END-OF-YEAR TEST • GROUP B
Listening, Use of English and Reading
Name:
Listening
1 [Track 14] You will hear five shorts extracts in
which people talk about jobs involving travel.
For questions 1–5, choose from the list A–H the
negatives aspects of their job. There is one correct
option for each speaker.
1 Speaker 1
2 Speaker 2
3 Speaker 3
4 Speaker 4
5 Speaker 5
A There is some competition in finding work.
B It’s hard to advance in this particular field of work.
C They often have to deal with people who are
dissatisfied.
D They seldom get the opportunity to sightsee.
E A good background knowledge is a necessity.
F You must have previous experience to get a job.
G It’s only possible to succeed if you have contacts.
H You need to count on a certain amount of luck.
For questions 6–10, choose from the list A–H what they
say about their future travel plans. There is one correct
option for each speaker.
6 Speaker 1
7 Speaker 2
8 Speaker 3
9 Speaker 4
10 Speaker 5
A They plan to stop travelling and return to the UK.
B They hope to relocate long-term for career purposes.
C They are looking forward to visiting more countries.
D They hope to settle down and travel in a new country.
E The want to take a long holiday to recharge their
batteries.
F They will probably return to their home country.
G Their plans largely depend on opportunities at work.
H They have definite plans about their next destination.
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2 [Track 15] You will hear three different extracts. For
questions 1–6, choose the answer A, B or C which
fits best according to what you hear. There are two
questions for each extract.
You hear two colleagues talking about a recent
sports news event.
1 Which of the following reflects the woman’s thoughts
on the incident?
A The sports star’s previous prizes shouldn’t be retained.
B The sports star shouldn’t be held fully responsible for
her actions.
C The sports star shouldn’t have been competing if she
was sick.
2 What do the man and the woman disagree on?
A The sports star was brave to confront the press.
B All professional sports stars should compete under
the same conditions.
C The sports star shouldn’t have needed to
make a public apology.
You hear a woman telling her friend about a visit to
China.
3 What does the woman say about restaurants in China?
A The best restaurants are normally very popular.
B One needs to use a special greeting when eating out
in restaurants.
C People behave in ways very different than in the west.
4 When it comes to eating etiquette, the traveller tells
us that
A it’s important to make polite conversation.
B food shouldn’t be eaten too quickly.
C one must sample some of the staple foods.
You hear two colleagues talking about a newspaper
article one of them has read.
5 What does the woman say about the changes
taking place in Africa?
A Big companies are beginning to invest more money
there.
B She thinks the Internet in Africa will become
very popular.
C There will be greater use of technology over the next
few years.
6 What problems does the man see in relation to
Internet use in Africa?
A The language of the Internet may limit its usability.
B Internet access will be limited to those with a good
education.
C It will take a long time to provide the infrastructure
needed.
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 5 Complete the second sentence so that it is as similar
Use of English
in meaning as possible to the first sentence. Use
between three and six words including the words in
3 Write the appropriate forms of the words in brackets
to complete the text. CAPITALS. Don’t change the given word.
1 Sergio advised me not to repair my faulty camera
A WHOLE VILLAGE ON THE MOVE
myself but return it to the shop. SUGGESTED
The tiny Alaskan village of Shishmaref has taken a
vote on whether or not to relocate due to the far- Sergio my faulty
reaching effects of climate change. With residents camera to the shop instead of repairing it myself.
voting 89-78 in favour of the move, they are set to
become the first population displaced by rising sea 2 The crowd gave us their complete and undivided
levels in US history.
The local 1 (establish) remain undecided attention the moment we started playing. THAN
when it comes to the new location.
Rising temperatures have seen a 2 (remorse) No the crowd gave
reduction in sea ice. Furthermore, the permafrost upon us their complete and undivided attention.
which the settlement is built is melting, leaving many
locals looking on with 3 (humble) as the 3 You could have warned me you were unwilling to devote
shore continues to recede at the striking rate of 3.3 enough time to this project. WISH
metres per year. A total of thirteen houses have been
relocated over the last 15 years and the Inuits are set I were unwilling to devote
to suffer further 4 (hard) as a result of enough time to this project.
continued and 5 (defy) coastal erosion.
