READING – PART 1

You are going to read a magazine article about exercising in water. Choose from the list A-I the sentence
which best summarises each part (1-7) of the article. There is one extra sentence which you do not need to
use. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
A You are unlikety to cause yourself an injury in water.
B It is not as easy as it looks.
C Aqua fitness can do more than simply help heal injuries.
D You can lose weight and enjoy yourself at the same time.
E You can strengthen your heart and muscles by training every day.
F Your body will adapt to exercising in water.
G Don´t worry about what you look like..
H Exercise in water puts less pressure on the heart.
I The idea of exercising in water is not new.
MAKING A SPLASH
0 I
The last thing many people expect to do in a swimming pool these days is swim. The latest fitness
phenomenon to make a big splash at the local pool is aqua fitness. The properties of water have long been
known to make it one of the safest and most effective media in which to exercise. Physiotherapists have
used it for years and, even as far back as the Romans, the value of water for healing has been recognised.

1
Today ‘aqua fitness’, as it is known, has seen exercising in the swimming pool progressing from merely
being an activity for the recovery of an injury. Aqua fitness has become a valuable training aid even for
professional athletes who use it to reduce the risk of overtraining. However, that´s not to say that
exercising in water isn´t ideal for the rest of us too, from the young to the old, from the fit to those who do
suffer from complaints such as arthritis.

2
Exercising in water raises the heart rate less than land aerobics. Lydia Campbell, a fitness expert, says
there are no conclusive studies on why it has a less drastic effect on your heart, but there are some factors
that partly explain it. Lydia says, ‘Water is supportive, as we all know, and with blood flowing more
easily, there is less stress on the heart.’

3
There are other benefits to working out in water such as the fact that your muscles are less likey to ache
the following day, the water has a massaging effect on the body, and of course, there is always the
possibility of getting a bit slimmer. It is generally thought that an aqua fitness workout can use from 450
to 700 calories an hour. And don´t forget, water is fun – exercising to music in water is a unique
experience!

4
The reassuring element of exercising in water is that, apart from doing you good, it is relatively difficult
to do anything that is going to harm you.

5
As far as modesty is concerned, if you miss a step, carry a little more excess weight than you feel
comfortable with or just feel embarrassed because you haven´t exercised before, there is no need to be
anxious as everything is hidden beneath the water level!
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Getting used to moving in water takes a little time because of the gravity changes on the body. Running in
water will be easier if your body has lots of muscle, but don´t worry about this not being the case, as the
exercising in water will strengthen muscles anyway. Soon you will be able to move more strongly
through the pool.

7
Classes usually start with a warm-up aimed at stimulating and raising the body temperature. Using the
properties of water in an aqua workout can create an effective training programme that might change
some previous ideas about how easy exercising in water is. Try running in shallow knee-deep water. It´s
easy, but try running in thigh-deep water and things suddenly get more difficult – chest-deep water is
even harder, as the water is even harder, as the water resistance increases.
 READING (PART 2)
You are going to read a newspaper article about a television presenter called Sue Barker. For questions 8-
15, choose the answer (A,B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

