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FIRST TEXT/QUESTIONS 1–17

Answer questions 1–17 by referring to the newspaper article about travel guide books on page 3.

Indicate your answers on the separate answer sheet.

For questions 1–17, answer by choosing from the list (A–G) on the right below.
Some of the choices may be required more than once.
Note: When more than one answer is required, these may be given in any order.

Of which series of books are the following stated?

The tone of one of its guides is too serious. 1 ...........

One of its guides has been greatly improved. 2 ...........

Its guides give ratings to places. 3 ...........

The market for its guides is expanding. 4 ........... 5 ...........

A Lonely Planet
Its guides adopt a new approach to design. 6 ........... 7 ...........
B Rough Guide
One of its guides is generally considered a
classic. 8 ...........
C Cadogan
Some of its guides are written by new
writers. 9 ...........
D Trade and Travel
Its guides convey a sense of the pleasures
of travelling. 10 ...........
E Michelin
There are not many guides in this series. 11 ...........

Its guides are accused of having an

F Access
undesirable effect. 12 ........... 13 ...........

Its guides are particularly good for people

G Everyman
who have never been to the area before. 14 ...........

The quality of writing in its guides is

higher than in any of the others. 15 ...........

Important facts are missing from all of

its guides. 16 ...........

It includes the guide which best describes

the atmosphere of the Caribbean. 17 ...........

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Travel Companions
have this problem with the book itself. For instance, the

I guide books. I read too

many hurriedly (usually on
a plane) and then forget
them and my debt to them.
When I’m travelling, I soon learn
which to reach for first (perhaps
the safest indicator of which is
Caribbean Islands Handbook
from the dourly named Trade
and Travel Publications had also
accompanied me around the
Caribbean. This comes from the
same stable as the South
American Handbook, now in its
best). But a few countries later I 70th edition, and widely held to
have forgotten perhaps not which I be the greatest guide book of all
chose, but almost certainly why. time.
Good ones are the kick-start for For erudition and encyclopedic
the experience, rather than the scope, the South American
experience itself. Mark Ottaway looks at the best volume is without equal. But,
So, drawing up a shortlist of travel guide books available though not without a certain wry
the best guide book series seemed humour (and on occasions
a touch high-handed – especially The Lonely Planets are a barely suppressed joy at
when you add the vagaries of the usually stronger east of Suez, and unearthing arcane information),
series to the equation, for even capture the sheer joy of travelling one wishes it would allow itself
the best produces its share of somewhat better. Neither object to be outrageously subjective
hopeless volumes. to the generalisation that the once in a while. This probably
What turned it into the confident Rough Guides are travels by explains why it was rarely the
work of minutes rather than days writers, whereas their Australian first I reached for. The Caribbean
of agonising was a simple and, rivals are written by travellers. is a place for colour and gut
once I had thought of it, obvious To complain, as critics reactions, rather than deadpan
test. All that was necessary was occasionally have, that these assessment.
to imagine I was going some- guides are guilty of attracting too The Michelin green guides are
where I knew absolutely nothing many people to unspoiled spots, good value and manage the
about and ask myself what guide is to miss the point. It proves that balancing act between opinion
books I would look at first. The both series are good guide books. and solid information to per-
efficacy of this ploy was such The Rough Guide empire fection. Michelin’s star system
that, when I asked a few other emerged from unpromising be- (from three for ‘worth the
people to do the same, it came as ginnings. The very first one, journey’ downwards) tells the
no surprise to find that we were written 10 years ago, was the newcomer to a region exactly
in almost total agreement. book on Greece its young authors what and where its priorities are,
The first two were the easiest. wanted, but couldn’t find. It had and is the best aid to planning an
Without any question my first many defects not worth dwelling itinerary from scratch that I
stop would be the Lonely Planet on now (the current edition is know. There is nothing on
and the Rough Guide series. I excellent), but for similar reasons restaurants and hotels, of course,
couldn’t, and wouldn’t, choose I was slow to appreciate the value and the red guides with which the
between them in advance. There of the Cadogan series. Its Greek green mesh ingeniously, though
is more between titles within the volume, by its most prolific excellent works of reference in
series than there is between the author, is widely admired. But I their way, do not entirely fill
series themselves. If both have rarely found it worth the gap. Michelin is no good
covered my destinations (as they consulting. on atmosphere – or people.
usually do), I would want them It was not until a recent trawl Personally, they interest me more
both in my hand luggage. of Caribbean islands that I found than buildings and museums.
Both are practical and tell you the Cadogan volume was the one The future almost certainly
the things you really want to I was reaching for first. It was the lies with more graphically adv-
know (such as where to get a one which really captured the enturous guides. Among those
good cheap meal, and the bus to ‘feel’of the islands. It also had warranting honourable mention
your next destination). Both reliable recommendations. are the Access series on
started with the young backpacker Further investigation revealed American and European cities,
in mind, and both are now the series to be the best-written of with its user-friendly layout, and
broadening their target readership all, with a record of bringing on the stunning artwork of the new,
to include the more affluent 30- promising young writers, as well and few, Everyman guides,
plus reader. as capturing such established which are literally a joy to hold.
The Rough Guides, perhaps stars as Michael Haag, whose In this video age, it will no longer
the more even of the two series, Egypt it has just published. be enough to tell people how to
tend to be stronger on Europe and Prague, New York, Portugal and use the buses. You need to show
the cultural background, and the Morocco are particularly good them the ticket machines, too.
more obsessed with what is now titles.
termed political correctness (yet The best book for a
they rarely have anything to do destination depends on the
with politics). destination and you, as well as on

