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I. LISTENING
Part 1. In this part, you will hear a radio interview with a ghost hunter called Carlene Belfort. For questions 1-5,
choose the best answer. You should listen to the audio twice
1. How did Carlene become a ghost hunter?
A. she wanted to contact her dead grandmother
B. she grew up in a haunted house
C. her parents encouraged her
2. What, according to Carlene, do ghost hunters need most?
A. a special gift
B. equipment
C. an adventurous mind
3. Who does Carlene mostly work for?
A. people who want reassurance
B. people who want to contact loved ones
C. people who want to find a ghost
4. How does Carlene detect when ghosts are present?
A. She feels cold.
B. She gets evidence from her equipment.
C. She feels them touching her hair.
5. What does Carlene think about people who don’t believe her?
A. She doesn’t understand why they think that.
B. She thinks they don’t have enough evidence.
C. She wants them to experience it for themselves.
Part 2. You will listen to a piece of news about cycling. For questions 1-5, decide whether the statements are true or
false.
1. Mr Jones is travelling on his own. True / False
2. Mr Jones only stays in hotels. True / False
3. Edward Genochio completed a 41.000km trip to China and back. True / False
4. Cycling is becoming more popular in the UK. True / False
5. Boris Johnson cycles to show people that he cares about the environment
True / False

Part 3. You will hear the head teacher of a school talking to a group of parents about an international student exchange
programme. Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORD for each answer.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

 The school's exchange programme is called 1. ________________________
 A return visit is then arranged 2. ________________________later
 Children first get to know their exchange partners by taking part in a 3. _______________
________ scheme.
 The programme is not only intended for students who enjoy using 4. _________________ ________
 The two countries most often visited on the programme are 5. _______________________
 Some students suffer from problems such as homesickness and 6. ____________________
 To help students who have problems, a qualified 7. ________________________ is always available.
 Local visits are described as being 8. ________________________ and also 9. _________
 ______________
 Students enjoy visiting 10. ________________________ parks most of all.

II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Part 1. Choose the best answer:

1. He looks very aggressive and threatening, and so his soft, gentle voice is rather ________.
A. disembodied B. discordant C. dismissive D. disconcerting
2. When my teacher gave me my homework back, she said I was on the right ________.
A. course B. way C. direction D. track
3. I’m opting out of the ________ race and going to live on a small farm in the countryside.
A. horse B. dog C. rat D. cat and mouse
4. After months of bitter arguing the couple had to accept that they were ________.
A. incongruous B. incompatible C. dissident D. disaffected
5. Don’t thank me for helping in the garden. It was ________ pleasure to be working out of doors.
A. mere B. simple C. sheer D. plain
6. The police have been ordered not to ________ if the students attack them.
A. combat B. rebuff C. retaliate D. challenge
7. Six novels a year, you say? He’s certainly a ________ writer.
A. fruitful B. fertile C. virile D. prolific
8. The case against the bank robber was ________ for lack of evidence.
A. discarded B. dismissed C. refused D. eliminated
9. Many road accidents occur because motorists cannot ________ the speed of approaching vehicles.
A. assume B. count C. assess D. value
10. It’s hard to believe that anyone would purposely harm a child, ________ of all its own mother.
A. first B. least C. worst D. best
11. Ever since we quarreled in the office, Janice and I have been ______ enemies.
A. assured B. confirmed C. defined D. guaranteed
12. Police are ______ the town for the missing vehicle.
A. seeking B. looking C. investigating D. combing
13. The jury ______ her compliments on her excellent knowledge of the subject.
A. paid B. gave C. made D. said
14. He was blinded by the ______ of the approaching car’s headlights.
A. gleam B. glare C. glow D. flare
15. Don’t throw that away – it might ______.
A. come into use B. come into handy C. come in use D. come in handy
16. – “It is raining outside.” – “……………”
A. So is it. B. So it is. C. So it does. D. Is it so?
17. At the moment the ruling party is on the ______ of a dilemma.
A. hooves B. points C. top D. horns
18. The magistrate ______ his disapproval of the young man’s behavior.
A. voiced B. said C. told D. spoke
19. The audience watched as the story ______ before their eyes.
A. uncovered B. unfolded C. unwrapped D. undid
20. In any transport system, the safety of passengers should be ______.
A. paramount B. eminent C. chief D. prime

