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Part I : Questions 1- 10
Listen to the New Year's events programme at Arundet Castle and Park and fitt in
each gap with No MORE THAN Two woRDs AND/ oR A NUMBER,
How to find us'.
. WP are situated off the main south coast road, the A27, between Chichester and
Brighton. Arundel is served by regular bus and train services, which are a pleasant
(9) . . ... walk from the castle.
. To find out more about other events, call ' . (10)... 
. Email: info@arundelcastle.orq Website. www.arundelcastle.orq
EVENT TICKET LINE
AND CONTACT
TITE PRICE
History workshop
in Arundel Casile
for 7-71 year olds
Tel.:
(1 )
Michael Stanton
' Saturday 13" January t 12 5C per chiid
1 10:00 an - 4 prn I
Spring opening of
the Castle
Tel: 883136
Helen Sabine
Sunday
t2l
Grounds & Castle
Keep: 
€6.50 all,
Castle Rooms:
Adults: 
€11
Children:
{3 } f
Castle Grounds:
11 arn -5 pm
Castle Buildings
12:00 - 4:00 pm
Civil War
re-enactment
Te l . :
(41
Saturday, April 20th -
2:30 pm - 5.30 pm
(5) 
€
Patrick Hurst
Summer Faye Tel. : 8831 94
Susan Wright
August Saturday
(6)
Tickets 
€ 3.00.
Adults and children
10:00-7:30 pm
Medieval
(7t
Tel.: 882675
Jerry Mill ington
(8)
Saturday in the month
April-August
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Adults t 5.00
Children E2.00
P a g e 1 o f 1 3
Part 2: Questions 11- 2A
Listen and fill in the gaps on the form.
SOUTH COAST HOLIDAY SURVEY: BRtGt-tTON
Surname: ( l l ) . . .
First name: Samantha
Date of birth: (13) 18tn ..
Address: (1a) 41 . . . 
. . . Close, Edinburgh.
Occupat ion: (15) . . . in a bank
Salary Range: (16) thousand
. Holiday Accommodation: (171 . Hotel
. Main attraction of Brighton; (18) the .
Part 3: Questions 2'l- 30
Lisfen to the nelvs and tick f$ whether the statements are True, False, or Not Given
STATETIENTS i 
NoT
GIVEN
21. PNO sai ls to 5 places in Europe
i 22 PNO is making 1,200 people redundant.
' i 23.The number of dentists will double
24. Manchester has one dentist per 20,000 people
25. The Prime Minister was in a military aeroplane.
26. The Prime Minister was in great danger.
27. Michael Soars is in prison.
28. Michael Soars worked for Capital Holdings.
ll. LEXICO- GRAMMAR (7 points)
Part 1 : Choose fhe word or phrase which besf complefes each sentenc e. Write your
answers (4, B, c, or D) in the space provided under this part.
31. Having decided to rent a f lat, we contacting all the accommodation agencies
in the city.
A. set to
32 After months of bitter arguing the couple had to accept that they were
A. different B. incompatible C. suitable D. disaffected
B. set in C. set for D. set about
29. The Euro is terribly low at that time.
30. The weather will become worse through the day.
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33' My surlsurnt nose made rne feel rather----fcr the firstfew days of the holiday.A. self-confident B. self-centred -Cs"lf*onscious D. self-evident34' The peace of the public library was 
-by the sound of a transistor radio.A. smashed B. fractured CJhattered D. demolished35 .Whydon ' t youhavean igh tou t? | twou |d takeyour
A. thoughts B heart C. neiO D. mind36' In the hands of a reckress driver, a car becomes a * weapon.A. lethal B. fatat C ;;;"1 D venal37' what the company needs i, . 
. 
actor who can take on a variety of roles.A. variable B. changeaoir- c. diverse D. versatire38. With their modern, lightweight boat, they soon the older vessels in ihe race.A. outstripped B. caught up 
r 
C o;ffi-- D. exceeded39. He
recovered.
