SECTION A: LISTENING

You will hear an interview with a man who enjoys flying in a small aircraft called a microlight.
Fill each gap with NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS. Write your answers in the numbered boxes for
answers.
Before his retirement, Brian worked as a pilot for a company called (1) ____________ for a long time.
Brian feels like a bird when flying his microlight because he doesn't have a (2) ____________ around him.
Brian disagrees with the suggestion that steering a microlight is like steering a (3) ____________.
Brian's record-breaking flight ended in (4) ____________.
Brian organized his flight in advance to avoid needing other people as (5) ____________ on the way.
Brian's microlight was modified so that it could carry more (6) ____________ on board.
It took Brian (7) ____________ to plan the record-breaking flight.
Brian feels that flying over miles and miles of (8) ____________ was the most dangerous part of the trip.
Brian describes his navigation system as both (9) ____________ and easy to use.
Brian says that his main problem on the flight was the fact that he became very (10) ____________.
SECTION B: LEXICO – GRAMMAR
I. Select the best option for each sentence.
1. Did you hear him ______ the whole sonata last night?
A. play B. to playing C. to play D. played
2. Everyone knew that _______ this task would require a considerable effort.
A. working B. engaging C. making D. completing
3. Don't get so nervous about his coming late. When you get to know him better, you'll learn to take it ____.
A. easy B. loose C. nice D. fine
4. He’s ______ changed at all since I last saw him - just as lively and outgoing as he always was.
A. slightly B. hardly C. subtly D. nearly
5. “Never say that again, ______?”
A won’t you B. do you C. don’t you D. will you
6. Driving a car with faulty brakes is ______ quite a risk.
A. putting B. taking C. setting D. being
7. Recent corruption scandals mean that the party now stands only a(n) ______ chance of victory in the
forthcoming elections.
A. fair B. realistic C. slim D. inside
8. ______ had the van turned the corner than the wheel came off.
A. Scarcely B. No longer C. Hardly D. No sooner
9. John’s failure _______ great disappointment to his parents.
A. forced B. made C. caused D. provided
10. I have to admit I'm in two ______ about whether to tell her or not.
A. minds B. choices C. camps D. options
11. That minister’s ______ of party politics is well-known to the public.
A. disgust B. objection C. dislike D. opposition
12. Even ______ for inflation he thought it was a good investment.
A. considering B. allowing C. taking account D. calculating
13. John's up ahead so Greg is pedaling fast to ______ up with him.
A. catch B. keep C. stay D. hold
14. That is a ______ table I have ever seen.
A. beautiful large round wooden B. large beautiful round wooden
C. beautiful round large wooden D. wooden large beautiful round
15. The relations between the two countries have become tense since both ____ their claim to the disputed
territory.
 A. placed B. laid C. assumed D. put
II. Complete each sentence with one suitable particle or preposition.
1. You promised you would do it. Why did you go ____________ on your word?
2. They set ___________ early in the morning to avoid the rush hour traffic.
3. Jim is looking __________ to his trip to Berlin.
4. He wanted to save money on a regular basis and put ________ fifty pounds a month.
5. I can’t make __________ what he’s doing; it’s so dark down there.
III. Use the word given in CAPITALS to form a word that fits in each space. Write your answers in the
numbered boxes for answers.
PUTTING SOME FUN INTO THE WORKPLACE
A study of 737 chief executives of major corporations found that 98 per cent would hire
someone with a good sense of humor in (1)______ to someone who seemed to lack one. 1. PREFER
Having fun at work also inspires (2) ____________ in employees. According to a 2. LOYAL
survey of 1,000 workers, those who rated their manager's sense of humor “above
average” said there was a 90 per cent probability that they would remain in their job for
more than a year. If they worked for a boss whose sense of humor they described as
'average' or 'below', the employee's (3)________ of staying dropped to 77 per cent. 3. LIKELY
So laughter is (4)_________ and good for business. This knowledge could, 4. BENEFIT
however, add to the stress of (5)_________ when they are interviewed if making jokes 5. APPLY
doesn't come naturally to them. But being funny doesn't (6)________ mean being a 6. NECESSARY
stand-up (7)_______. The important thing is to strive for a light-hearted atmosphere in 7. COMEDY
the workplace.
