Lost and Found by Peter Osgood
Ages 10+
Anje was abandoned by her mother as a baby and has grown up with foster parents, but now she
resolves to track down the mother who deserted her. Osgood avoids all the traps inherent in a
tale of family life, refusing to describe events in such a way as to justify the adults’ actions.
Instead, he portrays the situation as Anje herself experiences it, with stunning insight and
accuracy, producing a moving and hard-hitting story. What is more, there is plenty of action to
keep you turning the pages, and the breathtaking finale comes right out of the blue. Sensitive
youngsters may find the subject emotionally haunting, but by this age children should be able to
cope with the issues handled here. Highly recommended.
B. Bird Fly Away by Helen Hunter-Smith
Ages 8 – 11
Children may well be natural conservationists, enchanted by floppy bunnies and cute doggies,
but rather than simply exploit this yearning for anthropomorphic animals, Hunter-Smith has
decided to tackle head-on the whole problem of how we treat animals in western society. The
story revolves around a farm where Cal lives with his parents, who are desperately trying to get
away from the countryside and move to the big city. The haunting pictures of the dilapidated
farm buildings and scruffy animals are just one of the outstanding features in this first novel, but
perhaps the major attraction of Bird Fly Away is that it refuses to compromise in its portrayal of
poverty-stricken farmers and neglected animals. This enables young readers to understand fully
the awkward issues facing the grown-ups in this world, though there is a tribute to the genre of
fairy tales in the shape of a happy ending. A fine work with serious undertones.

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C. Cuddle by Seth Ashton
Ages 0 – 4
Everyone likes a cuddle; that’s the premise of this charming, chunky book for the very young.
Even toddlers who show no interest in the usual baby bathtime books will be entranced by the
delightful narrative. In fact, this book could hardly be bettered as an introduction to the world of
stories. As Eddy the Baby Elephant wanders sadly through the jungle in search of his parents, he
encounters all sorts of adorable creatures, from Harold the Hippo to Tim the Toothy Tiger, and
each of them sends him on his way with a nice cuddle. All Eddy has to learn to do is ask for a
cuddle – and be prepared to return the favour and give someone else a cuddle when asked to do
so. The sparse text is cleverly interwoven with the line drawings in such as way as to encourage
reading without being too overtly didactic.
D. Step Aside by Diana Courtland
Ages 8 – 11
Having grown up in an orphanage, Bob can only imagine what normal family life is like, and he
indulges in these fantasies whenever his drab reality becomes too depressing. Problems begin to
emerge when he discovers he is slipping in and out of his imaginary world without realizing it –
and then he finds he can’t control which world he is living in. This powerful and original tale
demonstrates with stunning clarity how strongly we can be drawn into our fantasies and what an
uncomfortable (and ultimately terrifying) experience it can be. While Courtland clearly has
talent as a writer, the younger members of the target market for this work may find the subject
matter too unsettling. After all, she is really hinting at the psychological basis of a wide range of
mental problems, not to mention abuse of alcohol and narcotics. If this marketing mismatch
could be addressed, the book would deserve unreserved praise.
E. Not in Time by Laura Rose
Ages 8 – 11
Child psychologists tell us that round about the age of six and seven most children are gripped
by an interest in the phenomenon of time, though the extent to which they articulate this
naturally varies. Books and films for older children (and adults) that deal with time travel
indicate just how, well, timeless, that interest is. Laura Rose’s third book once again features her
popular protagonist, Heather Hornet, who discovers an old garden that is a portal to a world of
the future. As Heather ventures backwards and forwards in time, she learns fascinating details
about life in different epochs, each of which is entirely plausible and very real. The writer also
dares to address the thorny but fascinating philosophical question of whether a visitor from the
future who changes the past could thereby nullify his own existence. To discover what
conclusion Rose comes to, you will have to buy the book!
F. Color My World by Ashton Lyle
Ages 2 – 5
My three-year-old niece loved this book, though I can’t promise that every three-year-old will
feel the same way. This is the story of Viji, the little boy who absolutely refuses to paint pictures
in his nursery class. In a clever touch we see how the pictures themselves feel (neglected, since
you ask) when Viji only paints them under extreme pressure. But a new teacher at nursery
school brings out the artist in Viji by helping make his pictures come to life for him, showing
him what they think and feel. So the moral here is that even though grown-ups want you to do
something that you yourself have no desire to do, you might still enjoy it if you give it a go. A
useful message for every child who is unwilling to try something new because of doubts about
his or her ability.

