SERED Reauing and Uso of English Part 1 Task information + In Part1 you choose from words A 8, Cor D to {lin each gap in text Options A, 8, Cand D are always the same kind of word (e.g, vers), + Words tha often go together, 48 preposition (e.g aware of) Part 1 mainly tex: vocabulary but you may also need to understand grammatical inks between words, ofthe text a8 9 whole Useful language: collocations Match each noun in box wth the verbs below, (Some nouns go with more ) Then tink of more nuns to ato each column | nue Se ee ae tee Se] [me arate as 7 2 | Tests Thing Reading ans «alle colocation, are frequently tested and so are words followed by tak by tenn tratonen go leper 0 of Enh Part 4.‘3. Coroct one mistake In sentences 1-20 writen by Fist canldats, using verbs from Eseries 4 and 2 1 We could go to the cinema and we could also make shopping 2 its great honour for our company to earn a prize like this. 43 The other students ae interesting and | think spend a nice time with them. 4 would ike to travel during the school holidays, n order not to lose any classes, 5 hope you wil passa good time at the wedding next month 6 Youn catch a taxi to come to our office, 10 \enjayed watching @ match an TV. The team in blue won t ‘We would be pleated to make busines with your company. In moder society, cars take 2 large part in our ives The old person nent door lives all alone, Please have an eye on her while | am 4 Wit each of ese aajectves and verbs onthe correct ine or lines. Then thnk of | [avait age enn aware belong bourd—] Cepend familar ferovs interested imehed 1 spay. ct fans, for 4 in 2 of 5 to 3 on 6 wth '5 For each of sentences 1-10, choose the comoct word, A,B, FD 1 The office manager does. of staf wearing jeans to work admire Bapprove Crespect—Dappredate ff 2 Witnesses say the lorry diver was. forthe acident. Alkely Bully Cresponsible probable 3. The Australian cy of Sydney i. forts bridge and opera house proud Bfamous —Cimpressve Doutstanding — 4 Sadly, tere are ahwaye afew who ar. of other people achievements Aieslous Bangy —Cgreedy DD dsased 5 Nathan san enginees .. in solar energy systems. focusing Bdediating Capedalisng —D concentrating 6 After three attempts, Nigel finally. passing his driving test. Afuifiled Bmanaged Cachieved succeeded 7. Clar’s younger ster. on going with her tothe party Alnisted Brequerted Crequired — Ddeman: {8 The event shown in this film are. on a te story. Afed — Bbared—Cxst Drested 9. abel n't a greedy person. She's. with what she already hs. Apostive Bold Cheerful satisfied 40 A good fiend issomeone you can always... on to help you. Abelieve Barut —Crely Dbargain Reading ad Use of Eh Part 3 Test Trning | a8Loe cud ic Reading and Use of English Part 1 ‘Action plan 1 Look at the title and the example. 5 Tryeath answer inthe gap, chackng whether it 2 without filing in any 9365, quickly read the fits grammatically, text to get an idea of what fs about 6 Check that the word you choose fits the overall 3 For each gap, decide what kind of word (eg meaning ofthe sentence. ‘uns, adverb) the four options are 7 Read through the completed sentence checking 4 Study the words ether side ofthe gap, ‘that everything makes sense. Underlning any posible collocations i Follow the exam instructions, using the advice to help you. For questions 1-8, read the text opposite and decide which answer (A, B, © wi th aro } o Awl Bmch okt Eo El co — es 7 A anv B rached © ish eee 0 of Eng Part‘Space junk ‘The Space Age began (0) cover hat @ century ago, and over sinoe then the ea jst (1) the Ears atmosphere has been fling up with al Kinds of manmade objects at have become @ 8 ‘space jk’. The toms up ther () from old satltes and pts of rockets to hundreds of thousands of pleces smaller than ene centmetis, al of them traveling at extremay (4) speed, Over the lat fe ruber of such objets in pace 6 (5) to have ison by 50 pr cont, sod thishas (6) increased the rk of damage to working satlites or Intentional agreement has therefore now been (2) on imitng the amount of new space junk Sclentsts have alo some interesting TR lln you onoverson suageations for ying up space. These include sing lesr beams, gant nets and —teceston van fren an enormous umbrall-ke device o collect ny bits of nk coausenmee Reading and Use of Engh Part x Test Exam practice | 3EER Reading and Use of English