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Part 2 You are going to read a magazine article. Six sentences have been removed from
the article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (8-14).
There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. There is an example at
the beginning (0). (2 points for each question)

MAKING MIRRORS

Jane Thomas, together with her husband Clive, returned to Britain after nearly 30
years of living abroad with wonderful memories ( 0 ....I.....)

Determined to use them rather than just keep them in a box or throw them out. Jane made
a shell mirror for her bathroom. This was very much admired by friends and neighbours
who came to visit her. ( 8 ........ )

That was two years ago. Jane now runs her own small mirror-making business. She buys
shells from all over the world through a wholesale company and has converted a spare
bedroom in her house into an office-cum-studio. ( 9 ....... )
.

A local carpenter makes frames for her and a glazier then fits the glass inside. Jane does
everything else herself: the design, the initial painting of the frame and then the final
making up. (10 ........ )

Clive is a banker and was able to advise Jane on deciding how much money should be
invested when she decided to set up the business. Around £ 3000 was spent on shells
alone.
(11 ........ ) Jane’s main problem was knowing how to market her work more widely.

Local shops could only sell a small number because once they had added their profit
margin, the mirrors became rather expensive. However, Jane has now made contact with
another company that makes and sells mirrors of a different type. (12 ........) At such
events, the right sort of people get to see the mirrors and can order them directly.

Venturing into other areas, Jane plans to approach restaurants and hotels directly as she
thinks her mirrors might be attractive to them. She has also taken a website on the
Internet. (13 .......) It means Jane doesn’t have the expense of travelling around with her
range of mirrors in the back of the car.
.

Jane reckons it will take another year before her business starts to make money. (14 ........)
She would like to employ someone to help her with the administration and preparation of
the frames, for example, which would allow her to devote more time to the artistic side.
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A Together they can afford to take stands at specialist exhibitions and craft fairs.

B This represents about one week’s work and each mirror brings in anything between
£ 100 and £ 400 for the business.

C As Jane discovered, it’s a good idea to find a company willing to sell goods on your behalf.

D Before long, she was being asked to make mirrors for other people.

E But it didn’t end there, Jane also had to think about equipment such as the heavy-duty
boxes needed to send the mirrors abroad.

F She works there, surrounded by shells of every shape and colour and the other materials
needed to make the mirrors.

G Once this happens, she feels she will be able to concentrate on the side of the business
she enjoys.

H This is a very economical way of selling.

I She also brought back a huge collection of sea shells collected from beaches around
the Indian Ocean.

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Part 3 You are going to read an article about student accommodation in which four college
students talk about the place they live. For questions 15-26, choose from the people
(A-D). The people may be chosen more than once.
There is an example at the beginning (0). (1 point for each question)
_____________________________________________________________________

Which student says?

My accommodation seems quite expensive. 0 A

I have plenty of storage space. 15

My college doesn’t provide accommodation. 16

My room is maintained to a high standard. 17

I have washing facilities in my room. 18

I would like to have more independence. 19

I had to buy some extra electrical equipment. 20

I would like to have more private space. 21

It’s easy to keep in touch with people here. 22

My room is not very well-furnished. 23

This is the only place where I can afford to live. 24

I save money by doing my own cooking. 25

There are good recreational facilities nearby. 26

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A Matthew Wren C Becky Martin

I live in what’s called a hall of residence where I I live in a college-owned self-catering block. There’s
get full board as well as a room. It’s not exactly not much luxury, but I get value for money. For my
what you call cheap, though, I pay £87 per week £38 per week rent, I get a reasonably-sized room with
for my single room and three meals a day. This an old wardrobe, a tiny desk, one shelf, a rather
also includes the use of a washing machine and stained carpet and a sink. When I first moved in, I
ironing board. But I can’t complain because my probably spent more on decoration than I did on
room has just been re-carpeted, the furniture’s food. My only real complaint, though, was that I had
new and the cleaner comes in daily. The main to buy a new pillow because the one I was provided
drawback is sharing the bathroom with nine other with felt like a plastic bag full of old towels. I share
students and we don’t have any kitchen facilities. the kitchen and bathroom with six other girls. One of
The first thing I did when I arrived was buy them has a TV in her room, but she is a bit possessive
myself a mini-fridge, so I could have cool drinks about it. The fridge is not huge, so you’re always
whenever I wanted. But, we’re on the university trying to squeeze your food into the last remaining
network, so I have access to the Internet and free inch of space. I twice set off the fire alarm by
e-mail from my room, and we get room phones burning my dinner, so tended to give up on cooking
so I can ring friends around the campus for after that. We eat a lot of take-aways. In the next
nothing. block there’s a games room where we hang out
which has things like table football and satellite TV
if you need a break from studying.

B Kerry Dunnock D Karl Yorat

The city where I study is appalling for cheap I made the big mistake of going to a college fairly
accommodation, and the college has nothing of near my home. It isn’t so much the course that I
its own to offer you, but I was lucky, I found a don’t like, but the fact that I’m stuck at my parents’
room in a nice little terraced house with central house so I don’t feel in touch with what’s going on
heating which I share with three other girls. I at campus. In some ways I’m lucky because I’m not
have a yearly contract with a private landlady paying out all the money for food and rent that other
and I pay £220 a month for my study bedroom. people have to find, and I have someone to do my
This is not bad as it also has a large walk-in washing, but I don’t have the same amount of
wardrobe where I put all my stuff. I share the freedom or privacy as the people who’re living away
bathroom, kitchen and a small living room with from home. I even have to share a room with my
the other girls, and we split all the bills between younger brother. When I told my parents I wanted to
us. We tried to make a rota for the washing up, move out and go into college accommodation, they
cleaning and putting out the rubbish, but it’s not said they’d stop supporting me financially. So, in
always strictly followed. Cooking your own food the end, I had to give up the idea, that hasn’t made
is much cheaper than eating at college, and I like any of us very happy.
it because I have what I want when I want it.

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USE OF ENGLISH
Part 1 Questions 1-10
Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
There is an example given at the beginning (0). ( 1 point for each question)

The Price of Fame

Charlotte Church looks like a (0) ........ teenager, but she
is far from average. She has an amazing voice. Her fans stand in
(1) ........ for hours to get tickets for her concerts and she
is often on television. Charlotte’s singing (2) ........ began
when she performed on a TV show at the age of 11. The head of a
record company was so impressed by her voice that he(3) ........
her up on the spot. Her first album rose to number one in the
charts.

Charlotte still attends school in her home town when she can.
(4) ........ , she is often away on tour for weeks at a time. She
doesn’t miss out on lessons, though, because she takes her own tutor
with her! She (5) ........ three hours every morning with him. Her
exam results in all the (6) ........ she studies are impressive.

But how does she (7) ........ with this unusual way of life?
She (8) ........ that she has the same friends as before. That
may be true, but she can no longer go into town with them because
everybody stops her in the street to ask for her (9) ........ .
It seems that, like most stars, she must learn to (10) ........
these restrictions and the lack of privacy. It’s the price of fame!

0. A normal B usual C ordinary D natural

1. A rows B queues C ranks D files
2. A profession B job C labour D career
3. A signed B wrote C made D picked
4. A Although B While C For D However
5. A takes B utilises C spends D uses
6. A titles B materials C subjects D lessons
7. A cope B adjust C bear D tolerate
8. A denies B refuses C insists D complains
9. A signature B autograph C sign D writing
10. A look down on B make do with C put up with D run out of

POINTS
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