Cambridge Objective Proficiency Answer Keys

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Speaker 2: People often askme to describe in detail how I've
got to be where Iam today, thinking that I've spent years
earning beer money in local clubs,but the truth is,I'm
literally an overnight sensation! Idon't mean that
arrogantly; itwasjust one lucky break, alldown to being in
1 The two idioms are achangefor the better and achange
the right place at the right time. There Iwas,an absolute
ofheart. Ring the changes,the unit title, isalso an idiom.
nobody, hanging around backstage with Arrowhead, when
Note that you can also say achangefor theworse.
their lead guitarist tripped over apile of speakers and
broke his arm, fiveminutes before they were due on stage.
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Theearliest change Ican remember iswhen myfamily I'd been rabbiting on about my brilliant guitar style,so
moved to a new house. Itwas definitely achange forthe naturally, they allturned to me and said 'Kid, help us out
better, as Ihad myown large bedroom and the house had here ...'and Idid. The place was packed and Ican stillfeel
amuch bigger garden. my hands shaking asIpicked out that very first solo.It
The most unexpected change inmylifetook place when I
went OK though, and the rest is ... history.
won asubstantial amount of money inacompetition,
Speaker 3: IwasinMilan visitingfriends,trying to cheer
which allowed meto take abreak from work.
myselfup afteradismal fewmonths - mylong-term
The biggest change inmylifeinvolving people came
about when myfather remarried, and, overnight, the boyfriend and Ihad broken up,plus I'dleftajob without
number ofchildren inour family grew from two to six. another to goto.Mysavingswererunning lowand Iwas
When Ileft home and went to university, Imoved to the planning toleaveafewdayslater.Anyway,myfriends
opposite side ofthe country, which was verydifferent suggestedthat Ishould takealook atVerona beforegoing
from where Ihad grown up.
backhome and told me what time train Icould getfrom
Ifound some old letters the other day,which Ihad kept
Milan.Well,forsome reason, Iended up on aslowtrain
for more than twenty years - but Ihad asudden change
goingsouth, without realisingmymistake - both trains had
of heart and burnt the lot!
leftatthe same time. Ifellasleepinthe compartment and
wokeup inapanic asthetrain wasdrawing in to Bologna!I
2 The underlined parts of the tapescript confirm the had awander round and fellinlovewith the placeand knew
answers. itwaswhere Iwanted tobe.Everythingjust fellinto place- I
found ateaching job,took aroom inabeautiful flatand
Answers settledinbrilliantly.Ilivedthere forsixyearsand Igoback
1 gaining media attention 4 being made redundant regularly.
2 stepping infor someone 5 meeting 'MrRight' Speaker 4: It's funny how you can hit avicious spiral; you're
3 heading the wrong way 6 winning acompetition
chugging along quite happily in your lifeand then, bam,
something comes out of the blue and knocks you sideways
and then, wham, something else.I'm OK now, but I've
Speaker 1: I've had areally fantastic year.It allstarted last
had arocky couple ofyears. My problem was quite simply
November, when Iwas dragged along to aparty bya
that I'd been living beyond my means for agood long
friend. Iwas in aterrible mood, I remember, and nearly
time and some debts finally caught up with me. Even
didn't go.Anyway,Iwaswearing an outfit I'd made myself
then, Ithought I'd be OK;Iarranged to pay them offlittle
- in soft black leather and antique lace,quite an unusual
bylittle from my salary, monthly, you know. But then, the
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factory where Iwas working cut back on its workforce,
hang around
and they 'let me go'.Well,that was it,Iwas in freefall.I
jump at
suppose Ipanicked, Iwasn't thinking straight, you know. cut backon,lookback
SoIjust walked away,got on atrain and left. Ended up in track down
London. Got in with abad crowd, one thing led to chuck in,draw in,get inwith, settle in,stay in
another. Awful.It's amiracle my brother evertracked me payoff
rabbit on
down, but he's got me back and sorted, job, roof over my
pickout
head ... but I'll be paying offthat money for years yet.
