Section 1

Question 1-10

Q. 1-4

Select the correct answer from the choices given.

Write A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.

1 Where is Mr Garcia living?

A.Private accommodation

B.With friends

C.Self-catering university accommodation

D.Catered university accommodation

2.Why doesn’t he like his accommodation?

A The food is not good.

B The meals are at inconvenient times.

C He doesn’t like his cohabitants.

DIt’s on the university campus.

3Where are Mr Garcia and his friends from?

ACosta Rica, Spain, Bolivia

BEcuador, Spain, Mexico

CMexico, Columbia, Spain

D Spain, Brazil, Argentina

4What kind of place are they hoping to find?

AA house with a garden next to the university

B A flat or a house next to the university

CA house not too near to the university

D A flat or a house not too near to the university

Q. 5-7

Complete the details below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR
NUMBERS for each gap.

Name Manuel Garcia

Current address 5 ____________

Telephone number 0453 672 348

E-mail address 6____________

Age 19

Gender Male

Smoker? No

Budgeted monthly rent 7____________ £

Q. 8-10

Select the correct answer from the choices given.

Write A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet.

8 Why can Mr Garcia expect a small reduction in rent?

A The salesman likes him.

B There is no contract.

C July is a good month to move in.

D He and his friends will stay all year.

9 How much is the accommodation agency’s fee for Mr Garcia?

A 1/2 month’s rent

B 1 month’s rent

C3/2 month’s rent

D There’s no fee.

10 Which items does Mr Garcia consider necessary?

A Kitchen utensils, washing machine, Internet connection

B Washing machine, Internet connection, TV

C DVD player, TV, Internet connection

D Shower, TV, washing machine

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Section 2

Question 11-20

Q. 11-13
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

Only ONE answer is possible for each question.

11 Which member or members of the speaker’s family have health problems?

A The speaker

B The speaker’s parents

C The speaker’s father and younger sister

DNone of the speaker’s family does.

12 Why didn’t the family go to Rotorua?

A They couldn’t afford it

B They wanted to go somewhere with friends

C Because of health problems

DBecause they wanted to go somewhere new

13 How did the speaker’s family first find out about the Waiwera spa?

AFrom people, they met in their home town

BFrom the Internet

C From people, they met in Rotorua

D From a travel agent

Q. 14-16
 Complete the sentences using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR
NUMBERS for each gap.

14 Altogether, the number of people in the speaker’s holiday group

was ____________

15One of the children from the other family was then the speaker ____________

16 Before leaving, the speaker and his family got information from the Internet and
a ____________

Q. 17-20

Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for
each answer.

17 What did the speaker especially like about the holiday? ____________

18 Where were the children most of the time? ____________

19 How does the speaker describe the people at the resort? ____________

20 Which activities didn’t the speaker participate in, even though those activities were
available? ____________

Section 3

Question 21-30

Q. 21-23

Complete the notes on what Mika says at the beginning of the discussion.

Mika says that if you miss what other people in a seminar say, it makes it hard to
21 ____________ the discussion. She might have a 22 ____________ if she didn’t
understand what a tutor was asking her, but if she was wrong, it was
23 ____________
Q. 24-27

Complete the sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.

24Martina says that native speaker students often continue talking even if non-native
speaker students, like her, ____________

25 However, Martina points out that native speaker students will usually stop talking
if you ____________

26 Martina says that non-native speaker students need to anticipate

and ____________ in order to get involved in seminar discussions.

27 Michael points out that non-native speaker students can use ____________ and
body language to indicate when they are ready to add to a discussion.

Q. 28-30

Choose the correct answer or answers to complete each sentence.

28 Martina thinks that non-native speaker students can improve the situation by
being ____________

Aaggressive.

B argumentative.

Cwell prepared.

D polite.

29 Mika thinks that non-native speakers can improve ____________

Aboth their English and their subject knowledge quickly.

Btheir English quickly, but not their subject knowledge.

C their subject knowledge quickly, but not their English.

Dneither their English nor their subject knowledge quickly.

30Mika says that ____________

A English students know a lot of technical terminologies.

B English students like making friends with her outside seminars.

CEnglish students arc interested in learning about situations in foreign countries.

D non-native speaker students shouldn’t take much time to state their views.

Section 4

Question 31-40

Q. 31 and 32

Complete the following summary of the lecturer’s introduction by using NO

MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.

The lecturer says that he will first look at how some cultural values influence
31 ____________ and that then he will 32 ____________ demonstrating that
approaches to learning in one culture may not be considered suitable in others.

Q. 33 and 36

Complete the notes on the way students learn in different cultures.

Use only ONE WORD for each gap.

34____________of the
33 ____________ Arab culture Koran influences how other
subjects are learnt.

Little or no talking or
Chinese culture
35 ____________ with
other students or teachers.
 Focus on developing
36____________skills
Extending American culture
through questioning, for
example.

Q. 37-40

Complete the notes on three Asian students and their experiences.

Use NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.

Experience of own education

Country of origin Level of study
system

Students contribute little to

China 37____________
discussions.

Students
38____________ to ask
lecturers questions.

Less focus on
Japan Master’s
constructing 39 ____________

40____________is
responsible for providing
India research
information about facilities
and requirements

Answers

Section 1

1. D

2. B

3. C

4. C
 5. 35C Campus lane

6. garcianuk@email.uk

7. 200-250/ 200 to 250

8. D

9. A

10. B

Section 2

11. C

12. D

13. C

14. 9/nine

15. year older

16. travel agency

17. (the) accommodation / hotel

18. (in/ the/ some) play areas

19. gentle, warm, helpful

20. basketball and volleyball

Section 3

21. catch up with

 22. guess

23. (quite) embarrassing

24. raise a hand

25. (just) interrupt (someone)

26. think quickly

27. eye contact

28. D

29. C

30. C

Section 4

31. teaching and learning

32. present evidence

33. conserving

34. Memorisation

35. interacting/ interaction

36. argumentation

37. undergraduate

38. hesitate

39. logical argument

40. Lecturer or supervisor