Part 1
Questions 1 – 5
For each question, choose the correct answer.
1 A The competition is open to people over a
certain age.
B There is a maximum age limit for this
competition.
C Only eighteen-year-olds are allowed to enter
this competition.
2 Adam is telling Rachel to
A post something for him.
B find out how to do something.
C give him something he needs.
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A Members of staff must be accompanied if
LABORATORY
they wish to pass this point.
The public are not
permitted beyond
this point unless B Members of the public can’t go through
accompanied by a unless they are visiting someone working
staff member. here.
C Members of the public may go further if a
company employee goes with them.
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4 A Tom wants to persuade Jane to take him to
college tomorrow morning.
B Tom would like Jane to do him a favour
tomorrow morning.
C Tom is reminding Jane they have to get up
early tomorrow morning.
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A The Careers Centre will give you a copy of
FREE COPIES OF any advertisement on this board.
ADVERTISEMENTS ON B This board is used to advertise the work
THIS BOARD ARE done by the Careers Centre.
AVAILABLE FROM THE C If you ask the Careers Centre, you can
CAREERS CENTRE advertise for free on this board.
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Part 2
Questions 6 – 10
For each question, choose the correct answer.
The people below all want to visit a city market.
On the opposite page there are there are descriptions of eight markets.
Decide which market would be the most suitable for the people below.
Jenny wants to buy locally-produced food traditional to the area.
She needs somewhere convenient to eat, and as she’s
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sightseeing in the city, the market shouldn’t be far from local
attractions.
Matt wants a market where he can get something to wear at
7 reasonable prices, and something hot to eat. He’s also keen on
music, and likes finding rare recordings by different bands.
Sammie wants to visit a market after spending the day in the
8 city. He would like to photograph a historic place, and buy a
painting by someone unknown.
Alexia is looking for a really special necklace for her
9 grandmother’s birthday. She’d like to spend the whole day at the
market, and wants to avoid the cold by staying inside.
Ella is looking for objects from other countries for her friends.
10 She’d like to choose a second-hand book to read on the journey
home, and wants a snack at the market, too.
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City Markets
A Beckfield Market B Rosewell Hill
This market’s world-famous for Our market’s in an amazing
second-hand camera equipment and building that’s hundreds of years
books on photography. As well as an old. Visitors find our late-night
amazing range of cameras, we have opening hours convenient, and
old pictures of local places of there are always performers
interest for you to buy, and of entertaining the crowds. We've
course the stall owners are happy to recently opened more stalls
give you advice for free! Don’t miss specializing in pictures both from
our hot soup stall in cold weather. well-known artists and also
those beginning their careers.
C Camberwall Market D Cobbledown Road
There’s lots to see in this A small market that’s open in all
interesting indoor market, so it’s weathers. Come and find something
open from morning until late, in a really fantastic – treat yourself or
fantastic modern setting. Find someone special! We have a wide
everything from rare gold and selection of jewellery and musical
silver jewellery to designer clothes instruments, produced locally by
– although the prices aren’t cheap, highly-skilled people, and home-
the quality’s excellent. After made cakes to enjoy.
shopping, enjoy a meal in a nearby
restaurant.
E Oldford Lane F Purford Market
Situated in the historic city centre, Close to museums and art galleries,
you’ll find a wide range of jewellery this is the place to buy something for
and clothes. Arrive early to avoid
lunch, as well as fresh fruit and
disappointment – bargains are
found in the morning, and the special breads. Try the region’s
stalls pack up after lunch. If the famous cheese – the producers are
weather’s good, enjoy watching the there with advice on different types.
world go by, although it gets very Eat on the seats situated around the
busy in the tourist season. market, watching the colourful scene
and enjoying music from local
bands.
G Teddingley Market H Frome Place
Situated under historic city walls, in this Stalls open during normal daytime
busy market you’ll find a huge selection shopping hours so, depending on
of great-value new and second-hand the weather, there’s plenty to
clothes. There are also stalls offering entertain you the whole day. Try
unusual albums by international singers, our sandwich bar if you’re hungry,
often hard to find in shops. Our world- and look for an old copy of
food area allows you to taste food from something by a favourite author.
abroad, cooked in front of you by We also have gifts from all over
international chefs. the world.
