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Paper 1, Part 4
1 You are going to read an article in a magazine about different magicians.
For Questions 115, choose from the magicians (AG).
developed his act using somebody 6
elses ideas?
performed illusions with large objects? 7
became an actor for a while? 8
had his own show which wasnt on
9 10
the stage?
Test 6
Magic has been a source of entertainment for
centuries. It is also a very complex art. A magicians
skill lies in distracting the audience and making them
believe that illusion is reality. Read about some of the
better known magicians who have made their living
in the 19th and 20th centuries.
A John Henry Anderson
Anderson was a Scottish magician who performed in
Europe and the United States in the early 19
th
century.
His favourite trick was bullet-catching, but he is best
remembered for pulling a rabbit from a hat. He didnt
think of the trick first, but he made it popular and there
have been variations on it ever since.
B Robert-Houdin
Robert-Houdin was born in France in 1805. He was
originally trained as a clockmaker. He first appeared as
a magician in Paris in 1845. He used common objects
to create illusions rather than complicated pieces of
machinery. He was known as the father of magic and
it was from him that Harry Houdini took his name
years later.
C John Nevil Maskelyne
Maskelyne was English born and well-known as an
escape artist. He began performing in 1871. As well as
his amazing escapes, he also perfected levitation the
art of causing something to rise with no visible means
of support. In 1893 he worked with another magician,
David Devant. In 1911, they published a book.
D Howard Thurston
Thurston was from Ohio. He started by touring and
doing card tricks. In 1908 he met the magician, Harry
Kellar. Kellar sold him his tricks and Thurston turned
them into a 3-hour long magic show. He toured
with it for over 20 years. He was well know for
illusions such as the floating lady.
E Harry Houdini
Houdini was born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary.
Before taking up magic, he worked in a circus. He
began performing in the 1890s. His world-wide
fame came from his amazing escapes. One of his
most incredible escapes was from a box that was
locked, roped, weighted then lowered into water.
Late in his career he went to Hollywood and made
films, performing his own stunts. He spent much of
his time proving that magicians who claimed they
could speak to the dead were cheats.
F Joseph Dunninger
Dunninger was well-known in the United States
during the 1940s. He began his career doing card
tricks and other illusions. However, it wasnt long
before he found people were more interested in his
seeming ability to read minds. His audiences were
fascinated by his act. So much so, that in 1943 he
started his own radio show.
G David Copperfield
David Copperfield was born in 1956 in America.
He began performing at the age of twelve. He is
noted for his ability to make objects disappear,
something he has done frequently whilst on the air,
watched by millions. He once made the Statue of
Liberty, Americas most famous landmark,
disappear. He also walked through the Great Wall
of China. From the late 1970s, he was on TV in The
Magic of David Copperfield.
Who
wrote about magic? 0
made famous a trick he didnt invent? 1
was most famous for guessing what
people were thinking?
2
worked with a partner at one point? 3
was originally trained to be something
4 5
other than an magician?
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Paper 3, Part 1
2 For questions 18, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C, or D best fits each space.
The greatest detective of all times
0 A after Bwhen C enough Dtime
1 A arrived Breached C called Dgot
2 A examining Blooking C testing Dprosecuting
3 A could Bcouldnt C neednt Dmustnt
4 A should Bmust C need Dhad
5 A robbing Bpicking C committing Dstealing
6 A noticed Bnoted C remarked Dpointed
7 A neednt Bneednt have C didnt need Dcouldnt
8 A incident Bcase C event Doccasion
Paper 3, Part 4
3 For questions 18, read the text and look carefully at each line. Tick () the lines which are
correct and underline the unnecessary words.
HARRY HOUDINI
0 Harry Houdini was not exactly a magician. He didnt pull rabbits or
00 doves out of hats nor did he saw women in the two. He was known as
1 the man who could escape from anywhere. Out of all his tricks
2 the most spectacular was the one where he was tied and hung
3 upside to down many metres above the ground. He usually
4 managed to free himself so quickly the crowd would cheer and
5 applaud believing it was a miracle. The truth is that although the
6 equipment appeared to be normal, Houdinis assistants have altered
7 it during his act. The story of Houdinis life was being turned into
8 a film many years after his death.
2
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Soon (0) ............. the call, Sherlock Holmes
(1) ............. to the address he had been
given. He looked at the house (2) .............
every detail; the garden, the driveway, the main
entrance. The main entrance was still locked and
there were no footprints on the ground so the
murderer (3) ............. have entered the
house from there. However, one of the top
windows was half open and the tall tree right
next to it was easy to climb so he
(4) ............. have come in this way. Holmes
went near one of the ground floor windows and
peered inside. It was obvious that whoever had
broken into the house had no intention of
(5) ............. anything. Priceless vases and
paintings were still in place but someone had
moved the furniture. Why? It was then he
(6) ............. that opening on the wooden
floor. He (7) ............. to see anything else.
He swung round to the police inspector behind
him. This (8) ............. has been solved he
announced.

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Paper 3, Part 5
4 For questions 17, read the text and use the word at the end of
each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.
Marvels and Mysteries of the Unexplained
From the darkest corners of the Universe comes a startling
(0) ....... of extraordinary phenomena that seem to defy all COLLECT
(1) ....... explanations. These puzzling occurrences, from UFOs SCIENCE
to the curse of Tutankhamun, and from strange (2) ........ to curious APPEAR
discoveries take place (3) ....... somewhere in the world. DAY
This book subjects these great mysteries to the (4) ....... examination STRICT
and deepest analysis. It presents the evidence, any (5) ....... ACCEPT
explanation that exists then leaves you, the (6) ........ , to reach READ
your own conclusions about the (7) ....... behind these stories. TRUE
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