break up,catch upwith, cheer up,end up,run up,turn up,
Speaker 5: Itcould be astory in TrueRomance,but itreally
wake up
happened just likethis.Almost twenty years agoto the day,
Iwaswaiting for abus after another mind-numbingly
awful dayatwork, no bus in sight, ofcourse. Iwasin arut,
myjob wasgoing nowhere. Anyway,there Iwas,staring
gloomily atmy reflection in apuddle, feelingutterly sorry Answers
for myself and thinking: isthis reallyallthere isto life? a hung back/ drew back b broke inon/ cut inon
Then Isawtwo things in that puddle, one imperceptibly c was cut off d looked down on
e ranoffwith/hadrunoffwith f hastakenupwith
after the other. The firstwasno surprise, huge splashes of
g draw up h got out of
rain, asthe heavens opened yet again,but then, this
enormous red umbrella, appearing behind my head asifby
magic! Agorgeous gravellyvoiceto my leftsaid did Imind,
itwasbig enough for two and he didn't want my hair to get
wet.Veryfortunately, itwasanother fifteen minutes before
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the bus finallyturned up and hooray, itdidn't stop raining!
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His name wasTerence,though he'sbeen Terry to me ever I
since- and Dad to our three wonderful children.
Speaker 6: Tenniswaskind ofmysecond choice asakid- I 1.2 pages 10-11
suppose Ipreferred team sports likefootball. I'dhad lessons,
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and Ialwayswatched the bigchampionships on TV-
Wimbledon, Roland Garros, the USOpen - but Icertainly
wasn't competing myself.Then one Easter,there wasa
talent-spotting weekatthe localcollegeand, having nothing
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better to do,Iwent along with afriend. Wewere 13- or
Ithink the funniest cartoon isthe one about the oilslick,
maybe 14.Itwasquite intensive,there werelotsofpractice
because the slickisinthe shape ofa person who is
sessionsfirstand then aseriesofmatches atthe end ofthe
making a rude gesture.
week.Icame top in my agegroup out offorty-six players- I
couldn't quite believeitwhen they presented me with the
cup!With that, Iearned myplacein acoaching squad and Allfour cartoons use aperfect tense: ayou'd been (past
I'venever looked back since!Imake agood livingfrom perfect); b you've beenat sea(present perfect); cyou've
tennis and Iwouldn't haveitanyother way,though Istilltry come to(present perfect); d your husband's engaged
to find time to playfootball with mymates, when Ican. (present perfect).
4 Becarefulwith word order when using phrasal verbs.The A quack (c) isaperson who pretends to be adoctor but
verb and particle cannot be separated: has no actual qualifications. This word isused to show
• when it isathree-part phrasal verb disapproval of someone.
I caught up with Jackfurther down the road.
2 Refer to the Grammar folder on pages 180-188 ifyou
• ifthe phrasal verb isused intransitively (without
are unsure of apoint covered in any unit. Even at
an object)
Proficiency level,you need to spend time studying
All my hard workpaid off.
grammar and you should check your written work for
• when the particle isapreposition
grammatical accuracy. Here isachecklist of things to
Sallyjumped at the chance ofvisiting Rome.
watch out for:
• subject-verb agreement 6 The text isadiary entry. It isin fact the concluding
• choice of modal verb entry from the successful book Adrian Mole: The
• tense in conditional structures Cappuccino Years,written by SueTownsend .
• choice of past/presentlfuture tense
• choice of preposition Oackground information
punctuation in relative clauses
• structure with reporting verbs, e.g. insist on doing, SueTownsend'sfirst bookabout Adrian Mole wasThitse
urge someone to. DiaryofAdrian Mole aged 13*, published in1982.SheVlia?
ofBritain's best-selling authors during the 1980sandh,,!s
3 These sentenceswerewritten bypast Proficiency candidates continued towrite both novels andplaysever since.T.
and show typical errors with perfect tenses atthislevel. Cappuccino Yearsisahilarious view ofTony Blai(s
Britain,seenthrough the eyesofAdrian Mole,now
parent oftwo boys,William andGlenn.
