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I. LISTENING (50pts)
Part 1: You are going to hear a conversation between a hotel receptionist and a customer
who has come to make a booking. Complete the table below with NO MORE THAN
THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer. (10pts)
Part 2: You will hear part of an interview with an actress who is talking about her recent
work. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. (10pts)
1. What does Jenny say about the last six months of her life?
A. She feels she doesn't belong in this showbiz world.
B. She's had too much to learn.
C. She's been incredibly busy.
D. I has been a little in awe
2. Why does Jenny use the football metaphor when talking about the cast of her new movie?
A. to give an idea of teamwork.
B. to show how hard they have all been working on the film.
C. to say something about the plot of the film.
D. to say how attractive it is.
3. And how does she view her role in the football team when asked?
A. the mother of the group.
B. the serious one.
C. the goal keeper
D. a minor, supporting role.
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4. How did she find working with a famous actor on the film set?
A. she was determined not to let it affect her work.
B. she felt relaxed around him.
C. she didn't find him very professional.
D. She felt rather nervous.
5. Why was Jenny criticized for her comments about Broadway? B. she was only repeating
something she had previously stated.
A. she was too aggressive in her comments about Broadway.
B. she said that there weren’t enough women working on Broadway.
C. she was too aggressive in her comments about Broadway.
D. she shouldn't have criticized something she profits off herself.
Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
Part 3: You will hear a talk about biofuels and the environment. Listen and decide the
following statements are True (T) or False (F. (10pts).
Your answers:
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
Part 4: You will hear a talk about Australian domestic travel. Listen and complete the
following sentences. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS FOR EACH GAP. (20pts).
Industries that benefit from tourism (11) ……………….., (12) ……………… and (13)
………………
14. The state or territory in which the highest number of overnight trips was made
was .....................
15. The state or territory in which the lowest number of overnight trips was made
was .....................
16. People travelling from state to state spent more than those travelling .....................
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The TWO cheapest states or territories to travel to
were (17).................... and (18).....................
19. The category of people who spent the most on travel in Australia in 2002
were …………….
20. The category who spent the most on souvenirs were ………………………..
Your answers:
11. …………… 12. …………… 13. …………… 14. …………… 15. ……………
16. …………… 17. …………… 18. …………… 19. …………… 20. ……………
Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
11. …………… 12. …………… 13. …………… 14. …………… 15. ……………
16. …………… 17. …………… 18. …………… 19. …………… 20. ……………
II. The passage below contains 10 mistakes. IDENTIFY and CORRECT them. Write your
answers in the space provided in the column on the right. (10pts)
1 … had no alternative but to plead guilty over the charges. The Minister was
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cautioned and fined $1,000 for disturbing the peace.
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And finally, the police, acted on a tip-off, arrested Ben Nutt and Tito
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5 Anderson yesterday in a downtown Miami hotel. The two men has been on
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the run for three weeks following Nutt’s dramatic escape from Miami State
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8 Penitentiary. Anderson, on trying for the bank robbery at the time Nutt broke
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out of prison, allegedly mastermind his cousin’s escape. Nutt was convicted
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11 of fraud six months ago and sentenced to ten years in prison. He did a
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sensation at his trial where, having been found guilty of the charges brought
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14 against him, he vowed that when he was released from prison he would
personally ‘deal with’ those people who had testified against him.
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Fortunately, one of the witnesses appeared in the court during Nutt’s trial
was harmed while the two men were at the loose. An inquiry into Nutt’s
escape is to be held on …
Your answers:
LINE MISTAKE CORRECTION LINE MISTAKE CORRECTION
1 6
2 7
3 8
4 9
5 10
III. Fill each blank with a suitable preposition. (10pts)
1. Before the ship could move ……….., the crew had to wait for a late passenger.
2. The doctor was called ……………. urgently while at the party.
3. I was so tired last night that I dropped …………… in front of the TV.
4. And he made…………….. with all the money he had been given.
5. To help your heart Mr. Jones, I suggest you keep …………… all fatty foods for a few
months.
6. Kathy was two hours late and we had to stand …………… in the cold waiting for her.
7. There were two pilots on the flight to Australia and they changed ………….. after half
the flight was completed.
8. If the children play………….. while we are out Kathy, put them to bed and don't let
them watch TV in their rooms, OK?
9. I have a splitting headache and I certainly don't feel ……………… to going to watch a
concert.
10. It seemed unfair that my father would return home from work exhausted and take it
………on us poor children. That's what I remember most from my childhood.
Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
IV. Write the correct FORM of each bracketed word in the numbered spaces provided.
(10pts).
