Reading Part 1 Questions 1-5 For each question, choose the correct answer. 1 Lenais ‘A. suggesting that Marta travels into town without her. Mara | ont be acy tne catch the usin town wth you, $0! eta wth an B offering Marta a lft into town instead of catching the bus. instead. Se0 you atthe shopping conte at about Spm. Lena checking the time she arranged to meet Marta at the shopping centre, 2 ‘A The coach needs team members to tell him if they're available for amatch. [Coach Hockey team: voulpiayedrallin last B_ The coach wants to help the team improve their performance before week's game, but we'll they play again. need extra practice before our match against Anbridge ‘next month — they're good So see you on Saturday, netalipecet minieor © The coach is congratulating the netball team for winning their game call me. last week, Test Reading Part]= A Staff at the desk will show you how to use the computers here. Please give staff at the desk your college student number before using any of the computers in the Study Centre B These computers are reserved only for students at this college. C Ifyou’re not a college student, ask staff for permission to use a computer. What does Mum want to know? ; ‘A how to find the sports shop that’s repaired Tom's racket ‘Te sports shop caled =the one fon Hatton Stet. They've tnaly read your B whether the sports shop will still be open when she finishes work youhave time to Colt, or shat Tt on ry way ome from work? Mum if Toms going to be available to pick up his racket ‘A This store has more second-hand instruments available than new ones. Milton Music Store n\n? erieeera violins for sale. Very reasonable prices. J New instruments sso available. | Call: 08413 672 521 B You can only buy instruments here that other people have already used, € This store doesn’t charge a lot for instruments that aren’t new. ingPart restsReading Part 2 Questions 6-10 For each question, choose the correct answer. The people below are all doing school geography projects and want to find a website to help them. On the opposite page there are descriptions of eight geography websites. Decide which website would be the most suitable for the people below. ‘Sandra wants to learn more about what Planet Earth is actually made of, and how 6 much of itis covered by water. She'd also like online advice about how to organise her work. Miranda wants to learn about some of the famous tourist sites in the world, and 1 why they have become famous. She'd like to play games on the website to help her remember the information. For his project, Billy needs to find out about the biggest mountains in the world, 8 and the kind of animals living near them. He'd also like to see videos of the locations he's studying, i ‘Anna wants to learn about the biggest land areas of the world, and get key facts about. their geography. She'd also like advice on how to improve her map-reading skills. Kristofer’s country has very cold winters, so he’s interested in how other people in cold countries deal with their environment. He'd like to share his experiences online with teenagers there, awebsite has fantastic videos of animals in Aging locations, and information about how ‘manage to live there. There are also helpful (on understanding geographical information, ‘85 maps and diagrams of the Earth and its Ins. Users can also share information about inks to follow. Geography.com website has interesting maps and details, wut places that have become famous tourist tinations in different countries, and also famous geographical features around the Id, such as the biggest mountains and rivers. re are also online tips available on how to arch information for projects. Planet Zoom sure how to understand the information included on maps? #s.a step-by-step guide to using them! The site also has and puzzles about all the continents, including Africa, sa and Europe, and important details about them, such as ir huge size, and their mountain ranges, rivers and climate. GeoInfo fh countries in the world have the coldest winters, the st mountains or the most unusual animals? Check knowledge with some fantastic geography puzzles games. And the photos on this site aso show people's yay lives in very different climate conditions. Geography websites B Geographical This website has lots of maps, quizzes and advice, to check your knowledge of what you've studied = and remind you of anything you've forgotten! There's a brilliant section about popular places in many different countries, which attract large numbers of visitors, with background historical details about the reasons these places are now so well known. D Goworld How do people live in places with very high or low temperatures in different seasons? Find out how people ‘adapt to the climate they live in, how it affects their tives and what they do to stay warm or keep cool, as necessary. You can also upload your own stories about life in extreme temperatures in your country. F Worldwide This website has lots of