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PART 1 QUESTIONS 1 - 10
Questions 1 - 10
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER in each gap.
Portsmouth University Radio Broadcast
News originated from: | campus and city |
This morning's news: | (1) topic |
Women's soccer team: | - won Southampton team |
- Mike missed the game because of (2) experiment |
- Molly Mbeka scored (3) goal(s) in the first half | |
- Susie Smith, Joan Michael, Molly scored in the second half |
- Susie Smith is known as the "Blond (4) '' |
- Molly Mbeka who is a/an (5) medical student, played for Ghana national team. |
She had 25 goals last season in (6) games. | |
- Molly Mbeka prefers unprofessional games to spend time on studying |
Men's soccer team: | - lost the game at Bristol although the team's rival did not have the contribution of two best players due to (7) |
Other topic: | Student's Union news |
- around (8) increase in prices in caferteria and bar from next Monday. |
- a/an (9) taking place at noon tomorrow with the |
hotline: (10) | |
PART 2 QUESTIONS 11 - 20
Questions 11 - 13
Choose THREE letters, A-F.
Which THREE things about the cell phone launch are mentioned by the speaker?
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Questions 14 - 16
Choose THREE letters, A-F.
Which THREE things about new marketing campaign are mentioned by the speaker?
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Questions 17 - 20
Choose the correct letters, A, B, or C.
17. The total income increased from
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18. The first reason for better profit last year came from
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19. What made the software cost reduced significantly in the company?
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20. What was the last year decisions on the company's core business?
PART 3 QUESTIONS 21 - 30
Questions 21 - 25
Which was Mary's feeling about things shared with Mr. Hays?
Choose FIVE answers from the list below and write the correct letter, A-H, next to Questions 21-25.
Feelings
A enthusiastic
B frustrated
C interested
D homesick
E uninterested
F energetic
G silly
Things
21. university:
B22. living away from home:
G23. city life:
C24. university's profs:
A25. university's subjects:
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Questions 26 - 30
Complete the sentences below.
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDs in each gap.
Mary's University Life Experience
26. The university lectures and other things seem to be with her.
BOTHERING27. She has not been in contact with their family since last .
EASTER28. She only met their parents when she studied in .
LONDON29. She is currently the head of the university's .
CHESS CLUB30. She will figure out the when I return.
DEBATING SOCIETYPART 4 QUESTIONS 31 - 40
Questions 31 - 40
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY OR A NUMBER in each gap.
Ancient Aztecs of Central America
History of Aztec origins:
- The great Aztec civilization was discovered by Heman Cortez. |
- The Aztec group was originated in the Northwestern (31) of Mexico, then moved to the South. |
Their great capital was found in 1325 at Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City. |
- The Aztec hierarchy was complicated, led by Emperor. |
- They created various advances in science, specialized in the fields of (32) and medicine. |
- They devoted most of their time to arts, agriculture, and social activities. |
The Aztec achievements: |
+ Farming practices: |
- Increasing productivity by some invented methods such as irrigation, fertilizer, and (33) which were built on mount to protect landslide as other parts of the world. |
- Chinampas was invented to make gardens float on swamps. |
This invention was made by digging (34) between marshes and swamps. |
The Chinampas were kept firmly in place to plant main crops like (35) and vegetables. |
CORN
+ Field of sciences: |
- Aztec's Calendar Stone was manufactured from 1427 to (36) . |
Its dimension was very big with 3-feet thickness, 12-feet (37) , and 24-ton weight. |
- This calendar included 18 months, and each month had 20 days. |
- The "Nemontemi" called the (38) days, which was then added to the calendar. |
+ Field of medicine: |
- Aztec doctors could be better than European doctors at that time. |
- The Aztec medicine based on spiritual healing and herbal healing, because they had a belief that ailments were derived from God and the wrong signs of (39) . |
Therefore, the illness was treated by praying and killing (40) . |
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