END-OF-YEAR TEST • GROUP A

Listening, Use of English and Reading

Name: Class:

2 [Track 15] You will hear three different extracts. For

Listening
questions 1–6, choose the answer A, B or C which
fits best according to what you hear. There are two
1 [Track 14] You will hear five shorts extracts in
questions for each extract.
which people talk about jobs involving travel.
You hear two colleagues talking about a recent
For questions 1–5, select from the list A–H the reason sports news event.
for choosing their job. There is one correct option for
1 What does the woman think about the case?
each speaker.
A She thinks the sports star was wrong in taking
1 Speaker 1
the drugs for medical purposes.
2 Speaker 2
B She thinks the sports star should not be held
3 Speaker 3 responsible.
4 Speaker 4 C She thinks the sports star shouldn’t be banned from
5 Speaker 5 playing tennis.
A The type of work was highly recommended to them. 2 What aspect do the man and the woman agree upon?
B The social aspects of the work. A They both feel sorry for the sports star.
C It was mainly in order to travel and see the world. B They both think the sports star was brave to admit
D Opportunities were limited in what they really wanted to the use of drugs.
do. C They believe the sports star was naïve in her actions.
E The opportunity to use their academic knowledge.
F The possibility to help people. You hear a woman telling her friend about a visit to China.
G The nature of the job itself. 3 What surprised the traveller the most?
H The choice of career came about purely by accident.
A The considerable role food plays in Chinese culture.
For questions 6–10, select from the list A–H what they B The common everyday greeting.
say about their future. There is one correct option for C The atmosphere in restaurants.
each speaker. 4 What does the traveller say about the Chinese and their
6 Speaker 1 food?
7 Speaker 2 A Chinese cuisine includes a wide variety of
8 Speaker 3 meat dishes.
9 Speaker 4 B The main ingredients make life for vegetarians easy.
10 Speaker 5 C The Chinese have very large appetites.

A They plan to return to their original career
choice. B They plan to stop travelling and return
to the UK. C They hope to gain a higher position.
D They will probably do something unrelated to
their current work.
E They plan to take an extended period of time off work.
F They hope to settle down in another country and travel.
G They want to move into a different job and still travel.
H They plan to make no changes to their current
profession.
You hear two colleagues talking about a newspaper
article one of them has read.
5 How does the woman feel about the changes
taking place in Africa?
A She feels it could be a good opportunity
for businesses to make money.
B She is positive about such generous actions from
the world’s rich.
C She suspects there might be other reasons
behind such decisions.

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issue?
A Internet users will need to be educated in how to use
the new technology.
B Putting the structures in place for Internet access
will take a lot of time and money.
C There will be issues related to the language of the
Internet.

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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
3 Write the appropriate forms of the words in brackets between three and six words including the words in
to complete the text. CAPITALS. Don’t change the given word.
1 I wish I had returned the faulty smartphone before trying
A WHOLE VILLAGE ON THE MOVE
to fix it myself. REGRET
The tiny Alaskan village of Shishmaref has taken a vote
on whether or not to relocate due to the far-reaching I the faulty smartphone
effects of climate change. With residents voting 89- before trying to fix it myself.
78 in favour of the move, they are set to become the
first US population displaced by rising sea levels. The 2 It wasn’t until she refused to cooperate that I began to
approximate sum of $180m for the move has been see what a mistake we’d made in giving her the role.
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(close). DID
Rising temperatures worldwide have seen a 2
(catastrophe) reduction in sea ice. Furthermore, Only I begin to see what
the permafrost upon which Shishmaref is built is a mistake we’d made in giving her the role.
melting
and the shore is receding at the 3 (persist)
rate of 3.3 metres per year. Thirteen houses have been 3 You shouldn’t have suggested that you were unwilling to
relocated over the last 15 years as a result of coastal help out with the meal. BETTER
erosion.
It would have
Currently the village is home to 650 4
(tenacity) Inuits of the Inupiat tribe. The 5 suggested that you were unwilling to help out with
(daunt) task of finding a new location for the the meal.
4 People say that drinking tea is much better for you than
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(settle) will be decided at a later date
after drinking coffee. BELIEVED
public 7
(consult).
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns Drinking tea much better
that another 31 coastal villages face flooding due to
for you than drinking coffee.
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(manage) of the environment. Twelve are
reportedly already looking into relocating but with
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funds tight, many communities will need to deal with
more land loss.
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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
wasting
more than their fair 1 of cash far before the
end of the first semester. Here are some tips to help you
make your money go further.
Firstly, use your 2 sense 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 3 , and interest on your
savings whilst you’ve still got pennies in the bank.
Also, don’t forget to look into your mobile service
provider. Many now offer great packages and allow
you to keep
your current number. In any 4 , spending
half an hour in the competitor’s office could save you a
lot over the period of your study.
Finally, seek out cashback offers everywhere you shop.
Companies have 5 huge strides in rewarding
loyal customers. So, 6 than flitting between
different stores, once you’ve found a cheap place to pick
up your groceries, start notching up loyalty points and be
sure that you capitalise 7 One more thing, 8

