TEST 1

Part 1
Look at the text in each question. What does it say? Choose the correct answer.

1.
  Jess will meet Tom at the bar.
  Tom should go to the restaurant without Jess.
  Jess can’t go to the restaurant. She will meet Tom at the bar.

2.
  You need a special type of ticket if you travel regularly.

  The Super Weekly Saver ticket can help all travellers to save money.
  Cheaper tickets are available for people who travel often.

3.
  The swimming pool is free to people who go to the
Water Fitness Classes.
  The water fitness classes are free to people who swim ten times in a month.
  This month, you can go to Water Fitness Classes and use the swimming pool ten
times without paying.

4.
  Anyone can visit the private rooms from 10am to 2pm.

  You can get your membership cards from the Private Rooms between 10am and
2pm.
  Only members can visit the Private Rooms from 10am to 2pm.

5.

Students who do not sign up before Friday lunchtime...

  will not be able to do afternoon activities next week.
  won’t be able to choose their afternoon activities next week.
  will have to work in the afternoons next week.
Part 2
In this part, you have to match five people to eight texts.
The people all want to attend a course. Read the descriptions of eight courses. Decide which course would be the most
suitable for each person. For Questions 1-5, select the best course.
A - Form and Colour be invited to attend the exhibition, so this could be a
This is year-long course is perfect for people who want great start to your career!
to learn about how to use a camera and who want to
take it up as a profession.  Students will learn how to use E - Wild Design
light and shade, colour and different shapes.  The Whether you want a career in art, or you just want to
course will also teach students to change their work enjoy your hobby, this holiday course is for you.  Wild
using computer technology.  Tips will be given on how Design is a two-week summer course situated on the
best to get started in the profession. wild coast of South Wales.  We teach all kinds of art,
including photography and painting, and the wild sea,
B - Practice makes Perfect beautiful flowers and great wildlife will definitely give you
Learn about how to use computer software to make your lots of creative ideas.  Even if you already have a good
work life easier.  This course is designed for people who understanding of art, you are sure to learn something
use computers regularly as part of their career, but who new from our team of professional tutors. 
feel they are unable to make the most of the technology. 
Learn about new software for storing documents and F - Explore your Imagination
photographs and keeping records.  This evening class Do you want to show your friends a photograph of you
runs for ten weeks from September to December. beside the Egyptian pyramids or in the jungles of
Borneo?  Well now you can tell your friends that you
C - Armchair Explorer have travelled the world without actually leaving the
This is a series of daytime lectures by people who have country!  Join this evening class and learn how to use
lived and worked in wild places.  Each of the six talks will the latest technology and software to change
focus on a different continent.  Lecturers will show photographs to a professional standard.  You will also
photographs of the animals and plants, and explain why learn how to make your own computer designs using the
they are only found in one area.  Lecturers will include computer programmes used by professionals.
Leo Holland, a scientist from the Antarctic project, and
Milly Oliphant, who researches birds in the Amazon G - Technology for You
rainforest.  Tea and Biscuits provided. Do you feel as if everyone is using a computer except
you? Join in this five-day course and learn the basics. 
D - Art Starter You’ll learn how to store your personal files, send emails
Are you interested in a career in art?  If so, this full-time, and use simple programmes to write and print letters.  In
eight-week course will be perfect for you.  Learn about the afternoons you will have the choice of either learning
different methods used by artists, including painting, how to make Birthday Cards and other designs on a
drawing, photography and computer design.  Artists will computer, or you can join our ‘Basic computers for Work’
create work for an exhibition which will be displayed in class.
the Town Hall for one month in September.  Top
businessmen and women from the design industry will H - Wildlife Photographer
Travel to a different wild place every week and learn how
to take photographs of animals, plants and scenery.  Our understanding of photography and their own equipment. 
expert teachers will advise you how to take the best The class is suitable for everyone, as there is very little
pictures.  This course will run for six weeks on walking involved.
Saturdays.  Students should already have a good
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1. Harriet is 71, and is interested in painting and drawing. She would like to go
somewhere in the summer where she can learn new tips and paint attractive
scenery.

2. Belinda works for a large Art Company and she feels she needs to improve her
computer skills. She already has a basic understanding of some common computer
programmes, but she wants to learn how to organise her work and store information.

3. Jenny is interested in a career in design, and wants to learn how to create art and
change photographs using special computer programmes.

4. George is unable to travel because he has difficulty walking, but he wants to

learn more about the wildlife and scenery in different parts of the world.

5. Chris wants a change in career, so he’s looking for a full-time course in which he
can learn everything there is to know about photography and how to use
computers to change and sell his work.

Part 3
Read the text and then answer questions 1-5.

Different Colours can affect us in many different ways; that’s according to Verity Allen.  In her new series ‘Colour me
Healthy’, Verity looks at the ways that colours can influence how hard we work and the choices we make.  They can even
change our emotions and even influence how healthy we are. 
‘Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colours for the same things?’ says Verity.  ‘Our toothpaste is
always white or blue or maybe red.  It’s never green.  Why not?  For some reason we think that blue and white is clean,
while we think of green products as being a bit disgusting.  It’s the same for businesses.  We respect a company which
writes its name in blue or black, but we don’t respect one that uses pink or orange.  People who design new products can
use these ideas to influence what we buy.’
During this four-part series, Verity studies eight different colours, two colours in each programme.  She meets people who
work in all aspects of the colour industry, from people who design food packets, to people who name the colours of
lipsticks.  Some of the people she meets clearly have very little scientific knowledge to support their ideas, such as the
American ‘Colour Doctor’ who believes that serious diseases can be cured by the use of coloured lights.  However, she
also interviews real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice, with some surprising results. 
Overall, it’s an interesting show, and anyone who watches it will probably find out something new.  But because Verity is
goes out of her way to be polite to everyone she meets on the series, it’s up to the viewers to make their own decisions
about how much they should believe.

