CAE Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze For questions 1-12, read the text below and then decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). On top of the world In May 1998, just two years after breaking his back in a parachuting accident whilst (0) ___ in the army, Beer Grylls became the youngest Briton to (1) __ the summit of Mount Everest and return (2)__. He was just 23 years old. As his back recovered and he regained his (3) ___, Bear decided to leave the army in order to pursue his lifelong ambition to conquer the highest (4) __ in the world. A friend of his was organising an expedition to Everest and Bear asked to (5)___ . After a year spent preparing for the climb and (6) _ sponsorship money, he and his companions moved out to the Himalayas to (7)__up the challenge. In (8) __Bear spent over 10 weeks on the mountain's south-east face, This (9) __ 2 whole week at Camp Two simply waiting for the right conditions to make his attemot on the summit. When he finally made it to the top, he set for 20 minutes, just gazing in wonder at the (10) __ before him. The hardest part was still to come though. Every year the number of climbers killed on Everest increases, with most deaths occurring on the descent. Itis (11) ___ surprising then, that Bear should feel a (12) __ sense of relief when he eventually got back to base camp. Three British climbers under 25 have tried to conquer Everest; Bear is the only one to survive. 0 A assisting B obeying 1 A achieve B reach 2 A live B lively 3 A power B force 4 A crest B crown 5 A join B unite 6 Arising B raising 7 A take B rise 8 A summary B short 9 A contained B included 10A eyesight B outlook 11 A strongly B equally 12 A great B large aanaaannannanna ‘PEED Y vpeueursCAE Part 2 Open cloze For questions 1-15, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Female butlers ‘Anew breed of butlers has appeared (0) _@n__ the scene; increasingly, it seams (1) fich and famous are turning (2) ‘women to perform the little domestic duties of everyday lite But (3) female butlers are in ever greater demand, they are also in short supply. Ivor Spencer, who runs the 4) traditional of the well known butler schools, (5) trained enly eight women in 21 years. Even al the more progressive butiet academies, (6) as Robert Watson's Guild of Professional Butlers, fewer than one (7) four trainees are female. Butlerine Sarah Whitlle says that women are in demand (8) they're less stufly than men, We're better (9) picking up on people's moods,’ she says. ‘And we can organize several things at (10) its in Our nature to muttitask.’ Whittle (11) expected to be smart and professional (12) duty, but she does get glamorous perks ~ presents of chocolate, champagne and, on (13) ‘occasion, an expensive pair of shoes. But the job has its downside. Hundred-hour weeks are (14) uncommon, the haurs are unsociable and the tasks often (15) than glarnorous, Word formation For questions 1-10. use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line, There is an example at the beginning (0). Book review: Walls have Ears by Mark Mitchell Avid (0) readers _ of Mark Mitchel's crtically acclaimed historical novels will not READ be disappointed by his (1)___offering, Walls have Ears, a simple, but LATE (2)___written tale of childhood innocence in a world of adult corruption BEAUTY Mitchell, a former history teacher, shot to fame three years ago thanks to the television ® of his fourth novel, Baroque of Ages, which followed the fortunes of ADAPT two teenage siblings in seventeenth-century Britain. Despite the author's(4)____—Ss_ SATISFY with the TV production, (6)____ Marian Blackshaw and Edek Sobera, itwasa STAR huge success and (6) of his books for children rocketed overnight as a SELL result. Walls have Ears is a (7) on the central theme of Baroque of Ages, VARY though this time set against the background of Hadrian's Wall during its construction in the second century. The chance (8) bby two young friends of a plot to DISCOVER assassinate the Roman Emperor responsible for the defensive wall turns their world upside down, The children are sworn to secrecy, but their conscience(9)___—=—=——ss—is THREAT to get the better of ther. (10) have criticized Mitchell for being too HISTORY liberal with the facts, but this will not deter his young fans from queueing up for their copy of the book when itis released on June 20th.Key word transformations For questions 1-8, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the word given, Here is an example (0). 0 T haven't driven an automatic car for several years. LAST Its_several years since ! last drove_an automatic car. 1 Thisis your third warning from me this weck about being late for work. NOT This is the third time this week 1 be late for work. 2 think Anita must have gone on a dict recently because she's quite slim now, HAS Itlooks as dieting because she’s quite slim now. 3. Lalways hated pasta when I was a child but now Icook it regularly, USE 1____pasta when T was a child but now I cook it regularly. 