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PRACTICE TEST 15 – ADVANCED CLASS
SECTION 1 Questions I — 10
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Volunteer work application form: Grace Brown
Mobile phone number: 021 636 710
Email address
• graceb@1……………… co.nz
Qualification
• a diploma in 2………………
Agreed work hours
• from 3 ………………
Volunteer work experience
• a volunteer city 4………………
• a volunteer netball team 5……………… .
• al Rugby World Cup
Hobbies
• likes to work in her 6………………
• enjoys flower arranging
• plays the 7………………
Type of work offered
• working on a 8……………… for a month
• working in a community centre with elderly people
Why is she interested in volunteering?
• wants to have mute 9. ………………
• wants to help others
Where did she hear about the agency?
• saw an advertisement at the 10………………
SECTION 2 - Questions 15 — 20
Question 11 – 14
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C
Talk to new employees at a strawberry farm
11 what should employees bring to work?
A. Gloves
B. Lunch
C. Water
12 if employees can’t come to work one day, they should
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A. Contact the duty manager
B. Leave a phone message at the farm office
C. Call their team leader
13 one problem with customers that may occur now is that
A. They sometimes fail to return baskets
B. They eat the fruit
C. They can be unsure about prices
14 one of the benefits of working at the strawberry farm is that
A. Employees’ friends are entitled to a small discount
B. Employees can have a qual;ity of fresh fruit for free
C. Employees don’t pay the full price for gift items in the shop
Questions 15-29
Label the map below.
Write the correct letter, A-J, next to questions 15-20.
15 staff room………………
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16 Administration ………………
17 Packing shed ………………
18 Staff car park ………………
19 Ripe strawberries………………
20 Unripe strawberries ………………
SECTION 3 Questions 21 — 30
Questions 21 —26
Choose the correct letter A. B or C.
Kathy's dissertation on water pumps
21 What part of Kathy's dissertation has the tutor just read?
A. her results section
B. her introductory chapter
C. her review of the literature
22 What did the tutor like about Kathy's work?
A. the organisation
B. the style of writing
C. the use of resources
23 Kathy and the tutor agree that she needs to
A. do some more library research
B. record more data
C. narrow down her topic.
24 ‘Why does the tutor give an example from his own experience'?
A. to show how successful he has become
B. to illustrate how times have changed
C. to encourage Kathy to do something similar
25 Kathy would like the tutor to advise heron her
A. layout.
B. bibliography.
C. appendices.
26 What is Kathy going to do next?
A. try out some software
B. go to a seminar
C. design a new type of pump
Questions 27 — 30
How will Kathy benefit from doing each of the following activities?
Choose FOUR answers from the box and write the correct letter. A-F, next to questions 27-30.
Benefits
A. broadens practical experience of the field
B. chance to publicise or work
C. effective way of keeping up-to-date
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D. looks good on a CV
E. provides useful access to resources
F. way to make useful contacts
Activities
27 going to Mechanical Engineers' Society meetings
28 Visiting different workplaces
29 getting some work experience abroad
30 attending an international conference
SECTION 4 Questions 31-40
Questions 31-34
Complete the sentences below Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
American Salt Marshes
31 The salt content in marshes can be as high as that of the .. ..........
32 At different times of the day, there are changes in salinity and in the ........... and warmth of
the water
33 Animals such as worms and shrimps feed on the that grown the marsh.
34 Marshland in the US has been used in the past for . .... ..... cultivation
Questions 35-38
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C
35 The speaker says that one result of erecting artificial walls in salt marshes is that
A water levels can get too high
B wildlife has less space.
C water quality is difficult to control.
36 Some people have complained about the building of dikes because
A access for walkers is reduced
B the insect population has increased.
C the natural beauty of the area is affected
37 In the 20t century, a large proportion of marshes in America became
A salt extraction sites.
B residential areas.
C protected insect reserves
38 There are now laws which help to prevent
A the erosion of soil
B the building of more walls.
C the extinction of soalife
Questions 39 and 40
Complete the notes below Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
The Horseshoe Crab
Related to: spider Most common food 39…………….
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Time of year when female lays eggs 40………….. .
READING PASSAGE 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on Question 1-13, which are based on Reading passage 1
on pages 2 and 3.
Starting school later has positive effects on teens
A grow body of evidence demonstrates that descents benefit from more sleep. When school
districts push back the start of the school day, good things happen.
With classes that start as early as 7 am and buses that pull up long before sunrise some 80% of
Us children in grades 6 through 12 are not getting the recommended amount of sleep during the
school year, according to research by the National Sleep Foundation, a sleep advocacy group.
