PART ONE: LISTENING (4.

0 POINTS)
Part 1: Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer (2 points)

CHILDREN’S ENGINEERING WORKSHOPS

Tiny Engineers (ages 4-5)
Activities
●   Create a cover for an 1 EGG so they can drop it from a height without breaking it.
●   Take part in a competition to build the tallest 2 TOWER.
●   Make a 3 CAR powered by a balloon.
Junior Engineers (ages 6-8)
Activities:
●   Build model cars, trucks and 4 ANIMALS and learn how to program them so they can move.
●   Take part in a competition to build the longest 5 BRIDGE using card and wood.
●   Create a short 6 MOVIE with special software.
●   Build, 7 DECORATE and program a humanoid robot.
Cost for a five-week block: £50
Held on 8 WEDNESDAY from 10 am to 11 am
Location
Building 10A, 9 FRADSTONE Industrial Estate, Grasford
Plenty of 10 PARKING is available.
PART 2:
Questions 11 – 15 (1 point)
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
MINSTER PARK
11   Dartfield House school used to be
A   a tourist information centre.
B   a private home.
C   a local council building.
12   What is planned with regard to the lower school?
A   All buildings on the main site will be improved.
B   The lower school site will be used for new homes.
C   Additional school buildings will be constructed on the lower school site.
13   The catering has been changed because of
A   long queuing times.
B   changes to the school timetable.
C   dissatisfaction with the menus.
14   Parents are asked to
A   help their children to decide in advance which serving point to use.
B   make sure their children have enough money for food.
C   advise their children on healthy food to eat.
15   What does the speaker say about the existing canteen?
A   Food will still be served there.
B   Only staff will have access to it.
C   Pupils can take their food into it.

Questions 16-18 (0.6 point)

What comment does the speaker make about each of the following serving points in the Food
Hall?
Choose  THREE answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-D, next to Questions 16-18.
Comments
A   pupils help to plan menus
B   only vegetarian food
C   different food every week
D   daily change in menu
Food available at serving points in Food Hall
16   World Adventures D
17   Street Life A
18   Speedy Italian B
Questions 19 and 20 (0.4 point)
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Which TWO optional after-school lessons are new?
A   swimming
B   piano
C   acting
D   cycling
E   theatre sound and lighting

PART TWO: PHONETICS (0.5 POINT)

I. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other
three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. (0.2 point)
1. A. cousin B. basin C. surprising D. amusing
2. A. exercised B. laughed C. injured D. breathed
II. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position
of primary stress in each of the following questions. (0.3 point)
3. A. pandemic B. ancestor C. privacy D. chemical
4. A. discipline B. cruelty C. detective D. interview
5. A. prescription B. assassinate C. accuracy D. ambiguous

PART THREE: VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR (5.5 POINTS)

