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    OXFORD OXFORD PREPARATION & PRACTICE for EXAM TRAINER Warten key Reading {is paper consists of sicpars and takes 45 minutes ln Parte 1-4 candidates ar tested on| ther knonledge ofthe structure of Engsh with a focus on woeabulary and grammar he Parts 5-7 nde longer ext wh elt comprehersion tase focusing on ead hil ‘hs paper includes 32 questions nota Tiskope —tamber ot. whatyoude aes ‘questions ms ne Par'1 Muphe ——Squesions: naar eachquestonaboute short Undestandag fe Sherk ‘testo. 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Shim and sean teats for asiers where possible Writing ‘his ppc takes 5 inate nd const of wo pt Pat 1 ou ust ser the qtston which says an ema nPart 2, you mst choose one of tw questions (One tion an rice and the ster option 3 story. Each acct age mare. ‘ast ope Numberof whatyoude nations worse arth te anemat out 10D wont Reasthe sora ne Abit tage dares ge fourprongts Witean opinions mab segesins ant alin repnce malig expan ns cath sro ee Sareyoutse appropiate owt sig on pprepite langage andincde rite Terange and accra of Shoponttram thefour tse express and vocal pone. 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Try hear your own wie an sen for rites Check grammar peng and puntuaton, IetRooucToN 5 rene ae 4 wroDucrion Listening “i paps const of ourpars and tates abot 30 mines: he recoretents may ce thefoowng + ‘Sige peers ao announcements, prs of as formations tas rao progennesecouesmesege + Two or moc spears cnverson at homeo btwee en, with {stone tom a presenter Tespesters witha arity of eens aground aur oy bended befor the ‘pesing begins topo comera inematn Canistes ae he tne read rough ‘he questions ter the sent the stacton. They ao have su mints athe eho transfer ther ansers othe answer sheet. They hear ach recorng twice There ae 25 ‘quem in te pape Thsktype Number Whatyou de nae suesions ane Mutple- —Truesiony ‘Lien tosevenshrt manolgies Abia inp ‘ores ‘esto by choosing sal inage om aset of ee Muiple- Sesion ——_Lstentosusrort dagues Each Ailytoeny gs. stores ‘nto tseensio compete [rte options Frac one Goose pion whch bes arose gueston of cme Com Sauesions Listen oa logermonlgue and Alito identtyand recotspeciic Smuts Ccneitesngasa eunmeryel—ifomatan wort ile- questions Listen oan terew (wo spekes) Aiton git. deta. soce Gmate lcanawe cachet equations by ates ad oper, Tong txt ‘Goatng one opin om asetet REMEMBER! + Usten careful othe instructions onthe ecordh “Try prsict as much x you can about the recog from the questons on the paper before you listen + Dont panic you dont understand much the fr tne, + Aner all he questions, eve if ou ar ot sre of our ane speaking upper costs of four parts and ales ppronimaey 12 mints. There ae normal wo Tes sande eam Ove eames ates abd sess hee thee cara ettor messes, esinsruction and ks 0 the anda. ou wb assesed on: e Srearate use of rarimat and ange and wse of ocablary + pronuncation 1 neeratve ammunition 1 discourse management ‘skit Timing Whstyoudo ait tt rt} Insodiay 2mintes Ansa the eerie quests ging ADH tolrerct general nd ec ase ‘cater persona mation Store Fois2 Inds Sites Speniodiay for about minute Ay ospskat ath descrte "on stoutaptolagahyouareghen. people ard acts ing aide langage ig Sele comecing Fat Calibeatine Yost gen anima ston a Hoy tract athet ioe {cet va prompata ucts with spstermatenaespondto Jour pune according othe examina’ seagestne cir erates make inaction recomend wok tones Pat Ghcston —3imutes Aner quetins ted oes of Ay 01 abouts ie, teva sauna eames habit ad referee re opiont rj them are or 960 eMeMaent + The vane begin by asking you few genera questions abou yourself Tiss to help yourelse + InPact 2, hen youre given the pice, describe itn as much Stalls posse negine you ate cdeseig to smeane who cents Dont speculate abot the ont talk ‘Sbout any wider ses ried by he peur + Dont dominate the conversation, Allow your partner he opportunity tt. + nal pats tate the apport to dnt ana ho pd yur Falich Do Djs wide range of voabulary nd grammar and by speaking Went and with 004 pronunciation eep aking unt he examin as yout top, ad stay cam. \wrrooucnan 7 Preparation » Reading ‘tthe beginning ofthe Reading paper, ou wll se some instructions and information, including the tems inthe box below Knowing how each paper set up wll halp yout? feel more prepared on exam day. ke itl some papers nthe Preliminary exam alo time atthe end to transfer your nawersto the answer sheet, you woithave ar extra time at the end af the Reading Dazer0youneed to answer all questions directly onthe answer sheet. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES Read the instructions fr each part ofthe paper carefully. Answer allthe questions. Each question carries one mark. ‘ie your answers on the answer sheet. Use a pend You must complete the answer sheet within the 45-minute ime init for this paper Parti Part 1 ofthe Reading paper tests your ably to identify the man message of fe very short ert on diferent topics For each tex, you have to choosethe best summary atement rom thre options (AB or C)- The earrac anewerfforaphrased that it tes diferent words to express the same meaning as the origin txt. 1 Bein Part by looking careful teach tet. Thinking about where you woul tplcahy se these types of messages can provide dues that withepyouto fd the corect answer Match the texts (1-5) with where you might expect to see them (AE). 