SIMULATION TEST 01 SIMULATION TEST 01 A. LISTENING:
Part 1: For questions 1 – 5, you will hear a man telephoning the service to complain about
his problem. Listen carefully and decide whether the statements below are True (T) or False
(F). Write your answers in the corresponding boxes provided. (1.0 pt)
1. Jackie was astonished that David had issues placing his order.
2. David needs to order the software for his office.
3. Jackie gives him the 25% discount even though he's not ordering online.
4. Jackie tells David that the free microphones are usually not of very good quality.
5. David purchases both versions of the software. Your answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 2: For questions 6 – 10, you will hear a conversation between two training college
students and their tutor, who enrolls them in a voluntary work to help local secondary
schools. Listen carefully and answer the following questions with NO MORE THAN TWO
WORDS. Write your answers in the space provided.
6. According to the liaison officer, what do volunteer help provide?
………………………………………………………
7. What do the volunteers aid students to revise?
……………………………………………………….
8. What aspect of students’ self-management can the volunteers greatly assist?
……………………………………………………….
9. What extent will the volunteers develop in the students so that they can exert themselves?
………………………………………………………..
10. What do the teachers have that grant the students’ allowance to respond to individual student requirement?
…………………………………………………………
Part 3: For questions 11 – 15, you will hear an interview with an author called Rachel White.
Listen carefully and choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you
hear. Write your answers in the corresponding boxes provided.
11. What does Rachel particularly recall about her school days?
A. She was only really interested in the subject of Literature.
B. She was aware that she was brighter than other classmates.
C. She was preferentially treated by a certain teacher.
D. She hated being considered hard working by the peers.
12. Which of the following added to Rachel’s negative feelings about her essay? A. It was not her own work.
B. Her classmates badly criticized it.
C. Some of the content was misleading.
D. There was an insufficient amount of material.
13. What attitude do people have toward Jane Austen’s book, in accordance with Rachel?
A. They lose their interest in them at an early age.
B. They read it as they feel they should.
C. They believe they suit a certain type of personality.
D. They feel they should be read in certain situations.
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14. Why did Rachel write the essay “Literature and The Young Mind”?
A. so as to express a commonly-held view.
B. in order to encourage young people to read Literature.
C. because she wanted to express her gratitude to writers like Austen.
D. because she wanted to recommend certain writers to young readers.
15. When discussing her essay, Rachel highlights its A. Contemporary relevance. B. Standard development. C. Emotional content. D. Essential complexity. Your answers: 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Part 4: For questions 16 – 25, listen to six pieces of BBC News and complete the summary
using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Write your answers in the space provided. (2.0 pts)
The oil cartel OPEC’s decision to (16.) ……………………………. has led to a period of abnormally
low prices that has (17.) ………………………………… of manufacturing countries.
Stephen O’Brien, a UN envoy, made a plea to help residents in the (18.) …………………………… .
The US president elect undertook to leave his business to avoid any (19.) …………………………...
The plane crash might have been caused by a(n) (20.) …………………………………., not
electricity blackout as reported, prior to the (21.) ……………………………………………...
Ukrainian missile tests by Russian (22.) ……………………………………. would be conducted as
planned in the peninsula (23.) …………………………………… two years ago.
Researchers believe the possibility that many families (24.) ………………………………………. the
birth of girls may distort the commonly cited figures of (25.) ………………………………… in China. B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
Part 1: Choose the answer A, B, C or D that best completes each of the following sentences.
Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
1. Robbing an old man is _______ contempt. A. under B. sub C. below D. beneath
2. He left clear instructions that all his property _______ to charity when he died. A. was gone B. were to go C. would have gone D. go
3. In the end, I just lost my _______ and started gabbling incoherently. A. head B. mind C. brain D. intelligence
4. Shiftwork does have its _______ sometimes. A. purposes B. conveniences C. reasons D. uses
5. After _______ around in the back of the car for an hour, I found my missing keys. A. ransacking B. rooting C. inspecting D. examining
6. The facilities at many high schools today are still _______ inadequate. A. sadly B. woefully C. regrettably D. grimly
7. Our team was dispirited and did not want to carry on when _______
A. the leaves were turned over B. it rained cats and dogs C. the chips were down D. the days were gone
8. Try to be aware of external factors which may _______ influence your judgment. A. unduly B. primarily C. obviously D. doubtfully
9. Mary is quite _______ - I don’t know she manages to fit everything in. A. inexhaustible B. tiresome C. indefatigable D. inexorable
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10. He is such a hard man to _______ as he’s always flitting from one site to another. A. pin in B. lock in C. narrow down D. nail down Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 2: The passage below contains 5 mistakes. Identify the mistakes and write the
corrections in the corresponding numbered boxes. There is an example at the beginning. Line 1
Edison was the archetypal American pragmatism. Latin, philosophy and other
such esoteric pursuits he dismissed as ‘ninny stuff’. What he wanted were
inventions that would reduce drudgery for the user and bring telling riches to
himself. With 1093 patents to his name – though many have been subsequently 5
accredited to his assistants – no-one has given the world the greatest range of
products that have become central to modern life.
