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Reading passage 1

A. Sweden's general election on Sept. 19 was an upheaval for a country known for its cozy,consensus politics. Despite having roots in the White Power movement and running a highly

xenophobic campaign the Sweden Democrats became the first far-right party to enter

Sweden's parliament when they won 6% of the vote. The result brought thousands onto thestreets in anti-fascist protest marches, and sent national columnists into a heavy bout of

Scandinavian soul-searching. But in the southeastern city of Malm where 30% of the

population are immigrants or of immigrant descent ethnic tensions took a darker turn.

B. On Nov. 7, police arrested a 38-year-old Swedish man in connection with a series of sniperattacks on Malm's non-white population. Following the arrest, police say they are working on

up to 15 unsolved shootings that they believe may have deliberately targeted people with

immigrant backgrounds. The suspect has been remanded in connection with eight of the cases.

A motive for the attacks has not been released by the police, but the suspect's father was

quoted by theAftonbladetnewspaper on Monday as saying that his son "lived in fear of

immigrants taking over Swedish society."

C. The attacks started in October last year when 20-year-old Trez West Persson (the only ethnicSwede targeted by the shooter) was killed while sitting in her parked car with a friend whose

parents had moved to Sweden from Kosovo. Since then, individuals have been shot through the

windows of a gym, at bus stops and in their cars. Persson was the only person killed, but seven

others were injured. No one has admitted responsibility. Targets have included a mosque and a

police station; in one incident, a group of African men were shot outside a swimming pool. In

the latest shooting, at the end of last month, the gunman fled on a bicycle after shooting and

then headbutting his target, an Iranian-born hairdresser.

D. The alleged shooter, now detained on probable cause for one case of murder and seven othercases of attempted murder, has been labeled "the new Laserman" by the Swedish media. The

former "Laserman," John Ausonius, targeted 11 people in the early '90s in Stockholm, killing one

with his gun armed with laser sight. The killings were later found to racially motivated, and

coincided with a rise in popularity of a far-right, populist and anti-migrant party called Ny

Demokrati the forebear of the Swedish Democrats.

E. The current shootings have shaken Malm, a former working-class city of 290,000 that is hometo an estimated 170 different ethnicities, but which in some areas remains highly segregated

between ethnic and non-ethnic Swedes. "It has been a long, traumatizing autumn, where many

Malm residents have not dared to move around at night due to the fact that they have dark

hair," says Rakel Chukri, culture editor of the local paper Sydsvenska Dagbladet. "This horrid

feeling won't go away that easily."

F. Bejzat Becirov, the 72-year-old founder and leader of a mosque in Malm, says that his mosquehas survived 300 hate attacks including fire bombs since it opened in 1983. In the early

years, he had to whitewash swastikas from the building's faade. But he believes relations

between Muslim migrants and Swedes have lately grown worse. On New Year's Eve last year, a

shot was fired through a window of the mosque police are now re-evaluating whether the

attack was linked to the more recent shootings. Becirov blames popular stereotypes of Muslims

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in the Swedish media for rising ethnic tensions. When he first issued the call to the faithful 30

years ago, "an Imam was associated with a rich Sheik," he says. "But now they are widely

associated with terrorists."

G. But despite Becirov's despair, it would seem that the bulk of Malm's population relishes thecity's multi-ethnic mix. Sydsvenska Dagbladet recently launched a Facebook campaign "We Love

Malm," which celebrated Malm's multiculturalism and gathered some 13,000 supporters.

Along many streets, graffiti covers the walls with loving dedications to the city in its darkest

hours. Monday night saw some 20,000 people celebrating the Malm FF soccer team victory,

with street parties continuing late into the night. Of the 26 players in the main team, only six are

ethnically Swedish. Many residents in this raw, wounded city hope Malm can now put this

recent spate of violence behind it and follow the team's lead as a model of social cohesion and

21st century multiculturalism.

Source: Time

Questions

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1 to 14 which are based on Reading Passage 1

Questions 1 to 7

Reading Passage 1 has seven paragraphs A G.

From the list of headings below, choose the most suitable heading for each paragraph.

Write the appropriate numbers I ix in boxes 1 7 on your answer sheet.

1 Paragraph A2 Paragraph B3 Paragraph C4 Paragraph D5 Paragraph E6 Paragraph F7 Paragraph G

i. A series of sniper attacks.ii. Malm's population.iii. The new Laserman.iv. Sweden's general election.v. The attacks.vi. Bejzat Becirov.vii. The difference in enthusiasm.viii. The current shootings.ix. The opposite walls of entry.

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Questions 8 10

Choose the correct letters, A, B, C or D

Write your answers in boxes 8 10 on your answer sheet.

