- •Part II
- •The Benefits of Online Fitness Training
- •Part III
- •Good Food Guide to the States
- •In which review are the following stated?
- •Use of english Part I
- •Fingernails growing faster
- •Part II
- •A short history of tattooing
- •Part III
- •India's rainforest by night
- •Part IV
- •Listening Part I – Multiple Matching
- •Part II – Sentence Completion
- •Part III – Multiple Choice
- •Part II
- •Getting rid of plastic bags
- •Part III
- •Use of english Part I
- •The sticking plaster
- •Part II
- •How the Tour de France began
- •Part III
- •Part IV
- •Listening Part I – Multiple Matching
- •Part II – Sentence Completion
- •Australian Adventure Holiday
- •Part III – Multiple Choice
- •Part II
- •Chance encounter
- •Part III
- •Use of english Part I
- •The Orient Express
- •Part II
- •In pursuit of excellence
- •Part III
- •The people of the Orinoco Delta
- •Part IV
- •Listening Part I – Multiple Matching
- •Part II – Sentence Completion
- •The magnificent carrot
- •Part III – Multiple Choice
- •An Apple Day
- •A New Approach to Cooking
- •Zookeepers for a day
- •Part II
- •Two Journalists and the Butterflies of Britain
- •Independent journalist Michael McCarthy reports on a new book about butterflies which has made a remarkable impression on him.
- •Learning about Black Bears
- •Conserving Jaguars
- •Ecology in a Volcanic Lake
- •The not so nutty professor
- •Part III
- •The Latest Computer Games
- •Campsites of Australia
- •Use of english part I
- •What makes someone intelligent?
- •The value of walking
- •Fashion hurts
- •Greenpeace
- •Part II
- •Salt consumption and health
- •Environmental issues
- •Kangaroos
- •Flamingos
- •Part III
- •An unusual park
- •The importance of pets
- •The smell of New Zealand birds
- •Evidence of ancient towns found in Amazon
- •Part IV
- •Speaking
- •Listening
- •Section three supplementary files
- •An Autism Treatment as Easy as h2o?
- •Ants Are First Animal Known To Navigate By Stereo Smell
- •As Elders Rock, Emotional Burden Of Dementia Eases
- •Beyond the Brain
- •In Sheep, an Upside To Immune Weakness
- •Arthritis
- •The effect of climate change on migratory birds
- •Allergy Alert
- •Fire Crews Hunt Escaped Hamster
In pursuit of excellence
In the early 1990s, the psychologist К Anders Ericsson and two colleagues conducted some research into the relationship (0) between talent and hard work at Berlin's elite Academy of Music. The curious thing (1) … they couldn't find any musicians who could excel without any effort, or who could get to the top without practising as much as all (2) … peers. Also, they were unable to find any people who worked harder than everyone else and yet just didn't have exactly (3) … it takes to break into the top ranks. So their research would certainly seem to indicate that once someone makes (4) … into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from (5) … is how hard he or she works. That's it. What's more, with the musicians right (6) … the very top, it's not just a case of their (7) … worked harder, they have) worked much, much harder.
This idea (8) … excellence requiring a minimum level of practice, arises time (9) … time in studies of expertise in various fields. In fact, researchers have come (10) … an agreement on what they believe to be the number of hours of practice required (11) … true expertise: 10,000. In their research, they have yet to come across (12) … who has accomplished world-class expertise in less time. It seems that people need (13) … amount of time in order for them to take (14) … everything they need to know to achieve genuine mastery. This is true even with individuals we think of (15) … geniuses.
Part III
For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
The people of the Orinoco Delta
The Orinoco Delta is a vast (0)… of waterways weaving through a jungle Which carries the (1) … waters of the River Orinoco to the Atlantic Ocean. The delta has formed over thousands of years as the river has deposited millions of tonnes of sediment into the ocean, creating 41,000 sq km of densely (2) … islands, swamps and lagoons. The Warao, (3) … the 'Canoe People', are the native (4 ) … of the delta. They constitute the second largest indigenous tribe in Venezuela with a population of 24,000. Although they were forced to ( 5 ) . .. to remote areas of the jungle by major damming work in the 1960s, family groups still reside (6) … in wooden houses raised on stilts along the banks of the river, and spend most of their time either fishing in (7) … waterways in canoes, or hunting and gathering in the ( 8 ) … forests. The Warao build their houses and canoes from forest wood using traditional techniques and make (9) … and other jewellery, baskets and hammocks from the leaves and seeds of the moriche palm. Otherwise known as the 'tree of life', the moriche provides the Warao with fruit, juices and sweet pulp to make bread. Also, the trunk of the palm is used to cultivate a small worm, which provides a (10) … nutritious supplement to their diet. |
0 - NET 1 - MUD
2 - FOREST 3 – LITERAL, 4 - INHABIT 5 - LOCATE 6 - PEACE
7 - NEAR 8 - ROUND
9 - NECK
10 - RELATE |