Part 1: Questions 1-10
Questions 1 – 2. Circle the correct answer A – C
Example
The festival is about
- A. rivers.
- B. the inhabitants.
- C. arts and music
1. The festival lasts for
- A. 2 days.
- B. 3 days.
- C. 4 days.
2. It will take place on
- A. 14th July.
- B. 4th July.
- C. 4th August.
Questions 3 – 4. Circle TWO answers A – E.
You can buy tickets from
A. the Town Hall. | B. the festival office. | C. libraries. |
D. tourist advice centres. | E. post offices. |
Questions 5-7. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in each space.
5. The weather forecast for the festival is______________
6. Food will be available from_______________
7. There will be a bar selling soft drinks______________
Questions 8-10. Write ONE WORD in each space.
Name of band | Where they come from | What kind of music |
Petie’s Dozen | _________ (8) | Jazz |
Strings | Poland | ______ (9) |
The Fiddlers | ________ (10) | Folk |
PART 2 – Questions 11-20
Questions 11-20. Write A WORD or A NUMBER in the spaces.
Current Account Overdraft Application Form Surname: ___O’ Drew____ First name(s): __________ (11) Current Account no: 39261916 Address: 24, Kilverton Drive, _______ (12) SA3 9ER Tel: 0458 88320 Date of birth: ___________ (13) Work: Culver Engineering _________________ (14) Carbury. Tel: _____________ (15) Number of years in job: approx. 3 years Current salary: ____________ (16) Outgoings: Mortrgage: ____________ (17) Credit cards: £45 __________ (18) £ 19 storecards Personal loans: __________ (19) Overdraft facility approved? Y / N Overdraft limit: ____________ (20) |
PART 3 – Questions 21 – 23
Complete each sentence with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS or A NUMBER for each space.
Student Union Elections
21. There are _________colleges in the university.
22. This election is held to choose ___________student union officers.
23. Turnout last year was only___________ per cent of those eligible to vote.
Questions 24 – 30. Complete the notes below. For questions 24 and 25 write ONE WORD for each answer. For questions 26 -30 write the letter A – D. Write A if Maria approves, B if David approves, C it both approve, D if neither approves.
CANDIDATE | Good choice? |
Jenny de Groot ________ (24) Officer | _______ (26) |
Michael McCarthy Entertainments Officer | _________ (27) |
Wu Bing Lei Overseas Officer | _________ (28) |
Charles Law (25) ____________Officer | __________ (29) |
Brian McKay Liaison Officer | ___________ (30) |
Part 4 Questions 31 -32
Questions 31 -32. Choose TWO answers. The main topics of the lecture are
A. introduction lo linguistics | B. the history of European languages |
C. various languages | D. how languages develop |
E. languages and evolution |
Questions 33 – 40. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each space.
33. Examples of natural languages are English, _______________
34. In reality, natural languages are always _______________
PIDGIN | CREOLE | |
Origins | Came into being when two groups couldn’t communicate in __________ (35) | Developed from pidgin into __________ (36) |
Spoken | In Papua New Guinea, the Caribbean, ___________ (38) | In, for example, ________ (37) |
Features | Simplified form of one of the two groups’ languages. Words have more _________(39) | As complex as natural languages. Have to fight to get the _________(40) |
Answers
1. B
2. C
3. B or E
4. E or B
5. hot and sunny
6. stands
7. beer and wine
8. New Orleans
9. Classical Music/Favourites
10. Ireland
11. Michael
12. Chalvey
13. 23rd February 1967
14. Works Yard
15. 0912 79509
16. £18,000
17. £450
18. (a) clothes shop
19. none/no
20. £250
21. 4/four
22. 5/five
23. 25/twenty-five
24. Women’s
25. Finance
26. C
27. B
28. D
29. B
30. A
31. C or D
32. D or C
33. French and German/French and Greek/German and Greek
34. changing
35. each other’s languages
36. a full language
37. (French) New Orleans
38. China and India/China, the Pacific/India, the Pacific
39. than one meaning
40. language recognised