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Test 2 PAPER 1 READING (1 hour) Part 1 You are going to read an extract from a novel. For questions 1-8, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. 30 line 13 line 23 iss Rita Cohen, 2 tiny, pale-skinned girl who looked halfthe age of Seymour daughter, Marie, but Msnca o be some six years older, came to his factory one day. She was dressed in overalls and ugly big shoes, and a bush of wiry hair famed her pretty face. She was so tiny, so young that he conld barely believe that she was at the University of Pennsylvania, doing rescarch into the leather industry ín New Jersey for her Master degree Three or four times a year someone either phoned Seymour or wrote to him to ask permission to see his factory, and occasionally he would assist 3 student by answering questions over the phone or, if the student struck him as especially serious, by offering a brief tour. Rita Cohen was nearly as small, he thought, as the children from Mane" thhird-year class, who'd been brought the 50 kilometres from their rural schoolhouse one day, all those years ago, so that Marie's daddy could show them how he made gloves, show them especially Marie's favourite spot, the laying-off table, where, at the end of the process, the men shaped and pressed cach and every glove by pulling it carcfally down over steam-heated brass hands. The hands were dangerously hot and they were shiny and they stuck straight up from the table in a zow, thin-looking, like hands thar had been fattened. As a little girl, Marie was captivated by their strangeness and called them the “pancake hands”. He heard Riga asking, “How many pieces come in a shipment” How many? Between twenty and twenty-five thousand. She continued taking notes as she asked, “They come direct to your shipping department” He liked finding that she was interested in every last detail. “They come to the tannery. The tannery is a contractor. We buy the material and they make itinto the right kind of leather for us to work with. My grandfather and father worked in the tannery right here in town. So did 1, for six months, when E started working in the business, Ever been inside a tannery? “Nor yet.* “Well, you've gor to go to a tannery if yow're going to write about leather. MI set thar up for you if you'd like, They're primitive places. The technology has improved things, but what you'll see isn't thar different from what you'd have seen hundreds of years ago. Awfal work. 1Ps said to be the oldest industry of which remains have been found anywhere. Six-thousand-year-old relics of tamning found somewhere — Turkey, | believe, The first clothing was just skins that were tanned by smoking them. 1 told you it was an interesting subject once you get into it. My fathcr is the leather scholar; he's the one you should be talking to. Start my father offabout gloves and he"l) talk for nwo days. That's typical, by the way: glovemen love the trade and everything about it. Tell me, have you ever seen anything being manufactured, Miss Cohen?" 1 can't say | have. “Never seen anything made? "Saw my mother make a cake when ] was a child.* He laughed. She had made him laugh. An innocent with spirit, cager to learn. His daughter was easily 30cm taller than Rita Cohen, fair where she was dark, but otherwise Rita Cohen had began to remind him of Marie. The good-natured intelligence that would just waft out of her and into the house when she came home from school, full of what she'd learned in class. How she remembered everything. Everything nearly taken down in her notebook and memorised overnight. 1 tell you what we're going to do. We're going to bring you right through the whole process. Come on. We're going to make you a pair of gloves and you're going to watch them being made from start to finish. What size do you wear?" Paper 1 Reading What was Seymour's first impression of Rita Cohen? A She reminded him of his daughter. B She was rather unattractive. C She did not look like a research student. D She hadn't given much thought to her appearance. Seymour would show students round his factory if A hethought they were genuinely interested. B they telephoned for permission. C they wrote him an interesting letter. D their questions were hard to answer by phone. What did Seymour's daughter like most about visiting the factory? A watching her father make gloves B helping to shape the gloves C making gloves for her schoolfriends D seeing the brass hands The word 'shiny' in line 13 describes A the look of the hands. B the size of the hands. C the feel of the hands. D the temperature of the hands. What does 'that' in line 23 refer to? A the tannery business B avisitto a tannery C writing about leather D working with leather Seymour says that most tanneries today A have been running for over a hundred years. B are located in very old buildings. C_ are dependent on older workers. D. still use traditional methods. What does Seymour admire about his father? A his educational background B his knowledge of history Chis enthusiasm for the business D his skill as a glovemaker When she was a