English C1.1 2011-12 Unit 3 Use of English 2 Part 1 Read the text.

Choose the correct answer for each space (112). Respect for elders Listening to your elders is not just polite but may be in your genes, a study of monkeys suggests. Paying (1) _____ to and respecting elders is deeply rooted in human societies because it is (2) _____ believed that wisdom and experience come with age. But the research, (3) _____ on the interaction of a group of Campbells monkeys, an African variety with one of the more advanced forms of animal communication, suggests it is (4) _____ of our nature. A study of more than 800 different calls between a group of nine monkeys (5) _____ that the older the callers, the more responses they received from the other members of the group. Those over the age of seven often received a 75 per cent response from the (6) _____ of the group, whose ages (7) _____ from three to 15, compared with 40 per cent for those aged under seven. There was a direct (8) _____ between age and response, (9) _____ the older adults receiving many more responses within a second of calling out. The effect had nothing to (10) _____ with status in the group and was despite older members being less talkative. The researchers say that the results (11) _____ that listening to people older than you may have a biological basis that has been (12) _____ down through evolution.

1. a) notice 2. a) mainly 3. a) pointed 4. a) ingredient 5. a) found 6. a) other 7. a) spread 8. a) connection 9. a) so that 10. a) matter 11. a) propose 12. a) passed

b) care b) largely b) based b) piece b) informed b) mass b) included b) similarity b) with b) refer b) lead b) run

c) attention c) mostly c) limited c) part c) learnt c) colleagues c) moved c) significance c) by c) link c) indicate c) left

d) concern d) generally d) taken d) element d) realized d) rest d) ranged d) meeting d) in addition d) do d) display d) given

Part 2 Read the text. Think of the word which best fits each space. RUI GETS PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING A young man in London is fronting a national campaign that aims to get more young people into voluntary work. Rui Jorge Octavio was chosen
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V, the

National Young Volunteers Service, to take part in its advertising campaign after he held a comedy workshop in his area (14) _____ help young people develop their presentation skills. The 21-year-old business management graduate said: When I was at university, I focused (15) _____ my academic studies. I realised that I (16) _____ getting all this theory into my head, but I didnt know if I would be confident (17) _____ to communicate clearly.

Rui joined the universitys entrepreneur society and began to organize its monthly speakers. Then he decided he would set (18) _____ a workshop for youngsters in his area. I felt that (19) _____ somebody had come to my school who I could relate to, I might have learned these skills earlier. Even if you want to be a footballer, you have to (20) _____ able to communicate. I know (21) _____ to relate to young people in my area, so I decided to hold a comedy workshop. If I had called it a public speaking workshop, it would not (22) _____ worked.

Rui got funding for the workshop from V, which paid for venue hire (23) _____ for a trainer to teach the 20 students how to perform stand-up comedy. The youngsters performed in front of (24) _____ audience of 150 people.

Part 3 Read the text. For questions 2534, use the word in bold to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. CHILDREN AND CLIMATE CHANGE No one who saw it will ever forget Severn Suzukis six-minute speech to the United Nations Earth Summit in Brazil in 1992. The 12-year-old Canadian schoolgirl (25) _______________ critic the gathering for allowing greed and apathy to devastate the environment and (26) _______________ danger the future of our planet. Her audience were amazed by this childs insight and (27) _______________ . honest

Nowadays, there are millions of children like her worldwide who care (28) _______________ passion about the environment. From an early age, they have been bombarded with news highlighting the (29) _______________ threaten posed by global warming. They worry about shrinking glaciers and polar bears stranded on ice flows, about (30) _______________ appear rainforests and wildlife and the droughts and floods said to have been caused by man-made climate change. They have grown up with the knowledge that the Earths resources are finite, and that unsustainable use of them has widespread environmental, (31) _______________ society and economic impacts.

Indeed, with climate change now firmly part of the school (32) _______________ nation curriculum, British children are more aware of the issues than their parents. In the home, children are often the (33) _______________ drive force for change to an environmentally aware way of living, from the (34) _______________ choose of car to turning off taps and recycling household waste.

Part 4 For questions 3542, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. For each question, you must use between two and five words, including the word in capitals. Do not change the word in capitals. 35. We dont need to argue about this, we can talk about it calmly. UNNECESSARY Its _____________________________________an argument about this, we can talk about it calmly. 36. When was the last time you entered a competition? GO When did ____________________________________________ for a competition? 37. Vanessa was going to travel to India but she has decided not to. MIND Vanessa has _________________________________________________ to India. 38. I grew up in a village like this one. SIMILAR This village ____________________________________ 39. Its a shame that I couldnt go to their wedding. ABLE I wish ___________________________________________ go to their wedding. 40. Who organized this event? RESPONSIBLE Who _________________________________________________ this event? 41. I spent too much money in that shopping centre yesterday. SO I shouldnt _________________________________________ money in that shopping centre yesterday. 42. The festival wasnt held last year because of financial problems. PLACE The festival __________________________________ last year because of financial problems. one where I grew up.