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- PART 1 You are going to read different short texts. For questions 1-5
- PART 2 Read the following article. The Fame Hotel
- TRUE, FALSE
- PART 3 Questions 13-20 are based on the following text. TOKYO
- PART 4 Questions 21-30. Match the following headings ( A-L
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Part 1: Questions 1-5 Part 2: Questions 6-12 Part 3: Questions 13-20 Part 4: Questions 21-30 Each question carries ONE mark. Total time allowed: 1 hour 10 minutes You may write on the question paper if you wish, but you must transfer your answers to the Answer Sheet within the time limit. No extra time is allowed to do so. _________________________________________________________________________ ______________ (Candidate’s full name) Signature PLEASE, MAKE SURE THE QUESTION BOOKLET CONTAINS ALL THE PARTS AND QUESTIONS BEFORE THE TEST BEGINS PART 1 You are going to read different short texts. For questions 1-5, choose the correct answer (A, B or C) according to the text. Q1. What does the notice say? A) You shouldn’t cross 
B) You should walk carefully C) You shouldn’t run Q2. Read this advertisement. What does it advertise? Wanted – young people to train as shoemakers. Must be able to use a computer. A) a job B) a store C) shoes Q3. Read this instruction for a piece of equipment. What is the equipment? The device must be turned off before removing the SIM card. Remove the back cover and take off the battery. Gently press on the SIM card and carefully slide it out of the slot. A) a camera B) a video player C) a cell phone Q4. Read this extract from a letter. What is the author of the letter informing about? It is raining in Manchester, so I am visiting museums. Here for the day with Ellen, who’s at a college interview right now. We are driving home together tonight. Love, Annette A) Ellen and Annette are spending the day together sightseeing. B) Annette is writing this letter while Ellen attends an interview. C) Ellen is staying overnight in Manchester, but Annette isn’t
B) GRAND PRIX CRASH C) CAR ACCIDENT SCARE
What would your life be like if you were Albert Einstein? What clothes would be in your wardrobe if you were Marilyn Monroe? Or Madonna? Well now you can discover the answer to all these questions and many more at the Fame Hotel in California. Ten miles outside Los Angeles, the Fame Hotel promises to answer the question "What if?". When you check into the hotel, you choose a room. Each room has a name. There's Clint Eastwood on the second floor and Elvis Presley on the third floor. In total, the Fame Hotel has 32 rooms, most of which are named after stars of Hollywood or music. But there are also famous writers (Mark Twain and Agatha Christie) and even some scientists and sports stars, such as Mike Tyson. When you enter the room, you enter the life of that person. There are pictures everywhere. The owner of the hotel has tried to fill the room with objects, clothes, even food that he thinks the stars would have liked. Marilyn Monroe's wardrobe is full of beautiful white dresses; Albert Einstein doesn't have any socks in his wardrobe because the real Einstein never wore them! If you choose Mike Tyson's room, you'll be able to practice boxing in one corner of the room. And there's even a skipping rope too! I spoke to one guest staying in the Elvis Presley room. "I love this hotel," he said to me. "I wanted to know 'What would Elvis Presley eat for breakfast?' and now I know". That guest eats pancakes and strawberry ice cream every morning, just as Elvis liked to do. On the next table, the Einstein room's guest is eating cabbage soup! The company plans to open another Fame Hotel in New York next year and there are plans to expand into Europe too. I look forward to staying in the Winston Churchill suite in London! For questions 6-12, decide if the statement is TRUE, FALSE or NOT GIVEN. If the statement is True, mark A; if the statement is False, mark B; if the statement is Not Given in the text, mark C on your answer sheet.
