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Part 1

Answer questions 1–12 by referring to the newspaper article about emotional intelligence on page 3.
Indicate your answers on the separate answer sheet.

For questions 1–12, answer by choosing from the sections of the article (A–D). Some of the
choices may be required more than once.

In which section is the following mentioned?

the significance of emotional intelligence in work that is challenging 1 ..........


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increased accuracy in the way emotional intelligence is described 2 ..........


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the means by which we are assessed at work having become more 3 ..........
comprehensive

the fact that emotional intelligence can be combined with other skills to improve 4 ..........
people’s ability to cope at work

areas in which emotional intelligence cannot be expected to offer solutions 5 ..........

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people having succeeded despite inadequacies in emotional intelligence 6 ..........

the assumption that people have the academic skills to perform their jobs well 7 ..........

the negative effect that a lack of emotional intelligence can have on a person’s 8 ..........
other skills

the means of predicting who will excel in the workplace 9 ..........

the reason why organisations promote emotional intelligence in the workplace 10 ..........

misconceptions about what emotional intelligence involves 11 ..........

the kind of staff relations that ensure an organisation has an advantage over its 12 ..........
rivals

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A Evans’ imagination was captured. He E He thought that again towards the end of
began researching the subject with a view August, by which time he had returned
to writing a screenplay − he was, after all, a home and written the first half of the book.
film-maker. But disillusionment with the film ‘At that point the bank manager was getting
world following the demise of Life and Limb really very heavy with us, and I needed to
prompted him to write the story as a book. know whether it was worth going on. I
And so throughout the spring he drove plucked up the courage to show it to a
across the US, stopping at ranches and friend who was a literary agent; he read it
learning about horses and the men who and said it was “fine”.’
work with them.
F A wise man, finding himself in Evans’
B ‘It’s all been such a fairy tale so far, I don’t position, would have got a job. He could
want to spoil it. Writing at that level is a very have gone back to being a television
tough business, and I don’t want to become executive, or begun a television project that
an employee of these people who I like and had been on hold. Instead, he made a
who have paid me so much money. I’d hate decision that most people, Evans included,
to find myself writing a draft or two and then would consider insane. He bought a ticket
have them say, “Thanks Nick, but now we’ll to America and set off for three months to
bring in so-and-so”. ’ research his first novel.

C ‘We couldn’t believe it; we sat there with our G In October, together with the first two
jaws gaping. We’d never sent the hundred pages of the novel, this was sent
manuscript to New York, we still don’t know to seven UK publishers on the eve of their
how it got there,’ Evans says. Nor did they departure for the annual spending spree at
send it to Hollywood, but within that same the internationally renowned Frankfurt Book
week the major studios were fighting over it. Fair. Within days his agent was on the
‘My agent in the UK wisely involved an telephone to report that he had just turned
agent over there and when he phoned us to down the first offer of $75,000. ‘I said, “You
say, “I think we can get $3 million outright,” what?” And he said, “It’s OK, I just sense
we laughed in disbelief.’ something is happening”. ’

D As a screenwriter, he had yearned for the


freedom of novelists and, when he had it,
found himself ‘in the middle of this immense
and terrifying plain without the support of
screenplay rules to guide me.’ But he
carries us smoothly through. Even so, he
remains baffled as to why the story has
captured imaginations in the mind-blowing
way that it has.
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19 When she arrived at the workshop, the writer

A was not sure if her first impression of Hurst was accurate.


B was offended by the way Hurst introduced himself.
C thought that Hurst was pretending to have a lot to do.
D thought it was obvious that Hurst did not want to speak to her.

20 Hurst has few problems selling his furniture because he

A advertises locally.
B is known to be a skilled craftsman.
C uses only natural materials.
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D has a reputation for being fair.


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21 What does Hurst think has led to the decline in the craft of cabinet-making?

A It is a difficult skill to learn.


B It is only popular in rural areas.
C Consumers will accept poor quality furniture.
D Simple designs do not appeal to modern tastes.

22 The writer says that when Hurst describes his ‘talent’, he

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A has a tendency to exaggerate.
B reveals a natural sense of humour.
C becomes more animated than he usually is.
D appears more arrogant than he really is.

23 Hurst believes that it is essential for craftsmen to

A create original furniture.


B exhibit to a wide audience.
C produce functional designs.
D invest extra time in perfecting their work.

24 The writer’s final impression of Hurst is that he

A has an unusual attitude to his work.


B believes in the special nature of his work.
C enjoys being interviewed about his work.
D has the ability to put his work into perspective.

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Part 4

Answer questions 25 – 45 by referring to the newspaper article on pages 9 –10 about scientific
biographies. Indicate your answers on the separate answer sheet.