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a went to b hasbeen used c had never seen
d were measured e I've been practising,
(I've been) trying / I've tried f you have bought
g they had got married h people care
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Perfect tenses
Eleanor's burned: present perfect for recent action
hadjoined: past perfect for action further back intime
had been extinguished; had been arrested; she'd been
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refused: past perfect (passive); asabove
a has gone =heisstill there
should never have been let out: modal +perfect passive to
went =he isno longer there
express regret about something inthe past
b has been suffering = ongoing situation, i.e.
have often wondered: present perfect for repeated action
unemployment isstill high
that continues
was suffering = continuous situation at unspecified
will have embellished; (will have) given: future perfect for
time inthe past
action completed byadefinite time (bytomorrow)
c were given = one specific instance inthe past
have been given =task isongoing Phrasal verbs
d have been dealing =continuous action that isnot yet burn down let out came out of turned out
completed tie (you) down grow up stand up
have dealt =action completed, i.e.problem successfully
handled
e Nodifference in meaning
f I've thought =focus ison the result, implies that a
decision hasbeen taken
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I've been thinking =focus ison the activity, implies that
• Thewriter, Adrian Mole, isafather of two; all his
person isstill thinking
possessions have been lost inthe fire.
g could have done =past speculation
• Eleanor Flood set fire to Adrian's house; shewas
will have done =future forecast, e.g.'I'm writing up our
probably Adrian's former girlfriend and did it asaform
annual report - isthere anything elsewe will have
of revenge.
done (bythe end of the year)?'
• William isAdrian's son;he usedto keep insects.
h Nodifference in meaning, though the future perfect
• Glenn is13and also Adrian's son; hewore trainers;
continuous tense ismore common, as'living here' is
he had started to keepadiary.
continuous and ongoing.
• Andrew isasmall furry animal, apet of some kind.
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a I've been learning English for ten years.
Iwould feel relieved that myfamily was safe,but angry
b I've never done acourse in deep-sea diving, though I
about losing my possessions. Idon't entirely agree with
would really liketo.
Adrian's father, assomewhere to live and possessions
c One particular street inthe centre hasbeen closed to
give you security in life.
private cars,which hasmade traffic in other parts of
the town much worse.
d Including Proficiency, which I'll passfirst time, I'll have
taken five English exams.
e Imay have moved to another city for work.
194 RING THE CHANGES
4 Underlining important information is avital first step
in planning a summary, as it shows which ideas must be
1 The pictures show:
included.
• the same maple tree in spring and winter
• two bars of Cadbury's chocolate - one from 1905,
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showing a dairy churn, and a modern version, C
showing a glass and a half of milk (the amount that Rather than burgers and fries being a product of the social
goes into each 200g bar) changes seen over the last fiftyyears inAmerica, the author
• someone using a mobile phone in Shanghai and a row suggests that fast food brands were to a large extent
responsible for these changes, as they profoundly affected
of traditional red telephone boxes (which have now
both lifestyle and diet.
been phased out in Britain).
D
Oackground information Tiny holes found in human teeth estimated to be over 8000
years old are now believed to be the earliest evidence of
n;rCadbury's DairyMilkslogan 'a glass and a half offull dentistry, for when these holes were examined with an
c;t~~mmilk' has remained unchanged since its launch in1928, electron microscope, researchers found their sides were too
dciiiito its phenomenal success inselling this chocolate - the 12erfectlyrounded to be caused by bacteria and have
D<li,r,yMilk'megabrand' has sales of£230 million ayear. therefore proposed that they were drilled by prehistoric
dentists.
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1 The sentence summarises the general idea that people
Suggested answers pick up on things through facial features, but it omits
The maple tree shows environmental- or seasonal - any reference to health and social status, which means
change. You might also describe it as a physical change, it is less clear than the original text.
inthat the tree loses its leaves in winter. 2 The word judge could be replaced with assessor
evaluate.
The brand updating of the chocolate bar isan example of
3 The underlined words intext Bthat could be replaced
commercial change.
are: produced (developed, concocted, made); chance
The change from using telephone boxes to using mobile (accident); revolutionised (changed, updated,
phones shows both social and technological change. modernised); innovations (new techniques/inventions);
significantly (notably, importantly). Aword like mauve
Anexample of political change would be a change of
or aspirincannot be paraphrased, as it issomething
party in power.
very specific.
