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Part 1. Complete the notes below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER
for each answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided. (10 points)
Notes for holiday
Travel information
Example
will email the flight number
must find out which (1) ______ arriving at
best taxi company: Pantera
Note: Simon lives in the east of the city
Simon’s cell phone number: (2) ______
What to pack
(to wear)
casual clothes
one smart dress – to wear at a hotel restaurant
a good raincoat for (3) ______
tough (4) ______
(to read)
try to find book named (5) ______ by Rex Campbell
(Adapted from IELTS Practice Test Plus 3)
Your answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Part 2. You will hear a man talking about coffee. For questions 6-10, decide whether the following
statements are true (T) or false (F). Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
(10 points)
6. The first instance of coffee use was recorded in Ethiopia before the 1400s.
7. Due to caffeine content, coffee plants hold no attraction to animals.
8. Coffee had been widely consumed in the Middle East before it was brought to court in the 16 th
century.
9. Thanks to authorities’ support, coffeehouses kept mushrooming in London.
10. Concerns over coffee workers’ working conditions led to a decrease in coffee production in the
“Bean Belt”.
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(https://youtu.be/BpMyV2SQoaE)
Your answers:
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Part 3. You will a discussion in which two people, Anne Doherty and Brian Johnson, talk about
gender equality in the workplace. For questions 11-15, choose the answer (А, В, C or D) which fits
best according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes
provided. (10 points)
11. What does Anne say about the gender pay gap in the UK?
A. It depends primarily on age.
B. Figures suggest the Equal Pay Act has failed completely.
C. Attempts to close it have ground to a halt.
D. Women will never achieve equality.
12. What does Brian think of the independent report he mentions?
A. It overestimates women's abilities.
B. It undermines male authority.
C. It is based on false assumptions.
D. It is misdirected.
13. According to Anne, why are women prevented from participating in the decision-making process?
A. Many companies just pay lip service to the need for more women in boardrooms.
B. Women do not pursue their goals vigorously enough.
C. The majority of companies refuse to take women seriously.
D. Men think women pay more attention to their appearance than to their work.
14. Brian believes that a move towards gender equality is only possible when
A. economic problems have been solved satisfactorily.
B. women occupy positions in the corridors of power.
C. there is solid proof of women's capabilities.
D. a new approach to pay grades is adopted.
15. Anne says that in countries with increased gender equality
A. women no longer have to care for children.
B. there is an improvement in the general health of the population.
C. gender roles have effectively been removed.
D. the economy is likely to benefit substantially.
(Adapted from Ahead with CAE)
Your answers:
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
Part 4: You will listen to news about Carnival festival, supply the blanks with the missing
information. For question 16-25, write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the
recording for each answer in the space provided. (20 points)
Carnival: the world’s biggest party
- Carnival is a phenomenon on the global scale, with the celebrations of over 50 nations, including
Brazil with samba blocos and Italy with (16) _________________.
- The festival proceeded from ancient Egypt as a festival among pagans, which was held in order to
(17) _________________ and welcome Spring.
- The Ancient Greeks adopted the festival when Alexander the Great conquered Egypt.
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- Carne Vale was a name with (18) _________________ when the Romans (19) _________________
the festival from the Greeks.
- “Carne” means “meat”, “Vale” means “farewell”, in (20) _________________, Carne Vale refers to
“Farewell to meat”, which is a feast before the fast of Lent.
- Italians in the 18th century prepared for Lent by holding (21) _________________ parties and gorge
before the fast.
- The celebration of Carnival became popular with the spread of Christianity to Europe and
colonization.
- Brazil’s world-famous Carnival was created by the mixture of European and African rituals.
- To celebrate the mixed heritage of Brazil, people hold the (22) _________________ which
accompany huge profits.
- On the Caribbean island of Trinidad, slaves here celebrated their own parties when excluded from the
celebration.