8 The suspect has been remanded in connection withA. One case.B. Eight of the cases.C. Eight murders.D. Eight attacks.9 The first victim was aA. Thirty years old.B. Twenty years old.C. Middle aged man.D. Middle aged woman.10 Police arrested a 38-year-old Swedish man in connection with a series ofA. Sniper attacks.B. Terrorist attacks.C. Bank robberies.D. Child murders.

Questions 11 14

Complete each of the following statements (questions 11 14) with the best endingsA Gfrom the box

below

Write the appropriate lettersA G in boxes 11 14 on your answer sheet.

11 Becirov blames popular stereotypes of Muslims in12 The alleged shooter is detained on13 Police are working on up to14 Many residents in this raw, wounded city hope Malm can now

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Reading passage 2

A. Two dream scenarios for a promising actor: to do honourable work in a terrific movie, or to bethe only terrific thing in an iffy one. Which is better? The first kind gets you Academy Award

nominations; the second, maybe, a star career. With her performance as Becky Potter, the

network TV producer in the new workplace comedy Morning Glory, Rachel McAdams justlanded in Column B.

B. For most of the past decade, McAdams, 32, has been an attractive movie ornament: supportingroles in Mean Girls, Wedding Crashers, State of Play, Sherlock Holmes, leads in the popular

mystico-weepies The Notebookand The Time Travellers Wife. If she may never graduate to the

super-serious category of Oscar bait, it's because her persona is free of neurosis; with the least

provocation, her face can detonate into a dimple festival; critics writing about McAdams find

their fingers irresistibly typing the word "perky." She infuses her monologues with a musical

fervour, as if she were channelling Julie Andrews. (In Morning Glory, more than one person

interrupts her, mid-speech, to ask her, "Are you gonna sing?") I'm saying her Adorability

Quotient is off the charts. If being ingratiating is a crime, she'd be shot at sunrise. But this goodnature doesn't seem forced; her gifts as an actress complement her appeal as an all-American

(actually, all-Canadian) girl. The character of Becky is an ideal fit for these qualities, and good

thing too, since McAdams has to carry the film nearly solo.

C. Morning Gloryis a cut above most other recent light fare, but not a prime cut. The director,Roger Michel, has made a couple of excellent indie films (Persuasion, The Mother) and two

charmingly soft-centred comedies about improbable friendships (Notting Hill, Venus), but this

time his work is confined to guiding McAdams' finely calibrated performance and the broader

work of her colleagues. The writer, Aline Brosh McKenna, previously confected the dismal

romantic comedies 27 Dresses and Laws of Attraction, plus the OK adaptation ofThe Devil

Wears Prada. This might be her solidest job, if only because she's borrowing from two towering

James L. Brooks projects about women who produce news shows: the wonderful workplace

sitcom Mary Tyler Moore and the 1987 film Broadcast News. A pale, genial knockoff of the two,

McKenna's script posits Becky as having the sunniness of the Moore character and the drive of

Holly Hunter in Broadcast News.

D. Since she was a kid, watching Jane Pauley and Bryant Gumbel, Becky has wanted to produce theTodayShow. She's on that road as the film begins, supervising a local talk-fest called Good

A Put this recent spate of violence behind it.B 15 unsolved shootings.C Theyve given a good fight.D At last was solved.E

Probable cause for one case of murder.F The Swedish media for rising ethnic tensions.G Idea would dart you through.

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Morning, New Jersey. Abruptly dismissed from that gig, she's hired at a lower salary (impossible)

to run a national show, IBC's Daybreak, whose ratings are mired below Today, ABC's Good

Morning America and even "that thing on CBS." No question, Daybreakis in trouble.

E. No stars will come on the show. The weatherman is a sad goof, the lifestyle specialist isfunctionally illiterate. The passable female host, Colleen Peck (Diane Keaton), is saddled with a

sex addict for a desk partner (Modern Family's Ty Burrell); he likes websites devoted to sexy feet

and half-clad grannies. The show's viewership isn't much to brag about either. "Half the people

watching have lost their remote," IBC's news boss (Jeff Goldblum) tells Becky. "The other half

are waiting for their nurses to turn them over."

F. IfDaybreak's audience is in its dotage, then Becky, after she fires the perv, has the perfectreplacement: Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford), who matches Colette in advanced years but lacks

her telegenic temperament. A hardened hard-news veteran, he boasts that in his long career

he's survived both Bosnian shrapnel and lunch with Dick Cheney. What he refuses to do is the

fluffy banter mandatory for A.M. fare. Mostly, he grouses and glowers at the indignity of it all;

think CBS's Bob Simon, but with a sociopath's edge.

G. Bizarrely, Becky never urges Mike to use his lifetime of contacts to corral important guests; nordoes she order him to change the ludicrous striped socks he flashes each morning. When Becky

visits Mike's apartment the night before the first show, she finds out he's an accomplished chef,

but doesn't ask him to cook up something on camera. That's a strand the movie takes another

full hour yanking into the plot while Becky concentrates on saving the show and realizing her

dream.

