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ass CAMBRIDGE UNIVEESITY PRESS UNIVERSTTY oƒ CAMBRIDGE ESOL Examinatioos IELTS www.tailieutienganh.net — iCD team | up-to-date IELTS materials | 2013 Test SECTION Questions 1-10 Complete the notes below Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer JOB ENQUIRY Example đ Workat: Â Type of work: ¢ Number of hours per week: |2 hours ¢ Would need work permit ¢ Work in the: ¢ Nearest bus stop: next to e Pay:4 £ e Extra benefits: ¢ arestaurant branch an hour — a free dinner — extra pay when you work on — transport home when you work Qualities required: — — ability to ¢ Interview arranged for: Thursday ¢ Bring the names of two referees ¢ Ask for: Samira 10 (vww.tailieutienganh.net - CD team at p.m | Listening SECTION Questions 11-20 Questions 11-16 Complete the notes below Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer SPORTS WORLD * anew 11 of an international sports goods company ¢ located in the shopping centre to the 12 ¢ has sports 13 ¢ can get you any item within 14 ¢ shop specialises in equipment for 15 ¢ has a special section which just sells 16 of Bradcaster and equipment on floors — days tailieutienganh.nej Test Questions 17 and 18 Choose the correct letter, A, B or C 17 Achampion athlete will be in the shop A B C 18 on Saturday morning only all day Saturday for the whole weekend The first person to answer 20 quiz questions correctly will win A B C gym membership avideo acalendar Questions 19 and 20 Choose TWO moQw> Which TWO 12 letters, A—E pieces of information does the speaker give about the fitness test? You need to reserve a place It is free to account holders You get advice on how to improve your health It takes place in a special clinic It is cheaper this month Listening SECTION Questions 21-30 Choose the correct letter, A, B or C Course Feedback 21 One reason why Spiros felt happy about his marketing presentation was that A B C 22 What surprised Hiroko about the other students’ presentations? A B C 23 24 A delighted B C dissatisfied embarrassed How does Spiros feel about his performance in tutorials? not very happy really pleased fairly confident Why can the other students participate so easily in discussions? A B C 26 Their presentations were not interesting They found their presentations stressful They didn’t look at the audience enough After she gave her presentation, Hiroko felt A B C 25 he was not nervous his style was good the presentation was the best in his group They are polite to each other They agree to take turns in speaking They know each other well Why is Hiroko feeling more positive about tutorials now? A She finds the other students’ opinions more interesting B She is making more of a contribution C The tutor includes her in the discussion 27 To help her understand lectures, Hiroko A B C consulted reference materials had extra tutorials with her lecturers borrowed lecture notes from other students 13 Test tailieutienganh.net 28 What does Spiros think of his reading skills? A B C 29 What is Hiroko’s subject area? A B C 30 environmental studies health education engineering ~Hiroko thinks that in the reading classes the students should A _ B C 14 He reads faster than he used to It still takes him a long time to read He tends to struggle with new vocabulary learn more vocabulary read more in their own subject areas develop better reading strategies Listening SECTION Questions 31—40 Complete the notes below Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer Mass Strandings of Whales and Dolphins Mass strandings: situations where groups of whales, dolphins, etc swim onto the beach and die Common in areas where the 31 can change quickly Several other theories: Parasites e.g some parasites can affect marine animals’ 32 , which they depend on for navigation Toxins Poisons from 33 or are commonly consumed by whales e.g Cape Cod (1988) — whales were killed by saxitoxin Accidental Strandings Animals may follow prey ashore, e.g Thurston (1995) Unlikely because the majority of animals were not 34 when they stranded Human Activity 35 from military tests are linked to some recent strandings The Bahamas (2000) stranding was unusual because the whales ° were all 36 * were notina 37 15 Test Group Behaviour ¢ More strandings in the most 38 « 1994 dolphin stranding — only the 39 species of whales was ill Further Reading Marine Mammals Ashore (Connor) — gives information about stranding 40 tailieutienganh.net | up-to-date IELTS materials 16 Reading READING READING PASSAGE You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13, which are based on Reading Passage below 9900906406060 0009000049090909900 6060900909600 0994606906000 9606090600066 16 06006 e6 06606096 66969 á° 999060996960 90090 9060 6000 600 600096006 029090909469996060060990 606609006626 066 e6 696296 ee6eđe°eeese2°e6 6° William Henry Perkin The man who invented synthetic dyes William Henry Perkin was born on March 12, 1838, in London, England As a boy, Perkin’s curiosity prompted early interests in the arts, sciences, photography, and engineering