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Exam Practice 2
1 It just wasn't for me. It wasn't that I hated it or anything like that. I mean, I didn't. I
was OK at classes. I had a lot of friends and so on. But I just knew what I wanted to
do. And that wasn't sitting in a classroom listening to people tell me things that I
didn't think were important. So at 15 I was off; the first opportunity. I've never looked
back.
2 The thing was I got more attention there than at home. You see, I've got five sisters
and three brothers. So home was always really noisy, lots of people talking at the
same time and my mum and dad too busy to really notice what we were all doing,
whereas school was great. The teachers were always talking to me and asking me if I
was OK and I just had a great time.
3 In general I don't have any very strong feelings one way or the other. It was just
something we had to do. The kids, you know, my fellow pupils, they were all OK, the
teachers too, most of them. There was one though - Mr Walters. I'll never forget him.
Taught French – and made our lives hell if we didn't get everything right. I gave up
French because of him.
4 It was a bit of a joke really. Everyone knew what was going to happen in my exams.
I was pretty hopeless. But I wasn't worried about it. Mrs Ross was my class teacher
and she never got angry about it. She always said: 'Exams aren't everything. You'll
leave here and find something you're really good at.' And she was right. I did. And it
wasn't school.
5 Well, that's what they say, isn't it? – ‘the best days of your life’. I think that's going
a bit far personally. But it was OK. And good things came out of it, reasonable exam
results, a love of sport and some great friendships. I'm still in touch with almost
everyone in my class and we get together once very couple of years. That's worth
more than any exam results.
Exam Practice 4
Student: Mmm. I imagine it's an interesting job. I should think every day is different,
talking to different people about different things. I guess it's quite rewarding at times,
you know, you feel as if you're doing something good, you're helping people, things
like that. But then, well, I don't know, they say there's a lot of paperwork. You know,
if you arrest someone you have to fill in a lot of forms so that must be quite boring.
And I guess at times too it can be quite dangerous. I mean, criminals can be quite
violent at times, especially if they think they might go to prison for a long time if you
catch them so … yeah, there are good and bad things about being a police officer.
Exam Practice 7
P = Presenter A =Amanda Deakins

P And now with us in the studio is Amanda Deakins from the Institute for Future
Studies. Welcome to the programme.
A Thank you.
P Amanda, perhaps you could tell us a bit about your work first. I mean, it must be
difficult to study the future because the future hasn’t happened yet.
A Yes, I see what you mean. I suppose what we really do is look at the present and
we use that to tell us about the future. So we take the latest developments in science
and technology and we look at them and we ask a number of questions and decide
what effect the particular developments will have on the future.
P Can you give us some examples?
A Well, yes, certainly, er … , well, one problem is that scientists invent things
because they can.
P Sorry, how is that a problem?
A Well, something might be a very clever invention but actually not very useful. So,
for example, take voice-activated light switches. You just walk into a room and say
‘Lights’ and the lights go on or off.
P That sounds cool.
A Cool, yes, but not very useful, because actually people prefer ordinary traditional
switches and switching lights on and off by hand.
P Really?
A Take another example. Like … there are a lot of different door entry systems now.
You’ve probably stayed in a hotel where you’ve had a key card, like a credit card thing,
that lets you into your hotel room.
P Yes. I know what you mean.
A Well, nowadays … er … fingerprint entry systems are quite popular. There are also
face recognition systems too, and systems which recognize your eyes and so on.
P And will these systems replace keys completely in the future?
A One of my colleagues thinks that fingerprint entry systems will be in every home
within the next 25 years.
P But what do you think?
A I’m not so sure. Keys are more to us than just things which open doors. They have a
sort of cultural importance too. I mean, there are magic keys in children’s stories;
there are keys that open boxes full of treasure. Fingerprints just aren’t the same
P True. But keys also get lost.
A Yes, you’re right, they do … so I’m not quite sure what will happen about keys and
fingerprints.
P Are there any things you feel certain will become popular?
A Oh yes. Wireless connections. Well, they’re here already to some extent but they
will get better and better and more and more and soon everything will be connected
without the need for wires. You will be able to listen to music or watch DVDs or play
computer games in any room in your house all from one central control system and
all connected without wires.
P Yes, I can see that that would be popular … tell me, Amanda, have you been
surprised at all by anything that at first you thought would become popular but now
you think probably won’t?
A Um, yes, actually, quite a few things. Automatic doors is one.
P Automatic doors?
A Mmmhm. There was a study recently where four different families each lived in a
very hi-tech house for two weeks at a time and they were filmed and asked about their
experiences afterwards.