1 lytical me yar re Trans 20 > cake with meals twice aly fora fortnight Inthe event ofa improvement, contact your doctor. 2 parsaint uy a paioflte-night tices ane get one free. Ofer uns Mon-Fri ony. ‘ ‘Danger Keep awsy trom olf edge and remain on the hiking path at alltimes. 5 Downtown Dentist van, don forget about your appointment at 230 on Tesla! Falureto ‘cancel may sulin fllcharges 1A ina national pak © onalbelonmescineg B intextmessages ona D inanematicbor motile pone — E inacrema S PREPARATION READING PAK 2 Lookat he tertsin exerci 1 agen. What ithe purpose ofeach one? idemijing Ure reaon fora TP Ret wilnepyoutoundertanditsmessage White ka goodideato tryto the correc text rambers (1-3) understand what the tect 1k Tertrumber —isareninder. Imeans before you reed ‘the three answer options. 2 Textrumber —ghesirstrucions {¢ Textrumber —isa request. 1 Textrumber isan atvertisement. © Tertrumber isa waning “TP:Synomyms [Remi The answer options wl not we the some words asthe main ext Instead yeu wl fd diferent words that have the same nearing, These are called ‘synonyms. ‘Sometines there are several synonyms for one word For example, fra fightened ond scared areal ynanyme of ach other = they all mean the same thing \ocabulry practice god preparation for Bat. pail wnring wth ynnnyne seth words nthe it below ta complete the sentences about synanyns. lowed aswell attempt beside certain daly dlscuss x inaddition otpermited sure unbelievable underneath Ince anc a mean the ame thing 22 Alsomeans the same ae fa teeees ‘3 Torepalreans the same a0 4 Theor means everyday '5 Something definite means something —__or 16 Below mean the se = 7 Totrandeo have he sae meaning, {8 Totakabout someting means tot '9 Next to meen he same 10 Forbidden means that sometingis___or mt z 4 Readthe sentences, Choose the summary that closes in meaning 1 The concerti postponed nt net esd ight [A The concert on Tact rghthas now been canceled 1 The concerti contin trun ul ext Tsay ht © The concert lake place on Tusa ih stead, 2 Anyone who would ke an evening meal ust ask for belorethe eer 1 You need o request ner nadonce. Beas willbe proved when the event ends inner isnot avaiable because of the event 2 Wes mainly vegetarian but he’ fond of salman an tuna 1X He oes care for main vegetables ary seafood. 8 He typically ets mest, vegetables, and te Kins of ah Most he dest at meat, but he ies some sh PREPARATION READING» PART 9 Practice Test 1 * Reading Part. For each question choose the correct answer. WARNING Delays expected for the ‘next 24 hours because of repairs to this cycle lane Hit, You missed a geod lecture yesterday but hope youre feaing bate now De you want oboe my es? swie Muse Leone lessons hs term shold complete an aplication orm by Trad. 130 PRACTICE TEST» READING «PART. ‘Your yng jouney wil be slower evry dy this week yet wl be delayed for ane ay. ou cant yee inh ne for 2a hours Sue did’ ejo the lecture because she was Harry wen tothe etre but ie thea noe. Suze ofering to lr Harry her notes You need to apply 0 do misc Jessons by Thurs Msc lesson this tem tartan Thurs ‘There are no musilesone on ‘Thursays this te. Free bate of cla or lemonade with takeaway meas over £15 snug Edecetees La Pan tur hes chao! Alo fee yor nh ari ts veryeictomer receive» ‘feet of cla ot lemonade. you pend enoughmaney on taka, you get omething ee, Free kinks re only vento ‘astomers who eat inthe ‘eau ‘The omer has recently ‘onpoyed new sa ‘ne cate nas recenty moved to smother baling The owner as recent opened nother retrain ay PRACTCETEST «READING + PART 1 Preparation * Reading Part ‘This part ofthe paper tess your ability to identity and understand specinc information. Inthe exam, yeu wil se two sets of texts The fret set deserbes something that fe ‘ferent people want or need Inthe second set, there isa text offering what each [person wants pus tree ational texts that do nat match any ofthe people Your tsk [stomatch each person with the text thats most suitable for his or her needs Preparation ‘Mate sure you understand howto do the taskin Fart 2 Complete these steps wth the word and pases rom he et below. ‘rossthem out eight fae _markthem three 1+ ist. 1038 the descriptions of ne people Read very caret and "underne any ky information about ach persons stuntion and at they need. * Nest reodthe 2__tets.Unetne any mates with the descriptions of ‘the people Try enty he 3 tots thal not su anyone and ‘Remember The anguage that matches information between the descriptions andthe ‘ets maybe pacphvased Fall check tht you can successfully match each perion wth ane ofthe tet. ‘When you ae sete th our anne 5 Clery on your ans shes. Ww Mae sure you tate the whole texinto consideration Chak that you are matching allo the needs specie inthe description ofeach perzon, There may be tert that include some, but not al of he points mentioned 2 Vocabulary practic suchas recogiing parts speech, il help to improve your reading comprehen Sur thee word ingot correct clus mite able ability affect already collect emergency guilty interested lata ‘marvellous particularly provide salary ™ ‘nPart 2,you nee to practi the skillof scanning Scanning s when you quickly ‘aad a text inorder tind speci information. 