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PART A. LISTENING
Section I. For questions 1-5, listen to a piece of recording and decide whether the following
statements are true (T), false (F) or not given (NG)
1. When the caller returned to the parking bay, the car was on the other side of the street the
whole time.
2. The Carpool advisor implies that the previous user of the car commited to a selfish act.
3. The caller would shout until other people move.
4. The assumption made by the caller was verified by the previous user of the car.
5. For the next booking, the free of charge for 4-hour drive may last for a long time.
(Exam Essentials IELTS Practice Test 2)
1. T 2. NG 3. F 4. NG 5. T
Section II. You will hear two Linguistics students talking about the use of apostrophe in English. For
questions 6-10, decide whethers the opinions are expressed by one person, or whether the speakers
agree.
6. The apostrophe wrongly used in plurals is usually only seen in certain
context. Write J for Julia
P for Peter
7. The apostrophe is generally correctly used in written contractions.
or B for Both,
8. There is a reason why people put an apostrophe in a possessive ‘its’. where they agree
9. Correctly used, the apostrophe always replaces a letter.
10. Rules for using the apostrophe may change in the future.
(Practice Tests for revised CPE 3)
6. J 7. P 8. J 9. B 10. B

Section III. You will hear part of a radio interview with two academics, Anne Trowell and Jonathan
Sims, on internet technology. For questions 11 – 15, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best
according to what you hear.
11. Anne ana Jonathan agree that people become anxious when technology
A. begins to control their children’s lives. B. establishes unsustainable connections.
C. forces a redefinition of social relations. D. introduces feelings of inadequacy.
12. What point is made about changes in our relationship with technology?
A. The changes will require creative thinking.
B. Technology will have to be more tightly controlled.
C. People must learn to trust technology.
D. The changes will involve more attention to detail.
13. When talking about internet search engines, the speakers agree that ________.
A. they are improving social interaction. B. much information is oversimplified.
C. they sometimes leaa to confusion. D. basic knowledge is widely available.
14. How does Jonathan define the problem of increased connectivity between people?
A. It facilitates the communication of false emotion.
B. It decreases the likelihood of agreement.
C. It allows only a few people to compete for attention.
D. It makes human interaction dependent on machines.
15. What does Anne find striking about international news in the digital age?
 A. the limited focus of the public B. the diversity of the media used
C. the risks involved in reporting D. the need for sensitivity in editing
(CPE Sample Test)
11. C 12. A 13. D 14. B 15. A
Section IV. For question 16-25, you will be listening to a recording about how anti-Asian bias depicted
Asians stereotypically in a long time in movies and media and complete the notes below with NO
MORE THAN FOUR WORDS.
• The Asian have been withstanding the (16) _________ since their settling down in the U.S and the
situation has exacerbated.
• At least 17 Chinese residents, involved in a manslaughter case initiated simply courtesy of (17) _______
that the migration rate was tumbling, were (18) _________.
• The Congress passed a preposterous bill which prohibited foreign migrants due to (19) ________.
• Inequality among ethnicities were represented by Asians getting (20) _________ over the course of the
U.S history.
• The foundless suspicion aroused from the racism made many Japanese Americans (21) __________,
even in their own country.
• Hollywood movies also jeered at Asians as (22) ________.
• The mockery ridiculed the ethnicity and painted a (23) _________ on the Asian.
• A scene in the movie “Full metal jacket” that exemplified how the U.S military sexually exploited
Asian women has (24) ________.
• The (25) _________ fused in such portrayals have directly exerted influence on Asian women's life in
the society.
16. ethnic 17. white 18. lynched 19. the animosity 20. objectified
scapegoating resentment
21. forcibly 22. perpetual 23. buffoonish 24. permeated 25. racism and
relocated, foreigners image/ American misogyny
incarcerated implacably culture
alien image
PART B. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR
Section I. Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D that indicates the word or phrase which best fits in
the blank.
26. The police accused the bank employee of __________, after financial irregularities were uncovered in
his department's accounts.