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commerce - ial (drop the 'e' and add 'ial')
c isthe best choice, as it captures all the important
technology - ical (drop the 'y' and add 'ical')
information, uses new words not inthe text where
Examples of jul and -less:hopeful/hopeless; thankful/ possible, iswritten in a suitably neutral register and is
thankless concise (13 words).
create/desire - 'e' isdropped and suffix added Comments on the other sentences:
vary- 'y'isdropped and '-iable' added OR'y'changes to 'i' a Omits reference to Perkin and does not highlight the
and suffix added fact that aspirin was the most significant innovation.
b Unduly informal, with use of phrasal verbs; quite
wordy.
d Unnecessary reformulation of mauve leads to lack of
clarity and wordiness; other words are lifted from the
text, e.g. revolutionary, innovation; too long a sentence.
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e Wrong focus of information (aspirin); incomplete.
a predictable b alternative c hopeful
f Good attempt at reformulating, but lacks precision due
d philosophical e experimental f speechless
to omission of mauve; register slightly too informal-
g noticeable h flawless
better ifsentence started 'Commercially' rather than
Adjectives from the remaining words: admirable, 'Com merci aIly-spea king'.
identifiable, massive, successful,understandable
RIN G THE CH A N G ES 195
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CAccording to the author, fast food hascaused social
change recently, byinfluencing how Americans live and 1 The photos are of the TajMahal at dawn and the
changing their diet. (20words)
Empire State Building taken from street level.
o
Researchhasuncovered evidence of prehistoric
dentistry, asminute, round holes in 8000-year-old Possible answer
teeth cannot have been caused by bacteria. (20words) They are both landmarks. Iwould liketo goto the Taj
Mahal because it issoevocative of apast eraof romance
and elegance. However, Iwould expect to be
disappointed asit isquite near an industrial area and it is
suffering from pollution.
Paper 3 Part 1
Open doze page 14 '1>Oackground information
1 The first photo isof two people watching the 1968 I TajMahal .
student riots in Paris. It was taken by Henri Cartier- ~,Builtin AgrainUttar Pradesh,Indiabetween 1632
:.amausoleum for Mumtaz Mahal,the favourite
Bresson. The second photo isof Henri Cartier-Bresson. !
Jahan.lt isbuilt ofwhite marble andinlaid with
··stones'and mosaicwork.
;;;
:hEn1pjreSt~te Building
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1 could/should 2 beneath/beyond 3 wherever i~HOai1d1931.Itis449 metreshigh,including a
TVrhasla"'cldedin1951.Itwasthe tallest bUilding
4 which 5 must 6 chord 7 itself 8 but 9 So
untif19S;3!: •
10 less 11nothing 12 take 13 at/during 14 Despite
;":s .."""
15 rate
Raper 3 Part 2
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Word formation doze page 15
Yes,they were impressed. Thefollowing parts of the text
tell you the answers.
2 The first photo isof ayoung woman with tattoos and
A- Theytold me that the TajMahal isbeautiful, and they
piercings. The second isof ayoung boy with traditional were right.
designs painted on his body and face. B- it'sawork of art
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1 antiquity 2 dominant 3 customising/izing
4 kingdom 5 kinship 6 extraordinary 7 practical
8 significance 9 Arguably 10 infinitely Answers
1B2A3C4D
1 Biscorrect because the writer saysthat they told him
Remember that in the examination you are required to fill
it was white and they were wrong. Therefore hewas
in your answer sheet in CAPITAL LETTERS.
misinformed. It can't beA because hesaysit was inthe
spirit of the betrayal of expectation that hewent there.
It can't beCbecause when it isat its best isn't
mentioned. 0 iswrong because the writer agrees that
the TajMahal isbeautiful.
2 A iscorrect because hewrites in apoetic way about the
building, singing its praises.Biswrong because he
makes nocriticism of it. Cand 0arewrong because
there isnothing ironic or sentimental about the
writing. Lookthese words up in an English-English
dictionary ifyou aren't sure of their meanings.
