Examination Card 14 Form 11

Task 1 Reading

You are going to read a journal article about the life of Lord John Hunt. Parts of the article are mixed.
Raed the article and put the paragraphs into the correct order.

Colonel John Hunt (1910- 1998)

He has a sensitive and intensely human person. With his engaging blue eyes and confident handshake, he
immediately put one at ease and his warmth and determination moulded a group of individualists into a
happy and united team. We remained friends ever since. Everest changed all our lives.

After heart surgery in May 1995, he reduced his public engagements, but it gave him enormous pleasure last
May to preside for the last time over the extended “Everest Family” at our 45 th anniversary reunion in
Snoedonia. He died on 7 November 1998 and is survived by his wife Joy and their four daughters.

Four days earlier Hillary and Tenzing had reached the highest point on Earth for the first time- 29,028 feet
(8,848 metres). However it was a leader of the British expedition, Colonel John Hunt, who deserved the
highest accolade of knighthood.

Then came a peace- keeping role between dissident groups in Greece following liberation from the Germans,
for which he was appointed CBE. So when I first met him at the Royal Geographical Society to be
interviewed for a possible place in his 1953 Everest team, I might have expected a brusque and conventional
military man. I was wrong.

Hunt gave up a promising army career to be the first director of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, becoming a
role model and inspiration to youth, influencing them to take up challenging outdoor pursuits. Created a life
peer in 1966 and Knight of the Garter in 1979, his record of public service was exceptional; advising on
relief after the Nigerian civil war, on police in Northern Ireland; first chairman of the Parole Board; president
the council for National Parks; the list was endless. He was elected president of both the Alpine Club and the
RGS; wrote the best- selling The Ascent of Everest in an astonishing 30 days and a volume of his
autobiography, Life is Meeting.

He had climbed to 27,350 feet in support of the assault, but it was his battle with proven powers of
leadership and meticulous planning that were the hallmarks of success. Following his father into the army, he
was commissioned in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, serving in India in the 1930s and earning a
Distinguished Service Order in theatre- fighting of the Italian campaign of the World War II.

“Everest- The Growing Glory” was the headline greeting the crowds outside Buckingham Palace on 2 June
1953.

Geographical
Task 2 Use of English
For questions 1-12 ,read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C, or D best fits each space. There
is an example at the beginning (0).
Graffiti
The history of writing and drawing on walls, nowadays (0)…C… as graffiti, is much longer than
most of us (1)…….. . People were painting on walls thousands of years ago. Although the paintings were
probably done for religious (2)………, there is also the (3)…….that the artists wanted to (4)………their
individuality at the same time. These days, graffiti can be (5)……..almost everywhere, from the Paris Metro
to the outside walls of houses in Northern Ireland. Graffiti is often viewed as the (6)……..of vandals, but
some people claim that it is an art form. Indeed, there have been a number of (7)………of graffiti which
have been shown at art exhibitions.
Most graffiti is not, however, appreciated and there are continuous (8)…….to have it removed which
cost a great deal of money. For instance, the London Underground has to (9)……..5 million pounds a year
on cleaning its stations. Unfortunately, the stations do not (10)……….clean for very long. Since graffiti is an
art form enjoyed by a(n) (11)………number of people, how about having some designated graffiti areas?
This will give graffiti artists the (12)……..to draw without causing any trouble.

0 A believed B said C known D concerned

1 A realise B understand C discover D recognise
2 A intentions B aims C purposes D explanations
3 A possibility B option C situation D odds
4 A explain B describe C tell D express
5 A looked B inspected C seen D signed
6 A work B operation C job D career
7 A copies B proofs C occasions D examples
8 A tries B efforts C trials D tests
9 A spend B pay C grant D cost
1 A continue B remain C maintain D hold
0
1 A developing B lowering C growing D advancing
1
1 A chance B attempt C probability D likelihood
2

Task 3 Writing

Your school is organising the school- leavers’ party next month. Write a letter to your English pen-
friend in which you ask for advice about the following:

 ball or disco;
 programme;
 food and drinks;
 clothes.
Write a letter of at least 100 words. Do not write any dates or addresses.