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For questions 28-37, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a ward that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an ‘example at the beginning (0) Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer she Example: 0] WESTERN 0 The Origins of Halloween Halloween is celebrated in many parts of the (0) os West world, and is a time when people dress up as witches or ghosts, and go 'tride-ortreating’. Its (28) sone one of the most DOUBT popular traditions in the United States and Britain. ‘The celebration (29) ...n..n1-sn« about two thousend years ORIGIN ago with the Celts. These people were the (30) ....nssnn INHABIT of an area that includes Britain, ireland and Brittany. They relied on the land for their (31) coves nd this meant LIVE that they were at the mercy of (32) .. . weather PREDICT conditions, especially during the winter. The Celtic new year began on Ist November, which also marked the beginning of winter, a period (33) . oo associated ‘TRADITION with death, On the eve of the new year, it was believed that the barriers between the worlds of the living and the dead were (34) oscssraeaesee Withdrawn, and it was possible to ‘TEMPORARY communicate with spirits. The Celts believed that the spirits offered them (35)... ‘and protection, and the Druids GUIDE {Celtic priests) were (36) able to predict the REPUTE future on this night. ‘When the Romans completed their (37) .-.cs-u ssn Of Celtic CONQUER lands, they added their own flavour to this festival. The advent of Christianity brought about yet other changes. In the seventh century, Pope Boniface IV declared November 1st All Saints! Day, also known as “All Hallows Day’, and the night before it was ‘All Hallows Eve’, which was eventually abbreviated to ‘Halloween CAE Test 6 >> PAPER 3 Use of English >» Part 3 135 PAPER 2 Writing PAPER 3 Use of English PAPER & Ustering PAPER'S Speaking Seeking El Dorado in the Mountains of Peru nw ust a spare on the horizon, where he sun hit whet npeared tobe a fa plain onan otherwise steop mountain in tha Parwien Andes. But Peter Frost 9 British-born ‘explorer and mountain guide, surmised thet the perch ‘would have mage 2 perfect ceremonial platiorm for Inca fulors. So Fost and the adventure hikers he was leading logged through heavy jungle growth end uncovered ramnants of the Ines eivstion that flourshed here. They {oun looted tombs, crcl building foundation and the stonework of an aqueduct a Fecentearban dating at Cara, north of Lime, has shown that an advanced civlisation existed hore neary 5,000 ‘ears ago. Th Lord of Sipian tomb, considered ane of the Fichest pre-Columbian sites aver found, was dscoverad in 498% fring the ambitions of those hoping to mako similar spectacur finds a Ie ie tha mountains of the Wieabamba range that perhaps hola the most tantalising, speetacuar ruins. ieabamba ‘wos the centre of a great empire that 500 ysars ago “iretehed from modern-day Colombia to Chile. The Sponiads wiped ut the last nea holdout in 1572.nd then promptly abandoned much of te rion. That let it to men lita Nir Bingham, wo in one tomarkable year discovered Machu Pica and savers! ther important sotlements a 58 CAE Tests >> PAPER Reasing ¥» Pat 2 ‘ou ate going to read 8 nevespaper atc. Six paragraphs have been removed fram the atc. Choose from tie paragraphs A-G tho ane which seach gap (7-12 Ther ie one extra paragraph which you do not nocd o use. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet, Tielni ta ipliom wwe we woaee ove | ‘ory ile about their civilisation. ‘Aout ninety percent has — | ou SENN al re “To many, the Frost and Reichard, the powerful hold of discovering runs swallowed by jungle Is as song today ft wae early act conury ts the Inaiana Jones fantasy aid Scot Goreush, whose sharp eye led tothe discovery of Goriwayrachina with Frost. ite really aot more Complicated than that the search for El Dorado, tis wea that there are lost ios out there weiting tobe found’ a) Frost le not an archseoiogs, but though his work ‘our guide, photographer and author ofthe popula ave book Exploring Cusco, he has dedicated much ofthe Last ‘thity years to learning everthing he can about the ancient highlondets. ‘Some people ike the thrill of finding Something and moving on to something est he sid. But ‘you want a do something wef with ] yO Frost is now tying Wo alee money for future expoditions to Coriwayrachine, but hei aleady dreaming of other Finds. “Tow of to sites that ore sor of undiscovered, that fa like 10 discover! ho seid, explaining with 8 wry smile ti the cannot reveal thar locations "i not 9 big thing, but | fool its wige notte broadcat [A But he did not find them al, leaving much of Vieobumbe open to modern-day explore. "Ivo run seroee foundations of buldinge, foundations of roeds, In two lengthy expeditions to Qociwayrachia in 2001 tnd 2002, 2 team led by Frost found a sort of blue Collet sotlement spread across more than sixigen tnd storehouses, an intricately engineered aqueduct, Colourful pottery and tombs. The peoole wire once lived there tolled in mines oF eulvated divoreeerope at various altiudes, The explorers balove thet Coriayrachina may have been used to supply 2 mare Important Inca centre, Choquequiray, but much femains unknown. © But exploring is not all about adventure Setious explores earafuly reas the old Spanish chroncls, ora over topographical maps ‘and. charts ond Interview local resident, who often lead them tes “Tne work aleo require raising money t0 finance ‘expeditions. Anyone ean blunder around in 3 jungle Wwetes Hugh Thompson in his recent book about ‘xploring for Inca ring, The White Rock Ana indooe the annals of Pervian exploration sre litared with failures, Essential tips umton Te in saenscl We prvi porn Ironton “sacar tat awh gapped pareoph ‘Rietame continue? ‘ueston 9 Look a te proousparatah and urorine teppe ararnp The la sean lobe the ‘Sacovedes of ghar, Vic gapped! pregraph te pronouns that eoutd lr to ham ‘Peru nae ane af the oldest continuous civilisations in the history of she planet! Frost explained. "That fmeunts 10 an av lot of cultura buried under the ‘round or under vegetation’ E Johan Reinhard, who holds the title of explorer in residanca at National Goographic, is @ proponent of ‘vigorous exploration combined with serious scientfc reseorah He says iis important to find end catalogue sites in Peru bolore they are looted or destroyed. Il ‘you don't do tnow, some ofthese things vl be Gone, ns thy'l be ganeforaver’ ne ai F The provi year, 869, saw # number of expeitions to the ragion in sare of the mythical ost ety, but the end resat was smarty disappointing. Undetarred, the sourageous explorer refuses to abandon his atampts to aise money fo: one last ty {6 The diacoveryin 1989 of Gorivayrechina was instantly hailed ae mor find. K evoked the romantic image of the swashbuckling explorer unearthing a Lost ity, en image embodied by Hiram Bingham, the American ‘who in 3811 mace the greatest Inca discovery of thom ail Machu Pech. nthe bwantyirsteantury R would fsetm that the remote, rugged mountains around {Cuzco would have given up all cf their secrets. But this rogion of southern Pru I sl ul of une. sroniioed: the wser wil aon give some bale Iieaton soot tat parson So a name = meron a ‘he anton mthou any sac iermation, loa re ‘he ofthe gapped paagtphe AE Test >> PAPER 4 Roscng > art 2 89

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