PRACTICE TEST 19

A. LISTENING (50 points)

Part 1(from Expert CPE). You will hear two sports commentators called Heidi Stokes and Rob Aslett
taking part in a discussion on the subject of gyms. For questions 1-5, choose the correct answer (A, B,
C or D) which fits best according to what you hear. (10pts)
1. What do Rob and Heidi think about government proposals regarding the problem of obesity?
A. They over-emphasize the role of dietary factors.
B. They represent a radical solution that must be worth trying.
C. They over-estimate the extent to which the fitness industry can help.
D. They are attempting to accommodate too many varied perspectives.
2. Heidi agrees with the suggestion that regular gym attendance
A. can discourage people from keeping fit in other ways.
B. may lead to obsessive behaviour in some cases.
C. generally forms the basis of a healthy lifestyle.
D. could be harder to keep up in rural areas.
3. When asked about motivation, Rob suggests that many gym clients lose interest
A. if they don’t get good value for money.
B. if they don’t find it enjoyable on a social level.
C. if they don’t make it part of a wider fitness regime.
D. if they don’t perceive real gains in personal fitness.
4. What does Heidi suggest about memership levels in gyms?
A. The best ones restrict access at peak times.
B. Most recruit more people than they cope with.
C. It is impossible to predict demand with any accuracy.
D. Over-recruitment can be counter-productive in the long run.
5. Rob thinks the key to successful gym markeing lies in
A. remaining true to the core values of fitness and strength.
B. appealing to a wide cross-section of the population.
C. joining forces with providers of the related activities.
D. specialising in the needs of certain key groups.

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Part 2. You will hear a representative from British Waterways called John Sampson taling about the
canal network in England. Listen and decide whether each of the following statements is true (T) or
false (F):
1. The canals were built despite the fact that there was no public finance and very little technology.
2. From 1919 to 1929, there were many canals that were competing with each other but were not uniform
in size.
3. The new union of canals provided a continuous link between major industrial cities.
4. There are plenty of natural habitats for a variety of wildlife on and around the canals.
5. Walkers can go to the nearest waterway office to get information on circular walks so they can start
and end at the same place.
Part 3. You will hear a piece of news called “Bottled air”. For questions 1-5, write an answer of NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each of the questions below.
1. What kind of news did the man see that made him decide to start his business?
2. What is the name of the industry the man is in?
3. How much air can you buy for $115?
4. Where does the entrepreneur live now?
5. What does the man sometimes have to go to the bottom of to get air?
Part 4 (from Seekerdaily). Listen to a piece of news about the three countries with the best healhcare
and fill in the gaps using NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS OR NUMBER for each.
Higher quality care, with higher life expectancy and lower rates of disease are often (1) _______ by
citizens in the rest of the world.
Spain was one of the top (2) ______ in the world with $ (3) ______ roughtly spent on each person. In its
(4) “ ________” system, most citizens see no out-of-pocket expenses when they visit public hospitals.
Unlike Spain, only 1,6 % of (5) _____________ goes towards healthcare costs. In addition, there is
Medisave system – a (6) ________, where 9% of empolyee salaries are required to (7) ______ for
personal or family care.
Both (8) _____ are used in the autonomous territory of Hong Kong. However, private hospitals are
reportedly speedy but very expensive.
While these three countries get the most (9) ______, applying worldwide is difficult.
By comparison, that the United States is enormous, with a population of over 320 million makes (10)
________ harder to implement without serious complications.
B. LEXICO - GRAMMAR (30 pts)
Part 1. Choose the most suitable option (A, B, C, or D) to complete each sentence below.
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1. I don’t believe for a moment that if you play that record backwards, you’ll hear a ________ message in
the background.
A. subsiding B. sublingual C. subliminal D. telepathic
2. The animals were ________ in the waterhole, and rolling in the mud.
A. twitching B. stalking C. tweaking D. wallowing
3. The festival audience were ________ each other in order to get as near to the stage as possible.
A. staggering B. jostling C. strolling D. fidgeting
4. After the earthquake, the entrance hall was turned into a _________ casualty ward.
A. mainstay B. piecework C. makeshift D. wayside
5. Liverpool has several opportunities to score but __________ their chances.
A. squandered B. abused C. scattered D. spent
6. The news of the attack left us completely _________.
A. stirred B. stunned C. moved D. upset
7. -“They say that your wife tends to pry into other people private’s matters.”
- “ I don’t care. It’s no skin my _______”
A. palm B. skull C. cheek D. nose
8. Take the doctor’s advice into consideration. He’s in ________ earnest about the epidemic.
A. mortally B. fatally C. gravely D. deadly
9. Every room in the hotel was characterized by shabby furniture and ________ lighting.
A. morose B. nagative C. glum D. sullen
10. It’s important to keep your _____ about you when you are walking through the African bush.
A. wits B. heads C. brains D. minds
Part 2. The following passage contains 5 mistakes. Find and correct them. Write your answer in your
answer sheet.
1 Malaria at one time infected 90% of the population of Borneo. In 1955, a
World Health Organization began a DDT spraying programme which virtually
eliminated malaria. But another things began to happen. Besides killing
mosquitoes, the DDT also killed other insects that lived in the houses, such as
5 flies and cockroaches. These insects were the favourite food of geckos (small
lizards). And so when the geckos ate the dead insects, they died from DDT
poisoning. Similarly, the house cats ate the dead geckos and cockroaches, and

