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CHET TILLARNI BILISH VA EGALLASH DARAJASINI BAHOLASH

MILLIY TIZIMI
TIL: INGLIZ
DARAJA: B2

NATIONAL SYSTEM
OF ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH
LEVEL: B2

The test booklet consists of 4 papers.

Paper 1: Listening (Questions 1-30)

Paper 2: Reading (Questions 1-30)
Paper 3: Lexical and Grammar Competence (Questions 1-30)
Paper 4: Writing (Questions 1-2)

Total time allowed: 3 hours 20 minutes

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PAPER 1: LISTENING

The Listening Paper consists of FOUR parts:

Part 1: Questions 1-6

Part 2: Questions 7-14

Part 3: Questions 15-22

Part 4: Questions 23-30

Each question carries ONE mark.

You will hear each recording twice.

Total listening time: 35 minutes.

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Part 1
You will hear people talking in six different situations.
For questions 1-6, choose the best answer, A, B, or C.

Q1. You switch on the local radio and hear this. You are listening to …
A) a documentary.
B) an advertisement.
C) a current affairs programme.

Q2. Listen to this person talking on TV about George Grosvenor. George Grosvenor is …
A) a politician.
B) a farmer.
C) a fisherman.

Q3. Listen to the conversation. The action takes place in …

A) a theatre.
B) a radio studio.
C) A TV studio.

Q4. You hear an interview with Mary Steerforth who has just been given a film part. She is …
A) impatient.
B) happy.
C) nervous.

Q5. You hear these two people talking. They are …

A) brother and sister.
B) husband and wife.
C) friends.

Q6. You hear a friend reading something aloud. She is reading from …
A) a diet book.
B) a cookery book.
C) a hotel brochure.

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Part 2
You will hear Martin Hill phoning an estate agent to find some accommodation.
For questions 7-14, choose the best answer, A, B, or C.

Q7. Martin needs a flat to live …

A) alone. B) with his family. C) with his friends.

Q8. Martin is …
A) a student. B) a bank officer. C) a factory worker.

Q9. It is very important that the flat has …

A) a kitchen. B) a bath. C) a shower.

Q10. Martin would prefer to live in …

A) the city centre. B) the western area. C) the east of the city.

Q11. The first flat offered is …

A) too big. B) at a good price. C) far from transport system.

Q12. The second flat offered has …

A) an extra bedroom. B) two dining rooms. C) a good view on hills.

Q13. Martin thinks that the second flat …

A) will cost a lot. B) is trendy. C) is far from the park.

Q14. The woman from the agency suggests …

A) finding another flat. B) seeing the photos of flats. C) visiting the agency.

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Part 3
You will hear part of a radio report about a successful business woman.
For questions 15-22, choose the best answer, A, B, or C.
Q15. Anita started making her own Chinese food because …
A) local restaurants offered only English food.
B) there were no Chinese meals in the supermarkets.
C) she didn’t like the ready-made food which was available.
Q16. One of her friends …
A) taught her to cook noodles.
B) wanted her to be a good cook.
C) asked her to help him in business.
Q17. Her business started with …
A) preparing meals to order.
B) cooking noodles for her guests.
C) working in her friend’s restaurant.
Q18. When her business grew, Anita had to …
A) hire people.
B) buy an estate.
C) move to Cowbridge.
Q19. The business was so successful that Anita’s company …
A) bought Lania Foods company.
B) won a prize for their products.
C) opened supermarket chains.
Q20. When Anita needed capital for expansion, she got money from …
A) the bank.
B) another company.
C) the public fund.
Q21. As the result of the deal with the Lania, Anita’s company …
A) was in a difficult situation.
B) managed to raise finance.
C) paid off all the debts.
Q22. Looking back on her experience, Anita …
A) regrets that she had lost a year.
B) feels pleased that she sorted out the situation.
C) thinks that she lacked management skills.