Part 2 Task information +n For 2 theres text wth eight gaps. There are no sets of words from whieh choose + Far 2 maint tests ‘grammar word tke artes (69, the an, aulayvrin (ew ha, pronouns, tey, who), pepestion (9. on dung), king {xpresion (eg. deste) and ver forms wou de), as well a weds in pes verb (eg se of and fed phrases (etn vou of). + Youmust only use one word in each gp and your speling must be comet Useful language: relative pronouns and linking expres 2 Questons a Part 2 sometimes focus on late pronouns he which Complete these res wth the werden the bo wich wo whee] Jn any kd of iste cause, wo can vse () for poop, ‘or mgs, | 01 fo posession, for an (8) oles a fing rab clase, we can sous)... fo people tgs, 0 th i (sang oly wa |e (on OW 0 a 7 2 Tek the sentences wich ate comet and replace the lative pronoun inthas that ae wrong Sometines more than one anewe poe 1 Doyouremember Sin, whose eed to teach ws? 2 think tht the bes time to come in erly August which we have the celebrations 3. Thy ited me to pop concert whic tok ples n lo lst month 4 muting in reply tte advertsement who ais for people to help na summer car, 5 met some people there which became my good ends 6 was period of my Ife that had many broblens 7 twas not unt wes seventeen that started wring down all what happened tome everyday. 8 Instead of going to nner I wert to a school which hdren learnt by paying There are some people whore aim n isto earn as much money as posible. 10 The Fark Hote that ound inthe Gude now dosed sol tyed at the Cena 3 complet the text using relate pronouns risen nce Mela Johnson, (t) ewe & opposke mine, 1s my faourte maighbour ——entee Sw2s a warm and ferdy person @) alvays Bes to tp cher people, mags ean In te atercon, 1 come hams, she oflen waves ard emis to me ele fo ber font garden, she spends tof tine in sprng and summer “ thas some tov fowers,() se late ere als week she gave some to ny moter © birthday was on Fay. So aways Been generous Ike tha. remeber yrs 90 (1-1 was about, sho pated peti or me wa Sv that pon my a4 | Testa Tanng Rooting an Use of Engi Prt 2[4 Some question in Part 2 test inking expressions the although or unless. Pot tha words and expresion in the box under the correct heading below [though end ‘slong 25, ‘a6 wall as me because of fren fren ou insptact—dueto(ne——oningto proved hat) | in orer that inorder to so tact that) © unless sate since espe the on acount af ang) yet | fetta) tho | sddton | eondional | convast | purpose | rsson | EE mw | vuause | po In these sentences witen by Fist canaldates, cel tho correct atone In als. ‘Te boat trip along the river was cancelled because / because ofthe bad weather. \We willhave te consider joining another club unless besides you make the improvements \am enclosing a telephone card incase /f your mobile phone doesnt work in tay. ‘The vs shouldbe longer siz as to give people the chance to see the whole city. The dates ofthe exam need to change inorder inorder that ll students ca take it ‘We had to move out of the city centre ouing fo / because the rs In ries. Even though / Even s0 we ae iitated by commercials, they can giv us useful infostion \We mus replace the loudspeakers as Jong as since the current ones arent satsactny. ‘You can ak the teacher for help fn case you need further guidance. Although in spite ofthe fact the accommodation i cheap, ts very confortable, {complete te txt with words om Exerie 4, Sometimes more than one answers poste. HAs twas geting lt byte tne Sam and Marco approached th ur on (1) cau. the tere weather onthe way up ln @) to igh winds that neat swept tha gt vores 305) aff the mountain they faced eezng temperatures and heavy snowals. And wrong rete of hema ary though of giving pn) ‘of heel condone they were determina to keep climbing even (8) ‘ver step was now a huge eto, 6 tothe fact they were 0 high up andthe a was 50 thin. As 7). shat, Marco was fing ait probaby (8) ofthe height snd a nck of ood But they that) reach the top thy couldn’ top for srthing even meals. hoy alo ow that (10) thoy gt nother chance to ty. And Sanwa sue that 2 (19) ‘a8 they could begin going down by three 000k, they would make safely back to base camp that ight — (12). they re tis ime, they would probably never haPees cui Reading and Use of English Part 2 ‘Action plan 1 Look at the title and the example 2 Without