There is, (8)_________, a downside to all this. For instance, some people working 8. FORTUNE
in retail jobs are required to smile (9)_________. Such enforced happiness can 9. CONTINUE
apparently cause (10) _________ at work and result in emotional stress. 10. SATISFY
IV. There are TEN mistakes in the passage below. Read the passage carefully, UNDERLINE THE
MISTAKES and WRITE YOUR CORRECTIONS on the CORRESPONDING LINES in the box for
answers. There is an example.
THIEVES IN THE SAFARI PARK
Visitors to Hampton safari park has been warned not entering ……………..
the monkey enclosure if they have roof cases on their cars as the ……………..
monkeys are likely to open it and steal the contents. The animals appear ……………..
to have worked out a way of unlocking the cases with jumping ……………..
on them; they even seem to be working together in group to do it. ……………..
One family said they know they couldn’t get out of the car and ……………..
so could only watch in horror while the monkeys ran away with every ……………..
their holiday clothes and disappeared up trees with everything from
……………..
bikinis to shoes. One young monkey was seeing holding onto a child’s
……………..
teddy bear.
……………..
Keepers at a safari park said the monkeys had broken into more
……………..
than ten roof cases at the beginning of the summer holidays. As a
……………..
result, they have now set up an alternative route for cars with
luggage on the roof because they can avoid the thieving monkeys. ……………..
SECTION C: READING COMPREHENSION
I. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. Write your answers in
the numbered boxes for answers.
HOSPITALITY
Hospitality - looking after visitors - is universal, but in different cultures hosts are expected to receive guests in
different ways.
In much of the ancient (1) ______, it was the custom to provide passing travellers with food and water and (2)
______ after them well. Indeed in some regions, if visitors were in the middle of a long (3)______, servants
would wash their feet.
Today, some old customs have (4) ______ in a traditional Japanese household, if a guest admires a (5) ______
object in the house, the host will give it to the guest straightaway. And it is still (6) ______ in parts of Russia to
greet guests with bread and salt on a special cloth. The guest is (7) ______ to kiss them and hand them back to
the host. Sometimes the guest breaks off a small piece of bread, dips it in the salt and eats it.
In some countries, when (8) ______ guests arrive from abroad they may feel they have been given a particularly
(9) ______ meal. But this is probably because the host politely keeps on offering more food and drink, and the
guest is too embarrassed to (10) ______ anything down.
1. A. globe B. earth C. world D. planet
2. A. look B. name C. take D. go
3. A. day B. travel C. term D. journey
4. A. supported B. survived C. preserved D. existed
5. A. usual B. precise C. distinct D. particular
6. A. typical B. everyday C. ordinary D. average
7. A. needed B. wanted C. required D. desired
8. A. strange B. foreign C. alien D. unfamiliar
9. A. strong B. dense C. wide D. heavy
10. A. slow B. turn C. keep D. take
II. Read the following passage and complete it by filling each blank with ONE suitable word. Write your
answers in the numbered boxes for answers.
THE GREAT LIBRARY IN ALEXANDRIA
Today, there are libraries in almost every town in the world. Even in areas (1)_______ there are no
libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take books from one village to (2)________. But in the days
when books were copied by hand (3)_______ than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books
took a very long time to produce, and there were (4)_______ fewer copies of any given work around. The
greatest library (5)_______ all, that in Alexandria, had 54,000 books. In the ancient world, this number
(6)________ considered huge. It was the first time that anyone had ever collected so many books from all around
the world (7 _________ one roof. There are many theories about how these books were lost. (8)________ is that
the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to
(9)_________ burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them. (10)________
happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever - some books were
never recovered. We cannot even know what exactly the library contained. Answers
III. You are going to read an article in which five people talk about what they have done to raise money
for charity. Choose from the people (A-E). The people may be chosen more than once. Write your
answers (A-E) in the numbered boxes for answers.