- The Indians only celebrate the festival of Carnival in the Southern state of Goa. During the event,
(23) _________________ around the state with bands, dances, floats.
- Quebec celebrate the third biggest festival in the world within the cold weather of the Winter.
- Despite its (24) _________________, Carnival has indisputably become a global celebration with the
participation of (25) _________________ around the world, contributing a lot to the party.
(https://youtu.be/ltXfR_TIlEE)
Your answers:
16. 21.
17. 22.
18. 23.
19. 24.
20. 25.
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51. You will be for the high ______ if your mother discovers you have played truant on so many
occasions.
A. jump B. storm C. limb D. belt
52. This is a small hotel and it can only ______ fifty guests.
A. touch on B. take in C. go about D. come by
53. So many good solutions to the question have been submitted that the committee have had a hard
time of deciding which one to ______
A. adapt B. adom C. adept D. adopt
54. His chronic fits do ______ a problem to us as we have to be on the alert all the time and apply his
medicine whenever he needs it.
A. exhibit B. stage C. pose D. bid
55. ______ smart he was, he couldn’t figure out how to solve the puzzle.
A. Regardlessly B. However C. Much as D. For all
Your answers:
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31. 32. 33. 34. 35.
36. 37. 38. 39. 40.
41. 42. 43. 44. 45.
46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
51. 52. 53. 54. 55.
Part 2. For questions 56-65, fill each gap with the correct form of the words in brackets. Write your
answer in the boxes provided. (10 points)
56. The athlete strode ____________________ towards the starting line, knowing that he could win
the race. (PURPOSE)
57. She may be ____________________, but she seems to end up annoying a lot of people. (MEAN)
58. The minister made a(n) ____________________ visit to the north of the country. (PROFILE)
59. There were a few ____________________ but in general the project went well. (SET)
60. The car rolled quickly down the hill, propelled by its own ____________________. (MOMENT)
61. When their youngest son came back home, he was welcomed back home with
____________________ arms. (STRETCH)
62. The bottled water is carefully checked to remove any ____________________. (PURE)
63. Among the world-famous tennis players is Pete Sampras, who had a(n) ____________________
career. (ILLUSTRATE)
64. Girls tend to do better academically in single-sex schools than in ____________________ ones
(EDUCATE)
65. They exchanged the usual ____________________ before getting down to discussing business.
(PLEASURE)
Your answers:
56. 57.
58. 59.
60. 61.
62. 63.
64. 65.
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SECTION C: READING (60 points)
Part 1. For questions 66-75, read the following passage and decide which option (A, B, C, or D) best
fits each gap. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes. (15 points)
You may think that’s easy to answer: surely a good school is one which (66) _______ good
exam results. After all, it is these results which will enable students to get into good universities.
However, schools are about much more than exams. They are about education for all, from the most
academic to the least. A good school has three (67) _______ ingredients: good (68) _______from the
head, dedicated teachers with high (69) _______ for all students, and students who want to be there
and are willing to (70) _______ rules and respect one another. It isn’t easy to (71) _______ around a
failing school, but research has shown that a strong and (72) _______ leader is often the key to
success. A good head or principal of a school will (73) _______ teachers and students alike, will not
tolerate bullying or bad behaviour and will (74) _______ the respect of all.
He or she will make sure teachers are encouraged and assisted in their work, and that they
receive the training they need to do their job effectively; once this is in place, teachers are happier and
more fulfilled and students (75) _______ the benefits. Some will go on to get brilliant academic
results, others may not do so well in their exams, but provided they have reached their potential and
they have passed with acceptable grades, the school will not have failed them.
66. A. conveys B. delivers C. brings D. gives
67. A. critical B. acute C. crucial D. burning
68. A. leadership B. control C. running D. executive
69. A. expectations B. ideals C. opportunities D. potentials
70. A. accept B. understand C. grasp D. follow
71. A. go B. turn C. direct D. transform
72. A. inspirational B. moving C. promising D. uplifting
73. A. drive B. provoke C. motivate D. arouse
74. A. control B. order C. command D. direct
75. A. earn B. obtain C. realise D. reap
(Adapted from C1 Reading and Use of English)
Your answers:
66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75.
