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TEST TEST 4 Contents Introduction Reading and Use of English Writing Listening ‘Speaking Reading and Use of English ‘Writing Listening Speaking Reading and Use of English Wetting Lstening Speaking Reading and Use of English Writing Listening Speaking Answer sheets Assessing the Writing paper Assessing the Speaking paper Answer key ios CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS CONTENTS 3 R 4 a6 90 02 108 104 aTIntroduction Thisbook contains: ‘our complete Practice Tet for he Combrige English Aevanced exam (2015) ‘access (0. complete online pace test. ‘rae ey. ieuding mark schemes forall Writing tasks mode answers fora Writing asks guidance on howto assess he Wing and Speaking papers Snersheet sci scripts Exam content Reading and Use of English (Lhour 30 minutes) "PARTE “Lehortteth@—opton multiple-choice choose the voeabuly (meaning of sng wort, aps “correct word) tol each gap completion of phrases, phrasal verbs, etc) fill each gap with one word joes [questions 8 marks ‘PARTS | Lshort ext with 8 se the words given o form the corect | word formation ae _word foreach gap | Squestions 8 mars TAREE Guneited sentences. use the word gvento complete the grammar and vocabulary “eachfolonedtya gappedsentencesothatitmesnsthe —guectionest2 marie “sane asthe fs sertence ae he TARTS tt (ride con | apton mle dice | campreersin of deta pron tomo) _ Ste one prose, aides | : [patos nga eta, _enpnatenetoenee conan | Squestions:12 marke Pant ashore texte tnathng opinions with he tet they understanding opens and atte | pear | compra wt contssing opens end] (Siuracos me | | Aaquestons:8 marks PART | Lert with ‘choice of paragraphs ofthe gaps | understanding of text structure inks [paragraphs ising _Boween pars tert, / [squenions12marts TARTS [texted into | matching tatenents infomation to location of spec informaton _seclons Ofsevel_|seconoftextor short te fer comprehenson of phasing |shorctets | appear in | 10 questions: 10 marks “CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS {150010‘ing (Lhour 30 minutes) TS A "AREA | essay. based ont pointsn tex ghven 20-250 words) expiring which ofthe two pss [Psst ite mast ess _ Seren sg sone or ce [iepton | | [20marks AR [emo pope prc ww 20-00 word) | ers cdg nt sk rg | Grdddes dole ona to nee Ses ae ae [Sinem pos | EEE | 20marks Listening (40 minutes) Inthe exam, each recording is heard twice. On the CD, they are not repeated so you wil ned to play each track again, ‘ete end ofthe exam, candidates ore given 5 minutes to transfer their answer tothe answer sheet, PARES |3short "option multiple-choice 2 questions deta gs, opinion spoke feeling atu Conversations perconversation) function, purpose agreement beeen i “speate, couse of acon bo | | equestions 6 marks a Tmonelogue sentence competion sntances to understanding of peli inforaton and complete witha word orshort phase stated opinion | questions:8 marks "SIRE |Tintervew or €aptonimultple-choice —~=~S*Sndertancing of prio, tte deta conversion (wo | gat spate felng purpose function ard | lor more speakers) [areerent between speakers ! : - [eons mats | matching: 2 tasks. For each task, match same as Part 1 | what each speaker says to 1 of 8 options {10 questions; 10 marks: (Gaton part PARLE |S hort monclogu [eat |comenatonbebveencanddsesandlteocitr | generland pesnaltops eligi the cone oie) i TARE | niin og afr eschcandsewh abe [ang ager ania aiouna compara. | | Tesponse from second candidate (mis) | describing, expressing opinions and speculating (Siete taketmed tropes |PARL2 |2way conversation Between candidates min) Interaction exchanging ideas, expressing and 9 cancidates discuss writen prompts ina _Jussying opinions agreeing and/or asagrecing, | decision-making task ‘Suggesting speculating, evaluating, reaching 2 I _ econ trough negation PART | conversaton between canddatesandinerlcutor expressing and justifying opinions, agresing and / or i) | dsagrecing, speculating [candidates iscss topes elated to Pare 3taskwwith 49 maris total “te ecaminer The Reading and Us of English paper corres 40% ofthe total. The Weiting, Listening and Speaking pers eoch arty 20% ofthe total CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS im800UCNON SReading and Use of PART 4 English @hour30 minutes) Forquestions 2, read the text below ond decide which answer, 8, Corb) besfitseach 0p. There isan example at the be Mark your ansners on the separa Example: A interfering upsetting Aas o ging (0). damaging 0 intruding Taking photographs ruins the memory, research finds Our obsession with recording every detail of ‘our happiest moments could be 0. ‘our ability to remember them, according to new research, Dr Linda Henkel, fom Fairfield University, Connecticut, described this as the ‘photo-taking Impairment effect She sad, ‘People often whip ‘out their cameras almost mindlessly to 1 ‘moment, to the point that they are missing what is happening 2. front of them. When people rely on technology to remember for them ~ 3 ‘on the 1 A see 8 gresp 2 Aaute B right 3 Accounting setting 4 Rengage apply 5A result B aspect 6 Asterd = Brun TA accurate 8 falthful 8 A measured 8 compared © CAMBRIOGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS ‘camera to record the event and thus not needing to ¢___ tot fly themselves ~ itcan have a negative 5 remember thelr experiences! In Dr Henkes experiment, a group of on a tour fon how well they “university students were 6 ‘of a museum and asked to cither photograph or ‘ty to remember objects on display. The next day cach student's memory was tested. The results showed that people were less 7_____in recognizing the objects they had photographed 8. with those they had only looked at capture snatch merely D barely assuming swearing attend D dedicate C extent D impact C tee D conveyed € exact D facta! matched confronted | | | 1 |PART 2 9 For questions 9-16, read the text blow and think ofthe word which bests each gap. Use ‘only one word in each gap. There isan example atthe beginning (0) Wate your answers ti CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet Example: (o] let TTT [ [eee] a Oye tits Cait rears tea tas re Founded in 1972 the Vewe Cequot Business Woman Award celebrated in 27 countries, Veuve Clequot has now introduced a new award 0._____complerentits Business Woman ofthe Year category. Called The New Generation Award, ___racogizes the best young female talent across business and corporate | life ‘The fret winner ofthe award, Kathryn Parsons, 10_____ innovative start-up company, Decoded teaches people te code ina day, has joined the judging panel to help in this year’s winner. "The importance ofthese awards cannot 31____ overestimated she says. "Women need role models that prove to 2, that they can do toa” ‘The New Generation Award is open to entrepreneurial businesswomen 13___the ages of25 and 35 ‘They can run 14____ own businesses oral fom corporate if, "This award fit about how much money you've made or how long you've been in busines, is about recognizing young women 15. and a vision say Parsons. We want to meet women who are working to 16. — the world a better place! ‘AMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS cic ANOUSE OF ENGLISH 7Test. {8 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS AOC M0 USE PART For questions 1-24, read the rext below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some ‘of the lines to form a word that fits in the gop inthe same lin. There san example atthe ‘Beginning (0). Write your answersIii CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet, Example: EXIT INTERVIEWS if you ae thinking of leaving your jb, you may think that handing inyour letter of isthe end ofthe matter But an increasing ‘umber of companies now conduct ‘eit interviews with ttt For the employee an exitinterview may fee ike an ideal opportunity torant and rave about every litle 17_____thathas troubled them Since they got the job. But, 18 Jn mind that you wil probably stil need 219 from these people, it is best to avoid getting angry or 20___ and ust answer the questions as calmly and with as much 2i__as possible For employers the ext interview is rare opportunity to gather some valuable information about the way staff perceive the company. Esistng employees may not wish to cause 22 tothe boss damage ther chances of promotion, so are unlikely to 23, ‘their real feelings about the company However, someone who has already resigned i more likely tobe 24 ‘when giving their opinions. ESIGN anwor bear REFER Emorion Honest cose =PART 4 For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence’o that t has a similar meaning tothe {fist sentence, using the word given, Donat change the word given. You must use between ‘three and sx words, including the word given. Here i an example 0), Exam © lent know the way there, 50 got lst. cer Not. there, got ost. 0] [KNOWING HOW TO GET Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL.LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. 