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Reading and Use of English (Lhour 30 minutes) AKL Tshertirtwitn®|sopton ultpeche;chootethe | vxabuary (esnng fle words, or [cormctwords)toMbeschaop | conpetonof pats paler et) fire eee tet I sgreston: 8 mars TRIE [Tabor win teach ap wh one wrd a er oe cali ges i {8questions; 8 marks [ERED Toharioc wand metic words hana orm ie cave | woe formation ons Mewatorcoch sop [equestons: marks ‘ALE 6 ured Sentences, se the word gent complete the gammar and vocabulary [eachflloned bya gapped sentence sothat tmeans the 5 questions 12 maris “Single word anda sme ethe Sat sentnce | poupronhp enn [eeetnrenee | Smicetya “tex (tice fetion | -Fopton mute choice “comprehension of detail opinion renfcion) / ee, tone, purpose, mae, i impcstion tox organization festres, / _surmpliiaton reference, comparison | _squestions tz marks iatching opinions wth the text they understanding opinions and attudes _conpirng and contrasting opinions and | _soudes across twee A estions;8 marks ‘choice of paragraphs ofl the gaps | understanding of text structure, links {6 paragraphs missing | | between parts of text | [Squestion:12 mats PARTS |1textdivded into matchingstatements [information fo location of specific information: | sections OR several section of txt o shor tex they refer to canprehension of paraphrasing Shorttexs ‘oc appearin | gestions: 10 marks 4 CAMBRIDGE ENGLSH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS/80DUCHIONWriting (1 hour 30 minutes) fae | PARES | essay. based on two points intext given, (220-260 words). explaining which ofthe two points is | Candidates st do ths ask. [more important and ging reasons for | this opinion 2 eter /emalt proposal eport or review (20-260 words) varies according tthe task including |Candiantes choose ONE task rom tree choices. comparing, ging advice. sing | “opinions, justying. persuacing Il |zomarks Listening (40 minutes) Inthe exam, each recordin is heard twice, On the CO, they re not repeated, 0 you wil ned to ply each rack again ‘tthe end of the exam, candidates ore given 5 minutes otanser ther onswers the answer sheet Pe aoe ES PALL ener “option mulpe-coie (2 quertone alg, opinion, seater feeling, athude [conversations —_perconversaton) function purpse, agreement between | sealer, course of action ns; marks TAREE monologue sentence completion @sentencesto understanding of specficinfomaton and Completa wordorsor pase satedopnon 4 | questions Bmarks | 4-option multiple-choice | widerstanding of opinion attude, deta, comersation (0 gst. speaer feeling purpose function and “ormore speakers) [Egresment between speakers questions: 6 marks PARI |Sshort monologues | matching: 2 tasks. For each task match same as Part “what each spear ays 0 108 9p80ns | 9 questions: 10 marke __(S.questions per task) Speaking (15 minutes) © Resyopateani ARTA | cometsaton between candidates andinterlocitor general personal topics eltng tothe candidate eons) sans ‘PARLZ | ndvival Yong turn for each candidate with brief _organizinga larger unit of scourse, comparing, | response from second candidate (mes) describing expressing opinions and speculating Candidates talk about 2 sets of 3 petres PART way conversation between candidates (nin) interaction exchanging eas, expressing and Candidates cies ren prompts in _jstying pions, agreing and /o dogreng, declion-mating a suggesting speclsting, evaluating, reaching ection trough negotiation "PRR comersationbeteencanddstes andi expesingandustiying opinions, oreing and or mm _Gsngrecin specultng | Gants cus topes elated to Par taskwith mara ot [theoaniner The Reading and Use of English paper cores 40% ofthe total. The Writing Letening and Speoting papers ach carry 2D ofthe otal. ‘AMBRIDGE ENGLISH ADVANCED PRACTICE TEST ODUCTIONTEST 1 Reading and Use of English (hour30 minutes) PART Forquestions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (8, Cor 0) best fis each 0p. Theres an example atthe beginning (0). Mark your answers oi the separate answer sheet Example: 0 A interfering B upsetting damaging intruding Taking photographs ruins the memory, research finds Our obsession with recording every deta oF our happiest moments could be 0. our ability to remember them, according to new research, Dr Linda Henke, ftom Fairfield University, Connecticut, described ths asthe ‘photo-taking Impairment effet: She said, People often whip ‘out their cameras almost mindlessly to 1 moment, tothe point that they are missing what is happening 2 in front of them When people rely on technology to remember for them = 3 ‘on the 1 A see 8 grasp 2 Aue 8B right 3 A-counting 8 setting 4 Aengage 8 apply 5A result B aspect 6 A steered 7 A accurate 8 falhful © A mescured 8 compared CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH ADVANCED PRACTCE TESTS 2 ‘camera to record he event and thus not needing tos to it ally themselves ~ it can have a negative 5______on how well they remember their experiences? In Dr Henke’s experiment, a group of “university students were 6 ona tour ‘of a museum and asked to either photograph or ‘ty to remember objects on display. The next day cach student's memory was tested. The results showed that peopie were less 7_____in recognizing the objects they had photographed 8______with those they had only looked at € capture snatch merely D barely assuming 0 swearing C attend D dedicate € extent D impact C tea D conveyed € wact D factual € matched confronted| PART2 For questions °~16, read the tex below and think of te word which bet fits each gop. Use ‘only one word in each gop, Theres an example at the begining (0). Wve your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the seperate ens sheet. Example: 9] [12] U1 | el its (pears cera is Founded in 1572, the Veuve Giequot Business Womnan Award is elebratedin 27 countries. Veuve Clicquot has now introduced anew anard 0. complements Business Wonan ofthe Year category Called The New Generation award 9 Me recognize the best young female talent across business and corporate The fest winner ofthe award Kathryn Parsons. 