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Ascentis Anglia ESOL International Examinations

Ascentis Level 3 Certificate in ESOL International (Ofqual Accreditation No. 500/4063/7)

Masters Level (C2)

Paper B 2010

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Section A Section B Section C P1 Section C P2 Section D Section E P1 Section E P2 Section F

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Section A Listening (10 marks)

You are going to listen to an interview with a musician, Jack Johnson.

Answer all the questions below by marking the correct box with a tick ().

1. At the Pipeline Surfing Championship in 1992, Jack

a. won the title.

b. became disillusioned with professional surfing.

c. was disqualified for cheating.

2. How did Jack’s surfing accident affect him in the long term?

a. It changed his personality.

b. He surfed less.

c. He took up playing the guitar.

3. At college Jack’s big break was

a. making a film about G Love.

b. meeting producers on his film studies course.

c. writing a song for someone else.

4. Why did he choose a small record label?

a. He liked the changes they suggested.

b. He didn’t want to compromise his music.

c. He preferred their marketing strategy.

5. In his recurring dream

a. the crowd disappear.

b. the crowd is in the water.

c. there is no crowd.

6. When on tour these days Jack

a. cancels a concert if he has a bad dream.

b. returns home after a month.

c. tries to swim every day.

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7. Jack’s early music was less

a. transparent.

b. personal.

c. political.

8. What is the connection between Jack Johnson, Pearl Jam and Neil Young?

a. They are playing together at the next concert.

b. They are in competition with each other.

c. They share the same principles.

9. Jack hopes the current tour will

a. be informative.

b. encourage people to vote.

c. promote the Climate Council.

10. Ecologically, the surfboard industry is

a. slightly better than it used to be.

b. as bad as it ever was.

c. becoming even worse.

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Section B Listening and Writing (10 marks)

You hear on the radio that Woodland Adventure Park is offering Spring Breaks at special prices.

Write an email to your best friend suggesting that you meet up at Woodland Adventure Park

together with three or four other friends. Tell your friend what you could do during the

weekend, what facilities the park has got, and how much the weekend would cost. Ask him to

help you contact your other friends so that you can make a group booking.

Tell your friend:

what you could do during the weekend

what facilities the park has got

how much the weekend would cost

and ask him to help you contact your other friends so that you can make a group booking

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To:

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Section C Use of English Part 1 (10 marks)

Write ONE word only in each gap.

1. Both actors delivered a very polished _______________________ but with no spark.

2. They rejected him _______________________ of hand.

3. Oh, dear. I think they’ve got hold of the wrong end of the _______________________.

4. The cheque _______________________ as their account was so overdrawn.

5. Sometimes I wake up early enough to hear the dawn _______________________.

6. Could you read out the _______________________ of the last meeting, please?

7. He’s very keen but has he got the stamina to stay the _______________________.

8. The front of the house needs a new _______________________ of paint.

9. Sorry I’m late; I lost _______________________ of time.

10. I’ve told you time and _______________________. Please don’t do it!

Section C Use of English Part 2 (sentence transformation) (15 marks)

Write a new sentence which is as close to the meaning of the given sentence as possible, using

the word or phrase given. You may not change the word or phrase in any way.

1. He doesn’t look special when you first see him. (glance)

2. When we looked more closely, we understood the problem. (inspection)

3. If we had another opportunity, I now know what we should do. (Were)

4. People don’t often think about the alternative. (seldom considered)

5. This vase has only just been put into the collection. (recent)

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6. It is invaluable. (overestimated)

7. This new model is completely different to the old one. (bears)

8. He was really not keen on committing himself. (loath)

9. He is certainly not a good judge of character. (no means)

10. He only saw what it was when he opened the box. (Only on)

11. I like the programme but I hate the canned laughter. (Much)

12. She lost the business although she asked her family for help. (turning)

13. They will cancel the match if it rains. (event)

14. Do it by trying different approaches to see what works. (by trial)

15. Do you mind if I sit down? (objection)

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Section D Reading (5 marks)

There are fifteen headlines below and ten short news stories on the next page. In the answer grid

below the headlines, match each story letter with the best headline number. There are five

headlines you do not need.