These early start times contribute to a myriad of problems. Exhausted children, studies suggest,
not only struggle with mutability, but also with depression, They gain weight and their grades
suffer, and many turn to caffeine, with questionable results for productivity and unknown effects
on the development of young brains.
Now, fueled by accumulating research designed to sleep late and that delaying school start
times even by just 30 minutes makes a huge difference in how well teens feel and perform, an
increasing number of schools around the United States are starting the school day later than
they used to. Many more are thinking about it. At the same time. however, there are strong
pockets of resistance to change from administrators and parents who think that bus schedules
will get too complicated, that starting later will interfere with after-school programs or that
children will simply stay up later if they know they can sleep in a little more.
According to Kyla Wahistrom, director of the Center for Applied Research and Educational
Improvement at the University of Minnesota, even though the two districts could not be more
different in terms of race socioeconomics and other factors, changes in both places appeared
immediately.
Some of the outcomes were quite significant. For instance, students were noticeably more alert
in the first two periods of the day. In addition, the cafeteria was calmer. and there were fewer
fights in the halls. Students, who were now getting nearly an hour more sleep each night, said
they felt less depressed. Even parents told teachers they thought their kids were easier to live
with.
The melatonin shift
Blame biology, not laziness, for making teens reluctant to get up in the morning. As children
grow older and approach puberty, a period of important biological change, their bodies circulate
melatonin, the hormone that brings on sleepiness, two hours later than before.
As a result, teens find it impossible to fall asleep until about 11 p.m., even if they try to go to bed
earlier. Yet teenagers still need an average of 9.25 hours of slumber each night. On top of the
shift in natural sleeping and waking times, there is also another factor. This is related to a period
of intense sleepiness which hits both adults and adolescents during the early morning hours. In
adults this low point in alertness hits between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.; in adolescents, it falls between
about 5 a.m and 7.a.m. That means that, while their alarm clocks are telling teens to get out of
bed and demanding that their brains perform, their bodies signal to them to keep sleeping.
In addition to the mood behavior and learning issues, scientists are starting to uncover more
subtle ways in which such chronic lack of sleep can hurt children. Some studies, for example,
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show that sleep deprivation compromises the immune system. Other's suggest that, with too
little sleep, the body releases higher levels of hormones that induce hunger, possibly
contributing to growing rates of obesity.
To stay awake, young people often tum to coffee, soda and other caffeinated beverages. In a
public high school in the eastern Us state of Massachusetts. 95% of polled students reported
drinking caffeine in the prior two weeks, mostly in the form of soda as opposed to coffee and
most often in the afternoon and evening hours, Dr Amy Wolfson and a colleague reported in
Health Education and Behavior According to Dr Wolfson, there are no published guidelines for
how much caffeine is too much for adolescents. However, the substance stays in the body for
up to five hours, which is three hours longer than originally thought, and is costing teens
unknown hours of sleep. Even if caffeinated teens manage to fall asleep caffeine worsens the
quality of their sleep. Finally, no one knows how caffeine might affect developing brains,
although plenty of experts are concerned about the link between sugar in soda and weight gain.
Schools respond
As the sleep research piles up, a growing number of schools are moving toward later start
times. No one has kept track of how many schools have made the change, but experts say they
are fielding a growing number of calls from districts around the US asking for advice about
whether and how to switch to later start times. Whatever it takes, teenagers need to get enough
sleep. Changing school start times has proven to be one way to achieve this.
Questions 1-5
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 1? In boxes 1-
5 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
1 Sleep deprivation among children in the US is a result of current school starting times.
2 Research indicates that most overweight children need more sleep.
3 Concerns about re-arranging bus timetables make some people oppose later school start
times.
4 The two school districts in the Minnesota experiment had similar groups of students.
5 Parents and children in the two Minnesota school districts which were studied got along better
than before.
Questions 6-13
Complete the notes below Choose ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for ach
answer. White your answers in boxes 6-13 on your answer sheet
The melatonin shift
Biological changes
• Melatonin is released two hours later than before when teens start reaching 6…………..
• Melatonin causes 7…………..
Sleep and awake times
• Big drop in 8………….. occurs later in the night
• 5am-7am for teens
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• 3am-5am for adults
Sleep loss
• leads to a weakened immune system
• hormones that are released increase 9………….. , causing risk of obesity.
Caffeine
• teens in the Massachusetts study usually get caffeine by drinking 10…………..
• effects can last for a maximum of 11…………..