A. made B. inferred C. induced D. inflicted
40. The new law on motorcycrists' wearing safety hermets has comeA. to power B. etfective C to existence O. into force 
-
o,,l:"i,*T:^lrJ-o:1l^,.fl:1f::!!!]tdoesn't_outthepossibi|itythatyou
pight get a job in a different departmeni.
A. rule B. strike C. cancel D. draw42' The o""l,it-Y*::^1!9 nounds, I wanted to pay 300 pounds, and we finany agreed to
A. divide B. split C. drop D. decrease
43. You'll feel better after you've taken a 
_ 
_of cough medicine,A. ration B. helping 
-C. 
Oose D. portion
44'There's a small hard 
-on my wrist. lthink l'd better see the doctor.A. swelling B. lump C. bruise D. rash
45. Af l.the way along the winding street_.
A. he came B. came he C did he come D. comes he
Your answers
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Part 2: The passage below contains 10 errors. tDENTtFy and coRRE cT them. writeyour answers in the space provided in the column on the right. p) has bee n doneas an example.
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women see their doclor (0. in) average five times a year in theUK comparing with men who visit theii doctor about three times.Two out of three women leave their GB's surgery clutch aprescription. yet women have been taking tablets wiih knowing
what effect they may have in their body] because of scientificanomaly - most drugs are tested into men. In addition, there arewell-known examples of the way drugs and other substances
work different in women. The different Salance on fat and muscreof men's and women's bodies affect he speed with which alcoholis absorbed and breaking down, for exampre rt is predicted thatnatural remedies wiil continue to gain in popurarity as women, inparticular, become more aware otlhe possible side - effect of thepowerful drugs currenily prescribed.
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THE IMAGE OF SCIENCE
The image that we have of science has (0. UNDERGO) radical
change in the last hundred years, An enormous (s6.TEcnrublocy)
explosion, together with a number of very real (57. ANXtous) abouithe environment and all the moral and political ramifications of
economic growth have (58. OUESTION) put science at the centre ofpublic debate.
The twentieth century began with a chaflenge to the (59 ASSUME)that human knowledge was approaching completion. lt will core,perhaps, as something of a surprise to ilt of us to realise that the
emergence of this highly (60. DESTROy) process came both from
within and outside science.
New scientific theories (61. OVERWHELM) reveal the limitations of
l!"t" old perspective. We had thought that the world, understoodthrough the medium of rational (oz.bg), ?S, indeed, the real world.Now we know that this was no more than a simplification that justhappened to work. once we realise this, though, we can move in a
lllqeJ-oj opposing directions. We can re-evaluate ail knowtedge(63. PESSIMISM) and decide that it is eternally fragmentary and futl
of a vast number of (64. pERFEcIoN) 
, or we can be more positive
and view these vast explosions of scientific awareness as new
challenges tilf to come and as celebrations of the (65. HIGH) thatthe human imagination has so far scaled.
Part 4: Supply the correct form of the VERBS in btock capitals in brackets focomplete the passage. Write your answers in thespace provided betow thepassage.
John has always travelled a lot. In fact, he was only two years old when he first flew to theUS' His mother is ltalian and his father is Ameriian, John was bom in France, but hisparents (66. MEED 
. 
in Cologne, Germany after they (oT. L:VE) 
_there forfive years' They had met one day wnile John's iather was reading a book in tne librarydnd his mother (68 S/i.)
his parents also travel a lot ns a matter of fact, John is visiting hi. prrents in France atthe moment. He lives in New York now, but (70, vlstr) his parents for the lastfew weeks' He really enjoys living in New York, Out ire. atso loves coming to visit hisparents at least once ayear. This year he (71 . FLY over 5,ooo miles for his job.He has been working for Jackson & Co. for almosi twolears now. He (72. B5.) 
