INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

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Centre Number Candidate Number Candidate Name

_{Cambridge English: ESOL Skills for Life}

ESOL Skills for Life Reading Level 1

D710

Sample Test B

Time 1 hour 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.

Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this

page and on your answer sheet if they are not already there. Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully.

Answer all the questions.

Read the instructions on the answer sheet.

Mark your answers on the answer sheet. Use a pencil.

You must complete the answer sheet within the time limit.

At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheet.

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Part 1 Questions 1 – 6

Look at the text in each question.

For each question, mark the correct answer A, B or C on your answer sheet.

1

Clare has written this text message to

A answer a query.

B question a decision.

C correct a misunderstanding.

2

This email

A asks staff to be more patient.

B discourages certain behaviour in staff.

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3

Andy has written this text message because

A he has upset Mahrouz.

B he has promised Mahrouz a treat.

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4

This notice says that the workshop

A is a legal requirement for all staff.

B will increase the productivity of staff.

C is an introductory course for staff.

5

The second paragraph is in italics because

A the information needs to be printed out.

B the words have been taken from another source.

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6

What does the word which refer to?

A Birmingham University

B hospital placements

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Look at the following accommodation advertisements and the questions on the opposite page. For each question, mark the correct answer A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

Samuel Ogden Street £110 per week

This neatly arranged ground floor studio flat comprises a large room, separate kitchen and bathroom in an excellent location just moments from Manchester Oxford Road Station. The studio has a number of attributes such as being close to Granby village and Manchester colleges and universities. This studio is very secure, with coded door entry from the communal areas.

Fairfield Street, Manchester, M1

£160 per week

This 1 bedroom apartment with its authentic exposed brick-work, is located in the heart of the city centre, just a minute’s walk from the train station. The apartment comes fully

furnished and benefits from spacious rooms, an intercom system, Economy 7 electric heating, double door entry, excellent security and 24–hour maintenance. Underground parking is also available.

City Road, Manchester £95 per week

Located in the heart of the city, close to Manchester’s cultural hot spots and amenities, this attractive one-bedroom flat comes with a large living room, modern kitchen and spacious bathroom. The property is located moments from a fantastic range of shops and cafés , while pleasant open spaces are within easy reach.

Bronte Street, M15 £160 per week

Situated on the ground floor of a superb block of flats, this fantastic studio flat includes a private kitchen area and shower room. Bronte Street is a pleasant residential location, while the shops and

restaurants on Oxford Road are within easy reach.

Deansgate Station is less than a mile away. Bills are shared with other tenants.

Denmark Road, Manchester £170 per week

This naturally bright ground floor studio flat is situated near the amenities of Lloyd Street and the open spaces of Whitworth Park. The flat comprises a good-sized double studio room, a well-equipped kitchen, separate shower room and private entrance. All bills inc. The studio is conveniently located on a number of bus routes.

Moss Lane, Manchester £160 per week

This is a bright, refurbished one-bedroom first floor flat offering a neutrally decorated interior, and garden. The property also includes a reception room/dining area. There is an impressive kitchen in the flat, whose fitted

appliances include a brand new dishwasher and fridge-freezer. Nearby Ardwick Station

(National Rail) is easy to reach for commuters needing to get to Glossop and Hadfield.

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7 How many of the property descriptions mention transport links? A 3 B 4 C 5 D 6

8 Which advert says people do not have to pay more money for living costs such as gas and electricity? A Fairfield Street B City Road C Bronte Street D Denmark Road

9 In which flat do tenants share some areas?

A Samuel Ogden Street B Bronte Street

C Denmark Road D Moss Lane

10 What does the word whose refer to in the description of the Moss Lane property? A kitchen B flat C dishwasher D fridge-freezer

11 Which advert mentions people who travel to work? A Fairfield Street B Denmark Road C City Road D Moss Lane

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Look at the following draft leaflet, and the questions on the opposite page. For each question, mark the correct answer A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 _________________________________________

We want more residents to have a bigger say in improving housing services by getting involved in decision making.

• Are you passionate about housing and making services better?

• Would you enjoy listening to other residents and representing their views? • Are you good at finding solutions to problems?

If so, a place on our Council Housing Executive could be for you! __________________________________

The Housing Executive, advises the Council’s Executive (the main decision-making body) and Officers on all key decisions to be taken about housing services, e.g. how money should be spent to modernise council homes, improve the borough’s communal areas, reduce traffic and deal with anti-social behaviour.

What will my commitment be?

Members of the Housing Executive will need to be able to attend Council meetings on a regular basis and run the monthly residents’ meetings.

What support will I get?

There will be training available to help residents who decide to stand for election to the Housing Executive. The training sessions will develop useful skills such as promoting themselves effectively. There will also be training for all members of the Housing

Executive to help them carry out their role and collaborate with each other to find effective solutions to problems.