Source: Time

Questions

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 15 27 which are based on Reading Passage 2Questions 15 19

Do the following statements agree with the information given in Reading Passage 2?

In boxes 15 -19 in your answer sheet write

TRUE if the statement agrees with the information

FALSE if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

15.An actor can work for many options.16.Mike Pomeroy is the other name of Harrison Ford.17.Becky has wanted to produce the.18.Becky never urges Mike to use his lifetime of contacts to corral important guests.19.Morning Gloryis a cut above most other recent light fare.

Question 20 23

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raise your taxes and save your life." That, according to the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids,

could be a winner both for public health and for cash-strapped states at least if all the tax

burden fell on cigarette sales.

B. It's no secret that the recession has wrecked the balance sheets of most state governments, andwhile there's been no shortage of reporting about the effect this has had on police and fire

departments, education budgets and public works, it's had an unexpected impact on smoking

rates too. According to a report in today's Wall Street Journal, states have allocated a collective

$517 million to tobacco-prevention programs in fiscal year 2011, 9.2% less than the previous

year and a cut of 28% since 2008.

C. That spells trouble since state programs have historically had a direct cause-and-effect impacton smoking among the locals. Ohio, for example, cut its smoking rate 5% from 2001 to 2005,

when it was spending $60 million per year on anti-tobacco programs, according to the Journal,

but only an additional 2% in the following four years when it slashed its anti-tobacco budget to

just $6 million per year.

D. But the Tobacco-Free Kids group sees a way around that. A state-by-state tax hike of $1 per packon cigarettes, the group calculates, could raise $9.1 billion per year nationwide, keep 2.3 million

kids from becoming hooked on tobacco and save at least 1 million lives. The economic impact of

such a move could ripple out in multiple directions, reducing the $96 billion spent annually on

smoking-related ills, including $31 spent by Medicaid. But the money could be a boon to state

treasuries as well.

E. In California, which yields to no state in the category of budgetary dysfunction, a $1 increase inthe current 87-cent per-pack tax could raise $575.2 million per year. Texas, with a current $1.41

tax, could raise $418.8 million per year by bumping the tax up to $2.41. Tobacco-friendly

Virginia, with just a 30-cent tax per pack, could haul in an additional $317.7 million per year.

States could double-down on the health effectiveness of the tax by plowing at least a bit of the

new revenue back into their scaled-down anti-smoking programs.

F. All politics being local, the Tobacco-Free site also includes a rollover map that breaks down thetax benefits state by state, including the local savings in productivity, the number of adults who

would be likely to quit smoking and the number of kids who would be deterred from starting.

It's that last category keeping young nonsmokers from ever getting hooked that is

the low-hanging fruit of all anti-tobacco efforts. If you can make it into adulthood without ever

having smoked, the odds increase dramatically that you never will. Kids, more than most people,

are especially price sensitive, and the sticker shock of a pack of cigarettes is often more effective

than health warnings or parental lectures could ever be.

G. In recent years, the anti-tax crowd has made almost any new revenue-raising efforts politicallyradioactive. But the anti-tax crowd has kids too. Keeping them safe just might be worth a buck a

pack.

Source: Time

Questions

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 2840which are based on Reading Passage 3.

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Questions 28 32

The passage has seven paragraphs labelledAG.

Which paragraph contains the following information?

Write the correct letter A-G in boxes 28-32 on your answer sheet.

NB: You may use any letter more than once.

28. The recession has wrecked the balance sheets of most state governments.29. A state-by-state tax hike of $1 per pack on cigarettes could raise $9.1 billion per year.30. States have allocated a collective $517 million to tobacco-prevention programs in fiscal year

2011.

31. In California, a $1 increase in the current 87-cent per-pack tax could raise $575.2 million peryear.

32. State programs have historically had a direct cause-and-effect impact on smoking.

Questions 33 36

Complete the sentences below with words taken from Reading Passage 3.

Use NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 33-36 on your answer sheet.

33. The recession has had its effect on education budget and .34. The economic impact of a tax hike could ripple out in .35. Ohio slashed its anti-tobacco budget to just $6 .36. The Tobacco-Free Kids group sees a way around .

Questions 3740

Complete the summary of the paragraphs EG below.

Choose NO MORE THAN THREE WORDSfor each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 37-40 on your answer sheet.

States could double-down on the health effectiveness of the tax by plowing at least a bit of the new

revenue back into their 37. The Tobacco-Free site also includes a rollover map that breaks

down the tax 38.. The sticker shock of a pack of cigarettes is often more effective than

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health warnings 39. The anti-tax crowd has made almost any new revenue-raising 40