What kind of (0) ……educational…. Experience and background should EDUCATION
we be giving our children? In a (1) ……………………..western economy, COMPETE
they need to be well-informed and (2)……………… In a complex ever- KNOW
changing modern world, it is (3) …………….that the task of preparing the ARGUE
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next generation cannot be carried out within the (4) TRADITION
……………….classroom framework, because acquiring a proper education
in this way is simply (5) …………….. This is where computer-aided POSSIBLE
learning steps in, providing children with the skills that they will need in
tomorrow’s world, in a one-to-one learner-centered environment. There are
those who claim, however, that (6) ……………exposure to computers may EXCEED
prove to be harmful rather than (7) ………………..to children and that it is BENEFIT
more (8) ……………..for education to take place in the classroom. They PRODUCE
say that, although computers seem to hold a(n) (9) ……………….. appeal RESIST
for some people, particularly young children, it is (10) …………….for
children to have a person, rather than a machine, for a teacher. PREFER
Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
PART III: READING (60pts)
I. Choose the word that best fits each of the blanks in the following passage. Write your
answers in the numbered box. (15pts)
Saving Latin
Try telling the Reverend Reginald Foster that Lantin is a dead language. The response
will be an 1. ________ rant from a teacher who has dedicated a large 2.______of his life to
keeping the forerunner of the English and Romance languages alive. A man on a mission, he
speaks only in Latin to his students, 3.________the language to life with his dramatic
recitations.
But Reverend Foster is not alone. Latin plays a special part in Italian cultural heritage,
and politicians and academics have 4. ________concerns that enthusiasm for Latin in
schools appears to be on the 5.________because of the popularity of English. Some purists
even feel this is 6.______their national 7. ______. They have a point; in my experience
Italians seem obsessed with using English words, and will 8._________an English word into
a sentence even when a perfectly good native word will 9.__________.
But need we really fear for Latin just yet? Maybe not. Even if it is on its last
10._______, it has survived for over 2,000 years.
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1. A. impassioned B. impassive C. unenthusiastic D. apathetic
2. A. volume B. chapter C. act D. scene
3. A. getting B. putting C. bringing D. setting
4. A. conveyed B. voiced C. uttered D. sounded
5. A. wane B. fall C. ebb D. drop
6. A. deteriorating B. eroding C. disintegrating D. eating
7. A. advancement B. ontogenesis C. retrogression D. identity
8. A. slip B. push C. cast D. post
9. A. answer B. satisfy C. suffice D. content
10. A. laughs B. leases C. lengths D. legs
Your answers:
1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
6. …………… 7. …………… 8. …………… 9. …………… 10. ……………
II. Fill each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the numbered blanks
provided below the passage. (15pts)
Your answers:
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1. …………… 2. …………… 3. …………… 4. …………… 5. ……………
III. In this part of the test, you are going to read a short text, then answer the questions
following each text by choosing the best answer to each question A,B,C or D. (15pts.)
Continents and ocean basins represent the largest identifiable bodies on Earth. On the
solid portions of the planet, the second most prominent features are flat plains, elevated
plateaus, and large mountain ranges. In geography, the term "continent" refers to the surface
of continuous landmasses that together comprise about 29.2% of the planet's surface. On the
other hand, another definition is prevalent in the general use of the term that deals with
extensive mainlands, such as Europe or Asia that actually represent one very large landmass.
Although all continents are bounded by water bodies or high mountain ranges, isolated
mainlands, such as Greenland and India-Pakistan areas are called subcontinents. In some
circles, the distinction between continents and large islands lies almost exclusively in the size
of a particular landmass.
The analysis of compression and tension in the earth's crust has determined that
continental structures are composed of layers that underlie continental shelves. A great deal
of disagreement among geologists surrounds the issue of exactly how many layers underlie
each landmass because of their distinctive mineral and chemical composition. It is also quite
possible that the ocean floor rests on the top of unknown continents that have not yet been
explored. The continental crust is believed to have been formed by means of a chemical
reaction when, lighter materials separated from heavier ones, thus settling at various levels
within the crust. Assisted by the measurements of the specifics within crust formations by
means of monitoring earthquakes, geologists can speculate that a chemical split occurred to
form the atmosphere, sea water, and the crust before it solidified many centuries ago.
Although each continent has its special features, all consist of various combinations of
components that include shields, mountain belts, intracratonic basins, margins, volcanic
plateaus, and block vaulted belts. The basic differences among continents lie in the
proportion and the composition of these features relative to the continent size. Climatic zones
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have a crucial effect on the weathering and formation of the surface features, soil erosion,
soil deposition, land formation, vegetation, and human activities.
