Part 1

You will hear some sentences. You will hear each sentence twice. Choose the
correct reply to each sentence (A, B, or C).
Mark your answers on the answer sheet.
1. A) No, I was ill
B) Yes, he wrote a letter
C) Let's go to the cinema.
2. A). Yes, I know them very well.
B) No, I can't swim
C) Yes, let's phone them
3. A) I want to stay at home
B) I wrote an essay
C) They were at the party.
4. A) Yes, let's play tennis
B) Why don't we get some pizza
C) Yes, let's that film again.
5. A) I am into fashion
B) We are keen on football
C) I am fond of chess
6. A) No, I hate dancing
B) Yes, what time shall we meet?
C) What shall we have to eat?
7. A) Yes, sounds good
B) I saw them yesterday
C) Yes, that is a good place to visit
8. A) Yes, I saw him yesterday
B) Yes, let's send her a massage.
C) We bought it last week
Part 2
Questions 9 - 14
Complete the table below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each
answer
Biodiversity hotspots
-areas containing many different species
-important for locating targets for 9)
-at first only identified on land
Boris Worm, 2005
-identified hotspots for large ocean predators, e.g. sharks
-found that ocean hotspots:
-were not always rich in 10).
-had higher temperatures at the 11).
-had sufficient in the water.
Lisa Ballance, 2007
-looked for hotspots for marine 13)__ sound these were all located where ocean
currents meet
Census of Marine Life
found new ocean species living:
-under the 14).
-near volcanoes on the ocean floor
Part 3
Match each speaker (15-18) to the place where the speaker is (A-F). Use the letters
only once. There are TWO EXTRA places which you do not need to use.
Mark your answers on the answer sheet.
15. Speaker 1 ...
16. Speaker 2...
17. Speaker 3...
18. Speaker 4...
A) It is both interesting and informative
B) It provides an excellent news round up.
C) It presents a variety of different views.
D) It features the best photographs.
E) It includes some information about unusual treatment.
F) It has the most up-to-date information about fashion.
Part 4
You will hear someone giving a talk. Label the places (19-23) on the map (A-H).
There are THREE extra options which you do not need to use. Mark your answers
on the answer sheet.
19.SCARECROW
20.MAZE
21.CAFÈ
22.BLACK BARN
23.COVERED PICNIC AREA
Part 5
Questions 24-29 Choose the correct letter, A,B or C.
Rocky Bay field trip
Q24. Sophia's positive qualities are that she's ...
A) conscientious and assertive.
B) patient and loyal.
C) considerate and sociable
Q25. Which of the following are Tim's symptoms?
A) a rash and a sore throat
B) a headache and a bad cough
C) a high temperature and a stomach ache
Q26. What sort of weather does Helen expect tomorrow?
A) It's likely to rain.
B) It'll be quite hot
C) It'll be chillier than usual.
Q27. Ben used to
A) dress fashionably.
B) wear shirts that were too small
C) have a patterned jacket.
Q28. How did Chris' children feel at the airport?
A) terrified
B) exhausted
C) fed up
Q29. The woman thinks he might have left his keys.
A) in the car.
B) in the kitchen
C) in his coat
Part 6
Questions 30-35 Complete the notes below.
Write one word only for each answer.
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Ethnography: research which explores human cultures
It can be used in business:
- to investigate customer needs and 30)..............
- to help companies develop new designs
Examples of ethnographic research in business Kitchen equipment
• Researchers found that cooks could not easily see the 31).......... in measuring cups.
Cell phones
-In Uganda, customers paid to use the cell phones of entrepreneurs.
-These customers wanted to check the 32).............used.
Computer companies
There was a need to develop 33)........... to improve communication between system
administrators and colleagues.
Hospitals
Nurses needed to access information about 34.)...... in different parts of the hospital.
Airlines
Respondents recorded information about their 35)...... while travelling
Part 1
Read the text. Fill in each gap with ONE word. You must use a word which is
somewhere in the rest of the text.
Mental Health
More people are experiencing mental health problems. Half of us will have at least
one problem by the age of 75. The lead author of a study said the most common
(1)_______ were mood disorders like depression. The risk of disorders differs
between men and women. The most common (2) _______ health disorders for
women were depression and phobias that make daily life more difficult. (3) ________
suffered most from alcohol abuse and depression.