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 they died from DDT poisoning, too. As a result, the rat population rose sharp, and
the human population of Borneo began to die from a type of plague carried by
fleas at the rats. In order to deal with the emergency, thousands of cats were
10 parachuted into the island, in what was called as “Operation Cat Drop”.

C. READING (60 pts)

Part 1. For questions 1-10, read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best
fits each gap.
Until about 250 years ago, households did not take dirt as (1)______ as they do now - it was a fact
of life, and that was that. Cleaning often consisted of an annual (2)______ called 'spring cleaning' when
the furniture was moved aside, and all the linen products in the house were cleaned. Carpets and rugs
were taken outside, hung on ropes and had the dust (3)______ out of them - an exhausting and messy
process.
The industrial revolution brought about a major change - as new products became available to make
homes cleaner, a corresponding interest in 'domestic hygiene' appeared in households. This in turn led to
the (4)______ of further products, one of which was the vacuum cleaner.
(5)______ has it that when one of the first vacuum cleaners was demonstrated, a kindly scientist
took the proud inventor (6)______, and offered a bit of advice that was to become (7)______to the future
evolution of the product - 'make it suck, not blow'.
The first vacuum cleaners appeared in the 1860s in the United States. They were operated by hand
pumps and were almost as (8)______as spring cleaning. It was only when electric motors had become
sufficiently advanced to become portable that vacuum cleaners became common household items. Most
of today's major (9)______- including Electrolux and Hoover - were born in the 1920s.
The household dirt that vacuum cleaners suck up is mostly dead skin cells - humans
(10)______millions of cells every day. A much smaller proportion comes from dust and soil carried into
the house from outside 
1. A. importantly B.  crucially C. considerately D. seriously
2. A. ritual B. result C. resolution D. scrub
3. A. cleaned B. taken C. beaten D. sucked
4. A. fabrication B. appearing C. recreation D. development.
5. A. Story B. Epic C. Legend D. Tale
6. A. away B. aside C. aback D. along

