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Reading 20 points
1 Read the text and complete the sentences. (10 points)

Have you got a good sense of smell? If you have, you may be able to use this
talent when choosing a career. Since people who have got a good sense of smell
usually have a strong sense of taste as well, they are able to choose from a wide
range of interesting professions.
If you’ve got a good sense of smell and are interested in chemistry, you could
consider becoming a perfumer. Perfumers use their sense of smell to create
perfumes and other scented products, including lipstick and cleaning products.
They choose from thousands of natural and artificial smells and combine them
in a lab to create pleasant smells.
If you enjoy working outside as well as working in a lab, you might think about
pursuing a career as a winemaker. Like perfumery, winemaking is a mixture of
art and science. Winemakers must understand the chemistry that is involved in
winemaking, but they must also be very sensitive to flavour and smell. Their
nose helps them during the winemaking process and allows them to know
exactly when to move on to the next stage. For example, when they need to
decide when the grapes should be separated from their skins, they cannot just
rely on theoretical scientific information. Instead, they must smell the grapes to
try to determine whether or not they are ready.
For those of you who prefer drinking wine to making it, the job of taster may be
more suitable.
Companies who want to distribute a new wine have to know whether it will be
popular. That is why they employ tasters to judge the quality of the wine. Based
on the feedback that they get from the tasters, they decide whether it is
worthwhile investing in this particular product.
Chefs and sommeliers also rely on their senses of taste and smell. Chefs use
their sense of smell to help them decide whether a dish is ready and how much
of a particular flavouring they need to add. Sommeliers are responsible for
matching the dishes that the chefs create to an appropriate wine. They use their
sense of taste to find the perfect wine for every dish.
So next time you are the only person to notice a bad smell in a room, don’t
complain. Your strong sense of smell may be the key to a very successful
career.

1. Perfumers must have a good sense of smell and ...........................

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2. Lipstick and cleaning products are examples of ...........................
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3. Winemakers smell the grapes instead of........................................
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4. Tasters are important to distribution companies because .............
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5. A chef needs a sense of smell in order to.......................................

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2 Answer the questions. (10 points)
1. Which other skill do people with a good sense of smell usually share?
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2. Which types of scents do perfumers use to create pleasant smells?
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3. What have winemaking and perfumery got in common?
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4. What does a sommelier do?
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5. When might it be a disadvantage to have a good sense of smell?
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Vocabulary 20 points
1 Tick ( ) the sentences T (true) or F (false). Then correct the words in bold in the false sentences
with a suitable word below. (8 points)
deafening  touched  sniffed  loose  visually impaired T F

1. The dog stroked his food before he ate it. …………………… ...... ......
2. I spoke loudly because my grandmother is a little deaf. …………………… ...... ......
3. The shopping centre has got special signs to help mute people. …………………… ...... ......
4. Music at rock concerts is usually scented. …………………… ...... ......
5. The bed at the hotel was soft and comfortable. …………………… ...... ......
6. The little girl burnt her hand when she perceived the hot stove. …………………… ...... ......
7. The guide dog was trained to sit quietly in restaurants. …………………… ...... ......
8. When the weather is hot, I prefer to wear bitter clothes. …………………… ...... ......

2 Complete the sentences. (5 points)

1. Nobody ate very much because the food was t…………………… .
2. The sun is very b…………………… today, so take your sunglasses.
3. The chef t…………………… the food while she was cooking.
4. These shoes hurt because they are too t…………………… .
5. I can s…………………… smoke. Is there a fire in the neighbourhood?

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3 Complete the sentences with the words below. There are more words than you need. (7 points)
blind  hearing loss  bland  chilly  damp  coarse  odourless  smooth  sight
1. The doctor said I should eat …………………… food because of my upset stomach.
2. Tony was in an accident and lost his …………………… in his left eye.
3. My father stopped listening to music because of his …………………… .
4. My shoes are …………………… from the rain.
5. This oven cleaner is …………………… , so it doesn’t bother my pets.
6. It’s too …………………… to go for a run in the park tonight.
7. My hair is very …………………… and thick.

Grammar 30 points
1 Write a sentence to follow with the words below. Use gerunds or infinitives. (5 points)
1. The baby is tired.
she / need / sleep
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2. Don’t ask Paul to come to the sports centre.
he / dislike / play / basketball
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3. We are moving next week.
Frank / offer / help us
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4. I’m not going on the school trip.
I / can’t stand / camp
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5. William is meeting Joyce at the library.
they want / study / for the test
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2 Tick (✓) the incorrect sentences. Then correct the incorrect sentences. (10 points)
...... 1. I don’t enjoy to wait in a long queue.
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...... 2. She stopped talking to me after our fight.
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...... 3. Brad was lucky finding a job quickly.
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...... 4. The prisoner refused telling the detective his name.
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...... 5. We plan to buy a new car soon.
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3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below.
Use gerunds or infinitives. (5 points)
rest  continue  meet  order  find
1. …………………… new people has always been difficult for me.
2. The hikers stopped …………………… after five kilometres.
3. Does anyone feel like …………………… pizza?
4. I’m taking a course in Italian instead of …………………… with French.
5. It was difficult …………………… their house.

4 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use gerunds
or infinitives. (10 points)
Synesthesia is a condition where someone perceives two or more senses at the
same time. For a person with synesthesia, or a synesthete, 1. ……………………
(hear) music may involve sound, sight and taste. For example, Sean Day remembers

2.
…………………… (choose) discs according to the “colour” of the music when
he was a child. 3. …………………… (break) her leg caused Ingrid Carey
4.
…………………… (feel) physical pain, but she also “saw” the pain in orange
and yellow. For many years, scientists have refused 5. …………………… (believe)
that synesthesia is real. One reason is that they don’t seem 6. ……………………
(understand) why or how it happens. It’s also difficult 7. ……………………
(decide) if someone is really a synesthete. Because of this, many synesthetes
don’t want 8. …………………… (tell) people about their unusual ability. After
9.
…………………… (explain) her condition, Carey says that most people think
she’s crazy. However, synesthete and musician Pharrell Williams said that he
couldn’t imagine 10. …………………… (live) without this special gift.

Writing 10 points
Write a description of an event in your community that you took part in.

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