Test 1 READING AND USE OF ENGLISH (1 hour 15 minutes) Part'4 For questions 1-8, read the text bolow and decide which answer (A,B, C or D) best fits each gap. ‘There is an example atthe beginning (0) Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet Example 0A describes B suggests C explains shows see it's possible to use one to make tea. They've created a chocolate teapot that can be fled with boling water and lft to (1) for two minutes, after which the tea is ready to be served, After (2) a range of experiments, the scientists (8) 10 the conclusion that the ® to making a teapot that wouldn't molt was to use dark chocolate with 65% chocolate Sols and build up a series of layers to strengthen it. This whole process took around two-and= a-hatf hours, At first the scientists wondered whether they might () fend up with chocolate tea. They lscovered some of the chocolate on the inside of the pot would met, but (6) thatthe water was poured in carefully, the (7) ‘majority of it wouldn't be affected. When they tried the tea, the team agreed it was lovely witha (8) taste of chocolate, 8 hole investigating acrved secret again allowed huge modest keep conducting roached clue oti considered broad slight stand researching grew method early provided igh soft Reading ond Use of English D wait D_ exploring D came D_ formula D simply D_ assumed D vast D- gentlePart 2 For quastions 9-16, read the text below and tink ofthe word which best its each gap. Use only ‘one word in each gap. There is an example atthe beginning (0) Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet, ra COTE CZ Making mistakes helps you to succeed o 4yOU ever ted @ new sport or eat to play @ musical instrument? (9) rane 80, youll know that once you igure (10)... Wt do it and get good att, you won't lose your skills, even when you haven't practised fora longtime. Most experts put this down to ‘muscle memory’, which means the brain remembers an action and can recat when needed. Now some "researchers believe there's another important factor: errors that occur while leering a task co ‘Surprised the researchers Is that getting things vrong not only trains the brain to Perform better ata specific task, but also helps it to learn faster. Thi is true even wien mistakes {70 (12). whl leaming a completly new task. The researchers believe that the bran keeps ‘2 record (4)... rors and draws on them whenever a n6W Sil (14)... being learnt. This ‘ensures that mistakes aren't repeated, and probably explains why people (18)... master one sport or instrument can pick (16) others with elatve ease. Reading and Use of English Part 3 For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capital at the end of some ofthe lines to form a word that fis in the gap in the same line, There isan example atthe beginning (0) \Wrte your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet Have a go at kayaking I've discovered an (0) sport: kayaking. It looks very AMAZE 7) when youseeit on TY, and apparently its been increasing in IMPRESS (18) ‘over the past few years, 'm not actually a very sporty POPULAR person but when my sister, a keen kayaker herself, bought me a lesson {or my bithday that was my opportunity to have @ go. tewas a (19) to discover I wasn't the only beginner everyone RELIEVE else was also very (20) like me. At frst we were all pretty EXPERIENCE en ‘and some of us even fell inthe water, ut we learnt quickly HOPE ‘end our confidence began to grow. | loved being on the river. The (22) ‘were so beautiful and SURROUND. Felaxing that | was really reluctant to get out of the kayak when the lesson finished! It was a truly (23) day. | signed up fora MEMORY ‘one-week course without a moment's hesitation. Now I'm just as (24)... about kayaking as my sister. PASSIONTest 1 Part 4 For questions 25-80, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the frst sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0). Example: © Prizes are given out when the school year finishes. PLAGE Prize-giving lend ofthe school year The ap can be filed by the words ‘takas place at the, so you write: an — 0 | TAKES PLACEATTHE ] Example: \Wte only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. 25. Seaing Pete sitingin the café was a real surprise. EXPECTED really Pote siting in the cate 26. My aunt said we could stay at her house for afew nights during the holidays, Pur My aunt said she could during the holidays, at her house fora few nights 27 Anne says she doesn't want to make the effort to iy her room, even though it's a mess! BOTHERED ‘Anne says she 10 tidy herroom, even though i's a 2 30 Reading and Use of English Could you look after my lite brother fora minute, please? EYE Could you ‘my litle brother for aminuts, please? ‘Jo's mother told her that it wasn't a good idea to eat so many biscuits before lunch! DISCOURAGE Jo's mother tied ‘80 many biscuits before lunch! ‘The teacher dnt think about the fact that it might ain when she planned the schoo! tip. ACCOUNT The teacher falled planned the schoo! ti. the fact that t might rain when she 3