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2 Part 3. For questions 16-20, listen to a recording about earthquakes and answer the questions that follow. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER taken from the recording for each answer. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. 16. What was the magnitude of the earthquake in Mount Pinatubo in July 1990? ......................................................................................................................................................................... 17. When did the experts begin to study Mt. Pinatubo? ......................................................................................................................................................................... 18. What fell on the local villages on 2nd April? ......................................................................................................................................................................... 19. What does a “Level 5 alert” mean? ......................................................................................................................................................................... 20. How many people were evacuated from Clark Air Base on June 10th? ......................................................................................................................................................................... Part 4. You will hear an interview with the television actress Donna Denton. For questions 21-25, choose the best answer (A, B, or C) to each question. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes. 21. As a child, Donna started going to dancing classes because ___________. A. her mother persuaded her to. B. they were relatively inexpensive. C. she wanted to be with friends. 22. What did Donna feel when she first went to dancing classes? A. disappointed by the attitude of the teacher. B. unconcerned about her position in the class. C. embarrassed because she was not a good dancer. 23. What did Donna do to get a place at Knightswell Stage School? A. She took part in a musical show. B. She got her parents to pay in advance. C. She gave a demonstration of her skills. 24. At stage school, Donna initially had problems because of ___________. A. the behaviour of other pupils at the school. B. the amount of time she spent travelling. C. the need to follow a particular school rule. 25. What does Donna say about her first parts on television? A. They were useful in developing her career.

4 12. I’m so ___________ under with work at the moment – it’s awful. A. iced B. rained C. snowed D. fogged 13. I'm sure it won't rain, but I'll take an umbrella just to be on the ___________ side. A. safe B. straight C. sunny D. secure 14. He admitted taking a bribe and he doesn’t think he’s ___________ his chances of getting re-elected. A. pulled B. wiped C. thrown D. blown 15. With their undeveloped immune system, young infants are ___________ to a wide range of minor ailments. A. favorable B. conducive C. susceptible D. receptive 16. As soon as we got to the pool, the kids made a ___________ for their favorite shop selling ice creams. A. shoreline B. timeline C. beeline D. hotline 17. The company has achieved five ___________ quarters of growth despite the challenging market conditions. A. selective B. consecutive C. comprehensive D. substantial 18. Washing your hands frequently is the best way to avoid catching ___________ illnesses. A. obscene B. obscure C. contagious D. contiguous 19. She ___________ agreed to go with him to the football match although she had no interest in the game at all. A. apologetically B. discreetly C. shamefacedly D. grudgingly 20. According to a Government spokesman, further ___________ in the public sector are to be expected. A. cutbacks B. breakdowns C. out-takes D. layouts Part 2. Write the correct FORM of each capital word in the following passage in the corresponding numbered boxes. Curiosity goes back to the dawn of human existence. This irresponsible desire to know is not a (21. CHARACTER) ___________ of inanimate objects. Nor does it seem to be attributable to some form of living organism which, for that very reason, we can scarcely bring ourselves to consider alive. A tree, for example, does not display (22. RECOGNISE) ___________ curiosity, nor does a sponge or even an oyster. If chance events bring them poison, (23. PREDATION) ___________ or parasites, they die as (24. CEREMONY) ___________ as they lived. Early in the scheme of life, (25. DEPEND) ___________ motion was developed by some organisms. It meant an (26. ORDINARY) ___________ advance in their control of the environment. A (27. MOVE) ___________ organism no longer waited in stolid (28. RIGID) ___________ for food to come its way, but went out after it. This individual that hesitated in the zealous search for food, or that was (29. OVER) ___________ conservative in its investigation, starved. As organisms grew more complex, more messages of greater variety were received from and about the