PART I.

LISTENING : (50 POINTS)

Part 1: Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each
answer. ( 14 points)
1. practical
2. pizza(s)
3. (light) walking
4. Pine Park
5. fruit juice
6. B
7. I
Part 1:
Peter: Okay Mary, I know I’m putting on weight with all my bad eating habits.
Mary: That’s right. Chocolate bars, pizzas, and all washed down with litres of soft drink.
And with all the sugar in soft drink, I think we can say you’re definitely overindulging,
don’t you think?
Peter: I know, I know. I intend to definitely stop drinking that from now on.
Mary: And that’s part of the sensible eating plan that we have agreed we need to
formulate—one that we can both follow.
Peter: That’s right, sensible, and practical — allowing us to indulge in some sweet
foods on occasions.
Mary: On rare occasions, and we’re going to cut out all the pizzas and hamburgers.
Peter: Well, not totally. I thought you said pizzas could be eaten once a week. You know
how I like pizzas.
Mary: No. I said once every two months. Once a week was ice cream, not pizza.
Peter: Yeah, that’s because you like ice cream. I prefer pizza.
Mary: Peter, if you want to lose weight, you need to be disciplined, in both what
you eat, and what you do, which brings us to the issue of exercise.
Peter: That’s right. So, jogging twice a week, and hiking on Saturdays, right?
Mary: No, hiking is Sundays, allowing Saturdays for the light walking exercise. I’ve
investigated, and discovered there are a lot of walking trails around this suburb, with
many beautiful places if you just look around.
Peter: So what’s happening this Saturday? A walk around the city?
Mary: That’s later in the month. This Saturday we’ll visit Pine Park
Peter: Hill Park is nicer, with great views, too,
Mary: Yes, but we have to travel too far to reach Hill Park, so I ruled that out, and I love
the smell of pines.
Peter: And what about the weekday meals? Salads every night, I suppose?
Mary: No, it’s important to vary the meals so that the food remains interesting and fun.
The only common factor is the fruit juice, but otherwise we’ll have a variety of
healthy fare, from salads, to fish, to lean meat.
Peter: I'd rather have meat every night, but you’re the boss.
Mary: If you want to lose weight, you’ll have to accept this program, okay?
Peter:Okay.
Peter: Now Mary, you said we could have a little treat in our diet plan three times a week:
specifically, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays.
Mary: Yes. A very small treat, but something to reward us for all the discipline shown.
Such rewards will motivate us to continue the diet.
Peter: So, on Tuesdays, what can I choose?
Mary: You have a choice between a small serving of chocolate, ice cream, or biscuits.
Peter: Okay, well, I’ll go for the biscuits. I love those crunchy little things with my cup of
tea. So do you, right?
Mary: I do indeed, so I’ll have them, too, saving the ice cream for later.
Peter: But I know how much you like ice cream, so why don’t you save it for the end of
the week? That will give you the motivation to keep going, and you can have chocolate
midweek?
Mary: That’s a good idea, but I think the most important thing is for you and I to eat
different things on those other two days.
Peter: Well, if you think that way, I’ll eat the ice cream on Thursdays, not the
chocolate. Okay?
Mary: Well, if you’re having that, then I can’t have ice cream. In order to be different, I’ll
have the chocolate.
Peter: So, we can compare our different snacks, and maybe even share a little with
eachother.
Mary: Exactly! And the variety and fun involved will take our minds of wanting more.
Peter: Eating for fun! A good idea!
Mary: And then you can have the chocolate on Sunday, right?
Peter: But I like biscuits? Actually, I want biscuits again—to have with my cup of tea.
Mary: But you have the biscuits on Monday, remember, and we can’t repeat.
Peter: Ah come on! This isn’t fixed in concrete. I can have them again instead of
chocolate. You might like variety, but I don’t. I’m a creature of habit.
Mary: Well, the whole point of this was to taste different snacks, but if you want the
same thing, okay. I, for one, am sticking to the original plan, with ice cream to finish the
week, and not another dose of chocolate.
Part 2: Listen to the recording and complete each of the following sentences with NO
MORE THAN two words AND/ OR a number (FCE practice tests) (16 points)
1. teacher 2. 3,000/ three thousand 3. airports 4. passengers
5. science 6. controls 7. monitor 8. report
Part 3. You will hear an interview in which a deep-sea map-maker called Sally Gordon
and a marine biologist called Mark Tomkins are talking about making maps of the
ocean floor. For questions 1-5, decide whether the statement is TRUE (T) or FALSE
(F). (10points)
1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T

