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took

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dD

had

2A

rath

erB

quite

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ell

Dju

st

3A

wat

chin

g ou

tB

look

ing

out

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okin

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ter

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atch

ing

over

4A

acro

ssB

out

Caw

ayD

past

5A

grew

Bfe

ltC

expe

rienc

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foun

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6A

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pand

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mpl

etin

g

7A

held

Bpu

tC

set

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pt

8A

usua

lB

freq

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gula

rD

fam

iliar

9A

whe

nB

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leC

asD

even

10A

pref

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yed

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sire

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cted

11A

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me

12A

quan

titie

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amou

nts

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tals

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13A

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mat

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ges

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2

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03

Par

t 1

For

ques

tions

1-1

5, r

ead

the

text

bel

ow a

nd d

ecid

e w

hich

ans

wer

(A,

B,

Cor

D)

best

fits

eac

h sp

ace.

The

re is

an

exam

ple

at th

e be

ginn

ing

(0).

Mar

k yo

ur a

nsw

ers

on

th

e se

par

ate

answ

er s

hee

t.

Exa

mp

le:

0A

far

B

dist

ant

C

rem

ote

D

dist

inct

TW

O C

RE

AT

UR

ES

OF

TH

E P

AS

T –

MA

MM

OT

HS

AN

D M

AS

TOD

ON

S

The

ele

phan

t ha

s so

me

(0)

.....

rela

tives

cal

led

mam

mot

hs,

whi

ch li

ved

in t

he S

tone

Age

. M

ore

than

15,0

00 y

ears

ago

peo

ple

pain

ted

pict

ures

of

them

on

cave

wal

ls.

The

n, a

ston

ishi

ngly

, in

179

9, a

man

wal

king

alo

ng th

e ba

nks

of th

e R

iver

Len

a in

Sib

eria

(1)

…..

a st

artli

ng d

isco

very

. Pee

ring

into

a w

all o

f

ice,

he

coul

d (2

)...

.. se

e th

e sh

ape

of a

mas

sive

, ha

iry

mam

mot

h, a

ppar

ently

(3)

.....

at h

im.

He

imm

edia

tely

ran

(4)

.....

in t

erro

r, bu

t se

vera

l da

ys l

ater

he

(5)

.....

the

cour

age

to r

etur

n an

d cu

t th

e

mam

mot

h’s

tusk

s –

its t

wo

enor

mou

s te

eth

– ou

t of

the

ice

to

sell

them

. M

amm

oth

tusk

s ar

e th

e

bigg

est t

eeth

of a

ny k

now

n cr

eatu

re, s

ome

(6)

.....

a le

ngth

of f

ive

met

res.

The

se tu

sks

wer

e (7

)...

.. to

good

use

, pro

tect

ing

the

mam

mot

hs’ y

oung

from

oth

er a

nim

als,

and

bru

shin

g aw

ay s

now

.

Tom

ost

of u

s, m

amm

oths

are

pro

babl

y th

e m

ost

(8)

.....

of t

he e

leph

ant’s

ext

inct

rel

ativ

es,

but

thou

sand

s of

yea

rs e

arlie

r, in

the

woo

dlan

ds o

f eas

tern

Nor

th A

mer

ica,

live

d an

othe

r of

the

elep

hant

’s

rela

tives

cal

led

the

mas

todo

n. L

ike

mam

mot

hs, m

asto

dons

may

als

o ha

ve h

ad a

hai

ry c

oat,

but (

9)...

..

mam

mot

hs m

ainl

y at

e gr

ass

on th

e pl

ains

, mas

todo

ns (

10)

.....

to e

at tw

igs

and

leav

es.

We

do n

ot k

now

why

mas

todo

ns (

11)

.....

extin

ct.

How

ever

, co

mpu

ter

stud

ies

of t

he d

ecre

ase

in

mam

mot

h (1

2)...

.. su

gges

t tha

t it w

as a

par

ticul

ar (

13)

.....

of o

ver-

hunt

ing

by h

uman

s, a

nd (

14)

.....

in

the

clim

ate

at th

at ti

me

whi

ch (

15)

.....

to th

eir

disa

ppea

ranc

e.

0A

BC

D

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PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISHParts 2/3 (Questions 16–34)

4

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03

Par

t 2

For

ques

tions

16-

30,

read

the

tex

t be

low

and

thi

nk o

f th

e w

ord

whi

ch b

est

fits

each

spa

ce.

Use

onl

yo

ne

wor

d in

eac

h sp

ace.

The

re is

an

exam

ple

at th

e be

ginn

ing

(0).

Writ

e yo

ur a

nsw

ers

on

th

e se

par

ate

answ

er s

hee

t.

Exa

mp

le:

DE

VE

LO

PM

EN

TS

IN U

ND

ER

WA

TE

R D

IVIN

G

Peo

ple

have

bee

n di

ving

with

out

mec

hani

cal

aids

(0)

......

......

. an

cien

t tim

es.

In t

hose

day

s, d

iver

s

mai

nly

wen

t und

erw

ater

to s

earc

h (1

6)...

