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Section 1
READING PASSAGE 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 113, which are based on Reading
Passage 1 below.
The Earth
(A) The Earth is the third planet from the Sun and it is the only planet known
to have life on it. The Earth formed around 4.5 billion years ago. It is one of
four rocky planets on the inside of the Solar System. The other three are
Mercury, Venus, and Mars.
(B) The large mass of the Sun makes the Earth move around it, just as the
mass of the Earth makes the Moon move around it. The Earth also turns
round in space, so different parts face the Sun at different times. The Earth
goes around the Sun once (one "year") for every 365 times it turns all the
way around (one "day").
(C) The Moon goes around the Earth about every 27 days, and reflects light
from the Sun. As the Earth goes round the Sun at the same time, the
changing light of the Moon takes about 29 days to go from dark to bright to
dark again. That is where the idea of "month" came from. However, now most
months have 30 or 31 days so they fit into one year.
(D) The Earth is the only planet in our Solar System that has a large amount
of liquid water. About 71% of the surface of the Earth is covered by oceans.
Because of this, it is sometimes called the "Blue Planet".
(E) Because of its water, the Earth is home to millions of species of plants and
animals. The things that live on Earth have changed its surface greatly. For
example, early cyanobacteria changed the air and gave it oxygen. The living
part of the Earth's surface is called the "biosphere".
(F) The Earth is part of the eight planets and many thousands of small bodies
that move around the Sun as its Solar System. The Solar System is moving
through the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy now, and will be for about the
next 10,000 years.
(G) The Earth is generally 150,000,000 kilometers or 93,000,000 miles away
from the Sun (this distance is named an "Astronomical Unit"). The Earth
moves along its way at an average speed of about 30 km or 19 mi a second.
The Earth turns all the way around about 365 times in the time it takes for
the Earth to go all the way around the Sun. To make up this extra bit of a day
every year, an additional day is used every four years. This is named a "leap
year".
(H) The Moon goes around the Earth at an average distance of 400,000
kilometers (250,000 mi). It is locked to Earth, so that it always has the same
half facing the Earth; the other half is called the "dark side of the Moon". It
takes about 27 days for the Moon to go all the way around the Earth but,
because the Earth is moving around the Sun at the same time, it takes about
29 days for the Moon to go from dark to bright to dark again. This is where
the word "month" came from, even though most months now have 30 or 31
days.
Questions 18
Reading Passage 1 has eight paragraphs A-H. Which paragraph contains the following
information? Write the correct letter, AH, in boxes 18 on your answer sheet.
Questions 9-13
Complete the sentences below.
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 9-13 on your answer sheet.
9. Apart from Earth, other rocky planets in our Solar Systems are Venus, Mars
and
.
10. Moon
faces Earth.
Employee Review: "The people I work with are awesome and the food is
good. It pays my bills and makes me laugh. The schedule is super flexible but
it's a lot of work. If you're looking for something easy and laid back, keep
looking."
Questions 14-22
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
Write the correct letter in boxes 1422 on your answer sheet.
Chipotle
PSA Healthcare
16. Review of which company says that it is the best security company he/she worked for?
A
Chipotle
PSA Healthcare
PSA Healthcare
Chipotle
PSA Healthcare
Chipotle
PSA Healthcare
Chipotle
PSA Healthcare
PSA Healthcare
Chipotle
Chipotle
None of them
Questions 23-28
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Section 2?
In boxes 2328 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE
FALSE
NOT GIVEN
23. The Vitamin Shoppe has an above average salary, according to the review.
24. Reviewer of the company Chipotle says that working there is both fun and earns enough
money.
25. Advantage Sales & Marketing owns 65 offices all over the world.
26. Universal Protection Service offers various security services in the USA.
READING PASSAGE 3
What to do in a fire?
Fire drills are a big part of being safe in school: They prepare you for what you
need to do in case of a fire. But what if there was a fire where you live? Would
you know what to do? Talking about fires can be scary because no one likes
to think about people getting hurt or their things getting burned. But you can
feel less worried if you are prepared.
It's a good idea for families to talk about what they would do to escape a fire.
Different families will have different strategies. Some kids live in one-story
houses and other kids live in tall buildings. You'll want to talk about escape
plans and escape routes, so let's start there.
An escape plan can help every member of a family get out of a burning house.
The idea is to get outside quickly and safely. Smoke from a fire can make it
hard to see where things are, so it's important to learn and remember the
different ways out of your home. How many exits are there? How do you get
to them from your room? It's a good idea to have your family draw a map of
the escape plan.
It's possible one way out could be blocked by fire or smoke, so you'll want to
know where other ones are. And if you live in an apartment building, you'll
want to know the best way to the stairwell or other emergency exits.
Safety Steps
If you're in a room with the door closed when the fire breaks out, you need to
take a few extra steps:
Check to see if there's heat or smoke coming in the cracks around the
door. (You're checking to see if there's fire on the other side.)
