-21 from a Spark, a flint: how fire crept into life; BBC WILDLIFE Magazine for the extract on p. -41 from The Rights of the Left, published by Good Weekend magazine; National Geographic magazine for the excerpt and map on p.
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
Look carefully at the description of the writing test (given above in the . Introduction) to see exactly which criteria you should pay attention to in each task. The sample speaking tasks are to help you prepare for part 3 of the speaking test.
Practice Tests
LISTENING
Questions 11-21
Complete the notes below by writing NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS in the blanks.
Questions 22-31
Questions 32-41
READING PASSAGE 1
The first matches similar to those used today were made in 1827 by John Walker, an English pharmacist who borrowed the formula from a military rocket maker named Congreve. Around the same time, a French chemistry student named Charles Sauria produced the first "strike-anywhere" match by substituting white phosphorus for the potassium chlorate in the Walker formula.
READING PASSAGE 2
A the number of unregistered zoos in the world B the lack of money in developing countries C the actions of the Isle of Wight local council. E the unrealistic target of the WZCS in light of the number of species "saved" to date.
READING PASSAGE 3
ARCHITECTURE - Reaching for the Sky
Like the modernists, people today recognize that a well-designed environment improves the quality of life, but this is not necessarily achieved by adopting one well-defined style of architecture. They were made possible by the development of light steel frames and safe personal lifts.
WRITING
WRITING TASK 1
WRITING TASK 2
SPEAKING
READING
She has observed that if a left-handed person has brain damage in the left hemisphere, speech recovery is often better and this is explained by the fact that left-handers have a more bilateral speech function. However, as more research is done into the causes of left-handedness, attitudes towards left-handed people are gradually changing for the better.
MIGRATORY BEEKEEPING
Taking Wing
- Questions 1-12
- Questions 13-23
- Questions 24-32
- Questions 33-42
These are not moved in the middle of the day because too many bees would become homeless. The flowchart below outlines the movements of the migrating beekeeper as described in Reading Passage 2. Complete the flowchart Choose your answers from the box at the bottom of the page and write your answers in boxes 13 19 on your answer sheet.
SPACE MANAGEMENT
A SUPERMARKET AISLE
READING READING PASSAGE 1
SPOKEN CORPUS COMES TO LIFE
But the database does give lexicographers the ability to search for a word and find out how often it is used - something that previously could only be guessed intuitively. It has nothing to do with research, but it is one of the most common English expressions that has never been in a language learner's dictionary before: now it is. They make dictionaries more accurate and give an idea of how language is used.” The Spoken Corpus is part of the wider British National Corpus, an initiative of several groups involved in the production of language learning materials: publishers, universities and the British Library.
Reseach
Moles happy as homes go underground
34;People see this as a way of building for the future." Carpenter, an underground resident himself, has never paid a heating bill thanks to solar panels and natural insulation. The living space is at the front, so no one notices that the back is dark." . It sounds strange, but we are so close to the earth that we draw strength from its vibrations.
List of Headings
A Workaholic Economy
Although the image of the good worker is one whose life belongs to the company,” says Bailyn, “it does not match the facts.” She cites quantitative and qualitative studies that show increased productivity for part-time workers: they make better use of the time they have and are less likely to succumb to burnout in stressful jobs. As Schor points out, the situation is a curious inversion of the vision of "appropriate technology" that the drafters had for developing countries: USA YES if the statement agrees with the writer's views NO if the statement contradicts the writer's views NO if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about it.
CANDIDATE`S CUE CARD
THE PUBLIC HOLIDAY
INTERVIEWER`S NOTES
Questions 13-21
STUDENT BANKING
Questions 32-42 Questions 32-42
GLASS
CAPTURING THE DANCE OF LIGHT
E In Europe, a recent feature of business in the recession has been the dismantling of management structures. F In business as a whole, there are a number of factors that promote the prospect of greater equality in the workforce. 24 What change has there been in the number of women in top management positions described in the annual survey.
Population viability analysis
Regardless of the theory or model we choose, a reduction in population size reduces the genetic diversity of a population and increases the likelihood of extinction due to one or more of the processes mentioned above. Do the following statements agree with the writer's views in Part A of Reading Passage 3. Chorleywood is a village near London whose population has been steadily increasing since the mid-nineteenth century.
