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On the other hand, the employment of new graduates as 0 2 7 a characteristic of social networks 8 something sent
English teachers decreased sharply to 40% in 2003. During
or given to people 9 something which shows how long
the following two years, the number acqui ring jobs rose people spend on websites 10 visits? attention?
slightly to 44% in 2005 before falling to just over 25% in
3 7 sizes 8 messages 9 web surfing 10 attention
2007.
0 1 11 Whose writing improves
Overall, the graph shows new graduates in Ontario
12 not reviewed extensively
managed to find more jobs as French teachers than
13 Which publication invited authors
as English teachers over the same period.
2 11 bloggers 12 scientific research 13 Nature
Unit 4
Listening
Reading f) 1/2 1 noun (singular) 2 noun (singular)
0 1 The Internet connects millions of computers together 3 noun (singular) 4 noun (singular)
5 noun (singular or plural)
globally, forming a network in which any computer can
communicate with any other computer as long as they are ~ photo/photograph 2 organisation 3 letter
1
both connected to the Internet. The World Wide Web, or 4 local issue 5 advertising
simply the Web, is a way of accessing information over 0 1 A flow chart is a diagram showing the different stages of
the medium of the Internet. a process in order.
f) Keeping track of large scientific projects, linking electronic 2/36 noun (singular) 7 noun (singular or plural)
documents about particle physics in laboratories a 8 noun (singular or plural) 9 noun (singular)
round the world, personal social networking, political 10 noun (singular)
campaigning, transforming the business of doing
0 6 pyramid 7 quotes/quotations 8 figures
science, publishing journals online, making links from
9 conclusion 10 headline
one scientific paper to another, recruiting amateur
scientists to help professionals, acting as an experimental Vocabulary
laboratory, carrying out research, opening up scientific
discussion, encouraging effective collaboration, reviewing I 0 1 factor 2 cause 3 reason
commenting on articles f) cause of, major/crucial factor in, reason for, the reason why
2
~ Suggested underlining ~ A major factor which causes this serious problem is
pressure on students.
1 Tim Berners-Lee 1 famous I before he invented the World
Wide Web (paragraph 1) 3 The growth of big cities has its human, economic and
political causes.
2 The original intention I help manage I complex project
(paragraph 2) 4 This chart shows the main reasons why agricultural land
is losing productiveness.
3 Tim Berners-Lee I active in politics (paragraph 3)
5 We work hard throughout our student life in order to
4 professional and amateur I work together
prepare for the future, although this is not the only
(paragraph 4)
reason.
5 second galaxy project I more galaxies (paragraph 4)
6 Herbaria@home's work I reduce the effects of climate
Speaking
change (paragraph 4)
0 In this case, you could use any of the vocabulary in the
0 1 FALSE ( ... a then little-known computer scientist ... )
box, depending on how you use your favourite website.
2 TRUE ( ... the Web was invented to deal with a specific
0 Suggested answer
problem. In the late 1980s, CERN was planning one of the
Answer A doesn't answer the question - the speaker talks
most ambitious scientific projects ever ... )
about himself and does not give a general answer; the
3 NOT GIVEN (Political campaigning is mentioned, but not
answer is irrelevant. The speaker does not show that he has
in connection with Berners-Lee.)
understood the question.
4 TRUE ( ... permits professional scientists to recruit Answer B is the best: it's quite a long, detailed answer to
thousands of amateurs to give them a hand.) the question and demonstrates a range of well-expressed
5 FALSE ( ... classify one million images [. .. ] a successor has vocabulary and ideas.
now been launched, to classify the brightest quarter of a Answer Cis too short and doesn't get to grips with the
million of them ... ) question or even demonstrate understanding of how?
6 NOT GIVEN (The project tracks changes in the 0 1 The second one
distribut\Pn of species in response to climate change, but 2 Reasons: for their jobs, too much time sitting down, saves
no mention is made of reducing its effects.) time

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