RGus ienare For each question, choose the correct answer. Donotlean out gf gZ of the train window Z AZ or open the door while the train is iz Smoking is only allowed in the smoking areas. 3 the tennis match be cancelled ifs raining, and we'll go, fo the cinema instead we'll knaw for eure in 8 couple of hours. Do not open the door until the red light has gone off and the green light comes on, 5 = Arne she ‘Anne, your doctor's appointment is at two o'clock on Monday instead of three o'clock on Tuesday. Please do not forget. Reading Part 1 Exam Tips €¢ Read the tavt and chance the contonce which goes with it ‘# Look atthe layout and the graphics, as this will help you to understand the context. ‘© Carefully read the three possible answers. ‘© Read again each possible answer while checking the text and, then, decide which answer is the correct one. «© Read your answer again to check that it matches correctly, ‘A. Passengers are informed that they are not allowed to open train windows. B. Train windows are to open only when the train has entered a station, . Passengers are prohibited from putting their head out of the window when the train has left the station. A. You are not allowed to smoke anywhere in the building B. There are certain places where you can smoke, . You must smoke if you are in one of the building's smoking areas. Mark is letting Ben know ‘A. they are not going to play tennis because of a change of plans, B. they will go to the cinema in a few hours, so he must get ready. C. there is a chance they might not play tennis, depending on the weather. ‘A. Walt Tor the green lignt betore opening the door. . Turn off the red light when you open the door. . Do not open the door when the green light is on. ‘A. Anne's appointment will be a day later. R_ Anne's appointment will no longer be on Tussday. C. Anne's appointment will be an hour later.— ee TEST 1 Reading Part 2. Exam Tips «© First read the eight texts (A~H) and then read the five descriptions of people. ‘+ Compare the texts to the people to find o possible match. ‘Make sure that all the person's information matches the correct text PART 2 |/Questions 6 For each question, choose the correct answer ‘The people below all want to stay home and watch TV tonight, ‘There are some TV programme reviews. Decide which programme would be the most suitable for each person, 6._ Brian likes watersports very much. He would lke to go sailing next summer with his friends, 1 works in a shop ond dueat't Have much inuiey 6 7. Sally is a very romantic person. She Ikes watching programmes about real people 7 and their lives, She is particularly interested in programmes about people who have coped with problems in ther ite IED 2. baveiso geouranhy cache na secondary thet in erp He es programmes a] about tavel andthe environment in general. He is also very interested in wildlife a FA) 2. sencis avery attic person. he enjoys making things and panting in her ree tne 9] She enjoys visting at gallenes and museums 10] 20, Sinn works in batik Is wery interested tn finance and poles, He es reading ‘the newspaper every day and wants to be awa A. The World Around Us A fascinating study of the ancient Egyptian pyramids and the area around the River Nile in Egypt. The area is beautiful and the filming of this documentary is excellent as it is so carefully done. As well as the obvious camels, there are also many Interesting images of other desert animals and plant it, B. Speak Up Wel-known personalities discuss the main stories of the day. What is going on in the government and who is attacking who in the politcal parties. Alveys a lively programme as events, both at home and abroad, are discussed with great enthusiasm. ¢, Summer Holidays A practical and honest presentation of some of the summer holidays that are on offer this year. Tonight's programme includes a weekend in Disneyland in Paris, cheap sailing hoidays in the Mediterranean and a shopping and sightseeing trip to New York. D. Cooking for special occasions The fun cookery programme that offers lots of exciting ideas (ron clikiren's bitiway partes to trat frightening dinner Tor the boss and his wie. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions, and many useful tis on how to make your diner party a little bit special, TV PROGRAMMES re of what is going on in the world. E, Tho weather programme Al your weather forecasts in one programme, loca, national and international weather news. This is a useful progremme for anyone who is going to travel or go an holiday. So if you ate ready for a trip or have an outside event planned, da't miss tis itormatve programme, F. The Creative Mind ne of the most popular programmes on TV at the moment, it discusses different artistic themes from exhibition reviews, information abuut wiejor a sider galleries ait suseuns to interviews with artists, writers, actors and musicians. G. Death in Paris ‘film about the Mafia in Paris. Although