_pretty sure that he (73. W)RQ 
---- 
for thern next y"", as welt. His job requires a lotof travel. In fact, by the end of ff rs year, he (74 . TRAveUHis next journey will be to Australia. He really doesn't l ike going to Australia because it isso far. This time he (75. FLy)
French partner. He will have Oeen sittirflror over 18 hours by the time he arrives!
Your answers
Paft 3: Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the nurnberedspacesprovided in the calumn on the right.(O) has Deen done as an example.
0. undergone
56 . .
57 . .
62. . . .
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Part 5: Fill in each blank wittt a suitable PREPOSTTION. Write your answers in the
numbered blanks pravided below ffie passage,
(76) 
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the whole, Flora was content (77) her life. (78) 
_ 
day she
was a librarian in a large city library, but in her spare time she lived in a worfd of dreams,Hersecre t ,a | | .devour ingpass ionwasread ing-nove |s (79) -par t i cu |a r -anc jshe
had read almost all the classics that the library had (80) 
-. 
stcck. She read
vorac ious ly , (81) -her lunchhour ,her teabreak ,and the longeven ings
(82) -home.Shervou |deven tead(83) -herwayhome 'wa lk ings tov i t y
(84)--- her book open. The small flat where sfie lived (85) hersetf wls piledhigh (86)- books. She knew her favourites (eZ) 
- 
heart empathizing withthe characters and thinking (gs)-- them as reai people (gg) 
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short, shehad found that books fulfilled her emotional needs bettei ti'tan p,e ople did, and(90) -anycase,shehadnowcomp|e te |y fo rgo t tenhowtore la ie topeop|eo ther
than characters in novels.
Your anslyers
Part 6: lnseft A, AN, THE or cD (zero article) where necessary. Write your answers inthe numbered spaces provided under the passage.
Probab|y themost impor tan tp ieceof (91) -e |ec t r i ca |equ ipment tobecomewide |y
used in the |as t twen tyyears is (92) -d ishwasher 'Wash ingupbyhand isno ton |ya
time consuming task (il can take longer than eating (93) nniat itself), but aiso(94) -ex t reme|ybor ingone ,par t i cu la r | ywhen-youareonyourown,and i ta l so
ru insyourhands.D ishwasherscomein(95) - rangeofd i f fe ien ts izesandmode|s
tosu i t yourpurse , (96) -s i zeo fyour fami |y ,ano(g1 |ayou to fyourk i t chen .
They can be 
_stood on (98) floor or on (9S; wo*top, or iney can be
niounted on (100) wall.
Your answers
lll. READING (4 points)
Part 1: Choose fhe word that Desf fits each of the btanks in the fottowing passage.Circle A, B, C, or D to indicate your answer. (0) has been done as an eximple. -
TALKING RUBBISH
Reduce! Re-use! Recycle! Tfre message hits Canadian (0) consumers through all the
media' As newcomers from Sri Lanka, we compare the situatton here with the 
-one 
backhome.Wemaynotbe themostenv i ronmenta | | y (101) -c i t i zens in thewor |dbu t ,
compared with this, we do not have a rubbish probler : y.t
Like many shoppers in Colombo, my partner Shahid and I used to have a cane basket we(102) -w i thus to theSundaymarke torpo IaeVeryweek.Noenv i ronmenta l i s tcou |d
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have (103)- about it. You need a good strong basket at the pola. There are no
supermarket (10a) , to push around. Most iterns - rice, flour, vegetables, fru1,biscuits, eggs - are bought (105)_ or wrapped in newspaper. At (106)- ' we
woufd carry one plastic bag separately For eggs we took a reusable plastic tray wittr us"
When income (107)- are low, people need to buy in small quantities. lt is quite
norma l toask f9 ra (108) - -enve |ope , twoeggsor100gramsofsugar .The
(109)- is that, for the mosf part, urban consurpEs in sri tanra cannot afford theluxury of waste. Most people do not buy more from thi grocers than they know they willactually consume. They re-use whatever they can and are loath to discarO ags, jars, tins
or boxes that can be (110)_ to other uses.
pul.in recent years Western-style supermarkets have begun to spring up in Colombo Theyho |dou t the(111) -o fac |ean ,e f f i c ien t , s t rJaml inedserv ice tocus tomers .A
l1?l(1 13) beckons from the shelves. These are the ( liq) products thatdernand your attention on the TV advertisements (115) 
, with them, sri Lanka,like so many other devefoping countries, may have impoTeo a problem that once never
existed.