A. fraud B. hoodwink C. swindle D. cheating
27. Following the accident, he was prosecuted for ______ driving.
A. rash B. heedless C. irresponsible D. reckless
28. She had ______ mind which kept her alert and well-informed even in old age.
A. an examining B. a demanding C. an enquiring D. a querying
29. The time spending in his class is a sheer ________.
A. misery B. tribulation C. torture D. agony
30. I came across a(n) _______ of poems by her.
A. archipelago B. anthology C. catalogue D. compilation
31. I couldn’t _______ her but I knew I had seen her somewhere before.
A. realize B. bring C. take D. place
32. The size of the pop-star’s personal fortune was the subject of much ____ in the press.
A. speculation B. guessing C. doubt D. wonderment
33. The teacher encourages __________ speaking English in and outside the classroom.
A. regular practicing B. to regularly practice
 C. practicing regularly D. regularly practicing
34. The country has __________ supplies of oil.
A. abundant B. plenty C. full D. much
35. He __________ me to a game of tennis. Who lost would have to pay for the lunch.
A. won B. beat C. challenged D. invited
36. Eric: “This computer program would be a great way to brush up on my Italian, wouldn’t it?
Kevin: “________ with your pronunciation.”
A. It was because it can’t help B. What it can’t do is help
C. All it can’t help is D. The thing that it can’t help
37. The court ruled that the company was ________ negligent in manufacturing, selling, and testing its
product.
A. absolutely B. sheerly C. wholly D. entirely
38. I applaud Producer Reginald Hudlin on his attempts to make the Oscar ceremony feel as ________ as
possible.
A. inclusive B. including C. included D. inclusion
39. The lynch ______ awaits those who let the mask slip.
A. crowd B. mob C. pack D. gang
40. The stories that the editor feels will sell the newspaper are put ______ the fold.
A. beyond B. over C. within D. above
26. A 27. D 28. C 29. C 30. B
31. D 32. A 33. D 34. A 35. C
36. B 37. C 38. A 39. B 40. D
Section II. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
0. increasingly
ROBOTS
The modern world is (0. increase) _______ populated by quasi-intelligent gizmos whose (41.
PRESENT) _____ we barely notice but whose creeping ubiquity has removed much human (42.
DRUDGE) ________. Our factories hum to the rhythm of robot assembly arms. Our (43. BANK) ______
is done at automated teller terminals that thank us with rote politeness for the (44. ACT) ________. Our
subway trains are controlled by tireless robo-drivers. Our mine shafts are dug by automated moles, and our
nuclear accidents - such as those at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl - are cleaned up by robotic muckers
fit to (45. STAND) _______ radiation.
Such is the scope of uses (46. VIEW) ________ by Karel Capek, the Czech playwright who coined
the term ‘robot’ in 1920 (the word ‘robota’ means ‘forced labor’ in Czech). As progress (47. CELERITY)
_________, the experimental becomes the exploitable at record pace.
Other innovations promise to extend the abilities of human operators. Thanks to the incessant (48.
MINIATURE) ________ of electronics and micro-mechanics, there are already robot systems that can
perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with submillimeter accuracy - far greater precision than
highly skilled physicians can achieve with their hands alone. At the same time, techniques of (49.
DISTANT) ____________ control will keep people even farther from hazard. In 1994, a ten-foot-tall
NASA robotic explorer called Dante, with video-camera eyes and with spiderlike legs, scrambled over the
menacing rim of an Alaskan volcano while (50. TECHNIQUE) _________ 2,000 miles away in California
watched the scene by satellite and controlled Dante’s descent.
41. presence 42. drudgery 43. banking 44. transaction 45. withstand
46. envisioned 47. accelarates 48. miniaturisation 49. long-distance 50. technicians
PART C. READING
Section I. Read the passage carefully and think of ONE word that best fits in the numbered blank.
