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Upper-Intermediate B2 (FCE)

Part One - Reading

../15 points

For questions 1-15, choose from the people (A-D). The people may be chosen more than
once.

Which person:

1. may have reacted to stress at work? ..

2. had had medical treatment that caused the memory problem? ..
3. seemed to be suffering from another medical condition? ..
4. had had an accident? ..
5. has only forgotten the events of one day? ..
6. enjoyed doing something which was also beneficial? ..
7. cannot remember relatives or past experiences? ..
8. must have confronted considerable danger? ..
9. will never get better? ..
10. is now thinking about many important issues? ..
11. did something no one had experienced? ..
12. had been exercising just before the problem started? ..
13. could not offer an explanation of what happened? ..
14. has had to make a completely new start? ..
15. was found in the water? ..

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 Amnesia

Its the subject of many books and films and fascinates us all but stories of real-life amniesiacs are also
stories of suffering.

A. Hanna Upp
One August morning, a twenty-three-year old schoolteacher went jogging. That is the last thing that
Hannah Upp says she remembers before she was rescued from New York Harbor almost three weeks
later. She disappeared the day before the start of term, leaving behind her wallet and her mobile
phone. Was she running away from an overly demanding job? Escaping from a city that can
overwhelm many people? What did she eat? Where did she sleep? How on earth did she survive for
so long without money or any identification in one of the worlds biggest cities? Miss Upp is as much
in the dark about all this as anyone else. While she was recovering after her rescue she was told
that she was suffering from dissasociative fugue, a rare form of amnesia that causes people to
forget their identity. The condition can last from a few hours to years. It happens suddenly and,
without warning, can end just as suddenly and has no physical cause. It has all been very weird,
Miss Upp said. Its definitively made me reconsider everything. Who was I before? Who was I then?
Who am I now?
B. Scott Bolzan
The videos show scenes from a full and prosperous life: a couple getting married, bringing up their
children and going on family holidays. Theyre precious memories. But the man who lived them
cannot remember any of them. In fact, Scott Bolzan has no memory of any part of his life story. He
has an extreme case of what is known as severe retrograde amnesia. He slipped and hit his head
on the hard flooring of a bathroom and can remember nothing that happened before that. Over the
past sixteen months, he has had to re-meet family and friends, re-learn his life story and rebuild a
sense of identity. Doctors could find no physical explanation for his rare condition at first. Then they
worked out that I have no blood flow going to the right temporal lobe of my brain, said Bolzan. This
is where all long-term memory is stored. Sadly, hell never recover. But he continues one day at a
time, to create memories that will, hopefully, last a lifetime.
C. Ralph Gilbert
Susan Gilbert thought her husband Ralph had had a stroke. What else could cause a healthy person
suddenly to become disorientated and confused? More than eight hours after the onset of his
symptoms Ralph was diagnosed with transient global amnesia, a temporary condition that affects
a small percentage of people every year. There was no warning. He had been lifting weights to fill in
time before going out to lunch with Susans parents. The amnesia came only moments after he
finished his workout. He couldnt remember where Susan and he were going and had dressed
himself in clothes he claimed he had never seen before. In hospital, although he remembered who
Susan was and his own name, he didnt remember being taken there. Ralph was allowed to go
home that same evening by which time his memory had, for the most part returned, except for the
previous eight hours. That has forever been erased.
D. Henry Gustav Molaison
Henry Gustav Molaison became the most studied patient in the history of brain science after an
operation in 1953 left him unable to form new memories. Mr Molaison performed memory tests,
filled in questionnaires and sat for brain scans each time as if for the first time. In between it all he
did puzzles, hundreds and hundreds of them. In one experiment crosswords were used to test Mr
Molaisons capacity to learn to new facts. The researchers found that he was just as good at solving
puzzles as healthy people his own age if he could draw on what hed learned in the years before the
operation. Mr Molaison stunned researchers over the years by learning some new facts. In
particular, he seemed to be able to update pre-1953 memories. One thing I found out is that I fool
around a lot with crossword puzzles, he said. And it helps me, in a way. It helps you remember?
his doctor asked. It did, he said. And, he added you have fun while doing it too.

Part Two Use of English

../45 points

I. Open cloze. For questions 1-13, read the text below and think of the word that best
fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
../13 points

Why people love postcards

In this age of instant digital communication, it seems to be 0) ..an.. odd contradiction that the
humble holiday postcard
1) never been so popular. There are more postcards being sent

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 from exotic locations
2) ever before. Emailing and texting may be perfect for
communicating short pieces of information, 3) for holidaymakers,
the picture postcard is the only way of sharing
4) .. own travel experiences with friends and family back
home. Why should this
5) .. ? There is a particular connection with the recipient and
writing and posting a card requires a certain amount of physical effort 6)
. shows that you care about them.
7) .. is a more thoughtful means of communication, and for
the sender,
8) .. is a certain pleasure in struggling to produce 9)
.. most perfect message that includes all the important information in
just a 10) .. words. People buy postcards not only to send to each
other but also to keep for themselves and of course, in either case they choose a card with
a picture which conveys a genuine dense of the place being visited. This 11)
.. appear to be so they can share the experience with others but in
12) . of this positive intention the message really being sent is
Im here in this amazing place and you are 13) .!