Sue Barker, the former tennis star, is to present the BBC TV Sports Programme Grandstand this summer.
The BBC will shortly announce her promotion to one of television´s top sports posts, confirming a rise in
the media ranks that has been almost as rapid as her progress up the ladder of international tennis in the
1970s.
It is a remarkable comeback to national fame for a woman originally known for being the
girlfriend of a pop star and for being a British player who won the French Open tennis tournament.
Her new media career is already very successful. It had a sudden beginning. A succession of
injuries and a fall in her ranking from 16 th to 63rd caused her to announce her retirement from the game in
a dramatic oncourt speech at the Australian Open tournament in 1984.
‘I took the car back to my hotel where a message was waiting for me to ring a TV station in
Sidney. I thought, “Oh God, not another interview”, but they asked me to come and start on their sports
programme the next day to give expert comment. There was no training, nothing.’
There was no training either when David Hill, then head of sport on Sky TV, recruited her two
years ago to be one of the presenters on its Saturday sports programme.
‘I turned up and was told my first broadcast was in a few minutes’ time. It was a classic,
absolutely awful. I rattled through it, it wasn´t even making sense, and then I was left for the last four
seconds just smiling at the camera.
‘It was the longest four seconds of my life. Afterwards I said I wanted to give up, but David said,
“You´ve only made two mistakes, I never sack anyone until they’ve made three”. So I carried on doing
five-minute slots – the sports news round – ups – which proved to be very good on-the-job training. Then
came the approach from the BBC.’
While Sky took a quiet pride in the fact that the BBC wanted to sign up its star, its annoyance at
losing Barker was understandable. It had allowed the BBC to have her for the tennis season and offered a
half-and-half arrangement when the BBC wanted to sign her full-time – but the BBC was not interested.
Sam Chisholm, Sky´s chief executive, decided to take legal action.
In the BBC’s tennis team, the strengths of Sue Barker were immediately obvious. She offered a
number of technical insights, not just into the game but into the players’ mental state, and was not afraid
to be critical of those on the court who are still friend, a rare quality among the large number of former
sports stars that fill the BBC commentary boxes.
For Barker, being a critic was not always easy, especially as she mixed socially with the players.
They did sometimes get upset about it. ‘Martina Navratilova watches everything, absolutely everything,
and she came up to me quite angry one day, saying “I heard you, I heard what you said about Steffi
Graf”. But I will tell them exactly why I thought they weren´t playing well, compare their performance
with a previous one and, if they can honestly say to me they did play well, then I will apologise.’
Having been angry at some of the criticism of her during her 13 years of playing international
tennis, she feels she can turn that knowledge to good use. ‘I know what hurts and what doesn´t hurt, and
athletes tend to trust other athletes.’

8 What does the writer say about Sue Barker´s career?

A She took a long time to become famous as a tennis star.
B She is better known as a TV presenter than a tennis star.
C She obtained an important TV job after a short time.
D She has tried a career in pop music.
9 What does ‘it’ in line 5 refer to?
A her tennis career
B her comeback
C her success on TV
D her fame

10 She became a sports commentator because

A she was advised to do so by tennis experts.
B an Australian TV channel suggested it.
C she decided she would prefer it to tennis.
D she was tired of being interviewed by other people.

11 What happened when she presented a Saturday sports programme?

A She made a better imprssion than she expected.
B The TV company liked the way she smiled at the camera.
C She talked for too long and too fast.
D The boss wasn´t sure whether to sack her or not.

12 How did Sky TV feel when the BBC employed her?

A They turned down the offer to share her.
B They were glad for her sake.
C They did not want to lose her.
D They had expected this to happen.

13 How is she different from other sports commentators?

A She still has a lot of friends in the game.
B She has very good technical background.
C She finds it difficult to prasise the players.
D She speaks the truth about friends.

14 What does she feel she can offer as a sports commentator?

A She can give athletes advice on dealing with the camera.
B She can make comments which athletes accept.
C She can help athletes to get on with each other.
D She can attract new viewers to sports programmees.

15 This article was written about Sue Barker because

A she is going to be in the public view a lot.
B there is a court case between Sky TV and the BBC.
C she has recently given up tennis.
D a well-known tennis star was recently upset by her.
 READING (PART 3)

You are going to read a newspaper article about an artist. Seven paragraphs have been removed from the
article. Choose from the paragraphs A-H the one which fits each gap (16-21). There is one extra
paragraph which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0). Mark your answers on
the separate answer sheet.
THE LIFE OF GEORGIA O´KEEFFE

Georgia O´keeffe was born in 1887 and grew up in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, a farming town settled only
40 years earlier..

0/H

When she was 16, her family moved to Virginia, and O´keeffe studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago.
At 23, she had a crisis of confidence and spoke of giving up painting, but over the next two years she
taught art in Texas and in South Carolina, and eventually regained her desire to paint.

