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    Chloe Kelling has had a varied and interesting career, originally training as a makeup artist before pursuing modeling and music. She began modeling in London at age 19 but found the work demanding. She also began making contacts in the music business and singing with different bands. While recovering from broken ribs sustained in Sweden, she came up with the idea of vintage fairs featuring 1950s clothing and crafts, which have been very popular getting positive feedback. She now divides her time between London, Sweden, and organizing more vintage fairs.

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    Chloe Kelling has had a varied and interesting career, originally training as a makeup artist before pursuing modeling and music. She began modeling in London at age 19 but found the work demanding. She also began making contacts in the music business and singing with different bands. While recovering from broken ribs sustained in Sweden, she came up with the idea of vintage fairs featuring 1950s clothing and crafts, which have been very popular getting positive feedback. She now divides her time between London, Sweden, and organizing more vintage fairs.

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    Chloe Kelling has had a varied and interesting career, originally training as a makeup artist before pursuing modeling and music. She began modeling in London at age 19 but found the work demanding. She also began making contacts in the music business and singing with different bands. While recovering from broken ribs sustained in Sweden, she came up with the idea of vintage fairs featuring 1950s clothing and crafts, which have been very popular getting positive feedback. She now divides her time between London, Sweden, and organizing more vintage fairs.

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    Grade 8

    For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example
    at the beginning (0).

    Example:

    A bright В fair C keen D sharp

    Messages from the Stone Age

    The incredible pre-historic Chauvet cave art in France is painted in 0 _____ colours and dates back to a period around

    thirty thousand years ago when early humans first started to create rock art. Although various 1 _____ of this art have

    been found in caves in Western Europe, very few people have seen the art at Chauvet because it is located 2 _____

    inside an inaccessible underground cave system. Those who have seen it say that it is very impressive, showing

    animals 3 _____ horses, rhinos and cows, and that the artwork is good enough to 4 _____ modern compositions.

    The first scientists to 5 _____ the Chauvet paintings missed some other important 6 _____ however. The walls of the

    cave are also marked with a series of lines and symbols, that were initially 7 _____ as insignificant. But recent research

    has suggested that these marks may represent humankind’s first steps towards the development of writing, which

    is 8 _____ people to rethink their ideas about when written communication first started.

    1 A illustrations B models C cases D examples

    2 A deep B thick C long D dense

    3 A by means of B apart from C as well as D such as

    4 A rival B compare C compete D oppose

    5 A arrive B reach C meet D know

    6 A instances B matters C details D issues

    7 A believed B regarded C thought D agreed

    8 A resulting B having C making D causing


    For questions 17-24, 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).
    In the exam, write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

    Example: HEALTHY

    Brain games

    According to experts, doing puzzles keeps our brains fit and 0 _____ As well as 0.HEALTH
    gaining 17 _____ from finding the correct answer to a difficult problem, we give our brains a 17.SATISFY
    good workout in the process. To help us do this, all sorts of handheld ‘brain games’ are now 18.SUCCESS
    available in the shops, and the most 18_____ games have sold in their millions. 19.COVER
    20.SOLVE
    What’s more, people 19 _____ that the more they play the games, the easier it is to find
    21.IMPROVE
    a 20 _____ to the problems posed. They see this as proof that there has been an 21 _____ in
    22.SCIENCE
    the power of their brains. Unfortunately, however, this may be a false impression.
    23.PERFORM
    Some 22 _____ argue that the brain gets better at any task the more often it is repeated. In 24.CERTAIN
    other words, the improvement in the 23 _____ of the brain is something that happens
    naturally. So although these brain games are obviously fun to play, it remains 24 _____
    whether they are actually helping to boost brainpower or not.
    You are going to read an article about a woman’s career. For questions 31-36, choose the answer
    (А, В, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.

    A varied career

    Chloe Kelling, a successful model and singer-songwriter, now has a new venture

    I arrive for my interview with Chloe Kelling and I’m asked to wait in the garden. I hardly have time to start
    looking round at the carefully tended flowerbeds when Chloe appears. Every bit as tall and striking as I’d
    expected, Chloe emerges from the house wearing an oversized man’s jacket, a delicately patterned top and
    jeans. Chloe is known for her slightly quirky sense of fashion and, of course, she looks great as she makes
    her way towards me through the flowerbeds.

