I.

LISTENING (50 POINTS)

Part 1: 14 points
1. salesman 2. Spring Park 3. apartment 4. train
5. once a month 6. sailing 7. Japanese
Part 2: 16 points
8. consultant 9. ecologist 10. bills 11. carbon meter
12. light bulbs 13. Earthship 14. (the) wind (power) 15. handbook
Part 3: 10 points
16. F 17. T 18. T 19. T 20. F
Part 4: 10 points
21. B 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. A
II. LEXICO AND GRAMMAR (30 POINTS)
Part 1: 20 points
26. A 27. B 28. D 29. D 30. A 31. A 32. D 33. D 34. D 35. C
36. B 37. B 38. A 39. A 40. A 41. B 42. A 43. D 44. A 45. C
Part 2: 10 points
46. ASSERTIVENESS 51. UPCOMING
47. UNCONVENTIONAL 52. WORKPLACES
48. DESPERATE 53. TEMPERAMENT
49. DISHEARTENED 54. ADOPTIVE
50. IMPERSONATION 55. ATMOSPHERIC
III. READING (60 POINTS)
Part 1: 10 points
56. B 57. C 58. C 59. A 60. A
61. C 62. B 63. B 64. D 65. D
Part 2: 10 points
66. animals 67. warm 68. provides 69. young/babies 70. longer
71. without 72. carries 73. give 74. mother 75. danger
Part 3: 10 points
76. C 77. D 78. B 79. B 80. D 81. B 82. C 83. C 84. B 85. C
Part 4: 20 points
86. viii 87. iii 88. xi 89. i 90. v

91. T 92. F 93. NG 94. NG 95. F

Part 5: 10 points
96. C 97. C 98. B 99. D 100. B 101. A 102. B 103. B 104. A 105. D

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IV. WRITING (60 POINTS)
Part 1: 20 points
1. Completion: 1 pt
2. Content: 6 pts
- Cover the main information in the chart yet not go into too many details.
- Make general remarks and effective comparisons.
3. Organisation: 6 pts
- The ideas are well organized
- The description is sensibly divided into paragraphs
4. Language: 6 pts
- Use a wide range of vocabulary and structure
- Good grammar
5. Punctuation and spelling: 1 pt
Part 2: 40 points
1. Completion: 2 pts
2. Content: 12 pts
Provide relevant and convincing ideas about the topic, supported by specific examples and/or reasonable
justifications.
3. Organization: 12 pts
- Ideas are well organized and presented with unity, cohesion and coherence.
4. Language: 12 pts
- Demonstrate of a wide range of vocabulary and structures.
- Good use of grammatical structures.
- Present the ideas with clarity.
5. Punctuation and spelling. 2 pts
TAPESCRIPT
Part 1:

Interviewer: Excuse me?

Interviewee: Yes.

Interviewer: I was wondering if you could spare a few minutes to do a questionnaire on your residency
here in the north. It won’t take long

Interviewee: No, that’s fine

Interviewer: Lovely. First of all, may I get some information about yourself?

Interviewee: Okay

Interviewer: May i know your name and age?

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Interviewee: My name’s LEE and I’m 19 years old now

Interviewer: Great and could I ask what your job is. Are you a student?

Interviewee: Actually I’m going to continue my study in business management next month but at the
moment I’m a salesman by profession.

Interviewer: Oh right, and how long have you been living here?

Interviewee: In the Northwell I have been in this city since I was three years old but my family and I had
lived in the east for seven years. At first, now I am 19 so I have spent about nine years living here till
now

Interviewer: Great. Which part of the northern area do you live in?

Interviewee: I live in Spring Park. Have you heard of it?

Interviewer: Yes, of course. So what about your accommodation do you live in? A house or a flat or
something similar?

Interviewee: I used to live with my family in a big house and now I’m living in an apartment with two
of my friends who are my colleagues as well.

Interviewer: Oh right. And one more question. What means of transport will you take when you need to
go somewhere?

Interviewee: Um If it’s not too far away I’d prefer to go on foot or by bicycle. If there is a long way to go,
I take the train or sometimes a cab. I rarely take buses because I think the most important things to keep
in mind are time and comfort.