16_/____

O´keeffe lived and studied in New York on and off for three years, taking time off to teach in Virginia,
South Carolina and again in Texas. Always independent-minded, in Texas she became known for her
strange clothes.

17_/_____

A friend showed O´keeffe´s drawings to Alfred Stieglitz, the greatest photographer in America and owner
of the forward-looking 291 Gallery in New York. When he unwrapped O´keeffe´s charcoal drawings, he
was amazed. ‘I realised that I had never seen anything like it before.’

18_/_____

A year later, O´keeffe gave up her teaching and started painting full-time in Manhattan, Maine and at the
Stieglitz family home in Lake George, New York. She also joined Stieglitz´s circle of friends, which
included some of the most important writers, painters and photographers in America.

19_/_____

While her work grew in confidence, her life with Stieglitz was full of difficulties. He encouraged her
work but wanted her to be an obedient wife. In his role as her dealer he sought dictatorial control over the
sale and exhibition of her work. O´keeffe felt imprisoned by her marriage, genuinely loving though it
was.

20_/_____

And it gave rise to some of her greatest paintings: landscapes, studies of architecture, and still-lives. In
still-life she became obsessed with the animal skeletons she had collected in the desert.
21_/_____

When Georgia O´keeffe died, she was a year short of her century. Relatives gave some of O´keeffe´s
work to American museums. They show the courage and persistence of one of the most remarkable of all
women painters.

A During this period, O´keeffe made a series of charcoal studies which she called her ‘Special’ drawings.
These were the first work of her artistic maturity. And they were to lead to her first great romantic
involvement.

B After Stieglitz died, O´keeffe rarely visited the East Coast, and the life she led in New Mexico was
increasingly solitary. She continued to work, though with decreasing energy (she was now 60 years old).
Her work grew steadily in value and she became a very rich woman.

C Stieglitz exhibited the drawings without O´keeffe´s knowledge. Though initially outraged, she knew
that 291 was the best possible venue for her work – and Stieglitz himself the best possible dealer. With
time, he became equally passionate about O´keeffe herself. She was 30 and Stieglitz was 53. In 1924 they
married..

D She found her escape in New Mexico. She had long preferred the empty landscapes of the American
West to the greenery of the East Coast. Even though she remained devoted to the ageing Stieglitz and
spent winters with him in New York., New Mexico was her home for the rest of her life.

E The role did not entirely suit her. Solitary by nature and the only woman artist in a group of
opinionated men, she was very aware of the oppression of women. Some of the men resented her, feeling
threatened by a woman of such exceptional talent.

F O´keeffe denied the connection and late in life she abruptly finished and interview when asked about it.
She also painted New York´s cityscape as well as rural architecture..

G O´keeffe did not feel that her future lay in teaching, but then as now there were few other ways for an
artist to earn a living. So she decided to take a teaching degree in New York, and her life was changed
forever.

H O´keeffe was drawn towards art from an early age. She was brilliant at drawing and, at 13, told a
friend, ‘I´m going to be an artist’.
 READING (PART 4)

You are going to read a magazine article aabout New York cafés .
For questions 22-34, choose from the cafés (A-H). Some of the cafés may be chosen more than once.
When more than one answer is required, these may be given in any order. There is an example at the
beginning (0).
Which of the cafés:
Is close to a theatre? 0_/_H
Does not have very interesting food? 22/_____
Is near a well-known monument? 23 /_____
Is floating? 24 /_____
Offers some dishes for the health-conscious? 25 /_____
Is good for sitting and watching others? 26 / 27 /_____
Appeals particularly to tourists? 28 /____
May offer you the chance of some physical exercise? 29/_____
Is known by few people? 30 /_____
Is fairly cheap? 31/_____
Has exciting American food? 32/
Is good for a special evening out? 33 /_____34 /_____

35 The purpose of the text is to

A identify the liveliest outdoor café in New York.
B identify the outdoor café in New York with the best food.
C offer information about a range of eating opportunities in New York.
D offer information about the eating habits of people in New York.