If you see smoke coming under the door don't open the door!
If you don't see smoke touch the door. If the door is hot or very warm
don't open the door!
If you don't see smoke and the door is not hot then use your
fingers to lightly touch the doorknob. If the doorknob is hot or very
warm don't open the door!
If the doorknob feels cool, and you can't see any smoke around the door, you
can open the door very carefully and slowly. When you open the door, if you
feel a burst of heat or smoke pours into the room, quickly shut the door and
make sure it is really closed. If there's no smoke or heat when you open the
door, go toward your escape route exit.
Questions 29-34
31. Making a
and
32. If you live in an apartment, you have to know the way to the staircase or
other
the door.
34. You should immediately close the door, if smoke
Questions 3539
Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Section 3?
In boxes 3539 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE
FALSE
NOT GIVEN
36. You should mark different ways out of your home on the map.
37. If youre stuck in a room, and see smoke coming from the other room, you should open
the door and ran to the exit.
39. If you open the door and everything seems fine, go straight to the exit.
Question 40
Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D.
Write the correct letter in box 40 on your answer sheet.
40. This article is mainly aimed at helping:
A
Children
Only parents
Teachers at schools
ANSWERS
Each question correctly answered scores 1 mark. Correct spelling is needed in
all answers.
Section 1
1. H
2. G
3. A
4. F
5. C
6. D
7. E
8. B
9. Mercury
10.
Reflects light
11.
Species
12.
13.
Never
ANSWERS
Each question correctly answered scores 1 mark. Correct spelling is needed in
all answers.
Section 2
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23.
True
24.
True
25.
False
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True
27.
Not Given
28.
True
ANSWERS
Each question correctly answered scores 1 mark. Correct spelling is needed in
all answers.
Section 3
29.
One-story houses
30.
Plans, routes
31.
Map
32.
Emergency exits
33.
Doorknob
34.
Pours
35.
True
36.
Not Given
37.
False
38.
True
39.
True
40.
EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
Revised July 2011
13. The All Clear will be a long bell ring or three blasts on the siren.
14. Students will return to class in an orderly manner under teacher guidance.
15. In the event of an emergency occurring during lunch or breaks, students
are to assemble in their home-room groups in the quad and await their homeroom teacher.
Questions 1-8
Complete the sentences below.
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 18 on your answer sheet.
5.
6. Each class teacher will count up his or her students and mark
7. After the
and wait
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Questions 914
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the text?
In boxes 914 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE
FALSE
NOT GIVEN
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13. Social Networking focuses on a specific website to help your business succeed.
Questions 1521
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15. Section A
16. Section B
17. Section C
18. Section D
19. Section E
20. Section F
21. Section G
Workplace dismissals
Before the dismissal
If an employer wants to dismiss an employee, there is a process to be
followed.
Instances of minor misconduct and poor performance must first be addressed
through some preliminary steps.
Firstly, you should be given an improvement note. This will explain the
problem, outline any necessary changes and offer some assistance in
correcting the situation. Then, if your employer does not think your
performance has improved, you may be given a written warning. The last step
is called a final written warning which will inform you that you will be dismissed
unless there are improvements in performance. If there is no improvement,
your employer can begin the dismissal procedure.
The dismissal procedure begins with a letter from the employer setting out the
charges made against the employee. The employee will be invited to a
meeting to discuss these accusations. If the employee denies the charges, he
is given the opportunity to appear at a formal appeal hearing in front of a
different manager. After this, a decision is made as to whether the employee
will be let go or not.
Dismissals
Of the various types of dismissal, a fair dismissal is the best kind if an
employer wants an employee out of the workplace. A fair dismissal is legally
and contractually strong and it means all the necessary procedures have been
Questions 22 and 23
Complete the sentences below.
Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the text for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 2223 on your answer sheet.
22. If an employee receives a
can be
arranged.
Questions 2428
Look at the following descriptions (Questions 2428) and the list of terms in the box below.
Match each description with the correct term AE.
24. An employee is asked to leave work straight away because he has done something
really bad.
25. An employee is pressured to leave his job unless he accepts conditions that are very
different from those agreed to in the beginning.
26. An employer gets rid of an employee without keeping to conditions in the contract.
27. The reason for an employees dismissal is not considered good enough.
28. The reasons for an employees dismissal are acceptable by law and the terms of the
employment contract.
A Fair dismissal
B Summary dismissal
C Unfair dismissal
D Wrongful dismissal
E Constructive dismissal
CALISTHENICS
The worlds oldest form of resistance training
(A) From the very first caveman to scale a tree or hang from a cliff face, to the
mighty armies of the Greco-Roman empires and the gymnasiums of modern
American high schools, calisthenics has endured and thrived because of its
simplicity and utility. Unlike strength training which involves weights, machines
or resistance bands, calisthenics uses only the bodys own weight for physical
development.
