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DOCUMENT 1: TASKS
READING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)
TASK 1
Read the short texts below 0 6 and match them to the headings A J. There are THREE
headings you do NOT need to use. 0 is the example. (6 marks)
0. Theres a time and a place to discuss salary, bonuses, and perks of the job. And its not at the
initial interview unless its something the interviewer raises. Your compensation package is
obviously a matter for major discussionwhen you know youre going to get offered something.
Then you can always negotiate from a position of strength.
1. First of all, dont make the mistake of going into an interview without researching the industry,
the company, the boss, and as much as you can about the specific position. If someone tells me
theyre at the interview to learn about my company, thats a total turn-off. There are so many online
resources today; its not something thats hard to do. It shows that the candidate is serious about
wanting the position. Part of being prepared is also making sure you dont arrive late for the
interview. Thats inexcusable. Shoot to get to the appointment way ahead of time just in case there
are unexpected delays.
2. You must create a good first impression. And that starts with the first moment your interviewer
sets eyes on you. Even when you are not applying for a position at a suit and tie company, its
disrespectful for a potential employee to stroll in wearing a torn T-shirt, jeans and sneakers. Its
better to be overdressed than underdressed. Youre attending a job interviewnot a ball game.
3. You may well be unhappy where you work. Your interviewers dont need to hear it. If you
speak ill of your current boss whats to say you wont speak ill of them? Saying you didnt always
see eye to eye is one thing; it may well show that you can think for yourself, especially if you can
quote a positive element. One way or another it was a learning experience! But dont harp on petty
disputes or air any dirty laundry. You dont want to gain a reputation for negativity.
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4. Theres always the temptation to play to the gallery when youre being interviewed. Youre
inclined to tell the interviewer exactly what you think he wants to hear rather than exactly how you
feel. OK. So its stressful and you want the job real bad. And maybe you even exaggerate your
experience a little bit. My advice is to be real. Lies and hyped credentials are not going to serve
you in the long haul. Truth has a way of finding its way out.
5. Never forget that this is an interview for a job. Be professional. Be business-like. This is not
the forum to share intimate details of your personal life, the ups and downs of your marriage, or
your recent break-up. It is the forum to discuss why you want the job and will be an asset to the
company.
6. At the end of the interview dont simply say thanks for your consideration and departand
thats the end of it. If you want the position make it clear that youre interested before you leave
and try to find out the companys level of interest in you. Say something like, This sounds like an
ideal position for me. Is there a fit here? The same day a brief, polite email thanking the
interviewer for his consideration and reiterating your desire for the job is not only proper etiquette
but also shows that you really want it.
Adapted from LinkedIn
A. Dont be fake.
B. Dont chit chat.
C. Dont turn up unprepared.
D. Dont get there too early for the interview.
E. Dont go casual.
F. Dont just walk away.
G. Dont speak your mind.
H. Dont talk money. (Example)
I. Dont trash your former employer.
J. Dont use rude language.
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TASK 2
Read the following text. For questions 7 14, choose the correct answer a), b) or c). Circle the
correct answer on the answer sheet provided. 0 is the example. (8 marks)
ORIGINS
A few months after my twenty-first birthday, a stranger called to give me the news. I was living in
New York at the time in an uninviting block, treeless and barren, lined with soot-colored walk-ups
that cast heavy shadows for most of the day. The apartment was small, with slanting floors and
irregular heat and a buzzer downstairs that didn't work, so that visitors had to call ahead from a
pay phone at the corner gas station, where a black Doberman the size of a wolf paced through the
night in vigilant patrol, its jaws clamped around an empty beer bottle.
