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1 VOCABULARY EXTRA

PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 1 1.2 Relationships

1.1 Free time

3 Match 1–8 with the endings a)–h).
1 He proposed
1 Put the words in the box in the correct place 2 As soon as they started talking they
in the table. 3 They met at
4 They fell
a barbecue a party a sport for a walk
5 They got engaged six months
games good food money on holiday
6 He didn’t
shopping time alone time with family
7 He was a bit worried she might say no,
go for a walk 8 They got

a) have a girlfriend.
b) got on really well.
spend c) in love almost immediately.
d) to her on the Golden Gate Bridge.
e) married on a beach.
eat f) but she accepted.
g) before they got married.
h) a party.
have
4 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same
as the first, using the words and phrases in the box.

play accepted fell in love had a boyfriend got engaged

got married got on met proposed
1 She had a romantic relationship with a boy.
She .
2 Complete the sentences with the words in
2 They were good friends.
the box. Use one word twice.
They well.
a have money off on out 3 He said yes to her proposal.
play time with He .
1 I don’t really like eating , 4 They decided to get married.
I prefer to cook at home. They .
2 Would you like to go for 5 They saw and talked to each other for the first time at a
walk? friend’s house.
3 What do you usually do when you have They at a friend’s house.
time ?
6 She asked him to marry her.
4 Do you any musical
She to him.
instruments?
7 They began to love each other.
5 Did you go anywhere nice
holiday this year? They .
6 I like being with friends, but I’m also 8 They became husband and wife.
happy to spend alone. They .
7 I have to work hard, but I think it’s
important to spend time 1.3 Conversation topics
family too.
8 Don’t spend too much on 5 Underline the correct alternatives.
my present, just get me something cheap.
1 I’m very bad at saying/telling jokes. No one ever laughs!
9 Are you going to a party for
2 Please don’t say/interrupt me, I haven’t finished.
your birthday this year?
3 Try not to talk about/say too many negative topics.
10 Do you tennis?
4 Maria said/gossiped that she was hungry.
5 He’s really easy to talk to, we had/did a great conversation.
6 What did you talk to/about all evening?

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Other vocabulary
6 Put the words in the box in the correct place.

topic advice rude habit unexpected voluntary curious luckily disaster

satisfaction happiness opportunity romantic relationship immediately

noun adjective adverb

Crossword
7 Use the clues to complete the crossword with words and phrases from Unit 1.
There is a phrase in the shaded squares.
1 take a vacation (2, 2, 7) 1

2 said yes (8) 2

3 the opposite of positive (8) 3

4 decided to get married (3, 7)
4
5 go to a restaurant for a meal (3, 3)
6 wanting to find out about something (7) 5

7 rest, or stay off work (4, 4, 3) 6

8 were good friends (3, 2, 4)

7
9 started to love each other (4, 2, 4)
10 saw each other and spoke for the 8

first time (3) 9

11 ask someone to marry you (7) 10

12 If you have a boyfriend or girlfriend,
you are in a . (12) 11

13 Aer they got engaged they 12

. (3, 7) 13
14 stop someone when they are speaking (9)
14
15 to talk about people’s private lives (6)
16 you can tell this to make people laugh (4) 15

17 work that you do without being paid to 16

help people (9)
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PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 1 1.2 past simple