• makes sleep 12………….. worse
• no information on its impact on how the young peoples 13………….. mature
READING PASSAGE 2
You should spend about minutes on Questions 14-26, which are based on Read Passage 2 on
pages 7 and 8.
Questions 14-18
Reading Passage 2 has five sections, A-E. Choose the comet heading or each section rom the
list of headings below. Write the correct letter, i-vii in boxes 14-18 on your answer sheet.
List of Headings
i The desire to make expensive jewellery
ii The clues that indicate ancient items were decorative
iii Querying the changes in the value of traded items
iv A natural human talent
v How status can be gained from ownership of goods
vi Recent finds alter theories about when consumerism started
vii hanges in research methods
14 Section A
15 Section B
16 Section C
17 Section D
18 Section E
Born to trade
Long before our ancestors had any trappings of citation, they had a taste or material goods.
Kate Douglas discovers where this ancient obsession has led us.
A Humans are born to trade and we don't need shops or money to do it-the heart of commerce
is an instinctive ability for what anthropologists call reciprocity. This is an ability to exchange
goods of equal worth and it evolved as the brains of our ancient ancestors and societies
became more complex, allowing individuals to keep a running tally their interactions with others.
Evidence from modem hunter-gatherers leaves little doubt that the exchange of food and flavors
is innate, as is the ability to keep track of the credits and debits that accrue as a result. Combine
this skill for mental book-keeping with even the most basic material culture, and trade inevitably
follows.
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B Once trade gets off the ground, the economic benefits quickly make it irresistible, But
exchanging tools. food and other essentials of life in a barter economy is a far cry from the
shopping mall. Modern consumerism sway beyond subsistence and utilitarianism to encompass
everything from Gucci handbags and BMW convertibles to valuable paintings dearly, the worth
of such goods is not inherent but resides in certain intangible qualities that we invest in them.
When did humans start holding these goods in such high esteem?
C AM the archaeological evidence for the flowering of consumer culture has up to now pointed
to a date of around 40,000 years ago. that's when early modern humans started making
increasingly intricate bone and stone tools, carving patterns into rocks and creating
representational art such as carved figurines, jewellery and cave painting. However, discoveries
in Africa are pushing the origins of consumerism much further back into human prehistory. A few
years ago, reports began to emerge of discoveries made at the Blombos cave, a site of ancient
human habitation in South Africa. Christopher Henshilwood and colleagues from the University
of Bergen in Norway dated thousands of pieces of ochre from the cave and many of them
proved to be more than 100,000 years old -before the time that early humans moved out of
Africa. Ochre. a coloured clay that comes in various shades from red to black, does not occur
naturally around Blombos and must have been imported from quarries at least 30 kilometres
away, either directly by Blombos residents or through trade. Although ochre can be used to dry
and preserver cure'-animal hides, the researchers are convinced the Blombos ochre had a
symbolic purpose. For a start, it is predominantly red-any of the other colours available would
have done for curing -and the surfaces of the clay had been scraped in a way that indicates they
were used to yield pigment for dyes.
D An even more intriguing discovery from Blombos was of 41 beads dating from 76,000 years
ago, found in clusters and made from the shells of a tiny mollusc. These cannot be natural
deposits, argue the researchers, as each cluster contains shells of a similar size and colour with
consistently placed holes. What's more, all the beads display a pattern of wear suggesting
friction from rubbing against thread, clothes or other beads. The previous oldest find of beads in
Africa dates back to just 45,000 years ago. And it seems the Blombos people's taste for
beautiful items was not an isolated phenomenon. Jessica Thompson of Arizona State University
in Tempe has described finding shell fragments from a site in Tanzania that she believes may
represent debris from bead manufacture. They are at least 45,000-and possibly 280, 000-years
old. Although there is no evidence of how the ancient beads were used, their modern
counterparts are often traded. So it looks as though our taste for jewellery and art is much older
than we thought.
