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PAPER 1Reading (1 hour 1 5 minutes)You are going to read an article about an English woman called Ellen MacArthur, thefastest and youngest person to sail around the world in a single-handed sailing race.Choose the most suitable heading A-H for each part (1-5) of the article. There is oneextra heading which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0).Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.ABUnbelievable hardshipsand difficultiesDisapproval ofreporting styleC Success for someone so youngD Braver than a manE Ellen MacArthur makes no fussFGHUnknown sailor beatscompetitionShe's so tiny!Huge welcome home,lfi'FEllen MacArthur became front page news when, in2001, she came second in the Vend6e Globe round-theworldyacht race. Up until that point most people hadnever heard of her, even though at one stage during therace it had looked as if she might win.IThe Vend6e is the toughest race in the sailing world;others have died trying to complete the 26,000-milecourse around Antarctica, but Ellen MacArthur spentthree months at sea on her own and succeeded at theage of twenty-four where many others, far older andmore experienced, had failed.zShe sailed alone in a yacht which would usually requirean 1l-strong crew, She changed sails twice her weightmany times a day; she climbed 30 metre-high poles tocarry out repairs to the sails in storm force winds; shelived on dried food and slept for no more than 10minutes at a time; she escaped icebergs and stared deathin the face more than once.3It was an extraordinary adventure story, but what madeit all the more interesting for the media was the fact thatthe hero was a woman - and a small woman at that!Some newspapers presented her as'brave little Ellen'and referred to her by her first name as if she were achild. Indeed, in many newspapers she was called a'girl',and the reports described how she cried when she finallystepped off her yacht.,,tEllen MacArthur has been recognised as the best oceangoingsailor that Britain has ever produced, so this kindof reporting seems particularly insulting and depressing.It is hard to imagine that a man who had achieved thesame success would be referred to as a'sweet little thing'or 'Little Fairy of the Oceans'.sEllen MacArthur's courage and determination wereamazing but she herself has remained modest about herachievement. For her it was all in a day's work. In 1995she had been judged Young Sailor of the Year and in1998 Yachtsman of the Year, so taking on the Vend6eGlobe was the next natural step in her sailing career.As her damaged yacht limped back to civilisation,thousands of people gathered on the shore to cheer heron. Her parents were flown out in a helicopter when shewas 120 miles from the finishing line and were able towave to their daughter before greeting her in anemotional reunion once she had arrived on dry land.TEST 6, PAPER 1rl

You are going to read a part of a story about a girl called Maria who is going on holidaywith her parents. For QuestionsT-13, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.E TEST 5, PAPER 1

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TIF SFlp$iiiffimss Bl l{h9t isThe .Terror Run?S[ntuloG fr $rhichparagnph rnentlons astrusture that can berefened to as sliisnumenf?. gil{t}rywsstlrri';assignment unuzual?A Before getting down to work the team decided to visit the local shops andmarkets.B Also present were lots of children, the bravest of whom thoroughly enjoyedtesting The Terror Run.C ln 2001 this money was used to create a garden for the children.D ln the centre of the garden was a large Neem tree which is common in manygardens in lndia.E Many children live at the home, whereas others come on a daily basis.F This white marble monument was built in the seventeenth century and isregarded as one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.G The pipes were dug into the ground and made secure by piling up earth andbuilding simple dry stone walls on either side of each tunnel.H So for gardeners used to working in a very different environment and climate thisassignment was unusual, to say the least.I However, Groundforce came up with a design that made the most of the space,using the existing Neem tree at the centre.TEST 5, PAPER 1ilm

youngBsNs sAn old factory was empty for 30 years until young peoplestarted moving in and setting up their own busrnesses.EEsI started up my own business basically because I wasout of work. I was fed up with applying for jobs andnot even making it to the interview stage. Anyway, Isaw an article in the local newspaper about rentingwork space in an old factory. You could get a loan forany equipment and you only needed to repay themoney once your business was making a profit. Addedto which the rent was very low.So that's exactly what I did. I borrowed some moneyand bought a computer and a colour printer. I'vealways been interested in art and design and I lovemusic and watching videos. I set about designingcovers for music CDs and videos and sent off some ofmy work to various music companies, entertainmentmagazines and so on and within a year I had moreorders than I could cope with by myself. Now, twoyears down the line, I employ a staff of three andwe've branched out into designing the covers forcomputer games. l've been incredibly lucky and mybusiness has really taken off.I tried to get a loan from a bank in order to start upmy business. I spent hours producing a business plan,but the manager turned me down because shethought it would take years for me to make any kindof profit. Well, how wrong she was! My parents lentme the money for the first year's rent and I startedwork in one of the factory's smallest rooms. Now, mybusiness has grown to such an extent that I actuallyrent three rooms. I make wigs for people in showbusiness. lt's not that these people are bald, they'veall got their own hair. lt's just that most of them areon stage night after night and they don't always havetime to look after their hair or get to a hairdresser. Sothey rely on being able to wear a wig that exactlymatches their own hair colour.A wig is very expensive - anything from f 1000upwards for just a small hairpiece. The raw materialto make a wig is very costly and then every hair hasto be threaded by hand so itS hours of work. Andthen you have to look after a wig very carefully; itneeds to be repaired quite often which takes time.For that reason a lot of people actually have two.My parents told me about the factory when I waslooking for a studio to set up my own business. I hadleft art college full of ideas as to what I was going todo. But I was horrified when I saw the cost of rentingeven a tiny studio.I produce hand-made gift boxes and wrapping paper.Each box is individually designed and decorated withgold flowers and butterflies. The wrapping paper ismade to match and I will also take customers' requestsif they want something very special. So, becauseeverything is hand-made my products are quiteexpensive. But you can't buy them in shops orsupermarkets so they really are special.Actually as the demand for my work has increased, l'venow got someone working for me and l'm thinking ofsetting up a mail order business, probably using theinternet.lf it hadn't been for the opportunity to rent a space inthe factory I would still be waiting and hoping!I moved into the factory straight after leavinguniversity. I studied history but ever since I was a smallchild l've been interested in sewing. And halfwaythrough my degree course I realised that although Iwas enjoying the subject, what I really wanted to doas a career was embroidery - that's stitching with silkand threads and suchlike. I used to embroider scarvesfor friends for birthday presents and people lovedthem. So I sent some scarves to a couple of topLondon stores and they placed orders almoststraightaway. They send me the scarves made by theirown design team and I embroider and decorate eachscarf so that it's completely unique and individual. Asit's a very expensive decorative technique and takeshours to do, the scarves are only found at the top endof the fashion market. Recently, l've been asked toembroider the necklines of jackets and the bottomedges of trousers and skirts, so business continues toexpand.TEST 5, PAPER 1lrm