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Part I. LISTENING (50 points)

Section 1: Write no more than three words and/or a number for each answer.
Hibernation
Butterfly species adopt different hibernation patterns during their life circle. Butterflies named “Banded Hair
Freak” hibernate in the form of an (1)______ . A species called “Dapple White” accumulates (2)______
from larval stage. Slow metabolism can help them to sort out some problems in winter. A substance is
produced in the blood which may function as (3)______ .There are few predators because they can only
survive in (4)______ weather.
Migration
Monarch butterflies move to (5)______ in winter. To avoid cold temperature, they migrate to the south in
large groups. The survival skill can help them last for up to (6)______ during a long journey. Monarch
butterflies fly in the daytime and stay in (7)______ during night. Researchers found out that they orient by
flying along the (8)______ They also follow the direction of the (9)______for navigational aid. During
migration, they mainly feed on flowers and cannot reproduce. Recently, the annual arrival of the monarchs
can be a good interest to (10)______ in the region.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Section 2: Write no more than three words or a number for each answer.
1. What time should Frank and Liz go to dinner?
____________________________________________________________
2. What’s Frank’s mobile phone number?
____________________________________________________________
3. What’s on the other side of the road from John and Kate’s flat?
____________________________________________________________
4. What does Liz Not like to eat?
____________________________________________________________
5. Which bell button is the one for John and Kate’s flat?
A B C

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Your answers:
1. 2. 3.
4. 5.

Section 3: Listen to a video talking about the importance of drinking water. Decide the following
statements are true (T), false (F) or not given (NG)
1. By their first birthday, human babies’ water composition drops to 65%
2. The amount of water in an adult’s brain and heart is much more than that in a banana.
3. That sodium electrolytes in the body become diluted, causing cells to swell is still being researched by
some well-known doctors.
4. Men should consume from 2.5-3.7 liters of water on a daily basis.
5. Studies have shown that optimal hydration can completely eliminate the chance of cancer.
1. 2. 3.
4. 5.

Section 4: You will hear an interview with a student called Liam, who talks about the financial
difficulties he faced during his first year at university.
Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) to each of the following sentence.
1. Liam’s choice of bank account was based on
A. the availability of interest -free overdrafts.
B. the gift from the bank to new student customers.
C. the location of the nearest branch of the bank.
D. the high credit limit on credit cards for students.
2. Liam believes the most useful student discounts are for
A. travelling by rail
B. going to the cinema
C. eating out
D. online shopping
3. Following the theft of his laptop, Liam wished he had
A. taken his possessions with him during the vacation.
B. thought about the need for insurance cover.
C. made sure his room on campus was more secure.
D. used a stronger password to protect his data.
4. Liam was surprised to discover how much he had been spending on
A. social activities
B. loan repayments
C. clothes shopping
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D. taxi fares
5. When he got into debt, Liam felt
A. confident he could deal with the situation on his own.
B. annoyed that nobody had warned him that could happen.
C. unconcerned as he knew his parents would help him.
D. apprehensive about what the lenders might do next.
1. 2. 3.
4. 5.

Part II: LEXICO-GRAMMAR: (30 points)

I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write your answers in
the correspondent numbered boxes. (15 pts)
1. The company is famous for making sturdy work clothes that can ______ hard wears.
A. stand up for B. stand up to
C. stand in for D. stand up against
2. He lost his job______ no fault of his own.
A. with B. by C. through D. over
3. Can you ______ to it that no one uses this entrance?
A. ensure B. guarantee C. assure D. see
4."Another cup of coffee?" - "No, but thanks ______"
A. all the same B. not at all C. for all D. you for all
5. Giving up smoking is just one of the ways to ______ heart disease.
A. push off B. put off C. ward off D. throw off
6. The President accused his critics of being oversensitive and of ______.
A. playing it by ear B. cutting to the chase
C. making a mountain out of a molehill D. splitting hairs
7. My secretary left me in the _____ last month and I haven’t found a replacement yet.
A. rock B. lurch C. face D. fire
8. I would rather that I ______ him to my birthday party yesterday.
A. invited B. have invited C. had invited D. invite
9. We are going to build a fence around the field with ______ to breeding sheep and cattle.
A. a goal B. an outlook C. a reason D. a view
10. Having made his first film earlier this year, he is ______ starring in a new musical.
A. actually B. currently C. lately D. recently
11. He seemed very quiet, but it would be a mistake to ______ his intelligence.
A. devalue B. depreciate C. underrate D. minimize