 For the (51) _____ few decades innovators have been coming up with ideas for (52) _______ power
sources for automobiles, though so far none has had a significant appeal for consumers. The technologies
we have at present are (53) _______ far behind the petrol-guzzling internal combustion engine in terms of
speed and the distance that can be travelled before refuelling. But what does the future (54) ______? At
present a hybrid car propelled by a (55) _______ of an electric motor and petrol engine may be the best
compromise for those who want to help save the planet and still have the convenience of a car. When you
start the hybrid car and when you are (56) _______ normally, power is provided by the electric motor,
which works with a battery. However, when the battery starts to go (57) _______, the petrol engine starts
automatically and drives a generator to (58) _______ the battery. Similarly, when the car needs extra power
- in order to accelerate, for (59) _______ - the petrol engine provides that power. This vehicle performs
respectably, though not spectacularly: it can go from 0 to about 100 kph in around 10 seconds, has a top
speed of 165 kph, and below (60) _______ fuel consumption.

51. last 52. alternative 53. lagging 54. hold 55. combination

56. driving/using 57. flat/dead 58. recharge 59. example/instance 60. average/normal
Section II. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct letter A, B, C or D that indicates the
correct answer for the question.
Governments looking for easy popularity have frequently been tempted into announcing give-
aways of all sorts; free electricity, virtually free water, subsidised food, cloth at half price, and so on. The
subsidy culture has gone to extremes. The richest farmers in the country get subsidised fertiliser. University
education, typically accessed by the wealtier sections, is charged at a fraction of cost. Postal services are
subsidised, and so are railway services. Bus fares cannot be raised to economical levels because there will
be violent protests, so bus travel is subsidised too. In the past, price control on a variety of items, from steel
to cement, meant that industrial consumers of these items got them at less than actual cost, while the losses
of the public sector companies that produced them were borne by the taxpayer! A study, done a few years
ago, came to the conclusion that subsidies in the Indian economy total as much as 14.5 per cent of gross
domestic product. At today's level, that would work out to about Rs. 1,50,000 crore.
And who pays the bill? The theory — and the political fiction on the basis of which it is sold to
unsuspecting voters — is that subsidies go to the poor, and are paid for by the rich. The fact is that most
subsidies go to the ‘rich’ (defined in the Indian context as those who are above the poverty line, and much
of the tab goes indirectly to the poor. Because the hefty subsidy bill results in fiscal deficits, which in turn
push up rates of inflation — which, as everyone knows, hits the poor the hardest of all. Indeed, that is why
taxmen call inflation the most regressive form of taxation.
The entire subsidy system is built on the thesis that people cannot help themselves, therefore
governments must do so. That people cannot afford to pay for a variety of goods and services, and therefore
the government must step in. This thesis has been applied not just in the poor countries but in the rich ones
as well; hence the birth of the welfare state in the West, and an almost Utopian social security system; free
medical care, food aid, old age security, et al. But with the passage of time, most of the wealthy nations
have discovered that their economies cannot sustain this social safety net, which infact reduces the desire
among people to pay their own way, and takes away some of the incentive to work. In short, the bill was
unaffordable, and their societies were simply not willing to pay. To the regret of many, but because of the
laws of economics are harsh, most Western societies have been busy pruning the welfare bill.
In India, the lessons of this experience — over several decades, and in many countries — do not
seem to have been learnt. Or, they are simply ignored in the pursuit of immediate votes. People who are
promised cheap food or clothing do not in most cases look beyond the gift horses — to the question of who
picks up the tab The uproar over higher petrol, diesel and cooking gas prices ignored this basic question: if
the user of cooking gas does not want to pay for its cost, who should pay? Diesel in the country is subsidised,
and if the trucker or owner of a diesel generator does not want to pay for its full cost, who does he or she
think should pay the balance of the cost? It is a simple question, nevertheless it remains unasked.
The Deve Gowda government has shown some courage in biting the bullet when it comes to the
price of petroleum products. But it has been bitten by a much bigger subsidy bug. It wants to offer food at
half its cost to everyone below the poverty line, supposedly estimated at some 380 million people. What
will be the cost? And, of course, who will pick up the tab? The Andhra Pradesh Government has been
bankrupted by selling rice at Rs. 2 per kg. Should the Central Government be bankrupted too, before facing
up to the question of what is affordable and what is not? Already, India is perenially short of power because
the subsidy on electricity has bankrupted most electricity boards, and made private investment wary unless
it gets all manner of state guarantees.