1.1 question forms

1 Complete the table.
Verb Past simple
1 Underline the correct alternative. agree
1 What/Who’s his name? argue
2 What/Where nationality is he? arrive
3 What/Who’s his boss?
ask
4 How old/How age is he?
be (2 forms)
5 What/Where did you meet him?
6 What/Which of his brothers works here? become
7 How much/How many information do we have begin
about him? call
8 How often/How long was his application letter? decide
2 Use the prompts to make questions. Use the eat
present simple and the past simple. email
1 where / you / from? fall
finish
2 when / you / arrive / here? get
go
3 why / decide / to come / Ireland?
grow
have
4 who / you / know / in the class?
know
5 where / your / accommodation? leave
look
6 how many / Spanish students / be / in the class? love
marry
7 how oen / you / see / Sonia?
meet
say
8 which / café / you / go / to?
see
9 how / you / know / Sonia? start
study
10 what / nationality / she?
2 Complete the conversation with the correct form of
the verbs in brackets.
A: I 1didn’t have (not have) a good day yesterday.
B: Really? I 2 (have) a fantastic day.
A: The weather 3
(not be) good.
B: The weather here 4
(be) great.
A: I 5 (not meet) my friends.
B: I 6 (meet) Sandro and Carla.
A: I 7
(not eat) out.
B: I 8 (eat) out.
A: I 9
(not have) any fun.
B: We 10
(have) a lot of fun!
A: And 11
(not finish) the homework
either!
B: Hmm, I 12 (finish) mine last night.

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3 Rewrite the text in the past simple. Consolidation

Sam meets Sally in a café. They get on really well. 1 Choose the correct answer, a), b) or c).
They decide to go to a restaurant for dinner. Sam has A: Hi, I’m Fred. 1 your name?
the fish and Sally has the pasta. They don’t finish
their desserts. They leave. Unfortunately, Sam falls B: Hi, Fred. I’m Marta.
ill during the night. He doesn’t call Sally the next A: 2 to meet you, Marta.
day … B: Thank you. So, 3 are you from?
A: Well, I 4 born in Chile, but I 5 in Spain.
Sam met Sally in a café.
B: Really? 6
exactly in Chile 7
you born?
A: In Santiago. 8
?
B: Because I 9 born in Chile, too; In Valparaiso.
10
old 11 you when you le?
A: Five, so I don’t remember much. Oh! Lesson time.
12
you like to have a coffee sometime?
1.3 making conversation B: That would be great! 13 you soon.
1 a) What’s b) Who c) What
1 Match statements and questions 1–6 with 2 a) Let’s b) Hope c) Nice
responses a)–f).
3 a) where b) which c) how
1 Did you have a good weekend? 4 a) be b) was c) am
2 This is my brother, Tom. 5 a) grew up b) growed up c) didn’t grow up
3 Nice to meet you. 6 a) Why b) Where c) How
4 So, where exactly do you live? 7 a) where b) were c) was
5 Let’s keep in touch. 8 a) So b) Why c) How
6 What do you do? 9 a) was b) were c) is
a) Right in the centre of town, opposite the old 10 a) When b) What c) How
museum. 11 a) are b) did c) were
b) I’m in advertising. 12 a) Would b) Did c) So
c) Nice to meet you, Tom. 13 a) Meet b) See c) When
d) Nice to meet you, too.
e) Yes, I’ll email you next week.
2 Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences.

f) Yes, brilliant, thanks. emailed

1 She emailled last week.
2 Put the conversation in the correct order. 2 How much people were there?
a) Hi. Are you Tom’s friend? 1
3 Nice day, is it?
b) So, what do you do, Marco?
c) Yes, I am. We went to the same university. I’m Sue, 4 They marryed last year.
by the way! 5 What time did you le?
d) Hi, Sue. I’m Marco. 6 They didn’t began on time.
e) I’m in the travel industry.
7 What of these do you want?
f) Downtown. In the Max building.
g) I’d love a coffee. We’ve got a lot to talk about! 8 How age is she?
h) I don’t believe it! I work there, too! Which floor? 9 What you do?
i) Really? I am, too! Where exactly do you work? 10 We didn’t had enough time.
j) The third. Hey, would you like a drink?