Interviewer: Great, thanks.

Interviewer: Now, let’s go to the second part of my questionnaire, I’d like you to tell me how often do
you dine out? Is it once a week or several times a year?

Interviewee: I’m afraid neither of those options agree with me. I don’t often go out for dinner maybe
once a month every week just seems too often for me.

Interviewer: Okay then, where do you usually go for recreation?

Interviewee: I often go to places that other people go to. I sometimes go clubbing after work ,you know,
there are some fantastic clubs nearby.

Interviewer: And If you do not have to work during the day, will you go for a show or something?

Interviewee: You know there is the newly built theater that opened last month in Spring Park but I rarely
go there because it’s too expensive. I prefer to go to the cinema to see some of the latest movies.

Interviewer: Do you like doing sports and what is your main form of exercise?

Interviewee: I like swimming and i go to the gym occasionally but i spend most of my spare time sailing.

Interviewer: All right, last question. Have you taken any part-time courses?

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Interviewee: Yes, because i’m really keen on cartoons. I’m doing a Japanese course during the weekends
but I’m still a beginner

Interviewer: Wow what a special language. Most people I know would like to learn Spanish or Latin.
You must be brilliant. Well thank you very much for your time.

Interviewee: No problem, bye.

Part 2:
Interviewer: Tonight my guest is Daren Howarth who works as a carbon coach. What exactly does that
mean Daren? Daren Howarth: Well, most people know about global warming and would like to do
something to reduce the amount of carbon they send out into the atmosphere, but they don't always know
the best way of doing this. What I do as a carbon coach is give them advice about how to achieve
environmentally friendly living. I'm now a full-time consultant, and my clients include both companies
and private individuals.
Interviewer: What made you decide to become a carbon coach?
Daren Howarth: Well it all started about fifteen years ago. I'd always been interested in energy-saving
and the environment and I trained as an ecologist. At that time, people were talking about very technical
things like greenhouse gas emissions, then someone came up with the term 'carbon footprint', which is
much easier for people to understand.
Interviewer: And you can tell ordinary families what their carbon footprint is, can't you?
Daren Howarth: That's right. I work out how much carbon dioxide the family's generated over a
year; firstly by studying their bills, then finding out how much waste they produce, how much they use
the car, and so on. Adding together all these figures, I calculate their total carbon footprint in tonnes of
carbon dioxide. Then I take a look around their home and suggest ways of reducing their carbon
footprint.
Interviewer: How do you work out how much carbon each machine around the house emits?
Daren Howarth: By switching off all the things that use electricity, then turning each one on one at a
time, you can see the amount of energy each one uses. I use something known as a 'carbon meter' which
measures the amount of electricity being used in the house at any one time. It also shows how much
carbon dioxide this represents.
Interviewer: What's the least energy efficient thing you've seen in homes?
Daren Howarth: I go into so many places where I look in the roof and there's no insulation, so there's
nothing stopping all the heat just going straight out into the outside air. Insulation massively reduces your
carbon footprint; it's cheap and the government will help with the cost of it.
Interviewer: So is that the worst thing?
Daren Howarth: Well, central heating systems can be very inefficient and people use things like electric
knives and mixers which are unnecessary, but the thing I really can't stand is when people are still using
old-fashioned light bulbs. People can't resist them because they're so cheap, but up to ninety percent of
the energy they produce is lost as heat. If you have one, put it in a box and smash it up, so no one else can
use it.
Interviewer: What other type of clients do you have?
Daren Howarth: We work with both individuals and businesses - and even some celebrities, such as the
band Supergrass. For one of their albums about three years ago, the band decided to minimise their
carbon footprint at their concerts and then also cut the amount of carbon produced when making a CD.
The carbon footprint for a disc is just a few grams, but a big band like Supergrass will produce thousands
of copies, which means several tonnes of carbon.
Interviewer: And what are your plans for the future?
Daren Howarth: I'm working hard on introducing a really green type of home in this country known as
an Earthship. It's a building that creates its own energy, heats and cools itself, collects its own water and
deals with its own waste. It's also built from recycled materials. It doesn't need electricity or gas for
heating, as it captures and stores energy by using wind power, and solar panels on the roof charge up
batteries which provide power.
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Interviewer: Any disadvantages?
Daren Howarth: You have to change your lifestyle and keep an eye on changes in the weather. There are
thousands of examples around the world and there's a handbook on sale that explains everything about it -
you'll find the details on my website - and it's something you can do for yourself - you don't have to