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Part 4
You will hear part of a psychology lecture.
For questions 23-30, choose the best answer, A, B, or C.
Q23. What is the professor mainly discussing?
A) The development of motor skills in children
B) How psychologists measure muscle activity in the throat
C) A theory about the relationship between muscle activity and thinking
Q24. John Watson focused on …
A) mental processes.
B) observable actions.
C) descriptions of thoughts.
Q25. Why does the professor say: “… you know, from larynx, in other words, related to the
voice box …”?
A) To explain the meaning of a term
B) To give an example of a laryngeal habit
C) To remind students of a point he had discussed previously
Q26. What does the professor say about people who use sign language?
A) They exhibit laryngeal habits.
B) It is not possible to study their thinking habits.
C) The muscles in their hands move when they solve problems.
Q27. According to Watson, thinking is …
A) a physical concept.
B) a muscular activity.
C) an ideomotor action.
Q28. What point does the professor make when he refers to the university library?
A) A study on problem solving took place there.
B) Students' eyes will turn toward it if they think about it.
C) Students should go there to read more about behaviorism.
Q29. The professor describes a magic trick to the class. What does the magic trick
demonstrate?
A) An action people make that they are not aware of
B) How psychologists study children
C) A method for remembering locations
Q30. What is the professor's opinion of the motor theory of thinking?
A) It explains adult behavior better than it explains child behavior.
B) It is the most valid theory of thinking at the present time.
C) It cannot be completely proved or disproved.
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PAPER 2: READING

The Reading Paper consists of THREE parts:

Part 1: Questions 1-10

Part 2: Questions 11-20

Part 3: Questions 21-30

Each question carries ONE mark.

You are advised to spend no more than 1 hour on this paper.

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PART 1
Questions 1-10 are based on the following text.
I have been arrested. For winning a quiz show.
They came for me late last night, when even the stray dogs had gone off to sleep. They broke open my door,
handcuffed me and marched me off to the waiting jeep with a flashing red light.
There was no hue and cry. Not one resident stirred from his hut. Only the old owl on the tamarind tree hooted
at my arrest.
Arrests in Dharavi are as common as pickpockets on the local train. Not a day goes by without some hapless
resident being taken away to the police station. There are some who have to be physically dragged off by the
constables, screaming and kicking all the while. And there are those who go quietly. Who expect, perhaps
even wait for, the police. For them, the arrival of the jeep with the flashing red light is actually a relief.
In retrospect, perhaps I should have kicked and screamed. Protested my innocence, raised a stink, galvanized
the neighbours. Not that it would have helped. Even if I had succeeded in waking some of the residents, they
would not have raised a finger to defend me. With bleary eyes they would have watched the spectacle, made
some trite remark like 'There goes another one,' yawned, and promptly gone back to sleep. My departure from
Asia's biggest slum would make no difference to their lives. There would be the same queue for water in the
morning, the same daily struggle to make it to the seven-thirty local in time.
They wouldn't even bother to find out the reason for my arrest. Come to think of it, when the two constables
barged into my hut, even I didn't. When your whole existence is 'illegal', when you live on the brink of penury in
an urban wasteland where you jostle for every inch of space and have to queue even for a restroom, arrest
has a certain inevitability about it. You are conditioned to believe that one day there will be a warrant with your
name on it, that eventually a jeep with a flashing red light will come for you.
There are those who will say that I brought this upon myself. By dabbling in that quiz show. They will wag a
finger at me and remind me of what the elders in Dharavi say about never crossing the dividing line that
separates the rich from the poor. After all, what business did a penniless waiter have to be participating in a
brain quiz? The brain is not an organ we are authorized to use. We are supposed to use only our hands and
legs.
If only they could see me answer those questions. After my performance they would have looked upon me
with new respect. It's a pity the show has yet to be telecast. But word seeped out that I had withparty for me in
the restaurant. We sang and danced and drank late into the night. For the first time we did not eat Ramzi's
stale food for dinner. We ordered chicken biryani and seekh kebabs from the five-star hotel in Marine Drive.
The doddery bartender offered me his daughter in marriage. Even the grouchy manager smiled indulgently at
me and finally gave me my back wages. He didn't call me a worthless bastard that night. Or a rabid dog.
Now Godbole calls me that, and worse. I sit cross-legged in a ten-by-six-foot cell with a rusty metal door and a
small square window with a grille, through which a shaft of dusty sunlight streams into the room. The lock-up is
hot and humid. Flies buzz around the mushy remains of an over-ripe mango lying squished on the stone floor.
A sad-looking cockroach lumbers up to my leg. I am beginning to feel hungry. My stomach growls.
I am told that I will be taken to the interrogation room shortly, to be questioned for the second time since my
arrest. After an interminable wait, someone comes to escort me. It is Inspector Godbole himself.
Godbole is not very old, perhaps in his mid-forties. He has a balding head and a round face dominated by a
handlebar moustache. He walks with heavy steps and his overfed stomach droops over his khaki trousers.
'Bloody flies,' he swears and tries to swat one circling in front of his face. He misses.
Inspector Godbole is not in a good mood today. He is bothered by these flies. He is bothered by the heat.
Rivulets of sweat run down his forehead. He smears them off with his shirt sleeve.

