rYou are going to read an article about an English poet, William Wordsworth. Forquestions 1-8, choose the answer (A, B, e or O)which you thlnk fits best accordingto the text.

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Daffodils EverywhereR>"'"~; ~ wo hundred years ago the English poet William~ ~. \: Wordsworth wrote '1 wander'd lonely as a cloud', a;'~.s, poem tbat expresses a basic spirit o early EnglishRomanticism. It was Thursday, 15'~April 1802.

William and Dorothy Wordsworth, the poet's devoted.journal-writing sister, were walking horne to Dove Cottage in the LakeDistrict. The wind was fieree, but the Wordsworth siblingswere used to striding long distances in foul weather. Theywerein the woods clase to the water side when they first clappedeyes on a field of daffodils 'fluttering and dancing in thebreez',

The Lake District in the north-west of England becomesparticularly crowded during the summer months with touristsand ramblers eager to enjoy the region's majestic valleys, hillsand sparkling lakes. Wordsworth himself was far from keen on ttourists, which was quite apparent. He wanted outsiders to 32 ,admire the local sights he enjoyed so much, but was afraid tbe (....distriet might be 'damaged' by too many visitors. He opposedthe coming of the trains, and campaigned in the 1840S againsta plan to link the towns in the area - Kendal, Windermere andKeswick - by rail.

The place near Ullswater, where Wordsworth saw theWhat makes this poem an example of Romantic thinking? I~ daffodils, is at the southernmost end of the lake. The lake isisn't just that Wordsworth chooses to write about a natural wide and ealm at this turning point. There's a bay where thescene: it is the way he describes the scene as if it had humanemctions. For him, nature is not merely a neutral mixture oscenery, colours, plants, rocks, soil, water and ar. 1t is a livingforce that feels joy and sadness, shares human pain and eventries to educate us human beings by showing us tbe beauty oflife.

Wordsworth's home, Dove Cottage, is now one of the mostpopular destinations in the Lake District. You can go on a tourof the garden which William planted with wild flowers andwhich survived in his backyard even after they disappearedfrom the area. 'He always said that ifhe hadn't been a poet, hewouId have been a terrific landscape gardener,' says Allan Kingo the Wordsworth Trust, the organisation that looks after thecottage and gardens.

trees have had their soil eroded by lake water so that their rootsare shockingly exposed. You walk along from tree to tree,hardly daring to breathe, because you are walking in the 43footprints ofWilliam and Dorothyfrorn two centuries ago. Thefirst clumps of daffodils...appear, but they aren't ta11 yellowtrumpets proudly swaying in the breeze. They're .rny _wilddaffodils, most of.them still green anc!__unI!:en~ in clumps ofsix or seven. They're grouped around individual trees ratherthan collecting together.

But as you look north, from beside a huge ancient oak, yourealise this is what delighted the Wordsworths: clump aftercIump of tbe things, spread out to left and rigbt but comingtogether in your vision so that they form a beautiful, pale-yellow carpet. What you 're seeing at last is nature transfcrmedby human sight and imagination. For a second, you share thatrevelation o Dorothy and William Wordsworth's, the glimpseof pantheism, the central rnystery of EngIish Romanticism.

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1 According to the article, Wordsworth's poemA started the Romantic movement.B was based on actual experience.e was written whle he was visiting hls slster.O was written after he had been lonely.

2 What was Wordsworth's attitude to nature?A He believed nature had a character of its own.B He felt nature was human.e He thought nature could talk to people.O He believed that we could inftuence nature.

3 We are told that Dove CottageA has gardens designed by a landscape gardener.B has very old plants in the.garden.e gets a lot of visitors,O has a large backyard.

4 What does 'which' in line 32 refer to?.A the number of tourists who come to the Lake DistrictB Wordsworth's destre for outslders to admire the local sightse the fact that Wordsworth was keen on tourists from far awayo Word5worth's disfike of tourtsts

5 What does the writer suggest by the words 'hardlv daring to breathe'in line 43?A You have to walk carefully here.B You can't breathe because the atmosphere is suffocating.e You feel excited to be in this place.O You must concentrate to stay on the footpath.