4 Experts believe that Neanderthals wore jewellery made
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns
from eagle claws. THOUGHT
that another 31 coastal villages face the threat of
flooding
due to 6 (manage) of the environment. Neanderthals jewellery
Twelve are reportedly already looking into relocating made from eagle claws.
but with funds tight, many communities will need an
7
(break) iron will to help them deal with
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even more 8 (substance) land loss over the
coming
years.
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4 Complete the text with an appropriate word in each

gap.
MONEY SAVING TIPS FOR ‘FRESHERS’
First year university students are notorious for handling
money badly and then struggling financially after
blowing their grants and loans far before the end of the
first semester. Here are some tips to help make your
money
go further and avoid 1 up on the streets.
Firstly, 2 your common sense is essential
when it comes to choosing a bank. Don’t be fooled into
signing up because of a freebie – what you want is
an interest free overdraft to stop debts piling up and
interest on your savings whilst you’ve still got pennies
in the bank.
Also, don’t forget to do research 3 your mobile
service provider. Many people blinker 4 and
say they don’t want the hassle of changing numbers.
But many companies nowadays offer great packages in
an
effort to compete 5 rivals. Just bear in mind,
at the end of the 6 , spending half an hour
in the competitor’s office could save you a lot of money.
Finally, seek out cashback offers everywhere you
shop. Companies have a good 7 record of
rewarding loyal customers and once you’ve found a
cheap place to pick up your groceries, you’ll be able to
 notch 8 some loyalty points and capitalise
on future purchases.
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Reading
6 Read the newspaper article below. Six paragraphs
have been removed from the article. Choose the
correct paragraph for each gap. There is one extra
paragraph which you do not need to use.
A Steven Cary’s tale is a case in point. The former US
marine admitted having crashed into a tree when pursuing
a rare Lapras Pokémon whilst driving through New York.
Happily, Cary sustained only two broken ankles and
required stitches in his elbow – the damage to the car was
much more considerable.
B Despite incidents like these, only one country to date has
actually banned Pokémon Go. Citing security reasons,
government requests to exclude certain locations from
entry to Pokémon creatures have thus far been ignored by
the remorseless game makers.
C What is more, with over 100 million downloads within the
first month alone, an average of 20 million active users
per day and dedicated fan sites and blogs popping up as
frequently as the Pokémon themselves, there’s very little
chance that we’ll see an end to these problems any time
soon.
D In spite of this, the game itself is relatively straightforward
and even a novice who knows how to work the most basic
features of smartphone can quickly start hoarding
beasties and training them up for battle.
E Health Education Authorities have therefore somewhat
enthusiastically embraced the new fad stating adamantly
that, whilst the game itself isn’t a dedicated fitness app, its
use can radically help tackle obesity and type 2 diabetes.
F Unsurprisingly, as well as these incidents there has also
been a spate of crime attached to Pokémon tracking. One
of the game’s features allows you to add beacons to keep
tabs on where rare Pokémon can be found. Unsuspecting
trackers have reportedly found themselves alone and
vulnerable in remote areas and then suddenly being held
at gun point by resourceful criminals seeking a very
different goal.
G Of course, despite having the backing of the experts,
one still has to know where to draw the line. 24-year-old
New Zealander Tom Currie is known to have quit his job
to embark on a self-imposed two-month trek around his
home country in an unwavering and rather formidable
endeavour to capture every one of the Pokémon roaming
the island. At the time of writing, he had already taken
over 20 bus trips on his quest.
POKÉMON COME, POKÉMON GO
For many, the resurgence of Pokémon will not have
come as a big surprise. It started out in 1995 as a highly-
popular video game in which you have to catch and
train fictional creatures to battle against each other.
Thanks to increasing numbers of Pokémon lovers over
the years, Pokémon have now become the world’s
second most high- grossing video game money-spinner
behind Nintendo’s own prominent Mario franchise.
Such internationally successful phenomena, however,
rarely come and go without creating waves.
Significantly, the waves created by Pokémon Go have
been obstinately crashing onto shores and wreaking far-
reaching havoc around the globe since its worldwide
launch.
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Regardless of actual popularity, though, there is a danger
with any video game that users will become captivated
and addicted. Being entirely engrossed in games in itself
may not cause too much harm, but the consequences of
abandoning civic duties on your quest for a high score
can.
2
Predictably, examples of recklessness also extend
beyond urban areas. Emergency services in the UK
recently announced that they have been called out on a
number of occasions to rescue Pokémon hunters trapped
in hard-to- reach caves or left stranded by rising tides.