Delhi’s subsidised bus fares have bankrupted the Delhi Transport Corporation., whose buses have
slowly disappeared from the capital's streets. It is easy to be soft and sentimental, by looking at programmes
that will be popular. After all, who doesn't like a free lunch? But the evidence is surely mounting that the
lunch isn't free at all. Somebody is paying the bill. And if you want to know who, take a look at the country's
poor economic performance over the years.
(CAT 1996 Official Papers)
61. Which of the following should not be subsidised now, according to the passage?
A. University education B. Postal services C. Steel D. All of the above
62. The statement that subsidies are paid for by the rich and go to the poor is ______.
A. fiction. B. fact.
C. fact, according to the author. D. fiction, according to the author.
63. Why do you think that the author calls the Western social security system Utopian?
A. The countries' belief in the efficacy of the system was bound to turn out to be false.
B. The system followed by these countries is the best available in the present context.
C. Every thing under this system was supposed to be free but people were charging money for
them.
D. The theory of system followed by these countries was devised by Dr Utopia.
64. It can be inferred from the passage that the author _______.
A. believes that people can help themselves and do not need the government.
B. believes that the theory of helping with subsidy is destructive.
C. believes in democracy and free speech.
D. is not a successful politician.
65. Which of the following is not a victim of extreme subsidies?
A. The poor B. The Delhi Tranport Corporation
C. The Andhra Pradesh Government D. None of these
66. What, according to the author, is a saving grace of the Deve Gowda government?
A. It has realised that it has to raise the price of petroleum products.
B. It has avoided been bitten by a bigger subsidy bug.
C. Both (a) and (b).
D. Neither (a) and (b).
67. A suitable title to the passage would be _______.
A. There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch. B. The Economic Overview.
C. Deve Gowda’s Government and its Follies. D. It Takes Two to Tango.
68. Which of the following is not true, in the context of the passage?
A. Where subsidies are concerned, the poor ultimately pay the tab.
B. Inflation is caused by too much subsidies.
C. Experts call subsidies the most regressive form of taxation.
 D. Fiscal deficits are caused due to heavy subsidy bills.
61. D 62. D 63. A 64. B
65. D 66. A 67. A 68. C

Section III. You will be reading a part from the novel, Nobody’s boy. There are 7 paragraphs which
have been removed. Read the excerpt carefully and choose from the paragraphs (A-H) to fill in the
gap (69-75). There is ONE paragraph that you won’t need.
FAITHFUL FRIEND
We were still a long way from Paris. We had to go by roads covered with snow, and walk from morning
till night, the north wind blowing in our faces. How sad and weary were those long tramps. Vitalis walked
ahead, I at his heels, and Capi behind me. Thus in line we went onward without exchanging a word, for
hours and hours, faces blue with cold, feet wet, stomachs empty. The people who passed us on the way
turned round to gaze at us. Evidently they thought it strange.... Where was this old man leading his child
and the dog?
69.
On the slippery snow we went straight ahead, without stopping, sleeping at night in a stable or in a
sheepfold, with a piece of bread, alas, very small, for our meal in the evening. This was our dinner and
supper in one.
70.
It seemed strange to me that, as we neared Paris, the country ceased to be beautiful. The snow was not white
and dazzling now. I had heard what a wonderful place Paris was, and I expected something extraordinary.
I did not know exactly what. I should not have been surprised to see trees of gold, streets of marble, palaces
everywhere.
71.
"Remi," he said suddenly, "we are going to part when we get to Paris." I looked at him. He looked at me.
The sudden pallor of my face and the trembling of my lips told him what effect his words had on me. For
a moment I could not speak. "Going to part!" I murmured at last.
72.
"It is you who are good. You brave little heart. There comes a time in one's life when one feels these things.
When all goes well, one goes along through life without thinking much who is with one, but when things
go wrong, when one is on the wrong track, and above all when one is old, one wants to lean on somebody.
You may be surprised that I have wanted to lean on you. And yet it is so. But only to see that your eyes are
moist as you listen to me, comforts me, little Remi. I am very unhappy."
73.
