TASK 1 – LONG READING

Read the following text about tour guides and answer the 15 questions.

Questions 1–5

The text has five paragraphs (1–5). Choose the best title for each paragraph from A–F below and write the letter (A–F) on the lines below.

There is one title you don’t need.

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D) How much we sleep
E) Different types of sleep
F) Sleep and good health
C) Sleep and learning
B) Changes in sleep routine
A) The reason we dream

Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5

Questions 6–10

Choose the five statements from A–H below that are TRUE according to the information given in the text.

A) Everyone’s need for sleep is different
B) We are usually in a deep sleep for about seven hours.
C) We dream during stage five of the sleep cycle.
D) You sleep more when you have a cold
E) People who sleep badly often have poor diets.
F) It is important to sleep well after you learn something
G) Our body clock generally follows changes in light.
H) Teenagers don’t get tired very easily..

Questions 11–15

Complete sentences 11–15 with an exact number, word or phrase (maximum three words) from the text.

Write the exact number, word or phrase on the lines below.

11. During a lifetime, the average person will be asleep for .
12. Your and heart rate get slower in deep sleep.
13. A poor can cause you to eat more high calorie foods.
14. Our get stronger when we’re sleeping.
15. Teenagers’ body clocks are different and so they need to go to bed and wake up than young children.

TASK 2 — Multi-text reading

In this section there are four short texts for you to read and some questions for you to answer.

Read questions 16–20 first and then read texts A, B, C and D below the questions.

As you read each text, decide which text each question refers to. Choose one letter — A, B, C or D — and write it on the lines below. You can use any letter more than once.

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Decide which text each question refers to. Choose one letter — A, B, C or D — and write it on the lines below. You can use any letter more than once.

Which text

16. explains that learning languages can help you learn other skills?
17. advises language learners to travel?
18. says that music helps us learn?
19. shows that more people choose to learn a language for pleasure than work?
20. suggests that people who learn more than one language do better at school?

Questions 21–25

Choose the five statements from A–H below that are TRUE according to the information given in the texts above.

A) The most common reason for learning a language is to understandfilms and music.
B) More people learn another language because of their studies rather than their family.
C) People who speak more than one language are often better at subjects with numbers.
D) Language learning boosts the brain when you speak the second language often.
E) The University of Edinburgh tested different ways of learning music
F) It is easier to remember words when you sing them
G) Reading words on a screen can help you learn a language
H) Any website can be a good place for language learning

Questions 26–30

The summary notes below contain information from the texts. Find an exact number, word or phrase (maximum three words) from texts A–D to complete the missing information in gaps 26–30.

Write the exact number, word or phrase on the lines below.

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The benefits of studying a second language:

• pleasure — something enjoyable and interesting to learn.
• the language is required in order to study for a (26.)
• get a better job and progress in a career.
• (27.) is increased by learning languages.
• foreign language students often get higher marks in (28.)

Effective ways of learning:

• listen to a (29.) to help learn new language.
• (30.) and practise with native speakers.
• use technology, eg language learning websites.
• television, eg practise reading and listening with subtitled films.

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