Part 2. For questions 76 – 85, read the passage and fill each of the following numbered blanks with
ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the boxes provided. (15 points)
Humour is a uniquely human quality that enables people to connect, break boundaries and
share common ideas. However, (76) ______ many know through bitter experience, it does not always
translate well across cultures. This is because much of (77) ______ we find amusing is culturally
determined.
The norms of humour that are familiar to the people of one nation can seem impenetrable to (78)
______. However, research shows that universal elements do exist. These can cross cultural
boundaries and tap into a mutual understanding of the world, (79) ______ of where we grew up.
While many people think being funny requires (80) ______ certain sophistication or
intellectual ability, apparently anyone can make others laugh. This is due to the fact that human beings
are naturally predisposed to humour. Researchers have discovered that something commonly
considered to be funny is composed of two elements. Firstly, (81) ______ must subvert the listener’s
expectations - in other words, be surprising - and, also, it must not be threatening. As this appears to
hold (82) ______ across cultures, the topics are where the differences lie. For example, in some
countries people enjoy telling jokes about (83) ______ competitive relationships with neighbouring
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nations while, in other parts of the world people like comedy that is (84) ______ at themselves, or like
using wordplay, storytelling or satire.
Whatever the topic is, though, it turns out that understanding the things that make any of us
crack (85) ______ isn’t actually that difficult.
(Adapted from Use of English CAE)
Your answers:
76. 77. 78. 79. 80.
81. 82. 83. 84. 85.
Part 3. For questions 86-95, read the following passage and circle the best answer to each of the
following questions. Write your answers in corresponding numbered boxes provided. (15 points)
To South Americans, robins are birds that fly north every spring. To North Americans, the
robins simply vacation in the south each winter. Furthermore, they fly to very specific places in South
America and will often come back to the same trees in North American yards the following spring.
The question is not why they would leave the cold of winter so much as how they find their way
around. The question perplexed people for years, until, in the 1950s, a German scientist named
Gustavo Kramer provided some answers and in the process, raised new questions.
Kramer initiated important new kinds of research regarding how animals orient and navigate.
Orientation is simply facing in the right direction; navigation involves finding one way from point A to
point B.
Early in his research, Kramer found that caged migratory birds became very restless at about
the time they would normally have begun migration in the wild. Furthermore, he noticed that as they
fluttered around in the cage, they often launched themselves in the direction of their normal migratory
route. He then set up experiments with caged starlings and found that their orientation was, in
fact, in the proper migratory direction except when the sky was overcast, at which times there
was no clear direction to their restless movements. Kramer surmised, therefore, that they were
orienting according to the position of the Sun. They seemed to be using the Sun as a compass to
determine direction. At the time, this idea seemed preposterous. How could a bird navigate by the Sun
when some of us lose our way with road maps? Obviously, more testing was in order.
So, in a set of experiments, Kramer put identical food boxes around the cage, with food in only
one of the boxes. The boxes were stationary, and the one containing food was always at the same point
of the compass. However, its position with respect to the surroundings could be changed by revolving
either the inner cage containing the birds or the outer walls, which served as the background. As long
as the birds could see the Sun, no matter how their surroundings were altered, they went directly to the
correct food box. On overcast days, however, the birds were disoriented and had trouble locating their
food box.
In experimenting with artificial suns, Kramer made another interesting discovery. If the
artificial Sun remained stationary, the birds would shift their direction with respect to it at a rate of
about 15 degrees per hour, the Sun's rate of movement across the sky. Apparently, the birds were
assuming that the "Sun" they saw was moving at that rate. When the real Sun was visible, however, the
birds maintained a constant direction as it moved across the sky. In other words, they were able to
compensate for the Sun's movement. This meant that some sort of biological clock was operating-and a
very precise clock at that.