Edison’s character was not, otherwise, to put it charitably, altogether unflawed. He
connived against competitors, drove his assistants to breaking point (they were
known as the Insomnia Squad) and when all else failed, he did not hesitate 10
resorting to bribery. If not an outright liar, he was certainly often economical to the truth. Your answers: Line Mistake Correction 0. 1 Pragmatism Pragmatist 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 3. Complete each of the following sentences with a suitable preposition or particle.
Write your answers in the space provided. (0.5 pt)
1. I won’t let you down, I can assure you ______ that.
2. The children squabbled ______ each other _______ who was going to take the slide first.
3. 90% of patients can be cured ______ the disease.
4. Some of the best players are missing, so the team is not ______ full strength this afternoon.
5. It is being put ______ that the vice president is involved in the scandal but as yet there seems to be no real evidence. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 4. Give the correct form of each bracketed word in the following passage. Write your
answers in the space provided. (1.0 pt)
Human vision, like that of other primates, has evolved in an arboreal environment. In the dense,
complex world of a tropical forest, it is more important to see well than to develop an acute sense
of smell. In the course of evolution, members of the primate line have acquired large eyes while the
snout has shrunk to give the eye a(n) (1. IMPEDE) view. Of mammals, only humans and some
primates enjoy color vision. The red flag is black to the bull. Horses live in a(n) (2. CHROME)
world. Light visible to human eyes, however, occupies only a narrow band in the whole
(3. MAGNET) spectrum. Ultraviolet rays are invisible to humans, though ants and honeybees are
(4. SENSE) to them. Humans have no direct (5. PERCEIVE) of infrared rays, unlike the
rattlesnake, which has (6. RECEIVE) tuned in to (7. LONG) longer than 0.7 micron. The world
would look eerily different if human eyes were sensitive to infrared radiation. Then, instead of the
darkness of night, we would be able to move easily in a strange, (8. SHADOW) world where
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objects glowed with varying degrees of intensity. But human eyes excel in other ways. They are, in
fact, remarkably discerning in color (9. GRADE). The color sensitivity of normal human vision is
rarely (10. PASS) even by sophisticated technical devices. Your answers: 1. 6. 2. 7. 3. 8. 4. 9. 5. 10. III. READING:
Part 1. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each
gap. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes.
(1) _____ in intimate social interactions and relationships has an important influence on well-being.
However, recent advances in Internet and mobile communication technologies have led to a major
(2) _____ in the mode of human social interactions, raising the question of how these technologies
are impacting the experience of (3) _____ intimacy and its relationship with well-being. Although
the study of intimacy in online social interactions is still in its early stages, there is general (4)
_____ that a form of online intimacy can be (5) _____ in this context. However, research into the
relationship between online intimacy and well-being is critically limited. Our aim is to begin to
address this research (6) _____ by providing an operative perspective on this emerging field. After
considering the (7) _____ of online intimacy, its multimodal components and its caveats, we
present an analysis of existing evidence for the potential impact of online intimacy on well-being.
We suggest that studies thus far have focused on online social interactions in a general sense,
shedding little light (8) _____ how the level of intimacy in these interactions may affect well-being
(9) _____. We then consider findings from studies of different components of intimacy in online
social interactions, specifically self-disclosure and social support, to indirectly explore the potential
contribution of online intimacy to health and well-being. Based on this analysis, we propose future
directions for (10) _____ and practical research in this important new area of investigation. 1. A. Consensus B. Combination C. Engagement D. Harmony 2. A. reversal B. metamorphosis C. modification D. shift 3. A. interpersonal B. reciprocal C. unanimous D. changeable 4. A. agreement B. proclamation C. point D. decision 5. A. inferred B. indicated C. experienced D. expanded 6. A. blank B. void C. gap D. lack 7. A. features B. specifics C. criteria D. characteristics 8. A. for B. on C. with D. beyond 9. A. outputs B. outbursts C. outgrowths D. outcomes 10. A. fundamental B. reputable C. abnormal D. plausible Your answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 2. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one
word in each space. Write your answers in the space provided.
