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Part 1
For questions
1 – 12
, read the text below and decide which answer (
A
,
B
,
C
or
D
) best fits each gap.
There is an example at the beginning (
0
).
Mark your answers
on the separate answer sheet
.
Example:
0
A
expressed
B
directed
C
indicated
D
guided
0
A
B C D
What we know about music and the brain
Work on the human brain has
(0)
…….. how different parts are centres of activity for different skills,
feelings, perceptions and so on. It has also been shown that the left and right halves, or
hemispheres, of the brain are
(1)
……..
for different functions. While language is processed in the left,
or analytical hemisphere, music is processed in the right, or emotional hemisphere.
(2)
……..
of
music like tone, pitch and melody are all probably processed in different parts of the brain. Some
features of musical experience are processed not just in the auditory parts of the brain, but in the
visual ones. We don’t yet fully understand the
(3)
……..
of this.
The tempo of music seems to be
(4)
……..
related to its emotional impact, with fast music often
(5)
……..
as happier and slower music as sadder. It is the same with the major biological rhythm of
the body: our heart
(6)
……..
quickens when we’re happy, but slows when we’re sad. Military music
may have
(7)
……..
from attempts to get us ready for
(8)
……..
by using fast drumming to
(9)
……..
our hearts into beating faster. Music is perhaps one of the most complex experiences the brain
(10)
……..
with and it has become an absolutely
(11)
……..
part of our rituals and ceremonies. It has
power beyond language to
(12)
……..
mood and co-ordinate our emotional states.
1
A
amenable
B
dependable
C
responsible
D
reliable
2 A
Views
B
Aspects
C
Factors
D
Pieces
3 A
expectations
B
implications
C
assumptions
D
propositions
4 A
surely
B
plainly
C
evidently
D
directly
5 A
felt
B
endured
C
encountered
D
touched
6 A
pulse
B
speed
C
pace
D
rate
7 A
evolved
B
extended
C
advanced
D
elevated
8 A
battle
B
fight
C
quarrel
D
struggle
9 A
activate
B
motivate
C
stimulate
D
animate
10 A
manages
B
copes
C
bears
D
holds
11 A
vital
B
important
C
compulsory
D
dominant
12 A
notify
B
report
C
associate
D
communicate
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Part 2
For questions
13 – 27
, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only
one
word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (
0
).
Write your answers
IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet
.
Example: 0
B Y
Mosquitoes
According to the World Health Organisation, malaria, a disease spread
(0)
........ mosquitoes, affects
millions of people every year. Everyone knows how irritating the noise made by a mosquito,
(13)
……..
by a painful reaction to its bite, can be. It is astonishing that so
(14)
……..
is known about
why mosquitoes are drawn to or driven away from people, given
(15)
……..
level of distress and
disease caused by these insects. We know that the most effective chemical
(16)
……..
protecting
people against mosquitoes is
diethyltoluamide
, commonly shortened
(17)
……..
deet
.
(18)
……..
deet
works well, it has some serious drawbacks: it can damage clothes and some people are allergic to it.
Scientists know that mosquitoes find some people more attractive than others, but they do not know
(19)
……..
this should be. They also know that people vary in
(20)
……..
reactions to mosquito bites.
One person has a painful swelling while
(21)
…….. who is bitten by the same mosquito
(22)
……..
hardly notice. Scientists have
(23)
……..
discovered the reason for this, but they have carried
(24)
……..
experiments to show that mosquitoes are attracted to, or put
(25)
……..
by, certain smells.
In the future, scientists hope to develop a smell that mosquitoes cannot resist. This could be used in
a trap
(26)
……..
that, instead of attacking people, mosquitoes would fly into the trap and be
destroyed. For the time
(27)
……..
however, we have to continue spraying ourselves with unpleasant
liquids if we want to avoid getting bitten.
Part 3
For questions
28 – 37
, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the
lines to form a word that fits in the gap
in the same line
. There is an example at the beginning
(0)
.
Write your answers
IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet
.
Example: 0
C O M P A R I S O N
An ancient tree
In Totteridge, in north London, there is a yew tree estimated to be between
1,000 and 2,000 years old. This tree, however, is a mere youngster in
(0)
…….. with others of the species. The record in the UK is held by a yew in
COMPARE
Scotland that is thought to be between 4,000 and 5,000 years old. However,
such trees are becoming
(28)
…….. rare and the Totteridge specimen was
INCREASE
considered of
(29)
…….. importance to be named in 1999 as one of the 41
SUFFICE
‘great trees’ in London. Like many yews, the Totteridge tree
(30)
……..
DOUBT
predates the buildings around it and its exact age is unknown.
The Totteridge tree needs little
(31)
……..
.
Some of its outer branches hang
MAINTAIN
down so low that they have taken root. But this is part of the tree’s natural
architecture and contributes to its
(32)
…….. in high winds. With the best of
STABLE
(33)
……..
,
ancient yew sites are often tidied up with no benefit to the tree.
INTEND
Dead branches are not
(34)
…….. shed by the tree and their wood harbours a
READY
multitude of insects, an inseparable part of the old tree’s natural
(35)
……..
.
DIVERSE
Something of the tree’s history is lost with the
(36)
…….. of dead wood. After
REMOVE
all, the decaying, twisted and
(37)
…….. parts give the tree character.
ATTRACT
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Part 4
For questions
38 – 42
, think of
one
word only which can be used appropriately in all three sentences.
Here is an example
(0)
.
Example:
0
They say the new minister is a lovely person and very ……………….. to talk to.
My neighbours have not had a very ……………….. life, but they always seem cheerful.
It’s ……………….. enough to see why the town is popular with tourists.
Example: 0
E A S Y
Write
only
the missing word
IN CAPITAL LETTERS
on the separate answer sheet
.
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38
I can’t see the ……………….. of all this paperwork, can you?
I was so frustrated that I was on the ……………….. of giving up, but my piano teacher
persuaded me to keep on practising.
Now, let’s move on to the final ……………….. for discussion at this meeting.
39
I think it’s ……………….. to say that not everyone in the boardroom agreed with the decision
about the site of the new factory.
Rita complained that it was not ……………….. that she had a smaller company car than her
colleagues.
My husband looks nothing like his brothers and sisters because he is so ……………….. .
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