trying t fil in any answers, quickly read the text to see what it’s about 3 Foreach gap look at the context and decide what kindof word (e. relative pronoun) is needed 4 Study the words ether side ofthe gap for more cues. 5 Think of words that might fit and try each one. {6 when you have filed in al the gaps, read your text to check it makes sense 1 Quickly read the tet. Which paragraph ie about attudes to (BE ons may we mee nan ene ening gum? When fe about the history of chewing gum? “A pssnie aan iyo at ey 12 Follow the exam instructions, using the adic o help you For questions 8-16, read the text below and think ofthe word which ~ aston, gon othe tr best fis each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There fs an example same baat st when ou have atthe begining 0) completed oft exanole: (8) FIECELEDEE EEE Chewing gum om We sil tend () think chowing gum is faity recent invention, even comers cara hk ° there Is evdence It was used 5,00 year ago in Finland. The 40 naa way fomotd ‘Ancient Groks also chewed gum, a (10) the Artocs nMexica during BRHEEeveb the abteenth century. As far aa we know, however it was (1) 19694 Phi of uta tine ink ‘hat chowing gum became popule ins prasant frm, (2) Now York 421 wl roan s Inventor cated Thomas Adams frst had th idea of adding favour tot er Nowadays, of course, Xf chowed around the werd, (19) ve feeeeeanoemets fact at Ht contes to be ragared by some (4) ‘on unpoesant 44pm ten ‘habit. Unfortunately, far too many people drop used gum onto the pavement, Seer 9 tremainsforsome tmebecause Ris exer tuto remeve 35 HNEIoe enun once has ck tote srtac, On the other hand hoe (8) twour Peace gs ‘of chewing gum csi it helps them relax, improves their concentration, and helps gan avoura, Koop thr teth clean,PSS R yy Reading and Use of English Part 3 Task information + InPort 3 you read a text containing eight gaps. At the end of some lines there Is a word in Copia lettre for you ta form ane appropriate word to fl each gap. «+ Part 3 mainly tests your ability to form new words and different parts of speech. + You may. for example, need to frm adverbs by adding to adjectives, make nouns pla by adeing “or es change verevaective forms by adding -ed ot ing, or Form comparative! superative forms by adding er or et «You may aso have to make spelling changes (e.g long to length). You must always getthe spelling correct to get pint! Useful language: word formation 41 Todo Port 3 succestuly you need to know which ates are often used or trent (TH Keep vse pore of speach Match eis ed ctfae wh 1-4 Witean eval for each. yah 2) us aun in im dis ie 1 people who do jobs bus deer, employee, uae entrain Brit shop assistant instructor Frain bar ce st ant or 2 negative prefixes (mainly sed for adjectives bot alo some vers and nouns) € ston ment ness ty 3. adjective sutines ance “ence hip ul ess able ous 4 noun stings ie “itive -y ible 2a complet the table, using your detonaryi'you ned to Use aes rom Exerc ‘nd flow these splng ees: + For adjectives ending in-y change they to an i(eea5/easy * wih suffer beginning with vowel, dop the final (e9.preparefpreparation. + Forsome worts, you need to make other speling changes (eg. highheight, freecetrozen ities [er noun) ‘ajocivets) | adveray | CH yneryauieen« [comfort | comfort), dscomforts) | (unkeomfortable | unkcomforably Sec oat [employ ——E raat oon hope ose ogee | ————]}- Bei te bb Were more than one word is posible, explain tho diferenc, eg. comfort lesson, discomfort = unpleasant Reading and Use of Engh Part 3 Test Tang | a7‘3 Complete the sentences using the word in capa. Use words from the table in Exercise 2 1 Our neighbours are friendly 4 we have a good RELATION 2 Most agree that sa levels wil SciENCE ‘continue to rise inthe coming years, 3. The huge waterfall wass0 that Notse couldn't hear a word anyone Sad 4 nan area of such high wwe must EMPLOY provide new obs fr local people 5 Oursituation on the island seemed a HOPE we had no wster or food lft 6 ‘The 80klometre journey in an old bus with hard seats was very comForr 7 Our plan to save the ees was and Success sadly they have al now Been cut down 8 the (of so much rainforest wll ha Lose terrible effect on the climate 4 Tene sentences witon by Fist candidates each contain word formation eros Comgct the mistakes. Which of 4-40: + wie the wrong affix? + havea spelling mistake? * confuse singular and plural? 