beautiful photos, maps and film clips to help you learn more about some of the highest — and coldest ~ peaks on the planet. You'll find plenty of amazing facts about them, together with details ofthe wildlife that makes its home in the surrounding areas. H Geowatch What's undemeath th ground we walk on? You find maps and grams hereto tell you including what yout see inside the planet if you cut it in half! There’ information, to, about pars of the world that arent land, but actually oceans and seas and help on researching and presenting project information, testsReading Part 3 For each question, choose the correct answer. Cross-country skiing in Sweden by Jenna Walton, aged 15 Last year, Mum and I wanted to try @ winter sport called cross-country skiing ~ travelling on skis across the countryside. And pictures of one area in Sweden, with people skiing along through forests on wonderful white snow, persuaded us that destination was a good choice ‘We hadn't done much skiing, though, so weren't sure how dificult cross-country skiing was, compared with skiing fast down steep mountains. But we signed up to join a group of people, ofall ages, plus a guide. We'd read about the place we went to before we left, so we knew it was close to where Sweden ends and Norway starts, And our family knew we couldn't fext home, os there was no internet connection ~ and actually, it was relaxing to be for from anywhere, or anyone. What we hadn't realised was that from there, we'd be able fo see amazing coloured lighs in the sky, which appeared at certain times of year, colled the Northern Lights - what a sight! ‘On our first day there, | hated getting up in the dark, but it meant | saw the sun come up over the forest, so | was glad I did. And sunshine was forecast for the week, | was delighted to hear! But the real problem was my 115kg rucksack, full of food and clothes ~ | had no idea it would weigh that much. Anyway, we skied for hours «across mainly flat snow. Having special light skis was supposed to help us climb the few hills there were ~ although | sill couldn't do it Finolly we stopped for the night. It wasn't until we'd reached our hut that our guide mentioned we'd just crossed a frozen lake to get there — but nothing surprised us by that point! Anyway, he gave us all obs to do ~ cutting fire wood and cooking food — and toon we were having dinner, made from whatever food we'd brought ~ a strange mix, but it tasted delicious. And everywhere was so peaceful outside that none of us stayed awoke long ‘Mum and I want fo iry another winter sports trip, maybe snowboarding. But we'll probably end up just os exhausted as we were after this rip! a: Reading PartJenna and her mum decided to go cross-country skiing in Sweden because ‘A they wanted a change from mountain skiing holidays. B they'd heard the sport would be easier than skiing down hills. € they'd met a group of people who wanted to go, too. D they found a place there that they were keen to vi ‘After their arrival, what did they discover about where they were staying? ‘A Itwasn't far from the border with another country. B They could get great views of a spectacular natural event. © _Itwas at a point where they couldn't use technology. D__ They weren't near local people or their homes. How did Jenna feel about the long trips through the snow on skis? ‘A surprised she had to carry such a heavy bag, B__ pleased about the weight of the skis she was given © glad that going uphill wasn’t as hard as she'd thought D worried the good weather they were having wouldn't last Regarding their accommodation, Jenna says everyone ‘A had difficulties getting to sleep there. B was unhappy at the quality of the food. € _ hadtohelp out with all the housework. D was shocked to hear details of their journey there. What would Jenna text to a friend about her trip? 4 | one reason we chose this trip was that : we thought we'd be among loads of trees, which we love - but that hasn’t happened The people in our group were really friendly ~ but they were all Mum's age and older, really. so far. c I'm not used to getting out of bed so early Mum and | have agreed that although the trip todo things! But it was worth it, as the was great, we might attempt something less sunrise was wonderful. tiring on our next winter holiday. jing Part 3 rests TNReading Part 4 Questions 16-20 Five sentences have been removed from the text below. For each question, choose the correct answer. There are three extra sentences which you do not need to use. The giant piano ‘A young man in New Zealand recently became famous for making one of the largest pianos ever. Adrian Mann, who now works as a professional piano builder, started building the piano when he was just 16 years old, and made many of the parts for it himself. The piano is 5.7 metres long and is very heavy. And the keyboard actually has keys that are a metre in length. [61 | But despite this difference in size, the instrument can still be played perfectly, thanks to Adrian's