Part 2. ERROR IDENTIFICATION

The passage below contains 10 mistakes. Underline the mistakes and write their correct forms in the space
provided in the column on the right. (0) has been done as an example.
When a celebrity, a politics or other person in the media spotlight loses their temper in 0. politics 
public, they run the risk of hitting the headings in the most embarrassing way. For such
politician
uncontrolling outbursts of anger are often triggered by what seem to be trivial matters and,
if they are caught on camera, can make the person appear slightly ridiculousness. But it's not
only the rich and famous who is prone to fits of rage. According to recent surveys, ordinary 1. ……………
people are increasingly tending to lose their cool in public. Although anger is a potentially
2. …………....
destructive emotion that uses up a lot of energy and creates a high level of emotional and
physical stress - and it stops us thinking rational. Consequently angry people often end up 3. .……….….
saying, and doing, things they later have to regret. So, how can anger be avoided? Firstly,
4. ……………
diet and lifestyle may be to blame. Tolerance and irritability certainly come to the surface
when someone hasn't slept properly or has skipped a meal, and any intake of caffeine can 5. ……………
make things worst. Take regular exercise can help to ease and diffuse feelings of
6. ……………
aggression , however, reducing the chances of an angry response. But if something or
someone does make you angry, it's advisable not to react immediately. Once you've calmed 7. ……………
down, things won't look half as badly as you first thought.
8. ……………
9. ……………
10. ……………

Part 3. Fill in each blank with a correct preposition.

1. He was very upset when the boss passed him ________ and promoted a newcomer to the assistant’s job.
2. The union and the management are ______ dispute over working conditions.
3. They said that the blue cheese was very tasty, but the smell put me ______.
4. What________ the smoke and the noise, the party made me feel quite ill.
5. Old Mr. Brown’s condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will pull ______.
6. My meeting with him was previous ________ my meeting with you.
7. What her problems all seemed to boil ________ to was lack of money.
8. The firm will have to step ______ production if it is to defeat its competitors.
9. He is always ordering other people______ as if he were their boss.
10. A good dictionary is indispensable______ learning foreign languages.

Part 4. Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the column
on the right. (0) has been done as an example.
Ancient man used sticks of charcoal to draw pictures on cave walls in order to 0. train  trainee
communicate (with, probably, their deities and (0) ………… (TRAIN) huntsmen). Today,
1. …………………
some of their direct (1) ………… (DESCEND) are still using ‘chalk and talk’ and other (2)
………… (MODE) equipment to make presentations to sophisticated business audiences. 2. …………………
Now, there’s nothing wrong with whiteboards, flip charts and overhead projectors. In their
3. …………………
right context, they are still (3) ………… (EXCEED) useful presentation tools. But in a
business environment in which the presentation of clear, easily understandable information 4. …………………
is a (4) ………… (NEED), and in which memorability is key, managers should be
5. …………………
constantly (5) ………… (GRADE) their equipment to keep pace with developments.
Audiences are coming to expect high-quality presentations that are (6) ………… 6. …………………
(VISION) stimulating and get the message across without wasting time. Professionally-
7. …………………
made presentations clearly (7) ………… (SIGNIFICANT) that the person giving them
has thought through the issues and knows what they are talking about. They can put a 8. …………………
(8) ………… (PERSUADE) case that wins over an audience in a way that pieces of
9. …………………
paper can’t. And they can put you, or your company, in the most (9) …………
(ADVANTAGE) light possible by delivering a well thought-out message (10) ………… 10. …………………
(RELY) every time.

III. READING
Part 1: For questions 1 – 15, read the advertisement and decide which word best fits each space.
Save money on the book that aims to save animals
Do you want to take part in the battle to save the world’s wildlife? Animal Watch is a book which will (1) ________ you
in the fight for survival that (2) ________ many of our endangered animals and show how they struggle on the (3)
________ of extinction.
As you enjoy the book’s 250 pages and over 150 colour photographs, you will have the
(4) ________ of knowing that part of your purchase money is being used to
(5) ________ animals (6) ________. From the comfort of your armchair, you will be able to observe the world’s
animals close-up and explore their habitats. You will also discover the terrible results of human (7) ________ for land,
flesh and skins.
Animal Watch is packed with fascinating facts. Did you know that polar bears cover their black noses (8) ________
their (9) ________ so they can hunt their prey in the snow without being seen, for example? Or that (10) ________ each
orang-utan which is captured, one has to die?
This superb (11) ________ has so (12) ________ Britain’s leading wildlife charity that it has been chosen as Book of
the Year, a (13) ________ awarded to books which are considered to have made a major contribution to wildlife
conservation. You will find Animal Watch at a special low (14) ________ price at all good bookshops, but hurry while
(15) ________ last.