employ someone to do the work for you.
Interviewer: Well Daren thanks for telling us about carbon footprints and how we can all ...
Part 3:
Reporter: Good evening, and thanks for tuning in. This is News 12 at 6. I’m Christine Bagley. Our top
story tonight takes us to a small island off the coast of Denmark. A team of scientists and researchers
from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville has been visiting the island of Samsø. Samsø has
become famous as the most environmentally-friendly place in the world…
Dr. Franklin: I’m standing here on the beautiful island of Samsø, about 12 miles from the Danish
mainland in the North Sea. I’m surrounded by wind turbines and some very excited scientists. This is
simply amazing! We don’t have any alternative power project on this scale in the United States. This
place is years ahead of us.
Reporter: That’s Dr. Albert Franklin of the University of Virginia. He’s here along with a group of
researchers from the university to learn from Samsø’s success in becoming the “greenest place on earth.”
These wind turbines harness the immense power of the weather in this windy, remote island. The wind
turns these huge windmills behind me, and the motion generates electricity. In fact, the turbines create so
much electricity that they supply not only the 4,200 residents of Samsø, but the mainland of Denmark,
too. By selling electricity to Denmark’s power grid, the islanders claim to be carbon negative. Here’s Dr.
Franklin again.
Dr. Franklin: Carbon dioxide, or CO2, is a natural gas. However, human activity is releasing more and
more CO2 into the environment than ever before. Too much CO2 is bad because it’s a greenhouse gas.
That means carbon dioxide is responsible for global warming. CO2 is emitted from power stations that
burn coal and oil to make electricity, cars, planes, fertilizers, and even some types of food production. It
is possible to reduce the amount of CO2 you put into the atmosphere—by planting trees, or using
renewable energy, for example. These are called offsets. If a country makes more CO2 than it offsets, it’s
called carbon positive. If it offsets more than it produces, it’s called carbon negative.
Reporter: And Samsø is the most carbon negative area of its size anywhere on the planet. Here are some
numbers. Each American is responsible for about 20 tons of carbon dioxide every year. That’s the highest
figure of any nation. Each Dane produces about 13 tons. Samsø is 140 percent carbon-negative, which
means that each resident actually takes out carbon from the atmosphere. They calculate this by adding up
all the green energy they produce and subtracting the few carbon costs they have from cars and other
forms of transportation.
Dr. Franklin: Look at this system here. This is the way humans can live in harmony with nature.
Reporter: Dr. Franklin has brought me to the central furnace. That’s basically a very large oven which
burns straw to heat the homes of Samsø.
Dr. Franklin: Straw is just dried plants, and those plants take CO2 out of the atmosphere. So, straw is

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carbon-neutral. Now, if you burn straw at a very high temperature, it pollutes very little, and it can heat
the houses. But it gets better. After the straw is burned, you are left with a gray dust called ash. This ash
is a great fertilizer, so farmers spread it on their fields. That way, they don’t need to buy fertilizer—the
process of making fertilizer from oil releases CO2, of course. The ash fertilizer helps the plants grow, and
the plants make straw and we’re back to the furnace. A fully renewable, carbon-neutral cycle of energy
production!
Reporter: It’s cold and windy—it’s always windy here, it seems—but everyone’s excited about carbon
on this island. Samsø made this remarkable change to renewable energy as a result of a competition. In
1997, the Danish government held a competition to find an island with the best plan to become carbon
neutral by 2008. Samsø won the competition, and the rest is history (with a little financial help from the
government and the European Union, of course). But environmentalism has also been good business. The
Danish government buys Samsø’s wind-generated electricity at such a good price that the farmers who
swapped crops for turbines are already making a profit. And that’s not counting the money the islanders
save from not buying gasoline, which is 2 to 3 times more expensive than in the U.S. Did we mention
biodiesel?
Dr. Franklin: Biodiesel! Here’s another case where one environmentally-friendly idea creates a whole
chain of green consequences. Take canola, for example. That’s a plant that grows easily here, and also in
the U.S. If you press the canola seeds, you get canola oil, which you can use as biodiesel—so, no
gasoline-based diesel. But after you press the canola seeds, you have a green mash. You can then give
this to your cows, which means you don’t have to buy feed—feed is imported, which means
transportation carbon costs. Your cows produce organic milk and cheese, so you can live off the land.
Reporter: This is what environmentalists call self-sufficiency: Samsø can survive by producing its own
energy and food. It doesn’t need a lot of imports, and fewer imports mean less transportation which
damages the environment by producing carbon dioxide. This all helps Samsø’s carbon budget, which
makes Dr. Franklin and the other Americans here very jealous. On the island on Samsø, Denmark, I’m
Christine Bagley for News 12.