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Questions 1-10. Choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D.

Q1. At the beginning of the text, the narrator Q6. Which adjective would best describe the
focuses on … place the narrator was kept in?
A) the vehicle the police used to arrest him. A) disgusting
B) the time the police came after him. B) tolerable
C) the quiz show he had participated in. C) dark
D) the neighbours who were indifferent to him. D) spacious

Q2. The narrator thinks that the neighbours Q7. Inspector Godbole is portrayed as …
would have watched his arrest …
A) hairless.
A) with curiosity.
B) elderly.
B) with pity.
C) stout.
C) with relief.
D) active.
D) with unconcern.

Q8. Inspector Godbole feels discomfort

Q3. The word “them” in the text (Paragraph because…
4, in bold) refers to …
A) he has too much work to do.
A) residents who are taken away to the police
B) work conditions are unbearable.
station.
C) he is not able to get rid of the flies.
B) people who protest at being taken to the
police station. D) his stomach is too full.
C) people who obey the police when they come
after them. Q9. People would blame the narrator for being
D) constables who come in jeeps with flashing arrested because …
light. A) waiters had no rights to take part in the quiz.
B) elders considered participation in quizzes
Q4. The word “bleary” in the text shameful.
(Paragraph 5, in bold) means … C) the narrator wanted to get a higher social
A) tired. status.
B) curious. D) the business he was involved in was a risky
one.
C) shining.
D) sad.

Q10. The narrator with his fellow workers had

Q5. The narrator was not surprised that the
a party because …
police came after him because …
A) one of the narrator’s friends had won a lottery.
A) he was accustomed to seeing arrests.
B) the narrator was getting married to the
B) he lived in that place illegally.
bartender’s daughter.
C) he had insulted someone in a queue.
C) the narrator had received his salary for several
D) he had been shown a warrant before. months.
D) they wanted to celebrate the narrator’s success.