1 A combine B involve C bring D lead

2 A meets B opposes C forces D faces
3 A edge B start C limit D end
4 A satisfaction B enjoyment C virtue D value
5 A enable B help C allow D assist
6 A preserve B conserve C revive D survive
7 A greed B interest C care D concern
8 A with B by C for D from
9 A feet B claws C paws D toes
10 A with B by C for D from
11 A publicity B periodical C publication D reference
12 A imposed B impressed C persuaded D admired
13 A symbol B title C trademark D nickname
14 A beginning B preparatory C original D introductory
15 A stores B stocks C goods D funds

Part 2. Read the texts below and think of the word which best bits each space. Use only ONE WORD for each
space.
Anger can get us into hot water – and bottling things up only makes (1) ____________. But you can do more than
simply gnash your teeth.
Anger is one of the most commonly felt emotions, yet relatively few of us know how to cope with it effectively.
Shouting, swearing, and hitting inanimate objects are common responses (2) ___________ the age-old problem of
expressing our often accumulated frustrations. Nevertheless, losing control is more (3) ___________ to lead to
humiliation than vindication.
So, we learn not to lose control. In public, our tension is held in check by the urge to (4) ___________ on to our
dignity, whilst the extent of our reaction to any event will depend on unresolved issues from the past. People tend to
carry learned responses, so if parents scream or fall (5) ___________ awkward silences when they were cross, their
offspring will probably do the same.
Conversely, a child may be terrified of anger because one of its parents had no (6) ____________ over their
temper. As a result, the child may repress its own feelings, often expressing them inappropriately or channeling them
internally (7)____________ thus feeling depressed. In fact, depression is often called “internal anger”.
Self-expression is the key to dealing with anger. Although there are no hard and fast rules for (8) ____________
best to achieve this, burying the debris is probably the least productive method. Physical release through exercise can be
effective – even working (9) ___________ at the gym may help.
Strange as it sounds, I’ve seen tension in relationships evaporate through pillow or water fights. In an
emergency, shouting in a parked car, or hitting a pillow with a tied towel are also good (10) ___________ of relief,
although these methods are considerably less demure than writing it all down in a diary.
Part 3. Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions that follow.
IMAGE AND THE CITY

In the city, we are barraged with images of the people we might become. Identity is presented as plastic, a matter of
possessions and appearance; and a very large proportion of the urban landscape is taken up by slogans, advertisements,
flatly photographed images of folk heroes – the man who turned into a sophisticated dandy overnight by drinking a
particular brand of drink, the girl who transformed herself into a femme fatale with a squirt of cheap scent. The tone of
the wording of these advertisements is usually pert and facetious, comically drowning in its own hyperbole. But the
pictures are brutally exact: they reproduce every detail of a style of life, down to the brand of cigarette-lighter, the stone
in the ring, and the economic row of books on the shelf.

Even in the business of the mass-production of images of identity, this shift from the general to the diverse and
particular is quite recent. Consider another line of stills: the back-lit, soft-focus portraits of the first and second
generations of great movie stars. There is a degree of romantic unparticularity in the face of each one, as if they were
communal dream-projections of society at large. Only in the specialized genres of westerns, farces and gangster movies
were stars allowed to have odd, knobby cadaverous faces. The hero as loner belonged to history or the underworld: he
spoke from the perimeter of society, reminding us of its dangerous edges.

The stars of the last decade have looked quite different. Soft-focus photography has gone, to be replaced by a style
which searches out warts and bumps, and emphasizes the uniqueness not the generality of the face. Voices, too, are
strenuously idiosyncratic; whines, stammers and low rumbles are exploited as features of “star quality”. Instead of
romantic heroes and heroines, we have a brutalist, hard-edged style in which isolation and egotism are assumed as
natural social conditions.

