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jo11 HS11 En1
End-of-Module Mock Test KEY
December 2011
Name _________________________________________________________________
Part 1 Reading
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points)
Part 2 Grammar
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points)
Part 3 Vocabulary
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points)
Part 4 Writing
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points)
Total
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Mark
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Part 1) Reading (30 points)
Read the extracts from letters to a newspaper in response to a letter by a Mr B Cassatt
(see separate handout). Answer questions 1-18 below.
Questions 1–8. Which of these points did Mr Cassatt make in his letter to the newspaper?
Tick ( ) if you think he did. If you don’t think he did put a dash ( ---- ).
(1 point each)
1
TV cameras intrude too much on private grief.
2
Compensation to victims’ relatives should be made more quickly.
3
People responsible for disasters should not continue in their position.
4
We are prepared to care about an individual’s plight more than a
large number of victims.
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5
It is important that anniversaries of tragedies are marked and remembered.
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6
“International” disasters are often more serious than those in Britain.
7
We could do with less media coverage of everything that is happening.
8
Why is TV so fond of “10 years ago today, 200 people lost their lives?”
Questions 9-13. Which of the extracts A-H can be summarized like this?
Write the letter against the question number at the end of the line.
There are no summaries for three extracts.
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(1 point each)
9
The closer a disaster happens, the more involved one will feel.
H
10
Media coverage of world events has reached saturation point.
G
11
Viewers respond more readily to pictures of individual misery than the
concept of multiple deaths.
B
12
The media are too quick to draw conclusions.
C
13
The bereaved should not be blamed for claiming financial compensation.
E
14
Explain the following phrase in your own words: “...these people deserve to be better
served than they are at present by press and television.” (Lines 4-5)
(3 points)
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15
Explain the following phrase in your own words: “…the individual “martyr to fog” on our
motorways is all but ignored because he is not one out of a hundred.” (Line 8)
(3 points)
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16
Explain the following phrase in your own words: “…heads have to roll whenever such a
disaster strikes, if only for the man in the street’s peace of mind.” (Lines 20-21)
(3 points)
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17
Explain the following phrase in your own words: “…after a disaster every angle is explored
and no stone left unturned in an attempt to extract every last newsworthy word out of any
given drama.” (Lines 33-34)
(4 points)
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18
Explain the following phrase in your own words: “…he should not castigate the average
Englishman for becoming sentimental about his fellow countrymen’s football fans or
holidaymakers.” (Lines 37-38)
(4 points)
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Part 2) Grammar (30 points)
1)
Complete each of the gaps with a form of the word given in brackets. If no word is given,
supply (an) appropriate word(s). (15 points)
*Just a Minute: why it's never paused
(*“Just a Minute“ is a popular radio show on BBC 4 where people get one minute to talk about
something. They may not repeat themselves, hesitate or go off the topic)
Last night as the strains of the Minute Waltz faded away, “Just a Minute” chairman Nicholas Parsons
1) (introduce) introduced the 761st episode of “Just a Minute”. Now in its 60th series, “Just a Minute”
2) (manage) has managed to defy the ravages of time; changing little since it 3) (begin) began its
radio life 44 years ago and 4) (recent) recently picking up a silver in the comedy category at the Sony
Awards. 5) As Paul Merton once put it in the Arena documentary “It's Time for Just a Minute”, "it is a
6) (brilliant) brilliantly simple radio show; you don't need to see the visuals".
On the surface “Just A Minute” is built on a ridiculously easy to grasp concept – speak for 60 seconds
on a given subject without repetition, hesitation or deviation. 7) Yet within this simple construct lurk
many complexities. It was Peter Jones, Derek Nimmo, Sir Clement Freud and Kenneth Williams who
8) (reign) reigned supreme for the first two decades of the programme's life. Williams's appearances
were either 9) (hysterical) hysterical rollercoasters or exhausting and tetchy depending on his mood,
but always extraordinary.
Now, as then, it is the interruptions that often 10) (make) make the show. In recent times that
11) (lead) has lead to some charming sparring between current omnipresent player Merton and
schoolmaster Parsons, 12) in contrast to the prickly exchanges the former Sale of the Century host
endured with Freud. But they can also ruin it. In the early years of the show players seem to have
only been buzzed if their pauses were of the pregnant variety, but in our 13) (impatient) impatient
age a nanosecond's hesitation is often pounced on.
14) Despite / In spite of its simplicities the format can be frustrating for some guests. Bill Bailey,
whose bee swarm of a mind usually excels at panel games, once 15) (complain) complained "I hate
it. They say you can't repeat or hesitate or deviate but that's how I actually talk, I don't know why they
ever got me on."
In truth the magic of the show often 16) (come) comes from the deviation and how a simple topic
such as "Suduko" or "Chickens" can be spun into a wild story. Never forgetting it is a comedy show;
unspoken sportmanship affords contestants to transgress the rules if they are being 17) (suitable)
suitably amusing.
There are plenty of panel shows on TV but all of them seem to consist of the same pool of 12 people.
“Just a Minute” 18) (always/cast) has always cast its net a bit further and unlike TV isn't afraid to
employ pensioners (Parsons is now 87).The new series sees a 19) (predictable) predictable but
much-anticipated return visit from grand comedy owl Stephen Fry but in the past some of the best
players have been the least expected – Patrick Moore, Pam Ayres, Wendy Richard 20) (be) were all
wonderful.