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PRE-INTERMEDIATE UNIT 1 2 Match the sentence halves. Then connect them

using and, but, so or because.
linking words
1 I joined the university drama group.
2 I wanted to learn chess.
WRITING TIP
3 We drove to the beach.
When we write about past events, we use the past simple 4 We did an Italian cookery course.
tense to describe what happened. We use linkers to
5 They got engaged at university.
connect our ideas within sentences.
6 There wasn’t any snow.
We use and to add information.
I went to the beach every day and I went surfing twice. 7 He proposed to her aer one month.
We use but to contrast information. 8 2006 was was a great year.
I went swimming every day but I didn’t go surfing. a) It started raining so we didn’t stay long.
We use because to describe the reason for something. b) I met my boyfriend.
I moved to Spain because I wanted to learn Spanish. c) We learned how to make pasta.
We use so to describe a result. d) She didn’t accept.
I wanted to learn Spanish, so I moved to Spain. e) I joined a club at university.
We use a comma before so but not before because. f) They got married a year later.
g) I liked acting.
1 Read the text and answer the questions about h) We couldn’t go skiing.
Mary’s important year.
1 Why was 2007 important for her?
3 Complete the text with and, so, but or because.
2012 was great because we went to Mallorca. We
2 Who did she meet?
stayed in a very good hotel 1 we went
3 What activities did she do? to the swimming pool every day. We also hired a car
4 Find four examples of the past simple tense. 2
we wanted to explore the villages
near the hotel. The weather was hot in the day
3
in the evening it was cool. My
Mary’s important year birthday was on the last day of the holiday,
4
we had a party.
2007 was an important year for me
because I started to go to university. 4 Write about an important year in your life.
I met lots of new people, so it was a Write 60–80 words.
very exciting time. I worked hard and
passed all my exams. I also acted in the Plan your writing
• Think about the important year.
university drama group and played
• Why was it important? What happened?
in the women’s football team. I met my
• Give details and say what was the best thing about
future husband that year but we only
the year.
began going out later. Meeting Dave was
Check your writing
the best thing about 2007.
• Have you used some of the linkers?
• Did you check your grammar and spelling?
• Did you find any mistakes?

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1 LIFE
UNIT 1

Overview
Watch the video podcast. What do the people talk about?
1 Watch the video podcast from 0:11- 0:35 and complete Hina’s text with one word in each space.
Watch it again if necessary.
Glossary: trust = believe someone will do what they say;
depend on = know someone will help you if you need it

Hina Hi, I’m Hina. I work 1for the BBC here in London. I know a lot of people
here but I only have a few 2__________ friends. I 3____________ in touch
with friends by texting, emailing and using social networking 4___________
like Facebook. For me, a friend is someone I can trust and depend on
5
____________ also someone who makes 6_____________ laugh. Today,
we’re asking people 7_____________ their friends.

2 Look at the people below and read the things they say. Then watch the video podcast from 0:35-3:02
and match people A-F to six sentences. There are two extra sentences.

A B C D E F
1 He likes to have really close, close friends. _C_
2 She likes friends with the same interests. ___
3 He doesn’t like using social networking sites. ___
4 He writes letters to friends to keep in touch. ___
5 She uses MSN and Facebook to keep in touch with friends. ___
6 She likes to have friends who are good at sports. ___
7 He likes to keep in touch with both old and new friends. ___
8 He has quite a large group of friends. ___

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1 LIFE
UNIT 1

3 Do they have a lot of close friends? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch
the video podcast from 0:35-1:10 and underline the correct word in italics in each answer.

1 I’ve got a nice circle / number of 2 I have a few / many close friends, 3 Yeah, I’ve got three / a lot of
friends. yeah. close friends.

4 I’m not the type of person to 5 Yeah, I do have quite a few / 6 I have a number / a large group of
have lots of / really close friends. some close friends. close friends.

Glossary: c ircle of friends = group of friends; a few = some but not many;
a number of = quite a lot

4 How do they keep in touch with their friends? Read their answers in the box below. Then watch the
video podcast from 1:11-2:05 and tick (✓) the words you hear every time you hear them. Watch the
podcast again if necessary.

telephone ✓ ✓    write letters    make phone calls    the internet

Skype    email mobile phone    Facebook    text/send text messages

5 What do they look for in a friend? Look at the people below and read their answers. Then watch the
video podcast from 2:08-3:03 and complete the answers with the words from the box.

out fun easy make sense funny

I guess someone who’s quite Mostly it’s people who can 4__________
creative, like myself – somebody me laugh.
who likes going 1 out.