PART 3 Questions 13-20 are based on the following text. TOKYO Tokyo is Japan’s largest city and its capital. When people talk about Tokyo, they may be referring to Tokyo Metropolis, which has a population of about 12.5 million. This includes the 23 city wards formerly known as Tokyo City (with a population of about 8.5 million), some small islands and the Tama area, which is made up of 26 cities, 3 towns and a village. Tokyo is one of Japan’s 47 local government areas or prefectures, but it is called a metropolis rather than a prefecture because it is the most densely populated part of Japan. Alternatively, they might mean the Tokyo Megalopolis region, which consists of Tokyo Metropolis and three adjacent prefectures. The population of this region is well over 30 million. Tokyo is situated on the largest Japanese island, Honshu. Tokyo was once a small castle town called Edo. At that time, Japan’s capital city, where the Emperor of Japan lived, was Kyoto. In 1868 the emperor moved to Edo, which was renamed Tokyo and became the new capital city. The city grew in size as well as importance, but suffered terrible damage during the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, in which about 142,000 people lost their lives. Later, in 1945, wartime bombing raids destroyed much of the city. On both occasions, however, it rose like a phoenix from the ashes. In 1964, the city displayed itself to the world when it hosted the 1964 summer Olympic Games. Today Tokyo is a modern city with a great many skyscrapers, including the Tokyo Dome Hotel which has 43 floors. It also has a big business centre, Marunouchi, where all the major companies in Japan have their headquarters. This district is a world leader in finance and business, as Japan has cutting-edge electronics industries and a strong economy. You might think that, due to this focus on business, a tourist in Tokyo wouldn’t find much of interest but, as with London, this would be untrue. Visitors should definitely go to the Tokyo National Museum, which specialises in Japanese art, the National Museum of Western Art, the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (which has more than 10,000 films, both Japanese and foreign) and the National Museum of Science, as well as the city’s zoo. All of these can be found in Ueno Park. As Tokyo is the national centre for the performing arts, you also have the chance to take in a show of traditional Japanese drama such as noh or kabuki. If you happen to be in Tokyo on the last Saturday in May, you’ll be able to see the annual fireworks display over the Sumida River. In springtime, you can picnic in the city’s parks and gardens under the blossoming cherry trees. But, if you prefer to ‘shop till you drop’, you can do that in Tokyo’s shopping streets and complexes. Go to Takeshita Dori (Takeshita Street) for trendy clothes for teenagers and, if you want to see teenage culture, go to Harajuku on a Sunday. Teenagers go to this neighbourhood dressed in costumes to look like their favourite anime (animated TV series) character, or ones from manga (comic books). Although Tokyo is very much part of the twenty-first century, you can still enjoy the more relaxed side of Tokyo life and its seemingly eternal beauty by visiting its parks and the gardens of the Imperial Palace, and by watching fascinating colourful traditional performances.
13. The Tama area … A) is located on some small islands. B) consists of 26 cities, 3 towns and a village. C) is a major part of the former Tokyo City. D) was known as Tokyo City before. 14. The Tokyo Megalopolis region is … A) one of Japan’s 47 prefectures. B) an area comprising the former Tokyo city, some islands and Tama. C) what is known as Tokyo Metropolis together with three other prefectures. D) made up of 26 cities, three towns and a village. 15. During the twentieth century, Tokyo … A) suffered two great man-made disasters. B) became the capital city of Japan. C) had to be largely rebuilt twice. D) first allowed visitors to come from all over the world. 16. Marunouchi is … A) the biggest part of Tokyo. B) famous as a business centre. C) made of factories and plants. D) a world leader in electronics industry. 17. People may not believe that Tokyo is good for tourists because it … A) is very polluted. B) is a business centre. C) is a political centre. D) has too many people in it. 18. Many of Tokyo’s museums … A) are in the same area. B) only contain Japanese works of art. C) are concerned with the performing arts. D) are high-rise buildings. 19. A few of the streets in Tokyo are … A) perfect for a picnic. B) famous because teenagers go there hoping to see famous actors and writers. C) full of advertisements for comics and TV series. D) full of people in fancy dress costumes. 20. Which definition is closest to the word ‘blossoming’? A) beautiful B) flowering C) with many leaves, leafy D) producing fruit PART 4 Questions 21-30. Match the following headings (A-L) to the texts (Q21-Q30). Note: There are two extra headings which you do not need to use. Headings: Keeping national identity How are they different American influence True meaning of winter You can’t survive Cold is no problem Entertainment in winter Different ancestry Symbolic leader Immigrants from Europe First Canadians “Native” Canadians today Canada - the biggest country in the New World
Imagine yourself sitting in a café one day in your home town, when on the next table you hear some people speaking English with a strong North American accent. Being a friendly person, you lean over and say, "Hi! Are you American?" "No," comes the immediate answer. "Canadian!"Calling a English-speaking Canadian an American can be as bad as telling a Scotsman that he's English or a Swiss person he's German. In spite of a common language, there are differences in culture and national feeling. "No," many Canadians will tell you with insistence, "We're not Americans! We'reCanadians"
Canadians use metres and kilometres and measure temperatures in Celsius; Americans use feet and miles, and measure temperature in Fahrenheit. The USA has states, Canada has provinces.