"No, certainly not. What would you do in the big city, all by yourself, poor child. I have no right to leave
you, remember that. The day when I would not let that good lady take you and bring you up as her son, that
day I bound myself to do the best I could for you. I can do nothing at this moment, and that is why I think
it is best to part. It is only for a time. We can do better if we separate during the last months of the bad
season. What can we do in Paris with all gone but Capi?"
74.
"But my harp...."
"If I had two children like you it would be better. But an old man with just one little boy is bad business. I
am not old enough. Now, if I were only blind or broken down! I am not in a pitiful state enough for people
to stop and notice us. So, my boy, I have decided to give you to a padrone, until the end of the winter. He
will take you with other children that he has, and you will play your harp...."
75.
During our wanderings I had met several padrones who used to beat the children who worked for them.
They were very cruel, and they swore, and usually they were drunk. Would I belong to one of those terrible
men? Should I never find anyone that I could love and stay with always? Little by little I had grown
attached to Vitalis. He seemed almost what I thought a father would be. Should I never have a father, have
a family? Always alone in this great world! Nobody's boy! Vitalis had asked me to be brave. I did not wish
to add to his sorrows, but it was hard, so hard, to leave him. As we walked down a dirty street, with heaps
of snow on either side covered with cinders and rotten vegetables, I asked: "Where are we?" "In Paris, my
boy." Where were my marble houses? And the trees of gold, and the finely dressed people. Was this Paris!
Was I to spend the winter in a place like this, parted from Vitalis and Capi?
(Nobody’s Boy by Hector Malot (1878))
A. We did not tell the shepherds that we were dying of hunger, but Vitalis, with his usual cleverness, would
say insinuatingly that "the little chap was very fond of sheep's milk, because, when he was a baby, he used
to drink it." This story did not always take effect, but it was a good night for me when it did. Yes, I was
very fond of sheep's milk and when they gave me some I felt much stronger the next day.
B. A boy about twelve years of age came forward. I was struck by his strange looks. Even now, as I write,
I can see him as I saw him then. He had no body, so to speak, for he seemed all legs and head. His great
head was out of all proportion. Built so, he could not have been called handsome, yet there was something
in his face which attracted one strangely, an expression of sadness and gentleness and, yes ... hopelessness.
His large eyes held your own with sympathy.
C. What were we poor things going to do when we reached Paris? I wanted to question Vitalis, but I did
not dare, he seemed so gloomy. When we were in sight of the roofs and the church towers of the capital, he
slackened his step to walk beside me.
D. The silence seemed terrible to me, and so sad. I would liked to have talked just for company, but when
I did venture to make a remark, Vitalis replied briefly, without even turning his head. Fortunately, Capi was
more sociable, and as I trudged along I often felt his warm tongue on my hand. He licked me as much as to
say, "Your friend, Capi, is here with you." Then I stroked him gently, without stopping. We understood
each other; we loved each other.
E. Hearing his name mentioned, dear Capi came beside us: he put his paw to his ear in military salute, then
placed it on his heart, as though to tell us that we could count on his devotion. My master stopped to pass
his hand affectionately over the dog's head. "Yes, Capi, you're a good, faithful friend, but, alas! without the
others we can't do much now."
F. I did not know what to say. I just stroked his hand. "And the misfortune is that we have to part just at the
time when we are getting nearer to each other." "But you're not going to leave me all alone in Paris?" I
asked timidly.
G. "Poor little chap, yes, we must part." The tone in which he said this brought the tears to my eyes. It was
so long since I had heard a kind word. "Oh, you are so good," I cried.
H. I asked: “And you?”. He said: "I am known in Paris, I have stayed there several times. I will give violin
lessons to the Italian children who play on the streets. I have only to say that I will give lessons to find all
the pupils I want. And, in the meantime, I will train two dogs that will replace poor Zerbino and Dulcie.
Then in the spring we will be together again, my little Remi. We are only passing through a bad time now;
later, I will take you through Germany and England, then you will grow big and your mind will develop. I
will teach you a lot of things and make a man of you. I promised this to Mrs. Milligan. I will keep my
promise. That is the reason why I have already commenced to teach you English. You can speak French
and Italian, that is something for a child of your age."