II. Key word transformations. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar
meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You
must use between two and five words, including the word given.
./20 points

1. Those twins are identical; they just look the same!

Those twins are identical; its impossible
. between them. DIFFERENCE
2. He said he was very happy that everyone had come to the party.
He said . that everyone
had come to the party. WONDERFUL
3. A very friendly woman gave us directions when we got lost.
When we got lost we
.. a very friendly
woman. GIVEN
4. I prefer playing football to tennis.
I

. tennis. RATHER
5. Do you think I have to get a visa to visit the country.?
Do you think .. to get a
visa to visit the country.? NECESSARY
6. If no one turns up for the meeting, you can go home.
You can go home,
.. turns up for
the meeting. LONG
7. If it isnt too cold, well go skiing tomorrow.
Well go skiing tomorrow
too
cold. UNLESS
8. The plane was so crowded that I couldnt sleep on the long flight.
The plane was
. sleep
on the long flight. TOO
9. Dont leave the building without locking up, John, said the manager.
The manager reminded John
the building.
LEAVING
10.Sue was late for work because her bus was delayed.
If Sues bus
would not have been late for work. TIME

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 III. Multiple choice cloze. For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which
word (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
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Dolphin talk

We have long suspected that there is some kind of 0) A between dolphins and humans but is
there any 1) of actual two-way communication with them? A group of scientists are trying to co-
create a language with dolphins that humans can 2) . We already know that captive dolphins can be
3) to understand hundreds of words, and can 4) understand some grammar for instance, the
difference between bring that fish to me and bring me to that fish. However, until now people could
neither understand nor 5) to the underwater noises dolphins use to communicate with each other.
Now scientists are building a small 6) made up of a computer and two hydrophones which are 7)
of detecting the full range of dolphin sounds. A diver 8) the computer in a waterproof case strapped
to his chest and lights show the origin of a sound 9) up by the hydrophones. The diver also has a
handheld instrument that acts as a 10) of mouse and keyboard, and which enables him to choose
what kind of sound to 11) in response. But will we really be able to understand dolphins words? Do
they have words? And what if it 12) that theyre terrible conversationalists? That would be a
disappointment!

0. A empathy B sense C comfort D support

1. A luck B chance C destiny D fate
2. A solve B see C hear D interpret
3. A trained B exercised C practised D rehearsed
4. A yet B still C even D however
5. A respond B answer C return D acknowledge
6. A engine B tool C device D machine
7. A suited B capable C complement D able
8. A fetches B brings C gets D carries
9. A picked B taken C found D selected
10.A match B combination C connection D collection
11.A have B do C make D be
12.A gives up B comes across C goes on D turns out

Part Three Grammar

./20 points

Choose the correct answer.

1. The teacher my story about the dog eating my homework.
a. didnt believe b. wasnt believing c. didnt believed
2. We . to London before.
a. didnt be b. havent been c. wasnt
3. Id like . a better job.
a. getting b. to getting c. to get
4. Where are you? I. for an hour!
a. am ringing b. have been ringing c. rung
5. Teachers hate students .. during class.
a. text b. texting c. to text
6. I didnt laugh . your story because I didnt find it funny.
a. for b. by c. at
7. Tell me, .. did you pay for them?
a. how many b. how much c. a lot
8. Could you give me . advice how to begin a collection?
a. some b. any c. an
9. Stop! You . play with that light switch, Julian.
a. mustnt b. dont have to c. may not
10.If you .. a million dollars, what would you buy?
a. will win b. would win c. won
11.My hair .. very long.
a. is b. are c. were
12.I have always dreamed about visiting .. Mongolia.
a. - b. a c. the

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 13.Sandra asked me . .
a. did I know Emma. b. if I knew Emma. c. I knew Emma.
14.I need to .. .
a. have my hair cut b. have cut my hair c. my hair have cut
15.Your invoice .. at the moment.
a. prints b. is printed c. is being printed
16.The surgeon definitely wont perform the operation if the patient weight.
a. doesnt lose b. wont lose c. loses
17.The .. job for me would be teaching!
a. bad b. worse c. worst
18.Be careful! You . if you keep doing that.
a. are going to fall b. will fall c. are falling
19.I cant get .. contact lenses.
a. get used to wear b. get used wearing c. get used to wearing
20.While I .. on the beach, an old woman tried to sell me some new sunglasses.
a. was reading b. read c. had read

Part Four Writing ../20

points
Look at the task and an e-mail a student has written in response. Some of the expressions
the student used are too formal. Write a new e-mail replacing the formal phrases with more
informal ones.

It was your best friends birthday last week and you completely forgot about it. Write an email
apologizing, explaining what happened and suggesting something you could make up for it.

Dear Anya,

Earlier today I received a message from Dan. He told me that it was your birthday last week. I cannot
apologise profusely enough. I am afraid I completely failed to recall that it was on 30 th June. My only
excuse is that I have recently been concerned about my forthcoming examinations and have been
dedicating my time exclusively to revision. I suppose that was the reason the date on which you
celebrate your birthday passed without my being aware of it. I sincerely trust that I can make amends
for this in some way. I got you a really nice present that I know youll just love. I wonder if having dinner
on Tuesday 14th July at Chez Maurice might appeal to you. I could give you your present then. I look
forward to receiving your reply.

Yours sincerely,
Sara