The world of fashion is not easy to comprehend. With its haute couture designers, its catwalks, its
sylph-like models and glitzy clothes that most of us would not be (1) …………………. dead in –
even if we could afford them – it is hard to believe that it has (2) ………………….. to do with the
real world. It is difficult to understand the motives behind fashion, and to fathom what it has got to
do with us in our everyday lives. The (3) …………………. majority of us, however, are afftected to
varying degrees by fashion and, on reflection, we can conclude that this is because of a basic
desire to possess to conform (4) ………………….. our social group. Ever since people started to
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cover their bodies, they have tended to conform in the way they do (5) ……………………., and thus
it would be logical to say that fashion has existed from the (6) …………………. go. Most of us live
and socialise in groups made up of our peers, and we dress (7) …………………… to the rules of
the group. Looking the same as our peer group could (8) ………………….. be a remnant of a
survival strategy which guaranteed solidarity and protection for look-alikes. This tendency (9)
……………………. conformity consequently makes it possible to date paintings and photographs
with great accuracy just by looking at the garments the (10) ………………… is wearing. We can
place a portrait of a lady in a particular era simply because her clothes and hairstyle reflect the fashion of the day. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 3. Read the following passage and choose the best answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. The origins of theater
In seeking to describe the origins of theater, one must rely primarily on speculation, since there is
little concrete evidence on which to draw. The most widely accepted theory, championed by
anthropologists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, envisions theater as emerging
out of myth and ritual. the process perceived by these anthropologists may be summarized briefly.
During the early stages of its development, a society becomes aware of forces that appear to
influence or control its food supply and well-being. Having little understanding of natural causes, it
attributes both desirable and undesirable occurrences to supernatural or magical forces, and it
searches for means to win the favor of these forces. Perceiving an apparent connection between
certain actions performed by the group and the result it desires, the group repeats, refines and
formalizes those actions into fixed ceremonies, or rituals.
Stories (myths) may then grow up around a ritual. Frequently the myths include representatives of
those supernatural forces that the rites celebrate or hope to influence. performers may wear
costumes and masks to represent the mythical characters or supernatural forces in the rituals or in
accompanying celebrations. As a person becomes more sophisticated, its conceptions of
supernatural forces and causal relationships may change. As a result, it may abandon or modify
some rites. but the myths that have grown up around the rites may continue as part of the group’s
oral tradition and may even come to be acted out under conditions divorced from these rites. When
this occurs, the first step has been taken toward theater as an autonomous activity, and thereafter
entertainment and aesthetic values may gradually replace the former mystical and socially efficacious concerns.
[1] Although origin in ritual has long been the most popular, it is by no means the only theory about
how the theater came into being. [2] Storytelling has been proposed as one alternative. [3] Under
this theory, relating and listening to stories are seen as fundamental human pleasures. [4] Thus,
the recalling of an event (a hunt, battle, or other feat) is elaborated through the narrator’s
pantomime and impersonation and eventually through each role being assumed by a different person.
A closely related theory sees theater as evolving out of dances that are primarily pantomimic,
rhythmical or gymnastic, or from imitations of animal noises and sounds. Admiration for the
performer’s skill, virtuosity, and grace are seen as motivation for elaborating the activities into fully
realized theatrical performances.
In addition to exploring the possible antecedents of theater, scholars have also theorized about the
motives that led people to develop theater. why did theater develop, and why was it valued after it
ceased to fulfill the function of ritual? Most answers fall back on the theories about the human mind
and basic human needs. one, set forth by aristotle in the fourth century B.C., sees humans as
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naturally imitative—as taking pleasure in imitating persons, things, and actions and in seeing such
imitations. Another, advanced in the twentieth century, suggests that humans have a gift for
fantasy, through which they seek to reshape reality into more satisfying forms than those
encountered in daily life. Thus, fantasy or fiction (of which drama is one form) permits people to
objectify their anxieties and fears, confront them, and fulfill their hopes in fiction if not fact. the
theater, then, is one tool whereby people define and understand their world or escape from unpleasant realities.