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Part 2
SECOND TEXT/QUESTIONS 18-23

For questions 18-23, you must choose which of the paragraphs A - G on page 5 fit into the numbered
gaps in the following magazine article. There is one extra paragraph which does not fit in any of the
gaps. Indicate your answers on the separate answer sheet.

DOLPHIN RESCUE
Free time isn't in the vocabulary of British Divers' Marine Life Rescue teams;
one fairly normal weekend recently spilled over into three weeks, as a seal move
turned into a major dolphin rescue.
To find a beached and stranded dolphin is a creature too much. They had to walk a fine line
rarity; to nurse one back from the brink of death, between highlighting the animal's ordeal and
and reintroduce it into the wild, is almost being detrimental to its health.
unheard of. Only two cases have occurred in
Britain, the most recent of which involved a 21
rescue team from British Divers' Marine Life
Rescue. They started the weekend trying to How a striped dolphin got stranded in Mudeford
relocate a 9ft bull seal and finished it fighting to isn't clear because they are primarily an ocean-
save a dolphin's life after the Sea Life Centre on going, rather than an inshore, species. Theories
the south coast had informed them that a suggest that he was chucked out of his pod
dolphin was beached at Mudeford (pronounced (group of dolphins) for some reason and, maybe
Muddyford) near Bournemouth. chasing fish or attracted by the sounds coming
from the Mudeford water festival, wandered into
The dolphin was found by a lady, who must the bay by accident.
have heard the message telling anyone who
found it what to do. The animal was kept wet 22
and its blowhole clean. Mark Stevens of the
rescue team says: "The dolphin would have It took several days before the dolphin was
certainly been in a worse condition, if not dead, comfortable enough to feed itself – in the
if that lady hadn't known what to do." meantime it had to be tube-fed. Fish was
mashed up and forced down a tube inserted
18 into the dolphin's stomach. It's not a nice
procedure, but without it the dolphin would have
“I can't thank those people enough. The woman died. Eventually he started to feed and respond
even gave us her lemonade so we could have a to treatment.
much-needed drink.” The Sea Life Centre had
hastily moved several large tope and the odd 23
stingray from their quarantine tank, and the
dolphin was duly installed. His health improved so much that it was
decided to release him, and on Tuesday, 24th
19 August, the boat Deeply Dippy carried the
dolphin out past the headland near the Sea Life
By 1 a.m. the team were running out of energy Centre. The release, thankfully, went without a
and needed more help. But where do you find hitch; the dolphin hung around the area for a
volunteers at that time of night? Mark knew of while before heading out to sea. And that was
only one place and called his friends at the local the end of another successful operation.
dive centre.

