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For questions 1327, read the text below and think of the word which best fts each gap. Use
only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
0 L I K E
Paper 3: Use of English (1 hour)
PART 1
For questions 112, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fts each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
0 A notice B regard C look at D stare at
0 A B C D
1 A middle B centre C inside D focus
2 A location B situation C place D spot
3 A drove B inspired C motivated D set
4 A unclear B unsure C unsettled D undecided
5 A speed B pace C scale D rate
6 A top B summit C crest D high
7 A long B far C on D forth
8 A fourish B mushroom C abound D escalate
9 A thinner B tighter C slimmer D scarcer
10 A preying B devouring C hounding D ravaging
11 A designated B attributed C stipulated D consigned
12 A reason with B answer to C account for D match up
CAE PRACTICE TESTS PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISH CAE PRACTICE TESTS PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISH
On a winter afternoon, a dozen male Northern fur
seals are on an island off south-western Alaska.
To 0 them, fghting for territory on
the rocks, its hard to imagine that they are at the
1 of a baffing scientifc mystery: why
is this species beginning to disappear?
These seals which can weigh up to 270
kilograms have an important and symbolic
2 in Alaskas history. Their soft and
luxurious fur, the coveted prize during the huge
commercial sea harvests that were legal here in
the Bering Sea through the early 20th century,
was once so valuable it 3 Alaskas
economy. Starting in the 1950s, for reasons that are
4 because the harvests by then tended
to be fairly small, the seal population began a slow
decline. But lately it has been falling drastically,
declining at an alarming 5 of 6 per cent
a year since 1998. From a 6 of more
than 2 million in Alaska in 1948, their numbers
have fallen to about 1.1 million.
So 7 no one has been able to
establish a precise cause for this, although theories
8 . The seals food supply may be
9 , or another species may be
10 on the seals perhaps killer whales,
which no longer have as many great whales to eat
because of harvesting of those mammals. Some
people have suggested that the decline can be
11 to entanglement in fshing nets, but
scientists say they doubt that this alone could
12 the recent population decline.
Disappearing Alaskan seals
The universal fantasy about being a rock star, at least the tame part, goes something 0 this: you
make wildly popular new music, see 13 likeness splashed across magazine covers, and worry
occasionally 14 becoming old. But according to a new list of the ffty top-earning pop stars, old rock
stars are enjoying the 15 success. Half the top ten earners are older than ffty, and two are
16 sixty. Only one act has members under thirty.
The annual list reverses the common perception 17 pop music. Not only is it not the province of
youth, its also 18 the province of CD sales, hit songs and music videos. While young stars
19 their turn on the charts, which rank popular artists, songs and albums, the real pop pantheon,
20 seems, is an older group, no 21 producing new hits, but re-enacting songs that are
older than many of todays pop idols.
This always 22 as a shock to fans, said Joe Levy of Rolling Stone magazine. The biggest-selling
artists arent the ones who make the most money. The artists learn the hard 23 that money comes
from concert tickets and T-shirts, not selling records. Thats the lesson you build a brand over time, and you
can sell the brand 24 if you cant sell the albums. This means that, while its good to be in demand,
it is 25 to be yesterdays in-demand performer. 26 pop music glorifes the young and the
new, it actually sells these qualities 27 a discount.
Disappearing Alaskan seals
In rocknroll, older means richer
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