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8. According to Tony, those who ‘claim the moral high ground’ are
A. consumers with a troubled conscience.
B. supermarkets in the West.
C. civil servants in the third world.
Listen to three conversations and for questions 11 – 20, choose the correct
answer A, B or C. You will hear each conversation TWICE. You have two
minutes to read the questions.
Conversation One
13. According to Jane, the problem with the bus service is that
A. the bus lanes in the city centre cause traffic jams.
B. she has to walk a long way to get to the bus stop in the morning.
C. buses are just as prone to the effects of congestion as cars.
Conversation Two
15. Sarah
A. seems to have similar interests to Doug.
B. does not wish to take on additional courses.
C. is unlikely to go with Doug to his classes.
16. Sarah implies that she would like to study a language that
A. she could use when she goes on holiday.
B. might be useful for her business career.
C. would be something out of the ordinary.
Read the text about product placement and for questions 21 – 27, choose
the correct answer A, B, C or D.
Product Placement
Judged on face value, Shane Meadows' new film, Somers Town, is honest,
earthy and affecting. Two lonesome teenagers, one British, one Polish, befriend
each other on the streets of London. They hang out, get drunk and, having
become infatuated with a French waitress, follow her to Paris. Half-an-hour into
the film, one of the characters has an announcement to make. "Today, I went on
a fast train through the tunnel, under the English Channel," he says. "It only takes
a couple of hours from London to Paris. Not bad, eh?"
Under normal circumstances, this remark would sail by unnoticed, but these are
not normal circumstances. When filmgoers realise that Meadows' movie is
entirely funded by Eurostar, the company that operates the rail link described in
such glowing terms, it's hard not to hear the line as a sales pitch. Maybe it even
makes you question the integrity of the film as a whole. Is Somers Town a
pureblood Meadows‟ work in the vein of his earlier widely-acclaimed films or is it
something more slippery and suspect: "a covert advertising campaign", as the
film's Wikipedia entry puts it; "essentially an advert," in the opinion of CNN.
It's hard to say how much money changes hands in these deals: product
placement at the cinema remains entirely unregulated, both in the US and in the
foreign markets that screen its films. The numbers are presumably buried deep in
the studio accounts. If nothing else, Somers Town deserves points for
transparency. Meadows‟ film is not a rag-bag of promiscuous product
placement, but something else entirely - a tough, tender film that was
nonetheless bought, and paid for, by one major company.
So what's in it for Eurostar? Spurrier explains that they own the print and will get
the revenue - assuming, as now seems likely, the film turns in a profit. Eurostar‟s
marketing director, goes a step further, admitting that Eurostar has already
22. The writer states that the financial backing for Somers Town
A. has devalued the director‟s reputation for honesty.
B. is not the only reason for poor reviews of the film.
C. potentially changes the way an audience may regard the film.
D. is likely to start a new trend in advertising.
23. The writer implies that the biggest problem with product placement is
that
A. films include excessive numbers of adverts for brands.
B. companies do not disclose how much is spent on such promotion.
C. film-makers can be forced to manipulate the story to include the adverts.
D. audiences are annoyed by the length of the advertisements.
Read the text about Krakatoa and for questions 28 – 35, choose the correct
answer A, B, C or D.
One hundred and twenty-five years ago, the biggest bang the inhabited world has
ever known occurred. Indonesia's Krakatoa volcano erupted with the force of
13,000 Hiroshima atom bombs. It propelled a trillion cubic feet of debris into the
air, and made a noise loud enough to be heard 1,930 miles away in Australia.
The explosions, fallout and resulting tidal wave killed 36,417 people in Java and
Sumatra. Wind streams blew the fine ash as far away as New York; sea levels
were raised in the English Channel, and over the following year, global
temperatures were reduced by 1.2˚C.
Today, the remains of one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes continue to spit
and bubble in the waters between Java and Sumatra. Now part of Ujung Kulon
National Park, it is known as Anak Krakatoa, or Krakatoa's child, a post-collapse
cone which has emerged from the original volcano and now stands about 600ft
above sea level. On the anniversary of the 1883 eruption, locals and tourists will
remember the catastrophe when they visit Anak during the annual Krakatoa
Festival – not exactly a celebration, more of a cultural commemoration of one of
history's most momentous natural disasters.
Krakatoa has provided writers and film-makers with a feast of stories. The most
extraordinary tale, apparently confirmed by the official report into the tragedy,
involved a quarry manager who told how he was swept off the roof of his three-
storey office by the tidal wave, only to be saved by a passing crocodile. As he
cascaded through the jungle propelled by the giant wave, he spotted the croc
beside him and leapt on its back. Safely aboard, he dug his thumbs into the
creature's eye sockets and was carried along for the next few miles until he was
dumped on the jungle floor.