......

. pea

rls o

r sp

onge

s. V

ario

us w

ays

of s

uppl

ying

div

ers

with

air,

and

so p

erm

ittin

g th

em t

o st

ay u

nder

wat

er f

or l

ong

perio

ds o

f tim

e, h

ave

been

trie

d fo

r w

ell

(17)

......

....

two

thou

sand

yea

rs.

Ale

xand

er t

he G

reat

(18

)...

......

. sa

id t

o ha

ve g

one

unde

rwat

er in

an

early

(19

) ...

......

. of d

ivin

g m

achi

ne, a

nd A

risto

tle ta

lked

abo

ut a

ppar

atus

(20)

......

.... p

erm

itted

div

ers

to

brea

the

unde

rwat

er.

It w

as n

ot (

21)

......

.... t

he b

egin

ning

of t

he 1

8th

cent

ury

that

mor

e ad

vanc

ed e

quip

men

t was

dev

elop

ed.

In 1

717,

the

firs

t pr

actic

al d

ivin

g m

achi

ne,

or ‘d

ivin

g be

ll’ (

22)

......

....

it w

as c

alle

d, w

as in

vent

ed.

Thi

s

was

a s

mal

l woo

den

room

with

an

open

bot

tom

, gla

ss w

indo

ws

at th

e to

p to

(23

)...

......

. in

light

, and

a

supp

ly o

f ai

r co

min

g th

roug

h le

athe

r tu

bes.

Som

ethi

ng s

imila

r, m

ade

of s

teel

, is

(24

)...

......

. us

e to

day

for

unde

rwat

er w

ork,

(25

)...

......

. as

build

ing

the

foun

datio

ns o

f brid

ges.

How

ever

,(26

)...

......

. div

ers

wan

t to

mov

e fr

eely

und

erw

ater

, the

y re

quire

a s

uit.

Ear

ly s

uits

wer

e m

ade

up (

27)

......

.... a

leat

her

jack

et w

ith a

met

al h

elm

et o

ver

the

head

into

whi

ch a

ir w

as p

umpe

d do

wn

from

the

surfa

ce t

hrou

gh t

ubes

. D

iver

s ga

ined

eve

n (2

8)...

......

. fr

eedo

m o

f m

ovem

ent

whe

n th

ey c

ould

(29)

......

.... r

id o

f the

se tu

bes

and

carr

y (3

0)...

......

. ow

n ai

r w

ith th

em in

cyl

inde

rs.

0si

nce

sinc

e

5

0102

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03[T

urn

ove

r

Par

t 3

For

ques

tions

31-

40,

com

plet

e th

e se

cond

sen

tenc

e so

tha

t it

has

a si

mila

r m

eani

ng t

o th

e fir

stse

nten

ce, u

sing

the

wor

d gi

ven.

Do

no

t ch

ang

e th

e w

ord

giv

en. Y

ou m

ust u

se b

etw

een

two

and

five

wor

ds, i

nclu

ding

the

wor

d gi

ven.

Her

e is

an

exam

ple

(0).

Exa

mp

le:

0Yo

u m

ust d

o ex

actly

wha

t the

man

ager

tells

you

.

carr

y

You

mus

t ....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

... in

stru

ctio

ns e

xact

ly.

The

spa

ce c

an b

e fil

led

by th

e w

ords

‘car

ry o

ut th

e m

anag

er’s

’, so

you

writ

e:

Writ

e o

nly

the

mis

sing

wor

ds o

n t

he

sep

arat

e an

swer

sh

eet.

31M

y da

ught

er r

egre

ts s

pend

ing

all h

er s

avin

gs o

n th

at c

ar.

she

My

daug

hter

wis

hes

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

. all

her

savi

ngs

on th

at c

ar.

32T

hey

are

exte

ndin

g th

is m

otor

way

by

100

kilo

met

res.

bei

ng

Thi

s m

otor

way

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. 10

0 ki

lom

etre

s.

33It

was

a m

ista

ke fo

r th

e co

mpa

ny to

inst

all t

he n

ew c

ompu

ter

syst

em.

sho

uld

The

com

pany

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. th

e ne

w c

ompu

ter

syst

em.

34W

e m

ende

d th

e ro

of to

pre

vent

the

bird

s fr

om m

akin

g ne

sts

in it

.

so We

men

ded

the

roof

.....

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.. no

t mak

e ne

sts

in it

.

carr

y ou

t th

e m

anag

er’s

0

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6

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35I’m

afr

aid

I don

’t ha

ve ti

me

to g

o sh

oppi

ng th

is m

orni

ng.

too

I’m a

frai

d ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... t

o go

sho

ppin

g th

is m

orni

ng.

36M

atth

ew c

an’t

be s

ure

that

Ale

x w

ill h

elp

him

if s

omet

hing

goe

s w

rong

.

rely

Mat

thew

can

’t ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... h

im if

som

ethi

ng g

oes

wro

ng.