The researchers looked at 32 mental (4) ________ surveys from 156,000 people in 29
countries. The researchers found out when mental health problems first start. They
also looked at the (5) ___________ of getting different mental disorders. An
important finding was that mental (6) _________ appear a lot in children. Young
people need more help with their lives. They need services that treat their mental
health problems.

Part 2
Read the texts 7-14 and the statements A-J. Decide which text matches with the
situation described in the statements. Each statement can be used ONCE only. There
are TWO extra statements which you do not need to use.
A. Our internship will be intended lasted for 2030. You can use bed and breakfast
services in the hostel
B. According to rules, to be accepted our internship you must have 2 years
experiences.
C. We’re so grateful to inform you about our postgraduate scholarship that can
offer you both Master and PhD.
D. Our internship will be intended lasted for 2030. During the internship you can
use both public and private cars
E. Let’s enroll and win the academic scholarship. You have to fill the blank by the
end of May
F. It’s high time to enroll our assured internship which is going to take place in
India.
G. If you are eager to participate in conference about IT, you have to send your
CV.
H. It’s high time to enhance your horizons with our career exploration session.
I. Don’t miss the chance! Enroll just now. Our internship will be intended lasted
from six to eleven months.
J. Let’s enroll and win the academic internship. You have to fill the blank by the
end of May
Part 3
Read the text and choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of
headings below.
There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use all of
them. You cannot use any heading more than once. Mark your
answers on the answer sheet.
List of headings
1. Just to keep the students healthy
2. The official languages
3. Available only in winter
4. Wiped from our memory
5. The nominal head of the country
6. Summer alternative to hockey
7. A linguistic mistake
8. The real prototype of a fairytale character

15. The history of invention in Canada has followed a long and noble path.
Canadian inventors have patented more than one million inventions, which are
used by people around the world. They thought up the electric light bulb, the
electric stove, the electric wheelchair, standard time, the modern zipper and the
first snowmobile. Yet few people can remember more than one or two Canadian
inventors.
16. The country has two national sports: lacrosse as the country’s national summer
sport, and ice hockey as the national winter sport. While Ice Hockey is Canada’s
most widespread sport. Lacrosse is the country’s official sport. Lacrosse is played
with 20 players on a grass field, 10 players on each side. The players use long
handled lacrosse sticks with a loose net on the head to catch, carry and pass the
small rubber ball. Lacrosse is greatly enjoyed by Canadians and has gained popularity
in other countries, too.
17. Basketball is unusual in that it was created by one person. In early December
1891, Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian physical education professor at McGill
University, proposed a dynamic indoor game to keep his students at a proper level
of fitness during the long New England winters. He wrote the basic rules and
nailed a peach basket onto a 3.05 m elevated track. In contrast with modern
basketball nets, this peach basket did not have a hole in the bottom. Nowadays
basketball is played all over the world.
18. In the beginning of the 20th century, a black bear cub from Canada named
Winnipeg was given to London Zoo. Soon the bear became one of the most
popular attractions at the zoo. Winnie, as she was called in London, became a
favourite of Christopher Robin Milne and inspired his father, A. A. Milne, to write
a book about a bear, named Winnie the Pooh, and his friend, Christopher Robin.
19. Every year, Quebec City has an Ice Hotel. The hotel melts in the summer, but is
rebuilt every winter. The name Ice Hotel isn’t an exaggeration. Everything inside
the hotel is made of ice. The hotel’s cafe has tables and chairs made of ice, and
even glasses made of ice. The rooms are like little snow caves, windowless, with
curtains instead of a door. Before spending a night in the Ice Hotel, guests must sit
through a special seminar on how to not get frostbite while they sleep.
20.Canada is formally a constitutional monarchy, with the British monarch, Queen
Elizabeth II, as the supreme governor of the state. Canada passed back and forth
between French and British monarchs over the centuries before becoming an
independent nation. The queen no longer rules Canada, but she still plays a
significant role in the government and in Canada’s national identity, and appears
prominently on Canadian currency.
Part 4
Read the following text and choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D.
Mark your answers on the answer sheet.
There is no doubt that dogs are the oldest of all species tamed by humans and their
domestication was based on a mutually beneficial relationship with man. The
conventional view is that the domestication of wolves began between 10,000 and
20,000 years ago. However, a recent ground-breaking paper by a group of
international geneticists has pushed this date back by a factor of 10. Led by Dr.