    ‘Let’s talk in my office,’ she says, leading the way not back to the house, but instead to an ancient caravan
    parked up next to it. As we climb inside the compact little van, the smell of fresh baking greets us. A tiny
    table is piled high with cupcakes, each iced in a different colour. Chloe’s been busy, and there’s a real sense
    of playing tea parties in a secret den! But what else should I have expected from a woman with such a varied
    and interesting career?

    Chloe originally trained as a make-up artist, having left her home in the country at nineteen to try and make
    her name as a model in London, and soon got work in adverts and the fashion business. ‘I went to Japan to
    work for a short period, but felt very homesick at first,’ she recalls. ‘It was very demanding work and, though
    I met loads of nice people, it was too much to take in at nineteen. If I’d stayed longer, I might have settled in
    better.’

    Alongside the modelling, Chloe was also beginning to make contacts in the music business. ‘I’d been the
    typical kid, singing with a hairbrush in front of the mirror, dreaming of being a star one day,’ she laughs. She
    joined a girl band which ‘broke up before we got anywhere’, before becoming the lead singer with the band
    Whoosh, which features on a best-selling clubbing album. Unusually though, Chloe also sings with two other
    bands, one based in Sweden and another in London, and each of these has a distinct style.

    It was her work with Whoosh that originally led to Chloe’s link with Sweden. She was offered a song-writing
    job there with a team that was responsible for songs for some major stars, but gradually became more
    involved in writing music for her own band.

    Although she now divides her time between London and Sweden, her first stay there turned out to be much
    longer than she’d bargained for. ‘The rooms are very tall over there and so people have these rather high
    beds that you climb up to,’ she explains. ‘I fell as I climbed up the ladder and cracked three ribs. Although
    the people at the hospital were very kind, I was stuck there for a while, which was very frustrating. Sneezing
    and laughing were so painful at first, let alone singing!’

    It was while recovering from her injuries that Chloe hit upon the idea of staging what she calls vintage fairs.
    ‘It was snowing in Sweden and I wanted something nice to look forward to.’ Chloe had always loved vintage
    clothes, particularly from the 1950s, and decided to stage an event for others who shared her passion. The
    first fair was held in her home village and featured stalls selling all sorts of clothes and crafts dating back to
    the 1950s. It was a huge hit, with 300 people turning up.

    ‘When I had the idea of the first fair, it was only meant to be a one-off, but we had so many compliments, I
    decided to go ahead with more,’ says Chloe. ‘There’s something for all ages and people find old things have
    more character than stuff you buy in modern shops. It also fits perfectly with the idea of recycling.’ Looking
    round Chloe’s caravan, I can see what she means.

    31. In the first paragraph, the writer suggests that Chloe


    A usually keeps people waiting.
    В is much taller than he expected.
    C lives up to her stylish reputation.
    D is surprisingly interested in flowers.

    32. What do we learn about Chloe in the second paragraph?


    A She’s cooked something for her guest.
    В She’s expecting some other visitors today.
    C She has no room in her house for an office.
    D She invites very few people into her caravan.

    33. What does Chloe say about her trip to Japan?


    A She soon got used to her life there.
    В She felt lonely most of the time there.
    C She wishes she’d done the work better.
    D She wasn’t old enough to appreciate it fully.
    34. In the fourth paragraph, we find out that Chloe
    A gave up modelling to become a singer.
    В had always had ambitions to be a singer.
    C has now left the first successful band she joined.
    D sings in three bands that have a very similar sound.

    35. Chloe ended up in hospital in Sweden after


    A breaking a rib whilst trying to move her bed.
    В hurting her leg in a fall from her bed.
    C falling off a ladder in her bedroom.
    D tripping over in her room at night.