But neither the human imitative instinct nor a penchant for fantasy by itself leads to an autonomous
theater. Therefore, additional explanations are needed. one necessary condition seems to be a
somewhat detached view of human problems. For example, one sign of this condition is the
appearance of the comic vision, since comedy requires sufficient detachment to view some
deviations from social norms as ridiculous rather than as serious threats to the welfare of the entire
group. another condition that contributes to the development of autonomous theater is the
emergence of the aesthetic sense. For example, some early societies ceased to consider certain
rites essential to their well-being and abandoned them, nevertheless, they retained as parts of their
oral tradition the myths that had grown up around the rites and admired them for their artistic
qualities rather than for their religious usefulness.
1. The word “championed” in the passage is closest in meaning to A. changed B. debated C. created D. supported
2. According to paragraph 1, why did some societies develop and repeat ceremonial actions?
A. to establish a positive connection between the members of the society
B. to help society members better understand the forces controlling their food supply
C. to distinguish their beliefs from those of other societies
D. to increase the society’s prosperity
3. The word “this” in the passage refers to A. the acting out of rites
B. the divorce of ritual performers from the rest of society
C. the separation of myths from rites
D. the celebration of supernatural forces
4. According to paragraph 2, what may cause societies to abandon certain rites?
A. emphasizing theater as entertainment
B. developing a new understanding of why events occur.
C. finding a more sophisticated way of representing mythical characters
D. moving from a primarily oral tradition to a more written tradition
5. All of following are mentioned in paragraph 5 as possible reasons that led societies to develop theater except:
A. theater allows people to face that they are afraid of.
B. theater gives an opportunity to imagine a better reality.
C. theater is a way to enjoy imitating other people.
D. theater provides people the opportunity to better understand the human mind.
6. Which of the following best describes the organization of paragraph 5?
A. the author presents two theories for a historical phenomenon.
B. the author argues against theories expressed earlier in the passage.
C. the author argues for replacing older theories with a new one.
D. the author points out problems with two popular theories.
7．The word “penchant” in the passage is closest in meaning to A. compromise B. inclination C. tradition D. respect
8．Why does the author mention “comedy”?
A. to give an example of early types of theater
B. to explain how theater helps a society respond to threats to its welfare
C. to help explain why detachment is needed for the development of theater
D. to show how theatrical performers become detached from other members of society.
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9. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted
sentence in the passage? incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
A. A society’s rites were more likely to be retained in the oral tradition if its myths were
admired for artistic qualities.
B. The artistic quality of a myth was sometimes an essential reason for a society to
abandon it from the oral tradition.
C. Some early societies stopped using myths in their religious practices when rites ceased
to be seen as useful for social well-being.
D. Myths sometimes survived in a society’s tradition because of their artistic qualities even
after they were no longer deemed religiously beneficial.
10. Indicate where the following sentence could be added to paragraph 3.
To enhance their listener’s enjoyment, storytellers continually make their stores more engaging and memorable. A. [1] B. [2] C. [3] D. [4] Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 4. Read the passage and do the tasks that follow.
Choose the correct heading for paragraphs B – G from the list of headings below. Write
your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. List of Headings Example Answer
i The prevalence of numerical 'codes' in Paragraph A iii modern life ii How RSA works 1. Paragraph B
iii A brief history of keeping things safe
iv 'New math' vs 'medieval math' 2. Paragraph C
v Proof that RSA is effective
vi The illusion of security 3. Paragraph D
vii Cryptography: the modern key for the lock
viii Why RSA is effective 4. Paragraph E
ix In defence of medieval security systems
x A new approach to system security 5. Paragraph F 6. Paragraph G
Using Mathematics to Secure Our Money A.
Up until very recently people’s wealth, mostly coins and jewels, was kept safe under lock
and key. Rich medieval families would keep a strong box with a large key, both of which were
carefully hidden in different places. Later that box may have been kept in a bank. In either case,
potential thieves would need to find both the box and the key. A similar principle was used for
sending secret diplomatic and military messages. The messages were written in code with both the
sender and the receiver having the key to the code. Thus, while the message could be discovered
its meaning could only be found if the ‘key’ was also known. And so began a long-running battle
between code-makers who tried to make better keys, and code-breakers who sought ways of finding them. B.