25 fvejustnaticed thatthe car has almost run aut petrol. Harow Te just noticed that leftinthe car. 25 Laide now that cars were so expensivein this country. IEA |_________so much inthis country 27 Donte get depressed because of sucha small problem. ut les sucha small problem that you should. oun, 28 tis reported that he is now recovering in hospital RECOVERY Hele reporea in spita non: 29 Laura teacher says that she doesn't havea serious enough attitude to her work SERIOUSLY Lavra doesnt____to her teacher 30 What’ confusing you so much? tor Whatisiethaes ______confsion? ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS READING AND USE OF ENGLISH 8 risalART You are going to read @ book review For questions 3-3, choose the answer, 8, Cor) which you think ts best according to the text. [Mark your answers on che separate answer sheet, The Great Indoors: by Ben Highmore fn 910 the misc hall comedin Bly Wiliams sored his biggest i with the song When Father Popered the Pour, mocking the incompetence athe amateur home deenator Fri year ltr, comedans Norman ‘Wisdom and Bruce Forsyth were stl entertaining milion onthe TV show Sunday Night a the London Pollo wth sma retin, but the joke was starting o look date, ‘The access of magaines such 8 The ‘Proce Houscholer wae alesdy roving that, ste 1957 Ideal Home Exhibition proclaimed, Do-eyourat isa home hobby that is hereto stay” ‘By this stage, Britain had mosiy completed its transition fom primitive housing eonditions, made Dearable fo those who could ford it-by serene and ndymen, ‘naa wor where fame locked er themselves in highly serviced emironments Resogniabiy "deen technology inthe form of telephones, telesons ae elect, ‘nad become ubiquitous and was to ransfm domestic ing ‘uterine coming yeas. The ‘makeover of rte homes nthe twentieth entry is recounted in Ben Highmore's entertaining and Informative new book He takes as ona whiind tour ofan everyday ‘house, fom entrance hall garden she, luminstd by extensive reference tn oral histories, popula smagaine and personal memoir tits entre, though, the way ‘hat our homes have elected wider secial changes. Tate isthe deine of 10. CAUBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS focal, that ing rooms once fll ef hear funiture and Vitoran Iniclnacs are no dominated by television eee ad tered with stldens toys. There is a rowing Hnteationaliom in tate And there le thereof domestic democracy, withthe howsholdradigre and ‘telephone (lead in the hall) now replaced by iP pts and ‘mobiles in visual every room. Key to that deoentaization ofthe home and the ipl hit of power itin tithe advent of ental eating which pets pride of place ‘the norton tha allowed the ‘oleae to become ccrsibe at alltime of day and night Tling an ‘una cld o'g to your oom no Tonge seems mich of thet Highmote also documeats, ‘ower, some ess sucoeshl steps inthe ora march of domestic ‘machinery. Whatever happened to the gaspomeredtiges we ‘wee promised in 19467 Or tothe Diohmaster decade ater that promised to doa whole days ‘easing up in jst he minutes”? Rather ore cere thereon way 11902 Teermade ied occ on ‘hen the alan cock triggered the sta match was trac, iting pil stove under the het You don't have tobe a health and safety fanatic occlu that «bedoomn Isnt the del pac for suche page. ‘gual disturbing to the modem reader is the pear obsession wth ttle ting tear Tews a Teleco enteenched thet vena At Home in the Modern British House ‘ic of sent merely agued thet inwintr, The eathy cd only ene abst thee hos ayn the pena as longa the day and night nursery windows ae always open” "Nowadys,thefesh i obsession has been replay rational eof honor oui the home I caler tough tthe bles of the pst, ‘nd Highmore doesn alway eis 2 Sense of medem super thou, forthe mot part e's an engaging sed gully guide, dispensing sociolgia insights without argon "The mssage shat even the language ofthe home has changed ‘merocaby- ring cupbours are ‘ing the fame way as daring ‘oom, As fo that Billy Wilms ‘omg, By the 1980, Highmore ‘ws, would be fposebe for ‘anyone to imagine tha rot room at ‘"palou® without seeming deeply ‘olddasioned He's at extiely ‘comet, for there was at lest one person who wae fil emplying sch terminology. Prime Minister Margaret ‘Thatcher sed er menage with the ‘seo what she called the parables ofthe parlour, which suggests abe ‘understood the truth that, despite the eatlogue of chang, thee ie = ‘ore tha seems consistent. A 1946 ton of Housewie magazine pelt ‘toat:"men make houses, women ‘make homes” Whe you watch inal comedian toy doing a roatne bout hi ie’ atschimet to seater ‘ushons, ft gems Worth asking hae ‘theta dynamic realy moms a gest deal” —| | | | | i i 51 The reviewers main top in the ist paragraph is ‘improvements in home decorating kil how common twas for home decorating to be discussed. how unfair description of ame decorating wed tbe. _achangein attitudes to home decorating, Ca 52 Inthe second paragraph, the reviewer says thatthe book Includes evidence ilustrating 1 that ome drieh peoples homes were transformed more than others 5 the widespread naure of changes that took place in Bish homes. the perceived disadvantages of certain developments in British homes thatthe role of certain people in rts homes changed enormoushy 5 Inthe third paragraph the reviewer points toa change in 1 the extent to which iffeent parte ofthe house are occupied, ideas of whch parts of ahouse should be furnished ina formal way how much time children spend in thei own rooms. 1 elifs about what the most pleasant aspect of home lifes 56 The reviewer suggestsin the fourth paregraph that |” most unsuccessful inventions fall because they were dangerous various unsuccessful inventions failed because they cd not wock properly, Some unsuccessful inventions were not acvertised appropritsy. there were unsuccessful inventions which might have been good ideas. 55 Inthe fifth paragraph, the reviewer says that in his boot, Highmore sometimes focuses on strange idea that were nat very comman in the past. © occasional applies the standards of today to practices in the past occasional expresses regret about how some attitudes have changed. sometimes includes topis that are nt directly relevant tothe main top 30 Inthe final paragraph the reviewer suggests that Highmore may be wrong about when cartain mager attitudes to home if rst developed, 55 which changes in home life in Briain have been most widely welcomed, (the extent to which home fe in Britain has changes Dhow common terms such a'sring cupboards aren madermDritin, CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTCE TESTS fi a QING AND USE OF ENGLISH 11 TisalTesti PART 6 You are going to read four reviews ofa documentary series on TV about large companies. For questions 37-0, ‘choose from the reviews A-D. The reviews may be chosen more than once. ‘Mork your answers on the separate answer sheet Inside Business Four reviewers comment on the TV documentary series Inside Business, which investigated the workings of a number of large companies A ‘The companies that nee the foes of each programme in the sere Fue Busines wore very vrei tems af the nature oftheir business and tho way they operte, but between them they demonstrated many of the key features ‘that characterize big oxganistion inthe modern wer. Each programme focused mostly on the peopl