Part 4:
Interviewer: Hello, Pamela, welcome to the programme. So many young people want to be fashion
designers these days, but don't know how to get started.

Pamela Green: Hi. I felt exactly like that myself! You must first discover if this is really what you want
to do. I wasn't sure to begin with, so I started off by looking for a store in my neighbourhood that sold its
own clothes. The owner invited me into her studio and told me what a typical day was like. She allowed
me to ask as many questions as I wanted. Having made up my mind, I then contacted a few colleges to
see what courses in fashion were on offer, and I was lucky to find one that seemed ideal.

Interviewer: So a degree in fashion is a must?

Pamela Green: Well, you often meet designers who go to college later in life, after years of working in
the industry. The truth is the best students aren't always the best designers, but there's no denying that a
degree will show that you've got certain basic skills and get you your first job. Don't be surprised to find
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colleagues with fewer qualifications on higher pay than yourself though. Making progress from that point
will depend entirely on your personal talent.

Interviewer: What basic skills do you need?

Pamela Green: When you ask a fashion student what they want to do, they often reply 'have my own
line'. Not an easy task, I must say. You need work experience first, ideally in a successful fashion shop, to
understand that this industry is led by commerce. Starting your own line requires capital and a clear
overview of how it's going to develop. Without it, clothes design can only be a hobby. Of course, if
you've got an eye for colour, style and shape and an ability to draw, you shouldn't let go of the dream.

Interviewer: Where do you get the inspiration for your designs?

Pamela Green: To be a good designer, you have to be aware of the world you live in, you need to go out
and look at people's lives and attitudes, you really have to learn how to observe what's happening around
you. And I don't mean going abroad necessarily - my social circle is invaluable for me, for example - a
constant source of ideas. You have to remember the clothes are not for you, you have to adapt to what
other people want. And don't be tempted to imitate the famous designers, however beautiful their
collections might look.

Interviewer: Now you're a successful designer, are things easier?

Pamela Green: It took me a while to learn to cope with criticism, though. You think your design
drawings look brilliant, but you mustn't get upset if the garment doesn't look as you'd imagined it. What
I've never managed to get used to is the sheer amount of work involved in finishing your collection well
in advance of the season. Some designers stop attending fashion shows, for example, which involve lots
of time-consuming travelling, but I'd be unhappy to give that up.

Interviewer: Do you have to do a lot of reading to keep up with trends?

Pamela Green: You have to read fashion magazines and other media that reflect current trends and
tastes. It doesn't matter whether you want to use them in your own designs. Nobody knows what styles
will be fashionable in, say, two years' time, but the point is you have to know just about everything that's
been done before, so that you can spot it when it becomes popular again.

Interviewer: This is a very competitive industry. Realistically, what are the chances for somebody
starting?

Pamela Green: Don't make the mistake of aiming just for designing outfits, which is just one part of a
vast industry. You may be perfectly happy as an obscure but competent designer of small pieces for
collections - jewellery, hats, shoes - all of which need to be created. And then somebody has to market
them, sell them, write about them. Fame and glory is just for the top twenty world designers, and life isn't
always wonderful even for them.
_THE END_

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