I.

LISTENING
Part 1: For questions 6-12, you will hear a woman, called Tanya, talking to her friend, called Simon, who lives abroad.
Tanya is planning to visit Simon.
First, you have 30 seconds to look at Part 1. Then, complete the notes below by writing NO MORE THAN TWO
WORDS OR A NUMBER for each question in the box provided. (10 pts)

Notes for holiday

Travel information
Example: Will email the flight number
 must find out which (1)………… arriving at
 best taxi company (2) …………
 Note: Simon lives in the (3) ………… of the city
 Simon’s cell phone number: (4) …………
What to wear:
 casual clothes
 one smart dress – to wear at a (5) …………
Your answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Part 2. You will hear an interview in which two journalists called Jenny Langdon and Peter Sharples are
talking about their work. Choose the answer which fits best according to what you hear. (10 pts)
6. What does Jenny say about the story which made her name?
A. She’d been on the lookout for just such a lucky break.
B. She resented colleagues trying to take the credit for it.
C. She wasn’t actually responsible for the finished article.
D. She asked for a more prestigious job on the strength of it.
7. What does Jenny suggest about the editor she worked for on her first national daily newspaper?
A. He respected her for standing up to him.
B. He tended to blame her for things unfairly.
C. He wasn’t as unreasonable as everyone says.
D. He taught her the value of constructive criticism.
8. When Jenny got her own daily column on the newspaper, she felt…………
A. satisfied that the good work she’d done elsewhere had been recognized.
B. relieved that it was only likely to be a short-term appointment.
C. determined to prove exactly what she was capable of.
D. unsure of her ability to make a success of it.
9. Peter thinks he got a job on Carp Magazine thanks to…………
A. his academic achievements at college.
B. his practical knowledge of everyday journalism.
C. his familiarity with the interests of its main target audience.
D. his understanding of how best to present himself at interview.
10. Peter and Jenny agree that courses in journalism…………
A. need to be supplemented by first-hand experience.
B. are attractive because they lead to paid employment.
C. are of little value compared to working on a student newspaper.
D. provide an opportunity for writers to address contentious issues.

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Your answers:

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Part 3. You will hear a speaker talking about Midlands Arts Centre. First, you have 30 seconds to look at Part
3. Then, listen and decide whether the following sentences are True (T) or False (F) according to what you hear.
Write your answers in the box provided. (10 pts)
11. The main purpose of the new Arts Centre is to provide entertainment and education opportunities.
12. The permanent art exhibits can be found in Exhibition Room B.
13. The Drawing Workshop is for cartoonists.
14. The Youth Band and Choir are performing at two different venues.
15. The last event of the evening is in the Studio Theatre.

Your answers:

11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part 4. For questions 16-25, you are going to hear an interview with a former model, who now finds new
models for the fashion industry. First, you have 1 minute to look at Part 4. Then, complete the notes below by
writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each question in the box provided. (20 pts)

Clara was not successful as a model because she was (16)………… for the job.
If a possible new model does well in an interview, Clara offers them a (17)………… contract.
The most important quality Clara looks for in new models is the right (18)…………
People often lose interest when they hear that Clara only needs models for (19)…………
Clara often has to tell new models to change their (20)…………
The worst problem for a model is lack of (21)…………
Clara compares new model Susan Bell to a nineteenth-century (22)…………
Susan Bell is not doing a lot of modelling now because she is (23)…………
Vernon, a well-known male model, used to have a job as a (24)…………
Clara's ideal method of keeping up to date with fashion is to look at (25)…………

Your answers:

16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

II. LEXICO-GRAMMAR

Part 1: For questions 26-45, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to each of the following questions. Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (20 pts)

26. ………… he delivers the report, it will be sent to the headquarters.