0. Innovative start-up company, Decoded teaches people to codein a day has joined the judging paneto help find his years winner. The importance ofthese ‘awards cannot 11. overestimated she say. Women need ole models that prove to 12__that they can do too: ‘The New Generation Awards open to entrepreneurial businessnomen3___the ages of 25 and 35 ‘Thay can run 14 own busneszeso al rom corporate life. his award ist about how much money you've made of how long youve been in busines, about ecogrizing young women 15__a mision and a vision ays Parsons. We want 2 meet women who are working to 16 the werlda beter place! ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS 00 basalTESTI PART 3 ‘For questions 17-25, read the text below, Use the wor gin incopitals at the end of some ofthe lines to form a word that fits inthe gop in tne same line. Thereis an example at the Beginning (0). Write your answers N CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet Example: o| (R[e[s|t[e[yfalr] i oly i EXIT INTERVIEWS. if you are thinking ofleaving your ob you may think that handing inyourletter of 0____isthe end oFthe matter But an increasing RESIN number of companies now conduct ‘exit interviews! with tft Forte employee, an exit interview may fee ike an idel opportunity torrant and rave abou evry ite 17_thathastroubled them since they got the jb, But, 18 __in mind tha you wl probably stil needa 29 from these people itis best to avoid geting angry o 20. and ust answer the question as cally and with as much 21__ as posible. For employers, the ext interview a rare opportunity ts gather some ‘valuable information about the way staff perceive the company. sting employees may not wish to cause 22_____tathebossor OFFEND damage their chances of promotion. so areunitelyto 23 cLose their real feelings about the company. However, someone who has already resigned s more likely to be 28__when giving their opinions. nul {CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS "cADGPART 4 For questions 25-30, complete the second sentences thatit has similar meaning tothe {fist sentence, using the word given. Da not change ‘ne word gven. You must use between ‘three and six words, including the word given. Heres an example (0). — 0 tatoo the way hares gt cr tot gt. a] [Nowine Wow to GET 1 Wrte only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS onthe seperate answer shoot, 25 ve us noticed thatthe car ha almost run outof petrol aRoUy Ivajustnotcedthat_________letinthe ea 25 det know that cars were so expensive in this country. IEA |____ so much in sis count. 27 Donit get depress because of such a small problem, ut res auena small problem that you shout down, 28 tis reported that he snow recovering in hospital RECOVERY Heiseported______in hospital no 29 Laura teacher says that she doesn havea seriout enough attitude toher work. SERIOUSLY Laure doesnt _____to her each, 30 Whats confusing you so much? tor What istthaes cousin? ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH ADVANCED PFACTICETESTS READING AND USE OF ENGLISH 8 FisalYou are going to read a book review For questions 3 hich you think ts best according tothe txt. ‘Mark your answers the separate answershect, 35, choose the answer (3, 2, CorD) The Great Indoors: At Home in the Modern British House by Ben Highmore 1 1910 the tule all comedian Bly Wiams cored his biggest it with ‘he song When Rother Paper the Parlour wosog the incompetence ofthe amateur ome decorto. Pity years leer, comedians Norman Wisdom and Broce Forsyth were stl entraningmillons onthe 1V show Sunday Night tthe London Paleam wth sna ete, but he joke was starting t look date, ‘Tho success of mapuines such as The ‘racic! Howsheger ws ales roving that a the 1957 Idea Home Euibitionprecme, ‘Doseyousel! isa home hobby that sheet stay By this stage, Brain bad mostly primitive housing condos, made bearable for those who on affor ity servants ad ndyren, into a wold where fae looked er themsehes in highly serio ‘vironments Recogisably tnodeentechalogy, nthe for of telephones, tensions ad elec, hd become ubiquitous and was totam domestiviag st further in the coming yar. The keer of British esi the tetieth etary i renunted in ‘Ben Highmore’s entertaining and Informative ne book He aks is con a whiind tour of an everyday ‘use, fom entrance bal andes she, luminated by extensive reeence orl istorie, pope ‘mapsines and personal memoirs. ‘Atitscente, though ithe way ‘tha ouz homes have rected wider social changes Theres the ddl of 10. CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS 90 fonmaliy, o that sing rooms once fullorheey future and Victorian Inickmaces ae nom dominatd by television sreens and tered wih hides’ tj. Theresa rowing {ternational in tare And there istheriseof domestic democracy, ‘wth the household ogra end ‘telephone (oeted inthe al) now replaced by