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SECTION I: LISTENING (3.0 points) (You will hear twice for each part)
Part 1. You will hear a radio interview with a ballet dancer called Elena Karpov, who is talking
about her life and career. For each question, put a tick in the correct box.
1. Elena decided to become a dancer when she was ________.
A. seven B. nine C. eleven
2. At ballet school in New York, Elena ________.
A. was the only student from Bulgaria.
B. found learning the language hard.
C. learned to be independent.
3. What does Elena say about the ballet called Cinderella?
A. Children will enjoy it.
B. The music was unfamiliar to her.
C. She saw it when she was a child.
4. In her free time, Elena likes to ________.
A. go sightseeing B. go to clubs C. go shopping
5. What does Elena often do for her fans?
A. She gives them a flower.
B. She signs one of her photographs.
C. She sends them a free ticket.
6. What does Elena like best about her job?
A. appearing on television
B. doing something she loves
C. travelling to different countries
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Part 2. You will hear a group leader talking to some students who are going to visit an important
athletics event in Birmingham. For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered
space.
Athletics Championships
* Date of college trip: 15th of (7) …………………………….
* It’s the largest single sports competition in (8) …………………………….
* The number of national teams take part in is: (9) …………………………….
* Number of sports people who will compete: (10) …………………………….
* How the group will travel to Birmingham: by (11) …………………………….
* They don’t hire coach because of the (12) …………………………….
* What group members must take on that day: (13) …………………………….
* Name of the website page: (14) …………………………….
* The day that other details will be available to students is on: (15) …………………………….
SECTION II: LEXICO – GRAMMAR (7.0 points)
Part 1: Questions from 16 to 36. (3.0 points - 0.15/ each)
Choose the best answer to each question.
16. The family could not ______ because they had forgotten their passports.
A. check up B. check out C. check through D. check in
17. You’d better drive. I’m too ______ for such traffic.
A. experienced B. experiencing C. inexperienced D. inexperiencing
18. ______ during the storm.
A. They were collapsed the fence B. the fence was collapsed
C. They collapsed the fence D. The fence collapsed
19. The reviewer ______ Mathew's new novel as a new style of modern science fiction.
A. chewed B. digested C. described D. drew
20. She is wearing a/an ______ ring.
A. expensive nice gold B. nice gold expensive
C. gold nice expensive D. nice expensive gold
21. Mary has trouble ______ her homework.
A. to remember B. to remembering C. remember D. remembering
22. She ________ her neighbor’s children for the broken window.
A. accused B. blamed C. denied D. complained
23. Children should be taught that they have to________ everything after they use it.
A. put away B. pick off C. collect up D. catch on
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40. An investigation has been under way for several days into the …………………………….. of a APPEAR
thirteen-year-old boy.
41. Nicholas …………………………………..admitted that the report was a pack of lies. FRANK
42. There's a high …………………………………..that the children will follow a different career. PROBABLE
43. The northern part of our country was slow to …………………………………... INDUSTRY
44. She has always been …………………………………..on our educational issues recently. SPEAK
45. The …………………………………..of the trains and the buses causes frustration and FREQUENT
annoyance.
Part 3: Questions from 46 to 50.(1 point - 0.2/ each)
Each of the following sentences has an error. Find the errors and correct them.
46. The equipment in the office was badly in need of to be repaired.
47. The governor has not decided how to deal with the new problems already.
48. Insulin, using treat diabetes and is secured chiefly from the pancreas of cattle and hogs.
49. The people tried of defend their village, but they were finally forced to retreat.
50. The president refuses to accept either of the four new proposals made by the contractors.
Part 4: Questions from 51 to 55.(1 point - 0.2/ each)
Fill in each of the sentences with correct prepositions.
51. They enjoyed a popularity scarcely commensurate …………………… their actual merits.
52. You are …………………… no obligation to buy the product. Take it home and try it out for a week.
53. she was very sad because her father passed …………………… last week.
54. But I am surprised …………………… how much money they want to pay him!
55. I'm afraid; we have run …………………… of apple juice. Will an orange juice do?
SECTION III: READING (6.0 points)
Part 1. Questions 56 – 65 (2 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question.
CAREERS
Work should be a meaningful and (56) __________ part of one’s life. The (57) _______ of a
career is, therefore, one of the most serious decision anyone can (58) __________. It is
important to take in consideration your (59) _______ and personal preferences. For instance,
adventurous people who enjoy an outdoor life shouldn’t choose a (60) _______ in an office. If you
like to work alone, you shouldn’t look for employment which requires working with the public. If you
enjoy working with people, you may like a career in a (61) __________ such as human resources.
You should (62) __________ about finding out as much as possible about intended career
before you finish your education. It may take time to (63) __________ for the career you want.