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 12. Paul’s been in Alice’s bad ______ ever since he offended her at the party.
A. eyes B. books C. likes D. treats
13. ______ instructed me how to make a good preparation for a job interview.
A. John Robbins to that I spoke by telephone
B. John Robbins, that I spoke by telephone
C. John Robbins I spoke to telephone
D. John Robbins, whom I spoke to by telephone,
14. The professor’s ______ theory is that singing preceded speech.
A. fancied B. fond C. pet D. preferable
15. Social work suits her ______ to the ground.
A. down B. for C. out D. round
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

II. For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the
lines to form a new word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
(10 pts)
Blogging and the media
The growing number of weblogs - or blogs, as they are (0)
___AFFECTIONATELY____ known - on the Internet has become a cause for AFFECTION
concern among mainstream media organizations. Within a few years, blogs have
developed from personal musings on (1) ___________ events to full-blown
critical commentaries which are often well-informed and (2) __________ DAY
expressed. With an estimated fifty-two million bloggers writing on almost every ELOQUENCE
(3) ____________ subject each day, corporate media can no longer ignore them
or treat them with (4) ___________. The ubiquity of blogs that they are CONCEIVE
increasingly (5) ___________ as can be seen in the number of news stories that RESPECT
have been (6) ___________ or called into question by bloggers in recent years. INFLUENCE
For bloggers have a freedom unavailable to mainstream journalists. They
bypass both editor and publisher, who by their very presence (7) ___________ CREDIT
distort stories by 'tailoring' them to suit their own ends. The material on blogs is
raw, (8) ___________ by editors, and often harsh and direct in its criticism of
the way news is reported by the media. The advantages of this for the reading INEVITABLE
public are obvious. Bloggers act as a kind of media watchdog, able to check MODIFY
facts and verify or (9) ___________ information in a way that journalists are

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often unable to, and this is shaking mainstream media out of its (10)
__________.
PROOF