Pads laptops and robes in vl eer oo, Key ‘othet decentralization of the home ~ and the implied shit of power swithn it~ the advent of ental eating, whch ets pide of pace asthe novation tat allowed the ‘bole bose to become acessble st ‘Sine fy and nigh Taling on ‘ral edt goto your rom no Tonge seems much of tizet. ighmor also documents, Dower some less eres tape inthe onverd marc of dome ‘achiery Whatever happened {othe gue-poweed fidges we were promisod in 19467 Oren the Dishmaster decd later tht promi o doa whole day's ‘rasing up in ust hoe minutes” Rather ote cet the reason wy 1902 Teasmde edt ate on “when the lam clock gered the itch, a match was stroke, ighting 2 pint store under the ltl. You don't have tobe a eats and salty fanatic to conch that bedroom lan the ideal place for such a gadget. Equal ditching tothe moder reader ith prewar obcsion with chide geting fest a Twas 2 ble entrenched that even ole of isnt marely argued that ‘nine, “Ta beathy dud only ‘eee abou thre hours dan the {pen ia ng a8 he day ad ight ‘userywindor a aye ope oradas the tes ai obsesion har te replaced byiratina fears of zoe outside the ome I easier telaugh at the ile of the pst, td Highmore doesn aay eit 2 Sense of adem sero, eho, ferthe most par, he's an engaging ‘ed quiy aude, dispensing ‘eco nights without argon ‘The message that even the lenguge of he home has changed imevoeably ring eupboans are ‘ping the same mayo eowing ome Ae for thet ily Willams sng, ‘By the 19806, Higher wie, it wuld be impossible for ‘one to nage hale ont am ak {pao withoteeming deeply sitlashioned He's ot entity ont, fr there was at ak one on whe was ill employing such terminology Prime Minister Margaret ‘Thatcher sold her message with the we of what healed the parables ‘the parlour, which sugges ho Toderstond the rth that despite the xalgue ct change, theresa ‘oe that seem consetent, A946 ‘lion of Howse magiin pet tout: "en make houses, women rake homes! When you watch 2 rae omatin toy doing a rotine ‘hou i wit tachment t ater ‘ashions,itseoms worth asking: has ‘he fly dynamically moved 2 ‘peat dea”51 The reviewers main tpicin the frst paragraphs A improvement in home decorating sks ©. now common was for home decorating tobe dscused how unfale descriptions of ome decorating usec tbe, 1a change in attitudes to home decorating, Oa 52 In the second paragraph, the reviewer says thatthe book includes evidence ilstrating ‘that some British peoples homes were transformed mare than others © the widespread nature of changes that took place in Bish homes, the percetved dlsadvantages of certain developrentsin British homes. thatthe oles of certain people in Bitsh hemes changed enormous, 22 Inthe third paragraph, the reviewer points to change in A the extent to which diferent parts ofthe house ae occupied, ©. ideas of whien parts ofa houte should be furnished a formal way how much time children spendin thee gun roo. 1 beliefs about what the most pleasant aspect of rome les 2: The reviewer suggests inthe fourth paragraph that |A- most unsuccessful inventions fled because the were dangerous. 5 varius unsuccessful inventions faled because tey ci not work propery © some unsuccessful inventions were not advertised appropriately there were uneuccesful ventions whch might ave bee good Ideas. 55 Inthe ith paragraph, the reviewer says thatin is book, Highmore sometimes focuses on strange ideas that were not very commman in the past. 5 occasionally applies the standard of today to practices inthe past. © eccasionally expresses reret about how some attudes have changed. Sametime: includes topics tat are nat directly rlvant to the main topic 26 Inthe final paragraph, the reviewer suggests that Hghmore may be wrong about ‘ivan certain modern atzades to home life Fist Seveloped. which changes in home fein Britain have bean most widely welcomed © the extent to which home ifein Britain has changed. how commen terms such as arng cupboards azn modern Briain Ca ‘AMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS fEADING ARO USE OF ENGLISH rasaLPART 6 Yow are going to read four reviews ofa documentary series on TV about largecompanies. For questions 37-40, ‘choose from the reviews 8-0. The reviews may be chosen more than once ‘Mark your answers on he separate answer sheet Inside Business | Be eee eer | rou reviewers comet eT dootmartry series Inside Business, TESTI which investigated the workings of a number of large companies ‘The companies that wore the foes of ach progeamme in he ere Ide Business wre very vere tems ofthe ratte oftheir busines andthe way hey oper, but between ther hey demonststed may ofthe ey etre ‘hatches big orgniation inthe mdera world Each programme focused nosy on the people atthe top. The ‘mount fjagen they use is yt ave Bee oe much for many viewers to coniend with, acl hey may well have _pvea up. they id tc withthe sare, boner, they wil hae been lef in no dobt ast how eomplex the business running lage cranzations iso thee cage with doing co. This was clear fom what the interviees sai, bat sheeting sot ping eth wee nt ants pin erste seg semen’ thy ‘he veewhelming impression given to any ewe who watched al six pide fie Business was of the extraordinary presse that those runing moder companies are oblige to operate under. Unles they themselves had ‘xpesince of working in ge companies, towers hey ate Hel to have oud one ofthe ftervens beet ~ ‘the questioning was very much f the nese to anothe"vaiety and mary