Not everyone works but the programme is a brilliant platform for the nimble-minded and often brings
out another side of a comedian. But what do you think? Are you a fan? Or is it an outdated Oxbridge
parlour game that's outstayed its welcome. And who are your favourite players – and what would be
your dream (living and dead) lineup?
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2) Linking Words (6 points: 1 point for each item)
Fill the gaps in the following text with linking words from the box. Each word should be used once
only. There are three more words than you need.
however / because / even though / nevertheless / since / in addition / as long as / while / despite
1) Since he took up his hobby as a 17-year-old high school student, the now 52-year-old Chicago real
estate developer, Dwight Cleveland, has amassed an unrivalled assortment of posters worth $3.5m
(£2.1m). Now, 2) however, he has decided enough is enough; by the end of the month he hopes to
have a buyer for the largest privately owned mass of film ads in the world.
"It’s getting a little stale 3) because there just isn’t that much out there that I haven’t seen" he says.
4) In addition, the burden of owning so many posters is becoming overwhelming. There are posters
everywhere; stacks and stacks of them. 5) Even though everything is catalogued and databased, it is
still too heavy for my shoulders."
Anything can become collectable, 6) as long as there is someone out there willing to hunt it down
and hoard it, but for Mr Cleveland movie posters are the best items a fanatic could wish to be
obsessed by.
3) Conditionals (5 points: 1 point for each correct sentence)
3.1) Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in CAPITALS and has a similar meaning to
the first sentence.
Example:
I didn’t know about the plans, otherwise I would have told you. KNOWN
If I had known about the plans I would have told you.
1) Jim is in prison because a detective recognised him.
WOULDN’T
Jim wouldn’t be in prison if a detective hadn’t recognised him.
2) My advice to you is to get a haircut before the interview.
WOULD
If I were (was) you, I’d get a haircut before the interview.
3.2) Some of these sentences contain a grammar mistake. Underline the mistakes and correct them.
Tick those sentences which are already correct.
3) I would have caught the train if I had got up earlier. 
4) I would be grateful if you could send me the catalogue as soon as possible.
5) If the weather were (was) better, we could go to the mountains.
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4) Modal Verbs (4 points: 1 point for each set of sentences)
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the
word given.
1) I’m sure this isn’t how you get to Norwich! (can’t)
This can’t be the way to Norwich.
2) It makes no difference to me if we call it off. (may)
We may (just) as well call it off.
3) Worrying so much was a waste of time. (needn’t)
We needn’t have worried so much.
4) It’s possible that the last person to leave didn’t look the door. (might)
The last person might have left the door unlocked.
Part 3) Vocabulary (30 points)
1
Which of the following nouns do NOT collocate with the verb “avert”? Circle your choice
a) a crisis
2
c) permission d) attention
(1 point)
Which of the following verbs is the odd one out? Circle your choice
a) rocket
3
b) disaster
b) soar
c) plummet
What can you expect to read in an obituary?
(1 point)
(1.5 points)
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4
Which of the following verbs collocate with the word “poll”? Circle your choice(s)
a) carry out (a) …
b) conduct (a) …
(1 point)
c) reshuffle (a) …
5
What is a spin doctor?
(1.5 points)
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6
Politicians who travel around to events are
a) in the campaign trail b) on the campaign trail c) at the campaign trail
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7
A heckler is someone who…
(1 point)
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8
Supply suitable verbs from the list for the nouns below (for example: supply weapons)
_ hold / break _ a truce
_ wage _ war
(4 points)
_ deal _ a body blow
_ take _ legal action
9
Supply the missing forms of the words
Verb
embezzle
commute
score
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(3 points)
Noun
embezzlement / embezzler
commuter / commuting
score /-er /-line /-board
What is the difference between the plot and the screenplay of a film?
(2 points)
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Which of the following expressions refers to a market that is doing well?
(1 point)
a) a bear market
b) bull market
12
Combine the following phrases to create common collocations:
a) seek a(n) injunction
b) cover a(n) story
c) make allegations
d) take out a(n) subscription
e) bring legal action
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(5 points)
a-5
b-4
c-1
d-3
e-2
What is a press card?
(1.5 points)
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14
Under what circumstances can an elected official become a lame duck?
(1.5 points)
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15
Find suitable verbs which mean the following:
(4 points)
a) To deliberately make someone feel frightened,
especially so that they will do what you want
_ to intimidate sb. _
b) To continue to annoy or upset somebody
over a period of time
_ to harass so. _
c) To keep someone in a police station or prison
and not allow them to leave
_ to detain sb. _
d) To tell private or secret information to reporters
or to the public
_ to leak information _
Part 4) Editorial Writing (30 points)
Choose one of the following topics and write an editorial of approximately 250 words.
1
Freedom of the Press is an Illusion
2
“The first casualty when war comes is truth.” (Hiram Johnson)
3
“The whole private life of a public person is none of our business.” (Valerie Kvita).
Criteria:
10 points for content: ideas & argumentation, coherence
10 points for language: range and accuracy of grammar and vocabulary
10 points for structure: cohesion and style
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