4. Twent to have my own look at the apartment and I couldn't understand why my friend wanted us to live in such a depressing place! SEE Having__ myself, l couldn't understand why my friend wanted us to live in such a depressing place! 5 We wanted to continue our mountain trek but the weather was too bad. LIKE We on with our mountain trek but the weather was too bad. 6 Lwantto inform you that was not setisfied withthe standard of service in your ote. EXPRESS: would with the standard of service in your hotel. 7 Twanted to stay in last night but my flatmate insisted we go out. SOONER I in last night but my flatmate insisted we go out. 8 Didn’t you want me to tell the staff about your resignation? RATHER Would the staff know about your resignation?CAE Part 3 Multiple choice You are going to read a magazine article about the first people to arrive in the Americas. For questions 1-7, choose the answer (A, B, C or B) which you think fits best according to the text, Island hopping to a new world Diggingin « dank Hmestone cave in Canudals Quees Charlotte Islands inst summer, Christina Heaton hardly notived the triangular piece of chipped stone sha/d unsarthed in a pile af debris. Then, as hor cientiat father, Timothy, sifted through the muck, he realized her unwitting find was actually invaluable. It was a spear point. Bear bones found near the artefact indicated its owner had presumably peared the boash, which later retreated into the eave and evantnally died with the point still lodged in itz loins. Radiocarhon testa soon dated the remains at about 12,000 years old, making thom the eartiest uigns of human activity in tho region or, for that mattor, in all ofthe Americas. “Almost from the momentthe frst white explorers eut ‘eyes on America’s indigenous Tndians’, people have ‘wondered where they came fratn. Fray Jose Acosta, a Jesuit priest, was one of the first to make a sensible ‘conjecture in 1590 that a small group from Asin's northernmost latitudes must have walled to the ‘New World, Indeed, aince the 1890s archasclngists have taught thet the first Americana Were hunters ‘who ercesad the Bering land bridge from Sibaria, chasing mamroths eouthward through Canada down a.narm corridor between two ice sheets, By about 11,500 years ago, they'd gotas far as Clovia, New ‘Mexico, near whore archaeologists fire frund their reached the tip of South America after a footslogging joamey beun mars than 20,000 miles away. Or sa the ‘ne 30) weary Bows, ‘Yet the Hentons'find ia the latest addition tow small but weighty pile of tools and human reraains suggesting tho first Americans may have come from ‘Aia not down the centre of the continent but along ‘the cout in bouts, sonturies ar millenniuma prinr $a ‘the Clovis poople. The evidence that Heaton and bis colleagues ure secking haa turned up slang the Pacific coast all the wey front Alaska to southern Chile. So far it does not include any haman remains of pre-Clovis ‘age but 9 woman's bones were found on Santa Rosa Island off the Califrnian coast. While the banes show thot the woman herealf waa alive 210-200 years alter the Clovis people's long trek, it is likely that she was ‘the descendant of earlier settlers. And scientists ‘excavating Chile's Monte Verde site, over 6,000 miles | ‘from the southernmost Clovia Find, have discovered ‘ardicinal herbs and artefacts that date back over 12,600,yeara, ‘Such finds have backed up genstic and bickogical rTetearch to paint afar mare complex picture of ‘America’s fret explorers. Rather than a single migration of Clavia poopie, ‘there were clearly several waves of human exploration,’ says Douglas Wallace, ‘a poneticiat at the University of California-Trving. | ‘Wallace's DNA studies of American natives identify atleast five genetically distinct waves, four from Asioand ove possibly of early European doscent, the earHeat af which could have arrived move than. 20,000 yours ago. That diversity concurs with eacareh by Engin who argue the Ameena 148 ‘eouldn't have all developed trom 2 ngs 1uab0genrsld tongue Andee bad thes ‘the langungos would he the most diverse along the ‘mainland route the Clovis poople travelled. In fart, the number of languages is greatest along the Pacific court, adding to suspicions that at least eome af the ‘iret immigrants came that way. ‘Until recently, many geologists assumed thatthe Len ‘Age shore was.a glaciated wnstalmnd, Bat new studies of fossa and ancient climates imply « navigable coastline full of shellfish and other foods, with grasay inland tundra capable of supporting large animals —and perhaps see-faring humans beading south. Unfortunately, tho evidenve that could prove the coastalnigration sednazio is well and truly hidden, Warming temperatures