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Paper 1 Reading and Use of English PART 1

I For questions 1-8, read the text

There is an exampie at the

Example:
A. or B.
below and decide which word A,
beginning (0).

and C. in D. nor |OA BC

B, Cor D best fits

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each space.

Test Royal Residences

Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle (0)
..... the Palace of
the Sovereign and, as such, Holyroodhouse are these (1) of
serve as both home and office for
(2) ....... her Majesty is in the Queen, whose personal flag

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These buildings are used
the (3)
of art from the Royal
residence.

extensively
as much as these commitments
Collection,
State Apartments and rooms at
for State ceremonies and official
allow.
entertaining
They are furnished with fine pictures
assembled over four centuries by
the official residences have successive sovereigns.
flies

and are opened to

and works
Many of the
tion and many of the been in continuous use since
paintings are (4) ...... their concep
in the rooms for
The official residences arein regular use which they were originally (5)
and the style and manner in
visitors reflects their which they are shown to
working status. Rooms are kept as
close to their normal (6)
Inevitably, opening times are subject to change at as possible.
short notice depending on
The Royal Collection, which is owned circumstances.
by the Queen as Sovereign in
Nation, is administered by the trust for her successors
and the
Royal Collection Trust to which a proportion of the
other (7) .....from visitors is admission fee and
directed. The remainder of this money funds
restoring Windsor Castle which was badly the majority of the cost of
(8) ....... by fire in
November 1992.
1 A. venues
B. residences
2. A. whatever C. situations D. ocCUpation
B. however
3 A. humans C. whoever D. whenever
B. public C. peoples
A. created D. strangers
5 A. instructed
B. explored
C.prodUced D. displayed
B. intended
6. A. feature C. performed D. quarded
B. location
7. C. destination
A. salary D. appearance
B. budget C. income
8. D. Wages
A. destroyed B. ruined
C.damaged
D. collapsed

Paper1 Reading and Use of English PART 2

For questions 9-16, read the text below and
think of the Word which
each best fits each
space. There is an example at the beginning space. Use only one word in
(0).

Example: most

I have had what, Ithink, is the (0) ....most

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extraordinary day of my
(9) life. While the events
clear in my mind, wish to write them down.
are
My name
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Let me introduce (10)
is Lawrence Terrel. am
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thirty-five years old, and in perfect health.
in my life, not even for a day. Iam an have never been
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artist. Iam (11)
ill

enough money to (12) very successful, but l earn

care of my needs. My onlynear
(13)
three years ago.
relative, a sister,
So Ihave no family.
I ate breakfast this
morning at eight. After Ihad read the morning paper,
my mind wander. hoped Iwould think of (14) smoked my pipe and let
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even (15) to draw. The room was very hot,
..... the door
and window were open. Ihad
swimming pool when decided to go to the public
an idea for a drawing came to me.
Ibegan to (16)
.Iwas so interested in my work that forgot to eat
not stop until the clock lunch. did I

struck five. I looked at what had done. For a

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best thing had ever drawn. hurried picture, felt it was the
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Paper 1 Reading and Use of English PART 3

In capitals at the end of some lines to form a word

For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given
that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Example: entertainment

People in the world of (0) .entertanment. have to be very (17) ENTERTAIN/OBSERVE

in the way that they dress. It'san (18) fact that image is REFUTE

more than just a case of (19) for a celebrity. How they DECORATE
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present themselves is all part of their artistic personality.

It would be (20) though to think that somebody can be FOOL

NECESSARY
a
have
successful

talented
to
celebrity just

wear (22)
because of

and communicative and they also need

the clothes they wear. They

clothing

to
but

have
they

an
don't

do need
(21)

to be ALTER
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(23) of their fans who make them successful. APPRECIATE

They also need to be (24) so that they can cope |ADAPT

with all the public attention.

Paper 1 Reading and Use of English PART 4

For questions 25-30, complete the second sentenceso that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
Word given. Do not change the Word glven. You must use between two and five Words, including the word given.
There is an example at the beginning (0).

Example:
0 They think the owner of the house is in France. thought
The owner of the house in France.

