PART 1 – Questions 1-10

Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

CAR INSURANCE

Example: Answer

Name: Patrick Jones

 

Address: 1 _________, Greendale

 

Contact number: 730453

 

Occupation: 2___________

 

Size of car engine: 1200cc

 
 

Type of car: Manufacturer: Hewton

 

Model: 3 _________

 

Year:1997

Previous insurance company:

Any insurance claims in the last five years?

4 ______________

Yes √

 

No

 

If yes, give brief details:

 

Car was 5 _________ in 1999

Name(s) of other driver(s):

 

Simon 6 __________

Uses of car: -social

Relationship to main driver: 8_______

 

7 ________

 

Start date: 31 January

 

Recommended Insurance arrangement

 

Name of company: 9 ________

 

Annual cost: 10 $ __________

 

 

PART 2 – Questions 11-20

Questions 11 and 12. Label the map opposite. Write ONE MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Questions 13-18

Complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

 

Attraction

Further Information

STOP A:

Main Booking Office:

First boat: 8 a.m.

Last boat: 13 ________ p.m.

Palace

• has lovely 14_________

STOP B

15 __________

• has good 16 _______ of city centre

STOP C:

Museum

• bookshop specialising in the 17______of the local area

STOP D:

Entertainment Complex

• 18 _____________cinema

• bowling alley

• video games arcade

Questions 19 and 20. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

19. How often do the Top Bus Company tours run? ____________

20. Where can you catch a Number One Sightseeing Tour from? __________

 

PART 3 – Questions 21-30

Questions 21-26. Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

21. The Antarctic Centre was established in Christchurch because

  • A) New Zealand is a member of the Antarctic Treaty.
  • B) Christchurch is geographically well positioned.
  • C) the climate of Christchurch is suitable.

22. One role of the Antarctic Centre is to

  • A) provide expeditions with suitable equipment.
  • B) provide researchers with financial assistance.
  • C) ensure that research is internationally relevant.

23. The purpose of the Visitors’ Centre is to

  • A) provide accommodation.
  • B) run training sessions.
  • C) show people what Antarctica is like.

24. Dr Merrywhether says that Antarctica is

  • A) unlike any other country.
  • B) extremely beautiful.
  • C) too cold for tourists.

25. According to Dr Merrywhether, Antarctica is very cold because

  • A) of the shape of the continent.
  • B) it is surrounded by a frozen sea.
  • C) it is an extremely dry continent.

26. Dr Merrywhether thinks Antarctica was part of another continent because

  • A) he has done his own research in the area.
  • B) there is geological evidence of this.
  • C) it is very close to South America.

Questions 27 and 28

Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR TWO NUMBERS for each answer

ANTARCTIC TREATY

Date

Event

1870

Polar Research meeting

27 ________ to ________

1st International Polar Year

1957

Antarctic Treaty was proposed

1959

Antarctic Treaty was 28 ___________

Questions 29 and 30

Choose TWO letters, A-E. Which TWO achievements of the Antarctic Treaty are mentioned by the speakers?

  • A) no military use
  • B) animals protected
  • C) historic sites preserved
  • D) no nuclear testing
  • E) fishing rights protected

 

PART 4 – Questions 31-40

Questions 31-35. Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Left and Right Handedness in Sport

31. Anita first felt the Matthews article was of value when she realised

  • A) how it would help her difficulties with left-handedness.
  • B) the relevance of connections he made with music.
  • C) the impressive size of his research project.

32. Anita feels that the findings on handedness will be of value in

  • A) helping sportspeople identify their weaknesses.
  • B) aiding sportspeople as they plan tactics for each game.
  • C) developing suitable training programmes for sportspeople.

33. Anita feels that most sports coaches

  • A) know nothing about the influence of handedness.
  • B) focus on the wrong aspects of performance.
  • C) underestimate what science has to offer sport.

34. A German study showed there was greater ‘mixed handedness’ in musicians who

  • A) started playing instruments in early youth.
  • B) play a string instrument such as the violin.
  • C) practise a great deal on their instrument.

35. Studies on ape behaviour show that

  • A) apes which always use the same hand to get food are most successful.
  • B) apes have the same proportion of left- and right-handers as humans.
  • C) more apes are left-handed than right-handed.

Questions 36-40. Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Sport

Best laterality

Comments

Hockey

mixed laterality

• hockey stick has to be used in 36 _______

mixed-handed players found to be much more 37_______ than others

Tennis

single laterality

• gives a larger relevant field of 38 ______

• cross-lateral players make 39 _______ too late

Gymnastics

cross laterality

• gymnasts’40 _______ is important for performances

1. 27 Bank Road
2. (a) dentist
3. Sable
4. Northern Star
5. stolen
6. Paynter
7. brother—in—Jaw
8. travel(ling/ing)) (to) work
9. Red Flag
10. 450
11. City Bridge
12. Newtown
13. 6.30
14. (formal) garden
15. (Tower) Restaurant
16. view(s)
17. history
18. 7 screen
19. every 20 minutes
20. (from/the) Central Station
21. B
22. A
23. C
24. B
25. A
26. B
27. 1882 (to/-) (18)83
28. signed
29 & 30. A, L (IN EITHER ORDER)
31. C
32. B
33. C
34. A
35. A
36. 2 directions
37. confident
38. vision
39. corrections
40. balance

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