P And …?
A Well it was very interesting to see which things they liked and which they didn’t.
I’d always thought automatic doors were a great idea but strangely none of the
families liked them – especially the family whose dog got locked in the bedroom.
P Oh dear!
A Yes, I’ll be surprised if we see them in houses in the future.
P Amanda, thank you very much for talking to us and do stay with us if you can because we
have some …
Exam Practice 8
A = Anne, C = Carl
A Hmm. I think that in a few years’ time there won't be many markets left.
C Really?
A Yes. I mean, it seems to me that supermarkets are so cheap now and there is so much
choice … well, people have no reason to go to a market. What do you think?
C Well, I see what you mean but supermarkets are often so big. Don't you find you get
sort of lost in them? They are always moving things around, so you can never find what
you’re looking for – and the staff don't know, and to be honest, it just gets really
irritating.
A True. True. And then when you do find what you want, shampoo, say, there are so
many different kinds, greasy hair, dry hair, normal hair, coloured hair …
C … exactly! It takes you half an hour to find which one you need. I have to say that
for many things I much prefer going to corner shops. In my opinion people are nicer,
friendlier and, actually, shopping there’s quicker. What about you?
A Er, well, I can't say I agree with you there. There's a corner shop just round the
corner from me where the man who runs it … well the only way to say it is: he's rude.
C Rude?
A Extremely rude.
C That's very unusual. People who runs corner shops are usually so nice and chatty.
A Well, try my corner shop you won't get any 'Have a nice day' there.
A Anyway. Markets. You didn't say. What's your view on them?
C I love markets. I think they're wonderful places.
A Hmm. All the different things you can find there!
C To be honest, I agree with what you said about things being difficult to find in
supermarkets and so on but, as I see it markets will never disappear. I mean, food is still
much cheaper and they are great places for wandering around on Saturday morning and
looking for presents or unusual things.
Exam Practice 11
C = Caroline, J = Janine
C So how was your holiday then? Did you enjoy it?

J Well, it was certainly different. I’ve never done anything like it before!
Actually, it was quite a difficult trip.
C Why, because of all the driving?
J Yeah, it was very tiring, even though there were three of us who could
drive.

C Who did you go with in the end?
J With Andy and Simon. Neither of them mind driving long distances.
C So, how many hours driving did you do on average a day?
J Probably about 6-8 hours.
C That doesn’t sound much like a holiday to me!
J I know, but it was worth it! We went to some fantastic places.
C So, where did you set out from?
J Well, we started from Melbourne, and then drove north up into the desert
as far as Ayres Rock.
C Oh there … I’ve seen pictures of it in books. Isn’t it called Uluru now
though?
J Yes, the aboriginal people in that area have got more control now over
their land, and what happens there with tourism, so that’s the aboriginal
name for it.
C And what’s it actually like in real life?
J I tell you, it’s totally amazing! It’s just out there in the middle of the desert
and the rock changes colour as the sun changes position at different times
of the day.
C Wow, sounds incredible. Did you camp or stay in hotels while you were
there?
J We camped out most of the time. I don’t usually like roughing it much but
it was ok. Andy’s got a great tent ... it was actually quite luxurious!
C What’s it like being out in the desert all that time? Didn’t you get scared?
J Hmm … no, not really. It’s quite beautiful in a strange kind of way and the
stars at night are amazing. You really feel like the world is round!
C So, where did you go after Uluru?
J We drove on north to Kakadu National Park which is a fantastic place
although you have to be careful of the crocodiles!
C Crocodiles? No way!
J Oh yes. And a few snakes and spiders and that! We finally went up to
Cairns on the coast. I almost couldn’t believe it when I saw the sea again!
After driving all that way, you are quite desperate to get to water!
C Sounds incredible. So, would you do it again then?
J Yeah, if I had enough time, I’d do a similar trip. I’d like to visit the West coast
next time though.

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C So how was your holiday then? Did you enjoy it?

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