86. The word “perplexed” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. defeated B. gripped C. baffled D. grizzled
87. Which of the following can be inferred about bird migration from paragraph 1?
A. Bird migration generally involves moving back and forth between north and south.
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B. Birds will take the most direct migratory route to their new habitat.
C. The destination of birds' migration can change from year to year.
D. The purpose of migration is to join with larger groups of birds.
88. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the bold sentence in
paragraph 3?
A. Experiments revealed that caged starlings displayed a lack of directional sense and restless
movements.
B. Experiments revealed that caged starlings were unable to orient themselves in the direction of
their normal migratory route.
C. Experiments revealed that the restless movement of caged starlings had no clear direction.
D. Experiments revealed that caged starlings' orientation was accurate unless the weather was
overcast.
89. The word “surmised” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. conjectured B. propagandized C. galvanized D. obfuscated
90. According to paragraph 3, which statement is NOT TRUE about caged starlings?
A. It was likely that they used the Sun to determine direction.
B. They were able to identify their normal migratory route.
C. Their orientation was accurate when the weather was overcast.
D. They became restless when their normal time for migration arrived.
91. Which of the following can be inferred from paragraph 4 about Kramer’s reason for filling one
food box and leaving the rest empty?
A. He thought that if all the boxes contained food, this would distract the birds from following their
migratory route.
B. He wanted to see whether the Sun alone controlled the birds' ability to navigate toward the box
with food.
C. He believed the birds would eat food from only one box which was stationary.
D. He needed to test whether the birds preferred having the food at any particular point of the
compass.
92. The word “they” in paragraph 4 refers to ______.
A. surroundings B. experiments C. walls D. birds
93. According to paragraph 5, how did the birds fly when the real Sun was visible?
A. They kept the direction of their flight constant.
B. They changed the direction of their flight at a rate of 15 degrees per hour.
C. They kept flying toward the Sun.
D. They flew in the same direction as the birds that were seeing the artificial Sun.
94. The experiment described in paragraph 5 caused Kramer to conclude that birds possess a biological
clock because ______.
A. when birds navigate they are able to compensate for the changing position of the Sun in the sky
B. birds' innate bearings keep them oriented in a direction that is within 15 degrees of the Sun's
direction
C. birds' migration is triggered by natural environmental cues, such as the position of the Sun
D. birds shift their direction at a rate of 15 degrees per hour whether the Sun is visible or not
95. Which of the following best describes the author's presentation of information in the passage?
A. A number of experiments are described to support the idea that birds use the Sun to navigate.
B. A structured argument about the importance of internal versus external cues for navigation is
presented.
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C. The opposing points of view about bird migration are clarified through the study of contrasting
experiments.
D. The author uses logic to show that the biological clock in birds is inaccurate.
(Adapted from TOEFL ETS Guide)
Your answers:
86. 87. 88. 89. 90.
91. 92. 93. 94. 95.
Part 4. For questions 96-105, read the passage and do the following tasks. Write your answers in
the corresponding numbered boxes. (15 points)
A In the world of wildlife conservation, it is usually animals like whales and tigers which get the most
public attention. However, it could be argued that perhaps we should be focusing more attention
elsewhere. Insects and microorganisms that we tend to ignore actually play a far more important
role in biodiversity protection. Consider, for example, the Western honeybee Apis mellifera. In
recent years, a problem known as ‘colony collapse disorder' has manifested itself, and now
honeybee colonies are rapidly disappearing. Nobody knows the cause of this phenomenon, but the
implications are worryingly clear: unless a solution to colony collapse disorder is found soon, food
production will be seriously, perhaps disastrously, affected.