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Interviewer: Tonight we're talking to map-maker Sally Gordon, and marine biologist
Mark Tomkins, about making maps of the ocean floor. Sally, how did you get started on
your career? Tell us about your first expedition.
Sally: As a recent graduate, I was fortunate to receive a full-paid internship aboard an
exploration vessel to participate in sonar mapping. I was delighted to be selected, but I
was extremely nervous about living at sea for three weeks. Fortunately, everyone was
really friendly and helpful to me as the new kid on board. On my very first mapping
expedition, we collected some data which really changed the way that they thought about
geology in that area, and from then on I was completely hooked, and inspired by the
thought of repeating the success. Now a lot of my shipmates call me the Mapping Queen!
Interviewer: Mark, how far have we progressed in terms of researching the ocean floor?
Mark: Here's a troubling fact: most of us know more about planets than we do about the
depths of the ocean. And yet with volcanoes, deep valleys, mountain peaks and vast
plains, the landscape of the ocean floor is as varied and magnificent as it is on the surface
of some astronomical body. Ninety-five percent of the ocean floor remains unexpired -
which is nothing compared to how small a part of space we have reached, of course. But
mapping the ocean floor is very technologically challenging and is progressing much
more slowly than space exploration.
Interviewer: Sally, I know you were wanting to make a point about public attitudes
towards deep-sea exploration.
Sally: Yes ... thanks. I do think it's challenging to get the public engaged about deep-sea
exploration. I think you can get people excited about some parts of marine science.
People love to see footage of coral reefs, for example. These are bright, well-lit portions
of the ocean, but really just its skin. But the depths are so far removed from people
physically, so it's a case of out of sight and out of mind, I suppose, which is a shame and
so unnecessary.
Interviewer: Here's a question for both of you. Where does the funding for these projects
come from?
Mark: The government tunding has tended to dry up in recent years, and a lot of
corporations have really taken up some of the slack. Our project is financed by Alison
insurance. It's a very interesting model for ocean science because it's like instead of
sponsoring a football team, you're sponsoring a very important scientific mission that
really can make a difference - and people notice that.
Sally: Tt's an interesting development. I think corporates are starting to see the
opportunity here for getting massive brand exposure in an area that there aren't too many
competitors. And i don't think a government funded project could've worked at the speed
that we've been working at.
Interviewer: There are a lot of mineral resources under the sea. Mark, aren't some nations
- particularly island nations - rushing in to exploit this?
Mark: Some are. Though, of course, without knowing the shape of the ocean floor, we'll
never realise the economic viability of these resources. Some island nations have been
trying to extend their territorial sea claims further under one interpretation of maritime
law. I think who owns these resources is a huge
issue, and particularly who might be responsible for any damage done to the ocean if
these resources are mined - who would be liable.
Interviewer: With all the new technology, our knowledge of the oceans is increasing.
Where do you both see this leading?
Sally: More awareness leads to more engagement and - I hope – more responsibility.
People would be seeing landscapes everywhere, as gorgeous as the Himalayas or the
Grand Canyon, and they'd be seeing them for the first time because these are places that
no human had ever seen before. We've already witnessed this with photos of galaxies
coming back from the latest space probes.
Mark: I think the only reason we haven't seen these places is we haven't had the will to go
find them, It'll make people think before they're careless about pollution, or eating
seafood unsustainably, because they'd really know how beautiful the ocean is, and that it's
not just a big dumping ground. It's our planet, not some distant galaxy we're talking about
here after all.
Part 4: You will hear part of an interview with the astronaut Charles Duke, who is
talking about his trip to the moon. For questions 1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D)
which fits best according to what you hear. (10 points)
1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D