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 7. A. standard B. crucial C. regular D. esteemed
8. A. laborious B. hard C. nefarious D. straining
9. A. brands B. marks C. makes D. trademarks
10. A. lose B. outgrow C. omit D. shed
Part 2. For questions 1-10, fill each of the following numbered blanks with ONE suitable word.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SELLING
The psychology of retailing has come to rely on highly sophisticated techniques. Over and ( 1)
________ the design of the shops and the packaging of the merchandise, clever positioning of goods also
ensures that the natural flow of people takes them to (2) _________ and every section in a shop. Customers
are led gently, but at the same time with deadly accuracy, towards the merchandise in such a way (3)
_________ to maximise sales.
Manufacturers compete for the right to have their products displayed at the most effective level.
In supermarkets, there is a crucial section in the tiers of vertical shelving somewhere between waist
height and eye (4)_________, where we are most likely to take note of a brand. In the old days, when we
went into a shop, we (5) _________our way up to the counter, behind (6) __________ would be the
shopkeeper and virtually all of the merchandise, and were served with what we wanted. Those days are
(7) ________ and truly over.
Today, we are used to serving (8) _________ in supermarkets; products are laid before us as
enticingly as (9) __________, and impulse purchases are encouraged as a major part of the exercise. As a
result of this, we, as shoppers, have to keep our wits (10) __________ us to resist the retailers’ ploys.
Part 3. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the questions.
RUNNING WATER ON MARS
Photographic evidence suggests that liquid water once existed in great quantity on the surface of Mars.
Two types of flow features are seen: runoff channels and outflow channels. Runoff channels are found in
the southern highlands. These flow features are extensive systems - sometimes hundreds of kilometers in
total length - of interconnecting, twisting channels that seem to merge into larger, wider channels. They
bear a strong resemblance to river systems on Earth, and geologists think that they are dried-up beds of
long-gone rivers that once carried rainfall on Mars from the mountains down into the valleys. Runoff
channels on Mars speak of a time 4 billion years ago (the age of the Martian highlands), when the
atmosphere was thicker, the surface warmer, and liquid water widespread.
Outflow channels are probably relics of catastrophic flooding on Mars long ago. They appear only in
equatorial regions and generally do not form extensive interconnected networks. Instead, they are
probably the paths taken by huge volumes of water draining from the southern highlands into the
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northern plains. The onrushing water arising from these flash floods likely also formed the odd teardrop-
shaped “islands” (resembling the miniature versions seen in the wet sand of our beaches at low tide) that
have been found on the plains close to the ends of the outflow channels. Judging from the width and
depth of the channels, the flow rates must have been truly enormous - perhaps as much as a hundred
times greater than the 105 tons per second carried by the great Amazon river. Flooding shaped the
outflow channels approximately 3 billion years ago, about the same time as the northern volcanic plains
formed.
Some scientists speculate that Mars may have enjoyed an extended early period during which rivers,
lakes, and perhaps even oceans adorned its surface. A 2003 Mars Global Surveyor image shows what
mission specialists think may be a delta - a fan-shaped network of channels and sediments where a river
once flowed into a larger body of water, in this case a lake filling a crater in the southern highlands. Other
researchers go even further, suggesting that the data provide evidence for large open expanses of water
on the early Martian surface. A computer-generated view of the Martian north polar region shows the
extent of what may have been an ancient ocean covering much of the northern lowlands. The Hellas
Basin, which measures some 3,000 kilometers across and has a floor that lies nearly 9 kilometers below
the basin’s rim, is another candidate for an ancient Martian sea.
These ideas remain controversial. Proponents point to features such as the terraced “beaches” shown in
one image, which could conceivably have been left behind as a lake or ocean evaporated and the
shoreline receded. But detractors maintain that the terraces could also have been created by
geological activity, perhaps related to the geologic forces that depressed the Northern Hemisphere
far below the level of the south, in which case they have nothing whatever to do with Martian
water. Furthermore, Mars Global Surveyor data released in 2003 seem to indicate that the Martian
surface contains too few carbonate rock layers - layers containing compounds of carbon and oxygen - that
should have been formed in abundance in an ancient ocean. Their absence supports the picture of a cold,
dry Mars that never experienced the extended mild period required to form lakes and oceans. However,
more recent data imply that at least some parts of the planet did in fact experience long periods in the past
during which liquid water existed on the surface.
Aside from some small-scale gullies (channels) found since 2000, which are inconclusive, astronomers
have no direct evidence for liquid water anywhere on the surface of Mars today, and the amount of water
vapor in the Martian atmosphere is tiny. Yet even setting aside the unproven hints of ancient oceans, the