E But why did we come to value these objects in the first place? In many animal species,
individuals signal their genetic fitness by showing off with attention-grabbing adornment. Some
researchers think that in humans, consumer products play a similar role. Archaeologist Aimee
Plourde, from the University of California, also argues that even in egalitarian societies, some
people are more successful than others. Among our ancestors, superior skills in areas such as
hunting, crafts, environmental knowledge and contact with neighbouring groups would have
brought respect-in other words, prestige. And because prestige brings social benefits, people
would want to show off their talents. The best way to do this would be through demonstrating
possession of material items that are hard to fake "A good hunter, for instance, could advertise
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his skills by wearing the tooth of an animal that is elusive or dangerous, says Plourde. The
benefits of prestige would also lead to competition to acquire it. As a result. the value and
variety of prestige goods would spiral and there would be a parallel increase in the ranking of
social systems. If Plourde is correct, prestige goods form a direct link between our innate drive
for trade and the development of structured, hierarchical societies. They are arguably the first
step on the road to modern civilisation, paving the way for agriculture and urbanisation. We may
not be impressed by beads any more, but their modern equivalents have the same fascination
Nobody believes the guy who spends E670,000 on a Bugatti Veyron car does so because he
needs to travel at 250mph. We all know in today's consumer society he's buying an exclusive
status symbol.
Questions 19-21
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D. Write the correct letter in boxes 19-21 on your answer
sheet.
19 In section A, reciprocity' refers to our ancestors ability to
A keep written records of different goods traded
B monitor the balance between goods given and received
C produce more materials for trading purposes
D make money from trading goods and services
20 What is said about the ochre found around Blombos?
A It is of a type only found in this rticular area.
B It has all been dyed to give the same shade of red.
C It has been perfectly preserved despite its age.
D It appears it was selected for its colour.
21 What made the researchers realise the purpose of the beads found at the Blombos caves?
A They are a great variety of shapes and sizes
B They were found in large numbers all grouped around each other.
C They have patterns in many different colours
D They have holes and markings suggesting they were joined together.
Questions 22-26
Complete the summary below
Why certain objects are valued?
Some researchers argue that we may use ownership of desirable goods to demonstrate our
strength and fitness as other 22………….. uses their attractive physical features. Showing off
one's superiority is not a new phenomenon and even in ancient times successful people would
have gained 23………….. from this. A desire for status could have led to an increase in the
worth of prestige goods and to 24………….. among people wishing to achieve this status.
It is thought that our natural desire to trade provided a basis for organised farming and
25. ………….. development and finally resulted in the complex societies which can be seen
today. Whilst we do not value things such as beads nowadays, other items hold the same
appeal for us and bring the same status as owing beads did for our 26 …………..
A competitiveness F respect H ancestors species J city
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READING PASSAGE 3
You should spend about 20 mines on Questions 27-40, which are based on Reading Passage 3
on pages 11 and 12
New Zealand home textile crafts of the 1930s to 1950s
Objects made by previous generations of women should be valued more highly
Domestic crafts do not build monuments to their makers, nor do they create wealth, and too
often they have not survived. In consequence, the domestic crafts produced by mothers
grandmothers and great grandmothers in New Zealand are often overlooked. But needlework
should be preserved, for it helps to convey a sense of people's identity and past beliefs in these
remote island in the Pacific Ocean.
Women of previous generations expected to sew; they had to dress their families in a item when
few people could afford to buy what they were capable of making. For some women this work
may have been unwelcome drudgery, but for others it was an opportunity to explore their
identities, beliefs and dreams with the only means readily at hand-a needle, some thread, and a
piece of fabric.
Textiles are frustrating to collect. They are fragile; they stain; they develop rust marks; they fray
and rot. If they are used, they deteriorate; yet if they are merely stored, the owner does not fully
enjoy the pleasure of possession. That is probably why they have not been a popular thing to
collect compared, for example, to antique furniture or fine china, which are more durable
investments. It is also true that domestic crafts are seldom signed. We like signatures because
we can more readily assign value-and high prices-if we can identify the marker. But most
women at this time would never have considered signing their work. They were not expecting it
to be seen outside their homes, where the creator's identity was never in doubt. And they
probably did not even expect it to last very long.
It does not help that such work falls into the category of crafts either, rather than fine arts,
because crafts are looked on too often as a poor cousin to true creativity. Worse, they are made
in a domestic context, so do not belong in the consciously elevated tradition of craft objects
which compete with the arts, such as furniture. If things are made to be useful, especially only
within the home and by ordinary housewives, we seem to have agreed they cannot be art. Why
not?
It might be argued that the collector of textiles is a little like an archaeologist. Archaeology is a
combination of history and detective work, and it involves treasure that is often beautiful.
Likewise, digging for the past is what textile collectors do in junk shops, and the objects they find
are a way of understanding the past through physical evidence.
The domestic crafts of this period, the 1930-1950, cannot be separated from the women's
magazines that were so popular at the time. The primary purpose of these publications was to
allow women to glimpse how more prosperous people lived, by showing them photographs of
the interiors of their houses. In these days before television, magazines provided realistic and
achievable inducements to social betterment. I parallel to this, women were provided with much
more down-to-earth and useful means of improving their homes in the form of printed patterns,
which were readily available from fabric shops at low cost from the 1920s and 1930s onwards.