69. D 70. A 71. C 72. G
73. F 74. E 75. H
Section IV. Read the text below and do the tasks that follow.
 THE MONSTER SHIPS THAT CHANGED HOW WE TRAVEL
When the world’s then-largest ocean liner embarked on its first transatlantic voyage in September 1907,
thousands of spectators gathered at the docks of Liverpool to watch. Cunard’s RMS Lusitania had been
outfitted with a new type of engine that differed from that of its rivals – and it would go on to break the
speed record for the fastest ocean crossing not once, but twice.
Between 1850 and 1900, three British passenger lines – Cunard, Inman and White Star -dominated
transatlantic travel. Toward the end of the century, as increasing numbers of emigrants sought passage to
the US and a growing class of Gilded Age travellers demanded speed and luxury, corporate rivalry
intensified. Pressure from other European lines forced the British companies to add amenities like
swimming pools and restaurants.
Not unlike today’s rivalries between, say, aircraft manufacturers like Airbus and Boeing, each raced to
make its ocean liners the largest, fastest and most opulent. In the process, they launched the modern age of
leisure cruising – and developed innovations and technologies that continue to be used on cruise ships
today.
In the mid-19th Century, there were two main players. Inman’s inaugural steamship, launched in 1850,
made it the first major British line to replace traditional side-mounted paddlewheels with a screw propeller
– an apparatus with fixed blades turning on a central axis. With the added speed and fuel efficiency this
brought, plus a sleek iron hull that was more durable than wood, Inman established itself as a company
unafraid to try new technology for faster crossings.
Inman’s main rival, Cunard, focused on safety instead. The Cunard way was to let competitors introduce
new-fangled technology and let them deal with the setbacks, once that technology had proved itself, only
then would Cunard consider using it.
But Cunard risked being left behind both by Inman and by a new rival which burst onto the scene in 1870
– the White Star line’s splashy debut included five huge ocean liners, dubbed floating hotels. Their flagship,
RMS Oceanic, launched in 1871 and the contrast with Cunard was stark, for example where Oceanic had
bathtubs, Cunard offered a sink.
In 1888, Inman introduced ships which no longer required auxiliary sails, giving ocean liners a similar look
to the one they have today.
Cunard, meanwhile, ventured into the new world of telecommunications by installing the first Marconi
wireless stations, which allowed radio operators to transmit messages at sea, on its sister ships RMS Lucania
and RMS Campania. First-class passengers could even book European hotels by wireless before reaching
port.
In 1897, Germany entered the fray with the SS Amerika, wowed its well-heeled guests by introducing the
first à la carte restaurant at sea: the Ritz-Carlton, brainchild of Paris hotelier Cesar Ritz and renowned chef
Auguste Escoffier. It allowed guests to order meals at their leisure and dine with their friends rather than
attend rigidly scheduled seatings – a forerunner of the kind of freestyle dining seen on today’s cruise ships.
To complicate matters, American banking tycoon JP Morgan was buying up smaller companies to create a
US-based shipping-and-railroad monopoly. In 1901, White Star became his biggest acquisition. Suddenly,
the battles weren’t only in the boardrooms: building the world’s top ocean liners was now a point of national
pride.
With the help of a £2.6 million government loan (equivalent to more than £261 million today), Britain’s
Cunard line launched the massive twins RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania. Both had the first steam
turbine engines of any superliner.
White Star fought back with RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic that would feature double hulls and watertight
bulkheads. With standard reciprocating engines, they were slower than the Cunarders, but surpassed them
in size and elegance, even debuted the first indoor swimming pools at sea.
History changed course when Titanic hit an iceberg on 14 April 1912 and sank on her first transatlantic
voyage. As a result of the tragedy, safety regulations were updated to require lifeboat berths for every
passenger and 24-hour radio surveillance (rules which are still in place).
But there were more challenges to come. World War One broke out in 1914 and European governments
requisitioned liners for war service. Despite a post-war liner-building boom, US anti-immigration laws
reduced the number of transatlantic emigrants – the liners’ bread and butter – in the 1920s.