there are some good ‘actors inthis fm, the etory isnt very exciting or interesting and iti often hard to understand what is going on There are some beautiul Parisian scenes, however, and a few funny moments hetween the scenes of violence H. Born to Run ‘An interesting story of a young man with learning difficulties \wno overcame the problems i hs ie through nis great talent for athletics. This is a true story of how one person dd his best ‘and also helped many other people with similar problems. Everyone will enjoy this movie's laypy ering,SUCCEED in BT Preliminary LaUte ns 11-15 For each question, choose the correct answer. rey What it means to be a Holiday Company Manager by Mandy Jones When | finished school, | did a business administration degree at: Bristol University After graduating, | worked for a creditcard wompary for the Hex eghi years. During ol hs ite | es assistant marketing manager. Although | gained a lot of useful experience doing this job, last year | Uecided that | really needed ‘a change, That’s why I decided to move to Thomsen Holidays, \where | have worked as a manager ever since. Here my main job [sto think up new and interesting ideas for holldays. When | have to work from my offce in the UK, larrive at 9am. “THe fist thing fUv Ts aismer my eal at et | plat he rest of my day. My main role is to look for new projects for ‘Thomsen Holldays in our Meciterranean resorts, So, have to come up with ideas, develop them and evaluate their success, We have lots of meetings in the office on a daily basis, which involve te 1a hetinng dep tirent, nliday representatives atid people that we bring in from outside, such as entertainment, Crganisets. Our ait is Wo develop ar exciting idea and turn it Into a realistic and workable project. pond » few days overseas, checking possible resorts, meeting with reps tu develop thei rules aid workin, Gut how events could be sold to the customer. often work with resort supervisors, use ‘their local knowledge of bars and clubs for venues, talk through ew ideas and find out how existing ones are working, | also get the chance to meet holidaymakers. When Io that, though, | have to be very open-minded because ideas can actually come from anywhere. {must say tat | love my ob or 30 many diferent reasdns. But what | think enjoy mosis that | get to travel to al these Feat ta eens Slaeaaitdecea tlh ta Not to mention that| work on projects that really excite me. I would never even consider changing jobs. 111, What do we learn about the writer in the first paragr She learned a lot fram her fret job, B. She disliked her first job. C. She was fired from her first job. D. Her first job was with Bristol University. 12, Mandy has to A. send e-mails all day. B. find out if new ideas could actually work. C. entertain the holiday reps. D. spend all of her time having meetings in the office, 13. What does Mandy say about her job? A. She never knows where or how a new idea might come to her. B. It makes her very popular with lots of people. . She spends too much time in bars and clubs. D. She has a few problems with local people at the re: 14. A. she always has a lat of work to do. B, she decides on which projects she wants to work, C. she has to do a lot of travelling as part of her work Reading Part 3 Exam Tips «© First, read quickly (skim) the text and get 4a general understanding of what the text is about. Now carefully read the text again word by word. raph? = Make sure tat you work un ge question at a time and carefully compare each ‘option before selecting the right one. ‘* Have another look at the option you have chosen and check again that it does matelr te question: (© Questions 11 to 14 are in the same order as the information appears in the text. ‘© Question 15 looks at the overall meaning of the text. ‘What Mandy really likes about being a holiday company manager is that D. she is still excited about going to the office every day. 15. Which of the following is the best description of Mandy? ® [A working woman wie very much ®-| 4 travel agent who is trying to get a promotion. enjoys what she does fora living. ¢. [A woman who spends a lot of time D. [A woman who makes a lot of money by going to fan holiday and has an easy life clubs and bars.Ua 8) (ers Coit 213) Five sentences have been removed from the text below. For each question, choose the correct answer. There are throo evten contences which you do not need to use, Climbing Everest 16) 18 So | didn’t give it a second thought. | knew that this was a once. prepare, And that was really simple, as my brother owned one, knew | had to do something to believe in myself again and then, while | chatting with a friend, | decided to take a break to go and follow my dreams: At the time it seemed like a crazy idea. Perhaps it was only because | was scared of the unknown, Interestingly, instead of feeling miserable, | felt glad that the decision had been made for me. money