For questions 25 – 45, answer by choosing from the sections of the article A–D. Some of the
choices may be required more than once.

Which section mentions the following?

the continuing general scarcity of biographies of scientists 25 ……

an increase in the number of ways scientists are featured in the media 26 ……

certain parallels between the lives of two people 27 ……

the fact that science can become accessible to the non-scientist 28 ……

the changing nature of books about scientists 29 ……

an attitude which is common to scientists and people working in the book trade 30 ……

the lack of trust people sometimes have in scientists 31 ……

someone whose scientific research went much further than others had believed possible 32 ……

someone whose life mirrors historical developments 33 ……

biographies which include the less positive aspects of a scientist’s life 34 ……

the lessons to be taken from someone else’s life 35 ……

growing public interest in the everyday lives of brilliant people 36 ……

the greatest difficulty in writing the biography of a scientist 37 ……

someone who was modest about the interest of their own life to others 38 ……

an achievement that would gain more general recognition if it were in another field 39 ……

the fact that most people’s comprehension of science does not go beyond the basics 40 ……

the idea that people who study in different disciplines cannot be of interest to one another 41 ……

the fact that people are not ashamed if they are unaware of the names of great scientists 42 ……

an attitude which dissuades people from following a scientific career 43 ……

an expectation that was too optimistic 44 ……

the absence of personal information in most scientific biographies 45 ……


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Answer keys and answer sheet

PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE PART FOUR

1 C 13 F 19 A 25 B 36 C

2 B 14 A 20 B 26 C 37 D

3 A 15 E 21 C 27 A 38 B

4 D 16 G 22 D 28 D 39 A

5 D 17 C 23 C 29 C 40 D

6 C 18 B 24 D 30 B 41 B

7 A 31 C 42 D

8 C 32 D 43 C

9 A 33 A 44 A

10 C 34 C 45 C

11 B 35 D

12 C

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3
Part 1
0 A expressed B directed C indicated D guided
For questions 1–15, read the text below and then decide which answer on page 3 best fits each space.
Indicate your answers on the separate answer sheet. The exercise begins with an example (0).
1 A amenable B dependable C responsible D reliable

Example: 0 A B C D 2 A tendency B inclination C possibility D intention

3 A proposes B advances C introduces D suggests

4 A Views B Aspects C Factors D Pieces


What we know about music and the brain
5 A expectations B implications C assumptions D propositions
Work on the human brain has (0) ….. how different parts are centres of activity for different skills,
6 A surely B plainly C evidently D directly
feelings, perceptions and so on. It has also been shown that the left and right halves, or
7 A felt B endured C encountered D touched
hemispheres, of the brain are (1) ….. for different functions. While language is processed in the
8 A pulse B speed C pace D rate
left, or analytical hemisphere, for most people music is processed in the right, or emotional
9 A evolved B extended C advanced D elevated
hemisphere. However, professional musicians have the (2) ….. to process music in the left
10 A battle B fight C quarrel D struggle
hemisphere more often than those without musical training do. This (3) ….. they are having a
11 A activate B motivate C stimulate D animate
different experience – which is likely to be the case because they are analysing music rather than
12 A manages B copes C bears D holds
just listening to it. (4) ….. of music like tone, pitch and melody are all probably processed in
13 A vital B important C compulsory D dominant
different parts of the brain. Some features of musical experience are processed not just in the
14 A notify B report C associate D communicate
auditory parts of the brain, but in the visual ones. We don’t yet fully understand the (5) ….. of this.
15 A conditions B stages C states D positions

The tempo of music seems to be (6) ….. related to its emotional impact, with fast music often

(7) ….. as happier and slower music as sadder. It is the same with the major biological rhythm of

the body: our heart (8) ….. quickens when we’re happy, but slows when we’re sad. Military music

may have (9) ….. from attempts to get us ready for (10) ….. by using fast drumming to (11) ….. our

hearts to beat faster. Music is perhaps one of the most complex experiences the brain (12) …..

with and it has become an absolutely (13) ….. part of our rituals and ceremonies. It has power

beyond language to (14) ….. mood and co-ordinate our emotional (15) ….. .