What does the election procedure involve?

Elections for the Housing Executive will take place in September. Nominees will be interviewed by a small panel of residents and council representatives.

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12 What is the best title for this text?

A Your Council Housing Service needs you! B Council Housing Service is a big hit with locals C Introducing your improved Council Housing Service

D Things you need to know about your Council Housing Service

13 What information is given in the text?

A where the Housing Executive is located

B how many members the Housing Executive requires C when Housing Executive members must be available D what project the Housing Executive is currently working on

14 What is the best heading for Paragraph 2?

A What does the Housing Executive do?

B Who provides funding for the Housing Executive? C Are Officers in charge of council homes?

D Which part of the borough do Officers work in?

15 What does the phrase to stand for in paragraph 4 mean?

A to get advice about applying for an official position B to be successful in getting an official position C to get information about an official position D to compete for an official position

16 What does collaborate in paragraph 4 mean?

A work together B become friends C share experiences D compete for something

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Look at the following magazine article and the questions on the opposite page. For each question, mark the correct answer A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

______________________________ ________________________________________

Becoming a London taxi driver (we’re also called ‘cabbies’) involves more than just buying a vehicle and getting permission from the relevant authorities. All drivers have to pass an intensive training course called The Knowledge, which takes the average person several years to pass. I did it in just under five years, which I guess is a little longer than usual. Doing it was one of the hardest things in my life and it was often tiring and frustrating, but I was a very proud man on the day I completed it. Most people have no idea what passing The Knowledge entails. You have to go around on motorbikes with an A-Z map of the city and try to learn all the streets in a given area. You have to get to know the city inside out. You’ve not only got to know the streets, but also the buildings and places of public interest on them, like shops, stations, parks, museums, places of worship and hotels.

Some people ask me what the point of doing The Knowledge is when everyone nowadays has those satellite navigation devices in cars that tell us how to get to places by typing in the name of a street. One answer to that is, with the map of London firmly printed in my mind, I can get moving as soon as the passenger jumps in and states their destination. There’s no need to type in the address and wait for the computer to load while a long line of traffic piles up behind me! The way I’ve always thought about it is this – a machine can tell you where to go; it’s always better to know where you’re going.

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17 What is the writer trying to do in this article?

A respond to criticism of taxi drivers B encourage people to respect taxi drivers C explain what the job of taxi driver requires D argue the need for more taxi drivers in the city

18 What does the writer say about The Knowledge in the first paragraph?

A People need to get official permission to do it. B Even good drivers find the course challenging. C He thought about giving it up during the course. D People normally finish it in less time than he did.

19 What does the writer suggest about studying for The Knowledge?

A It makes drivers aware of the importance of tourism. B It involves much more than people might think. C It makes drivers realise how big London actually is. D It demonstrates how diverse the city has become.

20 What does the word that refer to in paragraph 3?

A how to get to places B satellite navigation devices C typing in the name of a street

D doubts about the value of The Knowledge

21 What is the best title and subtitle for the article?

A Being a London cabbie

An experienced taxi driver shares his thoughts

B London taxis: a guide

We outline the reasons why London taxis are so special

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Look at the following newspaper article and the questions on the opposite page. For each question, mark the correct answer A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.

‘I flew over the English Channel using a bunch of balloons’

The idea came up during a conversation in the office. A colleague at the IT company where I work mentioned a story he’d seen in the papers about a failed attempt to fly using helium balloons – you know, the type you use for birthday parties. I said it had to be possible – that with enough of them, I could at least make the chair I was sitting in fly. It was a typical Friday afternoon conversation and no one took it very seriously. But the idea stuck with me.

So I bought a few balloons to see if I could get the chair to take off. With the ropes I used to control it, I needed five balloons to get the chair in the air. That, I guess, was the point of no going back – I knew the next step had to be to fly in the chair myself.

As children, I think most of us imagine holding a balloon on a string and drifting away to distant lands, but we’re told it’s impossible. I wanted to prove that it could be done. So I enrolled on a

course at a flight school to get my flying licence, then I worked out how many balloons I’d need. I designed the controls and safety equipment, did all the calculations on paper, and built models. A year later, I was finally ready to make my first flight. It took place six years ago in June. Sitting on my office chair under a roof of 55 balloons, I covered more than 70km in four hours, climbing to nearly 5,000m. And three years ago, I broke the world record for the longest balloon flight – a 14-hour journey across North Carolina in southeast America. But while my friends saw these as great achievements, what I really wanted to do deep down was cross the English Channel to France. The night before the flight to France, two years ago in May, I was a little nervous. I’m not a reckless adventurer and had planned everything carefully down to the smallest detail. But once airborne, I would be totally on my own. The flight began 15km from the sea at a flight club in Ashford, Kent. At 5am, I floated away, gradually climbing over the countryside. After all the hard work and all the waiting, it was a relief to be free of the earth.