viewers will ave srugledt follow ‘what was being deco. The aspect detracted somewhat fom wht was an otervse compen night nto the ‘evkings of modern companies and may wel hae caued mary viewers to change cannes That'sa shame bene in feral the omparies ete in the series strated ery wel the impact of modern management theo ona range flare onenizations, “You id nee to know smthing about buns fe fciated by the sense Buses, which gave an sntriguing pitt from the inside of how vasous base name omnes actualy operate. The companies chosen ‘mae for god television because thy al had ery india une and way of cperating, and such could nat bessid opty the norm nthe worl ofthe modem campy. Entertains hw, the pata of Ue se begged al sorts of questions which werent ouced on nthe interviews These ge the people ia charge avery ‘syd indeed, never chalngng them o hack up shal fen vue and eantentas pronouncements os thei ‘pproch ta ledership. Indeed, te vewer wl ave bac lel with he sping ling thst ry lage and apparety ceesflonniztons aera by people wh ejy tha zles enormously bac thay avd the ade aspect of responsiblity by delegating them to ote. ‘ewer. The vere rogue sme efor ge o rps with te sss covered sprain the interviews, which wee ‘ot aly accessible tothe ly peepn and mete leetead contd as one expr o notes Having nid tht the ewer tvho dd put the fr in war reared with an sbsorbing insight ina the warkings ofthese welnown fms. They | Fh tio nti ne pe mt hd each been crfly chosen to be representative of how lange companies are stature and function at present, and ‘hey hod mac in commen with eachother Then message put cons was how adept thee hare hve to be doping to 3 constantly changing business wo 12 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS READING AID USE OF ENGLISHWhich reviewer has ferent opinion rm the others onthe choice of companies tofeusonintheseres? [EI] shares reviewer 8 opinion of the tikebood of viewers losing interestinthe series attra while? [EE] takes a diferent view from the others onthe impression given inthe series of what tis he to beat the top of large organization? has similar view to reviewer C on the questions asked in the ineriewsin the series? oa ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS READING AND USE.OF ENGLISH 13 Tusa.TEsTi PART Yow are gaing to reod a newspaper article about a ship carrying goods across the Atlontic ocean Six paragraphs have been removed from the article Choose from the paragraphs AC ‘he one whch fits each gap (1-46). There is one extra peragraph which you donot need to Mark your answers on the separote answer sheet The wind-lashed workers who battle the Atlantic in winter Even atthe stormy time of yearin spat us out int te North Sa, Bain, there are thousands of il According to the weather satelites, ‘wotkes and fishermen ofshore, the Allan was storms fom coast swell ba scattering of seafarers to cout, two systems meeting in ‘manning the container ships the middle of our couse. On the and tankers that ring us almost farsi, fe awaited. We were ‘everything we need, So le was behind schedule, the captain that inthe depths oF biter winter, desperate for sped. Si-metre hoping to learn what modern waves are OK; any bigger you have sallots' lives are lke, LJoined the to sow doven or you kl your ship ‘Maersk Pembrote, a container he sid "Maybe well be cky Freighter om her regular ru from Europe to Montreal She looked EEL = so dresdfil when I found her in Antrerp that Lhoped Thad the gst of those feared storms. A wrong sip nightmare in darkness, 2 north Ailantie storm is ike 3 wild dream by day, a region of racing elements Trade berween Europe and North and vid eolour, brsting turquoise ‘oon enough, we were in the America footnote tothe foam, violent sunlight, and reat west-east and north-south darkening magenta waves. Tere rite companies leave lefo older tle you can do once commted vessel: Pembroteis battered except lash everthing down and ind nity, recking of diesel ane! enjoy what sleep you can before i shy chemicals She snoisy, her becomes impossible. Pembroke is ‘ridge and stalls patrolled more than 200m long and weighs Ly whining drafts which ise to more han 3,000 tons, bt the howls at sea. Her paintwork is swells threw her about ike a tin vrtched The Atlantic hes stripped toy her bow back fo 2 rsted ste! shat sees) When they bis squarely the whole ship reared, groaning and Ife ike a desperate enterprise staggering, shuddered by shocking fon a winter ght, as the tide raced fore. We plunged and totered Usdown the Scheidt estuary and) forthe days before there was 2 14. CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS 8¢#DING 0S OF HCL lull But even then, a ordinary fay involved unpleasant jobs Inextreme conditions. joined welding party that descended w the hold a dipping ting cathedral composed of vast tanks ‘toxins and organophosphate, ‘where # rusted hatch cover defied cheap grinder bade in fountain ff spars. As we continued west, ‘he wind thickened with set, then snow asthe next orm ave (S| ‘All was well in that regard an, ter the storms, we were eleved to enter the St Lawrence River The ice was not thick enough to Nnder us we passed Quebee Cl ina glitesing blue dewn and made Montrel ater sunset, ‘owntown towers sing out of the ‘tundra night Huge tracks came for gd ‘ut without them and heir ‘combined defiance ofthe elements ‘there coud be nothing Ike what se call ‘if at ll, Seafarer are sot sentimental ut some