1. A BRIGHT SPARK

2. SURPRISE FIND FOR BEACHCOMBER

3. WILDFIRES FINALLY EXTINGUISHED

4. VISITORS’ SUCCESSFUL DROP IN

5. ROCK MEMORABILIA ON SALE

6. SMART BID TO SAVE ENERGY

7. TUMBLING RESOURCES SCARE

8. PRIVATE FIRMS TO FUND SPACE PROGRAMME

9. TOOL BAG GOES ADRIFT

10. GAS PRICES SET TO PLUNGE

11. STOLEN PHOTOGRAPHS RECOVERED AFTER 50 YEARS

12. SURPRISE UNDERWATER DISCOVERY

13. STONES UNEARTHED

14. MONSTER SPARKS PANIC ON BRITISH BEACHES

15. SPARK OF HOPE AFTER FLAMES ARE TAMED

WRITE YOUR ANSWERS HERE.

Match the number of the headline to the letter of the article:

A B C D E F G H I J

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A The National Grid is on the verge of

issuing an emergency alert because

gas reserves have fallen to the

equivalent of less than a week’s

supply. Domestic consumers are

thought to be safe for now.

B Fire-fighters were heading for victory in their

battle against a California wildfire on Sunday as a

cool weather front allowed crews to tighten their

grip on the blaze. However, officials said they

were anxious to make as much progress as possible

before forecast winds returned to fan the flames.

C British scientists’ exploration of the

ocean depths has revealed an amazing

array of new life forms, at depths

where once was thought impossible.

D A two-year-old girl has become the youngest

member of Mensa. Tests put the IQ of Elise Tan-

Roberts at 156. She started speaking at five

months, walking at eight and running at ten. By

fourteen months she could count to ten and can

now recite the names of the world’s capital cities.

E Every house in the country will have a smart

energy meter installed over the next decade in a

bid to save consumers at least £100 million a

year, the Government has promised. “Smart

meters will empower all consumers to monitor

their own energy use and make reductions in

energy consumption and carbon emissions.”

F Lead spacewalker Heidemarie

Stefanyshyn-Piper was

working on restoring full

power to the orbital outpost

when her vital kit floated away

– into infinity. Additional

equipment must now be

provided in order to complete

the work.

G Photographs depicting members of the

Rolling Stones behind the scenes on tour

were shown for the first time at an

exhibition in New York last week. The 50

images were taken in the mid-sixties when

the Stones were in America during the so-

called “British invasion.”

H The International Space Station's three-man crew

welcomed their fellow astronauts from the space

shuttle today, after the Endeavour arrived at the

orbital outpost.

J Nasa is turning to commercial companies to

help guarantee America can keep a human

presence in space after the shuttle is retired

in 2010. It comes as the Obama

administration launches an independent

panel to take a fresh look at Nasa’s human

spaceflight programme.

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An enormous jellyfish measuring more

than 1.2 metres washed up on a popular

beauty spot on the coast of North Devon.

The Rootmouth jellyfish, nicknamed the

Sea Mushroom, was caught on camera by

photographer Peter Stapleton as he walked

along the beach near his home. He is

keeping the exact location secret to avoid

panic among the local community.

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Section E Reading

Read this article about the reality of politics and answer all the questions in your own words.

Climate of Unreality

“I refute it thus!" was Samuel Johnson's famous, beefy riposte one morning after church in 1763.

As he spoke, according to his friend James Boswell, he kicked "with mighty force" a large stone

"till he rebounded from it". Johnson was, in fact, contesting Bishop Berkeley's philosophical

idealism, the view that the external, physical world does not exist and is just a product of the

mind. Johnson’s comment was never much of a disproof, but we can sympathise with its sturdy

common sense and physical display of pragmatism.

Still, in an age of electronic media, we may have proved Berkeley partially correct. So much of

what we hear about or, indeed, see, is now virtual. Seeing is no longer believing. But also in the

world of politics, for example, where politicians must sing to compete for our love, public

affairs have the quality of a waking dream. They are so remote from reality that the precise

connection to the world of real, kickable stones is obscure, though we are certain that it exists.

