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FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH

English as a

Foreign Language

EXAMINATIONS, CERTIFICATES & DIPLOMAS

Part 1

You are going to read a newspaper article about a day in the life of a footballer. Choose the most

suitable heading from the list A-I for each part ( 1-7 ) of the article. There is one extra heading which

you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0) .

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

A Domestic matters

B Time off

C All players are different

D Putting in the practice

E Working together

F Keeping my standard up

G What makes a good player

H Not my choice

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A day in the life of Jim Barber, Scottish Footballer

Jim Barber is a centre forward for

Glasgow Rangers football club. He

talks to Paul Sullivan about a

typical day in his life.

The matches themselves are always different from

each other. You go through a lot of emotions

during a game but really it’s a question of

concentration. You’ve got just 90 minutes to give

everything you’ve got and take every chance you

can. There’s luck and there’s being in the right

place at the right time, but you can’t make use of

those without concentration and responsibility.

I don’t usually get up till 8.30. On a match day

I’ll get up even later. I’ll sit in bed, watch

breakfast TV for a while, and then I’ll go down,

get the mail, have a coffee and read the papers. I’ll

have a wash and then I’ll get ready to go to the

club. Rangers is probably the only club where the

players have to come in every morning wearing a

shirt and tie; it’s a traditional thing and I quite like

it really.

Sports writers often talk about age but it’s not

something that bothers me. I’m 30 and feel

fantastic. I missed a few games last year due to

injury and my place was taken by a young player

at Rangers. We are friends but he is a threat to my

position. My job is to score goals and if I don’t I’ll

be replaced.

Every day except Sunday, I’ll be at the club by 10.

It’s a short drive but I’ll still usually be a few

minutes late. I’ve a bad reputation for being late,

and I’ve been fined many times. Each day of

training is in preparation for the next match. We’ll

do some weight training and some running to

build up stamina. Players work on particular

aspects of the game but tactics are usually left till

match day.

I try not to let football rule my home life but my

wife would probably disagree; last year we only

got three weeks’ holiday. It’s difficult for Allison,

my wife, but I think she’s learned to accept it. She

likes football and comes to the matches. I do like

to go out and see friends but I always have dinner

with my wife.

After training I’ll usually have a sauna and then

we’ll have lunch: salads and pasta, stuff like that.

In the afternoon I just try to relax. I started playing

golf with the rest of the lads, and I love horse

racing, too. My other great hobby is music which

helps me to escape the pressure of work.

We’ll usually go to bed about midnight.

Sometimes I do worry when I think of the day it

all ends and I stop scoring. That scares me and I

can’t see myself playing for any other team,

either, but the reality is that the players don’t

make the decisions. If someone makes your club a

good enough offer for you, they’ll accept it. But I

try not to let things like that bother me.

The best thing in football is scoring goals - and

I’m a top goal-scorer. It feels absolutely fantastic

but I never feel above the rest of the team; if I did,

I wouldn’t last two minutes in the dressing room.

Any success I have is a team success. My idol in

the past was always Kenny Dalglish. My idols

now are the other Rangers players.

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Part 2

You are going to read a magazine article about a book. For Questions 8-14 , choose the correct answer

A, B, C or D .

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Natural CLASSIC

of Mongolia. What follows is a grand adventure

centred on the city of Karakorum, where the

great Mongol chief Genghis Khan was then

based.

Each month we ask one of our experts to tell us

what wildlife book - novel, guide or textbook -

has most influenced him or her. Here, Martha

Holmes, marine biologist, TV presenter and film

producer, reveals all.

The book combines adventure, mystery, honour,

friendship, danger, suffering - all seen through

the eyes of the young hero, Jalair. I still find this

fantasy a thrilling read. Jalair’s great love for the

birds was enviable and inspiring. But most of all

it was the sense of place that stayed with me. The

book gives the reader an idea of the vast open

spaces of central Asia and its huge skies, without

the use of the long descriptive passages that

would bore a child. There are no boundaries. The

emptiness of the Gobi Desert, the Tian Shan

mountains and the excitement of riding through

forests and over rolling hills fascinated me.

The book gave me more than hawks, horses and

a desire for wild places. It also gave me a set of

values. The Mongols in The Golden Hawks were

totally uninterested in possessions, a

characteristic that is absolutely essential for

people who spent their lives travelling from place

to place. They were never mean. Generosity,

goodwill and optimism were highly valued, hard

work was enjoyed and the rest was pure fun.

They simply loved life.

I’m a very keen reader, but selecting the book

with a natural-history theme which has

influenced me most was some challenge, until I

thought back to my childhood. Then it was easy.

Where the book came from is a mystery, and I

have never met anyone who has heard of it. It is

Rita Richie’s The Golden Hawks of Genghis

Khan . I read it when I was about 10 years old and

I remember to this day the effect it had on me.

Two years ago, I fulfilled a life-long ambition

and went riding in Mongolia’s mountains. I was

not disappointed.

Set in 1218, it is a story of a rich boy whose

parents are dead. He is growing up in the

splendid city of Samarkand and has a fascination

for hawks, those magnificent hunting birds.

There is a great deal of mystery surrounding his

past, but he is led to believe that a band of

Mongols killed his father to steal a rare type of

bird - the golden hawk. Determined to get these

birds back, he runs away from Samarkand and

joins a group of people travelling to the country

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8 When first asked to choose a book, Martha Holmes

A was influenced by the experts.

B chose one she had read recently.

C had difficulty in making a decision.

D was pleased to have been approached.

9 What does ‘it’ in line 9 refer to?

A the choice

B Martha’s childhood

C the book

D the theme

10 Martha says the book The Golden Hawks of Genghis Khan

A was recommended by a friend.

B was very popular when she was a child.

C is known to very few people.

D is one of many mystery books she has read.

11 The main interest of the hero of the book is

A what happened to his parents.

B the desire to see different countries.

C the beauty of his homeland.

D his passion for particular birds.

12 Where does most of the story take place?

A in Samarkand

B in Karakorum

C on the way to Karakorum

D in the Tian Shan mountains

13 What did Martha enjoy about the book?

A the range of characters

B the geographical setting

C the descriptive writing

D the changes of atmosphere

14 What values did Martha learn from the book?

A the importance of a sense of humour

B how to be a successful traveller

C the need to protect your goods

D how to get the most out of life

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