schoolgirl, Marie made her parents laugh. was intelligent but lazy. easily forgot what she had learned. was hard-working and keen. D00> 31 Paper 1 Reading We must have some programmed upper limit. As they benefit from the changes in agriculture, people expect to have this wide variety of foods available. In fact, we are returning to what we were like as cavemen. This poor diet has had a disastrous effect on human health and physique. Since the climate warmed, we appear to have got slightly thinner and smaller, even when properly fed. Nevertheless, from then on agriculture spread because a piece of farmed land could support ten tímes the number of people who had previously lived off itas hunter-gatherers. One research study found that they based their diet on 85 different wild plants. for example, Heights may have risen, but the world has not moved on, it seems, 33 Test 2 Part 3 You are going to read an article about guidebooks to London. For questions 16-30, choose from the guidebooks (A-F). The guidebooks may be chosen more than once. When more than one answer is required, these may be given in any order. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Of which guidebook(s) is the following stated? It is frequently revised. Itis quite expensive. EN Its appearance is similar to other books by the same publisher. 18. It contains some errors. Itis reasonably priced. It shows great enthusiasm for the city. It has always been produced with a particular market in mind. Itis written by people who have all the latest information. Itis written in a friendly style. Its part of the first series of its kind to be published. It omits some sights which should be included. It contains more information than other guides. It might appeal to London residents. lts information about places to eat is enjoyable to read. 34 Test 2 PAPER 2 WRITING (1 hour 20 minutes) Part 1 You must answer this question. Write your answer ín 120-150 words in an appropriate style. 1. Some British people are coming to your area and you have been asked to help organise the group's visit, Read the email you have received from Mrs Davidson, the leader of the group, and the notes you have made. Then write an email to Mrs Davidson using all your notes. Email From: Jane Davidson Sent: 12 June Subject: Group visit We plan to arrive on 2 July, and will leave on 7 July. Are Great! Festival these the best dates? ob July. 2” Interesting The group will be made up of 12 teenagers and 8 adults, P've baña because... — been told the Grand Hotel is nice. Could you please tell me AMARO y something about it? Some of the adults want to go shopping. Can you recommend one or two interesting shops to go to? Canis The teenagers would like to spend an afternoon playing —— Dvggest . . sports. What are the main sports facilities in your area? Explain to A e Mrs Davidson We are all looking forward to our visit. Thank you very much for your help. Jane Davidson Write your email. You must use grammatically correct sentences with accurate spelling and punctuation in a style appropriate for the situation. 36 Paper 2 Writing Part 2 Write an answer to one of the questions 2-5 in this part. Write your answer in 120-180 words in an appropriate style. 2 You have seen this announcement in an international music magazine. MUSIC ON THE RADIO Our readers tell us they love listening to music on the radio! What would your ideal evening music programme be? Write us an article: e telling us what type of music you'd like to hear e giving your suggestions for making the programme popular. The writer with the best ideas will win £1,000, Write your article. 3 Youhave had a class discussion on being rich and famous. Your teacher has now asked you to write an essay on the following statement: Everybody would like to be rich and famous. Write your essay. 4 Thisis partota letterfrom an English friend, Jo, q --_—__zXIIAá A E _E_>A4>XKA AA A A l leave school this summer and have a year free before university. | want to come to par | country. First l'd like to spend some time travelling. Then ('d like to find a job for three | months. Please give me some advice on travelling and working in your country. A Thanks, Jo Write your letter to Jo. Do not write any postal addresses. 5 Answer one of the following two questions based on one of the titles below. (a) Officially Dead by Richard Prescott You receive this letter from your English friend Jaimie. A A | There are some very unpleasant characters in 'Officially Dead', aren't there? Which person do you dislike most and why? Write and tell me. Jaimie. | Write a letter to Jaimie. (b) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Your English teacher has given you this question for homework: What future do you imagine for the marriages of the Wickhams and the Darcys? Write your essay. 37 10 11 12 number covered stays miss once borders gets holds rapid Despite lie pulled amount protected stops absence past coasts flows contains brief Unless last broken total hidden remains waste then banks leaks has fast Although live brought Paper 3 Use of English few sheltered keeps loss prior rims lets consists sharp Since lay cut 39 Test 2 Part 2 For questions 13-24, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example: [0] THE | | My home town | was born in one of (0) ... 