THE EXCURSION
PART ONE
YOUR MOULEX IRON
CLASSIC TOURS - COACH BREAK INFORMATION
9 If you would like to sit at the front of bus A, please request this when boarding. 14 With every booking, Classic Tours guarantees that you can request high-quality meals.
PART TWO
There are a variety of clubs that offer social and cultural activities for those who wish to meet others with similar interests from the same or different national backgrounds. Every month there are about 40 parties, discos, theater visits, concerts, walks and other gatherings where you will be able to meet many people. There are typically over 25 different events each week organized by IVG members for IVC members.
CLUBS FOR STUDENTS
The club organizes meals in the restaurant, dances and parties, weekends around the UK and weekly club nights in the Covent Garden bar. In boxes 22-29 on the answer sheet, write TRUE if the statement is true, FALSE if the statement is false. NOT GIVEN if the information is not provided in the passage. The first one was made for you as an example.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
HOUSE
PART THREE
PAPER RECYCLING
This mixture is called stock and can contain a wide variety of contaminating materials, especially if it is made from mixed waste paper that is poorly sorted. However, recycling requires the use of fossil fuel, a non-renewable energy source, to collect the waste paper from the community and to process it to produce new paper. Although Australia's record in reusing waste paper is good, there is still a need to use a combination of recycled fiber and.
PRACTICE TEST 1
Bay where boats and pleasure craft could come to the boys' aid. My name is Marcia Mayhew and I am the coordinator of the Bachelor of Social Science degree. Now you will notice that all the subjects you take in the first year consist of lectures and seminars.
PRACTICE TEST 2
No, it is much better to look at your diet and how you prepare your food. Okay, so how can you make sure your diet contains enough of the vitamins you need? At the top, in the smallest area, are the things that we should actually try to avoid as much as possible.
PRACTICE TEST 3
Before we start our tour, I would like to tell you a little about the history of the museum. As you can see, it is a very modern building built in the postmodern style and it was in fact opened by the Prime Minister of Australia. It's Mark's turn to talk to us today, so Mark, I'll ask you to get straight to the point. But the top positions in the store are known as the ends of the aisles.
PRACTICE TEST 4
Well, you'll have to go over to the Law School and get this card stamped and then you'll come back with it and pay your union dues. Well, as you probably know, open a bank account while you're here - it's the safest place to keep your money, and it's best to open an account at one of the big banks. So feel free to ask Q33 questions during the lecture and I will do my best to answer them.
PRACTICE TEST 1 LISTENING
At the top of the second page of the text it says that the Etheric Match consisted of a. If you think none of the descriptions match this type of match, move on to the next, the rubric also states that there are not enough descriptions to match all the matches. 28 E The last two paragraphs of the text but in particular: "Today about 16 species might be said to have been.
LISTENING KEYS
You have to match the opinions to the people who express them in the text. By choosing the correct phrase A-H, you will make summary points of the information given in the passage. You have already read the passage once, so you should realize that the diagram summarizes most of the information in the passage.
PRACTICE TEST 4 LISTENING
Read section B and underline parts that are relevant to the main focus of the section. If you can't decide, move on to the next section - you can come back to any questions you can't do later. This year, the survey shows a doubling of the number of women serving as ordinary board members.
GENERAL TRAINING
READING MODULE
Note the difference between information that is false (i.e. the passage says the opposite) and information that is not given (i.e. not stated in the passage at all). You must complete the summary by filling in the blanks with words from the passage. However, note that "renewable" is not an acceptable answer because, although it is a synonym and makes sense, it is not in the original text.
WRITING: MODEL ANSWERS
ACADEMIC WRITING MODULE
It has often been said that "good news is bad news" because it doesn't sell newspapers. A radio station that once decided to present only good news soon found itself out of business for lack of listeners. Many radio and television stations do, in fact, report good news, but they no longer call it news.
GENERAL TRAINING WRITING MODULE
We are now so dependent on computers that it is hard to imagine what things would be like today without them. In the future computers will be used to create larger and even more sophisticated computers. They will, for example, be able to fly airplanes and be able to coordinate.