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PART 2
Questions 11-20 are based on the following text.
The fizzy drink of choice at PepsiCo on December 12 was more likely to have been champagne than cola. By
the end of trading on Wall Street that day, the company's market capitalisation reached $98.4bn - while the
market valued rival Coca-Cola at $97.9bn. For the first time in the history of the two companies, PepsiCo was
valued more highly than its old arch enemy. It was chiefly a symbolic shift, but what a symbol - and one that
persisted over ensuing days. The "real thing" is suddenly second-best.
The battle for supremacy between Coca-Cola and PepsiCo is one of the great rivalries in business. The two
firms remain the number one case study for marketing students on how to create a powerful brand around
something as humble as brown carbonated water laced with caffeine and vegetable extracts. More recently
they have become case studies for another reason: PepsiCo for its ability to spot consumer trends and adapt
its business to a changing climate; Coca-Cola for failing to do the same, perhaps complacent due to its long
history as the number one best-selling drink in the world.
In early 2000 Coca-Cola's market capitalisation was about $128bn, almost three times that of PepsiCo. Fizzy
drinks sales at both companies are flat in developed markets. The crucial factor in the differing fortunes of the
two has been PepsiCo's diversification away from sugary carbonated drinks and the realisation that
consumers were worrying more and more about obesity and health.
In 1998 the company acquired the fruit juice business Tropicana. Three years later it won an auction for
Quaker Oats, adding the energy drink Gatorade to its portfolio. Coca-Cola pulled out of the bidding after its
independent directors expressed concerns about the high price. That proved a poor decision. Today PepsiCo
has about 81% of the fast-growing sports drink market in the US. In the most recent quarter sales of PepsiCo's
non-carbonated drinks grew by 24%.
PepsiCo generates about 23% of its worldwide profits from the near-stagnant carbonated drinks sector while
Coca-Cola relies on its fizzy drinks for 85% of profits. Its diverse range of products, analysts note, is helping it
to gain leverage with supermarket chains.
Coca-Cola is playing catch-up. In June it launched its Minute Maid pure juice range in Britain. It has also
introduced the Dasani bottled water brand and the Powerade energy drink. When Coca-Cola did eventually
launch its bottled water brand in Britain, it met first with derision when the press realised it was distilled tap
water and then horror as it was pulled from shelves in a health scare.
PepsiCo shares have risen 14% the past year while Coca-Cola's fell 1.2%. Coca-Cola's problems appear to
have begun with the death in 1997 of the highly regarded chief executive Roberto Goizueta. The company
subsequently suffered from under-investment, heavy job cuts and management upheaval. In May 2004 the
company hired its third chief executive since Mr Goizueta's death, persuading the Irishman Neville Isdell to
come out of retirement. Mr Isdell's appointment received a lukewarm reception on Wall Street. At 60 and a
company veteran, he was not seen as the new blood or the agent for change that Coca-Cola needed.
Shortly after he joined, Mr Isdell sharply reduced the company's long-term profit and sales targets, and
admitted there were "no quick fixes". The company, he said, had missed consumer trends and under-
performed since 1997. There had been an absence of "brand-building iconic advertising". He promised an
additional $400m for marketing and promised to address emerging markets such as China and India more
energetically. The company has committed more funds to product innovation. He got rid of poorly performing
brands including a vanilla variant of Coke and lemon and lime versions of Diet Coke. The most spectacular
disaster was the launch of C2, a low carbohydrate version of Coke, which came on the market as the fad for
low-carb diets was beginning to wane.
Mr Isdell appears to have made some progress and analysts have begun to express a cautious optimism. The
company has posted improving profits over the past four quarters. Third-quarter earnings were up 37% to
$1.28bn, chiefly on the back of double-digit volume growth in developing markets such as China, Russia and
Latin America. PepsiCo meanwhile continues to press home its advantage.

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Questions 11-15. Choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D.

Q11. The text is about … Q14. Market of carbonated drinks is
described as …
A) the popularity of carbonated drinks in the world.
A) generating a huge profit
B) the financial problems Coca Cola is facing.
B) trying to diversify
C) the success of Pepsi Cola in the world market.
C) making no progress
D) the competition between the two producers of
drinks. D) controlling supermarket chains
Q12. The word “humble” in the text (in bold, Q15. Developing markets account for … of
Paragraph 2) is used to describe … Coca-Cola’s profit.
A) social status of people. A) $1.28 bln
B) low esteem of companies. B) three-quarters
C) insignificance of raw material. C) 37%
D) weak position of employees. D) a larger part
Q13. The word “that” in the text (in bold,
Paragraph 4) refers to …
A) Coca Cola’s decision not to take part in the
tender.
B) PepsiCo’s decision to buy Tropicana brand.
C) Coca’s decision to launch Gatorade energy
drink.
D) PepsiCo’s decision to take part in the auction.

For questions 16-20, complete the sentences. Match a sentence ending (A-F) to the beginning of the
sentence. Note: There is one extra ending which you do not need to use.
Q16. December 12 was a significant day for PepsiCo because of …

Q17. PepsiCo’s success in the market was due to …

Q18. Coca-Cola had to withdraw one of its products from the market because of …

Q19. One of Coca-Cola’s products proved to be a failure because of …

Q20. Mr Isdell’s return was not favourably accepted by the financial world because of …

Sentence endings:

A) his strong criticism of the company’s objectives.