And 2 __________ and easy- Someone I feel comfortable with.

going, I guess. Someone I can be myself with.
Someone who’s 5 ___________ to talk to.

3
________ of humour, I think. They have to be 6 _____________, they
have to be kind and sincere, they have to
be honest.

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1 LIFE
UNIT 1

Vocabulary
6 Match the six words in italics in Ex 5 to definitions 1-6 below. Watch the video podcast again and
practise saying the words aloud.
1 say what you think and tell the truth honest
2 care about other people and treat them well ______
3 be honest and mean what you say ______
4 feel relaxed and not worried ______
5 relaxed and easy to get on with, not often angry ______
6 have a lot of new ideas, use your imagination ______

The way we speak

7 Watch the video podcast from 1:11-3:20 and complete what the people in pictures 1-6 say.
What does mostly /mainly mean?
 = for example (informal)
Glossary: like

Facebook, like, 1 mainly I go to see them but 2 __________ 3 __________, at the moment,
and then MSN. texting and using the internet… through Facebook. I’m always on
Facebook.

Skype even, my family 5

__________ like the personality 6 ____________ it’s people who
4
_____________. and if they, like, have the same can make me laugh.
interests as me.
Personalisation
8 Write about your friends using the prompts below.
I’ve got ________________________________________________ (number of friends).
I keep in touch with them ______________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________ (how?).
In a friend, I look for someone who ______________________________________
__________________________________________________________ (qualities).
Fun Facts
The average number of friends we have is 150. Most people have between
6 and 12 good friends. Click on the BBC link below to find out more.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7920434.stm

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 PRELIMINARY ENGLISH TEST

Listening

Sample Paper

Time Approximately 35 minutes (including 6 minutes’ transfer time)

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.
Write your name, centre number and candidate number on your answer sheet if they are
not already there.
Listen to the instructions for each part of the paper carefully.
Answer all the questions.
While you are listening, write your answers on the question paper.
You will have 6 minutes at the end of the test to copy your answers onto the separate answer
sheet. Use a pencil.
At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheet.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

There are four parts to the test.
Each question carries one mark.
You will hear each piece twice.
For each part of the test there will be time for you to look through the questions and time for
you to check your answers.

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Questions 1 – 7

For each question, choose the correct answer.

1 What did the girl buy on her shopping trip?

A B C

2 Why did the plane leave late?

A B C

3 What activity does the woman want to book for the weekend?

A B C

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4 Which cake will the girl order?

A B C

5 How much must customers spend to get a free gift?

A B C

6 What did the family do on Sunday?

A B C

7 Which programme is on first?

A B C

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Questions 8 – 13

For each question, choose the correct answer.

8 You will hear two friends talking about a new clothes shop
What does the girl say about it?

A The staff are helpful.

B It only has the latest fashions.

C Prices are reduced at the moment.

9 You will hear two friends talking about a pop band’s website.
They think the site would be better if

A its information was up to date.

B it was easier to buy concert tickets.

C the band members answered messages.

10 You will hear a woman telling a friend about an art competition she’s won.
How does she feel about it?

A upset that the prize isn’t valuable

B excited that the judges liked her picture

C disappointed that she can’t use the prize

11 You will hear two friends talking about the girl’s flatmate.
The girl thinks that her flatmate

A is too untidy.

B talks too much.

C plays music too loud.

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12 You will hear two friends talking about a football match.
They agree that their team lost because

A the players weren’t confident enough.

B they were missing some key players.

C the players didn’t do the right training.

13 You will hear two friends talking about a tennis match they played.
The boy wants the girl to

A help him to get fitter.

B practise with him more often.

C enter more competitions with him.

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Questions 14 – 19

For each question, write the correct answer in the gap. Write one or two words or a number or a
date or a time.

You will hear a radio presenter called Anita talking about her holiday in Cuba.

ANITA’S HOLIDAY IN CUBA:

In the National Gardens, the (14) 000000000 0 was the thing that attracted
most people.