I. Choose the best answer (A, B, C, or D) to each of the following questions and write your answers (A,
B, C, or D) on the answer sheet. (2.0 pts)
1. 'I know that you have an appointment in ten minutes, so I shall not ______ you long,' the professor
remarked.
A. retard B. withhold C. postpone D. detain
2. He missed two most important lectures. He _________very ill.
A. had to be B. must be C. was to be D. must have been
3. Allan: “Do you mind if I use your dictionary?” Nick: “_______.”
A. I’m afraid not B. Without doubt C. No, feel free D. Straight ahead
4. Let us hope that ____________ a nuclear war, the human race still survive.
A. in relation to B. with reference to
C. in the event of D. within the realm of
5. We rang the doorbell again _______ they hadn’t heard it the first time.
A. because B. although C. for fear of D. in case
6. How boring the lecture was! I _______ just in the first half of it.
A. dropped off B. fell out C. called off D. came out
7. Will it make any _______ to them if we deliver their equipment tomorrow?
A. displeasure B. alteration C. difference D. conflict
8. What time are you _______ duty? Let’s have a coffee after that.
A. over B. on C. off D. out of
9. I am well ______ with the problems encountered in starting a business.
A. aware B. informed C. acquainted D. knowledgeable
10. It’s been a good year. I’ve written two books and a couple of articles, and _______ are now in print.
A. both of which B. both of them C. all of which D. all of them
11. The detectives made a ___________ search of the suspect’s house.
A. solid B. whole C. deep D. thorough
12. The closets are filled with things we don’t need. We should have a _______soon.
A. garage sale B. rush hour C. housekeeper D. doggy bag
13. If you want to return the suit, you must bring the __________with you as proof of purchase
A. note B. recipe C. prescription D. receipt
14. Nancy and I had both bought exactly the same kind of school bag without knowing it. It was a complete
____________.
A. luck B. chance C. fortune D. coincidence
15. I think some modern designs are more like ________ of art.
A. works B. makes C. objects D. jobs
16. Time will _________ whether I made a right choice or not.
A. see B. say C. know D. tell
17. That kind of dress is the _________ of fashion these days.
A. height B. top C. head D. lead
18. You are having problems now but I am sure things will change _________ the better soon.
A. on B. to C. by D. for
19. Despite being a very good student, she didn’t fulfill her ________ later in life.
A. makings B. potential C. capacity D. aptitude
20. If you _______ any problems when you arrive at the airport, give me a ring.
A. come about B. catch on C. run into D. face up
II. Give the correct tense/ form of the given verb in each of the following questions to complete the
sentences. (2.0 points)
1. Peter, together with his family members, (visit) HAS VISITED Ha Long Bay twice this year.
2. It is necessary that everyone (be) BE calm in times of danger.
3. Were I (know) TO KNOW the answer, I would tell you right away.
4+5. I (inform) HAVE BEEN INFORMED that they postponed (deliver) DELIVERING our
furniture.
6+7. The speed limit is 30 miles an hour but Tom (drive) WAS DRIVING at 50 miles at that time.
He shouldn’t (be)HAVE BEEN driving so fast..
8. Only yesterday DID I (realize) REALIZE what was going on.
9. People ARE always (blame) BLAMING their circumstances for what they are.
10. Her belongings (destroy)WERE DESTROYED in a fire.

III. Give the correct form of the word in each bracket and write your answers on the answer sheet.
(1.0 point)
1. A vast congregation filled the cathedral for the final OBSEQUIES. (OBSERVE)

2. The terrorists will only release their CAPTIVES? if they get what they want. (CAPTURE)
3. The famous singer retired in 2005 but now he’s making a COMEBACK by releasing a new CD. (COME)
4. He’s a university student majoring in CLIMATOLOGY. (CLIMATE)
5. To be completely fair, we need a(n) DISINTERESTED person. (INTEREST)
6. The DEFINITIVE? version of the text is ready to be published. (DEFINE)
7. What percentage of the city’s HOUSEHOLDS? live in poverty? (HOUSE)

8 . He was too PREOCCUPIED with his own thoughts to notice anything wrong. (OCCUPY)
9. A list of FORTHCOMING events for the autum is being prepared. (COME)
10. I was a bit DEMORALIZED by my performance in the first exam, but I decide to make an extra effort in
the ones left. (MORAL)

IV. Find and correct ONE error in each of the following questions. (0.5 point)
1.Dictionaries frequently explain the origin of the defined word, state its part of speech and
A B C
indication its correct use.
D -> indicate

2.The United States annually import more than $3 billion worthy of Italian clothing,
A B C->WORTH D -> clothes
jewelry, and shoes.