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Part 3
Questions 11 – 15
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Artist Peter Fuller talks about his hobby
There’s a popular idea that artists are not supposed to be into sport, but mountain biking is a huge
part of my life. It gets me out of my studio, and into the countryside. But more importantly, racing
along as fast as you can leaves you no time to worry about anything that’s going on in your life.
You’re too busy concentrating on not crashing. The only things you pay attention to are the pain in
your legs and the rocks on the path in front of you.
I’m in my sixties now, but I started cycling when I was a kid. In the summer my friends and I would
ride our bikes into the woods and see who was brave enough to go down steep hills, or do big
jumps. The bikes we had then weren’t built for that, and often broke, so I used to draw pictures of
bikes with big thick tyres that would be strong enough for what we were doing. They looked just like
modern mountain bikes. However, it wasn’t until many years later that someone actually invented
one. By the 1980s, they were everywhere.
At that time I was into skateboarding. I did that for a decade until falling off on to hard surfaces
started to hurt too much. Mountain biking seemed a fairly safe way to keep fit, so I took that up
instead. I made a lot of friends, and got involved in racing, which gave me a reason to train hard. I
wanted to find out just how fit and fast I could get, which turned out to be fairly quick. I even won a
couple of local races.
In the end I stopped racing, mainly because I knew what it could mean to my career if I had a bad
crash. But I still like to do a three-hour mountain bike ride every week. And if I’m out cycling in the
hills and see a rider ahead, I have to beat them to the top. As I go past I imagine how surprised they
would be if they knew how old I am.
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11 Peter enjoys mountain biking because
A it gives him the opportunity to enjoy the views.
B he can use the time to plan his work.
C he is able to stop thinking about his problems.
D it helps him to concentrate better.
12 What does Peter say about cycling during his childhood?
A He is sorry he didn’t take more care of his bike.
B His friends always had better quality bikes than he did.
C His bike wasn’t suitable for the activities he was doing.
D He was more interested in designing bikes than riding them.
13 Peter says he returned to cycling after several years
A because he had become unfit.
B so that he could enter races.
C in order to meet new people.
D to replace an activity he had given up.
14 How does Peter feel about cycling now?
A He is proud that he is still so fast.
B He is keen to do less now that he is older.
C He regrets the fact that he can no longer compete.
D He wishes more people were involved in the sport.
15 What would be a good introduction to this article?
A B
For Peter Fuller, nothing matters Artist Peter Fuller takes mountain
more than mountain biking, not biking pretty seriously. Here he
even his career. Here, in his own describes how it all began and
words, he tells us why. what he gets out of it.
C D
In this article, Peter Fuller explains After discovering mountain biking
how he became an artist only as a late in life, Peter Fuller gave up art
result of his interest in mountain for a while to concentrate on
biking. getting as good as possible.
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Part 4
Questions 16 – 20
Five sentences have been removed from the text below.
For each question, choose the correct answer.
There are three extra sentences which you do not need to use.
A new life
I used to work as a college lecturer in the north of England, running photography courses. It wasn’t a
bad job and I really liked my students, but I began to feel tired of doing the same thing every day.
16 x xx.
I’d always loved travelling, so one weekend I typed ‘international volunteering’ into an internet search
engine. At the top of the results page was the opportunity to go and stay on an island in the Indian
Ocean, thousands of miles away, and help to protect the beaches and the sea life. 17 x xx I had
some diving experience, and the more I talked about it, the more I wanted to do it. So I contacted the
organisation. One week later they offered to send me to the island and I accepted. 18 x xx After
all, the volunteer job was only for two months during the summer holidays. I thought after I’d finished,
I’d come home.
As soon as I got to the island, I was sure I’d done the right thing. My first dive was incredible.
19 x xx I felt so lucky to be able to experience that every day.
In fact I loved it so much that I never came home! I’ve now been on the island for ten years and I have
a permanent job. I’m working as a marine educator, teaching volunteers about the sea life and taking
them snorkelling and diving. My desk is a picnic table 10 metres from the best beach on the island. Of
course not everything about my new life is perfect. 20 x xx However, I can’t imagine going back
to my old life.