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G. The Ghost at Number 54 by Fred Wilmot
Ages 8 – 11
This marvelous tale manages to make England in the 1950s seem like an interesting place – and
as someone who was growing up there at the time, I can only say this is a huge tribute to the
writer’s skills! Wilmot captures brilliantly the drabness and grey uniformity, but also the quaint
quality of life in that decade. Against this backdrop he tells the story of Alice and John as it
slowly dawns on them that their house, number 54 Mafeking Place, is haunted. One striking
quality in this work is Wilmot’s ability to demonstrate what is going on in the minds of the
adults in the story – without talking down to his young readers, as so many writers do. I won’t
reveal how the tale ends, except to remark that we were very fond of happy endings in the
1950s.
H. The Enchanted Tree by Samantha Carson
Ages 11+
The tree in this story is not just enchanted in the figurative sense of the word: Haball the wizard
has actually cast a spell over it, and this means that nobody must look at the old oak. Everyone
in the village knows this, for such matters are common in this medieval world of witches,
wizards and spells. Everyone except Arthur, that is, for Arthur is the son of a travelling musician
who is passing through the village. We learn what happens to Arthur when he looks at the tree,
and as in her first novel, Carson depicts brilliantly the isolation of childhood, the sensation that
everyone except you knows the rules of the game. A gripping read that will be popular with
boys and girls alike.

Your answers:
83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89.
90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95.

IV. WRITING (6 points)

Part 1: Read the following extract and use your own words to summarize it. Your
summary should be between 100 and 120 words long. (1.5 points)
Over the years, the inner-city neighborhood of Harlem, in New York City, has been
plagued by drugs, crime and poverty. In Harlem and other poor neighborhoods like it,
underfunded and dysfunctional schools, high school dropouts, single teenage mothers and young
men with criminal records are all too common. In fact, in many such neighborhoods, 30-50
percent of the males have criminal records. Of course, it is widely known that negative
behavioral patterns are more often than not, passed down from one generation to the next, but
the situation isn't hopeless. Geoffrey Canada, a 57-year- old former teacher who was himself
raised in poverty by a single mother, is working hard to break the harmful cycles that torment
many of Harlem's residents.
Canada has served as president and CEO (chief executive officer) of the Harlem
Children's Zone Project since 1990. This ambitious and, so far, highly successful project (often
referred to as the HCZ) is made up of a range of medical, social, in-school and after-school
programs designed to help the disadvantaged children of Harlem. The HCZ operates on
principles. The first is that children should be helped from as young an surrounded by adults
who comprehend what will help the age as possible, and the second is that children need to be
children grow up to be happy, healthy and successful.
The HCZ is comprised of an extensive array of innovative programs aimed to educate
and improve the lives of parents, their children and other members of the community. One
example is The Baby College, which consists of parenting workshops aimed mainly at those
with children on the way. The next step for many families is The Harlem Gems, a program
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which prepares pre-schoolers for elementary school. The Promise Academy is a special school
geared towards addressing the particular needs of Harlem's young. A host of other programs,
which address the financial and psychological needs of parents, and offer the children of Harlem
a chance to learn about art, karate and the like, are also run by the HCZ.

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Part 2:
The graphs below provide information on drivers'use of hand-held and hands free mobile
phones in England from 2002 to 2009, while the pie chart shows the types of road accidents
caused by the use of mobile phones in 2013.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
You should write at least 150 words. (1.5 points)

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Part 3: Write an essay of 350 words on the following topic: (3 points)
Some people think that it is necessary to travel abroad to learn about other
countries, while other people think that it is not necessary to travel abroad because all the
information can be seen on TV and the Internet.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

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