COMPLACENT

Your answers:
1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

III. For questions 1-5, read the text which contains 5 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write the
correction in the spaces provided. (5 points)
Things started to go wrong as soon as we got to the hotel. We were all
completely exhausted after our long journey and looking forward to a shower
and a rest. However, we found that our room was not ready, which was very
annoying, although the manager was extremely apologizing. While we were
waiting, we asked about the excursions to places of interest which we have read
about in the brochure. Imagine how we felt when we were told they had all
been cancelled! Apparently, the person responsible for organizing them had left
suddenly and had not been replaced. Then Sally saw a notice pinning to the
door of the restaurant, said it was closed for redecoration, and Peter discovered
that the swimming pool was empty. When we eventually got to our room we
were horrified to find that it was on the back of the hotel, and we had a view of
a car park, which seemed to be used as a rubbish dump. We seriously began to
wonder whether or not to stay.
Your answers:
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PART III. READING (50 points)
Question 1. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the
following passage.
What we know about music and the brain
Work on the human brain has indicated how different parts are centres of activities for different skills,
feeling, perceptions and so on. It has also been shown that the left and right halves, or hemispheres, of the
brain are (1)______for different functions. While language is processed in the right, or emotional
hemisphere. However, professional musicians have the tendency to process music in the left hemisphere
more often than those without musical training do. This (2) ______ they are having a different experience-
which is likely to be the case because they are analyzing music rather than just listening to it. (3) ______ of
music like tone, pitch and melody are all probably processed in different parts of the brain. Some features of
musical experience are processed not just in the auditory parts of the brain, but in the visual ones. We don’t
yet fully understand the (4) ______ of this.
The tempo of music seems to be (5) ______ related to its emotional impact, with fast music often felt
as happier and slower music as sadder. It is the same with the major biological rhythm of the body: our heart
(6) ______ quickens when we are happy, but slows when we are sad. Military music may have (7) ______
from attempts to get us ready for battle by using fast drumming to (8) ______ our hearts to beating faster.
Music is perhaps one of the most complex experiences the brain copes with and it has become an absolutely
(9) ______ part of our ritual and ceremonies. It has power beyond language to (10) ______ mood and co-
ordinate our emotional states
1. A. amenable B. dependable C. reliable D. responsible
2. A. suggests B. advances C. introduces D. proposes
3. A. views B. factors C. aspects D. pieces
4. A. expectations B. implications C. assumptions D. propositions
5. A. surely B. plainly C. directly D. evidently
6. A. pulse B. speed C. pace D. rate
7. A. extended B. evolved C. advanced D. elevated
8. A. activate B. motivate C. animate D. stimulate
9. A. dominant B. important C. compulsory D. vital
10. A. notify B. communicate C. associate D. report
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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 Question 2. Fill in each numbered blank of the following passage with the most suitable word
They call New York “the Big Apple”. Maybe it’s not (1) ______ like an apple, but it’s certainly very
big. There are too many people, that’s the (2) ______. The street are always full of cars and trucks, and you
can never find a (3) ______ to park.
If you have enough money, you can take a taxi. New York cabs are yellow. They look all the same.
But the drivers are very (4) ______. Some were born and (5) ______ up in New York, but many are (6)
______ to the United States. A few drive slowly, but most go very, very fast. Cab (7) ______ is a difficult
job. It can be dangerous, too. Thieves often try to steal the drivers’ money. Drivers sometimes get hurt.
If you don’t want to take a taxi, you can go by bus or you can take a subway. The (8) ______ is
quick, and it’s cheap, but parts of it are old (9)______ dirty. Lights don’t always work and there are often
fires on the track. On some subway lines, there are new, clean, silver trains. But you can’t see the color of
the old trains easily. There is too much dirt and too much graffiti, inside and (10) ______.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Question 3. Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to each question.
Cholera, a highly infectious disease, has resulted in millions of deaths time after time over centuries.
It is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholera, first isolated by Robert Koch in 1883.
The organism enters the body through the digestive tract when contaminated food or water is
ingested. The bacteria multiply in the digestive tract and establish infection. As they die, they release a
potent toxin that leads to severe diarrhea and vomiting. This results in extreme dehydration, muscle cramps,
kidney failure, collapse and sometimes death. If the disease is treated promptly, death is less likely.
In many countries, a common source of the organism is raw or poorly cooked seafood, taken from
the contaminated waters. The disease is especially prevalent after a natural disaster or other destruction that
results in a lack of fresh water. Sewer systems fail and waste travels into rivers or streams; piped water is
not available so people must take their drinking and cooking water from rivers or streams. Because people
frequently develop communities along waterways, the disease can be spread easily from one community to
the next community down streams, resulting in serious epidemics.
1. The word infectious in the first sentence is closest in meaning to ______.
A. communicable B. severe C. isolated D. common
2. According to the passage, cholera is caused by ______.
A. a virus B. a bacterium C. kidney failure D. dehydration
3. All of the following are probable causes of infection EXCEPT ______.
A. eating food cooked with contaminated water B. eating undercooked seafood
C. eating overcooked pork D. eating raw oysters
4. According to the passage, what is a symptom of the infection?
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 A. Release of a toxin by the bacteria B. Regurgitation
C. Overeating D. Epidemics
5. Which of the following would be an appropriate title for this passage?
A. Dysentery and its effects
B. Water Purification Systems and Their Importance
C. Results of Wars and Natural Disasters
D. The Causes and Effects of Cholera
6. The word prevalent in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. dangerous B. commonplace C. unusual D. organized
7. The word lack in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. contamination B. multitude C. shortage D. well
8. According to the passage, cholera ______.
A. is easily passed from one person to another
B. is not a real threat
C. is no more dangerous than the common cold
D. cannot be passed from one to another by casual contact
9. What can you infer from the passage?
A. Careful cooking and hygiene practices can reduce the chance of getting the disease
B. Water mixed with other substances will not pass the disease
C. The respiratory system is the most common area of entrance
D. Kidney disease is the most common cause of the disease
10. The word epidemics at the end of the passage is closest in meaning to ______.
A. studies B. illness C. bacteria D. plagues
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Question 4: Read the following passage and do the tasks below