On the swimming trip, electronic armbands kept the (15) 000000000 0 away.

On the day in the countryside, Anita almost fell off a (16) 000000000 0 .

In the capital city, Anita saw a (17) 000000000 0 in a theatre.

Anita enjoyed visiting a farm where (18) 000000000 0 is produced.

Anita bought some (19) 000000000 0 as gifts.

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Questions 20 – 25

For each question, choose the correct answer.

You will hear an interview with a woman called Vicky Prince, a champion swimmer who now works as
a swimming coach.

20 Vicky first went in for competitions because

A she had joined a swimming club.

B her parents were keen on swimming.
C her swimming teacher encouraged her.

21 As a teenager, Vicky’s training involved

A exercising on land as well as in the water.

B going without meals during the day.
C travelling to a pool once a day.

22 What did Vicky find hard about her training programme?

A She couldn’t go on school trips.

B She lost some of her friends.
C She missed lots of parties.

23 What helped Vicky to do well in the national finals?

A She was not expected to win.

B She trained harder than usual.
C She wanted to take a cup home.

24 As a swimming coach, Vicky thinks she’s best at teaching people

A to deal with failure.

B to improve their technique.
C to get swimming qualifications.

25 Why has Vicky started doing long-distance swimming?

A She needed to get fit again.

B She thought it would be fun.
C She wanted to do some travelling.

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Reading

Sample Test

Time 45 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.
Write your name, centre number and candidate number on your answer sheet if they are
not already there.
Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully.
Answer all the questions.
Read the instructions on the answer sheet.
Write your answers on the answer sheet. Use a pencil.
You must complete the answer sheet within the time limit.
At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheet.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

Questions 1-32 carry one mark.

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Questions 1 – 5

For each question, choose the correct answer.

1 A The competition is open to people over a

certain age.

B There is a maximum age limit for this

competition.

C Only eighteen-year-olds are allowed to enter

this competition.

2 Adam is telling Rachel to

A post something for him.

B find out how to do something.

C give him something he needs.

3
A Members of staff must be accompanied if
LABORATORY
they wish to pass this point.

The public are not

permitted beyond
this point unless B Members of the public can’t go through
accompanied by a unless they are visiting someone working
staff member. here.

C Members of the public may go further if a

company employee goes with them.

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4 A Tom wants to persuade Jane to take him to
college tomorrow morning.

B Tom would like Jane to do him a favour

tomorrow morning.

C Tom is reminding Jane they have to get up

early tomorrow morning.

5
A The Careers Centre will give you a copy of
FREE COPIES OF any advertisement on this board.
ADVERTISEMENTS ON B This board is used to advertise the work
THIS BOARD ARE done by the Careers Centre.

AVAILABLE FROM THE C If you ask the Careers Centre, you can
CAREERS CENTRE advertise for free on this board.

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Questions 6 – 10

For each question, choose the correct answer.

The people below all want to visit a city market.

On the opposite page there are there are descriptions of eight markets.
Decide which market would be the most suitable for the people below.

Jenny wants to buy locally-produced food traditional to the area.

She needs somewhere convenient to eat, and as she’s
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sightseeing in the city, the market shouldn’t be far from local
attractions.

Matt wants a market where he can get something to wear at

7 reasonable prices, and something hot to eat. He’s also keen on
music, and likes finding rare recordings by different bands.

Sammie wants to visit a market after spending the day in the

8 city. He would like to photograph a historic place, and buy a
painting by someone unknown.

Alexia is looking for a really special necklace for her

9 grandmother’s birthday. She’d like to spend the whole day at the
market, and wants to avoid the cold by staying inside.

Ella is looking for objects from other countries for her friends.
10 She’d like to choose a second-hand book to read on the journey
home, and wants a snack at the market, too.