8. consumers C. clients D. buyers
B. concerned C. worried D experienced
B. took away C. took along D. took up
B. criticised C. disapproved D. accused
B. rvagons C. trolleys D. carriages
B. in pieces C. bit by bit D. loose
B. most C. highest D. best
B. amounts C. sizes D. levels
B. singular C. single D. sole
B. case C. example D question
B. set C. given D put
B. advantage C. evidence D sight
B. range C. store D. band
B packs C. packaging D. padding
B. just C similar D. t ikety
B. As well C. Among D Along
Part 2: Read lhe following passage and complete the sfafements that follow by
circling A, B, C, or D to indicate your answer which you think fifs besf
There is a problem that will touch us ali - men, wornen and children - in the not too distantfuture, a problem that resolves itself into a question: Wl'rat is education for?- At the moment most
of us can answer that fairfy practically and without too much soul-searching. On the fowest level,
education is for enabling us to cope in an adult world where money must be added up, tax formsfilled in, numbers looked up in telephone directories, maps read, curtains measured- and street
signs understood. On the next levef it is for getting some iinO of lob that will pay a living wage,
But we are already peering into a future so drfferent from anything we would now recognise asfamiliar that the last of these two educational aims may become as obsolete as a dodo. Basic
skills (reading, writing and arithmetic) wilf continue to be necpssary but these, after all, can betaught to children in from one to two years during their childhood. But education with a view to
working ior a living, at least in the sense of earning daify bread, may welt be on its way out right
now for the majonty of us. Then the question "'what is educatio n foe' becomes much rnore
complex, because what the future proclaims is: an education is an education.
In other words, our grandchildren may well spend their lives learning as, today, we spend ourfives working. This does not simply involve a straightforward substitution of activity but a
0. A. cusfo mers
101 . A. qualified
142. A. took over
103. A. complained
104. A, wheel barrows
105. A. free
106. A. maximum
1O7 . A. rates
108. A. simple
109. A. point
1 10. A. made
111. A. promise
112. A. set
1 13. A. packets
114. A. very
1 15. A. In addit ion
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complete transformation of motive. We work fcr things basically unccnnected with that
work- usually money, prestige, success, security. We will learn for learning's sake alone: a rose
is a rose because it is and not what we can get out of it. Nor need any cynic doubt hat we shall
not wish to work without here being any obvious end in view. Already, adutt education classes
are overcrowded - one friend of mine teaching French literature says she could have had 10
pupils for every one she has.
Nevertheless, we still live in a very competitive society and most of us will need to reshuffle the
furniture of our minds in order to gear our children towards a future in which outer rewards -
keeping up with the Joneses - become less relevant than inner and more individual spurs. The
existence of competition has atways meant doing things because they win us some essentially
unconnected advantage but the aim of the future must be to integrate the doing with its own
reward, like virtue
Oddly enough it is in America, that citadel of competitiveness, that the first expenments in t1s
change of mind are taking place. In that New World, there are already organizations set up to
examine ways in which competitiveness can be replaced by other innlrdirected forms of
rewards and pleasures. Take one interesting example in a foundation wfrose aim is to transfonn
competitiveness oon. A tug-of-war, as we all know, consists of one team pitting its stren$h
against another team. The aim is to tug the opposing team over a line and by doing so, win.