In the movies, as in the city, the sense of stable hierarchy has become increasingly exhausted; we no longer live in a
world where we can all share the same values, and the same heroes. (It is doubtful whether this world, so beloved of
nostalgia moralists, ever existed; but lip-service was paid to it, the pretence, at last, was kept up.) The isolate and the
eccentric push towards the centre of the stage; their fashions and mannerisms are presented as having as good a claim to
the limelight and the future as those of anyone else. In the crowd on the underground platform, one may observe a
honeycomb of fully-worked-out worlds, each private, exclusive, bearing little comparison with its nearest neighbor.
What is prized in one is despised in another. There are no clear rules about how one is supposed to manage one’s body,
dress, talk, or think. Though there are elaborate protocols and etiquettes among particular cults and groups within the
city, they subscribe to no common standard.

For the new arrival, this disordered abundance is the city’s most evident and alarming quality. He feels as if he has
parachuted into a funfair of contradictory imperatives. There are so many people he might become, and a suit of clothes,
a make of car, and a brand of cigarettes, will go some way towards turning him into a personage even before he has
discovered who that personage is. Personal identity has always been deeply rooted in property, but hitherto the
relationship has been a simple one – a question of buying what you could afford, and leaving your wealth to announce
your status. In the modern city, there are so many things to buy, such a quantity of different kinds of status, that the
choice and its attendant anxieties have created a new pornography of state.

The leisure pages of the Sunday newspapers, fashion magazines, TV plays, popular novels, cookbooks, window
displays all nag at the nerve of our uncertainty and snobbery. Should we like American cars, hard-rock hamburger
joints, Bauhaus chairs…? Literature and art are promoted as personal accessories, the paintings of Mondrian or the
novels of Samuel Beckett “go” with certain styles like matching handbags. There is in the city a creeping imperialism of
taste, in which more and more commodities are made over to being mere expressions of personal identity. The piece of
furniture, the pair of shoes, the book, the film, are important not so much in themselves but for what they communicate
about their owners; and ownership is stretched to include what one likes or believes in as well as what one can buy.
1. What does the writer say about advertisements in the first paragraph?
 A. They often depict people that most other people would not care to be like.
B. The pictures in them accurately reflect the way that some people really live.
C. Certain kinds are considered more effective in cities than others.
D. The way in which some of them are worded is cleverer than it might appear.
2. What does a “femme fatale” refer to?
A. a beautiful woman who spends her time enjoying herself
B. a gorgeous woman who realizes most men’s dream
C. a potential good wife
D. an attractive woman who may bring unhappiness to men
3. The word “facetious” is closest in meaning to _____.
A. flippant B. prevalent C. impudent D. complacent
4. The writer says that if you look at a line of advertisements on a tube train, it is clear that _____.
A. city dwellers have very diverse ideas about what image they would like to have
B. some images in advertisements have a general appeal that others lack
C. city dwellers are more influenced by images on advertisements than other people are
D. some images are intended to be representative of everyone’s aspirations
5. What does the writer imply about portraits of old movie stars?
A. They reflected an era in which people felt basically safe.
B. They made people feel that their own faces were rather unattractive.
C. They tried to disguise the less attractive features of their subjects.
D. Most people did not think they were accurate representations of the stars in them.
6. What does the writer suggest about the stars of the last decade?
A. Most people accept that they are not typical of society as a whole.
B. They make an effort to speak in a way that may not be pleasant on the ear.
C. Some of them may be uncomfortable about the way they come across.
D. They make people wonder whether they should become more selfish.
7. The writer uses the crowd on an underground platform to exemplify his belief that _____.
A. no one in a city has strict attitudes towards the behavior of others
B. no single attitude to life is more common than another in a city
C. people in cities would like to have more in common with each other
D. views of what society was like in the past are often accurate
8. The writer implies that new arrivals in a city may _____.
A. acquire a certain image without understanding what that involves
B. underestimate the importance of wealth
C. decide that status is of little importance
D. change the image they wish to have too frequently
9. The novels of Samuel Beckett is an example of _____.
A. classic literature works that make their owners feel superior to other people
B. literature works of high artistic value
C. possessions that show owners’ identity
D. what is wanted by the majority in the society
10. What point does the writer make about city dwellers in the final paragraph?
A. They are unsure as to why certain things are popular with others.
B. They are keen to be the first to appreciate new styles.
C. They want to acquire more and more possessions.
D. They are aware that judgments are made about them according to what they buy.

