A n s w e r k e y test 1, Paper 1, Reading

Part 4: The intern’s tale
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B: She was ‘shocked’ when she discovered how big the ‘tracing 
patterns’ were and how much fabric was used to make
each dress.
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D: Her ‘seamstress skills came in handy’ when working on 
the ‘installation that’s now on display in the gallery’ – she 
contributed to the work of art by doing some sewing that 
appears in it. 
22 
D: She didn’t know how to send something by courier and had to 
ask lots of questions in order to do this. 
23 
A: She ‘didn’t want to leave everyone’, meaning that she liked all 
the people she worked with. 
24 
C: Her friends have money for houses, cars and holidays and she 
doesn’t, but ‘I never feel I’ve missed out because I’m doing
what I’ve always wanted to do’ – she is glad she chose this kind 
of work.
25 
B: She says that if you are an intern, ‘you have to work hard and for 
free, because that’s what everyone else is willing to do’. 
26 
A: She knows that some of the scripts she works on ‘are going to 
become films one day’. 
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C: ‘If I was 35 and still working unpaid, I would think ‘What am
I doing?’
28 
D: She says that when she arrived in London, she ‘didn’t know how 
long it would take to get a job’.
29 
A: ‘Personally, I love anything that’s been adapted from a book, 
especially if I’ve read the book’ – she prefers working on film 
scripts based on books. 
30 
C: She has money from her father that ‘has gone towards funding 
my placement’ and she can live with her mother; ‘Without my 
family, I don’t think I could be doing this.’
31 
B: She works at Vivienne Westwood’s company and Vivienne 
Westwood ‘treats everyone equally, whether they are paid staff
or interns’.
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D: ‘If I couldn’t afford my rent, I wouldn’t just get into a spiral of 
debt. I would go and get a full-time job and the rest would have 
to wait’ (she would wait before trying to achieve her
career aims). 
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A: Working as a volunteer at her local theatre is ‘a great way of 
seeing different aspects of the industry, meeting people and 
developing your career’ – she can meet people who may be 
useful to her in her career.