Myth or not, it is part of the folklore of Krakatoa, which sits astride the same
faultline responsible for 2004 earthquake off the coast of Sumatra which resulted
in the dreadful tsunami that stuck Thailand. Surprisingly, the volcanic eruption of
l883 was not as severe as more recent seismic movements. Professor Arculus
explains that "the problem around Krakatoa was that there was a big population
living around the Sumatran and Javan shores, and because, unlike today, they
were only a few kilometres away, they copped a lot of it, but the tsunami of 1883
32. The writer implies that the story about the crocodile
A. is a complete work of fiction.
B. was investigated at the time of the disaster.
C. is evidence of the force of the explosion.
D. was made up a few years after the tsunami.
34. Professor Arculus implies that the next major eruption of Krakatoa
A. is unlikely to cause as much loss of life as in 1883.
B. would result in a minor tsunami.
C. presents a current world-wide threat.
D. is something geologists express concerns over.
36. Dora __________ Sam the money. She won’t get it back.
A. will never have lent C. cannot have lent
B. might not have lent D. should never have lent
37. I was not on time for the exam, __________ my dad gave me a lift.
A. despite C. had not
B. had D. even though
38. Can you see that yacht? It _____________ having some problems.
A. looks like C. looks to be
B. looks as if D. looks as though
40. Seldom __________ that year without me wondering where she had
gone.
A. does a day go by C. had a day gone
B. was a day gone D. did a day go by
42. He would have gone to court _____________ the threats they made.
A. not without C. but for
B. given that D. if only
43. With no shops in the village, it was __________ boring for Vanessa.
A. awful C. absolutely
B. fundamentally D. pretty
44. ______________ for the book, Terry knocked the cup of tea over.
A In reaching C To reach
B Reached D With reaching
45. This CD is not __________ as good as the one we bought last month.
A. almost C. about
B. nearly D. really
46. The medicine seemed to work without any __________ side effects.
A. remarkable C. distinguishing
B. discernable D. realised
47. He lost his job but found __________ in the large pay-off he received.
A. cheer C. security
B. relief D. solace
49. The lawyer tried to ask a question but was __________ by the judge.
A. rejected C. reversed
B. overruled D. overridden
51. I don’t like what you’re __________. Are you suggesting I stole it?
A. getting across C. making up
B. driving at D. letting on
52. Bill hasn’t convinced anyone with his argument – he’s __________.
A. on a wild goose chase C. fighting like cat and dog.
B. got the lion‟s share D. flogging a dead horse
53. He thinks he’s such an intellectual, but he’s really just __________
and long-winded.
A. precocious C. overstated
B. Ostentatious D. pretentious
54. Despite all his hard work, Sam was __________ for promotion again.
A. put off C. set aside
B. let down D. passed over
55. I would lend you some money but I am __________ for cash today.
A. bust C. broke
B. strapped D. ruined
For questions 56 – 65, read the text below and write ONE word in each
blank space to make the passage grammatically correct and meaningful.
Machu Picchu, the awesome, mountain-top Inca citadel in Peru, now draws
800,000 tourists annually, but the recent headlines from the South American
country look bleak on first inspection: tourist hordes and huge new hotels
endangering Machu Picchu. A wonder of the world is cracking
(56)_____________ the seams. However, concealed behind these gloomy
headlines are reasons to cheer. In the past decade, tourist numbers to Peru
have doubled and this year looks like being the busiest by (57)____________.
The boom has sparked warnings from heritage experts that fragile sites are at
(58)___________. Efforts to direct some of the flow of visitors away from Machu
Picchu (59)___________ directly exposed other sites, which are even
(60)____________ well protected. Locals have complained that the influx
enriches tour operators and luxury hotels, but completely (61)___________ the
impoverished communities who live near the architectural wonders. But it seems
that things are changing.
For questions 66 – 75, read the text below and complete each gap with the
correct form of the word at the end of the line. Do not write more than ONE
word in each gap. Two examples are given below. Spelling mistakes will
be penalised.
For questions 76 – 85, complete the second sentence in each pair below so
that it means the same as the first one. In each case, you must use the
keyword given. Do not make any changes to the keyword and write no
more than five words in total. Contractions (e.g. don’t) count as two words.
Example I think that punishing James for being late once is unfair.
Keyword: hard
You are being too hard on James for being late once.
77. a) Scientists will soon be able to build robots that are too small to see.
Keyword: naked
b) Scientists will soon build robots that will be invisible _____________.
78. a) The play is such a success that its run has been extended by another
six months.
Keyword: has
b) So _________________________ that its run has been extended
for six months.
80. a) The film company began to worry that the amount of money being
spent on the new film was rising uncontrollably.
Keyword: hand
b) There were worries on the part of the film company that spending on
the new film was _______________________.
82. a) I did so little preparation for the examinations that I am certain I have
failed
Keyword: foregone
b) The outcome of the examinations _________________ due to my lack
of revision.
83. a) I was so worried about your being late that I almost called the police!
Keyword: brink
b) I was _______________________ the police because you were so
late!
85. a) The river is very likely to flood in the event of a lot of rain.
Keyword: susceptible
b) When there is heavy rainfall, the river is _____________________.
Write an essay on ONE of the following options. Write between 300 – 350
words in English. USE THE SEPARATE WRITING ANSWER BOOKLET.
1. How could the European Union make itself more relevant to ordinary
people and to what extent do you consider yourself to be a European
citizen?
2. “Great stories need great villains.” Who do you consider to be the greatest
fictional villain in literature, film or on TV? Give reasons for your choice
and explain why you believe this character to be an exceptional creation.
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