1   
What is the writer doing in this text?
 giving information about how colours influence us
 reporting what happens in a new television series
 giving information about a television presenter
 giving his opinion of a recent television show
2   
Which of the following shows the probable content of the four shows?
 Part 1 – Health; Part 2 – Products and Industry; Part 3 – Emotions; Part 4 – Decisions
 Part 1 – Blue and Black; Part 2 – Red and Orange; Part 3 – White and Grey; Part 4 – Green and Yellow
 Part 1 – Meeting Designers; Part 2 – Meeting People who Name Colours; Part 3 – Meeting Doctors; Part 4 – Meeting
Scientists
 Part 1 – Cleaning Products; Part 2 – Make-up; Part 3 – Clothes; Part 4 – Food
3   
According to Verity, why is a knowledge of colour important?
 It can help you to choose the best products.
 It can give you new ideas.
 It can help you to change people’s minds.
 It can help you to sell products.
4   
Who does the writer respect least?
 Verity Allen
 The people who name lipsticks
 The ‘Colour Doctor’
 The scientists who work with mice
5   
Which of the following would make a good title for the text?
 Enjoy it, but don’t believe everything.
 Another great show from Verity Allen! Five Stars!
 Don’t miss this if you work in Business!
 Watch this programme! It will make you healthy!
Part 4
Five sentences have been removed from the text below. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap.
There are three extra sentences which you do not need to use.

Janet Morris was looking for a flat to buy in London. When she saw a top floor flat in Hampstead, she knew this was the

one she wanted.   What she really liked was the flat roof just outside the large glass windows. She thought
that she could turn it into a garden.
           
She bought the flat and contacted a garden designer, Terry Moore. But as soon as Terry saw the roof, he knew there was
a problem.   It certainly wasn’t strong enough to support the weight of soil and plants. They are really
heavy, especially when they become wet.
But Terry did not give up. He contacted an engineer for advice. The engineer said that it was possible to make the roof

stronger. To do this, they would need to say lay many long pieces of metal across the roof.    It would not
be cheap. But Janet didn’t mind paying for it. After all, the roof garden was the reason she bought the flat.
Another problem was the view from the roof. Janet hoped to enjoy the views of London from her new

garden.   People like their homes to be private. They don’t want strangers looking through their windows!
Janet could only get permission to build her roof garden if there were no views from it. So pots were fixed around the edge
of the flat roof and tall bushes were planted inside. With these in place it was impossible to see into other people’s homes.

That solution satisfied the town planners.   She says that her garden is cosy, and she can’t hear the noise
of the city traffic.

A  Janet doesn’t mind the lack of view.

B  It wasn’t strong enough even for one person to walk there.
C  But he was pretty sure he could solve the problem.
D  But it was possible to see into other flats from there.
E  The view from the windows of the flat was incredible.
F   The flat itself didn’t attract her attention.
G  These could then be covered with wood to make the garden more attractive.
H  Garden plants could be planted directly into them
Part 5
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.

Easter Island
Easter Island is a small triangle of rock situated in the Pacific Ocean. It’s about 2,000

miles   the nearest city. Easter Island is   for its

statues. Hundreds of these huge, stone faces can be   all over the

island. Who made them? How  they move these giant pieces of rock?

What happened  the people who lived there? Studies show that

people   arrived on the island about 1600 years ago. They had a very advanced culture. They made many

objects and they had their  written language. However, the number of people on the island grew and

grew   it reached about 10,000 people. Soon there were too many people and there wasn’t 

food to eat. A terrible war started and  of the statues were broken. When western

explorers   the island on Easter Day in 1722, the huge rock statues were the only sign that a great
society had once lived there.

1. A.for B.from C.on D.by

2. A.important B.interesting C.famous D.gorgeous
3. A.looked B.located C.found D.situated
4. A.have B.were C.had D.did
 5. A.to B.with C.about D.for
6. A.once B.first C.just D.already
7. A.own B.only C.clever D.self
8. A.so B.until C.although D.never
9. A.enough B.too C.some D.many
10. A.many B.few C.lot D.enough
11. A.invented B.discoverd C.looked D.came

Part 6

Book Review
"Join Me" by Helen Wheeler and Jackie Townsend
When I first heard that my two favourite authors were going to write a book together, I was really excited. Now I

have read the book, and although I found it enjoyable to read, I think that   of the authors writes
better on her own.

The story was   a young woman who hires a man to become her boyfriend in order to get her

dream job. She did this after finding out that the boss preferred to hire people   were married or in a

relationship as he considered them   reliable. But to be honest, I found the situation rather

unbelievable, as I don’t think bosses can select employees that way these days.  I   tell you what

happened as that would spoil the story for you. I’ll just say that   I was reading the book, I predicted
what would happen. However. my prediction was wrong, and the ending was a pleasant surprise.