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READING
You have 70 minutes to complete the following part of the exam.
This part of the exam contains THREE tasks which may be divided into sections.
EXERCISE 1
The following reading passage contains seven paragraphs (A-G). Read carefully and answer
questions 1-9 on your answer sheet. These questions are divided into two different sections.
MINIMUM SALARY OF 18€/HOUR
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A. Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected in a referendum a proposal to introduce what
would have been the highest minimum wage in the world. Under the plan, employers would
have had to pay workers a minimum 22 Swiss francs (about $25; £15; €18) an hour.
B. Supporters said the move was necessary for people to live a decent life. But critics argued
that it would raise production costs and increase unemployment.
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C. The minimum wage proposal was rejected by 76% of voters. Supporters had argued it would
“protect equitable pay,” but the Swiss Business Federation said it would harm low-paid workers
in particular.
D. The issue was just the most prominent of several referendums held on Sunday. A controversial
plan to buy 22 Swedish-made Gripen fighter jets for the Swiss Air Force was narrowly rejected
by 53% of voters. Meanwhile, 63% of voters backed a plan to impose a lifelong ban on
convicted paedophiles to work with children. But it was the trade union-backed proposal to
ensure that the annual salary was not less than £32,000 ($53,600) a year that provoked the most
debate.
E. Unions argued that the measure was necessary because of the high living costs in big Swiss
cities such as Geneva and Zurich. The unions are angry that Switzerland – one of the richest
countries in the world – does not have a minimum pay level, while neighbouring France does
and Germany will (8.5 euros an hour from 2017). They argue that surviving on less than 4,000
francs a month is not possible because rents, health insurance and food are all prohibitively
expensive.
F. A key element of the campaign in favour of a minimum wage was the argument that the Swiss
welfare system was being forced to subsidise businesses which refuse to pay a living wage. But
business leaders and the government said low unemployment and high standards of living for
the majority showed there was no need for change. Small businesses, in particular Swiss farmers,
were especially worried that being forced to pay their staff 4,000 francs a month would price
their products out of the market.
G. Most of Switzerland's low-paid workers operate in the service industry, in hotels and
restaurants, and the majority of them are women.
Section 1 (questions 1-4). Choose the best answer or ending for the statements below. ONLY
ONE ANSWER is correct in each case. In boxes 1-4 on your answer sheet, write the LETTER
that corresponds to your answer:
1. The minimum salary of 22 Swiss francs
a. was rejected by a narrow limit.
b. was passed by a narrow limit.
c. was put to referendum together with other ballots.
d. might affect the Swiss Air Force budget.
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2. Swiss voters
a. have backed convicted paedophiles who plan to work with children.
b. have backed the plan of the Swiss Air Force to buy war aircrafts.
c. have backed a ban on certain convicted criminals.
d. have set their annual salary in not less than £32,000 a year.
3. Business leaders and Swiss farmers
a. forced the Swiss welfare system to subsidise the minimum salary.
b. rejected the minimum salary because it was unnecessary or potentially harmful.
c. claimed that they can only be forced to pay 4,000 francs a month.
d. put the blame for low salaries on workers in the service industry.
4. The writer of the text shows
a. a positive attitude towards the minimum salary.
b. a negative attitude towards the minimum salary.
c. a neutral attitude towards the minimum salary.
d. discomfort with the fact that women are particularly affected by low salaries.
Section 2 (questions 5-9). What follows is a summary of the reading passage for this exercise.
For questions 5-9 choose ONE WORD ONLY FROM THE PASSAGE to fill in each blank.
Swiss voters have (5) _____________ a proposal to create what would have been the
world's highest minimum wage after siding with the government and business leaders
in a referendum.
The plan, which would have pushed up the basic annual salary for a minimum of
approximately £27,000, was rejected by 76% of voters. It would have required
employers to pay workers a minimum of 22 Swiss francs (£15) an hour.
The (6) _____________ who opposed the proposal, which included business leaders
and farmers, argued that it would put smaller companies out of business. Unions, on
the other hand, supported it on the basis of a comparison with similar policies among
(7) _____________ countries and the (8) _____________ high standards of living in
Switzerland.
Some claimed that the proposal would harm low-paid workers, most of whom are
(9) _____________. Small businesses, especially farmers, feared that having to pay their
workers the minimum wage would price their products out of the market. More than
a fifth of Switzerland's GDP comes from its manufacturing sector.
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EXERCISE 2
The following reading passage contains seven paragraphs (A-G). Read carefully and answer
questions 10-18 on your answer sheet. These questions are divided into three different sections.
GAME OF THRONES SEASON 5 SET TO SHOOT IN SPAIN
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A. Game of Thrones (Season 4) is now down to its last episodes and, as the storyline progresses,
anticipation is rising for what the season finale will bring. HBO, one of the leading American
television networks, already renewed the series for another two seasons and eyes are already
looking ahead to season 5.