1 The paramedics gave him fst aid and, without loosing a second, ut him Inthe ambulance. 2. More and more peoplein my country ar aut of work and unemployments is geting wore, 3 think the fac that only 60 percent ofthe money will oto the hostel is inaceprabie. 4 The gang must ave been very careful because the polce could find no evidence tll. 5 You can develop @ good relation with your pet overtime. 6 They work with sient institutions to study the environment inthe area 7‘ think that this sa good way to solve the cisgree between Pat ang his fiend 8 am hopeful hat wil beable todo this job inthe future 9 had to work for 100 hours a week and ate at unregulrly times 10 Employees should provide insurance for al oftheir staf. | Advice J cece pod mt re 2 Tevet ‘age’ nee a 4 trite aac 9 no "wt ar rare tee ecu Pat atone Serhan Se raed a cetie resin bah 0 os 38 | Tort Tring Reading nd Use of Enis Part 2Pees cy Reading and Use of English Part 3 Action plan 4 Quickly read the tte andthe text. What It about? 4 If ts an adjective, iit postive or negative? 2. Look a each word in CAPTALS and the words 5 Does the word in CAPITALSneed more than before and after the gap. Ite mising wordiikely one change? tobeanoun,a verb or another part of speed"? 6 Check the word you have ciosen fits the context 3 Fits 2 noun, sit countable or uncountable? ‘nde spelt correct 41 Look tthe example (0) What kind of word comes aftr ho? et sufi most you a to emacs to frm ts kn of werd? 2 Follow the exam instructions, using the advice to help yu. For questions 17-24, ead te text below. Use the word ven in capa the end of some ofthe nes to forma word that fs inthe gap nthe same ine. Thee is an exampe a the bing 0) ‘Wt your answers IN CAPYTAL LETTERS onthe separate answer she. example: (0) (lvls ale[e ASIST TTT Remembering people's names Moat fu have utero he () fopeting someones EMBARRASS tam, Oten wo faite pay stention whan (7) a INTRODUCE mace, but tar nthe conversion we dot want to appear 27 Beco th ro ty asking tem what theyre cle poure ne nane Fortunately, there are some simple ways you can (18). ‘COME oa a a thi problem. One to move your powers of 20) cocerve §— amateceeae’ Pracie suc face n pu place, making & mental ole = ef shy aN uch as igh reads or aon CHARACTER Zio care nthe! tjebrows You be erpioed wha wide (2). cishanes VARY pare an saws peoples etre hav, Then en you at mes someone, so near tirember them a Laura wih te sal noe or xan ‘avn ompoen vit eure, ik 23) sssociatons Foriance, VISION ou pn cae imagine people ald Cook Fodor King making ame. ing a iets ca or wearing a crown, reepectve Fina, encing wth the person's eee nara, a n'a you ater, Max. sa 00d way of 24). Sune that you don't fergtit Reena ov anys hoe to change the wot ven, anda sometimes you wi ate peo an i {For eachof the wor in capital nthe exam tas, nother words rom tnd keep a ecard with exarla Reading sd Use of ngish Part 3 ‘eats Exam practice | 9Coe mcr Task information + In Part there are six questions ~ each with a len in sentence, a key word and a second gapped Sentence foryouto complete 3 tests grammar and vocabulary by asking you to use different structures and words to express the same des Useful language: key word transformations Reading and Use of English Part 4 + You have to write your answer in two, thre, four or five wore. Ths includes th word in capital, which you have to use and must’ change, You Tose marks you ignore any cf these instructions *+ Each correct answer gets twomarks, with one mark foreach part ofthe answer So Part 4 has ‘mere posible marks than Pars 1,2 oF 3 41 Part 4 sometimes focuses on expressions followed by the ng form ort + infin. Study the Iles and ada the word nthe box to the lt In 1-3. Then a the more examples to eh, ‘after ‘avoid ‘any on ‘decide ‘despite easy ] ey expect, forget wreup hop someone Wsnouse Wenatweth ey on Pleased ut oft stop suggest tellsomeone there's no point n) ty [ Rutes 2 We use the f0 + Infinitive form after | 1 We use the ing form after + some verbs (eg. want to wave) + some vets (eg. It keeps aning) Examples: Examples: = + some vers + object (e.g He asked me to go) + prepositions (e.g. keen on riding) Examples | examples: + some adjectives (9.1 was glad to ee her) ‘+ two-part (and three-part) verbs (e.g. m Examples ooking forward to meeting her) 3 We can ute ether ing orto + infinitive after examples some verbs, but with different meanings ©. + some expressions (eg. fed up with regret to tell you ("m srry to tll you thi), oF waiting) {regret telling you ('m sorry Itoi yo). trample: fxample: 2 complete tne second sentence so that It means the same asthe rst sentence, using the “nd othe t+ infnlve frm ofthe verb. 1 Fm going out this evening. 