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Test 1
Part 1
    For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap'
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    (g) ......... across kangaroos or koalas in the city. You'll have to get out of town to see them. You
can always book a tour that (4) ......... wildlife watching experiences.
    On the other hand, you may decide to do it on your own. In that case, head out on the Great
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    loads of koalas in the trees. After your (5) ......... there, drive up to the Grampians National Park'
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Part 5
You are going to read an extract from the autobiography of the tennis player Rafael Nadal. For
questions 31-36, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.
Part 6
You are going to read a magazine ar.ticle about video games. Six sentences have been removed
from the article, Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fits each gap p7a2). There is one
extra sentence which vou do not need to use.
Why do video games receive so little coverage      But I want to suggest another reason why games
in the mainstream media? It's a question           aren't treated as an important cultural form.
that's troubled me for years - I even made a       f .30:f----.] At least, that is the impression I get.
programme about it for the radio. Games are        They make it amazingly hard to get hold of new
the largest entertainment medium in the world,     games, even for someone who writes about them.
yet newspaper culture pages tend not to cover
them. Cultural programmes on TV and radio          I write about novels as well as games and barely
might do a short feature about them once in        a day passes when a publisher isn't posting me
a while at best, reserving serious discussion      a copy of a new book in the hope I'll review it or
and analysis for specialist things with a very     mention it somewher". fE:f--l          If the games
 limited audience like interpretive dance and      industry wanted to be treated like other cultural
 experimental opera.                               media, it could start by making its work accessible
                                                   to mainstream journalists.
My novels, which sell tens of thousands of
copies, are shortlisted for prizes that appear     There's  a timing issue too. In the past, I've
on the news. My games, which have sold             tried to persuade review programmes to cover
millions of copies, don't even make the news.      games more frequently. But I always seem to
Film and TV awards ceremonies are a news           come up against the same old problem. Film
story. llElf-_l      I think all this is a shame   companies organise pre-release screenings, TV
because it affects the way people think about      companies send out early versions gf their shows,
the medium. It means we don't get the kind of      publishers send copies of new books, theatres do
analysis that mainstream media can produce,        previews - but games companies won't send out
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There are several reasons for this exclusion.      not seem too bothered about being covered in
People who control programming and edit            broadsheet culture sections, because it doesn't
papers tend to be in their 50s and older, and      think this would sell more games. It is already
are still a bit old to have come of age with       the biggest selling entertainment industry in the
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games, because they're very much products          but I wish the industry would cooperate anyway
of a collaborative effort, normally don't have a   because games are important and deserve to be
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You are going to read an arlicle written by an architect about his work. For questions 43-52,
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