B. The HBO Original Series has been shooting during the summer for the past four seasons and
the same could be expected for season 5. Recent reports suggest that the production team has
been scouting for locations in Spain, particularly in the Andalucía region. There is no word yet
as to which part of Westeros will be depicted in the locations in Spain, but the Andalusian region
boasts of a very diverse landscape from the coast all the way up to the snowy Sierra Nevada
mountain range.
C. The US ambassador to Spain, James Costos, and one-time HBO employee, has also confirmed
the rumours. The channel “is looking at filming in Spain. They are in firm negotiations with the
Andalusian Film Commission,” he told Spanish radio station Cadena SER. “I don't work for them
anymore, and I don't know the details of what HBO is considering, but if you know the series,
you will know it's something important, that they do things on a large scale, and that this will
translate into a huge economic boost,” Costos added.
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D. Some of the best preserved Moorish castles are also located in Andalucía and these can easily
fit into one of the locations that have yet to be seen in the series, such as Dorne and Highgarden.
There are also many locations outside of Westeros for which a real-world home base needs to
be found.
E. At present, scenes for the series have been shot in six locations. The main studio is located in
Belfast, Northern Ireland, where production for the series is taking place at the Titanic studios,
the old shipyard where the ill-fated ship was built. Winterfell was also shot partly on location in
Northern Ireland. Other locations are: Croatia, where the Red Keep and King's Landing are
depicted; Iceland has been a fitting location for scenes North of the Wall, while Morocco and
Malta have been used as the Cities of Slaver's Bay in Essos and, finally, scenes were also briefly
shot in Los Angeles for the bear pit in Harrenhal.
F. The series is staying as popular as ever, with episode 7 tying the series high in viewership this
season, reaching 7.2 million viewers for its first airing and 8.5 million viewers for the night. The
series has already outdone itself by breaking records or tying viewership highs for the fourth
time this season alone. The season started with the build-up to the Purple Wedding, but it is
expected to end with even more deaths and twists, as can be predicted from the books.
G. It remains to be seen exactly what kingdom, territory or castle would be represented by the
locations in Spain, but this new development will surely help fans picture what lies ahead and
build anticipation for another year of torturous waiting for the next season.
Section 1 (questions 10-14). According to the information given in the text above, are the
following statements TRUE or FALSE? In boxes 10-14 on your answer sheet, write:
TRUE if the statement is true according to the text.
FALSE if the statement is false according to the text.
NOT GIVEN if no information is given.
10. The TV show Game of Thrones is to be continued for the next two years at least.
11. Spanish politicians think that filming the series in Andalucía
will translate into a huge economic boost.
12. The production crew of Titanic is now collaborating in the shooting
of Game of Thrones in Northern Ireland.
13. The series has been solely filmed on European territory.
14. Costos’ statement has leaked exactly what part of Westeros
will be located in Spain.
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Section 2 (question 15). We have underlined the word “outdone” in paragraph F for you. Which
of the following words is closer in meaning to “outdone”? Write THE LETTER of your answer in
box 15 on your answer sheet:
a. eclipsed
b. prevailed
c. outstripped
d. gilded
Section 3 (questions 16-18). What follows is a summary of the reading passage for this exercise.
For questions 16-18 choose ONE WORD ONLY FROM THE PASSAGE to fill in each blank.
The Spanish radio station Cadena SER was the first to report that HBO’s successful
fantasy drama series is (16) _____________ Andalucía to film part of the next series
in Spain. HBO producers are in talks with the local film commission regarding
possible shooting locations.
The beautiful and varied sceneries that this region of Spain (17) _____________
have been the main reasons taking HBO to eye up Spain as a location for
season 5.
This season’s grand (18) _____________ is greatly anticipated, almost as much as
the confirmation of next season’s location, which might put Spain on the list of
countries where the show has been shot together with Northern Ireland, Croatia,
Iceland, Morocco, Malta and the USA.
The hype matches the popularity of the show on screen, which has reached
eye-popping figures of up to 8.5 million viewers for one single premiere.
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EXERCISE 3
You are going to read a short story by Ernest Hemingway called A Very Short Story. For questions
19-25 use the word written in capitals before the blanks to FORM A WORD that fits in the gap
in the same line.
A VERY SHORT STORY
by Ernest Hemingway
One hot evening in Padua they carried him up onto the roof and he could look out over
the top of the town. There were chimney swifts in the sky. After a while it got dark and the
searchlights came out. The others went down and took the bottles with them. He and Luz
could hear them below on the balcony. Luz sat on the bed. She was cool and fresh in the
hot night.
Luz stayed on night duty for three months. They were glad to let her. When they operated
on him she prepared him for the operating table; and they had a joke about friend or enema.