196 EXAM FOLDER 1
5 To me 'eco-tourism' and 'green holidays' mean: bicycles
3 C iscorrect because he says that most people who are
rather than car parks; recyclable/local materials; no
from our planet will have seen something about the
commercialisation; no high-rise hotels, etc.
city.Aiswrong because there is no mention of it being
a good thing. Biswrong because, although the police
The exercise looks at noun endings. Make alist of as
are mentioned, there is nothing about the city being
many noun endings as you can. You should end up with
dangerous or otherwise. 0 iswrong because there is no
mention of finding out about the city in advance. a list similar to this one.
4 0 iscorrect because the streets arejammed, that isfull,
-tion -dom -ery
of the little winking toyyellow cabs.Aiswrong because
-ence -or -ess
there is no mention of a public transport system, i.e.
buses or subway. Biswrong because the only mention -ance -er -hood
of streets isthat they arejammed not narrow. C is -ness -ory -ist
wrong becau'se the drivers are just moving from one -ity -th -ian
lane to another, there is no criticism of their driving. -ship -ment
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4 Use an English-English dictionary if there are words 1 appearance 2 awareness 3 realisation 4
you do not know. operators
5 presence 6 categories 7 wilderness 8 growth
Answers 9 movements 10 choice 11 regulation(s)
a for luck, i.e.hoping itwould be as good as people said 12 definition
b They are words connected with crime.
c It's worth seeing.
d He talks about it being so fast that people 'have no
time to get embarrassed with each other's company'.
e to bring the colour to life / make it more exact 1 Refer to the Grammar folder on pages 180-181 if you
are unsure about which tense is used to express a
particular aspect.
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A simile is a figurative device in language where something
a Totalk about arranged plans for this evening; things
is referred to explicitly to make writing more descriptive or you have already organised or booked, e.g. a cinema or
interesting. There are many in English which are fixed theatre visit or friends for dinner.
expressions. However, writers often make their own similes b Totalk about plans which are not organised and maybe
are just ideas or spur of the moment plans. These could
up to suit their own purposes.
include plans which might change depending on
circumstances, e.g. Ifit rains, I'llwatch TVinstead of
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playing tennis.
Eyesas green as emeralds / blue as the sea / like deep
c Totalk about your intentions this evening; something
pools
which you are thinking of doing but haven't quite got
Hair as soft as silk / golden as the sun / black as night /
around to booking/planning in detail.
like spun gold
d Usually used to talk about a specific time inthe future,
Rain like bullets / as cold as the Arctic e.g. What will you be doing at 8.00 this evening? I'llbe
Snow as crisp as an apple / likefluffy clouds washing my hair.
e Totalk about what will have happened by a certain
Ahot day -like being in an oven
time inthe future. Youare looking into the future and
Acold day -like the inside of afridge
saying 'this will have happened', e.g. Iwill have finished
all my homework by10tonight.
f Totalk about plans which have been abandoned for
Some fixed expressions using similes are not always very one reason or another, e.g. Iwas going to play tennis
logical. Compare what is said in English with what is said in tonight, but now Ihave to stay into babysit my little
your language. sister.
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a like water off a duck's back b as clean as a whistle
c as deaf as a post d like chalk and cheese
e like a bat out of hell f as warm as toast
g as white as a sheet h like a sieve
I'm about to get married.
Scientists are on the brink/verge of a scientific
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breakthrough.
a isgoing to cut b will be e leaves d he's going to
get e I'llgo f I'm not going g will you be doing
h will have landed i is not allowing j will do
6 These are paraphrases of the prepositional phrases not
k will have been painting I will have finished
explained in the exercise above.
m he'll be n will you do 0 is p am having
q am going to be r arrive s will be arriving t Shall I on the grounds (that) - because
in keeping with - appropriate for
in lieu of - instead of
in the region of - about
in vain - without success
Possible answers on edge - nervous
a I'llbe a doctor in 10years' time. / I'm going to be a on the fringe of - on the outside/edge of
doctor in 10years' time. Note that you can't say I'll be
being adoctor in years' time.
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b It's going to rain.
a on the grounds b in lieu of e on edge
e Itwill rain next week.
d in keeping with e on the brink of f on the fringe of
d I'm having salmon and salad for dinner tonight.
g inth\ region of h invain
e My government will have found a solution to pollution
bythe year 2030.
f I'm going to clean my car tomorrow. 7 You should learn the construction have no+noun as it
g The flight to Athens leaves at 6.00 on Fridays. is often used and frequently appears on the Use of
English paper.