Nowadays, cryptography is central to how our money is kept secure, even though we may
not be aware of it. Our money is no longer in a tangible form, but in the form of information kept
with our banks. To keep everyone involved happy, the messages initiated by our plastic cards have
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to be sent and received safely and the entire operation must be carried out with a high level of
confidentiality and security. C.
On a practical level, it is clear that the work of code-makers has been introduced into our
daily financial lives. Our credit cards have 16-digit numbers on the front and a 3-digit number on
the back. They also contain a ‘chip’ that can do al sorts of mysterious operations with these
numbers. Finally, we also have a Personal Identification Number which we all need to memorize.
All these numbers form a type of cryptographic key. However, as we shall see, the modern crypto
systems are very different in the way the keys are used. D.
The main feature of the traditional systems was that only one key was needed by both the
sender and the receiver to understand the message. However the main problem was that the key
itself needed to be communicated to both parties before they could use it. Obviously a major
security risk. A very different approach was developed in the 1970s, based on a different way of
using the keys. Now the main idea is that the typical user, let us call him Amir, has two keys; a
‘public key’ and a ‘private key’. The public key is used to encrypt messages that other people wish
to send to Amir, and the private key is used by Amir to decrypt these messages. The security of the
system is based on keeping Amir’s private key secret. E.
This system of public-key cryptography, known as RSA- from the names of the developers
(Ronald Rivest, Adi Shamir and Leonard Adleman) - was developed in the late 1970s and is based
on a collection of several mathematical algorithms. The first is a process that allows the user, Amir,
to calculate two numerical keys: private and public, based on two prime numbers. To complete the
RSA system, two more algorithms are then needed: one fr encrypting messages and one for decrypting them. F.
The effectiveness of RSA depends on two things. It is efficient, because the encryption and
decryption algorithms used by participants are easy, in a technical sense they can be made
precise. On the other hand, it is believed to be secure, because no one has fund an easy way of
decrypting the encrypted message without knowing Amir's private key. G.
When the RSA system was first written about in Scientific American, the strength of the
system was shown by challenging the readers to find the prime factors - the two original numbers -
of a certain number with 129 digits. It took 17 years to solve this problem, using the combined
efforts of over 600 people. So clearly it is a very secure system. Using mathematics in this way,
scientists and technologists have enabled us to keep our money as secure as the rich medieval
barons with their strong boxes and hidden keys.
Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage? In boxes 7 -10, write
YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer
NOTGIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
7. Online banking makes most people nervous.
8. The way keys are used in modern cryptograph is quite different from the past.
9. The main problem with traditional cryptography systems is that neither party can decode the message.
10. The RSA system represents the most secure cryptography we are ever likely to develop. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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Part 5. Read the text, identify which section A – F each of the following is mentioned. Write
letter A – F in the corresponding numbered space provided. Each letter may be used more than once.
LIVING IN THE MOON’S SHADOW
More than forty years on, why the moon landings are still having an impact today A
On December 19, 1972, a sonic boom above the South Pacific signaled the completion of the
Apollo program, as a tiny space capsule burst back through the blue sky. On board were the last
three astronauts to visit the moon. The space race has changed the course of human history far
more profoundly than anyone could have predicted in 1961, when a new president challenged
America to land a man on the moon and return him safely to the Earth. No one present knew how
to make it happen. But that wasn't going to stop them rising to President Kennedy's dare. B
As progress in human space flight sped up through the 1960s, Ph.D. intake at American
universities, particularly in the field of physics, increased almost threefold. Apollo was making
America cleverer. Within weeks of Kennedy's speech, the Massachusetts lInstitute of Technology
(MIT) was asked to work out the small matter of helping astronauts make a soft landing on a
moving target hurtling through space 250,000 miles from Earth. To assist them in this, a small,
lightweight computer was proposed by MIT. In the early '60s, computers often took up entire
rooms. To miniaturize one enough to pack it into a modestly-sized craft they’d need new
technology, so they turned to a brand new arrival on the technology scene: the integrated circuit. C
Only a few companies were experimenting with these new micro-electronic components at the
time; keen to help them perfect the performance of these novel miniature circuits, NASA ordered
one million of them. The agency really only needed a few hundred, but, aware that they would be
betting the lives of their astronauts on them, they were keen to make sure the manufacturers could