B) its untimely introduction to the market of fizzy drinks.

C) the company’s ability to timely react to demand.

D) the company’s overtaking the competitor for the first time.

E) the doubts in his ability to improve the situation.

F) the potential threat to the consumers’ physical condition.

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PART 3

Questions 21-30 are based on the following text.

A revolution in mental health
Patients deserve better than an unscientific manual says leading mental health institute
WELCOME to the future of psychiatric diagnosis. It will be based on science, and will look nothing like today's
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The DSM, the profession's "bible", has dominated
medicine's approach to mental illness for 60 years.
On 29 April, Thomas Insel, director of world's biggest funding agency for research into mental illness,
advocated a major shift away from categorising psychiatric disorders according to a person's symptoms. This
approach has given us labels like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression. Insel, who heads the
US National Institute of Mental Health, wants mental disorders to be diagnosed more objectively using a
combination of genetics, brain scans that show abnormal patterns of activity, and cognitive testing. He
delivered a blistering critique of DSM's limitations, stating that "patients with mental disorders deserve better".
Coming just weeks before publication of the latest revision of the manual, known as DSM-5, Insel's comments
will be interpreted as a snub to the American Psychiatric Association, which publishes the DSM - and a
challenge to its hegemony over psychiatric diagnosis.
His comments certainly provide a powerful signal that psychiatry needs to be transformed for the 21st century.
"I think it is quite a monumental thing to happen, for the director of NIMH to be so blunt," says Nick Craddock,
director of the Welsh National Centre for Mental Health in Cardiff, UK, and a prominent critic of the DSM. "It's a
landmark."
Still, don't expect the landscape of mental illness to change any time soon. Insel accepts that it will take at
least a decade to conduct the research necessary to devise a new approach to diagnosis. In the meantime,
patients' illnesses will continue to be diagnosed using the DSM's symptom-based categories.
"We've been telling patients for several decades that we are waiting for biomarkers. We're still waiting," says
David Kupfer of the University of Pittsburgh, who led the DSM-s revision. "The new manual, due for release
later this month, represents the strongest system currently available for classifying disorders."
Even the transition in research will be gradual - the NIMH isn't going to stop funding projects based around
DSM diagnoses overnight. But it is clear that new approaches will get priority in future. "There is no question
that NIMH has an unparalleled influence in shaping the research agenda in mental health," says Geoffrey
Reed of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
The DSM revision has been embroiled in controversy, with concerns that it will further expand the boundaries
of mental illness, meaning more people will be prescribed powerful psychoactive drugs. Insel's objections are
much more fundamental, however. The main drawback is that rapidly expanding knowledge about the genes
and brain circuits that underlie human behavior is not generating major clinical advances, because it doesn't
readily map onto the conditions described in the DSM. The obvious conclusion is that many of those
conditions aren't "real" diseases. Instead, people with different underlying problems are lumped together and
those with fundamentally similar issues separated.
"Unlike our definitions of ischemic heart disease, lymphoma or AIDS, the DSM diagnoses are based on a
consensus about clusters of clinical symptoms, not any objective laboratory measure," Insel explained in his
blog. "In the rest of medicine, this would be equivalent to creating diagnostic systems based on the nature of
chest pain, or the quality of fever." To accelerate the shift to biologically based diagnosis, Insel favours an
approach embodied by an initiative launched 18 months ago by the NIMH, called the Research Domain
Criteria project.
In the long run, Insel is convinced that studies like these will provide a better outlook for patients. "We cannot
succeed if we use DSM categories as the gold standard." he wrote in his blog.

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Most psychiatrists contacted by New Scientist broadly support Insel's bold initiative, but warn that there are
some big challenges ahead to make his vision a reality. "It's potentially game-changing, but needs to be based
on underlying science that is reliable," says Simon Wessely of the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College
London.
"These are incredibly complicated disorders," agrees Michael Owen of the University of Cardiff, UK, a member
of the DSM-5 work group on psychotic disorders. "To understand the neuroscience in sufficient depth and
detail to build a diagnosis process will take a long time," he says. Identifying specific brain circuits underlying
complex phenomena such as paranoid delusions may prove particularly hard, says Michael First of Columbia
University in New York City.
Some mental health professionals also worry that Insel's biology-driven approach leaves little room for
considering psychological processes, which they argue may still provide the best means of understanding the
problems experienced by many people with mental illness.
Debate over the future of psychiatric diagnosis is likely to intensify when the American Psychiatric Association holds its
annual meeting in San Francisco, where DSM-5 will be officially launched.