the top. The ‘mount of Jargon the wedi lly to hare Deen oo mich for may viewers to contend with, and the ay wel have ‘sven up. they aid tc withthe seri, homers thy wl ave bea ein ne daub sto ow enmplex the busines ‘of ranning ange organizations efor thor charg with dong. Ths was cer fom what the nerenees sai, but the quesonng wasnt ping ezagh an thy wee nad exp oy howe tees they B The overwhelming impression pve to any vce who watched lsc episodes of nse Busines was of he etesondinar pressure hat hace runing moder companie ar obliged to operate under. Unless they themselves ad ‘experience of working in large companies, weet, the) ae aly to hase ound some ofthe interes bewidetng~ the questioning was ery much of the‘one nse 6 aothe’vacety and many viewers wl have strug to follow ‘what wae beig dese, This apect detected some fom wht was an otherwiecompeling sgh into the ‘working of moder companies and may wll hate caused many Viewers to change channels. That's shame because in feral the cmpanlsfstured nthe ris usted very well the impact of modem management heres on & range flag onanizations. You dd oe to kno anything about bss to ba heated by the sexo Inside Busines, which gave an intigaing pice from the inside of how varous household nme companies stu operate. The companies chosen ‘made for god television becuse they al hid wey individual eultures and weys of operating and as sch oul not be said to tp the norm in the word of the moder company Entertaining this was, the portrayal of the rms ‘beged al sorte of questions which wee not ouch on inthe interviews. Thas gov the people in charge avery syd indeed, never challenging ther to bac up their oten vague and contenu pronounoement on thet ‘pproach to esership Indo the viewer wil he bees le with the spas elng that many large and apprenty scesflorganantions are run by pecple who en thei oles enor boat they moi he harer spect of. responsiblity by delegating them to others. > ‘The sels Ise Busnes took serious lola yt fn a madern large company eit waz’ fr the ca viewer, The sere equied some efor to get t ripe withthe tes covered, in partial in the interviews, which were ‘ot ely cressibe tthe ay person and wete ince coructed a one expert to another Having si tha, the vower ‘vo id pt effort in wae rewarded wih a absorbing insight Into the woke these weno fms. They Tad each been carefully chosen tobe representative of how lrge companies re structed and fneton a present, aed ‘hay had euch in nmmon with each other. The main messge put across was how adept thov in charge have tobe in doping to conta changing busines world 12 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS A016 AID USE OF ENGLISHWhich reviewer has liferent opinion from the others onthe choice of companies to focus oninthe eres? shares reviewer Bs opinion ofthe ikethood of vewers losing interestin the series after a wile? takes a difeentvew fom the others onthe impression given in the series of what itis ike to ca be atthe top of alge rgantation? a a hasa similar view to reviewer Con the questions asked inthe interviews In the series? ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISHE ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS ®EADING ANDUSE OF ENGLISH 33 risa.Testa PART Yow are going to read a newspaper article about a ship carrying goods across the Atiantic ‘ocean. Sixparagraphs have been removed from the artcl. Choose from the paragraph &-C ‘the one which ts each gap (1-46). There isone extra paragraph which you do not need to ‘Mark your answerson the separate onswer sheet The wind-lashed workers who battle the Atlantic in winter ‘Even at this tormy time of year in spat us out Into the Nomh Sea ritan, cere are thousands of oll” According othe weather satelite, ‘workers and fishermen offshore, the Atlantic was torms from coast aswell asa scattering of seafarers to coast, wo systems meeting in manning the container ships the mile of our course. On the and tankers tht bring us almost far side, ice awaited. We were ‘everyting we need So it vas behind sched, the captain ‘that inthe depths of ier winter, desperate fr speed ‘Sinemet hoping to learn what modem waves are OK; any bigger you have sailor’ lives are ike joined thet slow down or you kl your ship Maersk Pembrote, a container be sai, ‘Maybe wel be icky! tele mht eg Fo ea Fogo Menicarsie ete” GT] ‘edad wien fon ber Ante thoes A ‘gore drs anh ‘an sore wl eam ty da regen ofcng Semen Tae bewecn Bop and Nowa eer, sng re ‘Seon enough, we were in the America i footnote othe am, violent sulight, and reat west-east and north-south darkening magenta waves. There Is rns! companis leave to older litle you can do once commited vesel. Pembroke is battered ‘excep ash everything doen and and rusty, reking f diesel and___enjoy what sleep you can before it fishy chemicals, She is nol her becomes impossible. Pembroke is bridge and stalls pavolled more than 200m long and Wels by whistling drafts which rise more than 38,000 tons, bu the howls a sea. Her palnowork is swells threw her about ike atin wretched. The Atlantic hs sipped ty. her bow back toa rusted sec sat a eeerererececeeeeeeeee a Prt ty it sary, the whole ship reared groaning and Ie fet like a desperate enterprise staggering, shuddered by shocking fon a winter night asthe ide raced force. We plunged and tscered us down the Shel estuary and. forthe days before there was 1a Bu even thea, an ordinary say involved unpleasant obs in extreme conditions. Hoined a welding party that descended to the ld: 2 drpping, thing cathedral composed of vast tanks of toxins and onganophosphates, ‘where a rased atch cover defi A cheap grinder bade ina fountain oF sparis. As we continued west, the wind thickened with slet, then snow asthe next storm arived. & eee) Al was well in that gard and, after the stom, we were relieved to enter the St Livrence River, The ie was no thick enough to hinder us; we passed Quebec City Ina litering blue dawn and made Montreal after sunset, ts doventoven towers rising out ofthe tundra night Huge tucks eame for eee ‘Bat without them and hei combined defiance of the clerents ‘there could be nothing like what ‘ve eal Tie’ a al, Seafarers ate not sentimental, but some are qute romantic They would like to think ‘we thought of them, particulary ‘when the Forecast says storms atsuncanencarmee — Others felte same We were the onlyidlts out here’ as several men remarked, We fle or ieoaton le ‘ulnerablty: proof that we had chosen obscure quit ves, Going out on deckin such conditions ‘tempted death, Nevertheless, the ships flecrcin climbed a ladder out there every four hours to check thatthe mil, cheese and well-traveled Argentine best ws cari were sil frozen in refrigerated containes tit doesnot take long to develop affection fra ship. even the Pembroke the time’ takes hero carry you beyond swimming distance from land in ‘act When leant what was wating for Usmig-ocean | became her ace fe, despite all those deficiencies. ‘Tere were Dutch bulbs, seaweed fertiier fom Tanzania, anian dates {or Colombia, SriLankan tea bags, Posh ‘jue, Hungarian tyres, incian seeds, and ‘much besides The salirs ae nt tals what they carry. They just keep the ships going ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS. 06 ANDUSE OF ENCLISH 35 Hoping so, we slipped down-Channe in darkness, withthe Dover coastguard wishing us, "Good watch anda safe passage to your destination” The felling evening we lft height of Bishop Rock onthe Seles Behind ‘When we see that again we know were home: sid the second mate. Huge black monsters marched at us fut ofthe north west striped with ‘hte streaks of foam running aut of the winds mouth, The cean moved inalldections at once and the waves ‘became enormous, charging lants of liquid emerale ech demanding ts cum reckoning ‘That fealng must have been obvious torte captain She deena over the word proud Captain Koop, a grey-bristled Dutchman, as quick and confident asa Master Mariner must be, told me.