By sheer luck, I got to the coast right at the white cliffs of Dover. As I drifted out over the open water, I got a spectacular view of the cliffs. England was behind me, the cold waters of the channel lay below and it was 60km to the continent. There were about a hundred problems I’d had to consider and prepare for. One of them was the fact that sudden immersion in the ice cold water could be fatal – I’d decided not to wear special protective clothing to keep the weight down. Descending slowly from 2,500m, I spotted the coast of France in the distance and a safe place to land. I cut off some of my balloons and landed with a single bounce in a field full of lettuces. The entire journey lasted three hours and 22 minutes. It was nothing compared with the amount of preparation, but the feeling of achievement will last a lifetime.

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22 The writer says he first got the idea of trying to fly using helium balloons from a person who

A had tried to do it before. B had read an article about it. C was organising a birthday party. D was working for a balloon company.

23 What does the writer mean in the second paragraph when he says,‛That, I guess, was the point of no going back’?

A He wished he had not taken up the idea.

B He did not know how to proceed with his experiment.

C He reached a stage where he could not stop what he was doing. D He realised that it would be silly to repeat the same experiment.

24 The writer mentions children holding balloons and flying away to show how children’s dreams

A can be more satisfying than reality. B can bring different people together. C can sometimes come true.

D can change over time.

25 The writer says his record-breaking balloon flight across North Carolina

A failed to satisfy him.

B lasted longer than he expected. C was rather disappointing.

D was less exciting than he imagined.

26 The writer says that the night before his flight across the English Channel, he felt

A he was trying to do something irresponsible.

B relief because he would not have to wait any longer. C unsure that he could fly without assistance.

D he had prepared everything properly.

27 What does the word spotted in the final paragraph mean? A hit B passed C saw D stopped

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Look at the following questions and the magazine article about important people in the lives of four British women.

For each question, choose from the women A – D. The women can be chosen more than once. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Mark your answers on your answer sheet. Which woman

mentions the country she was born in? 0 A

says someone made sure that interesting reading material was provided for her? 29

says there was disagreement about the person she admired? 30

was given permission to go to social events for adults? 31

says the visits she made with her parents at an early age were valuable to her? 32

says she had a boring everyday schedule? 33

is thankful to some people for revealing her special talent? 34

appreciated the superior knowledge of someone she knew? 35

says she was taught the value of hard work? 36

had a teacher who paid attention to individuals? 37

says her parents expected her to become successful? 38

only now appreciates the value of the activities she was made to do? 39

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Important people in my life

Four British women write about the people who inspired them to succeed

A Farrah, architect in Edinburgh

My parents inspired me to become an architect. I became interested in buildings and how they were designed because they used to take me to exhibitions from when I was about five years old. One of the first shows I remember was about an American architect, which was held in Baghdad in Iraq, the country where I was born. My parents always believed that I would do well, perhaps become an astronaut or a world-famous writer. I think they’re happy with the career I’ve chosen. I was also very influenced by my professor at my architecture school. He had a lot of energy and made everyone feel that their ideas were interesting and worth listening to. He also introduced me to different architectural styles in the world, which is now very important in my work.

B Magda, fashion designer in Manchester

My grandfather had a big impact on me when I was growing up. He was a warm, super-clever man who knew more about everything than everyone else. Grandad was an interior designer who designed rooms for hotels and restaurants. He would have these amazing dinner parties with his friends in his strangely decorated house. He allowed me to go to them as a child and chat to his friends, who were mainly creative people like artists and musicians, until I fell asleep on the sofa. It was all very exciting. My grandfather and his friends taught me that if you had an idea, no matter how crazy it might be, you should try to do something with it. They told me that I had a unique ability to imagine beautiful things that only I could think of. I’ll always be grateful to them for that.

C Emily, English teacher in Belfast

I had an English teacher when I was 12 who definitely changed my perspective on things. When you’re stuck in a dull school routine, going from lesson to lesson, it sometimes takes a different approach to attract students’ attention. Not everyone enjoyed his classes, but they changed the way I viewed the subject and got me thinking about becoming a teacher myself. I remember in one of his lessons, we had to run around the school fields like animals then run back into class to translate all that we felt in words. In another, he asked us to write a poem about the noises household appliances like microwaves made. Although I didn’t see it then, I realise these funny activities actually had a serious purpose, which was to make us believe in our ability to use and appreciate words.

D Gloria, MP in London

Everything I do and believe in comes from my father. Dad always made me put 100% into what I did and he made it clear that nothing comes without determination. Talent is wasted if you don’t make the most of it – that was one of his biggest lessons. I was quite naughty as a child and, even though I

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