Putting the brakes on climate change: Are hydrogen cars the answer?
A
It is tempting to think that the conservation of coral reefs and rainforests is a separate issue from traffic and
air pollution. But it is not. Scientists are now confident that rapid changes in the Earth’s climate are already
disrupting and altering many wildlife habitats. Pollution from vehicles is a big part of the problem.
B
The United Nation’s Climate Change Panel has estimated that the global average temperature rise expected
by the year 2100 could be as much as 6°C, causing forest fires and dieback on land and coral bleaching in
the ocean. Few species, if any, will be immune from the changes in temperature, rainfall and sea levels. The
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panel believes that if such catastrophic temperature rises are to be avoided, the quantity of greenhouse gases,
especially carbon dioxide, being released into the atmosphere must be reduced. That will depend on slowing
the rate of deforestation and, more crucially, finding alternatives to coal, oil and gas as our principal energy
sources.
C
Technologies do exist to reduce or eliminate carbon dioxide as a waste product of our energy consumption.
Wind power and solar power are both spreading fast, but what are we doing about traffic? Electric cars are
one possible option, but their range and the time it takes to charge their batteries pose serious limitations.
However, the technology that shows the most potential to make cars climate-friendly is fuel-cell technology.
This was actually invented in the late nineteenth century, but because the world’s motor industry put its
effort into developing the combustion engine, it was never refined for mass production. One of the first
prototype fuel-cell-powered vehicles have been built by the Ford Motor Company. It is like a conventional
car, only with better acceleration and a smoother ride. Ford engineers expect to be able to produce a virtually
silent vehicle in the future.
D
So what’s the process involved – and is there a catch? Hydrogen goes into the fuel tank, producing
electricity. The only emission from the exhaust pipe is water. The fuel-cell is, in some ways similar to a
battery, but unlike a battery, it does not run down. As long as hydrogen and oxygen are supplied to the cell,
it will keep on generating electricity. Some cells work off methane and a few use liquid fuels such as
methanol, but fuel-ceils using hydrogen probably have the most potential. Furthermore, they need not be
limited to transport. Fuel-cells can be made in a huge range of size, small enough for portable computers or
large enough for power stations. They have no moving parts and therefore need no oil. They just need a
supply of hydrogen. The big question, then, is where to get it from.
E
One source of hydrogen is water. But to exploit the abundant resource, electricity is needed, and if the
electricity is produced by a coal-fired power station or other fossil fuel, then the overall carbon reduction
benefit of the fuel-cell disappears. Renewable sources, such as wind and solar power, do not produce enough
energy for it to be economically viable to use them in the ‘manufacture’ of hydrogen as a transport fuel.
Another source of hydrogen is, however, available and could provide a supply pending the development of
more efficient and cheaper renewable energy technologies. By splitting natural gas (methane) into its
constituent parts, hydrogen and carbon dioxide are produced. One way round the problem of what to do with
the carbon dioxide could be to store it back below ground – so-called geological sequestration. Oil
companies, such as Norway’s Statoil, are experimenting with storing carbon dioxide below ground in oil and
gas wells.
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With freak weather conditions, arguably caused by global warming, frequently in the headlines, the urgent
need to get fuel-cell vehicles will be available in most showrooms. Even now, fuel-cell buses are operating
in the US, while in Germany a courier company is planning to take delivery of fuel-cell-powered vans in the
near future. The fact that centrally-run fleets of buses and vans are the first fuel-cell vehicles identifies
another challenge – fuel distribution. The refueling facilities necessary to top up hydrogen-powered vehicles
are available only in a very few places at present. Public transport and delivery firms are logical places to
start since their vehicles are operated from central depots.
G
Fuel-cell technology is being developed right across the automotive industry. This technology could have a
major impact in slowing down climate change, but further investment is needed if the industry – and the
world’s wildlife – is to have a long-term future.
Reading Passage has seven paragraphs, A-G.
Choose the correct heading for paragraphs A-F from the list of headings below.
Write the correct number,  i-ix, in boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet.
List of Headings
i           Action already taken by the United Nations
ii          Marketing the hydrogen car
iii         Making the new technology available worldwide
iv         Some negative predictions from one group of experts
v          How the new vehicle technology works
vi         The history of fuel-cell technology
vii        A holistic view of climatic change
viii       Locating the essential ingredient
ix         Sustaining car manufacture
1.  Paragraph A - _____________
2.  Paragraph B - _____________
3.  Paragraph C - _____________
4.  Paragraph D - _____________
5.  Paragraph E - _____________