Part 4. Reading 2

Questions 1-5
The following reading passage has five sections A-E. Choose the correct heading for each section from the list of
headings on the next page. There are more headings than sections, so you will not use them all.
1 Section A i Colorblindness' in different countries
2 Section B ii Diagnosing colorblindness
3 Section C iii What is colorblindness?
4 Section D iv Curing colorblindness
5 Section E v Unsolved myths
vi Animals and colorblindness
vii Developing the ability to see color
viii Colorblindness and the sexes

Colorblindness

A Myths related to the causes and symptoms of "colorblindness" abound throughout the world. The term itself is
misleading, since it is extremely rare for anyone to have a complete lack of color perception. By looking into the myths
related to color blindness, one can learn many facts about the structure and genetics of the human eye. It is a myth that
colorblind people see the world as if it were a black and white movie. There are very few cases of complete
colorblindness. Those who have a complete lack of color perception are referred to as monochromatics, and usually
have a serious problem with their overall vision as well as an inability to see colors. The fact is that in most cases of
colorblindness, there are only certain shades that a person cannot distinguish between. These people are said to be
dichromatic. They may not be able to tell the difference between red and green, or orange and yellow. A person with
normal color vision has what is called trichromatic vision. The difference between the three levels of color perception
have to do with the cones in the human eye. A normal human eye has three cones located inside the retina: the red cone,
the green cone, and the yellow cone. Each cone contains a specific pigment whose function is to absorb the light of
these colors and the combinations of them. People with trichromatic vision have all three cones in working order. When
one of the three cones does not function properly, dichromatic vision occurs.

B Some people believe that only men can be colorblind. This is also a myth, though it is not completely untrue. In an
average population, 8% of males exhibit some form of colorblindness, while only 0.5% of women do. While there may
be some truth to the idea that more men have trouble matching their clothing than women, the reason that color vision
deficiency is predominant in males has nothing to do with fashion. The fact is that the gene for color blindness is
located on the X chromosome, which men only have one of. Females have two X chromosomes, and if one carries the
defective gene, the other one naturally compensates. Therefore, the only way for a female to inherit colorblindness is for
both of her X chromosomes to carry the defective gene. This is why the incidence of color deficiency is sometimes
more prevalent in extremely small societies that have a limited gene pool.

C It is true that all babies are born colorblind. A baby's cones do not begin to differentiate between many different
colors until he is approximately four months old. This is why many of the modern toys for very young babies consist of
black and white patterns or primary colors, rather than traditional soft pastels. However, some current research points to
the importance of developing an infant's color visual system. In 2004, Japanese researcher Yoichi Sugita of the
Neuroscience Research Institute performed an experiment that would suggest that color vision deficiency isn't entirely
genetic. In his experiment, he subjected a group of baby monkeys to monochromatic lighting for one year. He later
compared their vision to normal monkey who had experienced the colorful world outdoors. It was found that the test
monkeys were unable to perform the color-matching tasks that the normal monkeys could. Nevertheless, most cases of
colorblindness are attributed to genetic factors that are present at birth.

D Part of the reason there are so many inconsistencies related to colorblindness, or "color vision deficiency" as it is
called in the medical world, is that it is difficult to know exactly which colors each human can see. Children are taught
from a very young age that an apple is red. Naming colors allows children to associate a certain shade with a certain
name, regardless of a color vision deficiency. Someone who never takes a color test can go through life thinking that
what they see as red is called green. Children are generally tested for colorblindness at about four years of age. The
Ishihara Test is the most common, though it is highly criticized' because it requires that children have the ability to
recognize numerals. In the Ishihara Test, a number made up of colored dots is hidden inside a series of dots of a
different shade. Those with normal vision can distinguish the number from the background, while those with color
vision deficiency will only see the dots.
E While many of the myths related to colorblindness have been busted by modern science, there are still a few
remaining beliefs that require more research in order to be labeled as folklore. For example, there is a long-standing
belief that colorblindness can aid military soldiers because it gives them the ability to see through camouflage. Another
belief is that everyone becomes colorblind in an emergency situation. The basis of this idea is that a catastrophic event
can overwhelm the brain, causing it to utilize only those receptors needed to perform vital tasks. In general, identifying
color is not considered an essential task in a life or death situation.

Questions 6-10. Complete the summary using words from the box below.

Write your answers in boxes 6-10 on your Answer Sheet There are more answers than spaces, so you will not use them
all.