Questions 21-25. Do the following statements agree with the information in the text? Choose:

A) T (True) if the statement agrees with the information in the text.

B) F (False) if the statement contradicts the information in the text.

C) NI (No Information) if there is no information on this.

Q21. Specialists have been using symptoms to categorize mental diseases. A) T B) F C) NI

Q22. Insel aims his institution to take over the American Psychiatric Association as the leader in psychiatric
diagnosis. A) T B) F C) NI

Q23. Insel wants the current diagnostic methods to be revised within the next few years. A) T B) F C) NI

Q24. Changes in DSM may lead to more people having to take strong medicines. A) T B) F C) NI

Q25. It is expected that the annual conference of the American Psychiatric Association will end the
controversy over the new approach. A) T B) F C) NI

Questions 26-30. Match the following statements (26-30) with the experts (A-F).

Note: there are more experts than the statements, so you do not need to use them all.

A) Thomas Insel B) Nick Craddock C) David Kupfer

D) Geoffrey Reed E) Simon Wessely F) Michael First

Q26. Current methods of diagnosis of mental disorders need revising.

Q27. The criticism of the current practice is a turning point in psychiatry.

Q28. The document to be published will be the most reliable so far.

Q29. Some disorders will probably not be easy to define.

Q30. There should be justification behind the changes being made.

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PAPER 3: LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR COMPETENCE

The Lexical and Grammar Competence Section consists of THREE parts:

Part 1: Questions 1-10

Part 2: Questions 11-20

Part 3: Questions 21-30

Each question carries ONE mark.

You are advised to spend no more than 45 minutes on this paper.

Part 1
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For Questions 1-10, read the text below and choose which answer A, B, C or D best fits
each space.

The Bongou people are an ethnic minority in a (Q1) … British colony in Africa. They have
their own language, culture and traditions, all of which are under (Q2) … from the
government’s policies and the (Q3) … of the population from the countryside to cities.
For decades now English has been the official language of the country and the (Q4) … of
instructions in schools and in higher education. Young Bongous are moving to cities to (Q5)
… their fortune and, once they do this, they (Q6) … their identity behind. Fifty years ago,
there were over 50,000 native speakers of Bongou. Today there are fewer than 10,000.
There are only two Bongou primary schools left; four have closed in the last decade. The
only Bongou-language newspaper (Q7) … bankrupt in 1995. The radio station had been
shut down five years earlier. The (Q8) … for the Bongou language are not good. If the
present trend continues, it will probably die out by about 2025. Even though there is now a
(Q9) … campaign to keep it alive, it won’t survive without commitment by the younger
generation, most of whom seem to be (Q10) … for English.

Q1. A) last B) past C) previous D) former

Q2. A) pressure B) force C) weight D) strength
Q3. A) progress B) movement C) ramble D) motion
Q4. A) means B) way C) medium D) method
Q5. A) seek B) search C) investigate D) explore
Q6. A) drop B) leave C) forget D) abandon
Q7. A) came B) went C) did D) made
Q8. A) prospects B) views C) promises D) scenes
Q9. A) defined B) decided C) determined D) settled
Q10. A) opting B) selecting C) picking D) adopting

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Part 2
In the following text, each line (11-20) has three underlined words or phrases marked A, B, or C.
Find the word or the phrase which has a mistake and must be changed in order for the sentence
to be correct. If there is no mistake in the line, choose D (no mistake).