are gute romantic. They would lke to think ‘ve thought of them, partclaly ‘hen the forecast says storms | | | | | |Others fel the same. We were the only its out her as several men ‘remared, Weft ourieoation ike ‘inert proof hat we had chosen (obscure quate ves. ing out on deckin such cantons tempted death Nevertheless, the ships clectrcian climbed alder out there every four hours to check thatthe ilk cheese and well-traveled Argentine Det we cared were stl frozen refrigerated containers. ut edocs not take long to develop affection fora ship even the embrole etme takes he to cary you ‘beyond simming dance from ann fact When learnt sat was wating for Us mic-ocean became her ardent fan, despite al those deficiencies ‘Tere wore Dutch bubs, seaweed fertiize om Tanzania iranian dates for Colombia, ri Lankan ea bags, Polish glue, Hungarian tyes, Incian sends, and Ich besides, The sallors ae not tld hat they carry They ust ep the ships going Hoping so, e sipped down-Channel in daraness, wth the Dover coastguard wishing us.'Good watch and a safe passage to your destination: The folowing evening we left the ight of Bishop Rock on the Sil ies behind ‘When we se that again we now were home; ai the second mate 5 Huge black monsters marched at us tuto the north wes, striped mith nite streaks of fam runing out of the winds mouth The ocean moved imal drections at once andthe waves became enoemous, charging glans of liquid emerald, each demanding is nm reckoning ‘That feeing must have been ebvious tothe captain ‘Shes been all ver the weld’ proud Captain Koop ‘reybristed Dutchman as quick and Confident a2 Master Marner must be, fold me She was designe forthe South Paci he sald wistfully. CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED ACTCETESTS READING AND ISEOF ENCLIH 18TESTI PARTS You are going to read an article about some children. For questions 41-56, choose from the sections of the article (3). The sections may be chosen more than once. When more than ‘one answers required, these may be given in any order. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet, Inuhich section ofthe article are the following mentioned? an example ofa sign thathas become simpler the clitference between how the def chien communicite an image and how other people communicate the same image the fact thatthe same signs canbe used inthe communication of number ofidess the characteristic of languages in general at ferent stages of their evelopment able that language i leat by means of a specie partof the mind an aspect of language learning that children are particularly good at how regulary the children have been monitored clder children passing their sign language onto younger hen the reason why the children created a particular sign Ca ca ca ca Ca a os os Ca ‘opposing wews on how people acquire language 16 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS READING AO USE OF EHCUSH| A Adee insight ito the way the bin eas language has emerged fiom the sty of Nnraguan sign language inventod by deat cfilze na Nicaraguan school ae ‘mean ofcommantating mong themseve. The Nisrguan | sen ae waltnown linguists because they provide sn apperenty unique example of pope venti language fom soatch, The phenomenon ated at aochool fr spec duction founded in 1972 Instructors noticed thatthe deat chide, whe boing ie from ther Syoish lessons, had developed a stem of signs for tain to one another. one erin of chien tug the System o the nex itevoed oma set of gestures into far more sophisticated form of communication, and tis’ 800 ters ofthe language pode lig hstory ofthe stages of fomation. 1b The len have een studi principally by Dr. Judy Keg, Slingus a the Univer of Souther Maine and Dr. Amn Senghay, a cognitive scents at Columbia Univesity in New Yor Cig nthe tet ty, published in Sloce maga, De Seng show that the young chide have now despot certain gsturesinto smaller component igs ‘eating perton asked tomime e standard stay shout cat wading down toe il ake a ingle ‘ste, a downvatd spice ‘otion ofthe hand Bit, the deat children have developed te dierent ‘ip to use in it place, DEAF CHILDREN’S AD HOC LANGUAGE EVOLVES AND INSTRUCTS ‘They sin acile forthe ling _pint was not complex language ‘notion and then x tight ine for but ordinary gets. From thie ‘thedimctin ofmovement This raw material the dea len requis more sing, but the two appro be epontansonaly ‘Spuecan be wen ombination _fSricating the elements of withotherstoerpres dient language. concepts Te developments Linguists ave been engaged finest tongs beeatse in longetanding argument ‘eaptures a psncpl quality to whether theres an inmate, ofhuman lnguage~ discrete speiled neural machinery ‘lmao utele in ditirent ‘brlearing language, 22 combinations ~incontast tothe proposed by Noam Chom of fnesound one meaningfanimal the Massachusetts lastiute of ‘communication. "The eguanisy Tecnology or wheter overything hedocumentshere-mapping ia learnd om seth De sere aspect ofthe wold onto Senghas sas er Ending supports scree word choices is one Uh ew that language eeing themost dain properies of ig nate, nat pure etal, ‘naman langue sd De Steven ine the Nisan lden'e Pinks, a copatve scents at yym ur sonia 104s any034 jm ROK, riavaTESTI Speaking (45 minutes) a PA BTA (@ minutes) 1» Where do you come from? 1 Whats yourjob / What are you studying? ‘= How long have you been leering English? | What do youlite most andleast about your job / couse? — (Why?) 1 How does 2 typical day for you start? 