6 In what way is the scene different from what Wordsworth described?A AII the daffodils are green and small.B There are no daffodils by the lake.e The daffodils are fewer and smaller.D There are no daffodils around trees.

7 The writer implies that the poem describesA exactly what Wordsworth saw in detail.B the effeet the daffodils had on Wordsworth.e what Wordsworth saw around an ancient oak.D elumps 01 daffodils on the left and on the right.

8 What does the writer think of Wordsworth as a poet?A He believes Wordsworth was an important figure in English culture.B He is critical of Wordsworth.e He believes Wordsworth was a sentimental personoO He disagrees with Wordsworth's opinion about nature.

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You are going to read a newspaper article about older peop!e playing computergames. Seven sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from thesentences A-H the one which fits each gap (9-15). There s one extra sentencewhich you do not need to use.

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GAMERSOne form of social prejudice against older people is thebelief that they cannot comprehend or use moderntechnotcqy. Activities like computer games, surfing the Netand downloading MP3s are a privilege of the youngsters.Isn't it unfair that older people enjoying a computer gameshould be frowned upon by their children andgrandchildren? Besides, the population profile has changed.

1:",9'01 1 In Britain, for instance, there are morepeople over sixty than there are under sixteen. Nowadaysolder people have more control over their lives and theyplaya fuLlpart in society ..

Mor~over, better health care has left more peopte in theirsixties and seventies feeling fit and active after retirement.1;1,~Q.l I Playing computer games is a very effectiveway of exerdsing the brain.

When personal computers were rst introduced, most oLderpeople felt intimidated by information technology and didn'tbelieve they wou1d ever familiarise themse1ves ..w;ith-it.~m IlQJJlP_uters have been around for a fewgenerations now and retired people have gradualty becomemore relaxed about using them for recreation. Gamers over65 prefer playing puzzle games and card games likeMahjong, Solitaire and Gin Rummy. Kate Stevens, aged 72,says: 'l find it very relaxing. It's not very demanding,. butyou still need to ccncentrate."

Another development that has favoured 'grey gamers', asotder people who are keen on computer "gam~s are known, is

a chanqein. the type of videogames available on themarket. 1l2j 1Internet Chess and- Tran Simulatorare among the most popular of tbece Train Simulator isbased on real-wcrld rail activities. Players can choose froma variety of challenges, such as keeping to a strict ttmetabledespite unforeseen obstacles and using helper enginesduring a winter storm.

1131 I This couldn't be further from the truth. Mostcomputer games require the kind of analytical thinking thatirnproves with practice, which means that the 'grey gamers'may well be far better than opponents half a centuryyounger than them.

In games where speed is the maln consideration. olderpeople would be at a disadvantage beca use they rnay haveslower reaction times. t14 1 Peter Brown, aged 76,says: 'When we visit OUT grandchildren, we play games onthe Internet like chess and Scrabbte. If I try to make thingseasier for them, they reatise it and get annoyed. They don'thave a probLem losinq. But when we play their games, theyjust have to win:

The type of advertising used by videogame manufacturerssuggests that they are stiU aiming almost exclusively atteenagers. Game industries haven't yet woken up to the factthat a vast po~ential, market exis~ out there. la; IIt's time someone let the manufacturers into the secreto

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rA Because of their greater spending ability, 'grey gamers' are-bettercuSumersthan teenagers, and targeting them would be comparatively more profitablefor the business.

B On the other hand, 'grey gamers' have a preference for slower paced, mindchallenging games and would not mind being beaten by their grandchildrenin a fast aetian game with space invaders and extraterrestrial creatures.

e Mental activity, as well as physical exercise, can contribute to better health.

o Sorne people argue that 'grey gamers' simply don't have the ski115requiredfor computer games, and that teenagers are infinitely better.

E This is how the myth 01the older, computer-illiterate person was created.

F In many western countries, life expectancy has increased and there are nowfar more older people than there were a few generations ago.

G There's a greater varlety 01games to choose from, including morelntellectual and sophisticated strategy and simulation games.

H Many experts were surprised when this study was published severa! yearsago.

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