extent of the outflow channels suggests that a huge total volume of water existed on Mars in the past.
Where did all the water go? The answer may be that virtually all the water on Mars is now locked in the
permafrost layer under the surface, with more contained in the planet’s polar caps.
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1. The word “merge” in the passage is closest in meaning to ___________.
(A) expand (B) separate (C) straighten out (D) combine
2. What does the discussion in paragraph 1 of runoff channels in the southern highlands suggest about
Mars?
(A) The atmosphere of Mars was once thinner than it is today.
(B) Large amounts of rain once fell on parts of Mars.
(C) The river systems of Mars were once more extensive than Earth’s.
(D) The rivers of Mars began to dry up about 4 billion years ago.
3. The word “relics” in the passage is closest in meaning to _________.
(A) remains (B) sites (C) requirements (D) sources
4. In paragraph 2, why does the author include the information that 105 tons of water flow through the
Amazon River per second?
(A) To emphasize the great size of the volume of water that seems to have flowed through
Mars’outflow channels.
(B) To indicate data used by scientists to estimate how long ago Mars’ outflow channels were
formed.
(C) To argue that flash floods on Mars may have been powerful enough to cause tear-shaped
“islands” to form.
(D) To argue that the force of flood waters on Mars was powerful enough to shape the northern
volcanic plains.
5. According to paragraph 2, all of the following are true of the outflow channels on Mars EXCEPT:
(A) They formed at around the same time that volcanic activity was occurring on the northern
plains.
(B) They are found only on certain parts of the Martian surface.
(C) They sometimes empty onto what appear to have once been the wet sands of tidal beaches.
(D) They are thought to have carried water northward from the equatorial regions.
6. All of the following questions about geological features on Mars are answered in paragraph 3
EXCEPT:
(A) What are some regions of Mars that may have once been covered with an ocean?
(B) Where do mission scientists believe that the river forming the delta emptied?
(C) Approximately how many craters on Mars do mission scientists believe may once have been
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 (D) During what period of Mars’ history do some scientists think it may have had large bodies of
water?
7. According to paragraph 3, images of Mars’ surface have been interpreted as support for the idea that
(A) a large part of the northern lowlands may once have been under water.
(B) the polar regions of Mars were once more extensive than they are now.
(C) deltas were once a common feature of the Martian landscape.
(D) the shape of the Hellas Basin has changed considerably over time.
8. What can be inferred from paragraph 3 about liquid water on Mars?
(A) If ancient oceans ever existed on Mars’ surface, it is likely that the water in them has
evaporated by now.
(B) If there is any liquid water at all on Mars’ surface today, its quantity is much smaller than the
amount that likely existed there in the past.
(C) Small-scale gullies on Mars provide convincing evidence that liquid water existed on Mars in
the recent past.
(D) The small amount of water vapor in the Martian atmosphere suggests that there has never
been liquid water on Mars.
9. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the sentence in bold type in
the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
(A) But detractors argue that geological activity may be responsible for the water associated with
the terraces.
(B) But detractors argue that the terraces may be related to geological forces in the Northern
Hemisphere of Mars, rather than to Martian water in the south.
(C) But detractors argue that geological forces depressed the Northern Hemisphere so far below
the level of the south that the terraces could not have been formed by water.
(D) But detractors argue that the terraces may have been formed by geological activity rather than
by the presence of water.
10. According to paragraph 4, what do the 2003 Global Surveyor data suggest about Mars?
(A) Ancient oceans on Mars contained only small amounts of carbon.
(B) The climate of Mars may not have been suitable for the formation of large bodies of water.
(C) Liquid water may have existed on some parts of Mars’ surface for long periods of time.
(D) The ancient oceans that formed on Mars dried up during periods of cold, dry weather.
Part 4. Read the following passage and do the tasks that follows.
Blue-footed Boobies 2
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A   Boobies are a small group of seabirds native to tropical and subtropical oceans throughout the world.
Their diet consists mainly of fish. They are specialized fish eaters feeding on small school fish like
sardines, anchovies, mackerel, and flying fish. When their prey is in sight, they fold their long wings
back around their streamlined bodies and plunge into the water from as high as 80 feet, so streamlined
they barely make a splash. They travel in parties of about 12 to areas of water with large schools of small
fish. When the lead bird sees a fish shoal in the water, it will signal the rest of the group and they will all
dive together. Surprisingly, individuals do not eat with the hunting group, preferring to eat on their own,
usually in the early morning or late afternoon.
B   There are three varieties on the Galapagos: the blue-footed, red-footed, and masked boobies. They are
all members of the same family, and are not only different in appearance but also in behaviours. The
blue-footed and red-footed boobies mate throughout the year, while the masked boobies have an annual