    36. What does Chloe say about her ‘vintage fairs’?


    A Her main aim is to raise awareness of environmental issues.
    В She has responded to positive feedback from customers.
    C Certain shops are now showing interest in the idea.
    D They are mostly popular with older people.
    Key answers
    Part 1
    1 D – examples. Other words do not fit the context.
    2 A – deep. Other three variants do not collocate with ‘inside’.
    3 D – such as. This expression is the only one that shows examples or introduces a list.
    4 A – rival. ‘Compare’ and ‘compete’ require ‘with’ in this context (e.g. ‘compete with something’).
    ‘Oppose’ would mean to be against something (negative meaning).
    5 B – reach. This is the only word with the meaning ‘to discover, to see for the first time’.
    6 C – details. ‘Details’ is the only word that collocates with the verb ‘to miss’. ‘Details’ are usually
    minor and easy to miss, while ‘matters’ are more significant. ‘Issues’ means ‘problems or
    difficulties’.
    7 B – regarded. The only option that can be followed by ‘as’. ‘Believed’ and ‘thought’ are normally
    followed by ‘to be’: ‘She is believed to be the best specialist in the field’.
    8 D – causing. The rest of the options can’t be followed by infinitive. ‘Making’ can look like the
    correct answer, but the next part would have to be: ‘making people rethink’.
    Part 3
    17 satisfaction. Verb to noun transformation.
    18 successful. Mind the spelling! Double ‘c’, double ‘s’, one ‘l’.
    19 discover. Prefix changes the meaning of the verb to ‘to learn, to find out’.
    20 solution. Verb to noun transformation.
    21 improvement. Verb is changed to noun. Pay attention to the spelling.
    22 scientists. Make sure to pluralise the noun, as suggested by ‘some’ at the beginning of the
    sentence and the following ‘argue’.Another difficult word to spell.
    23 performance. Verb to noun transformation.
    24 uncertain. a prefix is used to make the adjective negative.
    Part 5
    31 C. Last sentence of the paragraph: Chloe is known for her slightly quirky sense of fashion. The
    opposite of A and B is said in the text. Answer D is not mentioned.
    32 A. Second sentence of Paragraph Two: …the smell of fresh baking greets us. Answer B is not
    mentioned. The opposite of Answers C and D is stated in the text.
    33 D. Last two sentences of Paragraph Three: … it was too much to take in at nineteen. If I’d stayed
    longer, I might have settled in better. Answers A and C are not mentioned. Answer B is incorrect as
    she only felt homesick at first, not ‘most of the time’ as states in the answer.
    34 B. Second sentence: ‘I’d been the typical kid, singing with a hairbrush in front of the mirror,
    dreaming of being a star one day,’. The opposite of other answers is stated in the text.
    35 C. Paragraph Six: I fell as I climbed up the ladder and cracked three ribs.
    36 B.but we had so many compliments, I decided to go ahead with more. Answer A mentions a
    minor point. Answer C is not mentioned. The opposite of Answer D is said in the text.
    You will hear part of an international radio broadcast on the
    subject of Guy Fawkes Night’, an annual public celebration in
    Great Britain. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a
    word or short phrase.

    On Guy Fawkes Night people burn a (9) ………………………… of a


    man called ‘Guy’.
    The models are made only for the (10) ………………………… of being
    burned.
    On this night pets are usually (11) ………………………… because it is
    very noisy.
    Years ago, a Protestant king made life difficult for Britain’s (12)
    ………………………… .
    A group of important men decided that King James I and his
    supporters (13) ………………………… .
    The conspirators bought a house that had (14) …………………………
    in its basement.
    The conspirators put barrels of highly (15) …………………………
    under the government building.
    Guy Fawkes’ job was to keep a lookout for and tell the others
    about any (16) ………………………… .
    Guy Fawkes is the most well-known conspirator because he was
    (17) ………………………… .
    Nowadays Catholics and Protestants get along so the
    celebration is mostly (18) ………………………… .
    9 life-sized model 10 purpose
    11 terrified 12 Catholics
    13 must die 14 a tunnel
    15 explosive gunpowder
    16 approaching danger
    17 caught first 18 harmless fun

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