Section A

Text A
21st Century Education: Future Trends and Possibilities
Before thinking about what is happening in schools today, let’s consider for a moment the world in which
we live – a world with so much knowledge that it’s hard to grasp.
People are creating 2000 new websites every hour, uploading 35 hours of video every minute, and watching
2 billion YouTube videos every day. By the time they leave school, many teenagers may have acquired
hundreds of ‘virtual’ friends, using social media to connect with people thousands of miles away as if they
were in the same room. They truly are the children of a globalised world. And where are they heading as
they grow up? To a busy and competitive world full of uncertainties. To join a workforce that is more mobile
and better qualified than ever before. To follow careers that span multiple jobs, positions and skills, some of
which have not been invented yet!
In response, education leaders are making big changes to build 21st century skills.
• In South Korea, schools are switching to digital textbooks so students can study anytime and anywhere
with online hours recognised as school attendance.
• In Denmark, students are using the Internet while taking exams. They can access any site they like, as long
as they do not message each other or use email.
• In the USA, a personalised learning approach allows students to create their own individual schedules.
Their interests and performance are logged daily to generate playlists of learning options, meaning that
teachers’ time is freed up to mentor and supervise students.
• In Australia, some schools are pushing learning beyond school walls, making on the job training with local
organisations part of each student’s learning plan. Distance learning programmes are connecting previously
disengaged students with online learning communities.
These examples point the way towards ensuring that tomorrow’s workers, parents and citizens are more
creative problem solvers, better communicators and lifelong learners.
I. Read Text 1 and answer the questions which follow.
1. Read the opening sentence. Find the phrase that shows that the topic of schooling will come later on
in the text.
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(Total for Question 1 = 1 mark)
2. According to the text, how many YouTube videos are watched every day?
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(Total for Question 2 = 1 mark)
3. Explain the meaning of the underlined word in the sentence below.
They truly are the children of a globalised world.
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(Total for Question 3 = 1 mark)
4. What does the writer suggest the world of the future will be like? Put a tick in a box for each
statement to show whether it is True or False.

Yes No

The world will be more predictable.

There will be less competition for jobs.

People will have many careers.

The world population will decrease.

21st century education is leading to uncertainties.

(Total for Question 4 = 5 marks)

5. In Australia, how are educators trying to make reluctant students more interested in learning?
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(Total for Question 5 = 1 mark)
6. What is the purpose of bullet points in the text?
A to make the passage shorter
B to show the writer’s opinion
C to make the points stand out
D to show the order of importance
(Total for Question 6 = 1 mark)

7. In the last paragraph. According to the writer, how will adults of the future show 21st century skills?
Give one phrase.
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(Total for Question 7 = 1 mark)

8. Referring to bulleted points, explain the ways to change school attendance and timetabling.
South Korea

Denmark

Australia

USA

(Total for Question 8 = 4 marks)

Text B
Answer the following questions according to each text.
One of the most magnificent touristic sights in the Black Sea region of Turkey is the Sumela Monastery.
The white walls of the monastery stand out sharply from the one thousand-foot cliff which it was carved
out of. It is a seven-storey complex which was carved into the walls of the cliff. Monks had lived in the
caves of this cliff for hundreds of years before it reached its final form. It was abandoned in 1923 and left to
waste for decades.
1. The Sumela Monastery is unique because _____.
A) it is 7 storey.
B) it has 7 different tales told of its origin.
C) it is located in the Black Sea.
D) it is one thousand feet tall.
E) it was not built on the cliff but in it.

2. It has decayed because _____.

A) no one has resided there for many years.
B) the monk’s don’t live there.
C) the caves are not as good as they were.
D) tourists don’t want to see it.
E) it is situated in an unusual place.

3. The monks _____.

A) used to hide in its 7 floors.
B) lived in its caves.
C) preferred the cliffs.
D) did not want to climb the cliffs.
E) used it as a place of worship.
“Cut your coat to suit your cloth.” is an old English proverb. Obviously it is not really talking about coats
but is telling us to be content with what we have got. It’s a good proverb because so many people want what
they cannot have, and this makes them discontented. Therefore they don’t enjoy the things they do have.
4. This proverb _____.
A) teaches us the real meaning of happiness.
B) makes greed seem attractive.
C) wants people to be discontented.
D) is not very well known in England.
E) shows us the importance of money.

5. People are happy _____.

A) if they are rich.
B) unless they are badly dressed.
C) because the proverb tells them to be.
D) as long as they are satisfied with the things they have.
E) when they can learn from proverbs.

6. The passage suggests that _____.

A) everyone is equally happy.
B) a lot of people who should be happy are not.
C) happiness depends upon possessions.
D) proverbs are really useless.
E) one should work hard to earn more.
Fifty years ago, when I was a child, photographs were not of general interest. Photographs were taken of
people on special occasions, at weddings and on birthdays, for instance. These pictures were usually kept in
a box and brought out at intervals to show the family. Nowadays photography is regarded as an art. Many
photographic exhibitions are held and there are many magazines dealing with the art of photography.
7. During recent years _____.
A) photography has become a popular form of art.
B) a lot of people have taken photographs of good paintings.
C) photography has stopped being an art.
D) photographic exhibitions are often advertised in magazines.
E) more and more people take photographs at weddings.