In 1957, more people crossed the Atlantic by ship than ever before, but by the following year, jet passengers
outnumbered them. Cunard said flying was a just fad, and that it was not a genuine concern.
Despite Cunard’s best efforts, by the late 1950s more people were flying than taking ships to their
destinations. Air travel and high operating costs doomed most transatlantic liners by the 1970s – only
Cunard’s RMS Queen Mary 2 makes regular transatlantic crossings now.
Questions 76-79: Label as TRUE, FALSE or NOT GIVEN (T / F / NG)
Do the following statements agree with the information given in passage?
Write your answers in the boxes for questions 76-79 as:
TRUE if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this
76. The competition between modern day airline manufacturers is very much like the early days of ship
construction.
77. Inman was fearful of using the latest available materials alongside progressive construction methods to
cut crossing times.
78. Following the invention of the radio, second class guests could reserve rooms to stay in the cities they
were heading to from the ship they were on.
79. By borrowing a substantial amount of money, a leading British company built a couple of huge identical
ships with the very first steam engine propulsion.
80. A German company introduced fixed and tightly controlled set-seating meal times on their newest ships.
Questions 81-85: Match letters A-C, to the statements numbered below 81-85
Which company does each of the following statements refer to?
81. Being acquired by a high-powered financier meant that the proud thoughts of a nation were at stake.
82. Claiming air travel was a short-term temporary fashionable form of travel not to be overly worried
about.
83. Using alternate newer technologies rendered older wind powered systems obsolete giving them the
modern-day look.
84. Patiently waiting for their rivals to prove that new technologies and systems worked before
implementing them themselves.
85. Producing massive ocean going vessels that gained them the nickname ‘hotels that float’.
A. Cunard B. Inman C. White Star
76. TRUE 77. FALSE 78. NOT GIVEN 79. TRUE 80. FALSE
81. C 82. A 83. B 84. A 85. C
Section V. Read the extract from a review of a book about the English langage For questions 1-10.
choose from the sections A-E. The sections maybe chosen more than once.
In which section are the following mentioned?
86. the view that the global influence of a language is nothing new
87. a return to the global use of not one but many languages
88. explanations as to what motivates people to learn another language
89. the view that a language is often spoken in places other than its country of origin
90. an appreciation of a unique and controversial take on the role of the English language
91. a query about the extent to which people are attached to their own first language
92. an optimistic view about the long-term future of the English language
93. the hostility felt by those forced to learn another language
94. a derogatory comment about the English language
95. a shared view about the ultimate demise of English in the future
The Last Lingua Franca by Nicholas Ostler
Deborah Cameron predicts an uncertain future for English
A. The Emperor Charles V is supposed to have remarked in the 16th century that he spoke Latin with God,
Italian with musicians, Spanish with his troops, German with lackeys, French with ladies and English
with his horse. In most books about English, the joke would be turned on Charles, used to preface the
observation that the language he dismissed as uncultivated is now a colossus bestriding the world.
Nicholas Ostler, however, quotes it to make the point that no language's triumph is permanent and
unassailable. Like empires (and often with them), languages rise and fall, and English, Ostler contends,
will be no exception.
B. English is the first truly global lingua franca, if by 'global' we mean 'used on every inhabited continent’.
But in the smaller and less densely interconnected world of the past, many other languages had similar
functions and enjoyed comparable prestige, is Modern lingua francas include French, German, Latin,
Portuguese, Russian and Spanish. Yet these once-mighty languages are now largely confined to those
territories where their modern forms are spoken natively. Though at the height of their power some
acquired - and have kept - large numbers of native speakers outside their original homelands (as with
Spanish and Portuguese in South America), few retain their old status.
C. To understand why the mighty fall, Ostler suggests we must look to the factors that enabled them to
rise: most commonly these are conquest, commerce and conversion. Conquered or subordinated
peoples learn (or are obliged to learn) the languages of their overlords; traders acquire the languages
that give them access to markets; converts adopt the languages of their new religion. But these ways of
recruiting speakers are not conducive to permanent attachment. The learned language is not valued for
its own sake, but only for the benefits that are seen to flow from it, and only for as long as those benefits
outweigh the costs. When new conquerors arrive, their subjects switch to new lingua francas. Old
empires break up and their lingua francas are abandoned, while the spread of a new religion may
advance a language or conversely weaken it. And always there is the resentment generated by
dependence on a language which has to be learned, and therefore favours elites over those without
access to schooling. Prestigious lingua francas are socially divisive, and therefore unstable.