In the brand-new non-@mpetitive rsion, things are very different There are stitl two teams on
either end of a rope but nory the aim is not to wrn hrt to maintain the struggfe As tre two EenE
tug, any individual on ertrer tearn ufro senses a coming vicrory mr.st get to the wryrrp end d
the rope and rush ov€r to lend hb u€rght to the oher sile, fxrs redressrtg tte 6g'Ee, aS
keeping the tugFof+var gorg as lorp as possibfe. tf you acfually inragire donrg tr6, he ffitg
fad that ernerges is that the nerr gane oftrs rnore possrbilibes cf rnchndlalJrrdgerneri nrd sfljust because Mdory is nct the aim ard the tugr-of-war rs ended onty by ,ffi of tgejudgements and skilb. \A/trats lnore, I t*t( mo6t people would get more pleasure out of the re
tug than the old winners-take-all corrced.
So could it be for learning. Most of us, at some time or another, have glimpsed one of the real
inner pleasures of education - a sort of one-person chase after an elusive goal that pits you only
against you ot, at the very most, against he discoveries of the greitest minds bt otner
generations. On a rnore humble level, most of us have already got some pleasurable hobby that
we enjoy for its own sake and become xpert in for that enjoyment. In my own stumbling efforts,
since last year, to learn the piano, I have seen the future and it works.
(Frcm an article by JillTweedie in the Guadian)
116. In the future envisaged by the writer,
A. there would be no need to deal with money
B. there woufd be no need to communicate in writing
G. there would be few employment prospects
D. there would be few educational prospects
117 According to the writer, the most difficult adjustment for us to make will be
A. working without the hope of material reward
B. getting used to having more free time
C. seeing education as being its own reward
D. learning essentially impractical subjects
1 18 Our duty towards our children wil l be to
A. prepare them to set their own goal
B. encourage them to be more ambitious
C. improve their chances of employment
D. teach them basic moral values in life
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119. According to the writer, future leaming will resemble the new style- tug - of - war in
that 
_
A. there will be no possibility of failing
B. the object will be to avoid winning
C. it wifl depend on operating as a team
D. it will involve a personal change
120. The reason for the writer's optimistic onclusion is that she has
A. discovered how satisfying learning can be
B. shown a new talent for playing the piano
C. found how easy it is to develop a new skill
D. taken up a hobby for the first time
Part 3: Read the passage and answer fhe guestions that follow by circling A, B, C,
or D to indicate yaur answers
[1] Canadian English is a regional variety of North American English that spans almost
the entire continent. Canadian English became a separate variety of North American
English after the American Revolution, when thousands of Loyalists, people who had
supported the Bntish, left the United States and fled north to Canada. Many Loyalists
settled in southem Ontario in the 1780s, and their speech became the basis for what is
cafled General Canadian, a definition based on lhe norms of urban middle-class speech.
[2] Modern Canadian English is usually defined by the ways in which it resernbles and
differs from American or British English. Canadian English as a great deal in common
with the English spoken in the United States, yet many Americans identify a Canadian
accent as British. Many American visitors to Canada think the Canadian vocabulary-
sounds British-for example, they notrce the British "tap" and "braces" instead of the
American "faucet" and "suspenders." On the other hand, many British people identify a
Canadian accent as American, and British visitors think the Canadians have become
Americanized, saying "gas" and "truck" for "petrol" and "lorry."
[3] People who live outside North America often find it ditficult to hear the differences
between Canadian and American English. There are many similarities between the
two varieties, yet they are far from identical, Canadian English is instantly
recognizable to other Canadians, and one Canadian in a crowded room will easily spot
the other Canadian among the North Americans.
't4l There is no distinctive Canadian grammar, The differences are mainly in
pronunciation, vocabulary, and idioms. Canadian oronuncration reflects the exoerience
of a people struoqlino for national identitv aqainst two stronq influences. About 75
percent of Canadians use the British "zed" rather than the American "zee" for the
name of the last letter of the alphabet. On the other hand, 75 percent of Canadians use
the American pronunciation f "schedule," "tomato," and "missile." The most obvious
and distinctive f ature of Canadian speech is probably its vowel sound, the diphthong
"loul." In Canada, "out" is pronounced like "oat" in nearby U.S. accents. There are
other identifying features of Canadian vowels: for example, "cot" is pronounced the
same as "caught" and "collar" the same as "caller."