Which person or people:
would not repeat what they did to raise money? 1.
tried to encourage others to do things to raise money for charity? 2
spent a long time preparing for what they did? 3.
says the experience was unique and memorable? 4.
had a family member help them with the preparation for the event? 5.
says the hardest part was the beginning of the activity? 6.
mentions more than one type of charity event? 7.
sees taking part in charity events as a way of learning about people in need? 8.
took part in the same event many times? 9.
didn’t enjoy the event as much as the preparation? 10.

RAISING MONEY FOR CHARITY

A. Housewife and grandmother
abseiled off a cliff to raise money for charity. It was an enormous challenge as I’m actually quite afraid of
heights. It was only really the moment of going over the edge that was difficult; after that it was very easy. You
just have to get into the rhythm and not go too fast. My son is very into climbing and things like that and he and
some of his friends from his university climbing club set everything up and organized the whole event. There
were about twenty of us who did it and between us we raised well over the target amount. It was a great success
but I don’t think I’ll be doing anything like that again. Once was enough!
B. Lawyer
ran a triathlon and managed to get over 50 people to sponsor me. I had to train for months and it was really hard
work but well worth it. I actually enjoyed the training more than the final event because on the day the weather
was terrible. In the months running up to the event I followed a very strict regime and it felt good to be working
towards such a specific goal. I would often get up at 5 o’clock in the morning so I could train before going to
work. Knowing that I was going to be able to give a large donation to charity made me even more determined to
do it. It wasn’t compulsory to get sponsorship and giving money to charity wasn’t my main motivation when I
first signed up to do it but I wanted to make the most of the opportunity and all my friends and family were really
supportive and wanted to help and give money. It was such a positive experience I’m going to do it again next
year.
C. Environmental consultant
cycled from L.A. to Quito last spring. All my family thought I was mad but I love cycling and I knew it would be
an amazing way to see lots of really interesting places that most people never see. I managed to raise quite a bit
of money for charity through sponsorship although that wasn't my main objective. I turned 30 in March and I
really wanted to be doing something totally different rather than just sitting at my desk in the office. I wanted it
to be different and something I could look back on when I am older and feel proud of. It is something I’ll be able
to tell my grandchildren about and the fact that I was able to do something to help those less well off than me at
the same time, well that made it even better.
D. Theatre manager
When I was a child I took part in a lot of sponsored walks. Each year my school would organise the walks and
although it wasn’t compulsory my friends and I would always take part. It was fun. Each walk was about 15 km
long so it took quite a long time but it was a nice way to spend a day. The first year I did it I was only 11 years
old and my father came with us to keep an eye on us but once we were older we went by ourselves; there were
about 8 or 9 of us that all walked together. We managed to get quite a bit of money between us; in fact it became
our challenge to raise more money than the year before, which we always achieved, so there was a great sense of
satisfaction.
E. Retired primary school head teacher
We used to make a big effort to get the children involved in charity events as I think it helps raise their awareness
of world events and the fact that in many places there are people, particularly children like themselves, who live
in very different circumstances to them. I think they get a great sense of satisfaction too from knowing that they
are able to do something to help. Each year we had a mufti day; where all the children paid a small amount of
money and then came to school for one day in their own clothes and not in school uniform. We also regularly
held school fetes where the children were encouraged to donate old toys and books and things which we then
sold. The children got involved in running the stalls too and all the money we made went to our chosen charity.
SECTION D: WRITING
II. Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions one will make in life.
What are the three most important factors that one should take into consideration when choosing a
career?
Write an essay to answer the question. Use reasons and examples to support your opinion. You should write
about 200 words.