saved and | was reasonably fit, as | went jogging daily. All| needed, then, was to join a climbing club to Three months later, | made an application to join a group of climbers who were preparing for Everest. Imegine Some years ago, | was feeling really depressed with my job. | was no longer sure | could manage In the challenging environment of working for a big company in London. -a-lifetime chance. | had some how glad | was when | heard that | had been accepted to join the team. [19 This was a great idea, allowing Us to meet each other online and talk about our preparation for the trip. dealing with below zero temperatures. [20| for with our lives. ‘Than, someone cuggected ctarting a chat group. However, a month later | suddenly found myselt unemployed. This job was just too easy for me. So I didn’t need to spend time and money getting into shape. E, The trouble was that we all lived far apart. FI really had no confidence in myself anymore. Of course, all this was expensive, but it was absolutely necessary. H. Thad always had one ambition: to climb Mount Everest. The next step was to actually start preparing for the climb. Reliable equipment had to be bought as we would be Climbing the highest mountain in the world is not the easiest goal and trying to save money on cheap equipment, as our group leader warned us, was something we could pay Reading Part 4 Exam Tips « First, read the whole text in order to get a general unaerstanaing, ‘Look at each gop (16 ~ 20) and see which of the sentences (A~ H) would fit best in the gop. ‘¢ Read tha contances hofare and after your answer choice and check whether it fits in grammatically and iit allows the story to flow nicely. «Then, have a look at the other answer hniens ta maka cure that they dan’t ft inthe gap. ‘* When you have answered the questions, read the whole text again as well as your answers, to check that it all makes sense.For each question, choose the correct answer. “Ask your pharmacist first” When you have so many (21) t0 do at school, and even some homework back at home, the last thing you want is a(n) (22). throat or a headache to drag you down, “Prevention is better than cure! is what most people say, meaning that it best to try not to get sick than to find ways to get better when you do. But what happens when you haven't (23). yourself for the winter? At some point in autumn you'll start feeling down and that’s when you should remember that a visit to your (24). 1 pharmacy can be a real bonus in helping you get well soon. But it's not just the medication that assists the cure - only at a pharmacy will you find expert (25) from a highly trained health professional. Your pharmacist will gladly (26)... what he believes is best for you. So, by working together, you can be sure that your medications are taken safely and effectively to maintain your good health. 2. Acdutios B. jobs C. works 22. Acut Beovie Co hwt 23. Acarranged B. prepared D. trained 24, Avnative B. national C.local D. home 25. A. treatment . preparation therapy D. advice 26. A.tecommend B. command Corder D. sign Reading Part Exam lips « First, skim (read quickly) through the text in order to get an understanding of what the text is about. = Look ot te sin gaps atid select te Lurtect uplion, Ula i the answer that makes sense and at the same time makes ‘the sentence grammatically correct. '¢ After selecting your answer, read the sentence with the other answer options to make sure that they are wrong. ‘© When you have selected al the correct answers, read the text again to make sure that all the sentences are now {grammatically correct and that they sound right,Bue) bch For each question, write the correct answer. Write ONE word for each gop. Bungee Jumping Have you ever tried bungee jumping? (27). you haven't, then my advice is don't. | almost tried it last year on holiday in Indonesia because my best friend, who | was travelling with, had done it (28), and suggested that | should try it. |had to jump from a great height with an elastic rope at- tached to my ankle. | guess | was really curious about what (29). feels like to jump off something so high, krowing that you will not hie the ground (or, In my case, water) below, as we were going (30).. do the jump over a lake, However, | personally will never know as | was (31)... scared when | got up to the top of the rock that but I've decided that bungee jumping is (32).. a sport for me. | nobody could persuade me to jump. I'm not sure if you have to be crazy or brave to actually do the jump, Roading Part 6 Exam Tips «© First, you should skim through the whole text to get a general understanding. 1 Than, look 2¢ al the gape one by one and try to think of one word that could be the correct © Check that you are spelling the words right. ‘* When you have answered all the questions, read the whole text again to make sure that the sentences make sense now, and that they are grammatically correct.