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 City Markets
A Beckfield Market B Rosewell Hill
This market’s world-famous for Our market’s in an amazing
second-hand camera equipment and building that’s hundreds of years
books on photography. As well as an old. Visitors find our late-night
amazing range of cameras, we have opening hours convenient, and
old pictures of local places of there are always performers
interest for you to buy, and of entertaining the crowds. We've
course the stall owners are happy to recently opened more stalls
give you advice for free! Don’t miss specializing in pictures both from
our hot soup stall in cold weather. well-known artists and also
those beginning their careers.

C Camberwall Market D Cobbledown Road

There’s lots to see in this A small market that’s open in all
interesting indoor market, so it’s weathers. Come and find something
open from morning until late, in a really fantastic – treat yourself or
fantastic modern setting. Find someone special! We have a wide
everything from rare gold and selection of jewellery and musical
silver jewellery to designer clothes instruments, produced locally by
– although the prices aren’t cheap, highly-skilled people, and home-
the quality’s excellent. After made cakes to enjoy.
shopping, enjoy a meal in a nearby
restaurant.

E Oldford Lane F Purford Market

Situated in the historic city centre, Close to museums and art galleries,
you’ll find a wide range of jewellery this is the place to buy something for
and clothes. Arrive early to avoid
lunch, as well as fresh fruit and
disappointment – bargains are
found in the morning, and the special breads. Try the region’s
stalls pack up after lunch. If the famous cheese – the producers are
weather’s good, enjoy watching the there with advice on different types.
world go by, although it gets very Eat on the seats situated around the
busy in the tourist season. market, watching the colourful scene
and enjoying music from local
bands.

G Teddingley Market H Frome Place

Situated under historic city walls, in this Stalls open during normal daytime
busy market you’ll find a huge selection shopping hours so, depending on
of great-value new and second-hand the weather, there’s plenty to
clothes. There are also stalls offering entertain you the whole day. Try
unusual albums by international singers, our sandwich bar if you’re hungry,
often hard to find in shops. Our world- and look for an old copy of
food area allows you to taste food from something by a favourite author.
abroad, cooked in front of you by We also have gifts from all over
international chefs. the world.

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Questions 11 – 15

For each question, choose the correct answer.

Artist Peter Fuller talks about his hobby

There’s a popular idea that artists are not supposed to be into sport, but mountain biking is a huge
part of my life. It gets me out of my studio, and into the countryside. But more importantly, racing
along as fast as you can leaves you no time to worry about anything that’s going on in your life.
You’re too busy concentrating on not crashing. The only things you pay attention to are the pain in
your legs and the rocks on the path in front of you.

I’m in my sixties now, but I started cycling when I was a kid. In the summer my friends and I would
ride our bikes into the woods and see who was brave enough to go down steep hills, or do big
jumps. The bikes we had then weren’t built for that, and often broke, so I used to draw pictures of
bikes with big thick tyres that would be strong enough for what we were doing. They looked just like
modern mountain bikes. However, it wasn’t until many years later that someone actually invented
one. By the 1980s, they were everywhere.

At that time I was into skateboarding. I did that for a decade until falling off on to hard surfaces
started to hurt too much. Mountain biking seemed a fairly safe way to keep fit, so I took that up
instead. I made a lot of friends, and got involved in racing, which gave me a reason to train hard. I
wanted to find out just how fit and fast I could get, which turned out to be fairly quick. I even won a
couple of local races.

In the end I stopped racing, mainly because I knew what it could mean to my career if I had a bad
crash. But I still like to do a three-hour mountain bike ride every week. And if I’m out cycling in the
hills and see a rider ahead, I have to beat them to the top. As I go past I imagine how surprised they
would be if they knew how old I am.

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11 Peter enjoys mountain biking because

A it gives him the opportunity to enjoy the views.

B he can use the time to plan his work.
C he is able to stop thinking about his problems.
D it helps him to concentrate better.

12 What does Peter say about cycling during his childhood?

A He is sorry he didn’t take more care of his bike.

B His friends always had better quality bikes than he did.
C His bike wasn’t suitable for the activities he was doing.
D He was more interested in designing bikes than riding them.

13 Peter says he returned to cycling after several years

A because he had become unfit.

B so that he could enter races.
C in order to meet new people.
D to replace an activity he had given up.