It is a common 6 ________________ that only men suffer from 7 ________________ On average 8

________________ than ten percent of men have this problem. Women have two 9 ________________. For this
reason it is 10 ________________for a woman to suffer from colorblindness.

myth a little less colorblindness X chromosomes defective genes

fact slightly more exactly less likely more probable

IV. WRITING
Part 1. Finish the second sentence in such a way that it means exactly the same as the sentence printed before
it.
1. She acted brilliantly in the school play.
She gave ...........................................................................................
2. You must concentrate on your work more.
You must apply ................................................................................
3. He imitated George Bush and other politicians in a humorous way.
He took ............................................................................................
4. Peter doesn’t care if Jean leaves or stay.
Whatever ..........................................................................................
5. “I think the whole idea’s ridiculous”, he said.
He dismissed ....................................................................................

Part 2. Write a new sentence similar in meaning to the one given, using the word given in capital. Do not alter
the word in any way.
1. Many customs restrictions within the EC have been abolished. AWAY
...............................................................................................................
2. I’m annoyed with you for not phoning me to say you’d be late. EARTH
................................................................................................................
3. People’s race, creed or color is not taken into account when they apply for a job with us.
IRRESPECTIVE
................................................................................................................
4. I tried to talk to Jack about the problem but he was too busy. WORD
................................................................................................................
5. I have searched everywhere for my purse. HIGH
...............................................................................................................

Part 3. Write a paragraph of about 150 words on the topic

Do you agree with the following statement? Young people today do not give enough time to help their community? Use
specific reasons and examples to support your ideas.
HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM

I. LISTENING
Part 1. 1. B 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. C
Part 2. 1. True 2. False 3. False 4. True 5. True
Part 3.
1. open homes
2. six months
3. pen-friend/ pen-pal
4. foreign/ other/ their languages
5. France and Germany
6. Loneliness/ feeling lonely
7. Professional/ group leader
8. Fun/ entertaining/ entertaining
9. educationally valuable
10. Wildlife

II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

Part 1. Choose the best answer:
1. B 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. D 8. B 9. C 10. B
11. B 12. D 13. A 14. B 15. D 16. B 17. D 18. A 19. B 20. A
Part 2. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line has a word which
should not be there, underline it and write in the box.
When a celebrity, a politics or other person in the media spotlight loses their temper in 0. politics 
public, they run the risk of hitting the headings in the most embarrassing way. For such
politician
uncontrolling outbursts of anger are often triggered by what seem to be trivial matters and,
if they are caught on camera, can make the person appear slightly ridiculousness. But it's not
only the rich and famous who is prone to fits of rage. According to recent surveys, ordinary
1. ……………
people are increasingly tending to lose their cool in public. Although anger is a potentially
destructive emotion that uses up a lot of energy and creates a high level of emotional and 2. …………..
physical stress - and it stops us thinking rational. Consequently angry people often end up
3. .………….
saying, and doing, things they later cause to regret. So, how can anger be avoided? Firstly,
diet and lifestyle may be to blame. Tolerance and irritability certainly come to the surface 4. ……………
when someone hasn't slept properly or has skipped a meal, and any intake of caffeine can
5. ……………
make things worst. Take regular exercise can help to ease and diffuse feelings of
aggression , however, reducing the chances of an angry response. But if something or 6. ……………
someone does make you angry, it's advisable not to react immediately. Once you've calmed
7. ……………
down, things won't look half as badly as you first thought.
8. ……………
9. ……………
10. ……………

1. headings  headlines
2. uncontrolling  uncontrolled
3. ridiculousness ridiculous
4. is are
5. Although  Yet
6. rational  rationally
7. Tolerance Intolerance
8. worst worse
 9. Take  Taking
10. badly  bad
Part 3. Fill in each blank with a correct preposition.
1. over 2. in 3. off 4. with 5. through 6. to 7. down 8. up 9. about 10.for
Part 4. Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered space provided in the column
on the right. (0) has been done as an example.