‘She was designed forthe South Pact he sal, wistull Tass.yesta PART 8 You are going to read an article about some children. For questions 47-56, choose from the sections ofthe article (A), The sections may be chosen more than once. When more than ‘one answers required, these may be given in any order. ‘Mark your nswerson the separate onswer sheet. Inwhich section ofthe article are the following mentioned? an example of sign that has become simpler the diference between how the deaf chitren communicate an image and how other people communicate the same image the fat thatthe same signs canbe used inthe communication of a number ofidess the characteristics of languages in general at diferent stages oftheir evelopment bei that language learnt by means of specie par ofthe mind an aspect of language earning that children are particularly goed at how regularly the children have been motored der children possing ther sign language onto younger chidren the reason wy the children created a particular ign ‘opposing views on how people acquire language 15. CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS READING AND USE OF ENGLISH Ca a Ca ca CH ca Osss aE eee ee ee DEAF CHILDREN’S AD HOC LANGUAGE EVOLVES AND INSTRUCTS | A Atmpiniftino mre They aciebrentlg pts | CSumigccites, Dinaiianiaasti, Ginaimt nant | Smusmeewerce’ Sluhcimciares tie” wemelndateatee’ | Scimmon ine yest pieneesecettarto aetna Sve tele Gmaetckaces Sey Scirdimeisigeesy cierceyecane” ag | So eae Eeimtmere | Seiieetmene’ keegan gunners | Sindee face teehee ee | Seocragemon aniagege sae pena | ieotmintiege Smausetendteer —lanigtemse | ‘homserstch The phenomenon combintons~ nota tothe propos by Noam Chomsky of ‘one sound, one meaning ofanimal the Messchusets Institute of | ‘communication "Theregularity Technology, or whether everything Instructors noticed thatthe deat shedocumetsbere= mapping is eed om sath. 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The eileen ‘tue 2 domed spl lon’ care hat the new ign io ofthe had But ows lok ke 20, De. ‘the deat cic bave Senha si they ast want ereloped two ciflerent a symbol that canbe signed ‘Sgn tous int place fart ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS ®EADING ANDUSE OF ENGLISH 37 TusaLTEST. Writing (hour 30 minutes) PART Yow must answer this question Write your answer In 220-260 words in an appropriate style, 1 Yourclasshas attended a panel discussion on the subject of TV shows that feature members ‘ofthe publi such as realty TV shows an talent competitions. You have made the nates below, Aspects of realty and talent TV shows + entertainment for viewers + infuence on young people + effec on participants Some opinions expressein the discussion: “These programmes ae just harmless entertainment and theres ‘nothing wrong with them. “The lflvence these programmes can have on young peoplecan be very ba indeed “People who take pati these programmes canbe damaged by the csparience ‘Write an essay fr your tutor discussing so ofthe aspects in your notes You should explain, vhich aspect you thine isthe most important regarding these TV hows and poviie ressons to support your opinion. You may. Ifyou wish, make use of the opinions expressed inthe discussion, butyou should use your own words a far as possible 18 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTSPar 2 Write an answerto one ofthe questions 2-1 in this port. Write your answer in 220-260 words in an appropriate syle. 2. You se the following announcementin an interational magazine. SSCeyesera ae oD ave you bought anew product rently, or had one bought for you? Maybe you've just gota new gadget or piee of tchnology or equipment, It could be “Something for work a leisure, We'd like to hear what yo think of it for our Readers’ Reviews Page. Describe the product for readers and give your opinions ‘nit Do you recommend it 50, wy? If not, why not? Send your relew to the tedvee blow Write your review, > You ee the folowing notice inthe place where you work ar stud. ANNIVERSARY EVENT PROPOSALS ‘As you may know, next year we wl have ben nextene for 20 years and at recent meeting twas decides that we soul hold speil event fo celebrate this achieverrnt ‘We now ooking for proposals as to hat lind of even to fold Have you gt good dea fora spcil event to celebrate our 20th anniversary? Put together #progoss, awving deta of your idea and how the event coud be organized el considera the proposals at 9 meeting ext month Write your proposal 4 Your companys going to make a video for publicity reason, showing what the company does and the people who work there, Your manager has asked you to write letter to ‘allmembers of staf eling them about pans for this vdeo, Your leter should explain: | why the ideo is going to be made ‘= what the vdeo wll contain “= what taff members wll be asked todo, Write your ete: ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS Winns 19 TasaLTest2 Listening (40 minutes) PART You will hear three diferent extracts. Fr questions 1-6, choose the answer (A, ® or) which fits best according to what you hear. There are two questions foreach extract. extract One ‘Yu hear tuo people talking about public speaking. 1 Both speakers refer tna feting of | overcenfidence. 5 embarrassment, © achievement. 2 Tetwo spatrs age that blob nth speaking in pubs * sing te ave atntn dsngs speech © Guy he mong comet ora space ca € elngreneus te af gn speech ‘You hear partof radio programme about the London Underground. 9 The poster campaign came aa time when 7 vars apes etn Landon were chang, © any people were etn to ave! on the Underground im; € he we a tes raring ws rea 6 What does Zoe say about the content ofthe posters? [A ttonly appealed toa certain typeof person. 5 Iecontrasted with real if for many people. oo © Ieintuenced the ifestyles of some people extract Three ‘You hear two people discussing the news media, 5 what opinion does the man express about the news media? ‘A edoesnt deserve its reputation 5 Iehas become mare influential estas have een. 5. The woman mentions medical stories [A toexplain her attitude tothe news media 8. toillustrate the importance ofthe news media. Ca ©. tadescribe why people dike the news media 20. CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS USTENINGPART 2 You will hear partof a talk about the invention ofthe microwave oven. For questions 7~i2, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase. ‘THE INVENTION OF THE MICROWAVE OVEN The invention ofthe microwave oven began when a chocolate peanut bar (Gi in Perey Spencers pocket. ‘Spencer had previously invented amethod for {El thetubes sed in radar equipment. Spence’ first experiment involved putting (IE nearto some radar equipment Inhis next experiment, an egg was put nt atl anit [Fi ‘The first microwave oven was set up in in Boston in 1946. ‘The fst microwave oven gotitsname asa restof (Fat the company. (ne problem wit the frst microwave oven was that [Ff ia not change colour. When a microwave oven that could be placed on tp ofa [Fa was produced, sales began to ise ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS LISTENING 2 risaTEST1 22 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS PART 3 You will hear a rodio interview with someone who has been having bolle lessons. For ‘questions 15-20, chogze the answer (V8, Cor 0) which fis best according to what you hear 15 What dos Ruperaay bout the factshathe isang ballet lasses? Other people have cule tim ort 8 He expects tobe mocked fori Reno a unusual a peope might think a 5 Pople mayen tty ee. 15 Rupert says that before he started doing ballet lessons he had been doing routine physical ness traning, his knowledge of ballet had been growing. ballet had eaten over For foothll as his greatest interest he had been considering doing ballroom dancing again. Fupert says that when the idea of ballet lessons was suggested thm, 4 he thought ita joe. © he was unsure exact what woul be involved he began to have unrealistic expectations of wha he cou achiev ca © he nly lacked the confidence to ot © One ofthe ahatages of let that Rupert menos s that leds to ferries than ote pal aces. 5 thar both physical ane mera ees. C itis particularly good for certain parts of the body. Ca © Rison iteretng han other rm of exec 19 Whatdoes Rupert sy aout the secon? A Thecontet of tem ese 2: Sone a the moves them chad than others for him C_Allof the movernents in them have to be done accurately. Ca O They dot alot ase movement. What does Rupertsay abou is progress atballet? A tthas been much more reps than e had expected. 