PART 7

You are going to read a newspaper article about a ship carrying goods across the Atlantic
ocean. Six paragraphs have been removedfrom the article. Choosefrom the paragraphs A-G
the one whichfits each gap (41-46). There is one extra paragraph which you do not need to
use.

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

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The wind-lashed workers who
battle the Atlantic in winter
Even at this stormy time of year in spat us out into the North Sea. lull. But even then, an ordinary
Britain, there are thousands of oil According to the weather satellites, day involved unpleasant jobs
workers and fishermen offshore, the Atlantic was storms from coast in extreme conditions. I joined
as well as a scattering of seafarers to coast, two systems meeting in a welding party that descended
manning the container ships the middle of our course. On the to the hold: a dripping, tilting
and tankers that bring us almost far side, ice awaited. We were cathedral composed of vast tanks
everything we need. So it was behind schedule, the captain of toxins and organophosphates,
that in the depths of bitter winter, desperate for speed. ‘Six-metre where a rusted hatch cover defied
hoping to learn what modern waves are OK; any bigger you have a cheap grinder blade in a fountain
sailors’ lives are like, I joined the to slow down or you kill your ship,’ of sparks. As we continued west,
Maersk Pembroke, a container he said. ‘Maybe we’ll be lucky!’ the wind thickened with sleet, then
freighter, on her regular run from snow as the next storm arrived.
Europe to Montreal. She looked c
so dreadful when I found her in
Soon enough, we were in the
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Antwerp that I hopedI had the
midst of those feared storms. A All was well in that regard and, §
wrong ship.
nightmare in darkness, a north after the storms, we were relieved
Atlantic storm is like a wild dream to enter the St Lawrence River.
by day, a region of racing elements The ice was not thick enough to
Trade between Europe and North and livid colour, bursting turquoise hinder us; we passed Quebec City
America is a footnote to the foam, violent sunlight, and in a glittering blue dawn and
great west-east and north-south darkening magenta waves. There is made Montreal after sunset, its
runs: companies leave it to older little you can do once committed downtown towers rising out of the
vessels. Pembroke is battered except lash everything down and tundra night. Huge trucks came for
and rusty, reeking of diesel and enjoy what sleep you can before it our containers.
fishy chemicals. She is noisy, her
bridge and stairwells patrolled
becomes impossible. Pembroke is
more than 200m long and weighs [1
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by whistling drafts which rise to more than 38,000 tons, but the
But without them and their
howls at sea. Her paintwork is swells threw her about like a tin
combined defiance of the elements
wretched. The Atlantic has stripped toy.
there could be nothing like what
her bow back to a rusted steel
we call ‘life’ at all. Seafarers are |
snarl.
not sentimental, but some are quite
When they hit us squarely, the romantic. They would like to think
whole ship reared, groaning and we thought of them, particularly
It felt like a desperate enterprise staggering, shuddered by shocking when the forecast says storms at
on a winter night, as the tide raced force. We plunged and tottered sea.
us down the Scheldt estuary and for three days before there was a

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A Others felt the same. We were ‘the E Hoping so, we slipped down-Channel
only idiots out here’, as several men in darkness, with the Dover coastguard
remarked. We felt our isolation like wishing us, ‘Good watch, and a safe
vulnerability; proof that we had chosen passage to your destination.’ The
obscure, quixotic lives. following evening we left the light of
Bishop Rock on the Scilly Isles behind.
B Going out on deck in such conditions ‘When we see that again we know we’re
tempted death. Nevertheless, the ship’s home,’ said the second mate.
electrician climbed a ladder out there
every four hours to check that the milk, F Huge black monsters marched at us
cheese and well-travelled Argentine out of the north west, striped with
beef we carried were still frozen in white streaks of foam running out of
refrigerated containers. the wind’s mouth. The ocean moved
in all directions at once and the waves
C But it does not take long to develop became enormous, charging giants of
affection for a ship, even the Pembroke liquid emerald, each demanding its own
-the time it takes her to carry you reckoning.
beyond swimming distance from land, in
fact. When I learnt what was waiting for G That feeling must have been obvious
us mid-ocean I became her ardent fan, to the captain. ‘She’s been all over
despite all those deficiencies. the world,’ proud Captain Koop, a
grey-bristled Dutchman, as quick and
D There were Dutch bulbs, seaweed confident as a Master Mariner must be,
fertilizer from Tanzania, Iranian dates told me. ‘She was designed for the South
for Colombia, Sri Lankan tea bags, Polish Pacific,’ he said, wistfully.
glue, Hungarian tyres, Indian seeds, and
much besides. The sailors are not told
what they carry. They just keep the ships
going.

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 TEST 1 Parts 1-3 = 1 mark for each correct answer
Part 4 = up to 2 marks for each correct answer
Parts 5-7 = 2 marks for each correct answer
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Mark scheme
Content
10 whose The essay must discuss two of the three aspects of
11 be reality and talent TV shows listed in the question and
12 them state which of them the writer regards as the most
13 between important, giving reasons for this choice. The essay
14 their may include reference to the panel discussion and the
15 with / having quotes from it, but this is not essential. If the opinions
0 16 make
0 . from the discussion are used, they should be rephrased
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17 annoyance 21 honesty Communicative achievement
18 bearing 22 offence The essay should be neutral or formal rather than
19 reference 23 disclose informal or conversational, as it is a serious piece of
20 emotional 24 truthful academic work. The reader should clearly understand all
the points made about the two aspects of these types
PART 4 of show, as well as the writer’s reasons for selecting one
25 there’s / there is ][ hardly any petrol of them as the most important.
26 had no idea (that) ][ cars cost Organization
27 let it ][ get you
The essay should be appropriately divided into
28 to be ][ making a recovery
paragraphs, perhaps with separate paragraphs for each
29 take her work seriously enough, ][ according
of the two aspects. A short introductory paragraph
30 causing you ][ such a lot of
and / ora short concluding paragraph could be
IT' PARTS included but neither of these is essential. Sentences
I 31 D 34 D and paragraphs should be linked with appropriate
linking words and phrases. |
32 B 35 B
33 A 36 C Language
A wide range of suitable grammatical structures and
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elements should be used in sentences that are not too
37 C 39 C simple. Longer sentences with more than one clause
38 A 40 A should be well controlled and totally clear in meaning.
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41 G 44 F used accurately and a high level of vocabulary to make
42 C 45 B
and support points on the subject should also be
43 E
demonstrated.
46 D
Mode! answer
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The discussion focused on various issues connected with
47 E 52 D
48 B TV shows that feature members of the public. They have
53 E
49 B 54 been a worldwide phenomenon for some time and views
A
50 C 55 on them vary greatly.
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51 D 56 One of the main aspects of these shows is the
D
entertainment they provide for viewers. Obviously, they

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