4 Tobebound toexpresses a strong feeling of certainty. It Answers
is often tested at Proficiency level. a She seems to have no difficulty (in) learning foreign
languages.
Possible answers b Ihave no objection to you/your coming camping with
a My life is bound to change as a result of us.
computerisation. Iimagine that Iwill be able to e Ihave no intention of inviting John to the party.
program everything that happens in my house - the d Sylvia has no interest in package holidays.
temperature of my bath water, the feeding of the cat, e Ihave no regrets about staying at home this summer.
when to close the curtains, when the automatic f Some airlines have no hesitation in/about double
hoovering will take place. booking their seats.
b Iam unlikely to have become a millionaire bythe g My mother has no recollection/memory of what she
middle of the century, but Ihope Iwill be reasonably did as a child.
comfortable. Iwill certainly have been to university and h You have no alternative/choice but to come with me
trained to become a doctor. Iam also likely to have now.
married and had three children.
e Youcan expect to have to work quite hard inthis
office. The boss is bound to be rude until he gets to
know you. Youwill certainly get rewarded for hard
work and you are likely to get a pay rise every year. 1 The illustrations are of:
• the Freedom Ship, the subject of one of the listening
extracts
• Thomas More, who wrote abook about Utopia
• Mars, also called the Red planet
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Lackof rain will leave the Sudan on the verge/brink of a The subject of the listening extracts is an ideal state.
disaster.
Try to work out what the words in italics mean from the
I'm about to go to bed.
context they are in. The words are all in the first extract
Some animals are on the verge/brink of extinction.
The country ison the brink of revolution. you will hear and it is helpful to have some idea of their
The arguments brought her to the brink of leaving home. meaning before listening.
She was on the verge of leaving home when she received
the news.
Iam about to leave home to get the bus.
198 EX PECTATI 0 N
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have been sold, with sales averaging £4.7 million pounds
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aweek. USbusinessmen and engineers behind the project
a come upwith, invent b appeal c idea
are so confident that they're already planning three more
d hostility/stress/pressure e entirely/completely
f from the beginning g tormented/harassed Freedom Ships. According to the project's marketing
manager it'll be 'a new lifestyle for this new millennium'
and promotional literature of the project paints a
2 Playthe recording twice ifnecessary. The underlined magnificent picture of aluxurious tax haven. This is,of
parts of the tapescript confirm the answers. course, bound to be the most appealing part of the
venture. There'll be shops, parks, concert halls, schools,
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a Hewrote a book on Utopia in1516- first use ofthe
free shopping mall will generate significant revenue. The
word.
builders confidently believe that the ship issobig - six
b Platowrote The Republic,which talks about an ideal
times larger than any other vessel ever built - that a40-
state.
c too many pressures from outside influences metre wave will hardly affect it.
The ship's captain will be in aposition to enforce the laws
of whichever country's flagthe owners decide to sailher
under. Although states such asPanama have traditionally
The desire for an ideal state, autopia, issomething that has provided so called flags of convenience, the management
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surfaced again and again throughout our history. The word are considering two European Union nations as
itself,'utopia', was coined by the English philosopher Sir possibilities.
Thomas More in awork in 1516,from the Greek meaning
The ship's private security force of 2,000 will be led by a
'no place'. However, many consider the concept to have
former FBIagent, in an attempt to make residents toe the
been in existence long before More. Plato, in his work The
line. They can expect to be kept busy, according to
Republic, invites philosophers to establish an ideal state,
sociologists, maritime security experts, criminologists
whereas Thomas More merely describes an imaginary
and intelligence experts. The ship will have allthe
society without the inequalities of money and status which
problems of any small city,including crime, outbreaks of
characterised his own time.
disorder, juvenile delinquency and neighbourhood
evertheless, the allure of an ideal society issuch that disputes. Residents will be cosmopolitan, and that may
various communities based on utopian ideals have been not help social cohesion. Experts saythat when you create
founded, but few of them have been able to withstand the an artificial environment involving people with very
tension between their own ideal principles and the different ethical, cultural, political and legal customs and
pressures from the unreformed outer world. The problem values, the potential for tension isvery great. It could well
of how to found aradically new society from scratch, with turn out to be more of adystopia, than aUtopia.
people who have grown up in existing societies, has been a
Others, however, are more sanguine about the Freedom
major problem that has plagued allattempts to establish
Ship's prospects.
utopias.