1 Would you sy that you have an exiting sci fe? (Why? / Why not?) What kindof books do you like most? a (hy?) = Do youtry to keep ft? so, how? If nt, why noe? 1 Describe the people that you work / study with 1 What hobby /hobbies do you have? {= What re your ams and ambitions forthe future? = What kind of things cause you stress? | (4 mites) Things that annoy people Candi Look tthe thee photographs 1A, 18 and 1C on page 25 They show scenes from different TV series ‘Compare two ofthe photographs and sty what each series might be ‘about, and what the characters mightbe lke. Candidate tas on his/her own for minute. Condidste® Which ofthe series would you prefer to watch, and why? Candidate 8 olson his/her own for about 30 seconds Candidate Lookat the three photographs 2A, 28 and 2C on page 25. They show ‘hings that often annoy people. Compare two of the photographs ad say why people ind these things annoying, an what can be done about them. Candidate 8 alts on his/her own for minute, Candidate A Which of these things annoys you themost, and why? | Candidate A tals on his/her own for about 30 seconds, | 24, CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS S06What might each TV series be about? What might he characters be ike? Why do these things annoy people? What canbe done about them?” ‘CAMBRIDGE EUGUSH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS 5TESTI 28 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS 57 PART3 (minutes) and PART (5 minutes) Tourism PaRta Look at age 2. where there ae ome things that tours might do before or during 2p ‘another country. Fis, taleto each other about how importatitis for tourists to do these things before or | ‘during arp to another country. Candidates ond 8 dicuss this together for about 2 minute. Now decid which ofthese things is the mostimportant or tourists odo. Candidates &ond 8 discuss his together for about t minute. PART What changes have taken place in tourism in recent times? ‘Some peaple sy that tourism does more harm than good Da you agree? Which people benef the most andthe least rom medern cours? What ithe difference between touts’ and travellers? Do you thinks better to be fone than the other (Why? / Why no) 1 Some peaple sy that because of tourism, counties all ver the word are Becoming ‘more smart each other? Do you agree? sthis a dstable development? 15 What developments do you tink there wil bein toursm in the future?have planfor every day ofthe tip How importantis Iefortourists todo ‘hese things before o during a trip to ansther ‘country? ‘know about the history ofthe place meet local people soothe famous sights ‘AMBRIDGEENG.ISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS SPEAAhC 27Forquestions 2, read the text below and decide which answer, sh (Lhour30 minutes) or) best fits each primary novel a pi wn 7 0p. There isan example a the beginning (2) Mark your answers Example: o-Aigial Binal Mary Heath, female pilot Mary Heath was the Queen of the Skies, one ofthe best-known women in the word during the 1 age of aviation. She was the fst woman in Britain to gain a commercial pilot's licence, the fist to 7a parachute jump ~ and {he fist British women’s javelin champion. She scandalized 1920s’ British society by marrying thre times ft me 3 ___of her fame she wed politician Sir James Heath ~ her second husband, 45 years her senior In 1928, age 3, she became the fist plot to ly an open-eeckpt plan, sol, from South Afiica to Egypt 9,000 miles in thee months. It vasa trump, Lady Heath was» asthe nation’s sweetheart ‘and called "Lay Taras by the press. However, er life was 6 twagically short. Only a year later, she 7 a homtife accident atthe National Air Show {m Ohl in the USA, when er plane casted ‘through the roof of a bulling. Her health was never the & in, and she died in May 1939. 1A golden B sweet 2 A put 8 hod Acrest B height 5 A covering stretching A exclaimed —B declared Rot B let 7 undertock —& suffered A lke B equal 25 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS bright D shiny C take D mate C fullness top crossing ranging hailed D quoted stopped brought received underwent better DamePART 2 For questions °~S,reod the text blow and think of the word which best fits each gop. Use ‘only one word in each gop. Theres an example a the beginning (°). Write your answers! CAPITAL LETTERS 0» the Example: 0} [ATs Huts Gea Stuart Hayes had launched himself on a promising career o. 2 swimmer when something odd happened hm at the local poo. Flogging up and down forthe umpteenth time, he suddenly elized 10 ‘bored ne had become with the monotony. Wasn't there @ ‘more interesting way of 11 __ sporty, for heaven's sake? There was and there is: the colour, sweat and sheer ‘emotion of triathlons, Stuart became s world-class triathlete and von the London Triathlon, the biggest event of kind in the wort, ‘Tiiatlons are ___but bering. Combining swimming, eying and running in one physical onstaught, they offer huge varey within a single racing framework. In Britain, the spot is growing by 10 pe: cent a year. "People are moving away 1 just mmning, and are looking for new challenges; says Nick Rusling, event director forthe London Tlathon, “Tiiathlons area = deal more interesting to tren for and you can vary training to fit busy lfesiyles, swimming in your lunch beak and ss en ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS zasaLTEesT2 PART3 For questions ‘7-24, read