BIG APPLE AL FRESCO

Scattered throughout the city of New York are dozens of ´secret’ gardens, quiet corners, terraces and
rooftops where you can escape the urban rush and dine amidst trees and flowering plants.).
A TAVERN ON THE GREEN
Some call it a tourist trap, but the architecture and woodland setting guarantee a long and healthy life for
this Central Park restaurant. Dinner in the garden on a summer´s night, wrapped in the scent of a thousand
flowers and lit by Japanese lanterns, is truly an affair to remember. And the extravagant desserts are a
luscious way to celebrate a birthday or other special occasion.

B BOATHOUSE CAFÉ
While tourists are queuing up for tables at Tavern on the Green, New Yorkers head deeper into Central
Park for lunch at this charming, relatively inexpensive café. The main attraction here is the setting, which
overlooks the park´s Boathouse Pond with the skyscrapers of midtown in the background. The food at the
Boathouse is admittedly unimpressive although you won´t go wrong with the pasta dishes or burgers.

C COURTYARD CAFÉ & BAR

Located in the heart of midtown near Grand Central Terminal, this eatery in the Doral Court Hotel
qualifies as one of New York´s best-kept secrets. The garden here, though small, is one of the city´s finest
with umbrella-shaded tables next to a sparkling waterfall.
D AMERICAN FESTIVAL CAFÉ
‘Golden Boy’, the famous statue, oversees the festivities at this restaurant situated in the shadow of New
York´s Art Deco architectural masterpiece. In winter, the outdoor section of the café is transformed into
the Rockefeller Center Skating Rink; in summer, the shaded, linen-draped tables make an inviting
prospect after a hard morning of shopping..

E RIVER CAFÉ
New York City´s best outdoor dining experience is across the Brooklyn Bridge at this boat-restaurant
moored in the East River. In an informal survey, six out of seven New Yorkers picked the River Café as
the best place in the city to propose marriage. Positive features: stunning views of the Manhattan skyline,
and of picture-perfect sunsets; inventive contemporary cooking with an American accent.

F MANHATTAN CHILLI COMPANY

Outdoor cafés are thick on the ground in Greenwich Village – it´s hardly worth recommending one, since
visitors so quickly find their own. It´s easy to walk by the Manhattan Chilli Company which looks like
just another quaint Village restaurant from the street. Step inside, though, and you´ll discover gigantic
bowls of good chilli served in a peaceful garden.

G YAFFA CAFÉ
When the western half of Greenwich Village changed into a center for tourists, the area´s artists and
musicians moved east to the neighbourhood known as Alphabet City. For a glimpse of arty New York,
1990s style, take a seat in Yaffa´s uniquely urban garden; order a plate of food and a pot of herb tea and
watch the world go by.

H JOSEPHINA
An excellent position across the street from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts draws diners to this
exotic restarurant, the delicately seasoned recipes and fresher-than-fresh ingredients bring them back.
Owner/ chef Louis Lanza uses flavoured oils and fresh stocks to delight the taste-buds without excessive
sugar or fat. (The exception: sinfully rich desserts. Shrugs Lanza,’Nobody´s perfect.’) Josephina offers
two outdoor options, a sidewalk café that´s perfect for people-watching and a lushly landscaped back
garden.
 PART 1

For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example:
0 A in B along C up D over

A VISITOR FOR MISS DREDGER

Every summer Miss Dredger took (0) .A... visitors at Clôs de Joi. It was a square house with a
(1)....... across the island to the sea, with the island of Jersey on the (2)........ .
Miss Dredger had (3)........... a carriage to take her down the harbour hill. (4).... it was a steep
descent, she would(5)......... have taken it in her purposeful stride, and would even have returned
(6)........ foot up the long slope, for Miss Dredger scorned all physical (7)........ .
Nevertheless, she had(8)...... on a carriage this (9)...... morning, for she had a gentleman to meet at
the harbour. Both he and his luggage must be got up the harbour hill. It was (10)....... that the
luggage could not walk up on its own and from what she knew about men, it was ten (11).... one
that her new lodger (12)..... be as helpless as his luggage.
And so, as the carriage had to go down the hill before it could come up again, Miss Dredger, with
her sharp (13)...... of logic, decided that, in order to (14)...... use of this fact, it would be as well to
be (15)...... for at Clôs de Joi.