4 Seanthe sentences forthe required items 1 Sean andunderine two acjectns. Bernie wantto fi asmall hte! hat isnot Bo expensive, ‘Theres oom for 25 students inthe class. The couse starts on 2" May andis suitable forts and 16yearols Scan and undeine twolocations Padrowantstohate the pty bythe sinmiag pool but several family members prefer the beach Scan and undeine two verbs Marcuse studying at ome because he ha broken leg since last marth oot math ad Joe are meting on Tusa. Joe wats to meet at noon but eis ree unt af asthe They might meet on Fiayesteaa “TP: Linking words Look outer inking words when you rea the tert Linking words, such as however ‘nd although, an signal an important diference between two points. 4 Read he description of each person andthe texts Then answer the questions 1 Persojime wants togeta train to onary tow aarourdscoock on Saturday ‘reing He needs to arve before 7 pinto meet is fiendfor dinner. Tent: thereon ot 605 pm, which oes to that town and during the meek i toes “Sminutes to get there However atthe meclndst kes an hour od 20 minutes, becouse makes more stops. 21 Canjaime get ataio ta tat own? yes /00 2 lethere a tain on Saturday? yes /n0 3 Doasthe wan on Saturday lave round 6pm? ys /n0 4 Wie are by seven otlock on Saturday evering? ys /r0 5 sthistecta match for ime needs? yes ro Person: Rebecconsedsto get fight to Paris orl onMondoy morning She cat affordto pay more thon £120. Text: Thera thve fights to Pos every Monday Aliough they allhoveovoobe seats. the am fight ony has nef, and ios 20, 1 Arethere fights to Parison Mondoys? yes /n0 2 ‘ether fight ary on Money morning? yes /n0 3 there aseataaiabieon tht igh? yes/no 4 CanRebeca afford toby aticket fortis ght? yes/no 5 this texts match for Rebeca need? yes /n0 m1. ‘Sometimes text seems hea perfect match at rst, but when youre more closely itmay not be a good ft When you are trying to match a texttoa description, ask yousel questions ie these to help you decde whether the text ‘Infact. 2 good match, Practice Test 1 * Reading Part2 For each question, choose the corect answer, The people below want ogo ou for amealonFiday. (nthe opposite page there are descriptions of eight places toes Decide which pce would be the mes suitable forthe peopl Below. Sasha organising nigh ot or a group of 20 peopl fram ‘work They want food muse ang caning Her company Paying co hey can spend too mich Catoss going au with is gina Ne lokng fr aquiet restaurant which serves international foog but doesn cost ‘mach He kes laces that dont havea We band paying or tht ‘he music volume allows you to ep comersition og. enw and laa ae tating ter gine out to celebrate her 21" thay. They want to go sewer egensve and specal ‘hich st 00 no. They he to stay somewhere verge Their daughter doesnt eat mest. Tanya and Som have got young chide, They want oto a resaurantin the er evering where they can el omfortable ith el chien They dont man to go anywhere {ag expensive, One of thei ciden alert nat. ‘Ayesha ac Jane a bth 17 Tey eto gosomeatare ively were they an eo cheaply and ten to modern mule They going to party terwars so hey are interested nate EATING OUT THIS FRIDAY |A- The Carriage Hotel & Checkmate! Fine food in beautiful Buy tickets for anew and surroundings, the dining room at exciting yetaurant in he centre “The Carriage Hotel is perfect for of town Pay one prvefor special mgt out. Prices are ‘three-course meal, lowed by high, although there i a small {4 dowe wih al Ula sounds discount fer guests ofthe hotel, Group bookings weloome. The ches speciality is healthy ‘Special llr ts ridey only: pay ood and they offer «goad for eight tickets and get two free, selection of tasty vegetarian options. 18 Oliver's F Friday Feasts Olver’ ie an expencive bar that Rex ina family restaurant serves evening snacks. The bar with good food at cheap prices, hhasrecenty been redecorated Chileen eat free between sic and has a very modern look. land seven ordering fom special Friday eight is jazz night, when menus including healthy fruit some of tre best names in esses. Play area and children's jazz play lv at the bar. There ‘entertainer at weekends fare plenty of clubs and hotels nearby i you're looking for alate righ. © Queer's Head Las Restaurant Youcan eat good, home-cooked Lian th oa of is ity fog ira enaly émuronment vogetaran retour, whic ares ‘every Unchtime inthe Queen's varity of ietrnational fot. The Head pub. Prices are low and restaurants chep, bt ie quay the pup has an excelent play of te food eral Youzan chose area fe children. The restaurant toma varity dei vgetain is closad inthe evenings, but shes en aout te woe, Dot ‘here is evening entertainment, iss bean burner themusircom Including live bands. The pub ‘Saravich ste oe tas laying false proves bed and breakfast, mus rom around the wos every Fay and Satay ight. D LetsGo Chez Jean-Paul Lets Gos a modern caféin Voted best restaurant ofthe year ‘thecentre of town, which is rita diciove French fod, good panicularly popular withyoung orice lon pices and pleasant pecple. The burgers and pizzas surroundings Ose Jean Pauls revery good andthe food ist perlct for aquet ght out for expensive Pop musics played oupes. Ifyou fancy arowantic everynight, othe cafécan get diner witha carey selected ure oly. reloses everyevering —_paylot,thisio the rah opat for ate, Jovan your partner, PRACTICE TEST + READING + PART2 15, Preparation * Reading Part 3 Part tests your ably tread and answer detailed comprehersion questions. InPart3.youreada longer text whichis aways about an inva. I usually written Inthe fist person, which means the writer taking about himsel or herself and uses “the pronoun But sometimes is writen nthe third person wich means someone elses