3
What is more, persistent Pokémon hunters around the
world have been finding themselves on the wrong side of
the law. Cases of trespassing on private grounds (including
the Pentagon) or holding ‘illegal’ social gatherings are
probably just the tip of the iceberg.
4
Such innocent pursuits, it seems, can lead innocents astray
while indulging in their seemingly harmless pastime.
Staying vigilant is advised yet how many can claim to
do this whilst losing themselves on the hunt of the ever
irresistible Pikachu?
It’s not all bad news, however. Many consider the
hunting of Pokémon to have certain health and social
benefits. One gamer claims to have walked over 225km
(140 miles) and lost more than 12kg when traipsing
around the UK searching for her quarry.
5
Moreover, gamers who have typically been glued to
their monitors lacking both exercise and vitamin C can
now also be found burning calories out on the
streets.The computer geek is finally thrilled to emerge
into the sunlight.
This curious new-found desire to get out and about has
been picked up by sociologists and psychologists claiming
that, to some extent at least, this marriage of fiction and
reality is a good thing if it can get people out in the real
world interacting with other – albeit with a smartphone in
one hand and a map in the other.
6
Trends which evoke such passion inevitably come and go
– and some will leave a greater lasting impression than
others. The very human need for trivial phenomena as
Pokémon Go will continue to cause consternation to
many and face a predictable backlash from those people
that tend only to see the negatives. It’s impossible to
foresee how long the current craze will last, but don’t be
surprised to see a Pokémon monster lurking near you –
both in the present and the longer-term future.
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 7 Read four extracts from texts which offer advice
D You do not need to be the rebellious child of
for people wanting to write biographical texts. For
questions 1–4, choose from the extracts A–D. The eccentric parents. And you do not need to have
extracts may be chosen more than once. suffered unbearable hardship. In reality, the vast
majority of us lead fairly dull lives. So what is it
that makes so many of us want to write our
TO WRITE OR NOT TO WRITE autobiography or memoirs in the first place? One
AN (AUTO)BIOGRAPHY? explanation is that putting our thoughts and
feelings down on paper is a form of catharsis that
A A good biographical book never starts at the
we can do for ourselves without the costs or the
beginning. In order to engage a reader early on,
social stigma attached to employing a professional
start with some major heart-stopping event which
listener with whom we can expose our souls. With
sums up the current existence of your subject.
a little prowess, even a seemingly ordinary life will
Expose readers early on to a glimpse into the very
appear far from being pointless and can offer
heart and vulnerability of the person being written
significant insight into the more profound.
about: make them want to read more and find out
what really makes this person tick and what
In which extract does the writer
dreams they harbour. Anything else will risk losing
readers before even beginning to unravel the life 1 share the view with the author of text D that
of the book’s hero or heroine. It’s also best to avoid expressing sentiments through a biography
starting at the very end too – the classic movie can be a kind of healing process for the author?
Citizen Kane pulled this off so magnificently that
2 have a different view from the others in
anything along the same lines now just reeks of their belief that even petty events can
cliché and may well leave you and your readers form the content of biographical texts?
with a feeling of nausea.
3 touch upon, like in text D, the possible role
B Abraham Lincoln said: ‘In the end, it’s not the of an intermediary in the writing process?
years in your life that count. It’s the life in your
years.’ If you’re one of those people that have 4 consider, like the author of text B, the
always wanted to write an autobiography but think potential impact of their work on the
that you haven’t lived long enough to have audience?
anything worth sharing – think again. There are
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moments in everybody’s life that are significant,
Total /60when life’s burning questions are posed or
challenges need to be faced. Putting these key
events from your life down for all to read is not
only a good way to clear any blocks you may have
in your own psyche, but may also profoundly affect
those that read about them and can relate to them
on a deep and personal level.

C Don’t just turn on your laptop and start committing

the darkest secrets of your life for all to read. For
there are a few things anyone wanting to write a
biographical text needs to understand first. One of
these regards what you are actually planning to share
with your readers. This will determine whether you
are writing an (auto) biography – that is, the whole
story so far – or rather a memoir – which can be no
more than the in-depth reminiscences of a single
tale. Either way, you’ll first want to map out your life
thus far and isolate a number of the most significant
moments. Getting all nostalgic with a devoted and
willing old chum is a sure-fire way to help pinpoint
some events that may be of interest.