The examiner gives you two photographs and asks you to talk about them for one minute. The

The teacher postponed the theatre trip until the summer term.

off

The theatre trip ____________________ the teacher until the summer term.

em or try to come to a decision about something. For example, you might be asked to decide the best way to use some rooms in a language school. The examiner gives you a picture to help you but does not join in the conversation.

things like 'your hometown', 'your interests', 'your career plans', etc.

We might net find it easy to book a seat at the last minute.

could

It____________________ us to book a seat at the last minute.

You must answer this question.

1. Some British people are coming to your area and you have been asked to help organise the group's visit.

Read the extract from a letter you have received from Mrs Davidson, the leader of the group, and the notes you have made. Then write a letter to Mrs Davidson, using all your notes.

Write a letter of between 120 and 180 words in an appropriate style. Do not write any postal addresses.

t lecturers, cabaret artists, the show company and any special nights. I have to plan each cruise with all the performers and then introduce them at the beginning of the show. There's never a dull moment and if I want time to myself, I have to escape to my cabin because a huge part of my job is to mix with people. There are often parties to attend ... and then, sometimes, dance nights to organize. So, if I'm not in the shows, I'll be out there dancing with the passengers, because that's part of my job too.

You will hear five different people talking about their work on a cruise ship. For questions 19- 23, choose from the list (A-F) what each speaker says about their work. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do net need to use.

A One aspect of my job is less interesting than others.

B My job involves planning for the unexpected.

C You have to be sociable to do my job.

D I don't like routine in my working life.

E There's not much work to do during the day.

F I provide passengers with a souvenir of their trip.

Speaker 1

FRIENDSHIP

0 I believe that nothing matters as much as having a couple of really good

00 friends. They help you feel like good about yourself and they'll always

listen to your problems for hours on end. Since there are friends for different

reasons, for different ages and stages in life. New made friends and 'best'

friends, friends for playing tennis and going to the cinema with - all

of us are dependent on having friends. So how and why do we make up

friends? Psychologists tell us that we prefer those we see as sharing with

our views and attitudes and who are similar to us in an age and background,

though not necessarily in any personality. We see our friends as reflecting

ourselves, or that what we would like to be. This can be particularly

important when we are teenagers. Many of people-and I'm no exception-

regard their oldest friends as their closest. I have a friend so that

I've known since some schooldays. She lives in Australia and we

rarely see much each other. However, on my last birthday we got together

in Paris and have spent a wonderful weekend sightseeing and talking.

We will know that, no matter how many years go by when we do not

get together at all, the same level of friendship always remains.

(80)

DEALING WITH WASTE PLASTIC

Every year people throw away millions of tonnes of plastic bottles, boxes and wrapping. These create huge mountains of waste 【C1】______ are extremely hard to get 【C2】______ of. Now, a new recycling process promises to reduce this problem by turning old plastic 【C3】______ new.

Scientists have taken 【C4】______ long time to develop their ideas because waste plastic has always been a bigger problem 【C5】______ substances like waste paper. You can bury plastic, but it is years 【C6】______ it breaks down. If you burn it, it just becomes another form. of pollution. A 【C7】______ products, for example bottles, can be re-used but it is expensive or difficult to do this 【C8】______ a lot of plastic products.

Now a group of companies has developed a new method 【C9】______ recycling that could save almost 【C10】______ plastic waste. The advantage of the new process is that nearly every type of waste plastic can be used: it does 【C11】______ have to be sorted. In addition, labels and ink may be left 【C12】______ the products. Everything is simply mixed together 【C13】______ heated to more than 400 degrees centigrade 【C14】______ that it melts. It is then cooled, producing a waxy substance that can be used to make new plastic products such as bags, bottles and, among 【C15】______ things, computer hardware.

【C1】______

You see this notice on your school noticeboard.

SPECIAL PEOPLE

?Who is the most important person in your life?

?Why is this person special to you?

Write us an article for the school magazine answering these questions.

Write your article.

The number of car-owners has risen over the past five years.

rise

Over the past five years, there ____________________ in the number

of car-owners.