Robert Wayne, at the University of California, Los Angeles, the team showed that all
dog breeds had only one ancestor, the wolf. They did this by analysing the genetic
history through the DINA of 162 wolves from around the world and 140 domestic
dogs representing 67 breeds. The research also confirms, for the first time, that dogs
are descended only from wolves and do not share DNA with coyotes or jackals. The
fact that our companionship with dogs now appears to go back at least 100,000 years
means that this partnership may have played an important part in the development of
human hunting techniques that developed 70,000 to 90,000 years ago. It also may
even have affected the brain development in both species. The Australian veterinarian
David Paxton suggests that in that period of first contact, people did not so much
domesticate wolves as wolves domesticated people. Wolves may have started living at
the edge of human settlements as scavengers, eating scraps of food and waste. Some
learned to live with human beings in a mutually helpful way and gradually evolved
into dogs.
At the very least, they would have protected human settlements, and given warnings
by barking at anything approaching. The wolves that evolved into dogs have been
enormously successful in evolutionary terms. They are found everywhere in the
inhabited world, hundreds of millions of them. The descendants of the wolves that
remained wolves are now sparsely distributed, often in endangered populations.
In return for companionship and food, the early ancestor of the dog assisted humans
in tracking, hunting, guarding and a variety of other activities. Eventually humans
began to selectively breed these animals for specific traits. Physical characteristics
changed and individual breeds began to take shape. As humans wandered across Asia
and Europe, they took their dogs along, using them for additional tasks and further
breeding them for selected qualities that would better enable them to perform specific
duties.
According to Dr. Colin Groves, of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
at Australian National University, early humans came to rely on dogs’ keen ability to
hear, smell and see - allowing certain areas of the human brain to shrink in size
relative to oilier areas. ‘Dogs acted as human's alarm systems, trackers and hunting
aids, garbage disposal facilities, hot-water bottles and
children's guardians and playmates. Humans provided dogs with food and security.
This symbiotic relationship was stable for over 100,000 years and intensified into
mutual domestication,’ said Dr. Groves. In his opinion, humans domesticated dogs
and dogs domesticated humans. Dr. Groves repealed an assertion made as early as
1914 that humans have some of the same physical characteristics as domesticated
animals, the most notable being decreased brain size. The horse experienced a 16
percent reduction in brain size after domestication while pigs’ brains shrank by as
much as 34 percent. The estimated brain-size reduction in domesticated dogs varies
from 30 percent to 10 percent. Only in the last decade have archaeologists uncovered
enough fossil evidence to establish that brain capacity in humans declined in Europe
and Africa by at least 10 percent beginning about 10,000 years ago. Dr. Groves
believes this reduction may have taken place as the relationship between humans and
dogs intensified. The close interaction between the two species allowed for the
diminishing of certain human brain functions like smell and hearing.
For questions 21-26, decide if the following statements agree with the
information given in the text. Mark your answers on the answer sheet.
21. The domestication of wolves began 10,000 years ago
A) True B) False C) No Information
22. Dogs, wolves, jackals and coyotes share a common ancestors.
A) True B) False C) No Information
23. Wolves are a protected species in most parts of the world.
A) True B) False C) No Information
24. Dogs evolved from wolves which chose to live with humans.
A) True B) False C) No Information
25. Dogs probably influenced the development of human
A) True B) False C) No Information
26. Dr. Groves studied the brain size of domesticated animals .
A) True B) False C) No Information
Choose the correct letter A, B, C or D.
27. How do we know that dogs have been more successful in evolutionary
terms than wolves?
A. Dogs can be trained more easily than wolves.
B. Wolves are stronger than dogs.
C. Humans prefer dogs to wolves
D. There are more dogs than wolves today.
28. As a result of domestication, the size of the human brain has ...
A. increased
B. decreased
C. stayed the same
D. become more complex
29. What can we infer from the studies of brain size and domestication?
A. Domestic life is less demanding than surviving in the wild. Animals like living
with humans.