20

The team allowed the photographers in for a

few minutes at a time, not wanting to stress the

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A He actually started toying with the team and E However, by the time they arrived, the
trying to gain attention. He would increase dolphin had started to swim unsupported.
his heart rate and show distress so a team The press picked up on the story and
member had to quickly suit up to check him descended on the Sea Life Centre wanting
over. But as the person entered the pool, stories, pictures and any information they
his heart rate returned to normal. could get hold of. And they wanted a name.
Mark and the other team members had a
hasty think and came up with 'Muddy' – after
B It is large but has only a small opening so, all, it was found at Mudeford.
once in, getting out isn't easy. The boats at
the event would have panicked the creature
and it ended up beached, battered and F Now the battle to save its life could begin,
drained of energy. but a transportation problem arose. How do
you get a grown dolphin back to the Sea Life
Centre without a vehicle big enough?
C The story actually appeared in several
national newspapers as well as the local
press. Publicity is very important for G The creature was so weakened by the
charities like the Marine Life Rescue, ordeal that it could not even keep itself afloat
providing precious exposure which pleases and had to be walked in the tank to stop it
the sponsor companies and highlights the from just sinking to the bottom and
team's work. drowning. Most people can only walk a
dolphin for around 20 minutes to half an
hour. Holding a 150 kg animal away from
D Luck then seemed to be on the team's side your body and walking through water at sea
when a double-glazing van-driver stopped to temperature saps your strength.
investigate. The driver offered his services
to transport the dolphin back to the Sea Life
Centre and a lady spectator gave the team a
brand new cooler box to store valuable
water to keep the dolphin moist.

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Part 3
THIRD TEXT/QUESTIONS 24-28

Read the following newspaper article and then answer questions 24-28 on page 7. On your answer
sheet, indicate the letter A, B, C or D against the number of each question 24-28. Give only one
answer to each question.

Indicate your answers on the separate answer sheet.

RESURRECTION OF A DEAD MAN'S DREAM

Few great architects have been so adamant in their belief in the integration of architecture and design
as Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Clients who tried to modify his grip on every detail of the structure,
interior decoration or furniture often ended up with the architect losing his temper – and his
commission. Now, 63 years after he died, Mackintosh has found the perfect patron, in the form of a
56-year-old structural engineer and fellow Glaswegian named Graham Roxburgh.

The story begins with a competition launched in December 1900 by Zeitschrift Für Innendekoration, an
innovative design magazine published in the German city of Darmstadt. European architects were
invited to design an Art Lover's House. Mackintosh sent in his entry in March 1901, his one chance to
design a house unfettered by financial constraints or a conservative client. But he was disqualified for
failing to include the required number of drawings of the interior. He hastily completed the portfolio,
which he then resubmitted. Delighted with the designs, the judges awarded Mackintosh a special prize
(there was no outright winner).

Publication of these drawings did much to establish Mackintosh's reputation abroad as an original and
distinctive architect, particularly in Austria and Germany. The Art Lover's House is an important
twentieth-century building because it anticipates the abstract forms of Modernism. At first glance it
could be an illustration from the thirties. Artists of the avant-garde Vienna Secession described
Mackintosh as “our leader who showed us the way” – an acclaim that he was never able to gain at
home. Rich Glasgow businessmen never quite took him seriously.

But today Glaswegians hail Mackintosh as their local genius. Three years ago, the enterprising
Mr Roxburgh, who has already rescued Craigie Hall, a mansion on the outskirts of Glasgow that
Mackintosh helped design, hatched a plan to build the Art Lover's House – now close to completion on
a site in Glasgow's Bellahouston Park. Strathclyde Council, the Scottish Development Agency and the
Scottish Tourist Board have picked up a third of the hefty £3 million bill. Roxburgh has raised the rest
through sponsorship and private loans.

The original designs contradict each other in places. Details of the elaborate external stone carvings
and much of the furniture and fittings for the main interiors – which will be open to the public – are
exact, but Mackintosh gave no indication of what should be done with the lower ground floor or the
roof spaces. No matter, for the area will be rented out as offices to recoup some of the costs. The
plans have been meticulously interpreted by Andy McMillan of Glasgow's Mackintosh School of
Architecture and the furniture made by an expert cabinet-maker.

The elegant, mysterious music-room is lit by tall windows along one side; the vertical lines are
repeated in the elongated female figures embroidered on linen that hang in the recesses, in the
clusters of coloured lamps suspended on slender wires and the uncomfortable high-backed chairs.
The whole effect culminates in the strange superstructure of the piano.

What would Mackintosh have made of the Art Lover's House? There is a danger it will be all too
perfect, like those expensive reproduction Mackintosh chairs you find in shiny magazines or on the
dust-free floors of design buffs. Yet Roxburgh's attention to detail and refusal to cut corners makes him
a man after Mackintosh's heart. He is now hunting for an extra £300,000 to complete the interiors
according to his exacting requirements.
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24 Why were there sometimes problems between Mackintosh and his clients?

A Mackintosh resented interference from his clients.

B Clients refused to pay him in full for his work.
C Mackintosh did not pay enough attention to detail.
D Clients did not like the changes Mackintosh made.

25 According to the writer, Mackintosh decided to enter the competition because

A not many drawings had to be submitted.

B no designs were required for furniture.
C there was no need to worry about cost.
D he had designed similar buildings before.

