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Read carefully and choose the best option. Units (1-6). Remember you have 60 minutes to
do it.

Total score: 30.00

Score of approval: 21.00
Incorrect answers lower your score: No
Open: since 12/11/2018 00:00 until 18/11/2018 23:59

Achievement

Date: 11/12/2018 7:10:09 PM 24.00

Achievement time: 00:33:16 Passed
Number of times done: 1
Quantity of right answers: 24 / 30

I. LISTENING (5 points)
Listen to a radio programme about training to become a vet. Choose the correct answers
to the questions.

0:00 / 2:53
Listening_guia_1.mp3

What kind of animals does Alexandra work with now?

Farm animals

Family pets

Unusual animals
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Which school subjects is Gemma best at?

Biology

Chemistry

Maths
(1.00 score)

Where is Gemma working as a volunteer?

At an animal shelter

At a local farm

At a riding centre
(1.00 score)

What warning does Alexandra give about working as a vet?

Vets get badly injured by the animals they work with

Vets have to make difficult decisions

Vets must work very long hours

(1.00 score)

What should Gemma do before beginning university?

Go travelling

Get advice about finances

Do a lot of studying
(1.00 score)

VOCABULARY SECTION (7 points)

For question 6 - 12 read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits
each gap. Circle the correct option as in the example.

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On track for a fast-food world!

In a world where we have more and more responsibilities to juggle, and less time for
(0)............., fast food has become an increasingly cheap and easy option.  It’s everywhere:
in vending machines, drive-through restaurants and 24-hour convenience stores.  We’re
(6).............   and it’s difficult habit to stop once you’ve got used to it.

And that habit starts early.  Most children want  to eat fast food before they’ve even set
food in a restaurant.  Fast-food companies (7).............   millions on child-targeted
marketing.  If they sell the idea of fast food to children, they will want to come with their
parents and grandparents.  This tactic creates brand loyalty in child customers and 
(8)..............   until they are adults.

The system is working.  There are now 40 million restaurants worldwide selling fast
foods.  Mc. Donald’s had, at the last count, 30000 local restaurants serving 52 million
people in more than 100 countries every day.  You can now find fast food restaurants
almost (9).............  in the world, unless you go to very isolated places.

But it wasn’t always like this. In the 1960s most restaurants were local businesses. Today,
local companies find it difficult (10).............  with the big multinationals.  This is because
fast-food restaurants are mostly franchises that lower costs by having self-service,
standardized menus and a production-line kitchen. Instead (11)............. highly paid
chefs, they tend to use part-time employees.  And as soon as you enter, you notice the
bright lighting and (12).............  seating used to increase turnover by discouraging
customers from staying too long.

Choose the best answer

On track for a fast-food world!

In a world where we have more and more responsibilities to juggle, and less time for
(0)............., fast food has become an increasingly cheap and easy option.  It’s
everywhere: in vending machines, drive-through restaurants and 24-hour convenience
stores.  We’re (6)..... addicted ........   and it’s difficult habit to stop once you’ve got
used to it.
(1.00 score)

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Choose the best answer

And that habit starts early.  Most children want  to eat fast food before they’ve even
set food in a restaurant.  Fast-food companies (7)..... spend ........   millions on child-
targeted marketing. 
(1.00 score)

Choose the best answer

If they sell the idea of fast food to children, they will want to come with their parents
and grandparents.  This tactic creates brand loyalty in child customers and  (8).......
lasts .......   until they are adults.
(1.00 score)

Choose the best anser

.  You can now find fast food restaurants almost (9)..... anywhere ........  in the world,
unless you go to very isolated places.
(1.00 score)

Choose the best answer

Today, local companies find it difficult (10)..... to complete ........  with the big
multinationals.
(1.00 score)

Choose the best answer

This is because fast-food restaurants are mostly franchises that lower costs by
having self-service, standardized menus and a production-line kitchen. Instead
(11).... of ......... highly paid chefs, they tend to use part-time employees. 
(1.00 score)

Chose the best answer

And as soon as you enter, you notice the bright lighting and (12)..... uncomfortable
........  seating used to increase turnover by discouraging customers from staying too
long.
(1.00 score)

III. GRAMMAR SECTION (8 points)

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For questions 13 – 20, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best
fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Hey everyone,

How´s it going? You won’t (0) …believe…what I am about to tell you. You know that I (13)
……… home to Singapore (14) ……… year after we were all studying in London? Well, I have
(15) ……… looking for work for ages, but I have finally found a job. I am (16) ………  to work
for the police, as an interpreter!

It’s kind of weird – (17) ………  police work is a big change from reading literature and
writing essays! My dad saw the job advert in the paper and he told me to get in touch with
them. At first I was not sure, but I did the interview and they gave me the job there and
then! It does help that I speak English, German, Chinese, Malay and Singlish (our version
of English – remember?). And using my languages is what I enjoy most, so I think the
work will (18) ………  interesting.

Anyway, the interview was crazy. I really dressed up – I took out all my piercings, washed
the red dye out of my hair and (19) ………  on this very uncool jacket. It was like my school
uniform or something! My sister was so shocked (20) ………  my transformation that she
took a phone of me (attached)!