B. Animals like living with humans
C. Domestication has made animals physically weaker.
D. Pigs are less intelligent than dogs
Part 5
Crop circles have appeared all over the world. About 10,000 instances from various
countries have been reported in recent years. The first modern rash of crop circles
appeared in Australia in December of 1973. A strange circular imprint appeared in a
wheat field near Wokurna, a community southeast of Adelaide. Soon seven swirled
circles up to 14 feet in diameter appeared in an oatfield nearby. In December of 1989,
an amazing set of circles, ranging from a few inches to a few feet in diameter
appeared in the wheat best west of Melbourne. As many as 90 crop circles were
found. The best documented and largest modern spread of crop circles began in
southern England during the summer of 1980. By the end of 1988, 112 new circles
had been formed. At that time circles were being reported worldwide, 305 by the end
of 1989. The total grew to an outstanding 1,000 newly -formed circles in 1990. In
1991,200 to 300 circles were reported.
Crop circles have been documented in over 30 countries, including Canada, the
former Soviet Union Japan and the United StatesNine out of ten circles remained
simple with broken stems flattened to the ground and swirled. The stalks around the
circles remained completely erect. But over the years, crop circles have become much
more geometrically intricate. Patterns involved multiple circles, bars,
triangles, rings and spurs. Pictorial imagery also appeared. Reliable eyewitnesses have
reported seeing unusual lights and hearing unidentifiable sounds while on an early-
morning walk in the countryside where a crop circle showed later that day. High-
pitched, warbling, noises have been recorded at the site of some crop circles. On
several occasions a strange glow or a darker colouring has been seen in the sky over a
crop circle. And in more than one instance, the electrical power of small planes flying
overhead has been cut off abruptly. While the causal energies do not seem to harm
animals, or even insects as far as we can tell, wild creatures tend to avoid the circles.
Flocks of birds have been seen to split apart and fly around the perimeter rather than
go directly over a crop circle formation.
Researchers have spent a great deal of time investigating different aspects of crop
circles. They try to detect traces of human involvement in the circle- making, test the
area of the circle itself for geophysical anomalies, and analyze the field's grain both
from within and outside the circles, searching for differences.
Dr. W. C. Levengood of BLT Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has analyzed
many grain samples and confirmed, time after time, significant changes at the cellular
level of crop circle plants. The plants front the circles have elongated cells and blown-
out growth nodes. Seeds front the circle plants often show accelerated growth rates
when they are sown, and in some instances, quite different-looking plants result. In
many instances it appears that a vortex-like energy causes the plants to swirl down,
flattening the design into the land. Whatever this energy is, it does not generally
inhibit the plants' growth. They continue to show normal response to the sun, raising
upward over several days following the appearance of the circle. Michael Chorost of
Duke University found occasions of short-lived radionuclides in the top layer of soil
in some of the formations. A British government laboratory found diminished
nitrogen and decreased nematode populations as well as decreased water con-lent in
the soil of a formation. Researchers have discovered other anomalies as well, such us
curious embedded magnetic particles and charred tissue. Some of the plant stalks
within the circles show evidence of being exposed lo rapid microwave heating.
Scientists have attempted to explain crop circles as a result of natural processes. One
popular theory accepted by many mainstream scientists and academics, is known as
'Plasma Vortex Theory'. Developed by Dr. Terence Mearden, it theorizes that
electrified air (plasma), on the side of hills, becomes mini-tornadoes and screws down
onto the ground, creating the circles. .
For questions 30-33, fill in the missing information in the numbered spaces.
Write no more than ONE WORD and / or A NUMBER for each question.
Since the early 1970s, over ten thousand crop circles have been reported around the
world, the greatest number in (30)…….…………., where in a single year, over one
hundred circles appeared. Phenomena such as the the appearance of strange
lights and unusual (31)…….…………. sometimes occur around the sites of crop
circles.
(32)…….…………. are not affected but it has been observed that birds
(33)…….…………. flying over a formation.
For questions 34-35, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D. Mark your answers on
the answer sheet
34) Who changes in cell structure of plants found in crop circles?
A) Dr. Mearden
B) Dr. Levengood
C) Michael Chorost
D) Dr. Thopmson
35) Which statement is made in the text in southern England in 1980?
A) beginning with the largest and best-documented crop circle expansion in modern
times.
B) All crop circles are hoaxes.
C) The largest number of crop circle reportings in a single year occurred
D) Crop circles only app
Writing
Task 1
You live near a public school. The school asked local residents to help maintain the
school building and playground. Write a letter to the principal. In your letter:
Explain why you would like to help
Tell them how you can help
Let them know when you are available
Task 2
Some people think that schools are no longer necessary because people can acquire
information on the Internet. To what extent do you agree or disagree?