1 A sight B vison C view D look

2 A distance B background C outskirts D horizon
3 A ordered B required C commanded D asked
4 A However B Although C Despite D Even
5 A commonly B actually C mostly D normally
6 A at B on C with D off
7 A weakness B lightness C tenderness D softness
8 A decided B chosen C arranged D considered
9 A definite B certain C particular D individual
10 A honest B simple C direct D plain
11 A to B by C for D under
12 A should B would C ought D could
13 A sense B idea C feeling D impression
14 A take B have C make D get
15 A looked B visited C sent D called
 PART 2

For questions 16-30, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only
one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).

THE HORSE IN ART

There is little doubt that (0) ..one.. of the chief roles of the horse in art, just (16)..............in life, is
that of our servant and companion. We can have very little idea of (17) ................... a horse feels in
its natural state. Left to itself, (18).................. is unlikely that it would pull a plough, take a soldier
(19)...................... a dangerous situation in battle, (20)..................... do most of the other things that
have attracted painters and writers to the animal ever (21).................. the dawn of history.

The horse is controlled (22).................. the wishes of its owner. When we describe it, we say it has
(23).................. virtues and qualities we most admire in ourselves and it is as the symbol
(24).................. these qualities that it has so often (25).................... praised by painters and poets.
Then we must consider the horse´s own beauty, speed and strength. (26)....................... truth, the
picture we (27)................... most frequently moved by, in both art and literataure, is actually a single
image that combines all the advantages of the animal and its rider. An outstanding example of
(28) ............... is provided by the school of sculpture and painting in (29)................. the authority
and personality of individuals is emphasised by the (30).................. that they are on horseback .
 PART 3

For questions 31-40, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five
words, including the word given.

31 Do you know who this coat belongs to?

coat
Do you know........................................................ is?

32 Jo´s training accident meant she couldn´t take part in the race.
prevented
Jo´s training accident........................................................ part in the race.

33 Cyclists are not allowed to ride on the station platform.

must
Bicycles ............................................... on the station platform.

34 To Alan´s amazement, the passport office was closed when he arrived.

find
Alan ............................................... the passport office closed when he arrived.

35 It isn´t necessary to book tickets for the show in advance..

need
You .................................................. tickets for the show in advance..

36 The top shelf was so high that the children couldn´t reach it.
high
The top shelf was ............................................ the children to reach.

37 I´d prefer you to start work next week.

rather
I ........................................... work next week.

38 ‘Do you remember what you have to do?’ the teacher asked her class.
what
The teacher asked her class if .......................................... to do.

39 It´s unusual for Carol to get angry with her staff.

hardly
Carol .......................................... temper with her staff.

40 There is no ice-cream left.

run
We ........................................ ice-cream.
 PART 4

For questions 41-55, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are
correct and some have a word which should not be there.
If a line is correct, put a tick by the number. If a line has a word which should not be there, write
the word down.

A LETTER OF APOLOGY

Dear Richard,

....../....... 0 Thanks very much for your letter. It wass good to hear

00 all your news and I´m glad that your family are all as well.

............... 41 It´s very kind of you to invite for me to stay with you in.

............... 42 the June, but unfortunately my final exams are that month

............... 43 and I don´t yet know of the dates. I think they may be in

............... 44 the week that you´ve suggested. In any case, judging

............... 45 from my last Geography results, I will need to be studying

............... 46 rather more than having a good time with my friends.