Anyway, they must have liked it because I start the job on Monday. I reckon I will only do it
for a year or so, and then find something different. But a job is a job, right?

Anyway, miss you.

Love,

Jay

Choose the right answer

Hey everyone,

How´s it going? You won’t (0) …believe…what I am about to tell you. You know that I
(13) … came …… home
(1.00 score)

Choose the right answer

home to Singapore (14) … last …… year after we were all studying in London.
(1.00 score)

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Choose the best answer

I have (15) … been …… looking for work for ages, but I have finally found a job.
(1.00 score)

Choose the best answer

I am (16) going ………  to work for the police, as an interpreter!

(1.00 score)

Choose the right answer

It’s kind of weird – (17) to do ………  police work is a big change from reading
literature and writing essays! My dad saw the job advert in the paper and he told me
to get in touch with them. At first I was not sure, but I did the interview and they gave
me the job there and then!
(1.00 score)

Choose the best answer

And using my languages is what I enjoy most, so I think the work will (18) … be ……
 interesting.
(1.00 score)

Choose the best answer

Anyway, the interview was crazy. I really dressed up – I took out all my piercings,
washed the red dye out of my hair and (19) … put ……  on this very uncool jacket.
(1.00 score)

Choose the best answer

It was like my school uniform or something! My sister was so shocked (20) … for ……
 my transformation that she took a phone of me (attached)!

Anyway, they must have liked it because I start the job on Monday. I reckon I will only
do it for a year or so, and then find something different. But a job is a job, right?

Anyway, miss you.

Love,

Jay
(1.00 score)

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IV. PARAPHRASING
For questions 21 – 25, CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION 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. Here is an example (0) .

I didn’t receive any phone call last night.

THEY

Nobody called me last night, …… didn’t they …………?.

(1.00 score)

I can’t stand Mexican food.

 USED

I am…… not used to Mexican food …………..

(1.00 score)

There was a fire yesterday. The firemen found a lit cigarette in the wastebasket

HAD

Before the fire began, a man…… threw a lit cigarette …………in the wastebasket
(1.00 score)

Scientist claim that they will find a cure for AIDS.

WILL

A cure for AIDS ……… will be found ……….

(1.00 score)

I love the way Henry teaches.

TEACHING

I love……… He teaching ………..

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(1.00 score)

V. READING SECTION (5points)

You are going to read an extract from an article which is about a mission to the red
planet. For questions 26 – 30, choose the answer (A, B, C, or D) which you think fits best
according to the text.

Mission_to_Mars.pdf   

                      Mission to Mars 

On Monday, 14 February 2011, human beings finally walked across the surface of Mars.
First, they investigated the local terrain. Then they made a hole in the planet surface to
take rock and dust samples. After leaving three flags representing the international crew
– from China, Russia and Europe – the courageous explorers returned to the safety of
their spacecraft, Mars 500 … except that it didn’t happen quite like that.

In fact, the three men were walking along the floor of a building in Russia. They hadn’t
travelled through space. They hadn’t even left the Earth’s atmosphere. They were taking
part in the Mars500 project, a simulation to see how human beings react on a long
journey through space.

We are not at the stage of a manned mission to Mars yet because there are still a lot of
unanswered questions. For example, what is the effect of radiation on travellers in deep
space? We don’t know yet. Before they can take the risk of sending a spacecraft across

the solar system, scientists also need to know how six people react to living in such a
small area for over a year and a half.

To do this, they developed the Mars500 project, where six volunteers agreed to spend 519
days in a space ship, separated from the outside world – and pretending to go through
space. Their only contact with the outside world was via the internet. However, even that
had a 20 minute delay to represent the time it takes messages to travel across space
from Earth.

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Before their arrival on the red planet, the men had been performing a series of tasks to
see how resourceful they needed to be. There were more than 100 experiments
programmed. These included performing mock operations, as there would be no access
to surgeons or other experts during the trip. Thankfully, they were well-prepared because
they had spent months practising with the staff of Mainz University before the trip began,
and they performed their operation (on a model- not a real person) without any major
errors. 

The next step is the hardest, and will test how resilient the six men really are.. They must
turn around and return to Earth, facing another difficult 240 days on board. Then finally
they can meet their waiting families and tell them their stories of the year and a half that
they spent travelling….nowhere.

What did the men take to place on the surface of   ´Mars´? They….

took  rock and dust samples.

left  three flags.

investigated the local terrain.            

left a spacecraft
(1.00 score)

The Mission to Mars was a…..

risky project

journey through space

Russian mission

recreation
(1.00 score)

In the third paragraph, what is true about the Mission to Mars?

They know the effect of radiation on travellers

They sent a spacecraft across the solar system

Scientists want to know how people behave

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They are ready to send a mission to Mars

(1.00 score)

In the fourth paragraph, we know that…

The Mission to Mars was just a plan

Six people spent more than a year in the space

Six volunteers went through space

The Mission to Mars had volunteers and scientists on board

(1.00 score)

How did the astronauts practise their medical skills?

Making about 100 experiments

Performing real operations like surgeons

Acting out surgeries

Helping surgeons from Mainz University in the crew

(1.00 score)

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