3.During our conversation he couldn’t help asking me if my sister has already given birth
A B C -> had…
to a baby.
D

4.Overlooking the Hudson River in New York, the Cloisters includes parts several medieval
A B C -> parts of
monasteries and chapels brought from Europe.
D

5.Regardless of your teaching method, the objective of any conversation class should be for
A B C
the students to practise speaking words SPOKEN WORDS
D -> pronouncing words?
PART FOUR: READING (5.0 POINTS)
I. Read the text below and choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage.
(1.0 point)
When in Britain, you must never complain. Complaining is very un-British. If you are (1)
waiting half an hour in a shop, if a bus (2) is rude to you, if a waiter brings your food ice-cold,
you keep your mouth shut. The stiff upper lip is the British way. Other nationalities might make a (3) ,
protest loudly or call for the manager, but not the British
Remember also that British ears are simply not tuned to complaints. A friend of mine was a regular
(4) at a famous and expensive London restaurant. Every day at 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. the (5)
manager would come out (as he had been doing for the last 37 years), go from table to table and (6)
___“Did you enjoy your meal?”. For 37 years, hundreds of thousands of properly (7) _____up British
people had replied to him: “Very much indeed.” The man would smile, say “Thank you very much,” and
progress to the next table.
One day, however, the lunch was so (8) that my friend (Dutch mother, Albanian father) decided to tell
him the naked truth. So, when the antiquated manager appeared at his table as usual and asked, “Did you
enjoy your meal, sir?” my friend replied: “(9) , not at all. It was appalling.” To which the
manager gave his (10) , obsequious smile, said: “Thank you very much, sir,” and
moved on, quite satisfied.
1. A. made B. kept C. stayed D. held
2. A. CONDUCTOR B. attendance C. assistant D. steward
3. A. discussion B. argument C. quarrel D. FUSS
4. A. supporter B. purchaser C. customer D. guest
5. A. mature B. elderly C. outdated D. vintage
6. A. inquire B. query C. request D. probe
7. A. raised B. grown C. educated D. brought
8. A. offensive B. painful C. abominable D. harrowing
9. A. sincerely B. largely C. bluntly D.
FRANKLY
10. A. CUSTOMARY B. average C. commonplace D. daily

II. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer A, B, C or D, to each of the following
questions. (2.0 points)
While many nineteenth–century reformers hoped to bring about reform through education or
by eliminating specific social evils, some thinkers wanted to start over and remark society by founding
ideal, cooperative communities. The United States seemed to them a spacious and unencumbered
country where models of a perfect society could succeed. These communitarian thinkers hoped their
success would lead to imitation, until communities free of crime, poverty, and other social ills would
cover the land. A number of religious groups, notably the Shakers, practiced communal living, but the
main impetus to found model communities came from nonreligious, rationalistic thinkers.
Among the communitarian philosophers, three of the most influential were Robert Owen,
Charles Fourier, and John Humphrey Noyes. Owen, famous for his humanitarian policies as owner of
several thriving textile mills in Scotland, believed that faulty environment was to blame for human
problems and that these problems could be eliminated in a rationally planned society. In 1825, he put
his principles into practice at New Harmony, Indiana. The community failed economically after a few
years but not before achieving a number of social successes. Fourier, a commercial employee in
France, never visited the United States. However, his theories of cooperative living influenced many
American through the writings of Albert Brisbane, whose Social Destiny of Man explained
Fourierism and its self-sufficient associations or “phalanxes”. One or more of these phalanxes was
organized in very Northern state. The most famous were Red Bank, New Jersey, and Brook Farm,
Massachusetts. An early member of the latter was the author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Noyes founded
the most enduring and probably the oddest of the utopian communities, the Oneida Community of
upstate New York. Needless to say, none of these experiments had any lasting effects on the patterns
of American society.
1. The main topic of the passage is……..
A. nineteen-century schools. B. American reformers
C. the philosophy of Fourierism D. model communities in the nineteenth.
2. Which of the following is not given in the passage as one of the general goals of communitarian
philosophers?
A. To remake society B. To spread their ideas throughout the United State
C. To establish ideal communities D. To create opportunities through education.
3. The Shakers are mentioned in paragraph 1 as an example of…….
A. a communal religious group B. radical reformers
C. rationalistic thinkers D. an influential group of writers.
4. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word impetus in paragraph 1?
A. Stimulus B. commitment C. Drawback D. Foundation.
5. The “phalanxes” described in paragraph 2 were an idea originally conceived by….
A. Albert Brisbane B. Robert Owen C. Charles Fourier D. John Humphrey Noyes
6. Why does the author mention Nathaniel Hawthorne in paragraph two?
A. He founded Brook Farm in Massachusetts.
B. He was a critic of Charles Fourier.
C. He wrote a book that led to the establishment of model communities.
D. He was at one time a member of the Brook Farm community.
7. Which of the following communities lasted longest?
A. New Harmony B. The Oneida Community C. Red Bank D. Brook Farm
8. The word oddest in paragraph 2 is closest meaning to which of the following?
A. Earliest B. Most independent C. Largest D. Most unusual
9. The author implies that, for readers, the conclusion of the paragraph is..........
A. obvious B. surprising C. absurd D. practical
10. Why did the author probably divide the passage into two paragraphs?
A. To compare nineteenth-century reforms with twentieth-century reforms.
B. To present an overview of a concept in the first paragraph and specific examples in the second.
C. To contrast the work of utopian thinkers with that of practical reforms.
D. To give the causes for a phenomenon in the first paragraph and its consequences in the second
III. Read the passage carefully and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word. (2.0 points)
In a village on the east coast of Scotland, people were waiting for news. Two of fishing-boats
had been caught in the storm which had blown up during the night. In the cottages round the harbor people
stood by their doors (1) TOO worried to talk.
The rest of the fishing fleet had (2) ENTERED the harbor before dark, and the men from these ships
waited and watched with the wives and families of the missing men. Some had (3) BROUGHT thick
blankets and some flasks of hot drinks, knowing that the men (4) WOULD be cold and tired. When dawn
began to break over in the east, a small point of light was (5) SEEN in the darkness of the water and a
few minutes later, (6) THERE was a shout.
(7) BEFORE long, the two boats were turning in, past the lighthouse, to the inside of
the harbor. The men (8)WERE helped out of their boats, and (9) ALTHOUGH they were stiff (10)WITH
cold and tiredness, they were all safe.
PART FIVE: WRITING (5.0 POINTS)
I. Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed
before it. (1.6 points)
1. Is this the only way to reach the city center?
→Isn’t there ANY ANOTHER WAY TO REACH THE CITY CENTER?
2. The weather is probably not going to change.
→There will probably be no change in the weather. (?)
3. The hurricane blew the roof off the house.
→The house had its roof blown off by hurricane.
4. This affair doesn't concern you.
→This affair is no concern OF YOURS.
5. The brochure gives hardly any useful information.
→Precious LITTLE INFORMATION IS GIVEN IN THE BROCHURE.
6. That reminds me of the time I climbed to the top of Mount Fuji.
→That takes ME BACK TO THE TIME I CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF MOUNT FUJI. (?)
7. My job involves working from 6 p.m till midnight.
→I am ON DUTY FROM 6 P.M TILL MIDNIGHT
8. He didn’t mention our previous conversation at all.
→He made NO REFERENCE TO OUR PREVIOUS….
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word
given without changing it in any way. (1.4 points)
1. Five boys on a motorbike at the speed of 60mph is very likely to end up in hospital. RECIPE
→ Five boys on a motorbike at the speed of 60mph is a recipe FOR DISASTER
2. Detectives had stopped working on the Hornsey murders case three years previously. BOOK
→ DETECTIVE HAD CLOSED THE BOOK ON THE…..
3. He is very good at cooking spaghetti. DAB
→ He is A dab HAND at cooking spaghetti.
4. We all want to make him realise that he is not as important as he thinks. SIZE
→ WE ALL WANT TO CUT HIM DOWN TO SIZE.
5. He really disappointed me when breaking the promise to help me out. TEETH
→ He kicked me in the teeth when breaking the promise to help me out.
6. He died, having nothing of his own. NAME
→ He died, with nothing to his name.
7. They’ve been arguing about the motorway extension for years. BONE
→ The motorway extension has been a bone of contention for years.