1.descendants 2.outmoded 3.exceedingly 4.necessity 5.upgrading

6.visually 7.signify 8.persuasive 9.advantageous 10.reliably

III. READING
Part 1: For questions 1 – 15, read the advertisement and decide which word best fits each space.
1.B 2.D 3.A 4.A 5.B 6.D 7.A 8.A 9.C 10.C 11.C 12.B 13.B 14.D 15.B

Part 2. Read the texts below and think of the word which best bits each space. Use only ONE WORD for each
space.
1. worse 2.to 3.likely 4.hold 5.into
6. control 7.and 8.how 9.out 10.sources

Part 3. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.
1.D 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.B 7.A 8.C 9.D 10.B
Part 4.
Heading matching
1. iii. What is Colorblindness?
2. viii. Colorblindness and the Sexes.
3. vii. Developing the Ability to See Color.
4. ii. Diagnosing Colorblindness.
5. v. Unsolved Myths.
Summary
6. myth.
7. colorblindness
8. a little less.
9. X chromosomes.
10. less likely.

IV. WRITING
Part 1.
1. She gave a brilliant performance in the school play.
2. You must apply yourself to work more.
3. He took off George Bush and other politicians.
4. Whatever Jean does is all right with Peter.
5. He dismissed the whole idea as being ridiculous.
Part 2.
1. Many customs restrictions within EC have been done away with.
2. Why on earth didn’t you phone me to say you’d be late.
3. Anyone can apply for a job with us irrespective of race, creed or color.
4. I tried to have a word with Jack about the problem but he was too busy.
5. I have searched high and low for my purse.
Part 3.
Do you agree or disagree? Give specific reasons for your choice. (at least 150 words)
 1. Content (points covered)
- the youth’s involvement in or neglect of community activities
- some reasons for the engagement or neglect
2. Organisation and cohesion
- paragraph format (topic sentence, supporting ideas, examples and conclusion)
- reasonable space given to each supporting idea.
3. Use of English
- language of personal opinion (agreement / disagreement)
- vocabulary of the youth’s lives, their concern and community service.
4. Grammar and spelling
- correct use of grammar and spelling

Listening Transcript

Part 1.

Interviewer: Well, we’re privileged to have in the studio with us today Carlene Belfort who is a professional
ghost hunter! Carlene, that’s an unusual hobby, how did you get into it?

Carlene: Well, when I was about 8 years old, my grandmother died and my family moved into her house. And I
kept hearing all sorts of strange noises in the night. I told my parents, and they told me I was imagining things, but I
knew it was ghosts. So you could say I started ghost-hunting whenever I walked around the house alone at night!

Interviewer: So, what do you need in order to be a ghost hunter? Do you have some special psychic powers?

Carlene: Well, some people, mediums that is, have the gift to communicate with people who have passed away,
or at least they claim to do that. But, no, I don’t claim to have any special powers. Ghost hunters aren’t the same as
mediums. We use audio recorders, cameras and electromagnetic devices to detect the presence of ghosts. But I think it
helps if you have an open mind and a spirit of adventure.

Interviewer: So what sorts of people ask you for your services?

Carlene: Well, as I said, I don’t claim to communicate with ghosts. I do get phone calls from bereaved people
who want to communicate with their lost ones, but I have to turn them away. That’s not what I do. No, my clients are
those people who hear or see things in their homes and are worried they might be going crazy. They call me in, and I
can put their minds at rest. Of course I also get the odd few who are desperate to have a ghost in their homes and
interpret every creak in their house as a possible visitor.

Interviewer: So you don’t find ghosts everywhere you look.

Carlene: No, not at all.

Interviewer: So how do you detect the presence of ghosts?

Carlene: Well, sometimes it is just a feeling. Something that makes you hair stand on end, or there may be a
sudden drop in temperature. But the most conclusive way to do it is to get some sort of proof, so we take photographs,
voice recordings and meter readings.

Interviewer: And what has been your scariest moment?

Carlene: Oh, there have been so many! I mean, there was one time when I was with my team, and my team-
mate’s camera stopped working. My camera was still functioning, so I took a picture of my colleague so that we could
find out whether it was spirits causing the malfunction. When we looked at the pictures later, we could see three
streams of energy attacking the camera around my colleague’s neck! That was certainly very spooky, but of course we
didn’t know that was going on when we took the picture, and when we looked at the photograph we were far away.
There are some hair-raising moments when you see things flying across the room on their own accord. But to tell the
truth, there’s nothing more frightening than being in the presence of true evil.

Interviewer: So there are evil ghosts out there?

Carlene: Oh yes, most definitely.