2 ve decided t,t ie. everieg. Hie to listen to musicin the evening, enjoy 3 The bus will probably be late again. ‘Thess ikely 44 We con't play tennis until Saturday Well have to put off 5 it doesn’ make sense to tay here ‘Theres no point in 6 Although ft il! went to schoo. Despite 7 ‘le glad if Mark comes tomy party. I want Mark 8 ate idn't remember to call Emma. Kate forgot 20° | Test Tanng Reading and Uso of English Pat 48 © Comes these sontnces witton by First candidates. “To zave one dollar a day I gave up to havea coffee in my break tne ‘Tatil for now. Dont forget writing soont We stopped to pace orders with your company because deliveries were too often delayed very glad hearing from you, really miss you Lil erry onto use my bicycle whenever itis possible There sno point to open a store ina village when mos of the population are working in town during ‘the opening hours. My bet friend and | plan seeing film atthe cinema this evening. 8 She suggested to light a fre so we could burn the documents. 9. regret telng you that we wil be force to put thi matter inthe hands of our solos. 10 | remembered to have sen the exelator on my let when fst went nto my room at the hotel ‘4 Part 4 questions sometimes test past forms of moda verbs: modal + have + past parte (es. Theres no reply ~ she must have left already). Make ais f ether pst moda forms and ther negatves (eg. would have Tef/would not (wouent have Tf). '5 Use past modal forms to complet the second sentence so that means the same asthe fest 1 pity you ct areve eater. You should hase. raed. eatir. 2. rmsure Jack was happy when he saw his Jack must appy when he saw his exam results exam resis 3 Its posible that Zoe's friends ide’ tell et. Zoe friends may. et 44 There's just a chance tht Sean got you a ticket. Sean might. you a ticket. 5 Ym sure your parents weren' pleased when Your parents can't pleased when they saw the il they Saw the il 6 There wasno need foryouto get upearly~ You needn't early 98 back to 0 back 0 bea! bed! 7 Unfortunately, you sent in your application You should your apliation wo ‘wo days late daysiate {8 mort you didnt tell me about this before, You ought ‘me about ths before 1 Inthose sontencs witen by First candidtes, cele the cree alternate la ales. 41 My holiday shoul hove beginning should have bagun at midday as Saturday. 2 saw that somebody had opened the back doo, but cnt have any idea wo it might have been / might hod been 3 The time thatthe show should start should have started was 19.30 but it started 48 minutes ater 4 twas relly wonderful and | could have never! could never have dreamt it would te s0 good. 5 ‘We had not to eid not have to pay for any accommodation there because a friend of Juan put us up. “Animals in 200s were not born where they should have been | must have been bor: in thei natural 17 We didn’t need t0/ needn't to goto the supermarket when we atived a the apartment because there was already food there. 8 cant have / couldn't have imegined unt that day how diffu tis to lve without electrical eneray Reading an Use of Egish Part 4 Test Tang | 24Seer Reading and Use of English Part 4 Action plan 1 Read the instructions andthe example. This will mind you exactly what you have to do 2 Foreach question, study both sentences andthe kay word in CAPTALS, What differences are there between the to sentences? Decide what kind of word (9. nour the key word i, and what often follows it (e preposition Begin by thinking bout what the question is eting (.9 conditional or phrasal verbs) Think about whether you need to make a grammatical change (e.g from active to passive) or @ vocabulary change (eg. change escape tothe phrasal ver get away, or change alirking expression like because o.0n account of) 6 Check whether you need to make any other changes (e.9 noun toan adjective, anaffirmative toa negative), 7 ‘Check you have included all he information from the fist sentence and thet