............... 47 As soon as I will get the dates, I´ll let you know but I

............... 48 don´t much expect I´ll be able to come. Perhaps we´ll be

............... 49 able to get something organised for July. It´s a long time

............... 50 ever since we got together and I´d love to catch up on

............... 51 what has been happening to you. If only your parents

............... 52 don´t want their house full of visitors in the holiday, you

............... 53 could come over to stay with me. There´s a plenty of

............... 54 room and the house is just at a short bike ride from the

............... 55 beach, so there would be lots to do. Let me know it if you

think this is a good idea.

Best wishes
 PART 5

For questions 56-65, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to
form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH TOWN

The site of the town of Winchester was a (0)natural place for a NATURE

(56)..........., at the point where a river cut through the chalk of the SETTLE

(57).......... hillsides. A simple camp at St Catherine´s Hill was the SOUTH

(58)............. known use of the site. This was followed by an Iron Age EARLY

hill-fort, but this was left(59)............ by 100 BC. It was the Romans who INHABIT

finally established the town and (60)............ it with a defensive wall for ROUND

the protection of their people and trade.

With the (61)........... of its first cathedral in the seventh centrury, the BUILD

Town became an important (62)............ centre. Later, King Alfred, who RELIGION

had (63)............. pushed back the invading Danes, moved his palace SUCCESS

to Winchester. The town then experienced rapid (64).................., and DEVELOP

its (65)............. role in English history was underlined in 1066 when the CENTRE

conquering Normans, like Alfred, made Winchester their capital.

 LISTENING PART 1

You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer
A,B or C.

1 You are walking round a market when you hear this woman talking to a customer What is
she doing?
A asking the customer´s opinion
B offering a cheap sample
C explaining a price rise

2 You´re in the doctor´s waiting room when you overhear the nurse on the phone. Why didn
´t she send off the notes?
A She didn´t know they were wanted.
B It isn´t part of her job to do it.
C She didn´t know which notes to send.

3 You´re in a gallery when you hear these women talking. What are they looking at?
A a bowl
B a lamp
C a vase

4 You are visiting a large company and you hear two people talking. What are they
discussing?
A a personal computer
B a typewriter
C a CD player

5 Listen to this clerk at a station booking office. Which is the cheapest ticket?
A a period return
B an ordinary return
C a Rover

6 These friends are talking aabout a film. Who will go to see it?
A both of them
B neither of them
C the girl

7 These people are talking about a colleague. What´s his problem?

A His boss is unfair to him.
B He has been ill.
C He has too much to do.

8 Listen to this woman phoning a travel agent. What does she want to do?
A cancel her booking
B postpone her holiday
C change her destination
 PART 2
You will hear an interview about sports facilities.
For questions 9-18, fill in the answers on the questionnaire.

Where does the interviewee live?

_______________________________________________9

What is the interviewee´s occupation?

_______________________________________________10

How often does s/he use a public swimming pool?

_______________________________________________11

What does s/he feel about the opening times?

_______________________________________________12

What about entry charges?

_______________________________________________13

What does s/he feel about existing facilities?

_______________________________________________14

What would s/he most like to see added to these?

_______________________________________________15

What other sports should be ctered for locally?

______________________________________________16

Where should money for improvements come from?

_______________________________________________17

Who should be able to use the pool free?

_______________________________________________18
 PART 3

You will hear five people talking about to someone they have just met.
For questions 19-23, choose which of the people A-F each speaker is talking to. Use the
letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.

A a tenant

B a neighbour

C a holidaymaker

D a colleague at work

E a trainee

F a hotel guest

Speaker 1 _______19

Speaker 2 _______20

Speaker 3 _______21

Speaker 4 _______22

Speaker 5 _______23
 PART 4

You will hear a discussion between Andy and Sharon about advertising their small
business.
For questions 24-30, decide which of the statements are true and which are false and write
T for True or F for False.

24 They have decided to spend some money on advertising. ____ 24_

25 Their customers found their last advertisement boring. _____25

26 They need to attract better staff. _____26

27 Andy has contacted the local newspaper. ____27_

28 They agree to advertise once a week. ____28_

29 Sharon thinks a professional delivery company would cost too much. ____29_

30 Andy agrees they should employ students. ____ 30_