A. On the point B. At once C. Immediately D. Soon enough
27. They're unhappy about the extra hours they've been asked to work and they're making ………… about it.
A. a song and dance B. an album and show
C. a record and ballet D. a track and tango
28. Within minutes the comedian had the whole audience ………….
A. laugh B. laughing C. laughed D. to laugh
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29. She ………… agreed to go with him to the football match although she had no interest in the game at all.
A. apologetically B. grudgingly C. shamefacedly D. discreetly
30. On the way to Cambridge yesterday, the road was blocked by a fallen tree, so we had to make a …………
A. deviation B. digression C. detour D. departure
31. The …………dressed woman in the advertisement has a posed smile on her face.

A. stylish B. stylishly C. stylistic D. stylistically

32. Many young people in the West are expected to leave ………… could be life’s most important decision -
marriage - almost entirely up to luck.
A. what B. that C. which D. who
33. The accident is said ………… the driver’s careless driving and the thick fog.
A. to have been resulted in B. to result from
C. having resulted in D. to have resulted from
34. Not being able to find my phone number is a pretty…………. excuse for not contacting me.
A. fragile B. frail C. faint D. feeble
35. – ‘Another cup of coffee?’
– ‘No, but thanks ………….!’
A. not at all B. for all C. all the same D. you for all
36. Few people can do creative work unless they are in the right …………of mind.
A. trend B. frame C. attitude D. tendency
37. The girl proposed that their group leader ………… a camping trip.
A. organized B. organize C. organizes D. organizing
38. ………… me to your mother when you are in New York.
A. Tell B. Remind C. Remember D. Greet
39. Her talent and experience ………… her to the respect of her colleagues.
A. permitted B. qualified C. deserved D. entitled
40. Our boss would rather ………… during the working hours.
A. us not chatting B. we didn’t chat C. us not chat D. we don’t chat
41. Such a doctor ………… retire from his job before the retirement age.
A. as well as B. may as well C. so as to D. as much as
42. It must be true. She heard it straight from the ………… mouth.
A. dog's B. camel's C. horse's D. cat's
43. The biologists have found more than one thousand types of butterflies in the forest, ………… its special
characteristics.
A. each one has B. which has C. each having D. having
44. If you cannot improved sales figures this month, you will be ………… sacked.
A. promise B. conduct C. regulate D. deliver
45. We decide to go to the beach ………… we should be disturbed by the noise of the city.
A. in order that B. so that C. for D. lest

Your answers:
26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45.

Part 2: For questions 46-55, write the correct form of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in
the boxes provided. (10 pts)
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46. It’s important that the criminals who assaulted the mayor’s wife should be brought to ………… in the shortest
possible time. (JUST)
47. You look rather …………. Are you worried about something? (OCCUPY)
48. Are all those………… they put in food really necessary? (ADD)
49. Meeting her sooner or later is ………… (AVOID)
50. She has only a ………… knowledge of the subject. (RUDIMENT)
51. The change in her voice was scarcely ………… (PERCEPTION)
52. The President’s successful visit abroad has ………… his position (FORCE)
53. Don’t be ………… by this failure as you still have one more chance. (HEART)
54. What most of us remember from history books are the ………… events (CLIMAX)
55. In this profession men ………… women by two to one. (NUMBER)

Your answers:
46. 51.
47. 52.
48. 53.
49. 54.
50. 55.

Part 4: Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition or particle. (10 pts)

56. I’m extremely pressed ………… money these days. Could you lend me a few pounds, please?
57. She didn’t do anything wrong, but ………… the same token she did nothing good.
58. Must you always be so envious ………… your cousin’s toys?
59. Over 3,000 workers were laid ………… when the company moved the factory abroad.
60. I’m so tired after work that I often drop ………… in front of the TV.
61. The man standing next to our father is a persuasive speaker with a natural talent ………… leadership.
62. Her husband has been apprising ………… the good news for their son.
63. I almost creased ………… when I heard Tim was going to play Romeo in the school play.
64. You can't sit ………… and do nothing like that while there are many things need doing.
65. He managed to scrape ………… his final exams.

Your answers:
56. 58. 60. 62. 64.
57. 59. 61. 63. 65.