you haven't added snything ' Check thatthe completed sentence makes sense. Follow the exam instructions, using the advice to help you. For questions 25-30, complete the second sentance so that thas a similar meaning tothe fst sentence, using the word given, Do nat change the ‘word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word ‘iven. Her is an example (0), 22 | Test exam practice Reading ond Use of Ene Pat 4(0 During our holidays, we eat out rather than cook at home, You have to change th INSTEAD During our holidays, we eat out at home. foe ence “The gap can be filed by the words instead of cooking’ so you wrt: 1 mak or ‘instead of, 1 Example: [0 | NSTEADOFCOOKING — \Wte only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer shest. 25 Thomas spoke so quick | had iol understancing hn, my Thomas spoke 80 quik | him. sdanemeiet, £25 They've postponed the match and it be playa next weekend 27 crt wt te frm a 8 pur tecmdvers ‘The mat nt next weaken 27 Fmnever going to speak to Louls agaln. 28 It see crn tht hing trad tho forest fe. Se vu ve ets ae Sayers Th frst re ty ano. pow {30 We phone the restawrant, but they sald booking table wasnt necessary. We pone the restaurant, but they sid we ateblered sading and Use of English Part § Task information + In Part you rea a tex followed by six questions with four options A,B, Cor. ‘+ Questions may test your ability to understand overall meaning, main ideas or details as well as attitudes or opinions + You may need to infer meaning (se clues to understand things that aren't actully sad + The fst line can bea question or an unfinished statement. *+ Questions follow the order of information nthe tet. Reading for gist; dealing with distraction 1 Quek read the exam instructions andthe two paragraphs 1 What kindof text ist? 2. Why id Liam go tothe house? You are going to read an extrac rom a novel. For questions 31-96, choose the answer(A, B, © or which you think fs best according to the tet {tse acon wen Lam pt the anand ade is way qu ow oF Up stain as | fi =ecinstumnitsssn. oan now cso aso he rsnngay cone ML stowage in oe. ememersha nent mt nd eed oof insted | Tere nshaulyayone au hgh at set comerbe pase for cenge hess ‘Hicke pL] ‘tists aa plan he hare, Farber long the ad yang couple he ware ct | pase by onthe oer se bt enh gues a nae hy ned twa. Takase be })medomescan iam sto ims bt dos fel any a | Ariving t umber 46, rang the tll and waited, At st body came even though he wa ight on ine nde knew that Carson was expecting im, He ang again, more inpatcmly. He did't want be theres | roms longer than nocesary. He wondered wheter Cason might ave changed his mind out belpng Had the plan pepe become so ambitious tht ithad scare him off” Eventually, though the dor opened anda all, thin, were ooking man sod there. ‘Did you have a god jourey? Is verythigal Rgh™ |] Cio asked. "Yes sid Liam cal, “and if you can give me the package, Fl be on my m1. 2 Look at exam question 31 below: the answers C. The pats ofthe text that relat to options A-D are Lnderined. Wite A, B, €or D next tothe underlined text and explain why each opin score o Incorrect. S31 What surprieed him about the town? [A There were many people on the streets 'B_ The public transport system was poo, The people he sw were unfriendly 1D. The weather was rather unpleasent 38 Look at exam question 32 below the answers B, Underline the pats ofthe text that relat to options A-D and ‘explain why oath i correct o incor {82 How di Liam fot when ne was at he house? ‘A pleased he would be able to spend some time there (a tok tor car eae at B eager to collect the item and then leave quickly TR re anaver sou hve chosen © afraid because he was involved in something big "Beare anda _ worced that he might have go there too late arbre ar reorect. 24 1 Testa Trang Reading a Use of Enh Part 5( PSRs rc Reading and Use of English Part 5 Action plan 1 Read the instructions and thet, if there sone ‘What kindof text (e. magazine ate) it? 2 Quickly read the text without tying to answer ny ofthe questions. Whats it about? 3 Look a the stem of the fst question underlining the key words Ge. the most important wor). 4 Find the relevant part ofthe text. Draw ‘etic line next of and write down the '5 Read what the text says about the question and fry to answer iin your own words 6 Look at options A,B, Cand). Which closest to Your understanding of what the tex 5a)5? 