5 Ieher mage him consider ging up other tring eas given him geste appreciation ofthe sis of profesional a © thasled him to eel for certain exams.rruecep aueboue > ‘wosied a fo sous s2yoadsypoe aduosep ays - 354 ay waif s00%p 2-12 suopsanb 20g ‘uo 401, ‘mou fou 2ydoad snoge Bupyoy ao adood yoqyy uy sia 04s anf 3094 J) NOK, viva ‘AMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS LISTENING. 23Testi 24, CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS Speaking (15 minutes) PART @ minutes) = Where do you come from? 1 Whats yourjob / What are you studying? = Howlong have you been earring English? 1 What do you like most and least abou your jo / course? (Why?) How does atypical day foryoustar®? | Would you say that you have an excing soci fe? (Why? / Why not?) 1 What kind of books do you tke most? (ny?) Do you try to keep i? Iso, how? not hy not? 1 Describe the people that you work study with, © What hobby / hobbies do youhave? What are your aims and ambitions forthe future? = What ind of things cause you stress? PART 2 (minutes) characte 2 Things th Cancidate A Leokat the three photographs 14,18 and 1¢ on page25 They show scenes from different TV series. Compare two ofthe photographs and say what each serles might be about, and what the characters might be lice. Condidate A talks on his/her own fort minute sncldate 8 Which ofthe series would you prefer to watch, and why? Candidate 8 talks on his/her own fr about30 seconds. Candidate ® — Lookat the three photographs 2A, 28 and C on page 25. They show ‘things that often annoy people. Compare two ofthe photographs and say why people ind these things, annoying, and what can be done about them, Cancidate 8 tlt on his/her own for minate Ccondidate A Which ofthese things annoys you the most, and why? Candidate talk on his/her own for about 30 seconds.What might each TV serlesbe about? = What might the characters be like? = Why do these tings anney people? = What canbe done about them? ‘AMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TEST 5TEsTL PART 3 (@ minutes) and PART 4 (S minutes) Tourism PARTS Look at page 2, where there are some things that tourists might do before o during arp ‘wanother country. Fiat, tale to each other about how important itis for tourists to do these things before or | daring trip to another country. Candidate Aand 8 lscus this together for ebout2 minutes. Now decide which of these things is the mast important for tourists ta do, Candidates A and 8 lscus tis together for about {minute PART 4 What ehanges have taken place in tourism in recent times? Some people say tat tourism does more harm than good, Oo you agree? Wich people benef the most andthe las from modern tourism? Whats the difference between tours and travellers? Do youthnkit is better tobe ‘one than the other? (Why? / Why not?) Some people say that because of tourism, countries all over the word are becoming ‘more similar to eachother? Oo you agree? I this a desable development? ‘= What developments do you think there wl en tourism nthe fuure? 26. CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS SPAhNCet How important is ‘naw about the Iefortourststo do these things before or story of the during atrip to another Place country? seethe famous sights ‘AMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS SPhK)0. 27TEST 2 English (1hour30 minutes) fon Forqueston read the tet below and decide which answer (87) bests ach ton Theres on example atthe being). Mork your ayers. p00 arse camp OA bmi Bint = prhmay (on fejaaee Mary Heath was the Queen of the Skies, one ofthe best-known women in the world during the 1 ___age of aviation, She was the frst woman in Britain {o gain a commercial plo’ leence, the fist fo? ____a parachute jump ~ and the first Brtsh women’s javelin champion. ‘She scandalized 19208" British society by marrying three times (at the 3 __of her fame she wed politician Sir James Heath ~ Mary Heath, female pilot to fly an open-cockpit plane, sol, from South Afi t Bayt, 4 9.000 miles inf ‘three months. Iwasa triumph. Lady Heath was S_____ asthe nation’s sweetheart and called “Lady lamas by the pres. However, he ie was 6. ‘ragically short. Only a year late she 7a hottie aeldent atthe National Air Show In Ohio inthe USA, when her plane crashed ‘through the roof of a building. Her health was her second husband 45 yeat her senor never the © ‘again, and she ded in Tn 1928, aged 31, she became the fst plot May 1939, bright D shiny C take D make fulness D top € crossing ranging C halle D quoted € stopped brought C receives underwent beter D same 28 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTSPART 2 For questions 9-15, read the text below and think ofthe word which bestfts each gap. Use ‘only n= word in each gap. Tere san example at the beginning 0). Write your answers I) CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answers Example: PELL Stun Hayes a launched hinself na promising caer 4 swimmer when something odd happened Shima toc pod logging op ed dwn {or the umpteenth time, he suddenly realized s0__ bored he had become with the monotony. Wasnt there a ‘ore interesting way of "i sporty, for heaven's sake? There vas and there isthe colour, sweat and sheet emotion of triathlons. Stuart became world-class triathlete and won the London Triathlon, the biggest event of w, — kind in the word ‘Tilathons are 15 but boring, Combining swimming, eeling and running in one physical onslaught, they offer ge variety within a single racing framework. In Britain, the spor is growing by 10 per eent a year. People are moving away 1 just running, and are looking Tor new challenges; says Nick Rusling, event director for the London Triathlon, Triathlons area = deal more Interesting to tran for and you can vary tata to fe busy lifestyles, swimming in your lunch break and 16 Sana ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS “ADING AND USE OF ENGLISH 29 zasasTest2 PARI Forquestions \7-2, read he text below, Use the word given in capitals atthe end of some ‘ofthe lines to form a word that fits in the gap vhe === line, There isan example at the beginning (0). Write your answers i CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer shest, Example: (2 ERLE RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR (One more chancel That’ all wee giving you to tell us about your favourite restaurant and boost its chances of becoming the O_ wv ‘of our Restaurant ofthe Year competition. This is the las time the official 17 form wi appear in the paper and next Thursday 104/A7E isthe fina date for 18___of complete forms. RECEWE ‘Over the past few weeks we have been swamped by a paper mountain 2519__acrossthectyjot down the compeling reasons why DINE they believe their20___restaurant should definitely win our CHOOSE hotly 21__ competition. contest (Once the 22____has passed, our judges wil st down and count DEAD allthe forms. The thre restaurants which receive the most vate will, ‘then be visited bythe judges, These vist wll of course be 23__, sa the restaurants thereles will not know thatthe INNOUNC: Judges are there After their vss, the judges wil make their nal {decision over who wins the 24 tile Restaurantofthe Year", PRESTIGE 30 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS ADC 440 USE OF ENRT 4 Forquestions 25-30 complete the second sentence sothat thas sinlar meaning tothe {fist setenc, sing the wor given. 09 not ene te word gen. You musts between ‘ree and words including the word gen Here isan exomple(°). Example: © Iidnttnow the way there <0 got lst. cer Not_______ there, got ost [o] [KNowine How To GET Write ontythe missing wordsIN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet 25 Ittook me some time to understand fully what happened. WHILE fewas___ understood what had happened, 26 There no point arguing about this small etal, n my opinion. wort This small detal____ my opinion, 27 If your order is delayed, we will contact you DELAY Shouls___toyour onder we wit contact you. 28 The two situations are completely itferent. common ‘The two situations don each other. 