He went under the anaesthetic holding tight on to himself so he would not blab about
anything during the silly, talky time. After he got on crutches he used to take the
temperatures so Luz would not have to get up from the bed. There were only a few patients,
and they all knew about it. They all enjoyed her presence, they were all
(19) PLEASE ____________ with her. As he walked back along the halls he thought of Luz
in his bed. Before he went back to the front they went into the Duomo and prayed. It was
dim and quiet, and there were other people (20) PRAY ____________. They wanted to get
married, but there was not enough time for the banns, and neither of them had birth
(21) CERTIFY ____________. They felt as though they were married, but they wanted
everyone to know about it, and to make it so they could not lose it. Luz wrote him many
letters that he never got until after the armistice. Fifteen came in a bunch to the front and
he sorted them by the dates and read them all straight through. They were all about the
hospital, and how much she loved him and how it was impossible to get along without
him and how (22) TERROR ____________ it was missing him at night.
After the armistice they agreed he should go home to get a job so they might be married.
Luz would not come home until he had a good job and could come to New York to meet
her. It was understood he would not drink, and he did not want to see his friends or anyone
in the States. Only to get a job and be married. On the train from Padua to Milan they
quarreled about her not being willing to come home at once. When they had to say
good-bye, in the station at Milan, they kissed good-bye, but were not finished with the
quarrel. He felt sick about saying good-bye like that.
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He went to America on a boat from Genoa. Luz went back to Pordonone to open a hospital.
It was lonely and rainy there, and there was a battalion of Italian soldiers quartered in the
town. Living in the (23) MUD ____________, rainy town in the winter, the major of the battalion made love to Luz, and she had never known Italians before, and finally wrote to the
States that theirs had only been a boy and girl affair. She was sorry, and she knew he would
(24) PROBABLE ____________ not be able to understand, but might some day forgive her,
and be grateful to her, and she expected, absolutely unexpectedly, to be married in the
spring. She loved him as always, but she (25) REAL ____________ now it was only a boy
and girl love. She hoped he would have a great career, and believed in him absolutely. She
knew it was for the best.
The major did not marry her in the spring, or any other time. Luz never got an answer to
the letter to Chicago about it. A short time after he contracted gonorrhea from a sales girl
in a loop department store while riding in a taxicab through Lincoln Park.
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LISTENING
You have approximately 40 minutes to complete the following part of the exam.
This part of the exam contains THREE exercises. You will listen to each extract two times and
will be allowed enough time between each repetition to read and answer the questions.
No transfer time is given.
Exercise 1
You are going to listen to a speaker at TED giving a short lecture on biofabrication of tissues.
Read the following questions and choose one of the answers from the options below. Write
ONLY ONE LETTER in boxes 1-9 on your answer sheet.
1. Why did he and his father think they could grow meat and leather artificially?
a. Because more and more labs were working on that worldwide.
b. Because the technique had already been successfully applied in animals.
c. Because the technique had proved successful with people’s organs.
2. The speaker believes that killing so many animals for food and making objects
a. is dangerous.
b. is a waste of money.
c. is not ethical.
3. The speaker proposes
a. raising complex animals to create products made of simple tissues.
b. raising animals with simple tissues to create other simple tissues.
c. creating simple tissues from animal tissue cells.
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4. What is biofabrication used for in medicine?
a. For implanting body parts in patients.
b. For repairing malfunctioning body parts in patients.
c. For growing new body parts in patients.
5. Why should biofabrication start by creating leather instead of meat?
a. Because growing meat is still not possible technically.
b. Because consumers are more likely to buy biofabricated leather than meat.
c. Because biofabricated meat is not tasteful to eat.
6. Tick the one statement that is true according to the speaker.
a. To biofabricate leather you can start with a biopsy specimen from a crocodile.
b. Taking cells from animals is easy, but it is cruel to animals.
c. Cows will be able to continue eating daisies happily.
7. Normal animal leather
a. is softer and more durable than biofabricated leather.
b. allows sweat to pass through it and evaporate more easily
than biofabricated leather.
c. is not as easy to modify as biofabricated leather.
8. Tick the one statement that is true according to the speaker.
a. Wine and beer breweries will also be used to culture food.
b. Wine and beer will also be biofabricated in the future.
c. Meat will be brewed in a similar way to wine and beer.
9. Tick the one statement that is true according to the speaker.
a. Biofabrication is humane to animals.
b. To continue killing animals will perhaps affect the environment.
c. A more cultured humankind should stop eating meat.
Exercise 2
You are going to listen to a speaker at TED giving a short lecture on privacy in the Internet age.
According to the information given in the listening extract, are the following statements TRUE
or FALSE? In boxes 10-20 on your answer sheet, write:
TRUE if the statement is true according to the text.
FALSE if the statement is false according to the text.
NOT GIVEN if no information is given.
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10. The speaker believes that personal information can be considered sensitive.