4 Play the recording once, or twice ifnecessary. The
3 Play the recording through once or twice. The
underlined parts of the tapescript confirm the answers.
underlined parts of the tapescript confirm the answers.
Oackground inform
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a 20,000 b tax haven c shopping mall
d (40-metre) wave e cosmopolitan, i.e.from different Mars
countries ;The fourth planet fromthe Sun,with
'Earth. Twosmallnatural satellites,PhQ
eoldplanetwith athin,95%carbondi
r
violentduststorms and
Reporter: Construction isabout to start on anew ship,
called the Freedom Ship, which has been billed as a
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maritime Utopia sailing the seven seas. Over 15,000 a 100degrees C below zero
labourers will be working 24hours aday to get the ship b dusty, can't breathe itat the moment
built on time. Already more than fifty of the 20,000 c an open frontier - the ability to write your own rules
residential units, which cost from £80,000 to £5 million and liveasyou wish
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Meat and two veg isstillthe standard
Englishmeal insome parts ofthe country.
Another searcher after Utopia has been one Dr Zubrin. He
d heir The airiswonderfully clear inMajorca. '
has no doubts that humans are on the brink of inhabiting
e aisle Ihave never visited the IsleofSkyein
Mars. In his book, Entering Space:Creating aSpacefaring
Scotland.
Civilisation, he describes how Mars will be made habitable.
Some people put their principles before
Atpresent, the temperature can reach more than 100 common sense.
degrees Cbelow zero, humans cannot breathe unaided The new band that played last night were
because of the dust and the habitat isbarren. 'Wewould reaIlygreat.
need to turn Mars into aviable arena for the development Wetook what looked likethe main road
through the town, but stillgot lost.
of life.This would involve terraforming; Dr Zubrin
Thisplace isgreat for real Spanish tapas.
explains in his bo<?k.Terraforming isthe process where
fluorocarbons are injected into the atmosphere to set off
the greenhouse effect.Asthe planet thaws, carbon dioxide
isreleased from the melting snowcaps and soil and would
thicken the atmosphere. Add some trees and plants to Explain that parts of the body - nouns - are often used in
convert the carbon dioxide into oxygen, and before long English asverbs with an idiomatic meaning. Ask students
humans could be breathing comfortably on agreen planet. to match the verbs on the left with the words or phrases on
AsDr Zubrin says,'Mars isan entire world. It has allthe the right. Make sure they use an English-English dictionary
resources needed to support life and civilisation - and some to help th~m.
day there will be civilisation on Mars. Mars isan open
frontier, asthe rules haven't been written yet. The most Answers
profound freedom that people can have isthe freedom to 1j to shoulder responsibility
make their own world.' 2 d to foot the bill
3i to thumb a lift
4 k to elbow your way in
5I to table aquestion
6 h to corner athief
7c to tiptoe into a room
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a Iplan to goto university and train to be an 9 e to coat with paint
archaeologist. 10 a to cash inon an idea
b Iwould want someone who enjoys lifebut isrealistic 11b to ship goods
about the need for money and iswilling to work hard. 12 g to house asylum seekers
Alsosomeone who has things incommon with me. I
likemusic and travelling. 1 to thumb a lift 2 shipped the goods 3 foot the bill
4 shoulder (the) responsibility 5 tiptoed into the room
c Personally,Iam a bitcynical about these sorts of
6 elbowed herway into
places. Ibelieve that ifeveryone made their own rules
itwould bechaos.
d Mypriority would besecurity,followed bycreature
comforts such asfood,warmth, water, etc.
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e Forthe most part Ibelieve people willeventually
colonise Mars because there willsoon betoo much
pressure on Earth from population and industry. I'min Paper 2 Part 1
two minds asto whether Iwould want to gothere. On
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balance Ithink probably not, as it's along way and I
could bedoing more interesting things on Earth.