(B) Calisthenics enters the historical record at around 480 B.C., with
Herodotus account of the Battle of Thermopolylae. Herodotus reported that,
prior to the battle, the god-king Xerxes sent a scout party to spy on his
Spartan enemies. The scouts informed Xerxes that the Spartans, under the
leadership of King Leonidas, were practicing some kind of bizarre,
synchronised movements akin to a tribal dance. Xerxes was greatly amused.
His own army was comprised of over 120,000 men, while the Spartans had
just
300. Leonidas was informed that he must retreat or face annihilation. The
Spartans did not retreat, however, and in the ensuing battle they managed to
hold Xerxes enormous army at bay for some time until reinforcements arrived.
It turns out their tribal dance was not a superstitious ritual but a form of
calisthenics by which they were building awe-inspiring physical strength and
endurance.
(C) The Greeks took calisthenics seriously not only as a form of military
discipline and strength, but also as an artistic expression of movement and an
aesthetically ideal physique. Indeed, the term calisthenics itself is derived from
the Greek words for beauty and strength. We know from historical records and
images from pottery, mosaics and sculptures of the period that the ancient
Olympians took calisthenics training seriously.
They were greatly admired and still are, today for their combination of
athleticism and physical beauty. You may have heard a friend whimsically sigh
and mention that someone has the body of a Greek god. This expression has
travelled through centuries
and continents, and the source of this envy and admiration is the calisthenics
method.
(D) Calisthenics experienced its second golden age in the 1800s. This century
saw the birth of gymnastics, an organised sport that uses a range of bars,
rings, vaulting horses and balancing beams to display physical prowess. This
period is also when the phenomena of strongmen developed. These were
people of astounding physical strength and development who forged nomadic
careers by demonstrating outlandish feats of strength to stunned populations.
Most of these men trained using hand balancing and horizontal bars, as
modern weight machines had not yet been invented.
(E) In the 1950s, Angelo Siciliano who went by the stage name Charles
Atlas was crowned The Worlds Most Perfectly Developed Man. Atlass
own approach stemmed from traditional calisthenics, and through a series of
mail order comic books he taught these methods to hundreds of thousands of
children and young adults through the 1960s and 1970s. But Atlas was the
last of a dying breed. The tides were turning, fitness methods were drifting
away from calisthenics, and no widely-regarded proponent of the method
would ever succeed him.
(F) In the 1960s and 1970s calisthenics and the goal of functional strength
combined with physical beauty was replaced by an emphasis on huge
muscles at any cost. This became the sport of body building. Although body
buildings pioneers were drawn from the calisthenics tradition, the sole goal
soon became an increase in muscle size. Body building icons, people such as
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sergio Oliva, were called mass monsters
because of their imposing physiques. Physical development of this nature was
only attainable through the use of anabolic steroids, synthetic hormones which
boosted muscle development while harming overall health. These body
builders also relied on free weights and machines, which allowed them to
target and bloat the size of individual muscles rather than develop a naturally
proportioned body.
Calisthenics, with its emphasis on physical beauty and a balance in
proportions, had little to offer the mass monsters.
(G) In this bigger is better climate, calisthenics was relegated to groups
perceived to be vulnerable, such as women, people recuperating from injuries
Questions 29-35
The text has eight paragraphs, AH.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, AH, in boxes, 2935 on your answer sheet.
29. The origin of the word calisthenics.
34. The use of a medical substance to increase muscle mass and strength.
QUESTIONS 3640
Complete the summary below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the text for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 3640 on your answer sheet.
During the sixties and seventies, attaining huge muscles became more important
than (36)
or having an attractive-looking body. The first people to take up this
new sport of body building had a background in calisthenics but the most famous
practitioners became known as (37)
on account of the impressive size of their
muscles. Drugs and mechanical devices were used to develop individual muscles to a
monstrous size. Calisthenics then became the domain of weaker people: females, children
and those recovering from(38)
. Much of the advanced knowledge about
calisthenics was lost and the method was subsequently downgraded to the status of a
simple, user-friendly activity. Once a person became skilled at this, he would progress
to (39)
. Currently a revival of calisthenics is under way as extreme muscle
building can harm the body leaving it sore, out of balance, and in poor (40)
ANSWERS
Each question correctly answered scores 1 mark. Correct spelling is needed in
all answers.
Section 1
1. Send a messenger
2. Short bell rings
3. Nearest staircase
4. Quadrangle
5. Support staff
6. The roll
7. All clear signal
8. Home-room groups
9. True
10.
False
11.
Not given
12.
Not given
13.
False
14.
True
ANSWERS
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viii
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18.
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ANSWERS
Each question correctly answered scores 1 mark. Correct spelling is needed in
all answers.
Section 3
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36.
Functional strength
37.
Mass monsters
38.
Injuries
39.
Weight training
40.
Cardiovascular health