None of this concerned me much, for I didn't get many visitors. I was impatient in those days, busy
with work and unrealized-plans, and prone to see other people as unnecessary distractions. It
wasn't that I didn't appreciate company exactly. I enjoyed exchanging Spanish pleasantries with
my mostly Puerto Rican neighbors, and on my back from classes I'd usually stop to talk to the boys
who hung out on the stoop all summer long about the Knicks or the gunshots theyd heard the
night before. When the weather was good, my roommate and I might sit out on the fire escape to
smoke cigarettes and study the dusk washing blue over the city, or watch white people from the
better neighborhoods nearby walk their dogs down our block. I enjoyed such moments - but only in
brief. If the talk began to wander, or cross the border into familiarity, I would soon find reason to
excuse myself. I had grown too comfortable in my solitude, the safest place I knew.
I remember there was an old man living next door who seemed to share my disposition. He lived
alone, a gaunt, stooped figure who wore a heavy black overcoat and a misshapen fedora on those
rare occasions when he left his apartment. Once in a while I'd run into him on his way back from
the store, and I would offer to carry his groceries up the long flight of stairs. He would look at me
and shrug, and we would begin our ascent, stopping at each landing so that he could catch his
breath. When we finally arrived at his apartment, I'd carefully set the bags down on the floor and he
would offer a courtly nod of acknowledgement before shuffling inside and closing the latch. Not a
single word would pass between us, and not once did he ever thank me for my efforts.
The old man's silence impressed me; I thought him a kindred spirit. Later, my roommate would find
him crumpled up on the third-floor landing, his eyes wide open, his limbs stiff and curled up like a
baby's. A crowd gathered; a few of the women crossed themselves, and the smaller children
whispered with excitement. Eventually the paramedics arrived to take away the body and the
police let themselves into the old man's apartment. It was neat, almost empty- a chair, a desk, the
faded portrait of a woman with heavy eyebrows and a gentle smile set atop the mantelpiece.
Somebody opened the refrigerator and found close to a thousand dollars in small bills rolled up
inside wads of old newspaper and carefully arranged behind mayonnaise and pickle jars. The
loneliness of the scene affected me, and for the briefest moment I wished that I had learned the old
man's name. Then, almost immediately, I regretted my desire, along with its companion grief. I felt
as if an understanding had been broken between us- as if, in that barren room, the old man was
whispering an untold history, telling me things I preferred not to hear.
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It must have been a month or so later, on a cold, dreary November morning, the sun faint behind a
gauze of clouds, that the other call came. I was in the middle of making myself breakfast when my
roommate handed me the phone. The line was thick with static.
"Barry? Barry, is this you?"
"Yes .... Who's this?"
"Aunt Jane. Listen, Barry, your father is dead. He is killed in a car accident. Hello? Can you hear
me? I say, your father is dead. Barry, please call your uncle in Boston and tell him. I can't talk now,
okay, Barry. I will try to call you again
That was all. The line cut off, and I sat down on the couch, smelling eggs burn in the kitchen,
staring at cracks in the plaster, trying to measure my loss.
At the time of his death, my father remained a myth to me, both more and less than a man. He had
Ieft Hawaii back in 1963, when I was only two years old, so that as a child I knew him only through
the the stories that my mother and grandparents told. He was an African, I would learn, a Kenyan
of the Luo tribe, born on the shores of Lake Victoria in a place called Alego. The village was poor,
but his father had been a prominent farmer, an elder of the tribe, a medicine man with healing
powers. My father grew up herding his father's goats and attending the local school, set up by the
British colonial administration, where he had shown great promise. He eventually won a
scholarship to study in Nairobi; and then, on the eve of Kenyan independence, he had been
selected by Kenyan leaders and American sponsors to attend a university in the United States,
joining the first large wave of Africans to be sent forth to master Western technology and bring it
back to forge a new, modern Africa.
Adapted from Dreams from my Father
0. The part of New York the narrator describes...
a) was dangerous because of the animals around it.
b) was full of people with no jobs.
c) was not very attractive. (Example)
7. The narrator was mostly interested in...
a) boys with exciting conversations.
b) concentrating on his work.
c) people that helped him to learn Spanish.
