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Listening Task 2
You are going to listen to five people For questions 6–10, choose from the list
talking about a life skill that is important to (A–H) a challenge each speaker faced in
them and how they improved it. order to improve their skill.
For questions 1–5, choose from the list C overcoming a personal habit
(A–H) how each speaker improved the
D entertaining a big group of people
skill.
E juggling lots of different things
Speaker 5 10
Speaker 2 2
Speaker 3 3
Speaker 4 4
Speaker 5 5
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Read the text and complete the gaps with one word only.
Work Space
For many big companies, increasing efficiency and productivity is a priority if they want their
business to thrive and grow. To achieve this many focus on improving collaboration and teamwork
(21) workshops and courses, or upgrading office systems. (22) , making
changes to the work environment might not be on the list of priorities for many companies. Smart
businesses that see the big picture (23) invest in innovative office designs such as
creating a dedicated space for employees to relax. (24) successful innovative office
designs have (25) common is promoting movement in the workplace. Not only (26)
this been reported to increase alertness, creativity and problem solving but it also boosts the
health and happiness of employees. (27) incorporating movement into (28)
culture, a company can create a better place for the employees and an advantage for the
organisation.
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Task 2
Use the word given in capitals at the end of some lines to form a word that fits in the gap in
the same line.
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Have you left yours (29) since you last attended an interview? Sign up CHECK
for our workshop to learn how to produce a (30) C.V. that will showcase PERSON
your expertise and (31) skills. After completing our workshop, you will be
ORGANISE
able to make the (32) most unrelated work experience appear more applicable
SEEM
to the position you're applying for. We will work with you on some important aspects such as
with a document that has been updated appropriately, (35) you from other DIFFER
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Reading
Task 1
You are going to read an article in which four athletes discuss challenges they face in their
career as professional athletes. For questions 36–45, choose from the athletes A–D. The
athletes may be chosen more than once.
Which athlete(s):
36 says that the nature of professional sports has been exaggerated?
37 suggests creating a plan that goes beyond the athlete’s sport career will give them mental
strength?
41 struggles to strike a balance between their career and personal life?
42 points out a noticeable improvement in the way a specific group of athletes are viewed in the
society?
43 offers solutions to some of the problems that professional athletes may face?
44 attributes their success to something beyond their own personal skills?
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Over the years I have developed specific Success came at a young age for me, as did
capabilities to handle most of the challenges early retirement due to an injury. I think in our
I face as a female professional athlete, but struggle to succeed, we might overlook some
unfortunately there are still certain aspects key factors that can protect us and our career
that I find hard to cope with. The life of an as athletes. I have made it my mission to
athlete may look dazzling from the outside, educate young people and parents about
but the reality is so far from that. I certainly that. Why? Because it is vital to prepare and
appreciate having the opportunity to do be prepared for all eventualities as early as
something that I love as a job and on a daily possible as we never know when a career-
basis, but dealing with the pressure that it ending injury is going to knock on our door.
puts on me mentally and physically and on Also, coping with the aftermath of an incident
my family requires resilience, motivation, is much more challenging physically and
discipline and a lot more. I am sometimes emotionally when one is on a winning streak.
torn between my responsibilities as a mother On the physical side, the importance of
and my training requirements. If adjustments playing several sports at a young age should
can be made to enable my family to be more emphasised. Athletes are far less
accompany me when I am going away for a likely to get injured in the years that follow
competition, we take advantage of that and when they do so and this is supported by
try to transform it into an adventure, however, research. Planning for retirement, in general,
more often than not, this is a challenge and could protect an athlete from spiralling into
not practical. I am grateful to have a very depression when they retire.
supportive family. I wouldn’t have achieved
any of my accomplishments without them.
You are going to read an article with reviews about a book. For questions 46–50, choose
from the reviewers A–D. The reviewers may be chosen more than once.
Which reviewer(s):
47 expresses a different view from the others about the usefulness of the writing advice in the
book?
48 shares Reviewer A’s views about the book serving its purpose?
49 has a different opinion to Reviewer B about the first part of the book?
50 shares Reviewer C’s views about the writer’s personal style of writing and his writing advice?
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A C
I decided to read this book because it was I have read many books from the writer, and
strongly hyped as a source of good advice on generally like his conversational and
how to write, which the writer has tried to do humorous style of writing, but I felt that the
through recounting some personal writer had gone a bit too far with that in this
experiences that he regards as influential on book. The first section, in which he recounts
his work. As a result, although it is quite different events in his life, is entertaining but
readable and contains good advice, it has could have done with a bit more serious
become more of an autobiography than a language. His attempt to make the stories
‘how-to’ manual on writing. There are entertaining gives the reader the impression
definitely better places to look for manuals of that the writer is trying to hide behind humour
the craft. In terms of the advice he has in order to avoid exposing himself
provided on writing and his work, he certainly emotionally. Of course, the book is not all
practices what he preaches. Overall, I would about his life events and he delivers what he
recommend it more as a memoir rather than a promises; writing advice. In the second part,
writing manual, as the advice is rather he provides some rather basic writing rules,
ordinary. to which he sticks pretty much throughout the
book. Although the title suggests that the
book is more of a writing guide, it is the short
B biography of the writer that makes it readable.