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Interviewer: My guest today is Charles Duke, one of the few people to have walked on
the moon as part of an Apollo mission. Charles, welcome to the studio. Have you always
been hooked on space travel?
Charles: Quite frankly, as a kid, it'd never entered my head. There wasn't even a space
program when I was young . . . so there weren't any astronauts.
Interviewer: What about science fiction films at the cinema?
Charles: I'd seen them, of course I used to wonder what space travel might be like — but
it was never what you might describe as a fascination — if you follow me.
Interviewer: So, how did it all come about? Charles: It was at the Naval Academy. . .
Interviewer: Not in the Air Force?
Charles: No, but I was a navy pilot. I had fallen in love with planes and nothing else
would do. And that gave me the opportunity to start — to get selected for the astronaut
program.
Interviewer: Presumably by then they were talking about putting rockets into space?
Charles: Absolutely.
Interviewer: And how did you find the training?
Charles: I suppose the lunar surface training in the spacesuit was physically demanding in
a way. Interviewer: Quite uncomfortable, I imagine.
Charles: It's not what you might expect. Once the spacesuits get inflated, it gets very
rigid. You had to fight to bend your arms and move your fingers inside the gloves.
Interviewer: And how long did you spend inside it?
Charles: Around four to five hours. But actually, the most challenging part was worrying
about how to handle the simulator because we needed to know how to land and then take
off on the moon.=>
Interviewer: I don't think I could have coped with that!
Charles: I’m not sure I did. But if you did something wrong, you were in
trouble and we often spent eight hours a day trying to learn what to do!
Interviewer: So how did you feel when you first heard that you were actually going to the
moon? Charles: I suppose you're expecting me to say 'exhilarated'. But I knew there were
lots of ‘ifs' — it would happen if they didn't cancel the program, if I didn't get sick and so
on. So I stopped doing all the dangerous sports I was involved in.
Interviewer: So you knew you had one chance and if you blew it, you wouldn't get
another? Charles: That just about sums it up!
Interviewer: And when you eventually got there, what impact did it have on you?
Landing on the moon, I mean!
Charles: When we saw the moon for the first time from about 1500
meters, we recognized the landmarks but, as we got closer, we saw that the
spot we were going to land on was very rough
— big rocks and craters —and we panicked a bit. And the more we tried to maneuver and
the closer we got, the more moon dust we blew out.
Interviewer: But you landed safely?
Charles: Eventually, yes. We were six hours late. So when we touched down, we erupted
in enthusiasm. We shook hands and hugged each other.
Interviewer: Not an easy feat in spacesuits.
Charles: [laughs] No, indeed. But after that . . . we had to rest for a certain period . . . we
got outside for the very first time.
Interviewer: You must have been terrified.
Charles: We had no sense of fear about stepping off the ladder onto the moon. We just
jumped off and started bouncing around like lambs in a field in springtime.
Interviewer: And when you saw the lunar landscape, did it live up to expectations?
Charles: What struck me most, apart from its awesome attraction, was its
desolation. The sky was jet black. You felt as if you could reach out and
touch it. There were no stars and the sun was shining all the time.
Interviewer: And what went through your mind at that moment?
Charles: The fact that it was so untouched. The fact that nobody had ever been to that
particular spot before. It was simply breathtaking.
Interviewer: And do you have a favorite memory of the mission?
Charles: Definitely. It was the thing that we did during the last moonwalk. We were about
6 kilometers or so from the base, and on the edge of a big crater, 100 meters deep. We
had to be careful as we walked along the ridge because one slip would have been
dangerous. Suddenly we saw this huge rock. It was a long way off, and there are no
people or cars to judge distances or give you any sense of scale.
Interviewer: But you managed to get down to it?
Charles: Eventually. It was enormous. The biggest rock anybody had ever touched on the
moon. I had a hammer and I hit a chunk of it — and it came off in my hand — a piece the
size of a small melon.
Interviewer: A different kind of souvenir! So do you think we should go back? What's the
reason for investing all this time and money in the space race anyway?
Charles: Oh, it's the prime place for a scientific base…

PART II. LEXICO - GRAMMAR (30 PONTS)

1. (20 PONTS)
1.B 2.D 3.B 4.B 5.B 6.C 7.D 8.B 9.A 10.A
11.D 12.D 13.D 14.B 15.D 16.A 17.C 18.B 19.B 20.A

2. WORD FORM Supply the correct form of the word provided in

blankets in each sentence. (10 PONTS)
1. irrevocable 2. Differentiate 3. self-evaluation 4. personified 5. Unshrinkable
6. Outspoken 7. depauperate 8. Impoverished 9. foolhardy 10. over-manned

PART III. READING (60 PONTS)

I. Read the following passage and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each
gap. (10pts)
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C
6. A 7. D 8. D 9. B 10. C

II. For the following questions, read the text below and think of the word which best
fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. (10pts)
1. was 2. which 3. by 4. had 5. than
6. to 7. the 8. leading 9. so 10. lies/ is/ waits

III. Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question(10 points)
1.B 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.A 6.D 7.D 8.C 9.B 10.C

IV: Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. (20 pts.)
A. (10 pts)
1. Par A: VI 2. Par B: II 3. Par C: III 4. Par D: VII 5. Par E: V
B. (10pts)
6.F 7.T 8.T 9.F 10.NG

V. Multiple matching. Read the following passage then match with A, B, C, D. (10
pts.)
1.A 2.D 3.B 4.D 5.B 6.A 7.C 8.B 9.C 10.D

PART IV. WRITING (60 points)

1. Describing graph. (20 pts)
1. Task Achievement. (5 pts)
2. Coherence and cohesion. (5 pts)
3. Lexical Resource. (5pts)
4. Grammatical Range and accuracy. (5pts)
2. Writing an essay. (40 pts)
1. Organization: ( 10 points)
+ Three parts (topic sentence, supporting sentences, concluding sentence)
+ Topic sentence: consists of topic and controlling idea.
+ Concluding sentence: summarizes the main supporting ideas / restates the topic
sentence and gives personal opinion.
2. Content, coherence and cohesion: (15 points)
+ Supporting sentences: support directly the main idea stated in the topic sentence and
provide logical, persuasive examples.
+ Use of transition signals appropriately.
3. Language use and accuracy: (15 points)
+ Variety of structures, expressions and good use of vocabulary
+ No spelling or grammar mistakes.