mating cycle that differs from island to island. All catch fish in a similar manner, but in different areas:
the blue-footed booby does its fishing close to shore, while the masked booby goes slightly farther out,
and the red-footed booby fishes at the farthest distances from shore.
C   Although it is unknown where the name “Booby” emanates from, some conjecture it may come from
the Spanish word for clown, “bobo”, meaning “stupid”. Its name was probably inspired by the bird’s
clumsiness on land and apparently unwarranted bravery. The blue footed booby is extremely vulnerable
to human visitors because it does not appear to fear them. Therefore these birds received such name for
their clumsiness on land in which they were easily, captured, killed, and eaten by humans.
D    The blue-footed booby’s characteristic feet play a significant part in their famous courtship
ceremony, the ‘booby dance’. The male walks around the female, raising his bright blue feet straight up
in the air, while bringing his ‘shoulders’ towards the ground and crossing the bottom tips of his wings
high above the ground. Plus he’ll raise his bill up towards the sky to try to win his mate over. The female
may also partake in these activities – lifting her feet, sky pointing, and of course squawking at her mate.
After mating, another ritual occurs – the nest-building which ironically is never used because they nest on
the bare ground. When the female is ready to lay her eggs, they scrape the existing nest away so she can
nest on exposed ground. Sun-baked islands form the booby’s breeding grounds. When ready the female
Blue Footed Booby lays one to three eggs.
E    After mating, two or three eggs are laid in a shallow depression on flat or gently sloping ground.
Both male and female take turns incubating the eggs. Unlike most birds, booby doesn’t develop brood
patches (areas of bare skin on the breast) to warm the eggs during incubation. Instead, it uses its broad
webbed feet, which have large numbers of prominent blood vessels, to transmit heat essential for
incubation. The eggs are thick-shelled so they can withstand the full weight of an incubating bird.
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F   After hatching, the male plays a major role in bringing fish home. He can bring back a constant supply
of small fish for the chicks, which must be fed continuously. The reason is that the male has a longer tail
than the female in relation to his body size, which makes him able to execute shallower dives and to feed
closer to shore. Then the female takes a greater part as time proceeds. Sooner or later, the need to feed the
young becomes greater than the need to protect them and both adults must fish to provide enough.
G   When times are good, the parents may successfully fledge all three chicks, but, in harder times, they
may still lay as many eggs yet only obtain enough food to raise one. The problem is usually solved by the
somewhat callous-sounding system of “opportunistic sibling murder.” The first-born chick is larger and
stronger than its nest mate(s) as a result of hatching a few days earlier and also because the parents feed
the larger chick. If food is scarce, the first born will get more food than its nest mate(s) and will
outcompete them, causing them to starve. The above system optimizes the reproductive capacity of the
blue-foot in an unpredictable environment. The system ensures that, if possible, at least one chick will
survive a period of shortage rather than all three dying of starvation under a more ‘humane’ system.
Choose the correct heading for questions 1-6 from the list of headings below. Write the correct
number, i-ix, next to Questions 1-6.
List of Headings
i Unusual way of hatching the chicks
ii Feeding habit of the red-footed booby
iii Folding wings for purpose
iv Rearing the young
v Classification of boobies
vi Diving for seafood
vii Surviving mechanism during the food shortage period
viii Mating and breeding
ix Origin of the booby’s name
Example Answer
Paragraph: C ix
1   Paragraph A
2   Paragraph B
3   Paragraph D
4   Paragraph E
5   Paragraph F
6   Paragraph G
Questions 7-10 
Complete the summary below, using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the reading passage for
each answer.
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Write your answers in boxes 7 –10  on your answer sheet.
The courtship of the Blue-footed Booby consists of the male flaunting his blue feet and dancing to
impress the female. During the dance, the male will spread his wings and stamp his feet on the ground
with his bills 7  ______. After mating, the booby’s unusual demeanor continues with ritual 8 _______
that really serves no purpose. When the female Booby lays eggs, the parental boobies incubate the eggs
beneath their 9 _______ which contain 10  ________ to transmit the heat, because of the lack of brood
patches.
Part 5. Answer questions 1 – 10, by referring to the magazine article in which four successful career
women talk about emigrating to New Zealand.
A  Nicky Meiring B  Jenny Orr
C  Sarah Hodgett D  Lucy Kramer
Which woman ________
1. mentions a negative point about a job she has had? 
2. explains an advantage of choosing to pursue her career in New Zealand? 
3. appreciates the approach to achieving goals in New Zealand? 
4. expresses a sense of regret about leaving her country? 
5. appreciates the honesty she feels exists in New Zealand? 
6. denies conforming to a certain stereotype? 
7. appreciates New Zealand for its sense of calm and normality? 
8. mentions her move to a different area in the same field? 
9. states that her original nationality puts her in an advantageous position? 
10. recommends that New Zealanders take more pride in their country? 

