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PART 1 – Questions 1–10

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

LIBRARY INFORMATION

Example: – Minimum joining age: Answer 18 years

For registration, must take

• two 1 ____________ and

• two forms of I.D. e.g. driving license, 2 _______________

Cost to join per year (without current student card): 3 £ ____________

Number of items allowed: (members of public) 4 _________________

Loan times: four weeks Fines start at 5 £ _________________

Computers can be booked up to 6 ______________ hours in advance

Library holds most national papers, all 7 ______________ and magazines

Need 8 _____________ to use photocopier

Creative Writing class

• tutor is John 9 ______________

• held on 10 _______________ evenings

 

PART 2 – Questions 11-20

Questions: 11-15. Choose rite correct letter A, B or C.

BICYCLES FOR THE WORLD

11. In 1993 Dan Pearman went to Ecuador

  • A) as a tourist guide.
  • B) as part of his studies.
  • C) as a voluntary worker.

 

12. Dan’s neighbour was successful in business because he

  • A) employed carpenters from the area.
  • B) was the most skilled craftsman in the town.
  • C) found it easy to reach customers.

 

13. Dan says the charity relies on

  • A) getting enough bicycles to send regularly.
  • B) finding new areas which need the bicycles.
  • C) charging for the bicycles it sends abroad.

 

14. What does Dan say about the town of Rivas?

  • A) It has received the .greatest number of bikes.
  • B) It has almost as many bikes as Amsterdam.
  • C) its economy has been totally transformed.

 

15. What problem did the charity face in August 2000?

  • A) It couldn’t meet its overheads.
  • B) It had to delay sending the bikes.
  • C) It was criticised in the British media.

 

Questions 16 and 17

Answer the questions below. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD QR A NUMBER for each answer.

16. How much money did the charity receive when it won an award? _______

17. What is the charity currently hoping to buy? _________

 

Questions 18-20

Choose THREE letters A-G. Which THREE things can the general public do to help the charily Pedal Power?

  • A) organise a bicycle collection
  • B) repair the donated bikes
  • C) donate their unwanted tools
  • D) do voluntary work in its office
  • E) hold an event to raise money
  • F) identify areas that need bikes
  • G) write to the government

 

PART 3 – Questions 21-30

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

‘Student Life’ video project

 

Cristina

Ibrahim

Enjoyed:

. using the camera

. going to a British

21 ____________

contact with students doing other courses (has asked some to 22 __________ with him)

Most useful language practice:

. listening lo instructions learning 23 _________ vocabulary

listening to British students’ language because of:

  • normal speed
  • large amount of 24___________

General usefulness:

. operating video camera

. working with other people:

  • learning about 25_________
  • compromising 26 _______ people who have different views

the importance of 27 ___________

Things to do differently in future:

. decide when to

28 _________ each stage at the beginning

. make more effort to 29 _________ with the camera

don’t make the film too 30 ____________

 

PART 4 – Questions 31-40

Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer:

ANTARCTICA

GEOGRAPHY

  • world’s highest, coldest and windiest continent
  • more than 31 ___________ times as big as the UK
  • most of the area is classified as 32 ___________

RESEARCH STATIONS

  • international teams work together
  • 33 __________ is integrated with technical support
  • stations contain accommodation, work areas, a kitchen, a 34 __________ and a gym
  • supplies were brought to Zero One station by sledge from a 35 __________ at the edge of the ice 15 km away
  • problem of snow build-ups solved by building stations on 36 ___________ with adjustable legs

FOOD AND DIET

  • average daily requirement for an adult in Antarctica is approximately 37 __________ kilocalories
  • rations for field work prepared by process of freeze-drying

RESEARCH

The most important research focuses on climate change, including

-measuring changes in the ice-cap (because of effects on sea levels and 38 ___________

– monitoring the hole in the ozone layer

– analysing air from bubbles in ice to measure 39 ___________ caused by human activity

WORK OPPORTUNITIES

Many openings for 40 __________ people including

 – research assistants

– administrative and technical positions

1. (passport) photos/ (passport) photographs
2. (a) bank
3. 125 (per year)
4. 8
5. 1.50
6. 48
7. local papers / local newspapers
8. (a}card / cards
9. Granting ham
10. Friday
11. C
12. C
13. A
14. C
15. A
16. (75,000
17. computers
18-20. C, E, F IN .4NY ORDER
21. home/ student’s home
22. (have) dinner/ come to dinner/ go to dinner
23. technical
24. slang
25. cooperating I cooperation
26. persuading
27. editing
28. complete
29. experiment
30. long
31. 58
32. desert
33. science
34. hospital / small hospital
35. ship
36. platforms
37. 3,500
38. currents / Ocean currents
39. (the) pollution
40. young

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