29 Luge amazed because there were ne probleme throughout the heliday. Went To______ rong throughout the holiday. 20 thave noitention of doing another kind of job. DREAM | cther kina oot. ‘AMBRIDGE ENGLISH ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS READING AND USEOF ENGLISH 38 zusatPARTS Youare going to read a newspaper article about management. For questions 31-36, choose the answer (5, Cor) which you think ts best according to the txt. Mark your answers Simply ticking the boxes isn’t enough "hve bon ae what hin sboat ‘he iden o vesting n People’ The best answe ean gies that thin ‘hat what rest aeier- basally staking hein betwen business Improvement a focosing on the sees ofthe people who work ora ngainaton =i get My problem is ‘eth oaniations who aubenbe ot few to belp the et eter, when ‘hey don bother to unteatand where ‘hey went wo in theta. They eed oak what expla ight pole nd procedies they haven ‘lee that prevent thal pepl fom dng able odo the ight thing for the ihr ensne Tram se tat here ae ages cout thee mo dont know ay beter, sd ssume tat 0 manage toy sity zed opt pressure on the people fom. But people dont denonstate ‘gh perfomance becaoe they ae ‘old. They doit bere they see ‘he ee to doit and make the cece to doco The do itbeeae they re annected o he business ols ‘hey seo ter eontebutions can Isp aciee them. Sach manages may ‘ell themeas they can put ik Inthe wecarabout peopl bn. But sly pti tk in bose fad {itdoe reesei ow of company that wat concerned thats people weeding, ‘the ight hing” hat puta place ‘ere of mete to mena thelr ‘Hatvenets Sofa, s0 god. Bat one ofthe objectives - making uot els calla manestd alin the 52. CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS 2019 Us trie "Narbe of potent asters ‘en in one doy. These pene oat este alos on ging ‘tom oe eastomer’ feo another, sd soto doing da. Intad ofthe ‘cepayer beaming ve efeie, ‘they ese on geting the ones ‘eke. Good intent; por thinking “Another company wanted timprove ‘the peed wth which twas abet Inueduce new products Competition ‘eas beating it tothe market place, end onsoquent the eompany ws ng ‘ae hae. Seior management feat eu the message to ees the time pentn geting procs nto casters ands withthe explanation ‘hat they count td ly. This vasa mati cay tank, expecially Since the ime spent testing the proc sot cso the time esscon The el was ew products were inode in es ‘ethan tne of he empaiton bat son ee estes or ove ait Good intent ess ‘plementation “Ahiedcompany law tying and to hp empleo that they ave soe conte over he fue "he company instituted ¢ programme sith ik ‘Creating oro fue’ or sameting ike that A sod ide; pt the people ini Inthe fue ofthe company, Bat Instead of he employes necoming ‘ote ocontibat, they anv tall eee onthe part of Senior mangenent wh ate pat ad pl it tenon wanting ther ha geting theo doe hay could report rat earings. Yes, the programe was abet ft, tat wala ‘the mins of the people thst it wae eine ‘Anal examples ofa company that bought n one of these Investing In People’ programmes to change the a he company was ran. Assessors ‘wee running ound I ery, bnlping manages examine how they ‘managed. They told managers bow they ‘onld manage bet. And when the programme as ov, the company was able say they hd done it = tha invested ts people and life was row od. Bt he manages snp we back to sis ar al. AReral, the asters were gone, and they had tamer ie All tee example ae representative of sesie management whose the ae improve thi in thee gale, bt dort ce how todo It Pera sat, pogamme targeted improving things sonia good ‘ninagenents ait motte the pope. And when the employees simply se the programme asa bor tieking eer, then ft hopeless.2 The write thinks that putting the concept of vesting in People into practice | Fequentl results in cnfusion among the people it's supposed to help © involves more effort than some organizations ar prepared to make. ca may create problems where previously there had nat been any problems, 1 esomething that some organizations ehould not attempt taco 22 The wrtersmain pointin the second paragraph thatthe performance of employees |}. maybe vay goad even if management i poor 1 cannot be accurately measuced by any bortckng exercise ca isolate to their inowledge ofthe organization asa whole, 1 enot as unprecctable as some managers belive eto be, 28 What pont does the writer mate abou te rst company he describes? ‘A femes not rel inerestedn measicing the effectiveness of employes. 8 The targets that set for saff were unease fled to understand the el ness of ts employees ca 1 Thedatathatt cece id nat measure what wes spposed to measure 58 What pin does the writer make abou the second company he describes? 1 Itmade what shoul have been an easy tskinto a complicated one 8 failed to foresee the consequences of annstrucion emisunderstood why anew approach was required. Ca 1 reed to tae to account the viens of employees 35 What does the writer ay about the programme introduced by the third company he mentions? 1 Employees di not belive that it had been introduced fr ther bene. Employees et that twas in fact a way of making their jobs even hard ca C_The reason given for ntroducing it was not the real reson why it was Introduced. 1D Iewas an inappropriate kindof programme fortis particular organization 35 The writer says that the programmein his ral example | was tao demancing for managers to maintain long-term, © was rented aa selecontalnes eer by manages lmvelved some senge des on how manager coud improve. ca © caueed manager tbeteve that tor provout methods had been Deter zusan5 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS You are going to read four extracts from introductions to books on popular culture For questions ~~ {fiom the extracts \~0. The extracts may be chosen more than once. ‘Mark your answerson the separate answersheet, ious aspects of popular culture ‘The whole con of popular culate relatively moder one a a a phenomenon its key tothe understanding of any moder society Bareststufics abound on the subject and inded there are whol branches of academia edited to esearch and theories on the topic but in many cases what these do is ove-complcat something tats in realty ‘elt smple mater Popolr clare spring fiom anal poops of ie-minded people geting opt with new ‘eas an thea It spreads out to the population a ae ite nd these ess appealing, Mach of teats tothe young and fr them tes happy sense of being separate fom othe generations and therfore pei income way a | Poplar clare may once hate sprung fom the popl thers, and nes this was the erga defriton of the term for many eer, bt te nave to consider tat thi resins the cg, Instead, thas become something imposed | nthe peblictrom on high, businass cammedity that mer pretends to hae its ets inthe ratty of the | people’ but infact is simply @ money-making etepie ike any other What people choose to buy and consume inthe | tea of popular clture sedis volumes about their society nd is msi inet of what that society ke. This ‘special tue in the area of uth culture’ where the young ain a sense of se and of belonging va shared tastes and otressons, Sie of popu cate ten ta oss on the mone exciting agpets and ono the more mane, ‘hich ironically are often the mot intersting ‘To summarizit brit popular cultures developed by the people for the poople and when it has besme popular enough, commode for profit hy the business worl, Studies of popular cle have plied ove the yes, fd experts inthe eld have developed their wn voeabulaty and eter or analysing. These studies often ties the socal aspects rather han the commercial ones. Forte younge participants in popu culture, thee issues are Snlevnt, a5 what they get fom it isa senoo of identipng with a particular contemporary grou, a comforting sense ot ‘commaniy: They ae csnclined to anal this thenssires fie wort remembering, however that at ny age, poplar ‘uses often a minty ines ~ today's medi ket give the impression that the ast sort of people are swept up init whereas his sequently no the cave. | ‘hey woud fnd them overblown ad ical in taking such everday and essential vil things vo secu. the