Yet about 80% of Canadians live within 150 km. of the U.S. border, and this has had a bad effect on the Canadian economy. Like most European countries, Canada has a national health service, and a good social security system; but good welfare services have to be paid for by high taxes, so the cost of living in Canada is high. Because of this, hundreds of thousands of Canadians often get in their cars and drive over to the USA to go shopping. This is one cause of economic problems in Canada. Over half of Canada's imports come from the United States, and Canada has a trade deficit with the USA.
If there is one thing that unites almost the whole population of Canada, it is the experience of winter. While in most parts of Europe, people never know what the winter weather will be like from one week to the next, Canadians know what winter means. When the last leaves fall off the trees in Autumn, Canadians know that the winter is coming, and that it will be cold; or if it is not cold, it will be very cold! When the Arctic air blows south in the winter months, Canadians know that the temperature will fall to -20° or lower, perhaps down to -40°; but because they know that it is going to happen, Canadians are ready for it! That, as they say, is half the battle of survival!
The easiest way to keep away from the cold of a Canadian winter is to stay indoors as much as possible! This does not mean that you have to stay at home, however! Many people keep their cars in heated basement garages which they can reach without going outside. Cars are often kept warm in winter, with electric heaters which are plugged into power points.
Outside, people make the most of the snow, for leisure and recreation. Skiing, skating and snow-shoeing are popular activities that can be practised in the city's parks; many parks also have areas which are flooded in winter, to provide natural icerinks, which are lit up in the evenings. Everyone tries to enjoy the snow as much as possible!
Canada's official Head of State is Queen Elizabeth, who is also the nominal head of state of 15 other Commonwealth countries. Her function is purely symbolic. Many Canadians would like Canada to have a Canadian head of State; but many others want to keep the monarchy. Opinion is divided, but there is no great opposition to the Queen as head of state, except in Quebec.
The links between Britain and Canada remain very strong, all the same. About 40% of Canadians have ancestors from the British Isles, and about 30% have ancestors from France. In particular, lots of Scottish people emigrated from Britain to Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the British Isles remained the main source of immigration to Canada until the 1980's.
Before Europeans came to North America, Canada was inhabited by native Americans, known today as Indians and the Inuit (or Eskimos). Contrary to popular imagination, Canada's Indians were not all nomadic people, and in eastern Canada, many Indians lived in villages made of wooden huts. Like Europeans, they grew crops and cultivated small fields.
Today, there are about 300,000 officially registered Indians in Canada, and about a million other Canadians who are partly of Indian origin. Indian ceremonies and festivities are an important part of Canadian culture. Across Canada, there are over 2000 Indian reservations, many of them relatively poor. However, some Indian reservations have rich natural resources. In Alberta, Indian groups receive hundreds of millions of dollars each year in royalties for gas and oil extracted from the ground in or under their reservations. Download 86.32 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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