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1) Listening comprehension
2) Reading
3) Use of English
4) Writing 1
5) Writing 2
There are no extra answersheets given. Please fill your answers right into this file.

Part 1
LISTENING 10 minutes
COMPREHENSION
Read the questions and answers below. You will hear the recording twice. Circle
one answer for each question.

Who did Robert spend

Christmas with this
1 With his parents With his girlfriend With Lucy
year?

with her
Next year Lucy wants to at her boyfriend’s
2 with her parents boyfriend’s
spend Christmas … house
parents

Lucy feels embarrassed she sings she receives

3 she gives presents
when … Christmas carols presents

When did Lucy buy all

4 September October December
her presents?

looked for bought presents in

What did Robert do in went to a
5 Christmas a Christmas
December this year? Christmas party
presents market

Lucy’s boss didn’t

it was too there wasn’t it was difficult to
6 organise a Christmas
expensive enough time organise
party because …

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 Part 2 READING 10 minutes

Once upon a time, in the days when divs and jinns and giants roamed the land, there lived a
farmer named Baba Ayub. He lived with his family in a little village by the name of Maidan
Sabz. Because he had a large family to feed, Baba Ayub saw his days consumed by hard work.
Every day, he laboured from dawn to sundown, ploughing his field and turning the soil and
tending to his meagre pistachio trees. At any given moment you could spot him in his field,
bent at the waist, back as curved as the scythe he swung all day. His hands were always
callused, and they often bled, and every night sleep stole him away no sooner than his cheek
met the pillow.

I will say that, in this regard, he was hardly alone. Life in Maidan Sabz was hard for all its
inhabitants. There were other, more fortunate villages to the north, in the valleys, with fruit
trees and flowers and pleasant air, and streams that ran with cold, clear water. But Maidan
Sabz was a desolate place, and it didn’t resemble in the slightest the image that its name,
Field of Green, would have you picture. It sat in a flat, dusty plain ringed by a chain of craggy
mountains. The wind was hot, and blew dust in the eyes. Finding water was a daily struggle
because the village wells, even the deep ones, often ran low. Yes, there was a river, but the
villagers had to endure a half-day walk to reach it, and even then its waters flowed muddy all
year round. Now, after ten years of drought, the river too ran shallow. Let’s just say that
people in Maidan Sabz worked twice as hard to eke out half the living.

Still, Baba Ayub counted himself among the fortunate because he had a family that he
cherished above all things. He loved his wife and never raised his voice to her, much less his
hand. He valued her counsel and found genuine pleasure in her companionship. As for
children, he was blessed with as many as a hand has fingers, three sons and two daughters,
each of whom he loved dearly. His daughters were dutiful and kind and of good character and
repute. To his sons he had taught already the value of honesty, courage, friendship, and hard
work without complaint. They obeyed him, as good sons must, and helped their father with
his crops.

Are these statements true or false? Write T(true) or F(false) in the chart.

T/
F

1 The text is probably a letter of complaint. 1

2 Baba Ayub was a hardworking man. 2

3 Baba Ayub found it difficult to fall asleep. 3

4 Living in Maidan Sabz was easy as well as pleasant. 4

5 Baba Ayub lived in a remote city. 5

6 Despite challenges Baba Ayub was a happy person. 6

7 Maidan Sabs was frequently short of water. 7

8 The children did not respect Baby Ayub at all. 8

[8 = 5, 7-6 =4, 5-4 = 3, 3-2 = 2, 1 = 1] ____/5

 Part 3 USE OF ENGLISH 10 minutes

Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question, circle
the correct letter A, B, C or D in the table at the bottom of the page.

Did Queen Elizabeth II (0).......... to School?

Even though she wasn’t expected (1).......... queen, Princess Elizabeth wasn’t raised like the average
child. (After all, she wasn’t a typical child — she was still third in line to the throne, even though the
royal family thought that her father’s older brother would settle down and produce an heir.
(2).......... , he abdicated the throne to marry a divorcée.) The royal family famously does things their
own (3).......... .

If you’re curious about Queen Elizabeth II’s childhood, you probably want to know about her
(4).......... . Did she go to school? Not in the traditional sense, if you’re thinking of the typical school
building with classrooms, teachers and large numbers of (5).......... . The Atlantic reported in 1943,
when Elizabeth was just 17, that the princess’s mother (6).......... her to read. Until she (7)..........
seven, her education “was confined” to reading, writing, French, the piano, and dancing. At that point,
governess Marion Crawford — whom The Atlantic characterized as “Scottish, an Edinburgh graduate,
well-travelled, a lover of fresh air and exercise” — took (8).......... Elizabeth’s education. After her
father had become (9).......... in 1936 and Elizabeth became the heir, she began studying history and
law with Henry Marten, the vice provost of Eton College. She also took lessons in religion and had
other teachers of special (10).......... , such as French, German, and music.

0 A went B go C going D to go

1 A become B to became C becoming D to become

2 A And B Instead C Because D Where

3 A journey B exit C way D road

4 A educational B educate C education D educative

5 A pets B sportspeople C money D pupils

6 A learned B learn C teached D taught

7 A turned B returned C played D hid

8 A over B in C for D up

9 A duke B queen C king D princess

10 A objects B subjects C forces D topic

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 Part 4 WRITING 1 5 minutes

Read the text below. For each question, write ONE word for each gap.

Five Fascinating Facts about Hibernation

1. When animals hibernate, they are not sleeping. When the weather is cold and food is in
short supply, animals such as hedgehogs, bears and bats become inactive (1).......... save
energy. During hibernation their heart rates and breathing slow down, and their body
temperature drops.

2. To prepare for a long hibernation in (2).......... they don’t eat or drink, animals stuff their
faces. Dormice, for example, eat so much that by the end of summer, they can be double their
normal size. Just as well, because they can lose up to half their body weight during
hibernation.

3. Animals hibernate in lots of different ways – from snails, who attach themselves to a
surface, cover themselves with their slime, and wait out winter, (3).......... hedgehogs, who
like to build nests out of grass, leaves and straw, often under fallen logs.

4. Squirrels don’t hibernate because they can’t build up enough body fat. During summer,
they stash food in different locations. Then in winter, they sleep for up to 20 hours (4)..........
day, heading out in the early morning or late afternoon to snack on their hoards.

5. In hot, dry climates, creatures (5).......... the African hedgehog and crocodiles ‘aestivate’.
This is when they find a cool, safe spot and become inactive. Aestivation usually lasts for
a shorter period than hibernation.

https://www.natgeokids.com/ie/discover/science/general-science/10-fascinating-facts-about-
hibernation/
 Part 5 WRITING 2 15 minutes

You must answer this question. Write your answer of approximately 100 words in an appropriate
style on the opposite page.

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