III. READING

Part 1: For questions 66-75, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word. Write your
answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (15 pts)

The Great Britain

The SS Great Britain, designed by the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, revolutionised ship design when it (66)
………. launched in 1843. Brunel had already built an enormous wooden paddle ship, but realised he needed (67)
………. bigger to beat the competition to carry passengers to America. His solution was a propeller-driven iron ship,
with sails to save fuel in the right winds. However, it was of (68)………. an innovative design that, (69)………. the
ship's luxurious facilities, only 50 passengers were courageous (70)………. to buy tickets for the first journey to New
York.
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The Great Britain had a long (71)………. star-crossed working life. In 1846 it ran aground in Northern Ireland. (72)
………. of the 180 passengers was injured, and a group of clergymen conducted a service to (73)………. their nerves.
The ship lay on the beach for a year until Brunel (74)………. devised a rescue which proved (75)………. expensive
that it bankrupted the vessel's operators.
Your answers:
66. 71.
67. 72.
68. 73.
69. 74.
70. 75.

Part 2: For questions 76-85, read an extract from an article on language 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.
Dyslexic minds
Why some children (76)……… so much with reading used to be a mystery. Now researchers know what's
wrong - and what to do about it.
When some children look at a page of text, they can see letters’ names. They can even tell you what sounds
those letters make. Nevertheless, even for (77)……… high school students, to tell what words those letters form is
baffling, to say the (78)………. . They see a wall, a hurdle to get over, and often (79)……… that some letters are
easier to figure out than others.
The condition is called dyslexia, a reading (80)……… that persists (81)……… good schooling and normal or
even above average intelligence. It's a handicap that (82)……… 10% of the population, according to experts, though
some put the figure higher – up to 20%. The exact (83)……… of the problem has eluded doctors, teachers, parents
and dyslexics themselves since it was first described more than a century ago. (84)………, it is so hard for skilled
readers to imagine what it's like not to be able to effortlessly absorb the printed word that they often (85)……… the
real problem is laziness or obstinacy or a proud parent's inability to recognise that his or her child isn't that smart after
all.

76. A. fight B. strive C. struggle D. cope

77. A. talkative B. articulate C. mindful D. well-educated
78. A. most B. least C. truth D. fact
79. A. admit B. assume C. predict D. accept
80. A. malfunction B. disease C. disorder D. fault
81. A. despite B. although C. besides D. without
82. A. affects B. effects C. influences D. attacks
83. A. type B. characteristics C. quality D. nature
84. A. However B. Indeed C. Really D. Nevertheless
85. A. doubt B. reject C. wonder D. suspect
Your answers:
76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85.

Part 3: For questions 86-95, you are going to read an article about early occupations around the river Thames.
Answer the questions below and write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (15 pts)

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 Early occupations around the river Thames
A In her pioneering survey, Sources of London English, Laura Wright has listed the variety of medieval workers
who took their livings from the river Thames. The baillies of Queenhithe and Billingsgate acted as customs officers.
There were conservators, who were responsible for maintaining the embankments and the weirs, and there were the
garthmen who worked in the fish garths (enclosures). Then there were galleymen and lightermen and shoutmen, called
after the names of their boats, and there were hookers who were named after the manner in which they caught their
fish. The searcher patrolled the Thames in search of illegal fish weirs, and the tideman worked on its banks and
foreshores whenever the tide permitted him to do so.
B All of these occupations persisted for many centuries, as did those jobs that depended upon the trade of the
river. Yet, it was not easy work for any of the workers. They carried most goods upon their backs, since the rough
surfaces of the quays and nearby streets were not suitable for wagons or large carts; the merchandise characteristically
arrived in barrels which could be rolled from the ship along each quay. If the burden was too great to be carried by a
single man, then the goods were slung on poles resting on the shoulders of two men. It was a slow and expensive
method of business.

