PART 1: BIRTHDAY PARTY ARRANGEMENTS
Questions 1--6
Which hotel offers the following facilities? Write the correct letter, A, B, C or D, next to Questions 1--6.
Hotels
A. Royal Hotel
B. Star Hotel
C. Winchester Hotel
D. all three hotels
Birthday party arrangements
1. sea view 1
2. disabled access 2
3. indoor play area 3
4. choice of food 4
5. private dining room 5
6. group discount 6
Questions 7--10
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Things to do immediately
• Send a 7 to the Winchester Hotel
• Make the 8
Things to do later
• Find out who needs help with 9
• Tell people not to bring any 10
PART 2: THE GAME OF CURLING
Questions 11--16
Complete the sentences below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
The game of curling
• The four players on the team are called the 11, the Second, the Third and the Skip.
• The length of ice on which curling is played is called the 12.
• The target area is called the 13.
• The main pieces of equipment used are stones and brushes.
• Scottish brushes are usually made from 14.
• One shoe needs to have a sole made of 15.
• The captain of the team often carries a 16.
Questions 17--20
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
17. Montreal Curling Club is famous as
18. The Caledonian Curling Club was formed in order to
19. In the 16th century, curling avoided being banned because
20. Early curling games in Canada used implements made of
PART 3: USING SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUES TO INVESTIGATE WORKS OF ART
Questions 21--24
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
21. What does Josh think about Jackson Pollock’s paintings?
22. The $5 painting was considered to be a fake because
23. What made the International Foundation for Art Research reject the $5 painting?
24. What do Josh and Emily agree about art evaluation?
Questions 25--30
Complete the flow-chart below. Choose SIX answers from the box and write the correct letter, A--H, next to Questions 25--30.
Seracini’s search for Leonardo Da Vinci’s Battle of Anghiari
Options
A. ultrasound
B. gamma-ray technology
C. stone
D. a laser scanner
E. a radar machine
F. glass
G. a thermographic camera
H. brick
25. Seracini used 25 to help make a model of the building.
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26. Seracini used 26 to reveal different materials in the walls. He found the original architecture.
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27. Seracini guessed that Da Vinci painted his masterpiece on the east wall, in a space that used to hold 27.
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28. Seracini analysed the wall using 28 and discovered a second wall behind it.
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29. Seracini hypothesised that the Da Vinci painting is still there on the original 29 wall.
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30. Seracini is using 30 to prove his theory.
PART 4: SUSTAINABILITY
Questions 31--40
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.
Sustainability
• Sustainability: term first used in 1987 by writers of United Nations report
• Lecture aim: analysis of the 31 surrounding sustainability
• Sustainable development: development that will meet the needs of both present and future 32
Myth 1:
• no mention of the 33 in original definition
• original focus: poorer nations should have the same 34 to natural resources as richer nations
-- this would help them achieve better 35 conditions
Myth 2: ‘Green’ vs Sustainable
• key difference: unlike ‘green’, ‘sustainable’ is not always associated with things that are natural
• for the sustainability lobby, the key problem is finding 36 to develop technology
• sustainability lobby is prepared to 37 nuclear energy
Myth 3: Role of technology
• introduction of battery stations on 38 is an example of new business thinking, not new technology
• agriculture: some farmers plant crops like sunflowers which don’t use much water, unlike 39
• greater use of water is a result of changes in our 40