describing the indvdual, and uses the pronoun he or she. The ex always trpresses attitudes or opmione In this part ofthe paper, you need toute the reading sil of skiing — reading ‘icky forthe overall gst. and seaning~ reading quickly oir speci infermation. You are equited to answer fe comprehension questions about the text and you -enoose your answers fom four options (8, oF). ‘weifrence ‘ought reedto use ifeenc to answer Fert 3 queso, Ths means thatthe Information nt dec stated the tes bat tht here are sth wl ea Youtothecomec ene For erage roe: opned theron door anf wet umbrelain the hay + Queen hatwartherstor ite at? «Answer We caer awa iing because th ilar ada wet mbrea 1 Understanding what type finformation you ae beng ased fr wil ep outo identity the correct answers Read the questions andchoose the ype inermaton they a ashing for 1 How dd Chis fee after the concert? 1A purpose 2 tetngs © git 2 Whats te writer view onthe rainforest? 1 opinion 8 git purpose 2 Whe does Keio ie ith? B gst © deta 7. 4 What does Amoi say about the argument? aaa ‘The fist four quesions " _atnasfolon the same order 8 etude “Stheinformationappees C gt inthe text. The ith anal 5 How might peopl descibe the ext cues att er 2 astuse ‘onthe entire tert... global 2 fesings ‘meaning. all meaning 2 Gl the coret options abou the eating sil of timing and scanning. 1h Youscaa text when ou need to fn general git /specifeinformation such 2:2 re or ade or sore other detalte yeu want oleate thinthe tex. Tiss (ething ha ud ite 2fast/ sty You 3 ead/ doit read eer wordin the poe Insta your eyes mae qu or ne whol tv lok al fx espace Ao tha ou want, ou 4 problywont/ wil probably et he over stat the ext because you are onl fousing athe pati detal hat you need. 1b Yous scan/ skim atest when you at get sense of the ovral meaning. ther words, themain i ofthe pecs, ou 2 read /dotead every wars ret, istead you look uc atthe tle andthe tet age the general idea Ufa ts abot You myloak at carent wards such 5 nouns and adjectives, ‘ow pay / dott pay close tetion to ammatial words You probaby won pick linen pede detals/ lt because you only want a generalimresion. 4 Read each text and question. Then choose the correc ansuet. aivayeimagined hot oing my ob wouldbe the worst thing tht could eer happen 2 ine Ineo gave an unepectadsense of feedom which wos uping 1 How did the weiter fel about becoming unemployed? 1 She was surpsed tha sheet so bad about 2 She aly cant expct that it oul happen to het She was surprised oscdriy fel very ree. 1 She was gad that she hadtast heron eat. People should neve be nasty to soc other When aparonis cruel. mstof the nets Decousesomeore they care about dd thesamething to em, and hey aren pain. 2. ThewrterbeSeves that people who are unkind to thers, A ate generat string, to, 8 dont care about anyone ee have never been hurt themes. do the same ting over and oer hen (was my bes end, i, moved oway with her family. The neighbours ‘ranged apartyond proved everyone wth food and nk My gt forPo was ‘heart-shaped nectlace 2 What dd he rtrd for Pia 1 Se ganized apart for Pa ad her Fai 8 She gave Pia a present of some jewellery. {She bought fod and ehnk or the celebration 1 She mace her piza inthe shape of heat Jack Ferguson wa not ike other teachers He encouraged is stuentsto crows fo slut questions and he iped them t do wel He never got anryin class. 4 at ign former tet of ck Ferguson ay about him? 1 Me Ferguson wasted bythe tants othe other teachers. 1 The questions that Mr Ferguson asad us were lays hard He wae calm teacher: remember that he was usualy patent 1 We Ferguson as cferet He had avery postive influence ons 4 Mach the typ of information recvred(A-D) withthe questions, TW from the previous task (1-4 Rermember: Py very lose attention 1 global messing tothe question. Each ofthe answer B writes opinion ‘options may include some information ‘om the tet but only one option © specie deta eee eh 2 res attude [PREPARATION «READING PART 17 Practice Test 1 Practice Test 1 * Reading part3 For each question choose the correct answet Jessica Hail - Comedian Te always enjyed performing and making people laugh, When {was a schoo, used to aay some of my teachers as 1 was always telling jokes in as. All my classmates sed to laugh a lt and had a eat tne. ‘When ef schoo), gota jo ina fast fod restaurant uring the day’ and took acting asses inthe evens Taso stated performing 2 comedy clubs and in theates at the weekends. Sometimes the ence loved me, bat other times nobody laughed at my kes. That was the wot feeling inthe word After two or hee years | appear on TV a ew times and became eter known, fin ota paren a TV comedy show and Ive worked an TV ever since. | sil do theatre work, and although i's harder shan beng on TY enjoy it mach more During those years when performed at comedy clubs Feared so much, Iwas restr stat peforming while ws stl young, Ie gave me alt of experence and it helped me become confident on sage Iris easy to Heep on being successful becuse it's Sock trying to think of new ideas all the me, ven tant think e anyning to wee abou get very miserable. Then 1 usuly 0 fora walk, Walking is a grea way to relax and tao helps you to think, ean goo for 2 wal i the moring with no ees in my head When I recur, my head full of them and [ean wat to write ther down {As well s walking, mountain climbing and diving help me to sax, too. Fm planning a climbing rp to Nepal soon, wich 'meeally looking forward to! Fm sure come back wlth lr of new jokes and ideas Inspiration is very important in my profession. fm inspired lean create new performances an make people laugh out lou! Is fantastic | think comedy is the cure for many things. I can tke aay your worses and lp yo tela. 1 PRACTICETEST «READING «PART 14. What oesjessca say about her iat school? 