26 What was significant about Mackintosh's entry for the competition?

A It was considered to be ahead of its time.

B It was based on architecture from Austria and Germany.
C It changed the opinion of him in his own country.
D It was the most attractive building he had designed.

27 Mackintosh's original designs for the Art Lover's House

A included areas intended for commercial use.

B gave full information about the interior.
C concentrated on external features.
D were incomplete in certain respects.

28 If Mackintosh could see the Art Lover's House now, the writer feels he would probably

A think that it had cost too much.

B wish he had completed his designs.
C think it was an improvement on his design.
D approve of Roxburgh's approach to building it.

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FOURTH TEXT/QUESTIONS 29-46

Answer questions 29-46 by referring to the magazine article about races for distance runners on pages 9 –10.

For questions 29-46 choose your answers from the list of races (A– G). Indicate your answers on the
separate answer sheet.

Note: When more then one answer is required, these may be given in any order.
Some choices may be required more than once.

Which race or races

is open to children? 29 ..........

generates a lot of money for worthy causes? 30 ..........

has not changed much since it began? 31 ..........

A Swiss Alpine Races
has separate races for different ability groups? 32 ..........

begins in a confused manner? 33 .......... B Stramilano 15 km &

Half-Marathon
began as a very simple race? 34 ..........

takes place in an isolated scenic area? 35 .......... C Boston Marathon

caters for anything runners may require? 36 ..........

D New York City
existed a long time before marathon running Marathon
became popular? 37 ..........

have more participants than the races they E Médoc and Graves
were originally based on? 38 .......... 39........... Marathon

restricts entry according to runners’ ability? 40 ..........

F Bolder Boulder
offer good value for money? 41 .......... 42...........

is highly regarded among athletes? 43 .......... G London Marathon

offers facilities to prepare runners for the race? 44 ..........

shows participants the diversity of life in that city? 45 ..........

is organised so that participants are not too close

together? 46 ..........

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WORLD’S TOP DISTANCE RACES

We’ve scoured the globe to find the world's best distance events – and we’ve
found them, 7 races which you simply must run if you get the chance.

A SWISS ALPINE RACES C BOSTON MARATHON

This is as beautiful – and tortuous – as it sounds: Qualifying for Boston has become a goal for
the Swiss Alpine races take runners through runners everywhere. Arguably the world’s most
verdant upland meadows and deep woods on famous marathon (now over 100 years old),
primitive running trails. Runners travel through Boston was known to sports fans decades
tunnels, over high wooden bridges, up flights of before there was any such thing as a running
steps and through mountain villages, with only boom. While the event has been modernised to
yodelling spectators to break the silence. accommodate the financial realities of big-time
Two of the three races (the 28-kilometre marathoning, Boston retains many of its charms
Landwasserlauf and the 67-kilometre ‘marathon’) and traditions from the old days. One is
begin benignly enough on a stadium track in the Monday noon start (Patriots Day in
Davos (at 5,000 m), a centre for high-altitude Massachusetts) at Hopkinton's village green.
sports training in Europe. The mid-distance The Boston experience includes Hopkinton’s
Sertiglauf covers the last 39 kilometres of the crowded and frantic start, the deafening cheers
marathon course, providing runners with the from the women of Wellesley College, the reality
challenge of crossing the 3,000 m Sertig Pass. test of the Newton Hills (including, at 17 miles,
Founded as recently as 1986, the races the infamous Heartbreak Hill) and a downtown
already attract more than 2,000 runners from Boston finish in front of thousands of spectators.
over 20 countries to the south-eastern, German- Runners take over the city the weekend before,
speaking quadrant of Switzerland. A training with exhibitions, warm-up runs along the Charles
camp, held the week before the race, includes River and famous-runner sightings among
alpine running and hiking in the mountains to the leading activities. Moderately demanding
help runners to acclimatise to the altitude. qualifying standards limit the field to about 7,000
and add prestige to the event.