But it was a chance stumbling upon a run-down, yet functional, laboratory in his late © grandfather’s home that solidified the young man’s enthusiasm for chemistry As a student at the City of London School, Perkin became immersed in the study of chemistry His talent and devotion to the subject were perceived by his teacher, Thomas Hall, who encouraged him to attend a series of lectures given by the eminent scientist Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution Those speeches fired the young chemist’s enthusiasm further, and he later went on to attend the Royal College of Chemistry, which he succeeded in entering in 1853, at the age of 15 : At the time of Perkin’s enrolment, the Royal College of Chemistry was headed by the noted German chemist August Wilhelm Hofmann Perkin’s scientific gifts soon caught Hofmann’s attention and, within two years, he became Hofmann’s youngest assistant Not long after that, Perkin made the scientific breakthrough that would bring him both fame and fortune At the time, quinine was the only viable medical treatment for malaria The drug is derived from the bark of the cinchona tree, native to South America, and by 1856 demand for the drug was surpassing the available supply Thus, when Hofmann made some passing comments about the desirability of a synthetic substitute for quinine, it was unsurprising that his star pupil was moved to take up the challenge During his vacation in 1856, Perkin spent his time in the laboratory on the top floor of his family’s house He was attempting to manufacture quinine from aniline, an inexpensive and readily available coal tar waste product Despite his best efforts, however, he did not end up with quinine Instead, he produced a mysterious dark sludge Luckily, Perkin’s scientific training and nature prompted him to investigate the substance further Incorporating potassium dichromate and alcohol into the aniline at various stages of the experimental process, he finally produced a deep purple solution And, proving the truth of the famous scientist Louis Pasteur’s words ‘chance favours only the prepared mind’, Perkin saw the potential of his unexpected find 17 Test Historically, textile dyes were made from such natural sources as plants and animal excretions Some of these, such as the glandular mucus of snails, were difficult to obtain and outrageously expensive Indeed, the purple colour extracted from a snail was once so costly that in society at the time only the rich | could afford it Further, natural dyes tended to be muddy in hue and fade quickly It was against this backdrop that Perkin’s discovery was made Perkin quickly grasped that his purple solution could be used to colour fabric, thus making it the world’s first synthetic dye Realising the importance of this breakthrough, he lost no time in patenting it But perhaps the most fascinating of all Perkin’s reactions to his find was his nearly instant recognition that the new dye had commercial possibilities Perkin originally named his dye Tyrian Purple, but it later became commonly known as mauve (from the French for the plant used to make the colour violet) He asked advice of Scottish dye works owner Robert Pullar, who assured him that manufacturing the dye would be well worth it if the colour remained fast (i.e would not fade) and the cost was relatively low So, over the fierce objections of his mentor Hofmann, he left college to give birth to the modern chemical industry With the help of his father and brother, Perkin set up a factory not far from London Utilising the cheap and plentiful coal tar that was an almost unlimited byproduct of London’s gas street lighting, the dye works began producing the world’s first synthetically dyed material in 1857.The company received a commercial boost from the Empress Eugénie of France, when she decided the new colour flattered her Very soon, mauve was the necessary shade for all the fashionable ladies in that country Not to be outdone, England’s Queen Victoria also appeared in public wearing a mauve gown, thus making it all the rage in England as well The dye was bold and fast, and the public clamoured for more Perkin went back to the drawing board Although Perkin’s fame was achieved and fortune assured by his first discovery, the chemist continued his research Among other dyes he developed and introduced were aniline red (1859) and aniline black (1863) and, in the late 1860s, Perkin’s green It is important to note that Perkin’s synthetic dye discoveries had outcomes far beyond the merely decorative The dyes also became vital to medical research in many ways For instance, they were used to stain previously invisible microbes and bacteria, allowing researchers to identify such bacilli as tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax Artificial dyes continue to play a crucial role today And, in what would have been particularly pleasing to Perkin, their current use is in the search for a vaccine against malaria 18 ... below 99 0 090 6406060 00 090 000 490 9 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