the text below: Use the word given in capitol atthe end of some (ofthe lines to form a word that fits in the gap tne sae lin. There fan exomple atthe beginning (0). amp fo] POTEET TITEL RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR ‘One more chancel That’ all were giving yout tellus abeut your favourite restaurant and boos its chances of becoming the 0 win ‘of our Restaurant ofthe Year competition. Tiss the lasttime the official 17____form will appear in the paper andnext Thursday OMIT Is the fina date for 18_of completed forms. Cover the past few weeks we have been swamped by 8 paper mountain 35 19__acrossthe ctyjot down the compelingreasons why INE they believe their 20 restaurant should defintely win our hotly21__ competition (Once the 22__has passed, our judges willsitdown and count EAD allthe forms, The tree restaurants which receive the mest votes will then bevsted by the judges. These vss wil of course be 2. 0 the restaurants themseles wll nt know thatthe ANWOUNCE Judges are there. After their visits, the judges will make ter fal ecision over who wins the 28 tile Restaurant ofthe Year. PRESTICE 20. CAMBRIOGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS MEX encusPART 4 Forquestions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that has similar meoning tothe {first sentence, using the word given Do no change tie word give. You mustuse between ‘hiee and ix words, including the word given. Here san example Example © Ida know the way there, so got lst. cer Not___there got ost [o] [KNOWING How To Get Write only the missing words CAPITAL LETTERS or the separate answer sheet 25 fetook me some time to understand full what happened Waite lewas__ understood what hag happened. 26 Theres no point arguing about this small etal in my opinion wortH This smal cea inmy opinon 27 yur orders delayed, we will contact you eLay Should ____ to your one, we wil contact you 25 The two situations ae completely differen common The two stations dont______ eachother, 29 Las amzzed because there were no problems throughout the holiday. Went To_____ rong throughout he hala 30 thave n intention of doing another kind of jo. ‘REAM other kind of ob, (AMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS READING ANOUSE OF BIGLSH aL zasanYou are going to read a newspaper article about managenent.For questions 31-36, choose ‘the answer (, 5, Cor 2) which you think its best according tothe txt. Mark your answers on vie separate answer: Simply ticking ‘have een aed what tink bout ‘he iden rvesing in orp The bet anor cn iis tht chink ‘hat wha to eee baaly ‘mala he Unk eoreen bases ‘peor andfoasing on the needs of the people who wrk fr an lxgaizton is ret. My problem is ‘eth omanisstons nko suerte tit ‘Sey to ep them et bet’ when ‘they dot beter wo udestend where ‘they went weg he fot place. They need to ask what exit and implit ices and procedures they hae in bce that prevent the people fot ig ble to do the gh ting forthe sight sons Tam sre hat there ar manager cout thee hn dan koa ee, Se suet to manag they spy ‘eed ypu pressure on the people to fom. But people do’ demons hgh pcomance beens they are told They doit bene the oe ‘the eae doit td mate the ice to .They dot esase ey re connected tthe snes gal ed they so how thir conibatons xn Insp aciee tem. Such manages ‘el themsces they an pat ie! {nthe we eat about people’ ox. But simply puting ticks in bone i ogo ‘tied eee. ‘Tenw os company that was 0 canornod tht people were doing he eight thing’ hat putin place ‘ere of mete to mane he ffecvenss Sof, 5 ood But one othe objects - making sues ‘als cal = mained toe in the 232 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS F011 49 USE OF ENGLISH metre Number af potenti esters ‘en in one dey" The sles people lees ese thefts on ging ‘hom one caster oe to anaes, snd not on closing deal Instead ofthe Carlin becoming moe ete, the ost on geting the anes ‘eke, Good inte; poor hing “Azahar eompany wanted to improve theapen ith nich fas sl Intoduse et products Campton ra beat tothe mae plac, td onseuent the company va lasing ‘mae share, Senie management Seat eu the mesg rece the ‘sme epentin peng potato canoes ands, wih the expansion ‘hat hay oul ar lay. This rasa enya espeily Since the time spent esting the prods was cat in ale aomplsh the tine ution. The esl was ne pout were ntoduced in ss ‘ine thn thos of th competion nt oon pte casters or poor quay Good inten ees {mplementon Athi company now is ying tant elp employees sc that ty ave some onl oe their ‘The company aula propane ‘the boxes isn’t enough ‘ith tte ke Ceatng aro Sia’ or something ie tat. A {Pod ies et the pope ile the fut of the company Bat ‘stead of the employes becoming sosvatod cont, they caw t ahllow excise onthe par of senor management whine past, te pu ite tention to ayting thr than geting the job done © they cold port rest exings, es, the pregame mer abi the ox’ eft, bat that was all itm in ‘hemi ofthe people that twas sesgpe ‘fal example sofa company that bro in one f these nvesng in People’ programmes to change the ‘ay the company was run. Astor ere rng aru ec, helping managers examine bow they manage, Th told managers hw ty ‘ould manage beste. And when the {ble ty they hn done had ‘averted init espe ad fe was 20 food Butte manages simply went Sock o busines as usual. eal, te aserors were gone, ad they ad tant tt Allee examples at prtentaive sf wsor management who sete teal toimprove things in thir spit, but