D. English in the global age is often portrayed as an exceptional case. Writers who take this view point
out that English differs from previous lingua francas in two important ways; first, it has no serious
competition, and second, although it was originally spread by conquest, commerce and missionaries,
its influence no longer depends on coercion. Because of this, the argument runs, it will not suffer the
fate of its predecessors. But Ostler thinks this argument underplays both the social costs of maintaining
a lingua franca (it is not true that English is universally loved) and the deep, enduring loyalty people
have to their native so tongues. For millennia we have been willing to compromise our linguistic
loyalties in exchange for various rewards; but if the rewards could be had without the compromise, we
would gladly lay our burden down. Ostler believes that we will soon be able to do that. English, he 65
suggests, will be the last lingua franca. As Anglo-American hegemony withers, the influence of English
will decline; but what succeeds it will not be any other single language. Rather we will see a
 technologically-enabled return to a state of Babel. Thanks to advances in computer translation,
'everyone will speak and write in whatever language they choose, and the world will understand'.
E. Here it might be objected that Ostler's argument depends on an unrealistic techno-optimism, and puts
too much emphasis on the supposed primeval bond between speakers and their mother tongues, which
some would say is largely an invention of 19th-century European nationalism. But even if he is wrong
to predict the return of Babel, I do not think he is wrong to argue that English's position as the premier
medium of global exchange will not be maintained for ever. In the future, as in the past, linguistic
landscapes can be expected to change in line with so political and economic realities. The Last Lingua
Franca is not the easiest of reads: Ostler does not have the popularizer's gift for uncluttered storytelling,
and is apt to pile up details without much regard for what the non-specialist either needs to know or is
capable of retaining. What he does offer, however, is a much- 85 needed challenge to conventional
wisdom: informative, thought- provoking and refreshingly free from anglocentric cliches.
(CPE Masterclass)
86. B 87. D 88. C 89. D 90. E
91. E 92. D 93. C 94. D 95. E
PART E. WRITING
Section I. Read the following extract and use your own words to summarise it. Your summary should
be between 100 and 120 words long.
It is well known that in many countries around the world people become ill and die from an
inadequate food supply. A lesser known but equally troubling problem, however, is referred to as ‘hidden
hunger,’ which does not cause feelings of hunger in the stomach but instead causes damage to the immune
system, birth defects, and slower brain activity due to a lack of vitamin and mineral nutrients. According to
a recent report from the United Nations, ‘hidden hunger’ is having an alarming effect on developing
countries, even those where people have enough to eat. An insufficient amount of iron in the diet can lower
the intelligence quotient (IQ) of children by five to seven points and an iodine deficiency cuts it by 13 more
points. As a result, the collective brainpower of entire nations is diminished as the number of children with
mental incapacities grows. Iron deficiency in adults affects productivity. It is estimated that the Gross
Domestic Product in the most affected countries has been lowered by 2 percent. An Indian study showed
that when iron was added to the diets of tea leaf pickers, their productivity increased by 20 percent.
The report encourages governments to enrich common foods with nutrients during processing.
Even if people are instructed to take a vitamin pill daily, many will not comply. Adding nutrients to
everyday foods such as soy sauce, salt, and cooking oil is the most efficient way to reach the majority of
the population. In the United States, cases of two serious birth defects dropped by about 20 percent after
the government began adding folic acid, a nutrient found in nuts, to flour. The tragedy of hidden hunger is
that it can be easily solved. Enriching foods with nutrients is a simple process that costs only a few cents
per person per year.
Section II. The table shows information about department stores and online stores in Australia in
2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.
Section III. People should let their feelings make important decisions.
Discuss this matter within an essay of 350 words. Use relevant reasons and examples from your
experience for your ideas
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