1 te ls weve ey fay She enjoyed performing for her assates. She dsied the eachers D Her jokes were bad 112 Whatdd Jessica do when se let scot? 1k Sherine to bea teacher. Shestarted perforningin a restaurant. 1 Shagot and etc ang 1 Shegotajob ina heave 113 What doesshe say about her working fe? 18 People ave aay enjoyed performances. 18 ing or TV isthe most al thing she done. ¢ Her fistjob was ina teste D Shot wotedinavariety of paces. 14 Why does jessica ike walking? 1 females he ough 2B ehelps hero get ideas. takes anayher worries 1 italows ner to empty ner mina 15 Which ofthe ftlowing isthe best description of he writer? a - “The comedian ho neuer stope ‘The funny person whe ves her Snughing hese ork but never has tne relax “Thesuccesflcomedon whois ‘The pope tr wholoves being Anaysootingfornevideas, =n TV morethan anyoing ese. [PRACTICETEST + READNG + PART2. 19 Preparation * Reading Part 4 “This part ofthe Reading paper tests your ability to understandhow atoxt structured, Infare 4 you wl read longer text ith Sve gaps where whole sentences have been removed rom eight options. you need to choose which sentences goin the Five gaps. “Thwe ofthe options ae nt used a 2 a Beyinby stimming the text for its overall gi. Then read the eight sentence options Non ead the text move carefully ans think about what ype of information's mising fea each ap. Two things wil hep you to find the correct answer: 1 Consider the context, nother words, what's happening inthe txt Ask yourself Wot ei about, What the situation? 2 Look closely tthe anguage before and after the gap because itmay give you ‘clues about the missing sentence Fr example, was the writer about introduce ‘2 reason fr something ora contrasting idea? 1 race recognizing context Raa each excerpt and choose the correct content 1 There no ecure not to everce. For example, oleyal an be payed inside or ‘utoors ste pacts And whether ts mam of Cid tie YOu can sual go Jeasing B tun fans (2 Shehadapartine ob ata secretary in an ofce whe she waned 0 become ‘hasdetter Her gol wa to open her own ston and she was afi of calnges, 1 someones fears someone asitant 2 Every reporter was punting for an ietervlen wih im bu he refused all requests. 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Ask yourself: Doestfitin with what ese is happening in ‘that port ofthe tet? Now rate thinking about the ingustic lus Lets work oa salle scale by looking Ut pars of sentences witha misting prare Match the rentences (1-6) wth heype of ‘nformation you think missing (AP, 1 Onthe one hand the Internethas made ws more connected -ithas made ‘lonelier 2. Wee the Internet for diferent purposes. _. sme of us most sett ammuricate with others, and some of ws main use io find information 2 Thelntrnethas haa postive effect on education. __ tas mprovedthe oy cen ear | Fiat thelnteret ges us quicker acces tothe news than ever. member of he publ an easy contribute news stores now 5. 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PREPARATION READING = PART 24 Practice Test 1 « Reading Part 4 ve sentences have been removed from the text belo, For each question, choose the correct answer. “There ae three ate sentences which you de not need toe. An Amazing Journey 1 was walking my dog near my home in San Frariso las spring when saw a large black Labrador on its own. It was wearog a blue collar, but there was no sign of an owner vywhere 16 "Twas only joking, but ame running tom and stood by my side, ready fo lave, knew that this was someone's lost pt. | fed and bathed the dg and checked is cola, Theve was a tag on It with & phone number. turned ou that the dog's name was Ban, and sue enough, he had an owner and a home ‘The rouble was that his home was i Chicago ~ ove 2,000 miles away! 17 Banjo had teen missing for over a year, and they had no idea how he ad got all the way across the uni. They also had no idea how to get him back again because they had @ newborn baby at home and couldn't make the long journey to San Francisco. 1 used social media to ask for help. wasn't long before we had along ist of volunteers who wanted to help Banjo to et home. 18 k was important that they knew how to take {ae of Banjo. Banjo set off on his journey. and mat new people in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missour before he reached his home state of lina 19___Banjo was delighted to mect the new bay and tobe back home. His owners were dled to have him back, 20__—_ Ban's sry just goes to show what people can achieve when they all work together! ‘A made sue that alo them mere pet owners B decided to travel to Chicago with Bano \€ le00k 20 ever four ast eniteBanjo wih his oy D lasted the dog iit wanted to come home with me E Thope he wort go mandering again FH owner Tina and Dan were amazed to her from me “6 lewos clety hang andneeded to et 1 | dd know who the dog belonged Preparation ¢ Reading artS “This partof the Reading paper tests your abil to identify missing words. Inport, you wll eadashorter text, which has one word missing fom sx diferent [gaps Fom four options you chose the correc missing word foreach ap. Fest of al. get genera overview ofthe tent by sting It gull. Then read the text nore close, paying particular attention to the gaps. Notice ay information around ‘fhe gaps thatmay help You to spet the correct answer. Note: nother part ofthe exam, you practsed identifying the partof speech or _beample.a oun, 2verb an adeciv etc, which a qap mht require. However, in Paral of he aneweroptions wil already bein the corect part of speech 1 While some questions in Part might test your knowledge of grammatical paters, ‘most lest you vocabulary Te our answer options may be very lose nearing {tony ote willbe corrctin the gup Readthe definition Choose the wordt eines. 