Interviewer: Now, as I’m sure you’re aware, there are a large number of sceptics out there, and I’m sure there’ll
be people among our listeners, who believe that ghost hunting is a lot of nonsense and that you have no scientific basis
for your work. What do you have to say to them?

Carlene: Well, I can see why people with more scientific minds are unconvinced, as there have been a lot of
hoaxes in the past. But now, with better technology we’re able to take a lot more data and evidence to back up our
sightings, although I realise that some scientists are still not convinced by that. But, well, if they’re not satisfied with
the data, well I’d like to invite them on a ghost hunt and see how they explain furniture flying across a room!

Interviewer: So it’s not just a big con? You’re not just filling up people’s mind with a lot of nonsense in return
for their money?

Carlene: Well, I realise that some people see it like that, and that’s a shame. But as I see it, I’m no different
from a plumber or an electrician. If someone has a problem in their house, they call me, and I come over with the right
equipment and some skills, and I can solve their problem and put their minds at rest.

Interviewer: So what do you recommend that people should do if they feel their house is haunted?

Carlene: They can contact me via my website and arrange for a consultation. And I’m also happy to take people
out on hunts if they want a spooky experience!

Interviewer: Well, Carlene, it has been most interesting talking to you. Thank you very much for coming in.

Part 2

What's the furthest you have ever cycled? Perhaps you cycle to school or to work, or maybe at most a short cycling
trip with friends? How would you feel about spending months on the road travelling solo from the UK to China, by
bike?

For British cyclist Pete Jones, camping rough and cycling long distances through inhospitable terrain are second
nature. Mr Jones is currently undertaking a mammoth trip across the Eurasian continent from Britain to China.
Pete Jones is no stranger to China. But he says many people there are puzzled by his passion for cycling, asking why he
would choose to cycle when he can afford a car. Indeed, while there are an estimated 400 million bicycles in China,
where it has long been the preferred form of transport, rapid economic growth has fueled an explosive expansion in
car ownership.

Edward Genochio, another British cyclist who completed a 41,000km trip to China and back, said one of his aims was
to "promote cycling as a safe, sustainable and environmentally benign means of getting about".

In the UK, the last few years have seen a rise in the number of people choosing two wheels over four, with some
estimates saying the number of people cycling to work has almost doubled in the last five years.

Politicians also see cycling as a way to boost their eco-credentials, with people such as London mayor Boris Johnson
often riding to work under his own steam. But we may have to wait some time before we see him emulating Pete
Jones in attempting to cycle all the way to China!

Part 3

Good evening, I'd like to welcome all those parents whose children have just started at the school. The purpose of this
meeting is to give you information about the international exchange programme known as 'Open Homes', which the
school runs. For one week a year, pupils are invited to stay with a family abroad and attend school with a child the same
age. A return visit is then arranged six months later, when our pupils and their families open their homes and become
the hosts.
In general, children aged thirteen to fifteen-years-old, but no younger, seem to get something out of this trip. Now, I
realise that your own children will only be eleven or at most twelve this year, but we feel that it's important to begin by
making the links that will make a future exchange more successful. So we want children to make a penfriend of their
prospective overseas partners a year or so before the visit. By taking part in this scheme, they will already know
someone in, and a lot about, their destination before they leave.
We've established links with schools in various countries. In the past, European exchanges have been the most popular,
especially amongst children keen to practise their languages. But this is not the only aim of the programme, so those
more interested in other subjects should not be put off.
One year, we organised a trip to Holland which was very successful, although none of the children were studying Dutch.
Our most regular destination, however, is France, with Germany coming a close second, although we are in touch with a
school in Poland which is very keen to take part, as is a school in Canada.
Although most children love the experience, we must be prepared for some difficulties. This may be the child's first trip
abroad, leading to feelings of homesickness as well as loneliness. A week can seem a long time when you feel lonely or
you're missing home. So each group of pupils is accompanied by a professional group leader, which means there's
always someone with
training on the spot to solve any difficulties, which is a relief for both parents and host families as you can imagine.
There is variety built in the week and this definitely helps. For example, children attend lessons together in the morning
and then visit a local place of interest in the afternoon. These trips can be fun as well as educationally valuable and
parents are invited to come along too. In the past we've
managed to combine the pure entertainment of places like theme parks with the learning opportunities provided by
wildlife parks, museums, etc. And surprisingly, it's actually the wildlife rather than the theme parks which prove the
most popular time and time again.
So I hope I've given you ...