SECTION A

Read the passage.

Dear Mum and Dad,
How are you? I am exhausted! I have just trekked all the way to the Everest base
camp. It took ffteen days. !rst
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I flew on a small plane from %athmandu to &ukla.
I met other trekkers and
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we all walked to(ether. )e had porters who carred
our backpacks because they were so heavy and
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they cooked for us. )e had a
+epalese (ude who showed us the way. )e slept n tents. It was very cold sleepn( n
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them.
Every mornn( we woke up at - a.m. .fter breakfast at / a.m. we started trekkn(. )e
stopped for a lunch break at ## a.m. )e trekked n the afternoon untl * p.m. 0he scenery
was stunning. It1s the best vew I have ever seen.
)hen we reached the Everest base camp, t was ama2n( lookn( up at Everest. )ow! I felt
on top of the world. I had alttude sickness because we were so h(h. I couldn1t (et enou(h
o3y(en. 4ut I dd (et to 5,*6m whch s even h(her than Mt. %nabalu.
0he cooks dd a (ood job and I had a chance to taste the local 7dhal baht1 whch s a lentl
soup eaten wth rce.
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It was not bad, but I do mss your mee (oren(, Mum.
)hat an e3perence! 8ff to E(ypt ne3t.
Hope you are both well.
&ove Hanf

Look at the words which are numbered in the passage.
hat do the! mean" rite the answer.
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'. we
*. they
,. them
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&nder'ine the correct answer.
-. (exhausted) means a$ very hun(ry b$ very tred
c$ very thrsty d$ very an(ry
/. (backpacks) means a$ shoes b$ tents
c$ ba(s d$ shrts
9. (stunning) means a$ beautful b$ terrble
c$ u(ly d$ nosy
:. (reached) means a$ away from b$ above
c$ below d$ (ot to
#6. (sickness) means a$ tredness b$ sadness
c$ happness d$ llness
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Answer the *uestions in a sentence.
##. )here dd the trekkers sleep ?
#'. )hat tme dd they wake up ?
#*. )hat tme dd they stop trekkn( ?
#,. How dd he feel lookn( up at Everest ?
#5. )ho carred ther backpacks for them ?
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SECTION +
Read the announcements and ,i'' in the spaces in the tab'e.
Malaysan .rlnes !l(ht *** to %uchn( leaves at #,;'6. <4. !l(ht number *-5 to =urabaya
leaves at #5;66. Malaysan .rlnes fl(ht number '-# to =n(apore leaves at #*;65. <4.
fl(ht number /*' to Duba leaves at #6;#6. Malaysan .rlnes fl(ht number ,*# to =urabaya
leaves at :;*6. <4. fl(ht number '/# to =n(apore leaves at ##;*6. 0ha .rlnes fl(ht
number /:' to 4an(kok leaves at #9;*6. <4. fl(ht number 6:' to %ota %nabalu leaves at
#/;#6. Malaysan .rlnes 56' to Mr leaves at #5;*6. <4. fl(ht number ::: to 4alkpapan
leaves at #';'6.
Air'ine -'ight Number .estination Time
Malaysan *** %uchn( #,;'6
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=urabaya #5;66
Malaysan '-#
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#*;65
<4. /*' Duba
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Malaysan
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=urabaya :;*6
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'/# =n(apore ##;*6
0ha /:'
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#9;*6
<4.
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%ota %nabalu #/;#6
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56' Mr #5;*6
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4alkpapan
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SECTION C Read the con9ersation and then ,i'' in the b'anks.
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+oramdah telephones the travel a(ent to arran(e a holday.
Lim >ood mornn(. My name s &m, can I help you?
Noramidah >ood
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want to (o on holday n +ovember but I don1t know where
to (o.
Lim Do you want to (o to a hot or cool country?
Noramidah I thnk I want to (o to a hot
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Lim .nd what knd of holday do you want, a rela3n( holday or
an actve
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Noramidah
Lim
Noramidah
@mAA. I want to rela3 a lttle and have some actvty.
Do you lke beaches?
8h yes, I love
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Lim 8%. )ell, I su((est you (o to .ustrala.
Noramidah )hy do you su((est
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Lim )ell, +orthern .ustrala s hot and you can dve on the
>reat 4arrer <eef, treck n the desert and rela3 on the
beach.
Noramidah I would love to (ot to the >reat 4arrer <eef but I don1t
know how to
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Lim )ell, you can learn to dve on your holday.
Noramidah 8% .ustrala sounds wonderful.
Lim )hen n +ovember would you lke to (o?
Noramidah 8n the
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Lim 0he #-
th
of +ovember s fne. Bou can fly from 4rune to
Darwn on that day. )hen would you lke to return?
Noramidah I need to
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th
of +ovember.
Lim 0here s no return fl(ht on the *6
th
so you wll need to
return on the ':
th
.
Noramidah 8% 0hat1s fne. )hat are the fl(ht tmes?
Lim 0he fl(ht to Darwn leaves 4=4 at two o1clock.
Noramidah &et me wrte that down. 0o Darwn at
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o1clock.
Lim 0he fl(ht from Darwn leaves at
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Noramidah !rom Darwn at nne o1clock. 0hank you for your help I1ll
come to the offce tomorrow.
Lim I1ll see you tomorrow. >oodbye.
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SECTION .
Look at the pairs o, sentences be'ow. Choose one o, the ,i9e words to :oin the
sentences. rite the new; 'ong sentence.
but and because so a'though
e.g. I went to Mount %nabalu. I was too tred too clmb.
I went to Mount %nabalu but I was too tred too clmb.
*-. I lke traveln( by boat. I don1t lke (on( by bus.
*/. .l doesn1t enjoy walkn( n the jun(le. He1s scared of snakes.
*9. =he felt very hot. =he went for a swm.
*:. .t 0urtle Island we watched the turtles layn( e((s. )e put one n the sea.
,6. 0he chldren played badmnton. It was rann(.
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Read the passage and then ,i'' in each b'ank with one word.
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I had a wonderful day today. I
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hotel at 9.*6 a.m.
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8ur (ude, 8la, told
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Dheops. It s #*/m h(h.
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--m h(h. It certanly ddn1t look small. )e rode on camels
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However, my camel
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.fter lunch 8la took us to the E(yptan museum to see the famous %n( 0utankhamun
collecton. He was a %n( n E(ypt thousands
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the (old coffn we(hed ##6k(. I also
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