Thegap can be filled by the words "is thought to be" so yOu write: 0 is thought to be

25. My parents last spoke to me a month ago.

heard
my parents for a month.
26. All the students had a lot of respect for their teacher.
looked
All the students
their teacher.
27. Linda didn't feel like eating.

Linda wasn't mood

eat.
28. My brother was treated unfairly by his teachers.

My brother deserve
treated that way by
29. He couldn't buy the car he his teachers.
wanted because he didn't have enough money.
The car he wanted was too
30. We buy.
all agreed with my father's proposal apart from Joy.
With

we all agreed with my exception

father's
proposal.
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Paper 1 Reading and Use of English PART 5

You are going to read an extract from a novel For questions 31-36, choose the answerA, B, Cor D which you think
fitsbest according to the text.

"Comealong, young fellow," shouted Mr. Watson. "HThenshe didn't wash."

show youthe school room."
The little boy crowed with delight at the success of his
3He swept outthedrawing-room with giant strides,
of dialectic. Then he caught sight of Philip's feet.
and Philip hurriedly limped behind him. He was taken
intoa long, bare room with two tables that ran along "What'sthe matter with your foot?"
its whole length; on each side of them were wOoden
forms. Philip instinctively tried to withdraw it from sight. He
hid it behind theone which was whole.
8"NobOdy much here yet," said Mr. Watson. "ILjust
show you the playground,and then I'l leave you to "l've got a club foot," he answered.
shift for yourself."
"Howdid you get it?"
Mr. Watson led the way. Philip found himself in a large
playground with high brick walls on three sides of it. :"vealways had it."

On the fourth was an iron railing through which you

saw a vast lawn and beyond this some of the buildings "Let's have a look."
of King's School. One small boy was wandering discon
solately, kicking up the gravel as he walked. "No"

"Hulloa,Venning," shouted Mr. Watson. "When did you : "Don't then."

turn up?"
The boy accompanied the words vwith a sharp kick
little

The small boy came forward and shook hands. on which Philip did not expect and thus
Philip's shin,
Could not guard against. The pain was sO great that it
"Here's a new boy. He's older and bigger than you, so made him gasp, but greater than the pain was the sur
don't you bully him." prise. He did not know why Venning kicked him. He
had not the presence of mind to give him a black eye.
22 The headmaster glared amicably at the two children, Besides, the boy was smaller than he, and he had read
filling them with fear by the roar of his voice, and then in The Boy's Own paper that it wasa mean thing to hit
with a guffaw left them. anyone smaller than yourself. While Philip was nursing
his shin, a third boy appeared and his tormentor left

"What's your name?" him. In a little while he noticed that the pair were talk
ing about him, and he felt they were looking at his

"Carey." feet. He grew hot and uncomfortable.

"What's your father?" But others arrived, a dozen together,and then more,
and they began to talk about their doings during the
"He's dead." holidayS, where they had been, and what wonderful
cricket they had played. A few new boys appeared,
and with these presently Philip found himself talking.
"Oh! Does your mother wash?
He was shy and nervous. He was anxious to make him
"My mother's dead, to0." self pleasant, but he Could not think of anything to
and
say. He was asked a great many questions
answered them all quite willingly. One boy asked
him
thought this answer would cause the boya cer
Philip
awkwardness, but Venning was not to be turned
tain whether he could play cricket.

from his facetiOusness for so little.

"NO," answered Philip. ""'ve got a club foot."

"Well,did she wash?" he went on.

and reddened. Philip saw
The boy looked down quickly
he had asked an unseemly question. He
that he felt
"Yes," said Philip indignantly.
and looked at Philip awk
was to0 shy to apologise
"She was a washerwoman then?" wardly.

"No, she wasn't."

 31. What does 'strides' mean in line 3, column 1?
A. brooms

B. leaps

C) steps
D. yells

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32. When Philip is shown around the school, it is

mostly empty.
A,
B. bright and cheerful.
lest
C. small and cramped.
D. full of noise and activity.

33. Why were the children afraid of Mr. Watson?

A
He was very loud.
B. He was angry with them.
C. He was unkind fo them.

