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22 The counsellor says that new students have to ...
Which TWO things in the rainforest does the speaker give a warning about?
A spend more time on the college premises.
B get used to working independently.
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C work harder than they did at school.
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23 John complains that the resource centre ...
A has limited opening hours.
B has too few resources.
C gets too crowded.
24 The counsellor suggests to John that...
A most other students can cope.
B he needs to study all the time.
C he should be able to fit in some leisure activities.
25 Before being able to help John the counsellor needs to ...
A talk with some of his lecturers.
B consult his tutor.
C get more information from him.
Questions 26-30
SECTION 4 Questions 31-40
Complete the notes below.
Questions 31-35%. "
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
Circle the correct letters A-C.
31 John was first interested in the subject because of something ...
WRITING
A he had witnessed.
B he had read about.
" Pay careful attention to the question
C he had experienced.
" Leave time to (26)
32 The main research method was ...
A interviews.
B questionnaires.
LISTENING
C observation.
" Try to (27) lectures
33 Which pie chart shows the proportion of men and women respondents?
" Check notes with (28)
READING
" Choose topics of (29)
34 How many respondents were there?
A 50-100
" Buy a good (30)
B 100-150
C 150-200
35 The most common type of road rage incident involved ...
A damage to property.
B personal violence.
C verbal abuse.
Questions 36-40
Which group gave the following advice?
READING PASSAGE 1
Tick Column A if it was mainly women.
Tick Column B if it was mainly men.
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-13 which are based on Reading Passage 1
Tick Column C if it was both men and women.
below.
A B C
Green Wave Washes Over Mainstream Shopping
Example
V
Don't stop to ask directions. .
Research in Britain has shown that green
professional groups and those aged 35
(36) Avoid eye contact with other drivers. consumers' continue to flourish as a
to 44.
significant group amongst shoppers. This
Between 1990 and 1994 the
suggests that politicians who claim
(37) Inform someone of your likely arrival time.
proportion of consumers claiming to be
environmentalism is yesterday's issue
unaware of or unconcerned about green
may be seriously misjudging the public
(38) Ensure car keys are ready when you return to the car.
issues fell from 18 to 10 per cent but the
mood.
number of green spenders among older
(39) Leave plenty of space when parking. A report from Mintel, the market
people and manual workers has risen
research organisation, says that despite
substantially. Regions such as Scotland
recession and financial pressures, more
(40) Keep all doors locked. have also caught up with the south of
people than ever want to buy
England in their environmental concerns.
environmentally friendly products and a
According to Mintel, the image of green
'green wave' has swept through
consumerism as associated in the past
consumerism, taking in people
with the more eccentric members of
previously untouched by environmental
society has virtually disappeared. The
concerns. The recently published report
consumer research manager for Mintel,
also predicts that the process will repeat
Angela Hughes, said it had become
itself with 'ethical' concerns, involving
firmly established as a mainstream
issues such as fair trade with the Third
market. She explained that as far as the
World and the social record of
average person is concerned
businesses. Companies will have to be
environmentalism has not gone off the
more honest and open in response to
boil'. In fact, it has spread across a much
this mood.
wider range of consumer groups, ages
and occupations.
Mintel's survey, based on nearly 1,000
consumers, found that the proportion
Mintel's 1994 survey found that 13 per
who look for green products and are
cent of consumers are 'very dark green',
prepared to pay more for them has
nearly always buying environmentally
climbed from 53 per cent in 1990 to
friendly products, 28 per cent are 'dark
around 60 per cent in 1994. On average,
green', trying 'as far as possible' to buy
they will pay 13 per cent more for such
such products, and 21 per cent are 'pale
products, although this percentage is
green' - tending to buy green products if
higher among women, managerial and
they see them. Another 26 per cent are
Questions 7-9
'armchair greens'; they said they care services they buy, including the policies
about environmental issues but their of the companies that provide them and
Choose the appropriate letters A-D and write them in boxes 7-9 on your answer sheet.
concern does not affect their spending that this will require a greater degree of
habits. Only 10 per cent say they do not honesty with consumers,
7 Politicians may have 'misjudged the public mood' because ...
care about green issues. Among green consumers, animal
A they are pre-occupied with the recession and financial problems.
Four in ten people are 'ethical testing is the top issue - 48 per cent said
B there is more widespread interest in the environment agenda than they anticipated.
spenders', buying goods which do not, they would be deterred from buying a
C consumer spending has increased significantly as a result of 'green' pressure.
for example, involve dealings with product it if had been tested on animals -
D shoppers are displeased with government policies on a range of issues.
oppressive regimes. This figure is the followed by concerns regarding
same as in 1990, although the number of irresponsible selling, the ozone layer,
8 What is Mintel?
'armchair ethicals' has risen from 28 to river and sea pollution, forest destruction,
35 per cent and only 22 per cent say they recycling and factory farming. However,
A an environmentalist group
are unconcerned now, against 30 per concern for specific issues is lower than
B a business survey organisation
cent in 1990. Hughes claims that in the in 1990, suggesting that many
C an academic research team
twenty-first century, consumers will be consumers feel that Government and
D a political organisation
encouraged to think more about the business have taken on the
entire history of the products and environmental agenda.
9 A consumer expressing concern for environmental issues without actively supporting
such principles is...
A an 'ethical spender'.
B a 'very dark green' spender.
Questions 1-6
C an 'armchair green'.
D a 'pale green' spender.
Do the following statements agree with the claims of the writer of Reading Passage 1?
In boxes 1-6 on your answer sheet write
YES if the statement agrees with the claims of the writer
NO if the statement contradicts the claims of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
1 The research findings report commercial rather than political trends.
2 Being financially better off has made shoppers more sensitive to buying 'green'.
3 The majority of shoppers are prepared to pay more for the benefit of the environment
according to the research findings.
4 Consumers' green shopping habits are influenced by Mintel's findings.
5 Mintel have limited their investigation to professional and managerial groups.
6 Mintel undertakes market surveys on an annual basis.
READING PASSAGE 2
Questions 10-13
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 14-26 which are based on Reading Passage 2
Complete the summary using words from the box below.
below.
Write your answers in boxes 10-13 on your answer sheet.
NB There are more answers than spaces, so you will not use them all.
A There is a great concern in Europe and North America about declining
standards of literacy in schools. In Britain, the fact that 30 per cent of 16
The Mintel report suggests that in future companies will be forced to year olds have a reading age of 14 or less has helped to prompt massive
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