For statements 6-10 on your answer sheet, 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
6.  Using electricity produced by burning fossil fuels to access sources of hydrogen may increase the
positive effect of the fuel-cell.

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7. The oil company Statoil in Norway owns gas wells in other parts of the world.
8. Public transport is leading the way in the application of fuel-cell technology.
9.  More funding is necessary to ensure the success of the fuel-cell vehicle industry.
10. The refueling facilities necessary to top up hydrogen-powered vehicles are available only in a very few
places at present.
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Question 5: Read the text below and choose the correct answer . Options may be chosen more than
once.
An architect who revolutionized the lives of London’s commuters.
A
Roland Paoletti was the driving force behind the dramatic, award-winning stations on the £3 billion Jubilee
Line Extension (JLE) to the London Underground system, the most ambitious building programme on the
Tube for many decades. An irascible Anglo-Italian, Paoletti possessed the persuasiveness and tenacity to
take on the vested political interests at play in the planning of the 10-mile Jubilee Line Extension to ensure
good design and innovation. Historically, architects employed on Tube projects had been restricted to
‘fitting out’ the designs of railway and civil engineers with few or no aesthetic concerns, and whom Paoletti
dismissed as visionless ‘trench-diggers. The Jubilee line would be unique in that for the first time the
architects would be responsible for designing entire underground stations.
B
As the commissioning architect in overall charge, Paoletti’s approach was to let light flood down into the
stations along the line. The project’s centrepiece was the extraordinary huge new station at Canary Wharf,
designed by Norman Foster and Partners to handle up to 40,000 passengers an hour at peak times.
‘Everybody keeps saying that it’s like a cathedral; complained Paoletti. ‘They’re wrong. It actually is a
cathedral: Explaining his approach to designing underground stations, Paoletti likened the Jubilee line to
architectural free-form jazz, the stations responding to their different contexts as dramatic variations on a
theme. Instead of uniformity, Paoletti envisaged variety achieved in the beauty of raw materials like
concrete, and the architectural power of simple, large spaces for robust and practical stations.
C
He procured the most talented individual architects he could find to design 11 new stations along the line,
creating a unique variety of architectural statement pieces – notably different but all beautiful – in what had
been a largely desolate stretch of urban east London. ‘For the price of an underground ticket; he promised,
‘you will see some of the greatest contributions to engineering and architecture worldwide’ Paoletti’s