dow sce haw todo te orastart a pgamme taped improving things nl ood rtnagemens by to motte thir pple. And when the enpayes spy se the programme aa bor Neking execs, then i hopeless21 The wer thnks that puting the concept of Investing in Peopeint practice 1 frequent resutsin contusion aman te peopl ie supposed tel. © voles more efor than some organisation are prepared ta make. may ereae problems where prevail there had rt been ay probes. ca 1 something that some organizations shauknot tempt to do. 132 The writers main point nthe second paragraph is that the performance af employees 1» maybe very good even f managements paot. 1 cannot be accurately measured y ay bor ticking exerci. ca Cisrelated other knowedge of the organization a a whole 1 isnot a unpredictable as some managers believe to be 233 What pont does the wter make about the frst company he describes? | Tewasnot realy interested in measuring the effecivenes of employees 15 The targets that ist for staff were unvalstic. ale to understand the real needs ofits employees 1 Thedatathatit colected eid not messure what it nas supposed to massure, 24 What point does he witer make abou the second company he deserbes? ‘A made what shoud have been anes eskimo acomplcated one 5 leo Frese the consequences of an inson & temsundestoas why anew eprosch was eget © eefieed rotate ino acount he ws of employes. 35 What does the writer say about the programme intofuced by the third company he mentions? | Employees didnot belive that it ha been into ce fr thee benefit. Employees felt that tas in fac away of making their jobs even hard ca (The reason given fr introducing was nt the re raason why ews introduced 1 ttwas an inappropriate kind of prngramme foe this pativiararganioaion 36 There says thatthe programme inhis al example A was to demanding for managers to malin ng tem. 8 was trated ase contained exerci by mana Invoed some strange eas on how manager cold improve cs D caused managers to Delve that ther prevous methods had been Dette ‘CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH ADVANCED PRACTICE TESTS ScADIC AND USE OF ENGLISH 38 zasanPARTS You are going to read four extracts rom introductions to books on popular culture. For questions _from the extracts 0. The extracts may be chosen more than once. 80, choose ‘Mark your answers the porate | An introduction to popular culture | Four writers summarize their beliefs about various aspects of popular culture ‘The whol concept of popular elt’ isa reatiely modem oe and aa phenoraeon itis hy to the understanding of ny modern sce: Hares sts abound on the subject rd indeed hee ae ole ranches e academia ddisted to each and theories on the tpi, but n mary case wht thee dois overconpiate something that sin realty a relatively simple mater. Ppularcltre pring fom sal groups of ie-indel people geting together wth new Seas and then sprees out othe population at nef they fd these ides appealing. Mac fittest the young and for them it gives a happy sens of being separate fom other generations and thereoe spc in some way. Popular el ny once have pug om the people thecttes, al ndeed thi was the orignal defo of the term foe any expert, butt i ae to conser that hi rersin the cae Ista, it as heonme someting peed ‘on the publi fom on high, business ommodty that merely pretends to have it roots n the eatin ofthe people but in its simply a oneymaing enterprise ke any otex, What people choose to buy and consume in the ‘et of popular eltre speaks volumes about he nity and i a main inicator of what that sacety sk. This is ‘special true inthe ata of youth elt’, wee the young guna sense of selfnd of belonging vi shared tastes and possessions. Stites of poplar elie tnd to focus on the more extn specs an to ignore the ore manda, ‘hich ironically are often the mos interesting ‘To ummarieit bey, poplar culture is developed by the people br the peopl nd when it as become pope tough, commodified fo prot by the business wold. tudes of popular tue have prolate over the year, fad experts he fd ve developed ther own vocabulary and ate for analsing it Thee teal tess ‘he soc anpcts rather thn the commercial one. or the jaunger patelpants is poplar callie, ths are re ‘inlerant a what hey et om iti a sene of identffing witha patil contenporary grup, comforting sense of ‘communi. They are ciinelne to alae thi thems tis woth remember, howeer, hat ty 9g, Popa feature olen # minority interest toys medi Hk to ie the ipreson that he vast marty of eng ae sept upinit whereas hss requenty not theca Woudinary members ofthe publc were to read ost ofthe worthy studies of popular ule that academics pode, | hey would them overblown and rious in tg seh erry sd eseniay trvi things o weil. In the medi, excitable juralt and experts exaggerate the portance to moet pepe ofthe caret popular cute henomens, whic ia ely do not mich ocpy the minds of most people The ae ta Where these observations ‘may not old tre, howeves, sang the young, where popular eltre cn have undue infene, encouraging then to ‘Segue unreal ideas about how they can ive the ie a here pote having a damaging eect onthe ‘ures One of the more interesting aspects of populace fr al ages its urpreditblity~ a bew phenomenon «an suddenly energe that grips section of eciey an that takes the commer world entirely by uri, focngit {0 react itt ep up and to capital on that atest phenomenon 24 CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED PRACTICETESTS 0G AHDUSE OF Ec