Q11. Every scientific discipline tends developing its own special language
A B C D – no mistake

Q12. because it finds the ordinary words inadequate, and psychology is

A B C D – no mistake

Q13. no difference. The purpose of this special jargon is not to mystify

A B C D – no mistake

Q14. non-psychologists; rather, it allows psychologists to accurately describe

A B C D – no mistake

Q15. the phenomena they are discussing and communicating with each other
A B C D – no mistake

Q16. effectively. Of course, psychological terminology consists in part of

A B C D – no mistake

Q17. words such as emotion, intelligence, and motivation, but the psychologists
A B C D – no mistake

Q18. use these words somewhat different. For example, a non-psychologist

A B C D – no mistake

Q19. may use the term anxiety to mean nervousness or fear, but the most
A B C D – no mistake

Q20. psychologists reserve the term to describe a condition produced when one
A B C D – no mistake

fears events over which one has no control.

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Part 3
In the following text, fill in the gaps (21-30) with an appropriate word from the list (A-L).
Note: there are two extra words that you do not need to use.

List of words:

A) at B) carriage C) carrying

D) everything E) over F) platform

G) seeing H) something I) somewhere

J) taking K) to L) train

Mrs. Blake saw him first on the (Q21) … at Victoria Station – a tall, heavy man with dark
hair, (Q22) … a case, and a light overcoat (Q23) … his arm.
“Do we know that man?” she asked her husband, who was (Q24) … her off at the station
for a day’s visit (Q25)… some cousins at Eastbourne. “I am sure I have seen (Q26) …
before.”
Mr. Blake shook his head. “I have never seen him in my life,” he said. “Now, have you got
(Q27) … you wanted? A newspaper?”
“No, thanks. I have read the paper this morning. But please get me a magazine and some
cigarettes.”
Mr. Blake bought his wife’s ticket at the booking office and then found her a seat in an
empty first-class (Q28) … .
“I am sorry I can’t stay until the (Q29) … goes,” he said. “I shall be late (Q30) … the office
now.”

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PAPER 4: WRITING

The Writing Paper consists of TWO questions:

Question 1 carries TEN marks.

Question 2 carries TWENTY marks.

You are advised to spend no more than 1 hour on this paper.

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Part 1

The TV set that you have recently bought does not work. You have phoned the service
centre, but no action has been taken.
Write a letter to the manager of the service centre. In your letter:
 describe the problem with the equipment;
 explain what happened when you phoned the service centre;
 say you would like the manager to do.
Do not include any address.
Begin your letter as follows:
Dear Sir or Madam,
Write your letter in an appropriate style in 130-150 words on your answer sheet.
You can use this page for any rough work.

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Part 2

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:

Boys and girls should be educated in separate schools.
State:
 whether you agree or disagree with the statement;
 bring examples to justify your opinion;
 include personal examples where appropriate.
Write your essay in appropriate style and format in 230-250 words on your answer sheet.
You can use this page for any rough work.

THIS IS THE END OF THE EXAMINATION.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST WRITE ALL YOUR ANSWERS
ON THE ANSWER SHEET.
REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST RETURN BOTH THE TEST BOOKLET
AND THE ANSWER SHEET TO THE INVIGILATOR.
IF YOU HAVE FINISHED BEFORE THE TIME IS UP, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HANDS AND WAIT UNTIL THE INVIGILATOR ATTENDS TO YOU.
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Answer key

Listening Reading Lexical and Grammar

Competence

1B 16 C 1B 16 D 1D 16 D

2A 17 A 2D 17 C 2A 17 C

3C 18 A 3C 18 F 3B 18 B

4A 19 B 4A 19 B 4C 19 C

5B 20 B 5A 20 E 5A 20 D

6A 21 A 6A 21 A 6B 21 F

7B 22 B 7C 22 C 7B 22 C

8B 23 C 8B 23 B 8A 23 E

9C 24 B 9C 24 A 9C 24 G

10 A 25 A 10 D 25 B 10 A 25 K

11 B 26 C 11 D 26 A 11 B 26 I

12 A 27 B 12 C 27 B 12 A 27 D

13 A 28 B 13 A 28 C 13 A 28 B

14 B 29 A 14 C 29 F 14 D 29 L

15 C 30 C 15 D 30 E 15 B 30 A

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