Focus5 2E End of Year Test Listening UoE Reading GroupB
Focus5 2E End of Year Test Listening UoE Reading GroupB
Focus5 2E End of Year Test Listening UoE Reading GroupB
DD Listening 2 [Track 15] You will hear three different extracts. For
questions 1–6, choose the answer A, B or C which fits
1 [Track 14] You will hear five shorts extracts in which best according to what you hear. There are two
people talk about jobs involving travel. questions for each extract.
You hear two colleagues talking about a recent sports
For questions 1–5, select from the list A–H the reason news event.
for choosing their job. There is one correct option for
each speaker. 1 Which of the following reflects the woman’s thoughts
on the incident?
1 Speaker 1 A The sports star’s previous prizes shouldn’t be
2 Speaker 2 retained.
3 Speaker 3 B The sports star shouldn’t be held fully
responsible for her actions.
4 Speaker 4
C The sports star shouldn’t have been competing if
5 Speaker 5 she was sick.
2 What do the man and the woman disagree on?
A There is some competition in finding work. A The sports star was brave to confront the press.
B It’s hard to advance in this particular field of work. B All professional sports stars should compete
C They often have to deal with people who are under the same conditions.
dissatisfied. C The sports star shouldn’t have needed to make
D They seldom get the opportunity to sightsee. a public apology.
E A good background knowledge is a necessity.
You hear a woman telling her friend about a visit
F You must have previous experience to get a job.
to China.
G It’s only possible to succeed if you have contacts.
H You need to count on a certain amount of luck. 3 What does the woman say about restaurants in
China?
For questions 6–10, select from the list A–H what they
A The best restaurants are normally very popular.
say about their future. There is one correct option for
B One needs to use a special greeting when
each speaker.
eating out in restaurants.
1 Speaker 1 C People behave in ways very different than in the
west.
2 Speaker 2
3 Speaker 3 4 When it comes to eating etiquette, the traveller tells
us that
4 Speaker 4
A it’s important to make polite conversation.
5 Speaker 5 B food shouldn’t be eaten too quickly.
C one must sample some of the staple foods.
VV Use of English Finally, seek out cashback offers everywhere you shop.
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Companies have a good ___________ record of
3 Write the appropriate forms of the words in rewarding loyal customers and once you’ve found a cheap
brackets to complete the text. place to pick up your groceries, you’ll be able to notch
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___________ some loyalty points and capitalise on future
A WHOLE VILLAGE ON THE MOVE purchases.
The tiny Alaskan village of Shishmaref has taken a vote /8
on whether or not to relocate due to the far-reaching
effects of climate change. With residents voting 89-78 in 5 Complete the second sentence so that it is as similar
favour of the move, they are set to become the first in meaning as possible to the first sentence. Use
population displaced by rising sea levels in US history. between three and six words including the words in
1
The local _______________ (establish) remain CAPITALS. Don’t change the given word.
undecided when it comes to the new location. 1 Sergio advised me not to repair my faulty camera
2
Rising temperatures have seen a _______________ myself but return it to the shop. SUGGESTED
(remorse) reduction in sea ice. Furthermore, the Sergio _______________________________ my
permafrost upon which the settlement is built is melting, faulty camera to the shop instead of repairing it
3 myself.
leaving many locals looking on with _______________
(humble) as the shore continues to recede at the striking 2 The crowd gave us their complete and undivided
rate of 3.3 metres per year. A total of thirteen houses have attention the moment we started playing. THAN
been relocated over the last 15 years and the Inuits are No _______________________________ the crowd
4 gave us their complete and undivided attention.
set to suffer further _______________ (hard) as a result
5 3 You could have warned me you were unwilling to
of continued and _______________ (defy) coastal
erosion. devote enough time to this project. WISH
I _______________________________ were
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns unwilling to devote enough time to this project.
that another 31 coastal villages face the threat of flooding 4 Experts believe that Neanderthals wore jewellery
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due to _______________ (manage) of the environment. made from eagle claws. THOUGHT
Twelve are reportedly already looking into relocating but Neanderthals _______________________________
with funds tight, many communities will need an jewellery made from eagle claws.
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_______________ (break) iron will to help them deal
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with even more _______________ (substance) land loss /8
over the coming years.
/8
7 Read four extracts from texts which offer advice for In which extract does the writer
people wanting to write biographical texts. For
questions 1–4, choose from the extracts A–D. The 1 share the view with the author of text D that expressing
extracts may be chosen more than once. sentiments through a biography can be a kind of healing
process for the author?
2 have a different view from the others in their belief that
TO WRITE OR NOT TO WRITE AN (AUTO)BIOGRAPHY? even petty events can form the content of biographical
texts?
A A good biographical book never starts at the 3 touch upon, like in text D, the possible role of an
beginning. In order to engage a reader early on, start with intermediary in the writing process?
some major heart-stopping event which sums up the current 4 consider, like the author of text B, the potential impact of
existence of your subject. Expose readers early on to a their work on the audience?
glimpse into the very heart and vulnerability of the person /8
being written about: make them want to read more and find
out what really makes this person tick and what dreams they Total /60
harbour. Anything else will risk losing readers before even
beginning to unravel the life of the book’s hero or heroine. It’s
also best to avoid starting at the very end too – the classic
movie Citizen Kane pulled this off so magnificently that
anything along the same lines now just reeks of cliché and
may well leave you and your readers with a feeling of
nausea.
B Abraham Lincoln said: ‘In the end, it’s not the years
in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.’ If you’re one
of those people that have always wanted to write an
autobiography but think that you haven’t lived long enough to
have anything worth sharing – think again. There are
moments in everybody’s life that are significant, when life’s
burning questions are posed or challenges need to be faced.
Putting these key events from your life down for all to read is
not only a good way to clear any blocks you may have in
your own psyche, but may also profoundly affect those that
read about them and can relate to them on a deep and
personal level.
C Don’t just turn on your laptop and start committing
the darkest secrets of your life for all to read. For there are a
few things anyone wanting to write a biographical text needs
to understand first. One of these regards what you are
actually planning to share with your readers. This will
determine whether you are writing an (auto) biography – that
is, the whole story so far – or rather a memoir – which can be
no more than the in-depth reminiscences of a single tale.
Either way, you’ll first want to map out your life thus far and
isolate a number of the most significant moments. Getting all
nostalgic with a devoted and willing old chum is a sure-fire
way to help pinpoint some events that may be of interest.
D You do not need to be the rebellious child of eccentric
parents. And you do not need to have suffered unbearable
hardship. In reality, the vast majority of us lead fairly dull
lives. So what is it that makes so many of us want to write
our autobiography or memoirs in the first place? One
explanation is that putting our thoughts and feelings down on
paper is a form of catharsis that we can do for ourselves
without the costs or the social stigma attached to employing
a professional listener with whom we can expose our souls.
With a little prowess, even a seemingly ordinary life will
appear far from being pointless and can offer significant
insight into the more profound.