make them as reliable as possible. Such a financial kickstart to a fledgling industry, coupled with
another gift of Apollo — inspiration - would prove to be powerful drivers for technological change in
the decades that followed. Those graduating across the world in the ‘70s and ‘80s had watched
Apollos engineers dream the impossible and then build it. As an act of human ingenuity, Apollo
made them giddy, intoxicated on admiration and inspiration. As William Bainbridge put it in his book
“The Spaceflight Revolution, Apol o was ‘a grand attempt to reach beyond the world of mundane
life and transcend the ordinary limits of human existence through accomplishment of the
miraculous — a story of engineers who tried to reach the heavens'. D
Many of the people who have built the new tools of the Internet and the technological infrastructure
that underpins it cite Apollo as their motivator. Professor Sir Martin Sweeting founded the world-
renowned smaill satellite company SSTL, which revolutionized the industry. Apollo started me on
this whole pathway of getting involved in space,’ says SWweeting. ‘The idea of being able to
participate in something as exciting as a lunar landing, it stimulated an ambition, the dream of
building my own satellite with my friends. The idea of a small private enterprise launching a satellite
was considered pretty crazy at the time, he points out,’After building the first one, I had a lot of
advice to go out and get a proper job. I’m sure that without Apollo I would have followed a more conventional career’. E
Former NASA flight director Glynn Lunney witnessed the trickle-down straight from Apollo to the
rest of us. We were asking people to do things 10 or 20 years ahead of when they would otherwise
have done them. And they knew it. They stepped up to it and succeeded. Today's cell phones,
wireless equipment, tablet computers and so on are a result of the fact that the country did this
high-tech thing and made this large portfolio of technologies available.' Today's population, over
half of whom weren’t born when those last astronauts returned from the moon, use these
inventions to communicate with each other freely and Without a thought for geographical and
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cultural differences. The gifts of Apollo continue to ripple down the decades, and still have the
power to unite and inspire us.
In which section are the following mentioned? Your answers
a tribute to the ambitions of the space programme
the accelerated development of technology
a lack of encouragement to continue with a project
various factors which madea task particularly challenging
an individual example of the inspiring effects of Apollo
an event marking the end of an era
a spirited response to a seemingly impossible provocation
the effects of the space programme on attitudes to sharing information
a radical alteration of existing technology
an influential combination of factors affecting the space programme D. WRITING
Part 1. Read the following extracts and use your own words to summarise it. Your summary
should be about 120 words long.
With obesity having shot up across the globe to dangerously high levels in recent years, it
is little wonder that people have started to ask why. True, diets have changed; we all know that we
live in a McWorld, hunting and gathering our food from fast-food outlets and supermarket aisles,
but it can’t al be down to diet, can it?
Technology has changed modern life to such an extent that few aspects of life today bear
any resemblance to lives only a couple of generations ago. Just taking jobs as an example, how
many of us today spend twelve hours a day on our feet physically slogging ourselves into the
ground? Or how many families could you imagine living without a car? Kids walking to school,
parents going half a dozen local shops, on foot, to buy the week’s food, family holidays by bus to
the nearest seaside town. Take Tina Jameson, a mother of two who has to juggle home and a part-
time job. She says ‘I haven’t got time to walk anywhere. But I’d have even less time without a
washing machine or dishwasher.’ We now have so many conveniences in our lives that allow us
such drastically better lifestyle choices that at times it can be difficult to picture these in a negative way.
Without doubt there are positives to these changes. The number of people who suffer
debilitating injuries at work is miniscule in comparison to the past. Fewer hours working and more
efficient transport are all to our benefit in allowing us a greater amount of leisure time. At what cost
though? We may save a few hours a day travelling and enjoy less physically demanding working
conditions, but is this really worth it when the cost to our health and life expectancy is so high?
Modern lifestyles have become shockingly sedentary and in combination with the deterioration in
diet this is surely creating a ticking time bomb for modern humanity.
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The line graph below shows past and current overweight rates, as well as a projected future
overweight rate in nine selected countries.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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_________________________________________________________________ Part 3. Essay writing:
Write an essay of 350 words on the following topic:
The media, and especially television, is failing to represent the world in its true light. As a
consequence, the younger generation is growing up in a fantasy world with a false
conception of their surroundings.
Present argumentation to highlight your opinion on this matter. Give reasons and specific examples to support your opinion(s).
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