C However, up to the eighteenth century, river work was seen in a generally favourable light. For Langland,
writing in the fourteenth century, the labourers working on river merchandise were relatively prosperous. And the
porters of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries were, if anything, aristocrats of labour, enjoying high status.
However, in the years from the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth century, there was a marked change in attitude.
This was in part because the working river was within the region of the East End of London, which in this period
acquired an unenviable reputation. By now, dockside labour was considered to be the most disreputable, and certainly
the least desirable form of work.

D It could be said that the first industrial community in England grew up around the Thames. With the host of
river workers themselves, as well as the vast assembly of ancillary trades such as tavern-keepers and laundresses,
food-sellers and street-hawkers, shopkeepers and marine store dealers - there was a workforce of many thousands
congregated in a relatively small area. There were more varieties of business to be observed by the riverside than ,in
any other part of the city. As a result, with the possible exception of the area known as Seven Dials, the East End was
also the most intensively inhabited region of London.
E It was a world apart, with its own language and its own laws. From the sailors in the opium dens of
Limehouse to the smugglers on the malarial flats of the estuary, the workers of the river were not part of any civilised
society. The alien world of the river had entered them. That alienation was also expressed in the slang of the docks,
which essentially amounted to backslang, or the reversal of ordinary words. This backslang also helped in the
formulation of Cockney rhyming slang*, so that the vocabulary of Londoners was directly'affected by the life of the
Thames.

F The reports in the nineteenth-century press reveal a heterogeneous world of dock labour, in which the crowds
of casuals waiting for work at the dock gates at 7.45 a.m. include penniless refugees, bankrupts, old soldiers, broken-
down gentlemen, discharged servants, and ex-convicts. There were some 400-500 permanent workers who earned a
regular wage and who were considered to be the patricians of dockside labour. However, there were some 2,500
casual workers who were hired by the shift. The work for which they competed fiercely had become ever more
unpleasant. Steam power could not be used for the cranes, for example, because of the danger of fire. So the cranes
were powered by treadmills. Six to eight men entered a wooden cylinder and, laying hold of ropes, would tread the
wheel round. They could lift nearly 20 tonnes to an average height of 27 feet (8.2 metres), forty times in an hour. This
was part of the life of the river unknown to those who were intent upon its more picturesque aspects.

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Questions 86-91. The reading passage has SIX paragraphs, A-F. Choose the correct heading, A-F, from the list
of headings below. Write the correct number, i-ix.

Questions List of Headings

86. Paragraph A i A mixture of languages and nationalities
87. Paragraph B ii The creation of an exclusive identity
88. Paragraph C iii The duties involved in various occupations
89. Paragraph D iv An unprecedented population density
90. Paragraph E v Imports and exports transported by river
91. Paragraph F vi Transporting heavy loads manually
vii Temporary work for large numbers of people
viii Hazards associated with riverside work
ix The changing status of riverside occupations

Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) according to the passage.

92. Which of the following statement is TRUE about work by the River Thames before the eighteenth
century?
A Goods were transported from the river by cart.
B The workforce was very poorly paid.
C Occupations were specialised.
D Workers were generally looked down upon.
Complete the sentences below. Use NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
93. In the nineteenth century, only a minority of dock workers received a ……………
94. Cranes were operated manually because …………… created a risk of fire.
95. Observers who were unfamiliar with London’s docks found the River Thames ……………

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

Part 4. Read the following passage and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) according to the passage. Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. (15 pts)

Piet Mondrian
Like so many other artists of his generation, Piet Mondrian was obsessed with making sense of an increasingly
complicated, even labyrinthine, world. Born in the Netherlands in 1872, Mondrian traveled extensively as a young
artist before returning to his home country before the outbreak of World War I. During the war years, he met other
Dutch artists (notably Theo van Doesburg) who, like him, were appalled by the war and the mechanization of man.
Together, they began reimagining art’s role in the world. The resulting De Stijl (Dutch for "the style") movement was
determined to create a new culture through art, one directed at the universal rather than the individual.

