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LISTENING
Section 1

1 Hawkins 6 Civil Engineering
2 984028025 7 home fee
3 Mathematics 8 maths, physics, economics
4 full scholarship 9 work experience
5 zero / 0 10 Coghlan

READING
Reading Passage 3
28 F (1st Paragraph: ‘Such examples are indicative of the growing trend …
towards designing more ecologically sound buildings, which both support the
conservation of energy, and are less detrimental to the environment.’)
29 F (1st Paragraph: ‘… the contribution buildings make to global carbon
emissions … account for around 30% of greenhouse gases.’)
30 T (2nd Paragraph: ‘… rather, it encompasses consideration towards the
environment and a building design that assimilates smoothly into the
surroundings.’) justi ications for
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31 F (3rd Paragraph: ‘The building itself was constructed on top of a waterfall, and listening tasks
which was ingeniously integrated into the design.’)
32 F (3rd Paragraph: ‘… there are parallels made with the current movement of
more architects ‘going green’.’)
33 NG
34 cost–e fective (5th Paragraph: ‘... endorsing this as a feasible and cost–e fective
method, it has been hailed as the answer to the energy crisis.')
35 manufacturing methods (5th Paragraph: ‘… a number of chemicals, thought
to contribute to global warming, have been linked with the production and
manufacturing methods of this technology.’)
36 self–su icient (6th Paragraph: ‘As the building industry strives to achieve self–
su icient buildings, more of a focus is placed on e fective water management
and collection systems.’)
37 impact (7th Paragraph: ‘Architects are ever more turning their thoughts to the
materials used in construction, and how these materials impact the natural
world.’)
38 recycled / recyclable (7th Paragraph: ‘This public building is largely constructed
of recycled materials and made in such a way that, if ever demolished, all
components would be recyclable.’)
39 traditional building materials (7th Paragraph: ‘… traditional building materials
may be associated with various health issues, mainly thought to result from
the hazardous substances found in some materials.’)
40 energy–e icient / greener (8th Paragraph: ‘Working towards a greater number
of energy–e icient buildings is a top priority ... In the United Kingdom for
example, newly constructed buildings will soon be required by law to conform
to greener building regulations …’)
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