sincs the last Tee Age hare transformed the ancient tundra inta thick forests, rendering mast signa of carly human exploration all but invisible and melting Ioe-Age glaciers have submerged most of the constal campeites whane the ancient mariners may have stayed a while. In 1998, archaeologist Daryl Fedjenetrieved an ancient hunting blade, one of the first human artefacte found in the rogian, This inspired ome to call for a ‘comprehensive high-tech search of the oes Door yet ‘the immense costa of a seafloor survey have preverited ‘this. So Fed)e and other researchers have instond fooused on eaves on the nearby islands and in Alasks, ‘where artelucts are protected from weather and decay. “The caves have been a real windfall’ says Heaton of ‘the animal bones he hax found. Ho's confident that i's Jost matter of time before he and his colleagues find pre-Clovis human remains because ‘in almost every ‘cave we put our ehovel to, wa find something mew.”1 When Tim Heaton noticed the spear point, he was A certain that an important discovery had been made. B reluctant to speculate how it had arrived in the cave. (C surprised to find such an artefact located in that area. 1D disappointed that it was not something more significant. 2 What are we told about archaeologists in the 1930s? A They agreed with Jose Acosta’s theory about the route taken by the first migrants to North America. B They believed that the weapons had become more sophisticated by the time migrants had reached New Mexico. ‘© They theorized that the carliest group of migrants remained in Canada. D They were unaware of the distance that early hunters had really travelled. 3 The writer uses the phrase ‘Or so the story goes’ (line 30) to A question the accuracy of the actual distance that migrants travelled. B illustrate how human ambition can lead to remarkable achievement. point out the significance of preserving historical records. D suggest that traditional archacological theory may be wrong. 4 What point is exemplified by the references to the find on Santa Rosa Island? A The Clovis people could have had the ability to build primitive boats. B The Clovis people were the earliest of the migrant groups to explore the coast. Cc has Choris poopie mar aye been:on the mainland aber olen adgramte wer on D The Clovis people's descendants must have spread out in search of new territory. 5 The research that Douglas Wallace has carried out A shows early migrants were more sophisticated than previously thought. B indicates that the first settlers in America were most likely from Europe. (C suggests that the Clovis people had reached America over 20,000 years ago. D supports the argument proposed by linguists about native American languages. 6 What does the writer state about the possible route that early migrants took? A The Icc-Age had little significant impact on the American coastline, B Itis virtually impossible to find proof of migration on this route. c The early travellers probably chose this route for its food supplies. D Certain archaeologists for a route that never existed. 7 Timothy Heaton decided to excavate caves in the Queen Charlotte Islands because A a thorough exploration of the sea bed is not feasible. B his research team are in direct competition with Daryl Fedje's. ‘€ human remains have already been found in this location. D there may another layer of artefacts under the Clovis Layer,Multiple matching Read the article about the explorer Ranulph Fiennes quickly. In the article, is he mainly A giving advice to inexperienced explorers? B talking about the nature of exploration? © promoting adventure travel to young people? For questions 1-15, answer by choosing from the sections of the article (A~G). Some: of the choices may be required more than once. In which section are the following mentioned? the swggestion that Plennes still seems enthusiastic about exploration 1 an aspect of Ficnnes's character that has been unfairly highlighted 2 a negative effoct of the growing interest in adventure travel 3 a@ reason Fiennes gives for exploration becoming more appealing to amateurs 4 a misconception regarding the knowledge previous explorers had 3__ Fiennes's fascination with a field in which he is fairly inexperienced 6 Fiennes's opinion that someone who is reasonably fit could reach the South Pole 7 the belief that explorers have too much respect for thelr own field 8g the view that only professional explorers were capable of reaching distant destinations a the instinctive human desire to explore new places 10_ the suggestion that more care is taken on difficult routes Me Fiennes's primary motivation for being an explorer 12 the importance given by explorers to achieving something before anyone clse = 13 ___ Fiennes being held in high regard by other adventurers 14 Fiennes’s suggestion that people find increasingly unusual ways to achieve recognition 15