1 thing hat a perion owns A contnts 8 ems C belogings D objess 8 appnach aera © avie 2 the rest of a etion A resem 8 fect advantage 0 cue 4 notmaing ox making asound asi 8 quiet 5 tolookviety A ignore D ghee 6 espoile or doing samething wong A guy 8 tat mie D upset PREPARATION 2 Now choose the correct answer 1 though the team nad worked extremely har the ests were 1 unhapoy 8 decouraged upset 1 isappsintng 2 Marco for my hep. requesed told shed demandes 3 ___of the quests avd ita A Some B Any © Noone iw D Abt Remember: Lok for sues 4 tates the cotage ‘ear the gaps Practising coloeatons very 006 ed preparation forPart. eeaaan Gllocstions are words that © decoatea _are typically used together 2 Drawtines to match the colacations. ‘rand deep shake 1 es 2 a 4 spend 5 6 woke 4 insoughe heawy customer “4 Thereare ako many pepostio colocatons. Knowing the caret preposition that collocates with particular werd can real hep youin Pat. Cheese the correct, Propecion to complete the antances 1 She never meant get angry. and now shes ashamed esa aw B for co Din 2 Patch whowas knoan his patience, eed salto el calm Ain B of D tor 2 mafraid gave you the wrong document __mitae, Practice Test 1 ¢ Reading PartS or each question, chaose the correct answer Fashion Show Success ‘Last Saturday the fashion department at Mansion College hel a fashion show. ‘The suadents created special designs 24. cre modeled by other students. Parents and shopkeepers were 22 1o the event and 200 tickets were old. 23_____ofthe designs were really original andthe evening was a great success. The ‘most popular tems a the show were Tshirts designed by student Marla Daniella. A local clothes shop has already asked Maris to 24 them with 20 T-shirts. Maria is very pleased by her success. 2 the fashion show finshed late, many people stayed longer listen tothe college rockband, There was food and drink on sle and the event finally 26 at saidnihe ‘The money made from the sale ofthe tickets went toa well-known children's charity. 2 A when B wich whe 22 -Acaled ———B requested ——_—€ demanded 23 A Many Bit men 24 A produce design Cove 25 A ben Bs0 Aleough 26 Alek B ended done PRACTICE TEST “READING «PARTS 25 Preparation ¢ Reading Part 6 “This pact of the Reading paper tess your knowledge anduseof grammatical structures aswellasvoczbulary context. Ina, you wll ada shorter text with gaps. A words ising from each gap and ‘yur tasks toarite the missing words. You arenot given ar answer options to choose 4rom, Youhaveto workout the missing words on your eam. 5 5 a 2 « As wth other prt, bein by skimming the text fora general overview. Then go back “andread mere carefully Look closely at each gop and pay attention tothe language “round each oe, which might gv yu some cues, Notice the structure af each ‘ghpped sentence and think about what type of word might be missing Renember You wll only need to write ane wordin each gap. 1 Readthe sentences. choose the typeof word ou thnkismissing 1 Ireceived the watch asa git but eat __e so go tomy brother. A vet 8 prepostion © oun 2. Theysri¢ now hom a et, sothey asked Me Cec, co arth 1 conjuneson 8 pronoun preposition 2 She asked me whether ou ke tes cee 1 noun 8 ve © conjunction 44H can ely do sculpts, but hes very good___ paling. 1 preposon B conjunction pronoun 5 woulsyou ing rs Fonda maseage forme? 8 prorun ve {6 ewes embarassing |rely nt know tosaytohim. 1 conjunction 3B pronoun 1 prepoaton fmonlywrteonewordineschspace, TIP ‘When you docloze activities, remember tous on the language ‘Surrounding the gps. 1 ostof the time you will not be able to answer corectl if you have not learned ‘the grammatical stractres The sameistruecf collections, you cart mate {fesse youjust have tales them Tyokeepalistof them na file orn your notebook. |) Undertne one word thats incoracin each sentence uojesedaig 1 This urgent Please call me Backs soon s you can. 2 The vent sounded ke fun so we decide to make partial 2 Who do you prefer paar past 44 Me season ike the mreis ste: 5 Youhaveto py forthe hotel rom on advance 6 rind al ay ad didn fet far doing ating, 4 Comect tye mistakes in exercise 3, 5) PraciseFar6. ite one word neath yop Frmnota teribly good cook, but do ike to eat! Moy. cook prety simple dishes. A1-———times a woek make en omelet for my Tun. Fin going oll you Row Ido i. So, fist [takerny sal ying pan out 2 the cupboard, [put some ber int, and et iton ‘gene heat Nex, break two egge int jag, and ada some salt an pepper [also pour in a3 milk and mix ereryuna together. 