The contest for the US presidency, like all elections, had the self-enclosed quality of a squash

game or a chess match – and this one was far better than most. While the candidates appeared to

address an external reality, they were bound by strictly ethereal requirements: to cast spells on

large crowds while seeming ordinary, to trample their opponent into oblivion while seeming

pleasant, to be inspirational yet sensible, to avoid offending a score of sensitive constituencies,

and, an old wizard's touch, to promise the electorate various gifts without further borrowing or

raising taxes. That the entire show cost five billion dollars, an unimaginable sum to anybody,

also does not help to bring it within the more worldly confines of most people’s reality.

And so to success. As Barack Obama steps forward, the smoke machines and mirrors are packed

away – or perhaps we can never, or should never, let them go. To those who believe that climate

change in the context of global poverty is our most pressing problem, underpinning all others,

requiring degrees of cooperation and rationality we might not even be capable of, the elevation

of this slender, handsome man becomes the object of unreal expectation. Inevitably, after a long

campaign of crowd pleasing, the question hangs in the air: is he merely the expert coiner of a

stirring speech, or does he have the steel to turn intentions into results? At the very least,

America finally has a president who, whatever his profession of faith, has a high regard for

science and has surrounded himself with scientific advisers of impeccable quality, and

committed himself to the dreamy target of an 80% reduction below 1990 levels of CO2 emissions

by 2050.

The issue of climate change is itself another near-virtual reality. Ever since 1979, when James

Hansen reported to President Carter on the alarming and increasing levels of CO2 in the

atmosphere, there have been symposia, denials, summits, documentaries, marches, legislation,

and, above all, resounding speeches high on rhetoric but low on results of any substance.

However, on the all-too-kickable stone we call the Earth, where results from thousands of

measurements are mapped against satellite data, the real mean temperature has continued to rise.

The shrinking of the summer ice in the Arctic exceeds the gloomiest predictions and data for the

past year show CO2 levels rising as fast as ever. Yet it is doubtful whether there is yet a single

recorded instance of a carbon-producing power station taken out of commission to make way for

a clean energy installation.

So, after years of living in fear of climate change, although the evidence for its existence is

irrefutable, and although we have the weapons to defeat it, uniting the world’s disparate interests

sufficiently to use them is the preserve of a politics which may have become too remote from

reality to have any genuine, kickable effect on it. Does the new breed of politician, President

Obama among them, have the sturdy pragmatism of a Samuel Johnson to effect the changes

necessary as well as the theatrical mastery of illusion needed to acquire sufficient power to

exercise it?

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Section E Part One (10 marks)

Replace these phrases or words with other phrases or words of your own so that the article still

reads correctly, both grammatically and in the sense of what is said. The words or phrases are all

underlined in the article so that you can find their context easily. One of them has been done for

you as an example. There may be more than one way of answering; answer the way you think

best.

a. riposte reply

b. sturdy

c. sing to compete for our love

d. bound

e. trample

f. pressing

g. coiner

h. resounding

i. gloomiest

j. taken out of commission

k. irrefutable

Section E Part Two (10 marks)

Précis in no more than 150 words in what ways the climate and modern politics are linked in the

article. You may use the space below to make notes. These notes are for your own use and are

not marked by the examiner. Write your finished Précis on the next page.

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Section F Writing (30 marks)

Use your own ideas and, if you wish, the notes below and ideas from the article in Section E, to

write a structured composition of between 300 and 350 words on the following topic:

Are people losing interest in party politics because it has lost touch with the real world?

difference between issues (poverty, ecology, etc.) and local politics versus national /

international politics

local politics – understandable issues, real people, genuine motives

national & international politics: theatrical, huge sums, remote issues

national politicians: a breed apart, skilled performers, career motives

media: TV, celebrities, glitz, separation from ‘real’ people

loss of confidence, trust, involvement – poor voting numbers

‘party’ politics replaced by issues (ecology, poverty, etc.) & local politics

can party politics reconnect with voters? How?

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