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Don’t accept a job if you haven’t got a clue what your working conditions will be or how much
you can expect to (64) __________. Future disappointment can be avoided by talking to
professionals with (65) __________ in the career you are interested in as well as visiting different
companies and institutions.
56. A. comfortable B. productive C. exported D. efficient
57. A. thought B. advice C. choice D. interest
58. A. do B. set C. have D. make
59. A. facilities B. skills C. references D. contracts
60. A. work B. job C. pension D. business
61. A. branch B. department C. workplace D. firm
62. A. set B. work C. look D. find
63. A. run B. practise C. train D. learn
64. A. bring B. earn C. obtain D. win
65. A. reputation B. employment C. experience D. experiment
Part 2. Questions 66 – 75 (2.0 points - 0.2/ each)
Read the passage below and choose the best answer to each question
One of the factors contributing to the intense nature of twenty-first-century stress is our
continual exposure to media – particularly to an over abundance of news. If you feel stressed out by
the news, you are far from alone. Yet somehow many of us seem unable to prevent ourselves from
tuning in to an extreme degree.
The further back we go in human history, the longer news took to travel from place to place, and
the less news we had of distant people and lands altogether. The printing press obviously changed
all that, as did every subsequent development in transportation and telecommunication.
When television came along, it proliferated like a population of rabbits. In 1950, there were
100,000 television sets in North American homes; one year later there were more then a million.
Today, it’s not unusual for a home to have three or more television sets, each with cable access to
perhaps over a hundred channels. News is the subject of many of those channels, and on several of
them it runs 24 hours a day.
What’s more, after the traumatic events of September 11, 2001, live newscasts were paired with
perennial text crawls across the bottom of the screen – so that viewers could stay abreast of every
story all the time.
Needless to say, the news that is reported to us is not good news, but rather disturbing images
and sound bytes alluding to disaster (natural and man-made), upheaval, crime, scandal, war, and the
like. Compounding the problem is that when actual breaking news is scarce, most broadcasts fill in
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with waistline, hairline, or very existence in the future. This variety of story tends to treat with equal
alarm a potentially lethal flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream that over promises
smooth skin.
Are humans meant to be able to process so much trauma – not to mention so much overblown
anticipation of potential trauma – at once? The human brain, remember, is programmed to slip into
alarm mode when danger looms. Danger looms for someone, somewhere at every moment.
Exposing ourselves to such input without respite and without perspective cannot be anything other
than a source of chronic stress.
66. According to the passage, which of the following has contributed to the intense nature of
twenty-first-century stress?
A. An overabundance of special news B. The degree to which stress affects our life
C. Our inability to control ourselves D. Our continual exposure to the media
67. In the past, we had less news of distant people and lands because ______.
A. means of communication and transprotation were not yet invented.
B. the printing press changed the situation to slowly
C. printing, transportation, and telecommunications were not developed
D. most people lived in distant towns and villages
68. The pronoun “them” in paragraph 3 refers to _________.
A. TV channels B. television sets C. TV news D. cable access
69. The word “traumatic” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. boring B. fascinating C. upsetting D. exciting
70. According to the passage, when there is not enough actual breaking news, broadcasts
_________.
A. are full of dangerous diseases such as flu.
B. send out live newscasts paired with text across the screen
C. send out frightening stories about potential dangers
D. are forced to publicize an alarming increase in crime
71. As stated in the passage, a flu outbreak and the bogus claims of a wrinkle cream tend to ________.
A. involve natural and man-made disasters B. be treated with equal alarm
C. be scarce breaking news D. be warmly welcomed by the public
72. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. The news that is reported to us is not good news.
B. Many people are under stress caused by the media.
C. Many TV channels supply the public with breaking news.
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88. When the Minister was asked about the strike, he declined to comment.
On.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
89. As she grows older, she becomes increasingly cheerful.
The older...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
90. Although Jack took a taxi, He still arrived late for the conference.
In spite.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Part 2: Questions from 91 to 92.(2 points - 0.4/ each)
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given. Do not change the word given.
91. In the end, I felt I had been right to leave the club. regrets
In the end, I ……………………………………………………………………. left the club.
92. The company didn’t decide to replace this model. no
The company had ……………………………………………………………………. this model.
93. Paula said I had caused the accident. for
Paula ……………………………………………………………………. the accident.
94. She has always had a good relationships with her children. got
@ She has ……………………………………………………………………. her children.
95. You can get Tim to lend you his car but you won't succeed. point
@ There is ……………………………………………………………………. Tim to lend you his car.
Part 3. Essay writing
“Deforestation one of the main causes that lead to global warmings.”
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least 150 words.
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