8. The passage compares _____.

A) public interest in painting today and fifty years ago.
B) photographic exhibitions and painting exhibitions.
C) wedding photographs and birthday photographs.
D) photography today and photography fifty years ago.
E) family photographs of today and fifty years ago.

9. When the writer was young _____.

A) he was very interested in photography.
B) people didn’t think of photography as an art.
C) he always took photographs on his birthday.
D) people used to go to photographic exhibitions.
E) he took a lot of family photographs.
Sumo wrestling is an extremely popular sport in Japan. The Sumo champions are extremely large men who
are not only tall but also weigh 130 kilograms or more. The reason that these wrestlers are so big is that the
object of the game is for one wrestler to either throw his opponent out of the ring or to force him to the
ground. The larger a wrestler is, the greater his chances of winning a fight. These matches are usually very
short, most lasting less than one minute.
10. Sumo wrestlers are extremely large _____.
A) because they must use their bodies against their opponents.
B) because this is a Japanese sport.
C) due to their great strength.
D) so that they can object to their opponents.
E) to force the ring to wrestle with him.

11. The length of these matches _____.

A) is very tall.
B) takes only a moment or so.
C) is about 13 kilograms.
D) generally lasts under a minute.
E) goes on until the bell rings.

12. To win the match _____.

A) one opponent must leave the ring.
B) one large wrestler must give up his ground.
C) the larger wrestler’s weight must be more than 130 kilos.
D) the force of the larger wrestler is measured.
E) one wrestler must prove his strength against the other.
The first confirmation of the existence of an ice continent at the South Pole was made by the Bellinghausen
expedition of 1820. This expedition was made for Imperial Russia. In 1959, the Antarctic Treaty was signed
by 17 nations. This treaty protects the continent from territorial claims by any other country and maintains it
as a continent set aside for scientific studies. This natural laboratory has many research bases on it, set up by
various countries of the world. Most of these, work together to obtain information, for scientific study.
13. Antarctica is used _____.
A) by the Russians.
B) as a military base.
C) by various countries of the world for their own use.
D) by only 17 nations.
E) to establish territorial claims.

14. The Antarctic continent was _____.

A) first discovered in 1820.
B) protected from scientists.
C) a possession of Imperial Russia.
D) a part of the Bellinghausen expedition.
E) owned by the Russians.

15. The Antarctic Treaty _____.

A) protects the continent from further expeditions.
B) was signed at the North Pole.
C) was prepared by the Bellinghausen expedition.
D) was prepared in 1959.
E) protects it from any country that might want to claim it as their own.
(Total for Question 1-15 = 15 marks)
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 Section B

Grammar and punctuation

1. Which of these is correct?
a) The mayor frowned, he didn’t like what he saw.
b) The Mayor frowned, He didn’t like what he saw.
c) The Mayor frowned; He didn’t like what he saw.
d) The mayor frowned. He didn’t like what he saw.
(Total for Question 1 = 1 mark)
2. Rewrite the passage by adding correct quotation marks, punctuation, and capitalization where it is
necessary.
come on now said the man wheres the money dont give it to him said the woman don’t
give it to him billy give it to me the father advanced on the boy his teeth showing under
his big moustache wheres the money he almost whispered the boy looked him straight in
the eyes i lost it he said
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(Total for Question 2 = 2 marks)

3. Complete the sentences by using suitable future tenses.

(a) Your car engine doesn’t sound very good. It sounds like it ____________________
(die).
(b) I suppose real estate prices __________________________ (go) up again next year.
(c) Next week at this time we _________________________ (lie) in the sun in Spain.
(Total for Question 3 = 3 marks)

4. Change the verbs in the following sentences into active or passive form.
(a) My phone _________________________(TAKE). I can't find it anywhere.
(b) As soon as I got home, I realized that my wallet _________________________. (STEAL)
(c) He _________________________ (TEACH) French when he spent his childhood there.
(Total for Question 4 = 3 marks)

5. Insert correct articles (a/ an/ the) in the following blanks.

(a) She is currently driving at _________ enormous speed.
(b) Our friends, _________ Millers, moved to _________ Netherlands last winter.
(Total for Question 5 = 3 marks)
6. Figure out which technique is being used: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, or
personification. Explain in your own words what is meant by the lines.
(a) Between the moss and stone
The lonely lilies rise;
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(b) Are not my children as dear to me as falling leaves?
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(Total for Question 6 = 4 marks)

7. Complete the sentences by using correct phrase.

(a) You would have slept much better
(A) if you will take your medicine
(B) if you took your medicine
(C) if you had taken your medicine
(b) If we had seen the film,
(A) we will not buy the DVD
(B) we would not buy the DVD
(C) we would not have bought the DVD
(Total for Question 7 = 2
marks)
8. How are the following words different in meaning depending on the prefixes.
Post-dated
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Undated
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(Total for Question 8 = 2
marks)