5. What do we learn about Huw’s musical development?
A. His parents’ attitude has played little part in it.
B. It was slow because he lacked determination.
C. His brother’s achievements gave him an aim.
D. He wanted it to be different from his brother’s.
PART 2: You are going to read an article about an underwater museum. Five sentences have been removed
from the text. Choose from the sentences A-F the one which fits each gap (1-4). There is one extra sentence
which you do not need to use. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answer in the numbered
box on your answer sheet. (1 point)
UNDERWATER WORLD
If you want to dive in clear blue waters, find rich marine life and swim over the remains thrown away
by ancient sailors, the tiny island of Ustica is the place to go. This island, 60km from the Italian coast, is the site
of Europe’s only underwater museum. (0) D .
The clear waters attract some of the world’s best underwater divers. The International Academy of
Underwater Sciences, which was set up to encourage underwater exploration, is based in Ustica. (1)____.
Dr Honor Frost, a Bristish underwater archaeologist and Golden Triden winner, believes that Ustica
shows that some underwater remains are best life in the surroundings where they have been preserved for
centuries. (2) ____.
According to Frost, the establishment of the underwater museum has made an interesting area of sea
floor, together with the objects which fell to it in antiquity, safe for future study. (3) ____
For example, it is puzzling that only iron anchors of quite a late date seem to have been lost there,
despite local evidence of sea trade during a period nearly four thousand years ago, when stone anchors would
have been in use. Among the anchors and other remains there are an extraordinary number of Roman millstones,
which were widely traded throughout the ancient world. (4) _____.
A Many questions remain to be answered about the museum site.
B However, this section of the museum, although already accessible to diving visitors, still contains
material of interest to researchers.
C Made of volcanic rock, they were carried by corn ships heading from Rome to the ports of the north
African coast.
D Only here can divers explore labelled exhibits such as anchors, pots and millstones, which fell to the
sea floor centuries ago.
E This gives divers the experience of underwater archaeology without disturbing important sites.
F This month it presented its Golden Trident awards, the underwater equivalent of the Nobel prizes,
which have been awarded annually since 1960.
III. USE OF ENGLISH: (4 points)
PART 1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence. Write your answer A, B, C, or D in
the numbered box on your answer sheet. (0.5 point)
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