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Part 2 Part 3

For questions 16–30, complete the following article by writing each missing word in the correct box on In most lines of the following text, there is one unnecessary word. It is either grammatically incorrect
your answer sheet. Use only one word for each space. The exercise begins with an example (0). or does not fit in with the sense of the text. For each numbered line 31–46, find this word and then write
it in the box on your answer sheet. Some lines are correct. Indicate these lines with a tick () in the
box. The exercise begins with two examples (0) and (00).
Example: 0 of 0

0  0
Examples:
00 made 00
Mosquitoes
According to the World Health Organisation, malaria, a disease spread by mosquitoes, affects
Sumo wrestling
millions (0) .…. people every year. Everyone knows how irritating the noise made by a mosquito,
0 Japanese sumo wrestling is generally considered to be one of the
(16) ….. by a painful reaction to its bite, can be. It is astonishing that so (17) ….. is known about 00 oldest organised sports on earth. Men have been made fighting each
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why mosquitoes are drawn to or driven away from people, given (18) .…. level of distress and 31 other in the wrestling ring for more over a thousand years, and four
32 hundred years ago, wrestlers were to be found throughout Japan. The
disease caused by these insects. We know that the most effective chemical (19) ….. protecting
Parts 2 and 3 (Questions 16–46)

33 organisational and structure of the sport began in the 1680s, with


people against mosquitoes is diethyltoluamide, commonly shortened (20) ….. deet. (21) .…. deet
34 most of the basic rules remaining largely unchanged ever since. The
works well, it has some serious drawbacks: it can damage clothes and some people are allergic 35 ring itself is considered a sacred place, and even for this reason,

to it. 36 wrestlers must throw a handful of some salt into it before they may start
37 fighting. When they are in the ring, which is five metres in its diameter,

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Scientists know that mosquitoes find some people more attractive than others, but they do not 38 the men must fight between each other until one of them is knocked

know (22) .…. this should be. They also know that people vary in (23) ….. reactions to mosquito 39 down or push out of the ring. Slapping, tripping, and judo-style moves
40 are all allowed, whereas punching him with a fist is not. There is no
bites. One person has a painful swelling while (24) ….. , who is bitten by the same mosquito,
41 upper weight in limit, which is why many sumo wrestlers spend years
(25) .…. hardly notice. Scientists have (26) .…. discovered the reason for this, but they have
42 long trying to make themselves put on weight. The Sumo Association
carried (27) .…. experiments to show that mosquitoes are attracted to, or put (28) .…. by, certain 43 runs six major tournaments a year. A tournament lasts during fifteen

smells. In the future, scientists hope to develop a smell that mosquitoes cannot resist. This could 44 days and each wrestler fights every other wrestler. The tournament is a
45 gruelling test of strength and stamina, and the man who has the far best
be used in a trap (29) ….. that, instead of attacking people, mosquitoes would fly into the trap and
46 record all over the two-week period is judged to have won the championship.
be destroyed. For the time (30) ….., however, we have to continue spraying ourselves with

unpleasant liquids if we want to avoid getting bitten.

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Part 4 BOOK REVIEW

For questions 47–61, read the two texts on pages 6 and 7. Use the words in the boxes to the right of
the texts to form one word that fits in the same numbered space in the text. Write the new word in the
correct box on your answer sheet. The exercise begins with an example (0). A recommended book on the cinema
There are (54) ..… volumes on the history of the cinema. Some (54) COUNT

Example: 0 construction 0
provide only a brief overview. But Chronicle of the Cinema, a
(55) INFORM
remarkable volume on the history of the cinema, is an (55) ..…
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
work, with no development of any (56) ..… being overlooked. The (56) SIGNIFY

book opens with a chapter on the historic first screening of a


Dutch bridge-builder (57) PROGRESS
moving picture, and works its way (57) ..… through to the present
Pieter Lodewijk Kramer (1881–1961) was responsible for the (0) CONSTRUCT
day. Thousands of items are presented in a way that bears a (58) RESEMBLE
(0) ….. of some of the most famous bridges in Amsterdam.
strong (58) ..… to contemporary newspaper reports. But what
(47) NUMBER (59) STAND
As road traffic increased in Amsterdam at the beginning of the last makes this book a treat is its (59) ..… illustrations. These are
century, the city started demolishing (47) ….. older structures in (48) PLACE (60) ..… and include full-colour reproductions of some of the most (60) PLENTY

the city centre. But when workmen began pulling down the most unforgettable movie posters ever designed. The whole atmosphere
(49) APPROVE (61) AUTHENTIC
attractive bridges and (48) ….. them with modern iron ones, there of the Hollywood films of the 1940s is conveyed with great (61) ..…
was strong public (49) ….. . As a result, the position of (50) ADVICE in these posters.
architectural (50) ….. was created, and in 1917 Kramer took up the
(51) COMBINE
post.

(52) DISTINCT
Kramer built no fewer than 220 bridges. Each exemplifies Kramer’s

individual style: his acute sense of detail and his use of many (53) ASTONISH

unusual (51) ….. of stone and iron.

Kramer’s bridges, which are now a (52) ….. part of the Amsterdam

landscape, were largely ignored until a Dutch museum presented

an (53) ….. successful exhibition of his work in 1995.

