WRITING TASK

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Write about the following topic:

Successful sports professionals can earn a great deal more money than people in other important professions. Some people think this is fully justified while others think it is unfair.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Write at least 250 words.

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READING TASK

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 27-40, which are based on the Reading Passage.

Questions 27-31
Complete each sentence with the correct ending, A-G below.
Write the correct letter, A-G, in the gaps.

27 A developed system of numbering
28 An additional hand signal
29 In seventh-century Europe, the ability to count to a certain number
30 Thinking about numbers as concepts separate from physical objects
31 Expressing number differently according to class of item

A was necessary in order to fulfil a civic role.
B was necessary when people began farming.
C was necessary for the development of arithmetic.
D persists in all societies.
E was used when the range of number words was restricted.
F can be traced back to early European languages.
G was a characteristic of early numeration systems.

27: _____ 28: _____ 29: _____ 30: _____ 31: _____

Questions 32-40
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the Reading Passage?
In boxes 32-40 write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information FALSE if the statement contradicts the