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sweeping vision did not disappoint. With their swagger and individualism, the stations have been widely
acclaimed as a tour de force in public transport architecture.
D
In pressing for a seamless marriage between architecture and engineering, Paoletti was concerned to make
the stations pleasing to the eye, and the daily grind of commuters using them as uplifting an experience as
possible. The result was generally reckoned to be the finest set of stations since the classic designs for the
Piccadilly line by Charles Holden in the 1930s. In Holden’s day, design stopped at the top of the escalators
leading down to the platforms, a symptom of the Tube’s tradition of treating architecture and engineering as
separate disciplines. From the start, Paoletti promised ‘a symbiosis of architecture and engineering’
throughout. This is particularly evident at Westminster station, where Michael Hopkins solved structural
difficulties by designing fantastic supporting structures redolent of science-fiction – what Paoletti called
‘engineering that expresses itself as architecture… in which people can delight.’
E
He wanted the designs of the JLE stations to have a uniformity of voice, or, as he put it, ‘a philosophical
uniformity’. Paoletti contrasted the drama of MacCormac Jamieson Prichard’s design for Southwark station
with the vast glass drum of Ron Herron’s Canada Water station, intended as a response to the area’s
bleakness, ‘a big, splendid beacon that has transformed the area from a wasteland almost overnight’ To
critics who complained about the expense of these grand designs, Paoletti pointed out that the same cut-and-
cover, box-station design that allowed his architects a free hand with their various structures also saved
London Underground millions in tunnelling costs. ‘In any case, he noted, ‘you have to decide at the
beginning whether you’re going to see an underground station as a kind of vehicular underpass that happens
to have people in it, or whether it’s a building; a building with some other kind of job to do, like making
people comfortable.’

In which section (A-E) of the article are the following mentioned?

1. The previously unattractive nature of the locations of most of the stations
2. A comparison Paoletti made to illustrate his approach to the JLE project
3. The immediate and massive effect that one of the stations had on its surroundings
4. A description that Paoletti considered not to be wholly accurate
5. A fundamental question concerning the function of stations in underground systems
6. An explanation Paoletti gave for why certain comments about the new buildings were incorrect
7. Paoletti’s desire to unite elements that had previously been seen as wholly different from each other
8. Personal qualities that enabled Paoletti to tackle the JLE project successfully
9. Parts of a station architects were not responsible for in the past
10. Paoletti’s opinion of those previously responsible for designing stations
Your answers:

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 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

PART IV. WRITING (60 points)

Section 1. Write a summary of about 100 -120 words, describing the alternatives to the euro during
the financial crisis in Greece. (10p)
The financial crisis of 2008 sent shockwaves throughout many countries in the Eurozone, and indeed the
world. One of the hardest hit nations was Greece. For many Greeks this meant being catapulted onto the
breadline or worse still, plunged below the line of poverty. For others, the credit crunch prevented them
from using credit cards as their debts mounted. While most people despaired, many decided to take the bull
by the horns.
When residents of the small town of Volos found themselves struggling to afford even essential
items in euros, what they did was to come up with an alternative currency: the TEM. As a local ‘backup’
currency that people can earn by offering their services or goods to others, the TEM system, which brings to
mind the ancient bartering system, operates on an exchange basis. Members of the TEM community gain
credit by doing jobs for other people or selling them their own produce. For example, by selling clothes in
TEM at the market, a trader could get language or computer lessons in return.
But it is not only at the local market that TEM is accepted. Even well-established local shops in
Volos will accept both TEM and euros. In some cases, payment can be made in part euro and part TEM.
Hard-up customers can, therefore, make more affordable purchases and store owners can cover their costs.
This is the reason the TEM is becoming more popular: it can be used in tandem with the euro rather than as
a replacement currency.
Such an exchange system is not unique to Volos. Elsewhere in Greece, other communities and social
networks have come up with a similar system using an alternative currency called ovolos. This unofficial
currency can be used on a national level and is not restricted to a specific city or region. Its users claim that
the ovolos has a major advantage over the euro. It is not affected by inflation or downgrading in the way
that the official currency is. Instead, the value of the ovolos remains stable and is protected against
devaluation.
(Adapted from Close-up C1 SB by Angela Healen and Katria Gormley)
Write your answer here
Section 2. Table description (20p)
The table below gives information on Internet use in six categories by age group.

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Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where
relevant. You should write 140-160 words.

Write
your

answer here
Section 3. Essay writing (30p)
In the coming academic year, Art including Music and Fine Art and Experiential Activity are added
to the curriculum. Discuss the effects of this trend. Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant
examples from your own knowledge or experience. Use specific reasons and examples to support your
answer. Write at least 350 words.
Write your answer here

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