hard work. T7]__] In foc, the whole thing started when Adrian became interested in the materials used for the wires inside the piano. These create the notes when they're hit And he found that ifthe wires were really long, he could get an amazing sound. From there, he went on to build the whole piano. The instrument was kept inside a church in his town for some time, before Adrian decided it was time to transfer the huge piano from the church to his workshop. [8 So in the end, the fire service had to come and help take the instrument to its new home. ince the move, a lot of piano players have visited Adrian to try out the piano. But Adrian says that when they arrive, some people aren’t very positive about the piano. TS]_] But actually, it always performs brilliantly. They soon discover that the piano can play o wide range of music, just ike any normal piano. There's been so much interest in Adrian’s piano that he could probably start making and selling others just like it [0] So, at the moment, he has no plans to make any more. HE: Reading PartHowever, he put a lot of work into his original model. It’s so big, you could imagine actually lying down inside it! ‘So what gave Adrian the idea to create such a huge piano? They expect that the instrument won't sound very good. But things weren't always that simple, That's much larger than ona normal-sized piano. Most of them were surprised by the wonderful result. But he soon found he couldn't move it out on his own. 9 Part 4 tost4Reading Part 5 Questions 21-26 For each question, choose the correct answer. became very (25) Clever birds The wild birds known as ravens are thought to be very clever. In fact, they can solve some quite (21) problems, especially when they're trying to get food. For example, one bird was filmed taking a box of nuts from a bird table and (22) itonto the ground, so that it would break and the bird could eat the nuts inside! Scientists also (23) that the birds could actually use stones as tools to (24) ‘out simple tasks. So in an experiment, they taught five birds to use a tool to open a box with food inside. The birds soon ‘at doing this. So for the next experiment, the birds were given a small (26) of tools to choose from. They always picked the tool that scientists had given them for the first task. And hours later, they could still remember which tool they'd used! an 22 23 24 25 26 A expert A letting A noticed A take A. experienced A group ME complicated heavy confused falling © dropping leaving advised © watched studied carry © make check intelligent © correct keen total © amount number Reading PartReading Part 6 ions 27-32 ‘each question, write the correct word. ite one word for each gap. My thoughts on how to write by Sarah Beecham lelcome to my blog! That's for anyone who's new and ‘has (27) ~ visited this site before! But if you (28) ‘ike sharing ideas about creative writing and how to do it. seen some of my blogs, then you'll know Atthe moment, I'm sitting at my desk in my room, ) | do most of my writing. | love writing stories, but not every day. I'll often update my diary or yething, too - and this blog, (30) _..course ! But | have a notebook of things | would like to include in writing and new words I like the sound of. recently discovered the most important thingis just to (31)... going once you've started writing. (32) doesn’t matter how bad your writing is at the beginning, because you can always go back make improvements. in fact, that's the part | enjoy most! Part 6 Tests TEWriting Part 1 You must answer this question. Write your answer in about 100 words on the answer sheet. Question 1 Read this email from your English-speaking friend Corey and the notes you have made. From: [Corey ‘Subject: [Science festival Hi I've got our tickets for the science festival this Saturday! q os My cousin said that we can pick you up on the way there ‘or we could meet at the front entrance. What would be best for you? For the two main activities, we've got to decide if we see want to build a robot or watch the Discovering Dinosaurs film because they're happening at the same time. | think the film would be more interesting ~ don't you? Don't forget to bring a bit of pocket money with you Disagree since welll be there all day. Do you think we should bring anything else? Suggest Bye, Corey to Corey using all the notes. ME Writing Part:Saag Writing Part 2 ‘one of these questions. yyour answer in about 100 words on the answer sheet. this notice on an international English website for young people. an article telling us about that you or your family te When does the festival place, and what happens? What do you like about it? est articles answering these ‘questions wil be published next month your article. tion 3 friend and | arrived at school yesterday morning, we saw something incredible! your story. English teacher has asked you to write a story. Your story must begin with this sentence: tesListening Part 1 ® Questions 1-7 For each question, choose the correct answer. 