8. The narrator enjoyed being alone rather than ...
a) being given excuses.
b) having an intimate conversation.
c) sitting in an unsafe neighbourhood.
9. The narrator speaks about the old man...
a) because they both liked to be on their own.
b) in order to explain why they were friends.
c) in order to show the reader how kind he (the narrator) could be.
10. The old man never spoke to the narrator because...
a) he could hardly breathe.
b) he did not recognize the narrator's help.
c) he seemed to be used to being in silence.
11. When Barry heard about his father's death...
a) he could only think about the food in the kitchen.
b) he remained on the couch till Aunt Jane phoned again.
c) he stopped doing everything.
12. Why was the narrator's father "a myth"?
a) Barry hardly knew him personally.
b) He could cure many people.
c) There were a lot of tribal legends about him.
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13. When the narrator's father was at school...
a) he promised he would not become a farmer.
b) he was expected to become successful.
c) the British colonial administration deceived him.
14. Barry's father was selected by Kenyan leaders...
a) to become a good African music technician.
b) to contribute to improve his mother land.
c) to make the West think that Africa had changed.
Example:
0 a) b) c)
7 a) b) c) 9 a) b) c) 11 a) b) c) 13 a) b) c)
8 a) b) c) 10 a) b) c) 12 a) b) c) 14 a) b) c)
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TASK 3a
Read the text, then choose the option a), b), c) or d) that best fits each gap. Circle the correct
answer on the answer sheet provided. 0 is the example. (8 marks)
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22. a) put down b) put back c) put away d) put up
Example:
0 a) b) c) d)
15 a) b) c) d) 17 a) b) c) d) 19 a) b) c) d) 21 a) b) c) d)
16 a) b) c) d) 18 a) b) c) d) 20 a) b) c) d) 22 a) b) c) d)
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TASK 3b
Fill in the gaps (23 30) in the following text with ONE suitable word. Write down the correct
word on the answer sheet provided. 0 is the example. (8 marks)
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Example:
0 which
23 25 27 29
24 26 28 30
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LISTENING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)
TASK 1
Task 1 consists of two subtasks: 1a and 1b. Read the instructions for each subtask carefully.
Task 1a
You are going to hear six extracts about different topics. For items 1 5 , match the options (a - h)
to the speakers (1 5) and transfer your answers to the answer sheet. There are TWO extra
options which you do not need to use. You will hear the extracts ONCE. You now have 40 seconds
to read the options. 0 is the example. (5 marks)
Lotura Task 1-5 Speakers
Speaker 1 1
a) an animal show. (Example)
b) a ballet dancer. Speaker 2 2
c) a famous engineering work.
d) a lottery winner. Speaker 3 3
e) a well-known jail.
f) an inspiring experience. Speaker 4 4
g) being part of a show.
h) young peoples ability to relate. Speaker 5 5
Task 1b
You are going to hear the same six extracts again. For items 6 10, match the options (a h) to
the speakers (1 5) and transfer your answers to the answer sheet. There are TWO extra
optionS which you do not need to use. You will hear the extracts ONCE. You now have 40
seconds to read the options. 0 is the example. (5 marks)
Speaker 1 6
a) explains training techniques (example)
b) describes facilities and advantages Speaker 2 7
c) feels compelled to help others
d) mentions the best seasons to visit it Speaker 3 8
e) found a job in jail
f) praises social networking Speaker 4 9
g) taught grammar in school
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h) was given a special outfit Speaker 5 10
Task 1a
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Task 1b
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TASK 2
You will hear an interview with to Curtis Sliwa, founder of a group of volunteers called The
Guardian Angels, who helped New York underground riders. For questions 11 18, choose the
best answer a), b) or c) according to the speakers, and transfer your answers to the answer
sheet. You will hear the recording TWICE. You now have 1 minute and 30 seconds to read the
options. 0 is the example. (8 marks)
Lotura -Task 2-The Guardian Angels
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a) on the rise among men in jail.
