Elementor #3621

PART 1 Questions 1 – 10

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Employment Agency: Possible Jobs

First Job

Administrative assistant in a company that produces 1………….. (North London)

Responsibilities

• data entry
• go to 2 ………….and take notes
• general admin
• management of 3 …………..

Requirements

• good computer skills including spreadsheets
• good interpersonal skills
• attention to 4 …………..

Experience

• need a minimum of 5 ………… of experience of teleconferencing

Second Job

Warehouse assistant in South London

Responsibilities

• stock management
• managing 6 ………….

Requirements

• ability to work with numbers
• good computer skills
• very organised and 7 …………
• good communication skills
• used to working in a 8 ………….
• able to cope with items that are 9 …………..

Need experience of

• driving in London
• warehouse work
• 10 …………service

PART 2 Questions 11 – 20

Questions 11 – 16

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

Street Play Scheme

(11)   When did the Street Play Scheme first take place?

A   two years ago

B   three years ago

C   six years ago

(12)   How often is Beechwood Road closed to traffic now?

A   once a week

B   on Saturdays and Sundays

C   once a month

(13)   Who is responsible for closing the road?

A   a council official

B   the police

C   local wardens

(14)   Residents who want to use their cars

A   have to park in another street.

B   must drive very slowly

C   need permission from a warden.

(15)   Alice says that Street Play Schemes are most needed in

A   wealthy areas

B   quiet suburban areas.

C   areas with heavy traffic.

(16)   What has been the reaction of residents who are not parents?

A   Many of them were unhappy at first.

B   They like seeing children play in the street.

C   They are surprised by the lack of noise.

Questions 17 and 18

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO benefits for children does Alice think are the most important?

A increased physical activity

B increased sense of independence

C opportunity to learn new games

D opportunity to be part of a community

E opportunity to make new friends

Questions 19 and 20

Choose TWO letters, A-E.

Which TWO results of the King Street experiment surprised Alice?

A more shoppers

B improved safety

C less air pollution

D more relaxed atmosphere

E less noise pollution

PART 3 Questions 21 – 30

Questions 21 – 26

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

What Hazel should analyse about items in newspapers:

• what 21 …………… the item is on
• the 22 ……………of the item, including the headline
• any 23 ………….. accompanying the item
• the 24 …………… of the item, e.g. what’s made prominent
• the writer’s main 25 ……………
• the 26 ……………the writer may make about the reader

Questions 27-30

What does Hazel decide to do about each of the following types of articles?

Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to Questions 27-30

A She will definitely look for a suitable article.

B She may look for a suitable article.

C She definitely won’t look for an article.

Types of articles

(27)   national news item             …………….

(28)   editorial                                 …………….

(29)   human interest                    …………….

(30)   arts                                         …………….

PART 4 Questions 31 – 40

Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Early history of keeping clean

Prehistoric times:

• water was used to wash off 31 …………..

Ancient Babylon

• soap-like material found in 32 ………… cylinders

Ancient Greece:

• people cleaned themselves with sand and other substances
• used a strigil – scraper made of 33 ……………
• washed clothes in streams

Ancient Germany and Gaul:

• used soap to colour their 34 ……………

Ancient Rome:

• animal fat, ashes and clay mixed through action of rain, used for washing clothes
• from about 312 BC, water carried to Roman 35 …………… by aqueducts

Europe in Middle Ages:

• decline in bathing contributed to occurrence of 36 …………….
• 37 …………….began to be added to soap

Europe from 17th century:

• 1600s: cleanliness and bathing started becoming usual
• 1791: Leblanc invented a way of making soda ash from 38 ……………
• early 1800s: Chevreul turned soapmaking into a 39 ……………
• from 1800s, there was no longer a 40 …………… on soap.