1 Which coat did the girl buy? A B 2 Which musical instrument would the boy prefer to learn? ee 3 What does the girl miss about her old apartment? PIsWhich sport does the boy not do any mor re? ition? Which programme is on TV next? her mum's birthday?10 a 12 3B Listening Part 2 Questions 8-13 For each question, choose the correct answer. You will hear two friends talking about travelling into the town centre. Why does the girl prefer taking the bus to the town centre? ‘A There's bus stop hear her home. B She meets someone she knows on it. C Theservice is very frequent. You will hear two friends talking about a music video they've seen. The friends agree that ‘A the songis excellent. B the dancingis original. C the video is well made. You will hear two friends talking about buying a mobile phone, The boy thinks the girl should A get the newest model. B__ gotothe phone shop. C _lookat lots of reviews. You will hear two friends talking about school. ‘The girls feeling pleased because she ‘A was given a reward for her school work. B was chosen to play in a sports match. © got ahigh mark for her homework. You will heara boy telling How did he feel about it? ‘A worried that he annoyed someone B upset that they stayed so long C sorry when they had to leave friend about a family visit to some relatives. You will hear two friends talking about a new swimming pool. What did the girl like best about it? A The water is very warm. B There are fun things to do. C Lots of young people use it. 2 Listening Part2Listening Part 3 Questions 14-19 For each question, write the correct answer in the gap. Write one or two words or a number or a date or a time. will hear a student called Matilde giving a presentation to her class about a science museum she visited. Science museum visit Matilde's favourite room contained displays about (14) The (15) exhibition is currently closed. Matilde made a (16) : ‘ot the museum. The shop had a really good range of (17) The guided tour lasts for (18) soon minutes. Visitors must use the entrance on (19) 2? Road. Listening Parts resListening Part 4 @ westions 20-25 49 20 21 22 25 For each question, choose the correct answer. You will hear an interview with a 17-year-old boy called Erik who went cycling across the USA with his dad. Erik and his dad wanted to do a long cycle ride to ‘A make money for charity. B break their usual routine. C spend lots of time together. Why did they choose to cycle in the USA and not in other countries? A Toavoid difficulties with language. B_ They thought it would be safer. C__Itwas easier to organise. How did Erik feel as they were setting off? ‘A surprised at how relaxed they were B excited about all the things they'd see € nervous they wouldn’t succeed Erik's favourite days were those on which A they didn’t cycle as far as usual. B the weather was warm and dry. they had a chance to be sociable. Erik says that during the ride, he and his dad ‘A talked about many personal issues. B _ became comfortable with silence. C disagreed about many things. In the future, Erik plans to A start taking part in races. B —_goonanother long ride € only cycle during his free time. Listening PartSpeaking Phase 2 morning / afternoon / evening (possible examiner questions) t's your name? How do you usually keep in touch with your friends? (Why?) old are you? Tell us about your favourite teacher. do you live? What kinds of things do you like reading? (Why?) do you live with? What are you going to do this evening? (Why?) Do you prefer to eat at home or in a restaurant? (Why?) Do you help your parents with jobs around the house? (Why? / Why not?) What would you like to study in the future? (Why?) How often do you go to the cinema? (Why?) 2 5 minutes) I'd like each of you to talk on your own about something. I'm going to give each of ‘a photograph and I'd like you to talk about it. here is your photograph. It shows a family doing a holiday activity together. page C3.) you just listen. please tell us what you can see in the photograph. here is your photograph. It shows a family preparing a meal together. page C4.) you just listen. please tell us what you can see in the photograph, 3 S minutes) ; in this part of the test you're going to talk about something together for about utes. I'm going to describe a situation to you. ‘teacher has asked her class for ideas of places to go on a class trip. The place must fun, but also be somewhere that students can learn something. are some places they could go to. (See page C14.) ‘together about the different places they could go to and say which would be best. right? Now, talk together. 4 ‘minutes) kinds of places do you like visiting? (Why?) yyou visit places with your school? (Tell us about the last place you visited with your 10. / Where would you like to visit?) 's the most interesting place to visit in your city? (Why?) re in the world would you most like to visit? (Why?) Jtimportant for schools to take students on school trips? (Why? / Why not?)