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Look at the seven advertisements for festivals in the UK, A-G.
For which festival are the following statements true?
Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 1-8 on your answer sheet.
NBÂ you may use any letter more than once.
1. Visitors can help to make one particular event a success at this festival.
2. People can listen to local musicians here.
3. At this festival, people can listen to music in lots of different places.
4. It is not necessary to pay for one of the events here.
5. It is possible to stay overnight at this festival.
6. Children will enjoy this festival.
7. Visitors can get advice here.
8. People can which craftspeople at work here.
Do the following statement agree with the information given in the text.
In boxes 9-14 on your answer sheet, write
TRUE Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN Â Â Â Â Â Â if there is no information on this
9. When climbing at the Big Rock Centre, it is compulsory to be attached by a rope.
10. People who just want to watch the climbing can enter the Centre without paying.
11. People can arrange to have a climbing session in their own garden if they wish.
12. A certain item of clothing is forbidden for participants.
13. The Mobile Climbing Wall can only be used in dry, calm weather.
14. It is inadvisable for children who are afraid of heights to use the Mobile Climbing Wall.
Complete the sentences below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the text for each answer.
15. Some will help you to discover the most effective places to advertise.
16. A of your customers will show you how they feel about your company.
17. A of forms of advertising will make it more likely that potential customers will find out about you.
18. If you can, provide customers with useful about your business.
19. Measuring the effects of your advertising can give you that will improve your business.
20. Success in finding new customers largely depends on your .
Complete the notes below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the text for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 21-27 on your answer sheet.
Working Time Regulations for Mobile Workers
These apply to people working on lorries, buses, etc.
They don’t apply to 21. workers.
Maximum working hours: 60 hours a week, provided the 22. is no more than 48 hours.
Night work can be more than 10 hours with the 23. of the workers.
Work includes driving, loading and unloading, and carrying out various 24. of the vehicle.
Periods of availability include:
going on a 25. or other form of transport with a vehicle
a period at the workstation when the driver has some 26. might count as a period of availability
Periods of availability exclude:
time spent stopping and starting the vehicle when 27. causes delays being in a queue, e.g. in order to load or unload.
Complete the summary below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the text for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 28-30 on your answer sheet.
Automata and the ancient Greeks
The ancient Greeks had a number of 28. concerning automata. According to one, the god Hephaestus created two assistants made of gold. The Greeks probably also created real automata; it seems most likely that the mechanism which controlled them consisted of 29. which were worked by human operators. Some automata were designed to be 30. with an educational purpose.
Look at the following descriptions (Questions 31-35) and the list of people below.
Match each statement with the correct person, A-G.
Write the correct letter, A-G, in boxes 31-35 on your answer sheet.
List of People
A. Ctesibius
B. Arab engineers
C. da Vinci
D. Maillardet
E. Vaucanson
F. Merlin
G. Jaquet-Droz
List of Descriptions
31. created an automaton that represented a bird in water, interacting with its surroundings
32. created an automaton that performed on a musical instrument
33. produced documents about how to create automata
34. created automata which required a human being to operate the mechanism
35. used air and water power
Complete the sentences below.
Choose ONE WORD ONLY from the text for each answer.
Write your answers in boxes 36-40 on your answer sheet.
36. The Mechanical Theatre shows court life inside a .
37. In the Mechanical Theatre, building workers, butchers and a barber represent various of the time.
38. provides the power that operates the Mechanical Theatre.
39. New that developed in the nineteenth century reduced the cost of the production of automata.
40. During the nineteenth century, most automata were intended for use by .