11. Billions of photos were uploaded online in the year 2000.
12. The majority of photos published in Facebook in 2010 were identified photos.
13. The capacity of computers to recognize faces has almost doubled since 2000.
14. Only intelligence agencies can access facial data and facial recognition software.
15. The availability of facial data and facial recognition software will compromise
privacy and anonymity.
16. The photos taken of the students in the experiment were automatically
downloaded into the survey page.
17. The students’ survey was conducted on computers connected to the Internet.
18. Facial recognition software was used to identify the students in Facebook.
19. Guessing people’s social security numbers is still unfeasible.
20. Google Glasses can already reveal private information about people
that are being watched.
Exercise 3
You are going to listen to a speaker at TED giving a short lecture on Italian cooperation projects
in Africa. Write ONLY ONE LETTER in boxes 21-25 on your answer sheet.
21. The speaker’s experience in Africa
a. influenced him greatly at the time.
b. involved working with people in different countries.
c. makes him feel young again.
22. He is convinced that
a. Italians were doing a great job in Africa.
b. they ruined every single project they started.
c. so much killing ruined their projects.
23. The project in Zambia
a. was developed in an important agricultural area.
b. failed because the locals did not show up for work.
c. did not catch the interest of local people.
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24. The local Zambians
a. felt grateful for being saved from starvation.
b. never gave advice to the Italian project workers.
c. did not know that agriculture was so easy.
25. The whole tomato crop
a. was eaten by animals.
b. was crushed down by the hippos.
c. disappeared after a few nights.
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WRITING
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EXERCISE 1
As the director of Oleo Andalucía, you have received the following letter cancelling one
scheduled appointment with the representative of a foreign company which is interested in
collaborating with yours. Read the letter below and the notes you have made. Then write a
response using ALL your notes. (120-150 words)
21 Bridge Street
Samallville
Dunwich DU3 4WE
June 11, 2014
Director
Oleo Andalucía
19 Bernabé Soriano
Jaén, 23002
Spain
Dear Sir or Madam,
Wish them good luck
Say there’s no problem
I regret that I need to cancel the appointment I made to see you on June 17, at 5 pm.
Since we are in the process of signing an important business contract with a foreign
multinational firm, I will be away on a business trip during the whole of next week. I
apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
I should be back on June 24. Please, get back to me to schedule another appointment. I
will be happy to meet with you after I return.
This brief delay may buy us some extra time to prepare better our upcomming meeting.
So, if you want to include anything else in the agenda, I will also be happy to consider
your proposal.
Sincerely,
Joe Bloggs
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EXERCISE 2
The ongoing FIFA World Cup, hosted by Brazil, has been disrupted by protesters causing turmoil
in the streets of different Brazilian cities. Demonstrators claim that the cost of staging the
tournament could have been better employed in building the many infrastructures that Brazil
lacks. Explain your point of view on this fact stating your opinions, giving reasons and examples
and providing ideas. (150-180 words)
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WRITING ANSWER SHEET
You have 90 minutes to complete BOTH EXERCISES ON THIS PAPER. Write your NAME AND
SURNAME ON BOTH SIDES. Your script must be legible and texts must be written with pen,
not pencil. No transfer time is given: give yourself enough time to transfer your composition
from the draft sheet to this answer sheet.
Write your answer to exercise 1 here.
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Write your answer to exercise 2 here.
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SPEAKING
Part 1 (2-3 minutes). The examiner will ask questions individually to each student.
Sample questions
Which magazines and newspapers do you read?
Do you think reading a newspaper or magazine in English is good to
improve your language?
Can you describe your neighbourhood?
How well do you know the people who live there?
What kind of problems, if any, do you normally have with your
neighbours?
Do you like to have flowers in your home?
On what occasions do people in your country give flowers as a present?
When was the last time you gave flowers as a present?
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Part 2 (2 minutes per candidate, 4 minutes total). The examiner will ask the students to
describe individually the pictures that they were given before the exam. Each student will
have to speak individually for at least 2 minutes.
Sample pictures to describe
Comapre and contrast these two photographs and explain the atmosphere of each one.
Explain which one you would like to live in and why.
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Part 3 (4-5 minutes). The examiner will ask both students to discuss on a particular topic. The
examiner will make the topic clear.
Sample pictures to discuss
Here are some pictures of animals in captivity and animals which live in their
natural habitat. Discuss with your partner what these animals would say if they
could speak. Are there any advantages of keeping animals in captivity?
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Part 4 (2-3 minutes). The examiner will ask both students questions related to the
poster/graphic material of part 3.
Do you think that to have a pet is the same as to have this animal in captivity?
Why? Why not?
In your opinion, which kind of animals should not be allowed as pets?
Do you think that the people of your country have a good perception of animals and
wild life in general?
Do you think that the government of your country should protect animals better?
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