14 How does Peter feel about cycling now?

A He is proud that he is still so fast.

B He is keen to do less now that he is older.
C He regrets the fact that he can no longer compete.
D He wishes more people were involved in the sport.

15 What would be a good introduction to this article?

A B
For Peter Fuller, nothing matters Artist Peter Fuller takes mountain
more than mountain biking, not biking pretty seriously. Here he
even his career. Here, in his own describes how it all began and
words, he tells us why. what he gets out of it.

C D
In this article, Peter Fuller explains After discovering mountain biking
how he became an artist only as a late in life, Peter Fuller gave up art
result of his interest in mountain for a while to concentrate on
biking. getting as good as possible.

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Questions 16 – 20

Five sentences have been removed from the text below.

For each question, choose the correct answer.
There are three extra sentences which you do not need to use.

A new life
I used to work as a college lecturer in the north of England, running photography courses. It wasn’t a
bad job and I really liked my students, but I began to feel tired of doing the same thing every day.
16 x xx.

I’d always loved travelling, so one weekend I typed ‘international volunteering’ into an internet search
engine. At the top of the results page was the opportunity to go and stay on an island in the Indian
Ocean, thousands of miles away, and help to protect the beaches and the sea life. 17 x xx I had
some diving experience, and the more I talked about it, the more I wanted to do it. So I contacted the
organisation. One week later they offered to send me to the island and I accepted. 18 x xx After
all, the volunteer job was only for two months during the summer holidays. I thought after I’d finished,
I’d come home.

As soon as I got to the island, I was sure I’d done the right thing. My first dive was incredible.
19 x xx I felt so lucky to be able to experience that every day.

In fact I loved it so much that I never came home! I’ve now been on the island for ten years and I have
a permanent job. I’m working as a marine educator, teaching volunteers about the sea life and taking
them snorkelling and diving. My desk is a picnic table 10 metres from the best beach on the island. Of
course not everything about my new life is perfect. 20 x xx However, I can’t imagine going back
to my old life.

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A That’s why I knew it was a terrible plan.

B I had trained in icy water in the UK so the crystal clear warm water felt amazing.

C They always ask lots of questions.

D I work far harder than I used to.

E I began joking to friends about sending in an application.

F Afterwards, some people were surprised by my decision but I wasn’t too worried.

G I decided I needed a break.

H I needed to explain that first.

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Questions 21 – 26

For each question, choose the correct answer.

The Coconut Tree

The coconut tree is thought to be one of the most valuable trees in the world. It is mostly found by the
sea where there is a hot and wet (21) ………… . The coconuts often fall into the sea and float on the
water until they (22) ………… another beach, where more trees then begin to grow.

Holiday makers often see the coconut tree as no more than an attractive sun umbrella that provides
(23) ………… . However, this amazing tree has hundreds of (24) ………… and more are still being
discovered.

People have made houses, boats and baskets from the coconut tree’s wood and leaves for centuries.
Even today, if you take a (25) ………… in your cupboards, you will find coconut oil in products as
(26) ………… as medicine and desserts.

21 A temperature B condition C climate D weather

22 A reach B go C travel D arrive

23 A cloud B shade C dark D cold

24 A uses B jobs C roles D things

25 A scene B sight C look D view

26 A opposite B separate C strange D different

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Questions 27 – 32

For each question, write the correct answer.

Write one word for each gap.

The Natural History Museum

This is one of my favourite places to visit. I’ve learned a huge amount about animals and plants
(27) ………… time I’ve visited. I’ve even seen bits of rock from the moon!

The building’s really beautiful and it’s easy to find your way around. There are hundreds of interesting
things on display, but (28) ………… you like dinosaurs the best time (29) ………… see them is during
term-time. I’ve been twice in the school holidays and the queue was (30) ………… long that I wasn’t
able to visit that part (31) ………… the museum.

You’ll probably want something to eat while you’re there. You can take (32) ………… own picnic and
eat in the museum garden, or try one of the two museum cafés.

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