Mountain belts are elongated narrow zones that have a characteristic folded sedimentary
organization of layers. They are typically produced during substantial crustal movements,
which generate faulting and mountain building. When continental margins collide, the rise
of a marginal edge leads to the formation of large mountain ranges, as explained by the
plate tectonic theory. This process also accounts for the occurrence of mountain belts in
ocean basins and produces evidence for the ongoing continental plate evolution.
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French grammarians of the Port-Royal abbey near Versailles distilled the essence of
language, and no one since has celebrated more eloquently the magnitude of its achievement.
Even so, there is just one flaw in all these hymns of praise, for the homage to language’s
unique accomplishment conceals a simple yet critical incongruity. Language is mankind’s
greatest invention-except, of course, that it was never invented. This apparent paradox is at
the core of our fascination with language, and it holds many of its secrets.
C. Language often seems so skillfully drafted that one can hardly imagine it as
anything other than the perfect handiwork of a master craftsman. How else could this
instrument make so much out of barely three dozen measly morsels of sound? In themseves,
these configurations of mouth-p,f,b,v,t,d,k,g,h,sh,a,e and so on-amount to nothing more thana
few haphazard spits and splutters, random noises with no meaning, no ability to express, no
power to explain. But run them through the cogs and wheels of the language machine let it
arrange them in some very special orders, and there is nothing that these meaningless streams
of air cannot do: from sighing the interminable boredom of existence to unravelling the
fundamental order of the universe.
D. The most extraordinary thing about language, however, is that one doesn’t have to
be a genius to set its wheels in motion. The language machine allows just about everybody-
from pre-modern foragers in the subtropical savannah, to post-modern philosophers in the
suburban sprawl- to tie these meaningless sounds together into an infinite variety of subtle
sense, and all apparently without the slightest exertion. Yet it is precisely this deceptive ease
which makes language a victim of its own success, since in everyday life its triumphs are
usually taken for granted. The wheels of language run so smoothly that one rarely bothers to
stop and think about all the resourcefulness and expertise that must have gone into making it
tick. Language conceals art.
E. Often, it is only the estrangement of foreign tongues, with their many exotic and
outlandish features, that brings home the wonder of language’s design. One of the showiest
stunts that some languages can pull off is an ability to build up words of breath-taking length,
and thus express in one word what English takes a whole sentence to say. The Turkish word
sehirlilistiremediklerimizdensiniz, to take one example, means nothing less than ‘you are one
of those whom we can’t turn into a town-dweller’. (In case you were wondering, this
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monstrosity really is one word, not merely many different words squashed together-most of
its components cannot even stand up on their own.)
F. And if that sounds like some one-off freak, then consider Sumerian, the language
spoken on the banks of the Euphrates some 5,000 years ago by the people who invented
writing and thus enabled the documentation of history. A Sumerian word like munintuma’a
(‘when he had made it suitable for her’) might seem rather trim compared to the Turkish
colossus above. What is so impressive about it, however, is not its lengthiness but rather the
reverse-the thrifty compactness of its construction. The word is made up of different slots,
each corresponding to a particular portion of meaning. This sleek design allows single
sounds to convey useful information, and in fact even the absence of a sound has been
enlisted to express something specific. If you were to ask which bit in the Sumerian word
corresponds to the pronoun ‘it’ in the English translation ‘when he had made it suitable for
her’, then the answer would have to be nothing. Mind you, a very particular kind of nothing:
the nothing that stands in the empty slot in the middle. The technology is so fine-tuned then
that even a non-sound, when carefully placed in a particular position, has been invested with
a specific function. Who could possibly have come up with such a nifty contraption?
Questions 7-10: Complete the summary using the list of words, A-G,
below.
A. difficult B. complex C. original D. admired
E. material F. easy G. fundamental
II. Rewrite the sentences below in such a way that their meanings stay the same. You must
use the words in capital without changing their forms. (10pts)
1. She wants nothing less than to get that job. It would be a dream come true.
set
She has ………………………………………………… getting that job.
2. Harry plays tennis much better than I do.
nearly
I am not ……………………………………………… tennis player as Harry is.
3. I presume you are coming to the party Miriam.
read
Can I …………………………………………. you are coming to the party Miriam?
4. There is no doubt at all that the government will win the election.
conclusion
It is …………………………………….. that the government will win the election.
5. I wish he would stop criticizing my work.
fault
I wish he would stop …………………………………………my work.
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