[5] An important characteristic of the vocabulary of Canadian English is the use of
many words and phrases originating in Canada itself, such as "kerosene" and
"chesterfield" ("sofa"). Several words are borrowed from North American Indian
languages, for example, "kayak," caribou," "parka," and "skookum" ("strong"). The
name of the country itself has an Indian origin; the lroquois word "kanata" originally
meant "village." A number of terms for ice hockey-"face-off," "blue-line," and "puck"-
have become part of World Standard English.
[6] Some features of Canadian English seem to be unique and are often deliberately
identified with Canadian speakers in such contexts as dramatic and literary
characterizations. Among the original Canadian idioms, perhaps the most famous is
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ihe a lmost un iversa l use c f "eh?" as a tag quest ion, as in "That 's a good movie , eh?"
"Eh" is aiso used as a f i l ler dur ing a narrat ive, as in " l 'm walking honre fronr work, eh,
and l 'm th ink ing about d inner ' . l f ina l ly get home, eh, and the re f r igera tcr is empty , "
f7 l The t rad i t iona l v iew ho lds that there are no d ia lec ts in Canadian Engl ish and that
Canadians cannot tel l where other Canadians are from just by l istening to them. The
linguists of today disagree with this view. /,, ihi le there is a gi 'eater degree of
homogeneity in Canadian Engl ish compared with American Engl ish, several dialect
areas cjo exist across Canada. Linguists have idint i f ied dist inct dialects for the
Mari t ime Provinces, Newfoundland, the Ottawa Val ley, southern Ontar io, the Prair ie
Provinces, the Arctic North, and the West.
121. AccorCing to the passage, how cj id Canadian Engl ish become a dist inct var iety of
Nof ih American Engl ish?
A. Linguists not iced that Canadians poke a unique dialect .
B. A large group of Loyal ists et t led in one region at the same t ime.
C. Growth of the middle class led to a standard school curr iculum.
D. Canadians declared their language to be di f ferent f rom U.S. Engl ish,
122. The word "nornls" in paragraph 1 is c losest in meaning tc
A. patterns B. history
B. words D. ideas
'123. The phrase "a great deal in cornmon rvith' in paragraph2 isdosest rn nreanirp to
A. different words for
B. the same problems as
C. many similari t ies to
D. easier pronunciation than
124,In paragraph 2, what point does the author make about Canadian English?
A. Canadian English is more similar to American than to Brit ish English.
B. American and Brit ish visi tors define Canadian English by their own norms.
C. Canadian English as many words that are not in other variet ies of English.
D. Canadians speak English with an accent that Americans cannot understand.
125. The phrase "the two varieties" in paragraph 3 refers to
A. People who l ive outside North American
B. Canadian Engl ish and American Engl ish
C. General Canadian and North American
D. Br i t ish Engl ish and Canadian Engl ish
126. The word "spot" in paragraph 3 is c losest in meaning to
A. descr ibe B. ig nore
C. prefer D. f ind
127. Which sentence below best expresses the essent ial informat ion in the underl ined
sentence in paragraph 4? lnconect choices change the meaning in important ways or
leave out essent ial informat ion.
A. Canadian Engl ish has been strongly inf luenced by both Br i t ish and Arner ican
Eng l i sh .
B. Canada is the only nat ion where people can del iberately choose which pronunciat ion
they prefer.
C. Canadians have t r ied to d is t ingu ish t emselves as a nat ion, and th is e f for l i s shown
in the i r pronunc ia t ion.
D. Many newcomers to Canada must work hard to rnaster the nat ional sty le of
pronounc ing Engl ish .
D r n o Q n f ' 1 ?