742... most interesting cities in Malaysia. It has a rich, colourful history and many parts of the city have hardly changed at (13) .......... during the last five centuries. However, nowadays, it is (14) .......... longer the trade centre that it once (15) .......... . lt is difficult to imagine that at one time ¡ts harbour (16) .. . to be visited by over 2,000 ships a week, and that the huge warehouses along the quayside would have (17) .......... full of spices and silks, jewels and tea. The old city centre is small, which (18) .......... it very easy to explore (19) .......... foot. A river neatly divides the town, (20) .......... only physically but in spirit too. On one side, you find many grand houses, but on crossing the river, you find yourself in ancient Chinatown, where you really (21) .......... a step back into the past. Itís great fun to wander through the colourful, noisy backstreets. As (22) .......... as having shops that sell a wide range of clothes and shoes, some of these streets are also famous (23) .......... high-quality antiques. Unfortunately, most of the bargains disappeared many years ago. However, (24) .......... you look around carefully, you can still come across an interesting souvenir. 40 Test 2 Part 4 For questions 35-42, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Example: O Avery friendly taxi driver drove us into town, DRIVEN We o... The gap can be filled by the words “were driven into town by”, so you write: a very friendly taxi driver. Example: | 0 | WERE DRIVEN INTO TOWN BY Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. 35 The TV programme was so complicated that none of the children could understand it. TOO The TV programme was .. mamas. Ue children to understand, 36 Luke knocked over the old lady's bicycle by accident. MEAN .. knock over the old lady's bicycle. 37 've already planned my next holiday. ARRANGEMENTS P've already aos My next holiday. 38 They say the ice in Antarctica is getting thinner all the time. SAID The ice in AntarctiCA .....aononananoninnneneneneeteecnancmnreen . getting thinner all the time. 42 39 4 42 Paper 3 Use of English We didn't enjoy our walk along the seafront because it was so windy. PREVENTED The strong wind .. ... OUr walk along the seafront. It looks as if Susan has left her jacket behind. SEEMS Susan ..... .. her jacket behind. A newly qualified dentist took out Mr Dupont's tooth. HAD Mr Dupont by a newly qualified dentist. Antonio only lost the 100-metre race because he fell. NOT If Antonio had .............. ..... WOn the 100-metre race. 43 Test 2 Key Part 2 Question 2 Content The article should give information about writer's taste in music and ar least one suggestion for making the music programme popular. Organisation and cohesion Clear organisation of ideas, with appropriate paragraphing and linking. Range Language of giving information and making suggestions. Vocabulary relating to music and the radio. Appropriacy of register and format Consistent register suitable for the situation and target reader. Target reader Would be informed. Question 3 Content The essay could agree or disagree with the statement, or discuss both sides. Organisation and cobesion Clear organisation of ideas, wich appropriate paragraphing and linking. Range Language of opinion and explanation. Appropriacy of register and format Neutral essay. Target reader Would be able to understand the writer's point of view. Question 4 Content The letter should advise Jo about travelling and working in the write Organisation and cobesion Clear organisation of ideas, with appropriate paragraphing and linking. Range Language of giving advice. Appropriacy of register and format Consistent register suitable for the situation and rarget reader. Target reader Would be informed. 131 Test 2 Key Question 5 (a) Content The letter should explain which character the writer dislikes most in Officially Dead and explain why. Organisation and cobesion Clear development of ideas, with appropriate paragraphing and linking. Range Language of narration, description and explanation. Appropriacy of register and format Consistent register appropriate to the situation and target reader. Target reader Would be informed. Question 5(b) Content The essay should give the writer's opinion of what will happen to the marriages of the Wickhams and the Darcys. Organisation and cobesion Clear development of ideas, with appropriate paragraphing and linking. Range Language of description and opinion. Appropriacy of register and format Consistent register appropriate to the situation and target reader. Target reader Would be informed. Paper3 Use of English (45 minutes) Part 1 1A 2A 3C 4D SA 66€ 7B 8c 9B 10C nA 12A Part 2 13 all 14 no 15 was 16 used 17 been 18 makes 19 on 20 not 21 take 22 well 23 for 24 if Part 3 25 mysterious 26 accidentally 27 proof 28 conclusion 29 analysis 30 unlikely 31 scientists 32 doubtful 33 addition 34 truly 132 