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Part 5 Part 6

For questions 62–74, read the following job advertisement and use the information in it to complete the
numbered gaps in the e-mail. Write the new words in the correct boxes on your answer sheet. The For questions 75–80, read the following text and then choose from the list A–I given below the best
words you need do not occur in the job advertisement. Use no more than two words for each gap. phrase to fill each of the spaces. Indicate your answers on the separate answer sheet. Each correct
The exercise begins with an example (0). phrase may only be used once. Some of the suggested answers do not fit at all.

Example: 0 looking for 0


An odd place to live
JOB ADVERTISEMENT Everyone needs somewhere to live and work, and humans will construct buildings almost
anywhere, using even ice or mud as materials if nothing else is available. In the industrialised
Holiday Representatives
world, the problem is not finding materials for building but limited space and the high price of land.
We are seeking to appoint Holiday Representatives capable of working independently and also of The solution in most big cities is to build skyscrapers high into the air (75) ….. . Some architects
managing teams of people. A minimum of 5 years’ experience in the tourist industry is essential
and experience in an international environment is preferred. have proposed turning skyscrapers on their heads and building down into the ground. This may
seem an unusual concept (76) .…. . Such places could accommodate 100,000 people without
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Applications should contain full details of educational background, previous and current
employment, present salary and leisure activities. IT skills are essential and preference will be using up valuable surface land. The underground city is technically feasible but there is a massive
given to candidates with an ability to speak a foreign language.
Parts 5 and 6 (Questions 62–80)

psychological barrier to be overcome. Will people be able to deal with living away from the sun
The job will involve frequent foreign travel accompanying tourists, and also periods in our London and sky? The underground ‘city’ could be restricted to places of entertainment and office buildings
offices. Accommodation overseas will be provided.
(77) .…. . Some such buildings do exist. In Minneapolis, USA, there is a building which is 95 per
Closing date for applications is 31 January.
cent underground (78) ….. . This is achieved by an elaborate system of mirrors. Living
For further details, go to our website at www.holidayreps.com underground means you do not know what the weather is like (79) ….. . For example, the Asahi

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television centre in Tokyo is 20 metres below the surface (80) ….. . It seems that subterranean

E-MAIL workers miss real weather even when it is bad!

To: Eve
From: Peggy A but extensive railway systems exist underground so why not huge cities?
Date: 16 January B but architects make great efforts to mimic conditions above ground.
C but even being buried just for your working hours may not seem attractive.
D but human psychology makes this possible.
I’ve just seen an ad for holiday reps and I thought of you. The person they are (0) ..… must be able E but who would not accept these working conditions?
to work on (62) ..… and also to take (63) ..… teams. You have to have worked for (64) ..… 5 years F but even the lowest floors get some sunlight.
in tourism – so you’re OK. They (65) ..… have someone who has worked abroad. G but technical difficulties cannot be overcome.
H but a special shower system can create the impression of rain.
They want to know the usual stuff – where you went to school and how well you did, where you’ve I but is there an alternative to building up?
worked before and where you’re working at (66) ..… . Also what you’re (67) ..… and how you
(68) ..… free time. You (69) ..… IT skills and your knowledge of French will give you an (70) ..… .
You’ll have to travel abroad (71) ..… with tourists but will also work a bit in London. They’ll find you
somewhere to (72) ..… wherever you have to work abroad.

You’ve got to (73) ..… application in by the end of the month. If you want (74) ..…, check out their
website (www.holidayreps.com).

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Answer keys

PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE

1 C 16 followed/accompanied 31 more
2 A 17 little 32 
3 D 18 the 33 and
4 B 19 for 34 
5 B 20 to 35 even
6 D 21 Though/Although/Whilst/ 36 some
While
7 A 37 its
22 why
8 D 38 between
23 their
9 A 39 push
24 another
10 A 40 him
25 may/might/will
11 C 41 in
26 not/never
12 B 42 long
27 out
13 A 43 during
off
14 D
28
44 
29 so
15 C 45 far
30 being
46 all

PART FOUR PART FIVE PART SIX

47 numerous/ 62 their/his/her + own 75 I


innumerable
63 responsibility for/charge 76 A
48 replacing/replaced of/care of
77 C
49 disapproval 64 at least
78 F
50 adviser/advisor 65 would rather/would sooner
79 B
51 combinations 66 the moment
80 H
52 distinctive 67 being paid/earning (now)/paid
(now)/getting paid
53 astonishingly
68 spend your/fill your/occupy
54 countless
your
55 informative
69 must have/need/really
56 significance need/will need
57 progressively 70 advantage/edge/extra
advantage
58 resemblance
71 regularly/a lot/often
59 outstanding
72 live/stay (overnight)
60 plentiful
73 get your/send your/have your
61 authenticity
74 more information/additional
information

N.B. The mark scheme for Part 5 may be expanded with other appropriate answers.

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