128. All of the following words originated in North American lndian languages
EXCEPT
A. Kerosene B. parka C. Canada D. Kayak
129, Which of the. following can be inferred from paragraph 5 about vocabulary?A. Vocabulary is the most distinctive feature of Canadian English
B. world standard English as a very large vocabulary.
C. Canadians use more North American Indian words than Americans do.D. Much of the vocabulary for ice hockey originated in canada.
130' The author discusses the expression "eh" in paragraph 6 as an example ofA. an idiom that uniquery characterizes canadian sfeecn.
B an expression that few people outside canada have heardC. a style of Canadian drama and literature.
D. a word that cannot be translated into other languages.
Part 4: Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the numberedblanks provided below fhe pass age.
ACCIDENTAL INVENTORS
A number of products that we commonly use today were developed quite by accident.Two of many possible examples of this concept are ihe Leotard and the popsicle, each of
which came (131) when an insightfui person recognized a potential benefit in anegative situation.
The first of these accidental inventions is the leotard, a close-fitting, one - piece garment
worn today by dancers, gymnasts, and acrobats, (132) otiers. In 1g2g, i circus(133) 
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named Nerson Hower was faced witr tne prospect of missing hisperformance because his costume was (134) the cleaner's. Instead of cancllinghis part of the show, he decided to perform in nis tong undenruear Soon, other circusperformers began performing the (135) way When popular acrobat Jules Leotard
adopted the style, it became (136)
Another product (137) by chance was the Popsicle. ln 1905, eteven - year - oldFrank Epperson stirred up (iSAl drink of fruit-flavoured powder and soda water
and then mistakenly left the drink, (139) the spoon in it, out on the back porch'overnight. As the temperature (140) 
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thrt night, the soda water lroze around the
spoon, creating a tasty treat. Years later remembering how enjoyable the treat had beenEpperson went into business producing popsicles.
Your answers:
I 3 t . 136.
I 32. t 37.
r 33 . t38 .
1 31. t 39.
I 35. 140.
lV. WRITING (6 points)
Part 1' Finish each of the fottowing senfences in such a way that it means the same
as ffie sentence printed before it.
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add ress.
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112. The norlhwest of Bri tain has more rain each year than the southeast
The annua l . .
The secretary didn't repiy rne for ten days.
No reply from
The policeman's prejudice against foreigners coulci not be recorded in tne officiai files.
The fact that .
The two sides never looked l ikely to reach an agreement.
A t no t ime : . . .
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Patt 2' Finish each of the following sentences in such a way thatif is as similar itspossib/e in meaning to the originatsenfence. Use the worJ given and ather wordsas necessary. Do not change the form of the given word.
I46. These days, she is very cheerful. (SplRITS)
147. carol claimed that she hadn't understood my request, (MADE)
r tB. in. totri .;r; to lust under ii ooo. Wo*^ED;
119. A treaty wii l very probabry be signed soon (ALL)
1s0. He's *;good . i , .nn,, 
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Part 3: The table betow shows the resutts of an airline suryey in 2006 of economyc/ass travellers. The numbers indicate how many male or iemale pass engers ineach age group rated a particular feature as their mosf important in-ftightconsideration.
Write a report describing the information shown. You shoutd write about I S0 words.
In-fl ight feature ranked
first
Males
Age 25 - 45 Age 25 - 45
SEAT/ LEG ROOM
MEALS/ DRINKS
ATTENDANT SERVICE
MOVIES/ INFLIGHT
ENTERTAINMENT
TOTALS INTERVIEWED
Part 4:
; f t is said that "Th e Government shoutd not be expected to take so/e f
, respo nsibility for reducing the number of road accidents, and individuats i
: should share this responsibility." i
: h a ^ ^ - l : - ^ . ^ . : l ' l - l l - : ^ . 1 \ , / ^ . - ^ L ^ . - t l . - . - : a - a F n ^ n n - - - ) - iDo you agree or disagree with this? You should write 250-300 words or so to support i
i your own ideas, give examples and evidence , (Do not mention any personal
information.)
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