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Here are your pictures. They show people doing things 10 A lifelong process
in a traditional way instead of using a machine. I’d like
you to compare two of the pictures and say why the
people might be doing these activities in a traditional Listening | Part 2
way and how difficult it might be to do these activities.
3 She comments on all these things except climate,
transport and exams.
Reading and Use of English | Part 4
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1 1 by the time you get/arrive/come 2 have driven as Three friends and I have come here for an Arabic course
fast 3 the problem solved, they tried (out) at the Advanced Language Centre as part of our degree
at London University. In our first year we were offered the
2 1 there is / there’s no point (in) taking/getting choice of several modern languages. Persian, Turkish and
2 ahead with the project without 3 was to blame for Arabic were available, but I was charmed by the Arabic
4 took/was far longer than 5 left by the time we got lecturer, who had a huge smile and a passion for his
6 had/made an impact on how / the way subject. As the course developed, so did my fascination
with Arabic, its different alphabet – and the culture. I
researched the possibility of studying in a Middle Eastern
Writing | Part 1 country. In the end I decided this was the best place: the
An essay city has a lively cultural scene, and its colloquial dialect is
the most widely understood throughout the Arab world.
1 Suggested underlining
Technological progress makes us live faster / less We arrived in September and got to our hotel at about ten
time for the important things in life / entertainment / pm. Unfortunately, the staff were nervous about letting us
working life / health / two of the areas / your own stay, as we were a mixed group who were all unmarried.
opinion(s) / giving reasons / your own words We eventually found another hotel, where we haggled
over the price of rooms. We spent the next few days
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3 2 Opinions: In the past, large amounts of time were settling in and getting to know the city. Then our course
spent on chores. Our great-grandparents could not leader arranged flats for us to look around. We chose a
have imagined the opportunities open to us today. light, spacious flat, with a friendly and helpful landlady.
It’s much better than I was used to in London. It was a
The writer uses her own words. fascinating time for us, but the culture shock was so great
that within the first week one of our group returned home.
4 1 to some extent 2 As a result 3 However
4 In contrast to ourselves 5 What is more The area around our language centre is crowded with
6 in general 7 In conclusion 8 On the contrary shops and cafés, where people sit and drink tea. We
usually have lunch at the centre: small flatbreads stuffed
5 1 Para 3 2 Para 2 3 Para 4 4 Para 1 with falafel or beans; or large circular pieces of bread,
filled with strips of beef and pieces of cheese. We have
two teachers. Rania is a young woman who wears a hijab
that always matches her jeans. In her lessons we learn how
to greet, congratulate and explain why we are studying
here. Ingy dresses in a more western style: jeans, short
sleeves, no hijab. With her, we do role plays – we shop for
groceries and other everyday items, and we also arrange
visits to places of interest. It’s Ramadan at the moment,
but the teachers seem relatively unaffected by it. They
teach for four and a half hours a day, Sunday to Thursday,
with no food or water from sunrise until sunset.

One of the most difficult challenges in learning Arabic is
that to us there seems to be no connection between the
written and the spoken forms. Quite apart from the

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