B The honeybee example illustrates how the disappearance of one species can have a profound effect
on the ecosystem around it. To understand how this happens, imagine an arched doorway or
window in an ancient stone building. Many buildings containing arches are still standing today,
hundreds, or even thousands, of years after they were built, in spite of the ravages of time and
natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods. On each side of the arch, there is a vertical series
of bricks which gradually curve inwards, and these are supported at the centre by a keystone. It is
this keystone that gives the arch, and the structure around it its strength and stability.
C In the same way that an archway relies on its keystone to stay standing, so the ecosystem in a
particular area relies on certain species in order to continue functioning. Named ‘keystone species’
by zoologist Robert Paine, who undertook the first major study of the effect of species loss on local
environments, they have a major influence on the ecosystem around them. And there are a
surprisingly large variety of them.
D At first glance, it is hard to imagine how the disappearance of one of these species could have such
an effect on its environment. However, as Paine discovered when he carried out a series of
experiments on the starfish Pisaster ochraceous in the 1960s, the impact can be extreme. When
Paine removed a large number of these fish from part of Mukkaw Bay in the USA, he observed
sudden changes in species diversity. The mussel and sea urchin population increased, since these
creatures form an important part of Pisaster's diet. However, other species saw a dramatic decline.
Furthermore, reefs in the area were also destroyed, as increasing numbers of sea urchins fed on their
coral. Paine also observed that once Pisaster was returned to the area, the ecosystem began a
gradual return to its pre-experiment state.
E Unfortunately, significant changes in other interconnected populations are taking place without
removal experiments being carried out with some keystone species being driven close to extinction.
For the last ten years, Professor David Gomm of the Marine Conservation Association has led a
study of sea otters in the North Pacific. This keystone predator feeds on sea urchins, which in turn
feed on the vast kelp forests in the region. For a number of reasons, killer whales have begun to
include otters in their diet, and this has caused sea otter populations to fall rapidly. Consequently,
sea urchin populations have exploded, and this has led to an almost total destruction of the kelp
forests.’
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F Professor Gomm’s prediction may sound overly dramatic to environmental sceptics, but there is an
indication that it might already have happened. The species in question is, or rather was the dodo, a
large, flightless bird that once lived on the island of Mauritius. In the late sixteenth century, the
bird's population began to fall sharply as European settlers arriving on the island and by the end of
the seventeenth century, the dodo was extinct. There are some who believe it may have been a
keystone species. For evidence of this, they point to a tree called the tambalacoque. It is thought that
the dodo ate the fruit of the tambalacoque and activated the seed through unique digestive
processes. With the demise of the dodo, tambalacoque numbers declined to just a few trees,
reducing a valuable food source for other animals on the island.
G Some scientists are doubtful about the connection between the dodo and the tambalacoque. After all,
they argue, if the tree was dependent on the dodo, why are there still some growing on the island?
However, they all agree that even if there is no direct connection, the study dues help to make an
important point: even though a species may seem unimportant in isolation, it may actually form an
important part of a much larger system of organisms, and its disappearance could have far-reaching
consequences. It is therefore essential that, for the sake of the environment, ecologists continue to
identify and preserve keystone species.
(IELTS Complete)
The passage has seven paragraphs, A-G. For questions 96 – 102, choose the correct headings (i-x)
for paragraphs. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes provided.
LIST OF HEADINGS
For questions 101-105, Complete the sentences below. Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS
from the passage for each answer.
102. Scientists fear that, in the near future, the unexplained disappearance of honeybees will affect the
ecosystem and have a major impact on …………………
103. The arches on old buildings rely on keystones for their …………………
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104. A …………………in the numbers of some species in Mukkaw Bay occurred following Robert
Paine’s removal experiment.
105. Kelp forests in the North Pacific have almost disappeared as an indirect result of ……………… falling.
Your answers:
96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
100. 102. 103. 104. 105.
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Part 2: (30 points)
Some people think that competition at work, at school and in daily life is a good thing. Others
believe that we should try to cooperate more, rather than competing against each other.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
Give reasons and include any relevant examples to support your answer.
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