media excitable journalists and experts exaguatethe importance to meet people of the curent popular elure phonomens, which in reality do nat much acupy the minds af most people. The one re whore thes observations ‘may not hold true, however, it mong the young, where popular ature can have undue infuence, encouraging then to ‘sequlre unealte dens about how they ca iv he Wes and therefore potently having a damagiag eect on thet futures. one ofthe more intresting aspects of popular clare forall ages sits unpredictability anew phenomenon can sudden emerge that rps a section of society and that takes the commercial wold ene by suprise, orcingit | | ‘Wondinary members ofthe public were to read moet ofthe wort studs of populr culture that academies produce, to act sity o keep up and to capitalize on that nts phenomenon,Wich writer takes a similar view to writer Aon studles of popular culture? ifers from the others on what causes popular culture to arse? shares writer 8 opinion on the sigiicance of popular culture? basa dfeent opinion from the others onthe impact of popular culture on young people? ‘AMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS. READING AKO USEOF ENGLISH 35 zasanTEST 2 PART Yow are going to read a review of an ort exhibition. Si paragraphs have been removed from ‘the article. Choose from the paragraphs '-C the one which fis each gop (#1~5). There is ‘oneextra paragraph which you do net need tose. ‘Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet An exhibition of works by the artist John Craxton | “A World of Private Mysteny: John Craxton RAV et the Fitzwilliam Museum isa small shovt, but it does fll usice to an artist whose career divides into ‘wo pars the years before and during the Second World Ws and the work he dd afterwards, when for long periods he lived outside England, Ie begins with his small-scale landscapes in pen and ink, pastel, gouache and watercolour His subject is arcadia, but a Aistinelly English one in which poets and shepherd slep and ream amid blasted landscapes ‘under darkening skis. Suffused ‘with longing and foreboding, these works reflect the reality of| living ina rain-sodden country unde constant threat of foreiga es ‘Most ofthe ealy work is monochrome. In many landscapes, writhing branches and gnarled tee unk fil our Feld of vision, Beneath the surface ofthe self-consciously ‘poetic’ moti, the country he shovts in these pietures feels ‘laustrophobie and joie. ‘As this exhibition makes clear, by the age of 25 Craxton’s asic 28 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS AEADING ANDUSE OF ENGLISH identity had matured, With his style, subject matter and working method all flly formed, itis hard to imagine how he would Ihave developed had he remained in England after he war. a ce (On his ist visi to Greece in 1946, Craxton was swept away by the light, colour, landscape, food and people. The dark cloud that hung over the work he did in England lifts and overnight his palette changes to clear blue, ‘green and white eee Goats, fish, ats ora frieze of sailors dancing on the edge of the sea: in the Greek paintings Dbeautifl creatures move naturally across bare rocks and blue waters, The compressed Joy you find in these pitures doesn't, ‘exis elsewhere in British post- war art. With & few interruptions, Caxton would spend the rest of his life in Crete eee oer But if there i litle exploration or discovery in Craxton's later work, you find instead a sense of fullness and completion, a feeling that in accepting his limitations, he remained tre to himself. As he once sid, "Tea work best Jinan atmosphere wher ifs considered more important than fn then I find is possible to ‘eel areal person ~ real people, real elements, real windows — real sun above al. In a life of realty, my imagination really ‘works | fel ike an émigré in London and squashed fat eee es most noticeable in the works fon canvas, especially in formal Portraits ike his 1946 "Git with 1 Cock’ and it’s there too in the faceted geometric planes of Greek landscapes like his panoramic view of Hydra of 1960-61. Craxton wasn't an artist of the first rank but he was intatable ‘This show i just he ight scale and it comes with a beautifully ‘ustrated book about his ie and otk1 eames across this way even when My quessis het have esponded badly he urs trong colour, a none sunk te markt forces and eiical pressure landscapein particular, where the todo new tings What he needed was yellow iharsh athe ved murky. is tw develop at his own pace ~ even fat 235 though he painting something hed times that mean standings But todo heard about but never actualy seen that he had to leave the county. | sunlight | F They o so through tight hatched tines 15 ewas.not only London that oppressed and expressive distortion which ratchet his spit, think, but the overwhelming Up the emationa tens asin his power of thernew ar being made in istratins for an anthology of poetry. Pais by Pleaso, Miré and Léger in Inthesea single male igure wats and assessing Craxtons work, you have to watches in a dark wood by moonlight. accept his debt to these artists, and particularly Picasso ©. Gone are his melancholy se portralts Inthe use ofashepherd or poet and _, And though he would pain lrge- inthe place we find real shepherds (or ‘scale murals and design stage sets and rather goatherds) tending ting animals. 5 ‘tapestries nether his subject mattar Now Craxtonis painting awerldouside = ‘or his syle changed in any fundamental himself not one that existed largely in ‘way curing that period. tay souné his imagination, } harsh, but when he decided to lve there permanent-he elected to write himself fut ofthe history of art. > Indeed, | well remember how I step into large gallery hung lear to ceting ‘ith paintings, and out of the visual ‘cacophony a single picture would leap off the wall. it was aways by John Caton ‘CAUBRLDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS READING AUDUSEOF ENGLISH 37 ecsctsnTest2 28 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS iE PART 8 You are going toread an article about various birds in Brita, For questions 7-55, choose {rom the birds (4-0). The birds may be chosen more than ance. ‘Mark your answers on the seporate answer sheet (Of which bird are the following tated? Further attempts t increase its numbers were made once ina attempts had proves succesful Its population growth sa refection of how tough tis. “There is tatincalevdence to support the view that iti very poplar bird, ‘There was a particular period when it population plummeted ‘crit could be made oft physical appearance ‘A common perception ofithas proved inaccurate ronth nits numbers hasbeen much more gradual than desired Theres eason to believe that ts progressin a particular region wl be maintained ‘Measures taken nthe running of @ certain type of countryside have assisted inthe growth ofits population Even thoughts population has fallen it can frequenty be sen in various Particular locations. 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Thay hve ooo at 2a aqeny seal sng Hower, Spotted je compenste wth enormous chars “he aap at thingie species sch as rig meh ‘rir, ee aap se ng te emcre byUnaing ‘hut eat pe Tht ‘pce let an tt they ae ‘Song the set pingiigants tetrad ae ow in eros dee ‘ects bal entry of petice ‘es Inthe pa 25 ete ber be dene yan 80 percent ey set eaety mers (13500 pas) te Errand ae fe io ge eden reso wu barrie ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS ADIN AND USE OF ENGLIS »TEST2 Writing (hour 30 minutes) PART You must answer this question. Write your answer in 220-250 words in an appropriate style. 