In Paper 2Writing, you must write in aregister that is
suitable for the task set. Most Proficiency questions will
demand formal or neutral register and it isvital to produce
Pronunciation
this consistently, asinappropriately informal language
6 would have anegative effect on the reader (examiner).
1 The pictures show apart of the Elgin Marbles,
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originally on the east section of the Parthenon in
a way How much doyou weigh, nowyou've been
Athens, and the head of an 11th century Cambodian
onyour diet?
b pairs Ilovepears, but Ican't stand apples. statue.
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It iscommon for aPart 1task to include ashort text, 6 In the exam, it will not matter ifyou go alittle beyond
which isusually there to stimulate ideas on the topic. the word limit - it ismuch more important to bring a
Read the text carefully and underline key words and piece of writing to asuitable end.
phrases. Try to rewor"dthese in your own answer where
possible. Sample paragraph
Ancient works of art need to beon view to everyone.
2 The main views expressed are that ancient statues
Evenmore importantly, they are part of anation's
exhibited in museums around the world should be heritage. Theworld's citizens must find away to keep
returned to their former sites and that the current historical sites intact for future generations.
practice of stripping sites of art treasures for
Yoursfaithfully
commercial gain should be stopped, asit ruins the sites
and prevents,nations from appreciating their own
heritage.
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The article raisesthe issueof ownership of ancient works
of art. Dear Siror Madam
Itgives the example of the Elgin Marbles, taken from the
Ihavejust read Henry Reid-Streebling's letter onfamily
Parthenon and brought to England by LordElgin inthe
values, inthe readers' letters section of your June edition.
nineteenth century.
AsIam part of the younger generation referred to byMr
Itargues that the Elgin Marbles belong in Greece.
Reid-Streebling, Iwould like to take issuewith some of
According to the writer, this vandalism continues.
hiscriticism, which Ifeel isunfair and shows teenagers in
Some strong language isused,such as'theft' and 'cultural
abad light.
barbarism'.
Inthe first place,Icanvouch for the fact that my
classmates and Iare not 'lazy'.We haveto spend alot of
time studying, not just completing our homework but
also reading round the subjects and practising our
languages. Ifwe were to do nothing, we would fail our
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exams!
Para1 Givethe reason for writing this letter
Para2 Endorse the condemnation of art theft Secondly,in my experience, many students have part-
Para3 Consider the position of the purchasers time jobs atthe weekends or inthe evenings. They do
Para4 Evaluate the action that could betaken this work inorder to befinancially independent of their
parents, soquite obviously, they do not 'take everything
for granted', asthe writer maintains. With respect, Mr
Reid-Streebling's letter may saymore about the problems
within hisown family than about trends among today's
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Para1 very much (really); liaise over (chat about)
Speaking personally, Ido not view my parents asservants
Para2 extremely (dead); steal (nick); damaged beyond
and Ialways try to beahelpful member of the family,
repair (completely trashed)
looking after myyounger brothers and sister and
Para3 someone else (another guy)
assisting with the usual chores. Of course,teenagers have
Para4 unite (band together); rich (rolling in money)
different attitudes and personalities just like adults do,so
it isnot surprising that some are lazier than others. Inthe
writer's case,perhaps some 're-training' of his
5 Useavariety oflinkers in your writing and begin your
grandchildren isnecessary- they might well listen to him
sentences in different ways.This willimpress an examiner. rather than their parents.
Fromwhat my own mother and father havetold me,I
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recognise that their childhood was very different from
Para1 to add my similarly strong views
mine. However, Ithink they would agree with methat it
At the same time, Ido not wish
was not necessarily more difficult. There isalot of
Para2 What isextremely serious, in my view,
pressure on our generation to succeed, in aworld which
Thus,these irreplaceable works of art
isfar more competitive than it was 40years ago.Iam
Para3 However, where does this leavethe art dealers?
lucky to havethe support and encouragement of my
It istherefore avicious circle.
parents and will appreciate them even more, having read
Para4 Naturally, Iendorse this view
Mr Reid-Streebling's letter.
nevertheless, Idoubt whether
Indeed, it would probably Yoursfaithfully
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