7 Myou realy aren't sure, ras out any options tht you thik are wrong avd then make @ gues 1 Repeat steps 1-7 for each question. ‘question number. Follow the exam instructions, using the advice to help you. ‘You are going to read an extract from a novel For questions 3-96, choose the answer (A,B, C or D) which you think ts best according tothe text ‘Cir Ruth Claire hed back a sigh and walked inc the ktcbn to put the coflee machine on. phone al fom he ster was never over | ruth dating How re you” Asche waited forher ster ostar describing indea er tst disaster, Clie mulled over how much to reveal about her rew business algnment Her family would avetobetold something of course Nc that they eve cum tv, or called her home phone, oF | sence leer. Sil seemed only right to el them ie meant she was ‘moving ou for twee months. Tuning back into the phone cll Care rel she had mised some key information and red wo atch up with what he sier wa talking abou. | care tough about her om schooling Her parents had pl for the |] strove ecto een ce Resdng and Use of Engh Part 8 (HAT ete ay ay war ost ne [aT Questions cue stout neu ot per ander nightmares ave been worsesince she sure whether eas her ster or her sicyearold bes, obvious, although Clake often wondered | wheter cae wasto ensure ther he children didn fc ther ifs, ater shan to gv he ofpinga good sar ne. The choo ad encouraged independence and character bu had no time for ears and atrums Clr ad learned 1 uth. Ihad been a.cowant deppolsrent toher pares tht hile he rst and third dren bth chev academic sucess Ruth onl acquired reputation forbad behaviour uth nee sentence shaplyinterapted Cire though, The tests ar he wk ater next. 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You know Mesting ces Dining out on someone ee radi card Ruth vice cut in | ves “Theres more to i than that Cla esponded quick Then before Ruth could start the agro argument, Cure consciously lowered her oie Tellme the day you need me to have Sk check my ary! ‘Wel es wo days actualy Ruth sounded embarrased, ‘Thinking about minding a sb-yeacld for two days almost made Cire choke She gulped down he cofee and wondered ifshe could use the new aignment a an excise, There was somehing in Ruth voice, though that made he pause. | _‘Canemum eae care othe thought Mumand Dad werethe perfec grandparents seemedoddtoChirethattwo people who had no time the awn chien could go mad over someone else's even they were ther grands. | SeMum coming wih me othe hospital Ruths words finally got dough to Chir. ust wha tests are you having exact? Weren't ou etening? 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These sentences are structure ofthe text, end the development of inalist (AG), but Inthe wrong order Youhave to. ideas, opinions and events, put the sentences into the correct gaps. + The instructions tell you what kindof text it is and + Thereis abo a sentence that doesnt ft anywhere.” what itis about Triscan be any of A-6, + The text hasa tide, and oftensome background + You can use each sentence A-G once ony, Information below it Predicting text content; finding clues 41 Read the tle andthe sentence below In ales. What do you tink the text wl be abou 2. study the extract. Gap 37 has the corect answer (F) andthe expressions which lnk sentence F to the tox are underined. Mateh each Ink n sentence F and an underined pat ofthe tet 2 bllogsts/te sient f The flight of the bee ‘New research explains the mystery of why bees never seem to get lost. oe | Tose who have studied bees have Long wondered how they alays manage to find their way home. No matter how strong the cos-winds, they never seem to get blown offcourse, Now, however, bolaists believe they have ciscovered their secret ~ by sig radar to pee thi Ma ote | [BPIL7 to do so, they Red bees with tiny electronic Instruments, which trate esc to chat ovement ov cecal tomes Wath MEY shoved tem mas tht bes seen to aow ety how fa the wind slowing then any Saou ar off course, and they react to this by adjusting their flight direction accordingly. anes eee Aca plats do somthing sina sig computes to cla wind ped ani Sse lecan trad recon. [88 | B_]ees,om he te hand do the same ting by cetng the Se AER poston fe un ar watching haw the ground appr to be moving below tem, Satin