The Brain Gain

With New Zealand becoming renowned as a great place to live, it was the first-choice destination for a
new generation of talented migrants looking for a better life. Sharon Stephenson talks to four of them
A  Nicky Meiring, Architect
Listen to Nicky Meiring talk about South Africa and it soon becomes evident that she's mourning for a
country she once called home. 'The current economic situation has made South Africa quite a hard place
to live in,' she says, 'but I do miss it.' Nicky first arrived in Auckland in 1994 and got a job in an
architectural practice in Auckland where she soon settled in. She says 'New Zealand often feels like
utopia. I just love the tranquility and the fact you can lead a safe and ordinary life.' She lives and works
from a renovated factory where her mantelpiece is littered with awards for the design of her summer
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house on Great Barrier Island. 'Although the design of buildings is fairly universal, houses here are
generally constructed of timber as opposed to brick and when it comes to the engineering of buildings, I
have to take great heed of earthquakes which isn't an issue in South Africa,' she says. 'But the very fact
that my training and points of reference are different means I have something to offer. And I'm so glad I
have the opportunity to leave my stamp on my new country."
B Jenny Orr, Art Director
American Jenny Orr's southern accent seems more at home in the movies than in New Zealand's capital,
Wellington. 'I'm from Alabama, but no, we didn't run around barefoot and my father didn't play the
banjo!' she jokes, in anticipation of my preconceptions. Having worked in corporate design for ten years
in the USA, she was after a change and thought of relocating to New Zealand. It didn't take long for her
to land a job with an Auckland design firm, where she was able to gain experience in an unfamiliar but
challenging area of design -packaging -and before long, she was headhunted to a direct marketing agency
which recently transferred her to Wellington. While she admits she could have the same salary and level
of responsibility at home, 'it would probably have been harder to break into this kind of field. I'm not
saying I couldn't have done it, but it may have taken longer in the US because of the sheer number of
people paying their dues ahead of me.' Ask Jenny how she's contributing to this country's 'brain gain' and
she laughs. 'I don't see myself as being more talented or intelligent but opposing views are what make
strategies, concepts and designs better and I hope that's what I bring.'
C  Sarah Hodgett, Creative Planner
What happens when all your dreams come true? Just ask Sarah Hodgett. Sarah says that she had always
dreamed of a career in advertising. 'But I was from the wrong class and went to the wrong university. In
the UK, if you're working class you grow up not expecting greatness in your life. You resign yourself to
working at the local factory and knowing your place.' New Zealand, on the other hand, allowed her to
break free of those shackles. 'It's a land of opportunity. I quickly learned that if you want to do something
here, you just go for it, which is an attitude I admire beyond belief.' Within a month of arriving, she'd
landed a job in customer servicing with an advertising agency. Then, when an opening in research came
up, she jumped at the chance. 'My job is to conduct research with New Zealanders,' she explains. 'So I get
to meet people from across the social spectrum which is incredibly rewarding.' Being a foreigner
certainly works in her favour, says Sarah. 'Because a lot of my research is quite personal, respondents
tend to see me as' impartial and open-minded and are therefore more willing to share their lives with me.'
She certainly sees New Zealand in a good light. 'I wish New Zealanders could see their country as I do.
That's why it saddens me that they don't think they're good enough on the global stage.'
D  Lucy Kramer, School Director
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Born in Sydney, Australia, Lucy Kramer left for London when she was 23 to further her career as a
stockbroker. 'London certainly lived up to my expectations and I had a very exciting, very hectic
lifestyle,' Lucy explains. But after four years she felt burnt out and was becoming increasingly
disillusioned with her job. 'People at work were far too competitive for my liking,' she says. It was at this
time she made two life-changing decisions. 'I signed up for a teacher- training course and shortly after
that met my partner, Graeme. He asked me to come back to New Zealand with him and I didn't hesitate.'
It wasn't long before she found work in a large Auckland school and, since then, she has rapidly worked
her way up to a management position. 'It's fair to say I'm not earning what I used to but my New Zealand
colleagues are much more easy- going. A good atmosphere more than makes up for the drop in salary.
Another thing that impresses me is that you can leave your stuff on a seat in a cafe and it'll still be there
half an hour later. People are pretty trustworthy here. Sometimes it bothers me that we're so remote -you
can feel a bit cut off from what's going on in the rest of the world, but on the whole, I'd say it's one of the
best moves I ever made.'
D. WRITING (60 pts)
Part 2. A foreign friend of yours plans to visit your place and stay with you, but you are not available on
that date. Give your friend another alternate date for the visit.

In your letter, you should:

-apologise for it
-explain what you are doing on that date
-suggest to him/her an alternate time to come.

Part 3. Write an essay of around 350 words on the following topic.

Some people think that young people should choose their professions themselves. Others believe
that their parents should choose for them.
Discuss both these views and give your opinion.

_End of the test_

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