4" “tispoin | could cook my omeleto~ and sometimes Ido ~ buts You want to make it inteesting. now isthe me! There are alo of possiblies, for example, you could acd 7 ‘cheese and sliced tomatoes or cooked meat... anything you ike, really. Now pot the mbaure into tho pan and let the eggs cook Teen tum your omlete ote 1 cook onthe thor side, only 8 ‘few ‘minutes, adits a delicious meal Enjoy! te ‘As you ski the tet underline any language that might help you to wrk out what words gointothe gaps PREPARATION «READING + PART 27 Practice Test 1 » Reading Part For each question, write the correct answer Wits one word foreach gop, Greetings ftom Comal in sunny south-west England! This is my favourite place 27 aholiday. | Tye stayed inthe same village every year since Iwas chil and I always look forward t cong back Cornwall is very eau and there are a ot of things (odo. 28 _you Tike walking, you ean explore the coast or the wild moorland. Suing popular hers. Its often 29, windy that the waves are 30 than Gro metres high The food in Cornwallis amazing. The 34 famous example of Comish food Is the ceam ea That's Fresh scones served 32. iam and Cornish creat. I's relly diious. Ifyou eve vist, you must ty the fish and chips, (00! See you soon! | nike | 28 PRACTICE TEST « READING PART Preparation * Writing athe beginning of the Writing paper, you wll se some instructions and information. including te emsin the box below. Make ure you understand wtich questions you hve to answer onthe Writing paper Note While the other papersin the Preliminary exam require use oa perc forthe Writing paper you must use pen. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES. ‘Read the instructions fr each partof the paper carefull “Answer the Part Lquestion and one question from Par ‘write your arswerson the answer sheet. “Write clearly in pe, not pend You may make alterations, but make sure your ‘work 00 to reat You must complet the answer sheet within the 45-minute tmeliitfor this paper Parta art ofthe Wing paper tests your ability to write an email ‘You wil be yivee slur ena rea ad your task sto write an emi response to it(eround 00 words). The supplied eral wilhave four writen prompts. These four prompts are all point that you must include when you write your email ep. Fallow these steps '+ Read the supplied email andthe four prompts. Make sure you understand the context of the ema Pan your reply. Than writ your email using approplate language Include the pints fom the four prompts. Keep your reply to roughly 100 words. ‘Check your grammar, spellngs and punctuation ‘1 Yoursupplid email and promptewillbe sini to this oe. Read itcareil one ner mcrae) ‘Write your email o Greta using all the notes. [PREPARATION «WRITING «PART 29, TPs Tining Its a good ida to practise writing 100 words. Fst to get used to wetng ‘ict and cary. Secondly, youshould become familar wthhow muchspate 100 words takes up in your own handwriting You can goalie bit ver or under ‘the word limit, butts Best to submit ax close to 100 words a possible 2 Lookatthe malin exercise 1 again Match the question (1-5) with the answers ae, 1 Whats he main reasn for 1 Having hein inthe garden or ne theemal? mo Preparation nats the esting jou need Write a geting and eset tthe to doinyouramal rep? bahay 3 What do you need anf? Whether arse you can help ganze What do you need te choose the pln, ee 1 Thetypeaffood tht willbe served ast do youneed to esres Tesdscus plans for the bitsy preference abou? pene mes + The four prompts The prompts in Part ypicly ack you to agree or disagree vith a point. to express preference about something to expan something, to ‘make a suggestion oo expres an opinion Practise these ‘+ Grammar: Pay attention othe tenses inthe supped emai and make sue you reply inthe correct tence. + Informal language: The emals in Part 1 ae alway between frends so they are always informal That means they hae a relaxed andnatural style Practise ‘ring fiend. informal greetings and sultable phrasesfor ending your eral 2 Horoizs sltabe rep from Cato the eri ene 3, but Uetines AH) have ‘been mice up. Number them (1-8) put temin the correct oder 1 picnic is fantastic iba. and mating ita surprise for Paul ven etter Yes, can eine hep to organzele No problem — 8 car think your garden would be better than he pak Greta, Tat way if ais we can geinto yourhouse, 1 Speaksoon! Ming you tnighto talk about he plans. F MiGreta, — pete to make our own aces, tobe honest. Piz ince butt gets so ‘ul We cul jst mate some salads ad sande coldn we? 1H: tincaty ete about Pauls bithay on Saturday oot TPs Fial check Tiytosave some te a the endto check your work Check your grammar, spelings ‘snd punctuation. Check that you have used appropriate language. Check that you have responded tothe four promptsin the correct order 30 PREPARATION = WRITING «PART Practice Test 1 ¢ Writing Part You must answer this quesion ite your answer in about 100 words. jis elena a Question ‘eau this ers from your English zpeating fiend Tom andthe netetyouhave made. | a | From: Subject: Camping rp im reaty looking foward ta eur camping ip next ‘Tha camp aoks grat. There ar cabins for ope t ty in, oro ean take our un tent Would you peor to stay ina cabin or att? ‘Thecesa lake noor the camps, Shall we 90 sallag on he lake while we're there? 