Mostly, such patterns were for everyday items that fulfilled some domestic often keep offcuts
from their purpose - aprons. tea cosies. curtains, bed-spreads. chair covers and the like. With
the benefit of hindsight, it is possible to distinguish this regulated tradition of needlework,
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governed by printed patterns, from the more individual work that women dreamed up
themselves and whose form and execution were reflections of their own ideal and imagination.
Although both schools have their merits, it is surely the latter tradition that will provide the
collector with the greatest enjoyment. Most intriguing of all is work which suggests serendipity,
even a certain element of chance, the piece having taken on a life of its own, determined
perhaps by what resources were available at the time and the skill levels of the items maker.
When it comes to needlework, flaws can be enjoyable, even failure may bring pleasure, and in
this respect needlework can be contrasted with other art forms, where successful completion is
paramount.
Some people collect out of a sense of nostalgia, a desire to evoke a comforting time that seems
gentler than the present. But nostalgia should not always be trusted as it can be a sanitised form
of history that blots out harsh reality. However, if a certain degree of nostalgiacan be felt for the
fabrics of the past, it is because they remind us of the care and attention with which women
selected them. The texture of certain abstract patterned fabrics from the 1950s has the power to
transport us all back to the dress and fabric shops of that time where women agonised over
which choices to make, though they probably loved every minute of it. Old patchwork quilts in
particular are evocative, because they represent an unknown family's compressed history:
pyjamas ball gowns, smart summer frocks, school dresses, all thrown together, a jumble of
decorative traditions, past ceremonies and dreams. Women of the past would often keep offcuts
their dressmaking and use them for patchwork, as a means of recording their family's story for
others to appreciate.
These may sound like nostalgic thoughts, but we should also remember how hard women's
lives were, that family life was not always idyllic, and that having no money was no fun. Such
fabrics, then, should be seen as a wish for ideals and imaginations, although both something
better, a way of daydreaming about a life that would turn out well in the end.
Questions 27-32
Choose the correct letter A, B,C or D Write the correct letter in bores 27-32 on your answer
shoot
27 What does the writer say about domestic crafts in the first paragraph?
A They can be sold for high prices today
B They were used to tell stories in the past
C They are sources of information about society
D They have been well documented by historian
28 What is the writers main point in the second paragraph?
A Women sewed to make money.
B Women used to have larger families.
C Sewing was enjoyed as a social activity.
D Sewing could be a means of self-expression
29 According to the writer, domestic crafts are not frequently collected because
A they are difficult to see
B they are easily damaged
C they provide little enjoyment
D they have no practical use today
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30 What point does the writer make about signatures on textiles?
A Many women at that time could not sign their names
B The signatures have faded over time and cannot be seen
C The style of stitching served as an alternative to a signature
D They were unnecessary since everyone would know the maker
31 What is the writer doing in the fourth paragraph?
A suggesting that needlework is not a true art form
B challenging the usual distinction between 'arts' and crafts
C arguing that functional objects were seldom made in the home
D criticising the attitude of women today towards domestic crafts
32 Why does the writer compare textile collecting to archaeology?
A They both require hard work.
B They involve similar processes.
C They can both be done on a low budget.
D They are both undervalued in society today.
Questions 33-36
Complete the summary using the list of words, A-G below. Write the correct letter A-G in boxes
33-36 on your answer sheet.
Needlework in the first half of the twentieth century
Women's magazines in this period mainly influenced the omestic crafts because of their
aspirational character as they focused on the 33………….. element of society. At the same
time. more 34………….. assistance came the form of printed patterns. The resulting aprons,
and so on, can be contrasted with work that demonstrates the 35………….. side of the maker
of the two traditions, work that is less structured in nature is of greater interest to collectors.
Most interestingly, the writer points out that many appreciate work that is 36………….. and it is
this characteristic that is believed to distinguish needlework from other arts.
A skilful D practical
B creative E imperfect
C wealthy F industrious G detailed
Questions 37-40
Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer in Reading Passage 3 in boxes
37-40 on your answer sheet, write
YES if the statement agrees with the views of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the views of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
37 Nostalgia can promote an unreliable image of the past
38 In the 1950s, women chose fabric according to its durability
39 Patchwork quilts are only of interest to the makers' family
40 Needlework was a way for women to escape the reality of their lives
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