El Mamadero

are required to choice the correct answer base on lexical and lexico-gramatical aspect in which they will need to select an option based on the paragraph given out of A B C or D options.

For questions 1 – 12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

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0 A expressed B directed C indicated D guided

0 A B C D

What we know about music and the brain

Work on the human brain has (0) C how different parts are centres of activity for different skills, feelings, perceptions and so on. It has also been shown that the left and right halves, or hemispheres, of the brain are (1) C for different functions. While language is processed in the left, or analytical hemisphere, music is processed in the right, or emotional hemisphere. (2) B of music like tone, pitch and melody are all probably processed in different parts of the brain. Some features of musical experience are processed not just in the auditory parts of the brain, but in the visual ones. We don’t yet fully understand the (3) B of this.

The tempo of music seems to be (4) D related to its emotional impact, with fast music often (5)A as happier and slower music as sadder. It is the same with the major biological rhythm of the body: our heart (6) D quickens when we’re happy, but slows when we’re sad. Military music may have (7) A from attempts to get us ready for (8) A by using fast drumming to (9) C our hearts into beating faster. Music is perhaps one of the most complex experiences the brain (10) B with and it has become an absolutely (11) A part of our rituals and ceremonies. It has power beyond language to (12) D mood and co-ordinate our emotional states.

1 A amenable B dependable C responsible D reliable

2 A Views B Aspects C Factors D Pieces

3 A expectations B implications C assumptions D propositions

4 A surely B plainly C evidently D directly

5 A felt B endured C encountered D touched

6 A pulse B speed C pace D rate

7 A evolved B extended C advanced D elevated

8 A battle B fight C quarrel D struggle

9 A activate B motivate C stimulate D animate

10 A manages B copes C bears D holds

11 A vital B important C compulsory D dominant

12 A notify B report C associate D communicate

- Candidates are required to choice the correct answer base on grammatical and lexico-gramatical aspect in which they will need to complete the gap with the correct word based on the context of the paragraph given.

For questions 13 – 27, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only

one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

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Mosquitoes

According to the World Health Organisation, malaria, a disease spread (0) by mosquitoes, affects millions of people every year. Everyone knows how irritating the noise made by a mosquito, (13) followed by a painful reaction to its bite, can be. It is astonishing that so (14) little is known about why mosquitoes are drawn to or driven away from people, given (15) the level of distress and disease caused by these insects. We know that the most effective chemical (16) for protecting people against mosquitoes is diethyltoluamide, commonly shortened (17) to deet. (18)though deet works well, it has some serious drawbacks: it can damage clothes and some people are allergic to it.

Scientists know that mosquitoes find some people more attractive than others, but they do not know (19)why this should be. They also know that people vary in (20)their reactions to mosquito bites. One person has a painful swelling while (21)another who is bitten by the same mosquito (22)may hardly notice. Scientists have (23)not discovered the reason for this, but they have carried (24)out experiments to show that mosquitoes are attracted to, or put (25)off by, certain smells. In the future, scientists hope to develop a smell that mosquitoes cannot resist. This could be used in a trap (26)so that, instead of attacking people, mosquitoes would fly into the trap and be destroyed. For the time (27)being however, we have to continue spraying ourselves with unpleasant liquids if we want to avoid getting bitten.

- Candidates are required to rewrite in a correct way the word given in order to complete the paragraph a lexical and lexico-gramatical aspect is being evaluated.

For questions 28 – 37, 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).

Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

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An ancient tree

In Totteridge, in north London, there is a yew tree estimated to be between

1,000

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