D. He was very big and powerful.

34. What does his tormentor' in line 22 column 2 refer to?

A. Phillip's club foot

B the boy called Venning

C. the third boy to arrive

D. the pain in Philip's shin

35. Why does Philip

become hot and uncomfortable
when the boys talked
about his foot?
A. was
lt
summertime.
B. He had been
beaten.
CHe was embarrassed.
D. He felt left out.

36.How do the boys who interact with Philip directly

react to his
club foot?

A. They
pay it little
attention.
B. They
are curiouS or
C. They
embarrassed.
are polite and
D.They sympathetic.
are
disgusted by
it.
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PART 6
Paper1ReadinO: andUse of English

of learning to skydive. Six sentences have been

person's experiences
You are qoing to read a magazine article aboutone gap 37-42. There is one extra
from the sentences A-G the one which fits each
rermoved from the articie, Choose
need to

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do use.
sentence which vou rnot

TheSkydiving Experience
Test beyond any possible description. Faling at 120 mph with the wind screaming past your
The thrill of skydiving is

not without an element of danger: Indeed, it

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body is an unbelievable experience of total freedom. The sport is

in this activity because of the tight

fear that makes it so addictive. Yet there are relatively few serious injuries
this

requirementS mandated for skydiving and parachuting organisations.

regulations and safety

I still recall my first jump from 2,500 feet using what is called a static line.7 The static line system is

means of them to deal with the sensation of falling, while

Practice often used for those new to the sport. It is a helping

ensuring that they will not actually hit anything.

Do I still. there seems to be a little slice of missing time from the point where l let go of the aircraft to

somnetimes does that! It was a moment where time ceased to

the parachute canopy actually opening. Pure terror

Two days of training on the ground, the ceaseless drill of

exist, not quite a total blackout but stillquite strange.

seem to when let go is Some

COunting out "one thousand, tWO thousand, three thousand" and about
all I recall

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many subsequent jumps, SOon faded to a dim recollection
thing like "aaaaahhhhhh".After a second and this sensation

as I became accustomed to falling.

The first real free fall commenced at about the fifth jump. This simply involved letting go of the aircraft and

immediately deploying the canopy. 39 Starting from three seconds (let go and pull the ripcord) to five

seconds (let go, cOunt tOthree then pull the ripcord) increasing to seven seconds and so on. Once made it I to ten

seconds and beyond, it became important to use an altimeter.

Free fall became really interesting at the 15-second mark because that is when the real training started. Turning.

tumbling and rocketing forward by using different body positions put a completely new challenge before me.

I
learned it was possible toput my body in a position where forward ground speed was around 80 mph with an

increase of downward velocity close to 200mph - the ears tend to get a little warm! It is also aquite important to

flare out, slow and adopt amore stable position before deploying the canopy. Doing so at really high velocity realy

hurts, and Isuspect everyone does this at least once. It is quite a lot of stress on your body when pulling up from
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120mph to 10 mph in about two or three seconds.

One of my most fearful experiences occurred when Imade a complete mess of trying to do a reverse tumble

and became wildly unstable. Nothing did seenmed to correct the spinning and rolling, I was still at 5,000 feet and
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in desperation deployed the canopy. The bag wrapped around one of legs. Luckily,
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had enough free fall experience to have the presence of mind to see what was happening and it was not too diffi

cult to reach down and disentangle the risers. Ialso knew there was plenty of time to correct the problem because

I was far higher than the standard 2,500 deployment altitude. It turned out fine in the end.

TWOuld say one of my most.memorable free falling experiences was above the Mornington Peninsula in ViCtorla,

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Australia. did Some nice slow turns and drank in the scenery of Port Philip Bay,
From this altitude, I

out to sea, across the length of the peninsula to the city of Melbourne, all in an orange-red glow of the most

amazing sunset Ican ever remember. It was incredible.

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A. There are few other ways to experience the total and utter freedom of flight.

B. This is a strong nylon tape that is attached to the aircraft on one end, and to the release pin Practice

of the jumper's canopy on the other.

C. I think my ears are still ringing from that mistake.

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D. Altitudes increased gradually, as did time in free-fall.

E. It was a 40-second fall from 14,000 feet, right at sunset.

F. What happened next was not good at all.

G. My first experience is still very sharp in my memory.