B STRAMILANO 15KM & HALF-MARATHON

D NEW YORK CITY MARATHON
Italy’s electrifying Stramilano breaks the pattern
for road races by holding separate events in four The ‘big daddy’ of the modern big-city
classes of running. On the Saturday, thousands megamarathon, the New York traces its humble
of spectators jam the streets at the heart of the origins to a four-lap run around Central Park
city of 1.7 million people to watch 200 élite men which took place in 1970, with 55 finishers.
run a four-lap half-marathon. The next day's When the race went citywide in 1976, the world
citizens’ 15-kilometre race draws a field of took notice, and the field has now ballooned to
around 50,000 from 50 countries to trek from the nearly 30,000. Apply early for entry – more
Piazza Duomo (the square in front of Milan's runners are rejected than accepted through New
massive white marble cathedral, which dates York's lottery system.
from 1386) to Arena Stadium. About 2,500 non- The race starts at the world’s largest
élite runners opt for a half-marathon that begins suspension bridge, the Verrazano Narrows,
and ends in the stadium. Finally, there’s a and finishes among falling autumn leaves in
6-kilometre junior fun run from the Piazza stately Central Park. The meandering point-to-
Duomo to the stadium. point course (with some hills) passes through
Founded in 1972, Stramilano is one of the all five New York boroughs, giving runners
best deals in international road racing. For the a rich sampling of the city's many ethnic
equivalent of £5, runners receive a programme, neighbourhoods and subcultures and weaving
medal and T-shirt. Until recently, the race has them through crowds of enthusiastic spectators.
been largely unknown outside Italy, even though The race-support covers every imaginable
Milan has long been Italy's centre for finance, sport runner need, from foreign-language translation
and some of the greatest northern Italian cuisine. to psychological trauma counselling.

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E THE MÉDOC AND GRAVES MARATHON G LONDON MARATHON

It may not be the ideal race to set a world best in, Inspired by Chris Brasher’s trip to New York in
but if it’s fun and frivolity you want throughout 1980, the race has now surpassed its older
your 42 kilometres, then Médoc has it in American cousin in numbers of applicants,
abundance. It features an extraordinary party in entrants and finishers. In 1994, with the finish
the grounds of an ancient château, a route that moved from Westminster Bridge back down the
cuts through the cloistered, manicured private Mall to the steps of Buckingham Palace, the
vineyards of the region, and the kind of number of finishers reached a historic high of
hospitality and atmosphere that no other event 25,000.
can match. The now familiar flat-to-downhill course,
Fancy dress is the order of the day, with starting at Greenwich Park and on Blackheath
wide-eyed villagers turning out to cheer on Common and passing the Cutty Sark, the Tower
hordes of runners as they make their slow of London and the Houses of Parliament along
progress from the wine parishes of Pauillac, the way, packs in more history than a
St Estèphe, St Julien and Margaux. Finishers secondary-school textbook.
get an open-air supper and take home a Competition for places is intense, with the
wooden-cased bottle of claret, a pendant cast as lottery for ‘open’ spots denting more than a few
a bunch of grapes and a knapsack to carry the British club runners’ ambitions. Not only is the
goodies in. Understandably, the French make up race the world’s biggest in numerical terms, it
the lion’s share of the field, but although large also raises the most money for charity. Cartoon
tour groups are discouraged, single competitors characters, charging rhinos and Zulu warriors all
or small independent groups are welcomed with find their way onto the start line, with thousands
open arms. Apply early – it’s the most popular of pounds riding on their successful finish.
marathon in France and always heavily over-
subscribed. But with all that for under a fiver, it’s
not hard to understand why.

F BOLDER BOULDER

Set in the Rocky Mountain foothills and with the

presence of a core of élite athletes and a fitness-
mad population, one of America’s largest 10-
kilometre races is a natural outgrowth of the
Boulder Community. Few cities do a better job of
giving 30,000 runners a memorable day without
losing them in the masses. Some 40 wave
starts, in which runners are grouped with those
of similar ability, ensure a smooth, uncrowded
course. The ‘citizen’ divisions begin first, so that
later everybody gets to watch separate fields of
élite men and women sprint to the tape in the
51,000-seat Folsom Field stadium.
To take your mind off the gruelling nature of
this hilly, mile-high course, there are entertainers
performing along the way, including belly
dancers, gymnasts and rock bands. There are
10 prizes for each age group, and all finishers
receive a certificate with their official time and
placing. The race has gone from strength to
strength since 1979, when local banker Steve
Bosley and Olympic gold medallist Frank Shorter
created the event.

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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

1 D 18 D 29 B
24 A
2 B 19 G 30 G
25 C
3 E 20 E 31 C
26 A
4/5 A/B 21 C 32 B
27 D
6/7 F/G 22 B 33 C
28 D
8 D 23 A 34 D
9 C 35 A
10 A 36 D
11 G 37 C
12/13 A/B 38/39 D/G
14 E 40 C
15 C 41/42 B/E
16 E 43 C
17 C 44 A
45 D
46 F

Questions 1-17 and 29-46 are given one mark each.

Questions 18-28 are given two marks each.
The total score is adjusted to give a mark out of 40.

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