Part-1 

  



 Questions 1-10

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Employment Agency: Possible Jobs

First Job

Administrative assistant in a company that produces 1  (North London)

Responsibilities

  • data entry
  • go to 2  and take notes
  • general admin
  • management of 3 

Requirements

  • good computer skills including spreadsheets
  • good interpersonal skills
  • attention to 4 

Experience

  • need a minimum of 5  of experience of teleconferencing

Second Job

Warehouse assistant in South London

Responsibilities

  • stock management
  • managing 6 

Requirements

  • ability to work with numbers
  • good computer skills
  • very organised and 7 
  • good communication skills
  • used to working in a 8 
  • able to cope with items that are 9 

Need experience of

  • driving in London
  • warehouse work
  • 10  service

 

Part-2

 

Questions 11-16

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Choose the correct letter, AB or C.

Street Play Scheme

11 When did the Street Play Scheme first take place?

Atwo years ago

Bthree years ago

Csix years ago

 

12 How often is Beechwood Road closed to traffic now?

Aonce a week

Bon Saturdays and Sundays

Conce a month

 

13 Who is responsible for closing the road?

Aa council official

Bthe police

Clocal wardens

 

14 Residents who want to use their cars

Ahave to park in another street.

Bmust drive very slowly

Cneed permission from a warden.

 

15 Alice says that Street Play Schemes are most needed in

Awealthy areas

Bquiet suburban areas.

Careas with heavy traffic.

 

16 What has been the reaction of residents who are not parents?

AMany of them were unhappy at first.

BThey like seeing children play in the street.

CThey are surprised by the lack of noise.

 

Questions 17-18

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Choose TWO letters, A-E.

17 18 Which TWO benefits for children does Alice think are the most important?

Aincreased physical activity

Bincreased sense of independence

Copportunity to learn new games

Dopportunity to be part of a community

Eopportunity to make new friends

 

Questions 19-20

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Choose TWO letters, A-E.

19 20 Which TWO results of the King Street experiment surprised Alice?

Amore shoppers

Bimproved safety

Cless air pollution

Dmore relaxed atmosphere

Eless noise pollution

 

 

Part-3

 

Questions 21-26

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

What Hazel should analyse about items in newspapers:

  • what 21  the item is on
  • the 22  of the item, including the headline
  • any 23  accompanying the item
  • the 24  of the item, e.g. what’s made prominent
  • the writer’s main 25 
  • the 26  the writer may make about the reader

Questions 27-30

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What does Hazel decide to do about each of the following types of articles?

Write the correct letter, AB or C, next to Questions

A     She will definitely look for a suitable article.

    She may look for a suitable article.

C     She definitely won’t look for an article.

Types of articles

27 national news item         

28 editorial          

29 human interest 

30 arts            

 

Part-4

 

Questions 31-40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Early history of keeping clean

Prehistoric times:

  • water was used to wash off 31 

Ancient Babylon

  • soap-like material found in 32  cylinders

Ancient Greece:

  • people cleaned themselves with sand and other substances
  • used a strigil – scraper made of 33 
  • washed clothes in streams

Ancient Germany and Gaul:

  • used soap to colour their 34 

Ancient Rome:

  • animal fat, ashes and clay mixed through action of rain, used for washing clothes
  • from about 312 BC, water carried to Roman 35  by aqueducts

Europe in Middle Ages:

  • decline in bathing contributed to occurrence of 36 
  • 37  began to be added to soap

Europe from 17th century:

  • 1600s: cleanliness and bathing started becoming usual
  • 1791: Leblanc invented a way of making soda ash from 38 
  • early 1800s: Chevreul turned soapmaking into a 39 
  • from 1800s, there was no longer a 40  on soap.