PRACTICE TEST 1
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Questions 20–23
Complete the flow-chart below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 20–23 on your answer sheet.
Navigating the locks
Documents are checked and 20 are collected.
â
Expert 21 take control of the ship.
â
If the ship is large, 22 are used to stop it from hitting the lock walls.
â
The ship enters the first chamber and the lock gates are closed.
â
Water from the 23 is used to lift up the ship.
â
The ship enters the next chamber.
Questions 24–26
Complete the table below.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER from the passage for each
answer.
Write your answers in the boxes 24–26 on your answer sheet.
Canal
Type
of canal
Current maximum ship width
Suez
24
\
25
\
Panama
Lock
26
\
PRACTICE TEST 1
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READING PASSAGE 3
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27–40,
which are based on Reading
Passage 3 on pages 10 and 11.
Sensory Overload
A
A re you suffering from a feeling of annoyance? Does life seem to get more and more
irritating all the time? Do you struggle day to day just to stay calm and clear-headed in
the face of more and more frustrating experiences? If your answer
to these questions is
“YES,” you are not alone. In fact, you are part of a growing trend that demonstrates the
significance of the small events which annoy us on a day to day basis.
B
According to psychologist Maurice Penman, inhabitants of today’s modern cities face a
far more aggressive range of sensory experiences than ever before. “It is not simply that
the pace of life is faster in today’s world, or that people are under more pressure at
work. Of course, both those things are true. But today people are exposed to a greater
number of both visual and auditory stimuli. Basically, this means we are being asked to
both look at and listen to far more than we ever have been before."
C
However, Penman is quick to point out that many of the things which are contributing to
these problems are also the same things many of us value. A greater sense of irritation
is the price we pay for the convenience of the Internet and mobile phones. “Mobile
phones are a very significant example to consider. There is no doubt that they are useful
in a multitude of ways, and most people do not want to go back to the days before
them. But at the same time, mobile phones have almost completely destroyed a sense
of quiet public space. There was a time when you could rely on public transport being
relatively quiet, a place to think about the events of the day on the way home. Now a
bus or a train carriage can feel like being locked in a busy office.”
D
The increase in sensory demands is not just due to the use of mobile phones.
Advertisers are reaching out to potential consumers more aggressively than ever. News
services are now broadcast on buses and at train platforms. Family meals are frequently
interrupted by telephone canvassers and email users are often forced to deal with an
avalanche of unsolicited promotional
messages, or “SPAM”. One could easily imagine
that our children and their children may have to guard their homes from an
overwhelming amount of annoyance.
PRACTICE TEST 1
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Questions 27–33
Reading Passage 3 has 8 paragraphs, A–H.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
Write the correct letter, A–H, in boxes 27–33 on your answer sheet.
NB
You may use any letter more than once.
27
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