Mondrian’s focus was singular: to free art (and, by extension, the world) from the oppression of subjectivity. In his
view, art was the interplay of an artist and a subjective observer. This meant that a viewer could largely dictate what a

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work of art meant and what it was. And without total equality of viewers, not to mention total equality between
visionary and viewer, there could be no equality in the world. Thus, Mondrian came up with a new art form: Only
primary colors would be used to fill in solid geometric shapes and lines, creating a completely abstract work that could
be interpreted by everyone in exactly the same way. Without depicting reality, Mondrian’s art would be devoid of any
personal experiences or narratives. All of us, in theory, could look at the canvas and see the shapes and colors as the
artist intended. Through the simple forms, Mondrian believed he could get closer to expressing real truth through what
he called the most "basic forms of beauty."

If this sounds a bit like Fascism, that’s because it is. It is a Fascist ideal of art: complete uniformity and objectivity.
Thus, it is hard not to feel that Mondrian missed something about art. All art is widely subjective. There is no way of
knowing what personal experience, what memory, what scars a person might bring to the art gallery. For God’s sake,
most of us cannot look at something as ubiquitous as a cloud without disagreement. I might look and see nothing
more than a collection of gases, while you might look and see your favorite childhood stuffed animal, or the faces of
Mount Rushmore. A yellow square with black lines is no less open to interpretation. Yet despite my obvious
reluctance to embrace Mondrian’s manifesto, it is impossible not to be overwhelmed by the complex simplicity—a
true oxymoron—of his remarkable work. Though I may not see what is intended in his work, I can still be moved by
what I see or think I see.

96. As used in paragraph 1, the word ‘labyrinthine’ most nearly means?

A. overly complex
B. completely trouble
C. utterly horrifying
D. rigidly strict
E. pleasantly surprising
97. It can be inferred from the passage that the De Stijl artists saw a correlation between
A. World War I and objective art
B. art and culture
C. subjectivity and geometry
D. equality and World War I
E. truth and aesthetics
98. As used in paragraph 1, the word ‘appalled’ belongs to which of the following word groups?
A. bombarded, assaulted, attacked
B. ameliorated, improved, augmented
C. shocked, disgusted, horrified
D. overwhelmed, dumbfounded, puzzled
E. disappointed, upset, downcast
99. According to the author, Mondrian helped create the De Stijl movement as a reaction to
I. World War I
II. the mechanization of man
III. objectivity in art
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. II and III only
E. I, II, and III
100. According to the author, Mondrian was all of the following EXCEPT

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B. a founder of the De Stijl movement
C. interested in objectivity
D. a believer in Fascism
E. interested in equality
101. Which of the following best describes the function of paragraph 3?
A. It introduces the author’s principal argument about Mondrian.
B. It explores a metaphor about Mondrian’s work.
C. It provides an important detail about Mondrian’s life
D. It concludes the story of Mondrian’s art and life.
E. It anticipates a possible question a reader might have about Mondrian.
102. On which of the following statements would the author and Mondrian most likely agree?
A. Subjectivity in art has created inequality in the world.
B. The De Stijl ideas are rooted primarily in Fascism.
C. There is no true objectivity in anything, including art.
D. Primary colors and geometric shapes are impossible to misinterpret.
E. Viewing art can be a largely subjective experience.
103. The discussion of clouds in the third paragraph serves to
A. Exemplify a problem with Mondrian’s view.
B. Inform the reader about an aspect of Mondrian’s art.
C. Introduce an example of a specific work by Mondrian.
D. Describe how some have interpreted Mondrian’s work.
E. Serve as a metaphor for a perceived problem in the world.
104. The word ‘ubiquitous’ in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ……..
A. common
B. normal
C. far-flung
D. visible
E. unconventional
105. Based on its use in the final paragraph, it can be inferred that which of the following is an Oxymoron?
A. soundless rage
B. pitiful love
C. anxious apprehension
D. tedious work
E. hasty patience

Your answers:
96. 98. 100. 102. 104.
97. 99. 101. 103. 105.