41 You have watched documentary about what causes young people to start committing ‘crimes. You have made the notes below. ‘Reasons why young people commit crimes + lackof control by parents + absence of opportunities in fe + influence of frends Some opinions expressed inthe dcumentary: “Without fem discptine from parents, some chien areikey to get into trouble Tes not surprising that young people who fee they have ne chance oF = good fe tum to crime. ‘The badinfuence of people they mic with can cause some young people to ake up crime ‘rite an essa) for your tutor discussing vo of the reasons in your notes. You should explain which cause you thinks the most important For young people commiting crimes and prove reasons t support your opinion. ‘You may. ifyou wish, make use ofthe opinions expressed inthe documentary but you should use your own words as far as possible 40 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS YING eet BREE ee eee ee tee ee eee He ae eee eae ee eee eee apecs PaRT2 Write an enswer to one ofthe questions 2 jn this port Write your answerin 220-250 words in an appropriate style 2 Yourecantly spanta wack at an adventure sports centre. A fiend i thinking of going to che same place ad has sent you an eral asking about your experiences there. Reply to your friend ging information and advice. In your ema You should © explain what you dé atthe place 1 describe your fetings during your stay 1 advise your fend about going there Weite your emai 3. Yousee the folowing announcementin an international magazine. Poon qunn nape p MZ nNIND awe you sen someone perform ivewho rest ofthe sudionee think? Compare tha live youbad previously oly heard on recordings performance with how the same person / ‘rem on TV orin as? We'd ie yout people perform in rcordings or on TV orn ‘send us reviews of concerts by bands yuld lms Were they nt so go ie odd yu. over sean ve before ar actors you'd never prcer them ie? Di your opinion of them seen onstage, Describe the perormancein change? Send your reviews othe addiess deta. What you think and what di the below. Wire your review. 4) Aspartof an exchange programme, you recently spent a week staying in another country ‘ith someone who had previously stayed with you as part of the same exchange programme. ‘Youhave been asked to writ a report on your experience. Your report should include where youwent and who you tajed with, and what you did during your ist It should also inclode a ‘comparison between your lt and the person's previous sta with you as wells any points you wish to make about the exchange programme in general Write your report CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS WING: &t zasalTEST2 Listening (40 minutes) PART! You will hear three afferent extracts. For questions 1-5, choose the answer (or C) which {is best according to what you hear. There are two questions for each extract. Youearprtt ara programme about famous tendon hotel 1 thepreserter’ aim inherinseductonisto 1 covet nsunsersanngs soit the Cad 2 provide acualnomaton she he Gand oa Seouge stereo goto the ard 2 Whatisthe manager onrd the cstmes? 1 wishes that ore of them were ot ch pope © Hetreas them antes wo tepardeso who they re a Heatmaps tno at eee they elon extract Two ‘You hear two presenters talking ona scence programme. 3. The ale presenter sys thatthe research produced data on 1 the period of time that some teaspoons were missing how quctly a cereain sumber of teaspoons disappeared o where disappearing teaspoons had gone. 4 The female presenter says that disappearing teaspoons i atopic which | has procuced some interesting theories. concerns a growing phenomenon. CH hase great significance extract Three ‘Yu hear two people talting about popular musk 5. The woman'smain pontis that it isno longer possible to crete genuinely orginal popular muse Ball modern popular musi a poor imitation of older musi popular music has aways been an overrated form of music. 5 What does the woman say about modern performers? ‘A Theyare not intrested inthe views of older people, BTheyare taking advantage oftheir audience oa © Theyare infuenced without realizing it i “2 (CAVBRIOGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS LSEPART 2 You will hear part ofa talk about best sling books. For questions 7~1 complete the sentences, FEATURES OF BEST-SELLING BOOKS Te ost poputr celebrity autobiographies a focus on the ofthe eb Some popular celery autobiographies have no [EJ inthen. “The top sling cookery book rete a sense of [Ei] tat appeals to people People ho buy the most popular cookery books ae most italy to us a recipe from them for eee ceeceeesere cece People bythe best-seing sportsbooks because ofthe (Ein them, ‘Acommanfeetre of popula history books thatthe contain (Bien mate the neresing to orcnary readers. Bestsoing selthelp books now tad to facus on ging athice on how people can make progress with their In crime fiction. the [FB connected with sotving crimes have become a maln feature ot best seers ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS USTENING 4 zasatPART You will hear a radio discussion about writing a novel For questions 15-20, choose the ‘answer (8,8, Cor) mhich fits best according to what you hear 15 What oes Louie sy about rest Hemingways adic to ter? A Rlewetltoa conan ore 2 apples ony tnexperinced novels C_Itwasrit intended to be taken seriously. ca 5 emigh contre some experienced novels 16 Louise sys that youneed to get feedback when ou 1 have not ben abe to we anything for sometime 3: aehaving fealty orang your eas. € arehaving contesting feeling about wht you have writen, Ca have nihed the boo Bt nt shown anyone TEST2 £7 Lois says that you shoul ge feedback fom anther rte becase its xt nore crc rom people who are no writers. 8 another ritar maybe Kinder oyu than ends and relates elshard to fr oter people who wil mate an effort lp you. al © another rier il understand whet our tenons a. 18 What does Louise regards useful feedback? | acombinaton of general observations and detailed comments 8. both identification af problems and suggested solutions comments fcusing mare on syle than on content 1D_aemany pint about strengths as weaknesses 19 What does Louise say about the people she gets eedbeck fom? A Some of then are more scot than bec She dost only sce wring wah her. She ale gies them feedback on thei work Ca Dest alway ea for her to ge together with ther 20 One reaction to feedback that Louise mentions that A iiuied ut wold eure too much fetta acon © feces on unimportant ets ater han yest C_ithas been influenced by reading other people's novels, ca © ‘isnot sugering that major changes tote novel ore equed “44 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS LSTENING Bee PEE eee ee ee Hee ee eee eee eee eee eee ee teeTEST 2 ua 243 uo 599) URED EL] ses EL] eoreods E EL] visads TE) toes fog aye|diuo> ysnus nok vers nok ay ayo0ds y209 01 up10290 ‘ynogo Burgos ssayoads avaddoy soy ay 23 wor asooy>')¢-92 svoasanb 0g pogo ay 1 1p wodf aoo4> S212 SuopsaNb Jog ‘ms 9201, U0 450), “popuano faxn sara ynoge Bupy0 210 aood yam w/si0s2 HOYs Bafs094 ILM NOK viva ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS LISTENING. 25TEsT2 Speaking (15 minutes) PART 1 @minutes) 1 Where do you ive? Who doyou tive with? = Whyis leaming English useful or important ta you? ‘What reasons do other people have for learring English? 1 What kindof technology devices do you own and use regula? © What kindof things do you do with your friends? 1» How biga part does watching T payin your life? 1 Doyou keep a dary? Iso, what do you wits init? not. why not? 1 What meas do you have each dey. and when? 1s How much traveling within your om country and abroad, have you done? "= What do you like dong the most during your re ime? (Why?) 1 What household chores do you yourse do a home? PART 2 (@ minutes) Ccendidate.® Lookatthe three pais of photographs 1A, 18 and 1C on page 47. They show people with carers that re considered glamorous. Compare woof the pairs of photographs and say what you think each person’ life and personality might be lke. Candidate tlk on his/her own for minute. Which ofthe people would you most or leastlke to be, and why? Candidate 8 tlks on his/her own for obout 30 second CCendidate® — Lookat the three photographs 2,28 and 2C on page 4. They show people taking classes in order tolear ail. Compare two ofthe photographs and say why the people might be ‘taking the classes, and what might be involved in learning each ski Candidate Btolks on his/her own or minute. Ccendidate A Which ofthe sil have you learnt, or would you mostlike to have, | and why? Candidate A talks on his/her own for about 30 seconds. 4 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS SPs