Example:
0 a) b) c)
11 a) b) c) 13 a) b) c) 15 a) b) c) 17 a) b) c)
12 a) b) c) 14 a) b) c) 16 a) b) c) 18 a) b) c)
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TASK 3
You will hear a recording about Becky Blanton. For questions 19 30, complete the sentences
with a word or short phrase (four words maximum) and transfer your answers to the answer
sheet. You will hear the recording TWICE. You now have 1 minute and 30 seconds to read the
sentences. 0 is the example. (12 marks)
Lotura:Task 3-Becky Blanton
When Becky was travelling there were a lot of things that she wanted to feel and
(19) _________________________.
She thought that living in a van would be like a long (20) _________________________.
She says that having value as a person is often associated by society with living in a
(21) _________________________.
After her fathers death, Becky passed from grievance to (22) ______________________
and depression.
In order to avoid being (26) _________________________ and hassled by the police, Becky
parked in a different place every night.
The change from being a writer and journalist to being a homeless woman living in a van was so
quick that it (27) _________________________.
The real homeless people dont (28) _________________________ while Becky did.
By the summer of the following year she started writing again as a journalist who was
(29)_________________________.
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Example:
0 invisible
19 25
20 26
21 27
22 28
23 29
24 30
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WRITING (30 MARKS)
TASK 1 (10 marks)
You changed the plan on your mobile phone service a while ago and have had nothing but
trouble with using the service. Write a letter of between 120 and 140 words to the mobile
phone service provider. In your letter:
describe the situation in detail.
complain about the service giving examples.
tell them you want to discontinue with the service.
ask them what you expect them to do about it.
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TASK 2 (20 marks)
Write an essay of between 290 and 310 words for your professor at University about the
following topic:
People can now live and work anywhere because of improved communication technology and
transport. To what extent do you think the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?
You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support your arguments with
examples.
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SP
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ks)
TASK 1
1: MONO
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NT CAR
RS
(15 ma
arks)
AUTOMA AKERS havve long tried d to make th he car a relaxing sancttuary that eaases the stress of
overcrowwded highw ways and gridlocked tra affic. But while cushy se eats and bigg stereos onnce
defined a sweet ride e, consume ers today are e traveling in veritable living room ms on wheels.
From the e smallest compact
c gest pickup,, vehicles are equippedd with techn
carr to the bigg nology
and creaature comforts barely im maginable a few years ago. The car c has becoome a coco oon of
connectivity, entertaainment and d convenien nce, with Intternet hook kups in the ddashboard, D.V.D.
players in headrestss and refrigerators in th he console.
Custom mers are exppecting theirr vehicles to o keep up with
w whats going g on in their homess,
whether its computters, audio equipment
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or even hom me theaters s, said Jim Buczkowsk ki, head
of electro
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w said K
Karl Brauer, editor
of the au
utomotive re esearch site e Edmunds..com. Manufacturers all a make carrs that are safe,
s
reliable, comfortable e and have nice design n features. Technology
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points of diffferentiation
n.
Five yeaars ago, therre wasnt a single car m model that could
c conne ect to an iPood, according to
Edmunds.com. Now w there are 257 modelss that can hook h up to Apples
A ubiqquitous mussic
player.
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TASK 2
2: INTER
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ON
Discusss the topicc with your partner
p (5/6
6 minutes). It is importa
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a
well a
as to listen to what yo our partnerr says and react (i.e. agree, disaagree, add ideas, offe er
ons or suggestions...). It is not neccessary to describe
solutio d e photos in ddetail. Yourr partner ha
the as
the same photogrraphs.
(15 ma
arks)
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on-line has advantages
a s and disadvvantages:
Price
Convenie ence
Choice
Delivery
Returns
The costt of using th
he internet
Buying m
more than yo ou intendedd to
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