SECTION 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 organized 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
SECTION 2
Questions 11-16
Choose the correct letter A, B or C.
Street Play Scheme
11. When did the Street Play Scheme first take place?
A two years ago
B three years ago
C six years ago
12. How often is Beechwood Road closed to traffic now?
A once a week
B on Saturdays and Sundays
C once a month
13. Who is responsible for closing the road?
A a council official
B the police
C local wardens
14. Residents who want to use their cars
A have to park in another street
B must drive very slowly
C need permission from a warden
15. Alice says that Street Play Schemes are most needed in
A wealthy areas
B quiet suburban areas
C areas with heavy traffic
16. What has been the reaction of residents who are not parents?
A many of them were unhappy at first
B they like seeing children play in the street
C they are surprised by the lack of noise
Questions 17 and 18
Choose TWO letters A-E.
Which TWO benefits for children does Alice think are the most important?
A increased physical activity
B increased sense of independence
C opportunity to learn new games
D opportunity to be part of a community
E opportunity to make new friends
Questions 19 and 20
Choose TWO letters A-E.
Which TWO results of the King Street experiment surprised Alice?
A more shoppers
B improved safety
C less air pollution
D more relaxed atmosphere
E less noise pollution
SECTION 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
What does Hazel decide to do about each of the following types of articles? Write the correct letter A, B or C for questions 27-30.
A she will definitely look for a suitable article
B 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 ………………….
SECTION 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