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f ture purchases. down on
u luxuries such as
chocolates and cakes is also advised!
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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 Predictably, examples of recklessness also extend
beyond the 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.
B 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.
C 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.
D 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.
E 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.
F 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.
G 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.
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 Poké mon 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.
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And, 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.
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Steven Cary’s tale is a case in point. The former US marine
admitted having crashed into a tree when pursuing a
rare Lapras Poké mon 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.
3
Unsurprisingly, there has also been a spate of crime
attached to Poké mon 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.
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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.
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?
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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.
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.
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Of course 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.
Trends come and go and some 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,
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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
for people wanting to write biographical texts. For D Abraham Lincoln said: ‘In the end, it’s not the years
questions 1–4, choose from the extracts A–D. The in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.’ If
extracts may be chosen more than once. you’re one of those people that have always
wanted to write an autobiography but think that
TO WRITE OR NOT TO you haven’t lived long enough to have anything
WRITE AN worth sharing – think again. There are moments in
(AUTO)BIOGRAPHY? everybody’s life that are significant, when life’s
burning questions are posed or challenges need to
A Don’t just turn on your laptop and start committing
be faced. Putting these key events from your life
the darkest secrets of your life for all to read. For
down for all to read is not only a good way to clear
there are a few things anyone wanting to write a
any blocks you may have in your own psyche, but
biographical text needs to understand first. One of
may also profoundly affect those that read about
these regards what you are actually planning to
them and can relate to them on a deep and
share with your readers. This will determine whether
personal level.
you are writing an (auto) biography – that is, the
whole story so far – or rather a memoir – which can In which extract does the writer
be no more than the in-depth reminiscences of a 1 share the view of author C that anybody is
single tale. Either way, you’ll first want to map out cut out for writing a biographical text?
your life thus far and isolate a number of the most
2 give recommendations, like in text A, regarding
significant moments. Getting all nostalgic with a the literary conventions of biographical texts?
devoted and willing old chum is a sure-fire way to
help pinpoint some events that may be of interest. 3 suggest, contrary to the advice in the other texts,
that even mundane events can be the basis for
B A good biographical book never starts at the a good biography?
beginning. In order to engage a reader early on,
4 allude to, like the author of text B, classic
start with some major heart-stopping event which
sources of inspiration?
sums up the current existence of your subject.
Expose readers early on to a glimpse into the very
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heart and vulnerability of the person being written
about: make them want to read more and find out Total /60
what really makes this person tick and what
dreams they harbour. Anything else will risk losing
readers before even beginning to unravel the life
of the book’s hero or heroine. It’s also best to
avoid starting at the very end too – the classic
movie Citizen Kane pulled this off so magnificently
that anything along the same lines now just reeks
of cliché and may well leave you and your readers
with a feeling of nausea.

C You do not need to be the rebellious child of

eccentric parents. And you do not need to have
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
autobiography or memoirs in the first place? One
explanation is that putting our thoughts and
feelings down on paper is a form of catharsis that
we can do for ourselves without the costs or the
social stigma attached to employing a professional
listener with whom we can expose our souls. With
a little prowess, even a seemingly ordinary life will
appear far from being pointless and can offer
significant insight into the more profound.

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