PART 1 – Questions 1-10

Question 1-7. Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer

 

Event

Cost

Venue

Notes

Jazz band

 

 Example 

Tickets available for £15

The _________ school

Also appearing: Carolyn Hart (plays the ________

Duck races

£1 per duck

Start behind the ________

Prize: tickets for 4 _______ held at the end of the festival. Ducks can be bought in the _______

Flower show

Free

6 ________ Hall

Prizes presented at 5 pm by a well-Known _________ 

Questions 8 -10

Who is each play suitable for? Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to Questions 8-10.

  • A    mainly for children
  • B    mainly for adults
  • C    suitable for people of all ages

 Plays

8.    The Mystery of Muldoon _________

9.    Fire and Flood                 _________

10.  Silly Sailor                       _________

 

Part 2 Questions 11-20

Questions 11 – 16

What does the speaker say about each of the following collections? Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A-G, next to Questions 11-16.

Collections

11. 20th- and 21st-century paintings _______

12. 19th-century paintings _____

13. Sculptures _____

14. ‘Around the world’ exhibition _____

15. Coins ______

16. Porcelain and glass ____

Comments

  • A. was given by one person
  • B. was recently publicised in the media
  • C. includes some items given by members of the public
  • D. includes some items given by the artists
  • E. includes the most popular exhibits in the museum
  • F. is the largest of its kind in the country
  • G. has had some of its contents relocated

Questions 17- 20

Label the plan below.  Write the correct letter, A-H, next to Questions 17-20.

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17. restaurant _____

18. café _____

19. baby-changing facilities _______

20. cloakroom _______

 

PART 3   Questions 21-30

Questions 21- 22. Choose TWO letters, A-E. Which TWO characteristics were shared by the subjects of Joanna’s psychology study?

  • A)   They had all won prizes for their music.
  • B)   They had all made music recordings.
  • C)   They were all under 27 years old.
  • D)   They had all toured internationally.
  • E)   They all played a string instrument.

Questions 23 -24. Choose TWO letters, A-E. Which TWO points does Joanna make about her use of telephone interviews?

  • A   It meant rich data could be collected.
  • B   It allowed the involvement of top performers.
  • C   It led to a stressful atmosphere at times.
  • D   It meant interview times had to be limited.
  • E   It caused some technical problems.

Questions 25-26. Choose TWO letters, A-E. Which TWO topics did Joanna originally intend to investigate in her research?

  • A    regulations concerning concert dress
  • B    audience reactions to the dress of performers 
  • C    changes in performer attitudes to concert dress 
  • D    how choice of dress relates to performer roles
  • E    links between musical instrument and dress choice

Questions 27-30. Choose a letter A, B or C.

27.    Joanna concentrated on women performers because

  • A    women are more influenced by fashion.
  • B    women’s dress has led to more controversy.
  • C    women’s code of dress is less strict than men’s.

28.    Mike Frost’s article suggests that in popular music, women’s dress is affected by

  • A    their wish to be taken seriously.
  • B    their tendency to copy each other.
  • C    their reaction to the masculine nature of the music.

29.    What did Joanna’s subjects say about the audience at a performance?

  • A    The musicians’ choice of clothing is linked to respect for the audience.
  • B    The clothing should not distract the audience from the music.
  • C    The audience should make the effort to dress appropriately.

30.    According to the speakers, musicians could learn from sports scientists about

  • A    the importance of clothing for physical freedom.
  • B    the part played by clothing in improving performance.
  • C    the way clothing may protect against physical injury.

 

PART 4 – Questions 31–40.

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

The use of soil to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere

Rattan Lal:

  •    Claims that 13% of C0in the atmosphere could be absorbed by agricultural soils
  •    Erosion is more likely in soil that is 31 _______
  •     Lal found soil in Africa that was very 32______
  •     It was suggested that carbon from soil was entering the atmosphere

Soil and carbon:

  •    plants turn C0from the air into carbon-based substances such as 33 _______
  •    some C0moves from the 34 _______ of plants to microbes in the soil
  •    carbon was lost from the soil when agriculture was invented

Regenerative agriculture:

  •   uses established practices to make sure soil remains fertile and 35 _______
  •   e.g. through year-round planting and increasing the 36 ______ of plants that are grown

California study:

  •    taking place on a big 37 ________ farm
  •    uses compost made from waste from agriculture and 38 _______

Australia study:

  •    aims to increase soil carbon by using 39 ________ that are always green

Future developments may include:

  •    reducing the amount of fertilizer used in farming
  •    giving farmers 40 ________ for carbon storage, as well as their produce

1. secondary
2. flute
3. cinema
4. concert
5. market
6. Bythwaite
7. actor
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. E
12. D
13. G
14. B
15. C
16. A
17. F
18. H
19. C
20. B
21 &22. IN EITHER ORDER
B, D
23&24. IN EITHER ORDER
A, B
25&26. IN EITHER ORDER
B, E
27. C
28. A
29. A
30. C
31. dry
32. hard
33. sugar/ sugars
34. roots
35. moist/damp/wet
36. variety
37. cattle
38. gardens/ gardening
39. grasses
40. payment/ payments / money

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