37B

y th

e tim

e w

e ar

rived

at t

he th

eatr

e, n

early

all

the

seat

s ha

d be

en ta

ken.

har

dly

The

re ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

left

by th

e tim

e w

e ar

rived

at t

he th

eatr

e.

38P

aulin

e is

n’t t

ryin

g to

sol

ve h

er fi

nanc

ial p

robl

ems

at a

ll.

effo

rt

Pau

line

is ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

solv

e he

r fin

anci

al p

robl

ems.

39I'd

rat

her

you

mad

e le

ss n

oise

– I'

m tr

ying

to g

et s

ome

wor

k do

ne.

min

d

Wou

ld ..

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.....

muc

h no

ise

– I'm

tryi

ng to

get

som

e w

ork

done

.

40I s

houl

dn’t

both

er to

cle

an th

e w

indo

ws

toda

y be

caus

e it’

s go

ing

to r

ain.

wo

rth

It ...

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

......

.... t

he w

indo

ws

toda

y be

caus

e it’

s go

ing

to r

ain.

7

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03[T

urn

ove

r

Par

t 4

For

ques

tions

41-

55, r

ead

the

text

bel

ow a

nd lo

ok c

aref

ully

at e

ach

line.

Som

e of

the

lines

are

cor

rect

,an

d so

me

have

a w

ord

whi

ch s

houl

d no

t be

ther

e.If

a lin

e is

cor

rect

, pu

t a

tick

( �)

by t

he n

umbe

r o

n t

he

sep

arat

e an

swer

sh

eet.

If

a lin

e ha

s a

wor

dw

hich

sho

uld

no

tbe

ther

e, w

rite

the

wor

d o

n t

he

sep

arat

e an

swer

sh

eet.

The

re a

re tw

o ex

ampl

es a

tth

e be

ginn

ing

(0an

d 00

).

Exa

mp

les:

WH

ER

E I

GR

EW

UP

0W

hen

I was

you

ng, I

live

d in

a p

lace

cal

led

Cor

oman

del i

n

00N

ew Z

eala

nd. I

was

bee

n ta

ken

ther

e by

my

pare

nts

whe

n I w

as a

few

41w

eeks

old

, and

live

d th

ere

until

I w

as fo

urte

en y

ears

. I s

till t

hink

42of

that

per

iod

as th

e ha

ppie

st ti

me

of m

y lif

e. M

y lif

e w

as m

uch

43un

com

plic

ated

then

and

Cor

oman

del w

as a

mag

ical

pla

ce. I

t

44ha

d be

en a

bus

y go

ld-m

inin

g to

wn,

but

that

was

long

bef

ore

45m

y fa

mily

hav

e ar

rived

. By

then

it h

ad b

ecom

e a

very

run

-dow

n

46pl

ace.

My

fath

er w

as a

doc

tor,

and

peop

le w

ould

pay

to h

im

47in

she

ep, p

igs,

hen

s an

d, o

ccas

iona

lly, t

he p

iece

s of

gol

d. H

e w

ould

48ha

ve p

refe

rred

pay

ing

mon

ey, o

f cou

rse,

but

they

sim

ply

didn

’t ha

ve

49an

y. M

y si

ster

and

I ha

d no

man

y ca

res

at a

ll. W

e w

ent t

o th

e vi

llage

50sc

hool

, whi

ch to

geth

er w

as a

ttend

ed b

y ju

st tw

enty

chi

ldre

n of

all

ages

.

51O

ut o

f sch

ool h

ours

, we

look

ed a

fter

lots

ani

mal

s on

the

farm

s

52ar

ound

the

tow

n, a

lthou

gh w

e di

dn’t

real

ly h

ave

a cl

ue h

ow

53lo

ng to

do

it. C

orom

ande

l is

a la

rge

and

busy

tour

ist r

esor

t now

,

54bu

t it w

as p

eace

ful t

own

whe

n I w

as a

chi

ld, a

nd I

wou

ld

55lik

e do

ing

noth

ing

bette

r th

an to

go

back

to r

eliv

e m

y m

emor

ies.

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en

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PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISHPart 5 (Questions 56–65) and answer keys

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EN

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love

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PART ONE

1 A

2 D

3 B

4 C

5 D

6 A

7 B

8 D

9 B

10 A

11 C

12 D

13 B

14 D

15 A

PART TWO

16 for

17 over

18 is/was

19 kind/type/sort

20 that/which

21 until/till

22 as

23 let

24 in

25 such

26 if

27 of

28 more/greater

29 get

30 their

PART THREE

31 (that) she hadn’t | spent

32 is being | extended (by)

33 should not | have installed

34 so (that) (the) birds |would/could

35 (that) I’m too | busy

36 rely on | Alex to help

37 were | hardly any seats

38 making | no effort to

39 you mind not | making so

40 isn’t worth | cleaning

PART FOUR

41 years

42 much

43 �

44 �

45 have

46 to

47 the

48 paying

49 many

50 together

51 lots

52 �

53 long

54 town

55 doing

PART FIVE

56 childhood

57 various

58 importance

59 growth

60 third

61 requirement(s)

62 unlike

63 strength

64 Additionally

65 energetic

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