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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 34 to 38.

Many young people choose to spend a year or two of their lives while they are still single living in a foreign country and working as a volunteer. Working as a volunteer means that you can not only help (34)______ people, but also develop a greater understanding of the world and yourself. You must have a university degree and (35) ______ at least one year's experience before you can apply. Suitable applicants are invited to attend a series of interviews and are then sent on a training programme. Applicants are usually offered a post within months and can be sent anywhere from the Sahara to Siberia.

The advantages of being a volunteer far outweigh the disadvantages. Being a volunteer can enable you to get valuable experience (36) ______ you would otherwise not have had. It can help you move up the career ladder faster. You will make lifelong friends and return with an appreciation of another culture and language. (37) ______ , volunteering is not for everyone. It can be difficult being (38) ______ off from friends and family. Living on a modest allowance is challenging. But, if you do choose to go, you will return a stronger, wiser person.

(Adapted from FCE Use of English by Virginia Evans) Question 34.A. each B. other C. much D. another Question 35.A. gain B. win C. deserve D. require Question36.A. what B. whose C. whom D. that Question 37.A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. For example Question 38.A. blocked B. barred C. closed D. cut Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 39 to 43.

New technology is making it easier than ever for young people to take up campaigning. One campaigner working with Battlefront is Aimee Nathan, 17, from London, who will soon have been campaigning for six months. Aimee is trying to stop people using disposable coffee cups. These are non-recyclable due to their plastic covering, so they end up in landfill sites.

Aimee worked out that if just 1,000 people bring their own mugs with them when they buy coffee, by the end of a year, one coffee shop will have saved 5.5 tonnes of waste and 125 trees. Highlights of her campaign included appearing on TV and getting a crowd of people, including a famous model, to take their own mugs to a coffee shop. Aimee's Facebook page played a big part in publicising the event.

Another Battlefront campaigner, Manpreet Darroch, 19, from Birmingham, became aware of the importance of road safety when several people he knew were killed or injured in road accidents. He was shocked todiscover that traffic accidents are the biggest cause of death for 15-19-year-olds worldwide: about 7,000 people under 25 will have lost their lives on the road by the end of next week.

Manpreet decided to focus his campaign on the danger of crossing the street while listening to an MP3 player. He has used Twitter in his campaign, spoken at political meetings and made a video for the Battlefront website. He is now hoping to work with musicians to make his message go viral!

(Adapted from Interactive by Helen Hadkins, Samantha Lewis and Joanna Budden) Question 39. Which can be the best title for the passage?

C. Get Campaigning with BattleFront D. Young People Put an End to Plastic Waste Question 40. The word they in paragraph 1 refers to ______ .

A. disposable coffee cups B. young people C. landfill sites D. months Question 41. According to paragraph 1, what is indicated about Aimee Nathan’s campaign?

A. She wants to raise people’s awareness of campaigns.

B. She tries to stop people using single-use coffee cups.

C. She aims at recycling all coffee cups in the city.

D. She hopes to use new technology in her campaigns.

Question 42. The phrase worked out in paragraph 2 mostly means ______ .

A. developed B. solved C. calculated D. created Question 43. Which of the following is NOT true about Manpreet, according to the passage?

A. He has presented at some political meetings to promote his campaign.

B. He was shocked to find that the young die mostly because of road accidents.

C. He has been collaborating with some musicians to publicise his campaign.

D. His campaign is about the danger of street crossing while listening to music. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 44 to 50.

A generation of teenagers who communicate via the Internet and by text messages are risking unemployment because their daily vocabulary consists of just 800 words, experts have warned. According to recent surveys, they know an average of 40,000 words, but they favour a 'teenspeak' used in text messages, social networking sites and Internet chat rooms. Communication expert Jean Gross thinks that the lack of range will affect their chances of getting a job. Miss Gross is planning a nationwide campaign to ensure children use their full language potential.

She wants to make sure that teenagers do not fail in the classroom and later, in the workplace, because they are inarticulate. It will target schoolchildren and she is asking celebrities to support her campaign. ‘Teenagers are spending more time communicating through electronic media and text messaging, which is short and brief, she says. ‘We need to help them understand the difference between their textspeak and the formal language they need to succeed in life -800 words will not get you a job.’ She plans to send children with video cameras into workplaces to observe the range of words used by professionals and share their findings with classmates. She also wants parents to limit the amount of TV that children watch, replacing it with conversation.

Her concern was raised, she said, by research conducted by Tony McEnery, a professor of linguistics, who examined 10 million wordsof transcribed speech and 100,000 words from teenagers' blogs. He found that teens use their top 20 words in a third of their speech, and also discovered words likely to be unknown to adults, including 'chenzed, which means tired, 'spong' (silly), and 'lol, the shorthand version of 'laugh out loud. John Bald, a language teaching consultant, said the poor use of language was a rebellious act. 'There is undoubtedly a culture among teenagers of deliberately stripping away language, he said. 'When kids are in social situations, the instinct is to simplify. It's part of a wider anti-school culture that exists among some children which parents and schools need to address! But David Crystal, honorary professor of linguistics at Bangor University, argues that experts did not understand the complexities of teen language. 'The real issue here is that people object to kids having a good vocabulary for hip-hop and not for politics, he said. 'They have an articulate vocabulary for the kind of things they want to talk about. Academics don't get anywhere near measuring that vocabulary!’

(Adapted from Gateway by Frances Treloar) Question 44. Which best serves as the title for the passage?

A. The Impacts of Text Messages on Teens’ Vocabulary

B. Teenagers’ Vocabulary Fail to Work

C. Teens’ Language Poses a Threat to Reading Culture