int "the wind affecting the way they ave going, they change dtecton. Bam tang are | | During this experiment, the researches also dlscovered that the wind speed affects spas meant the height at which bees fy. On windy days. it appears, bees fying against the 39Whenjovsee enor) normaly blows more strongly higher up. Bees fying inthe same direction as the may fr bana eerie fervor te to is | sind tend to fy lower than usual. [30] G | This, they found, is because it 0 use this to save enerzy by fying at greater heights, (s.r 28 | Test Trang Reading an Use of Eagle PatPSP Es cr ry Reading and Use of English Part 6 ‘Action plan 4 Read the instructions the ttle and any 5 Look for similar or contrasting ideas in the lit background Information, Wat kindof texts of sentences. ie? What's the topic? 6 in both the main text and sentences A-G. 2 Quickly read through the maln text. What is __underline vocabulary links, reference words ‘eech paragraph about? Sch as this or her, and linking expressions 3 Look quickly a sentences A-6. Do any of like ao, even though, one, do and so, ‘hem obviously fit particular gaps? 77 When you have chosen your awers, read 4 For each gap 37-42, study the ideas and the complete text. Does it make sense? words that come before and after (Ta Bete yo mone a seceoe, ene nee 1 Look auc at th text on page 30. er ra omo, smell t-te main x 1 What kind ft is tare whats about? woaee. 2 What's each of the man paragraphs about? (Ta etn te you cmos ora ofA, css out fone you dont havea rsdn oa 2. Folow the exam instructions, using the advice to help you You are going to read an article about the new headquarters ofthe World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Shc sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences A-G the one which fis ‘each gap (87-42) There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. 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The new, highy environmental friendly home of the World Wide Fund for Nature, «hemispherical glass tube standing above a coun but enthusiastic crowd, [37 | known as the ‘Living Planet Cente, it has jumping panda animations that greet vitos tits WWF Experience, where schoolchildren can interact with Ocean, River, Forest and Widife Zones. Since te mid-20th century, ‘many ofthe ideas behind humanity’ attempts to protect animals and the natural word have been stated by the ww [38 ‘The World Wide Fund for Nature's one of the great hopes forthe world, Sie David Attenborough said. This bulding enshrines that, and advertises to the world. The concrete ial recycled, as the carpet and even most ‘ofthe computer equipment, and there are many solar energy panels.[ 89 | —__]In aditon, new habitats and Plant species have been installed around the gardens, while indoors a home has been found for thee tall trees park, was ofcally opened today, watched by a small The sense of total calm inside, from the high curved colings to the plants and trees, i allthe more remarkable forthe bung urban location. thas been bul between a canal and a smal area of woods listed asa Site of Special Scentic interest [40 | _] The contrast gives us an idea of what might just be possible inthe future. °F The WWF was set up in 1961, The organisation originally fought to pratect individual species, such asthe ‘Arabian ory, from extinction Eventually, the focus maved from individual species to ecowstems: al the lving things in one area and the way they affect each other. Sr Davi, who san ambassador forthe WWF, sai ‘Now, It's not just individual ecosystems. Now the change isto a global approach. [44 |__| That i because the planet is one vst ecosystem. The VWF has been the leader in changing everyone's ates towards nature Sir David is clear about the task ahead, and more important, unlke many environmentalist, he belevs it is not too late to make acifference. "You can't tun the lock back, of course.| 4 |__| But we can sow down the rate at which the numbers are increasing, we can cut down the carbon we putin the atmosphere,’ he sid, "its never happened before thatthe whole world has come together and made a decison. To go as far as we have done to reduce carbon isan impresive achievement, But you cannot have unlimited growth in aliited situation. You cant expand infinitely ina fn planet. 30 | Tost exam practice Reading a Use of Engh Pat