2T tems inet uh ay astons Tom | eS \Wete your emai to Tom sing all the notes. Preparation * Writing 5 g Part 2a z InPart2 ofthe Writing paper, you have & a choice beeen two questions. You can choose TIP: Approach & ‘Towrteanorticle orastory;youdonthaveto‘Whenyousee the topt the 2 ‘write both fyouwanttowritethe article. here aie done tempo a Se some preparation and practice tasks and tips. _startwritng immediate Stop ouwwibe ven an announcement rom and spend some time reading website ramagezine Theannouncement __the announcement carefull wiles forartisesonparticular topic Iewil Under the key information include some questions onthistopiewhichyou _‘Rasksfor Next. plan your hvetoanaverin your article. You need to write article Thinkabout te points round 10€ words The examiners wantto zee yarwantte mate and te kind hat you are able organize your article and use of vocabulary you will ned, "pproprat tenses expessone and vocabulary. Then start wlting 1 Youwilsee an announcement nla to this one Read carefully Then, using the words fromthe ist ei, complete the nates about how to wrtean article in Part ‘We need your articles! secnwotocy -aryone ara mobile pone br wo use cur ooo in dior ways Doyou tink you tly on or phone co muh? Wha do ou mos se tf? oyou pref ttet pop sing then? Wn? Wirt an article answering these questions and we wil putin our magaziset fend enough mention most opinion paragraph reason start Youneedto1 ___bystatingourperonal2__sboutyour oun mobile shone ese Tf flow this with a3 ‘example Now write your answer 0 fhe nest question Ie neta 4 thevarogs maysin which yous our phone. However thatisnotS Youd to lary state what you 6 we our phone or Start new 7 To eoress your preference about callng or {esting people. Ty to ‘hasan sentence that sume up your ate 2. Practice diferent ways of insoducing your opinions ad preferences. Based on the ‘uestlons inthe announcement exerci I, write sentences of your own using these preases. 1 realy beeve tat 5 Iprteextow 2 From my pain of ven, 5 My own preferences for. 44 without doubt. 1 ike to X but preter to 52. PREPARATION» WING «PART 28 “TP: Choosing the article Fortheartclein Part, you wil need to practise key phrases for writing about your abt, preferences, options, recommencations. et You alsoneed to makesure hve good range of vocabulary to write about the required topic. TGokat the heading atthe begining ofthe announcement whichis usualy nol or capital letters. Decide whether you know enough vocabulary to write 1 100-word article about ths tpl fis atopic that you dort care about, you may fave dlfculy producing an taresting article nit. Here are two versions A and B of artes in response tothe announcamenton the previous page Read each on. Then answer he questions by writing A.B, both or ether Grle or andere ems inthe to texts 2 you thik abut ySu answers. 1A without a doubt yon my mabil phone too much, know thisbeause ie’ the fst thing ook at every morning andthe st thing ook a every mah Yestersay [ecient et my shone thane an, wou tf anos a day use my power dierent things bt check sola media more thon enting ee Perzoal.| peter etng people to phoning them. The reason sth people often fit more convenient to rep iyo # tet than to ake a cal (ne things certain. ove my phone 2 dort rey on my mobilephone to much The mobilephone has ben ageat jventon nthe modern worla Mole phones have changed ures Maile phones ‘re wefl fun My mode phone makes me happy. ts Bete ophore people than to tert them ike aking on the phone ls good way to comenuncate andi ice to hea theater perso voice Prones make vs feel mre connect each ote Which artic has quite tof repetition? Which article answers allo the questions in the aanouncement? Which article dosnt use iterent paragraphs? \Which arte shares persona opinions about motilephones? Which ace might be to shor? Which article ues tey phases to introduce opiionsad preferences? Which article suport answers with clear examples reasons? Wich article gos of oct 10 Which are isa stronger answer tothe Pare 2 task “TW: Gog ofthe point Going the pot (or of opi) means including information thats ne deck connection tothe taskor tothe questions you were asted. Inari 8, the writer includes some etrainformation about forgetting hisor her Phone. "hat is useful because makes the cginal answer stronger. n Article 8, the “writer describes how he o she fels about mobile phanes This is going of the pont because the announcement doesrit ask ushow we fel about phones. ele four phrasesin Article Rin exercise 3 hich the wrter sas tolntroduce one or more TP ofthe foloing Trytokeep your ance + opiion Interesting for thereader oa bbynot repeating the same © preference em [PREPARATION «WARING + PART2A 33 Preparation ¢ Writing Part 2b ‘Questor 3 tests your ability to write a story based on a supplied opening sentence, I youseside not to write an atic Part 2, you can write story of eround 100 words stead You willbe ven sentence. which you have to use ostart our story. “The examiners want to see that you ae abe to organize story using appropriate ‘tenses expressions andvocabulay, Preparation ‘choose this question in Fart2f you enjoy imagining an tling stories, You wont ‘enomin advance what the supplied fst sentence willbe, Bt you can prepare for sory ‘uring in other ways Youcanprctie how to. *" panand structure story rite in varius past tenses “+ irclude time expressions an inking words + wearange of adjectives and adverbs ™ ‘There are diferent ways to structure or organize your story You might begin with ‘he main action next give more detall and finaly rite corclusion. Or you could begin with some background then descrie the action andthen fish the story Make sure the points you make are connected otha your stor mates sense and ts ensj torte eager tfolow. ‘ink about how you shoul approach the star. Then put these lpsin order (1-6) |A nish the story nthe thi paragraph 8 Planjourstoy. © —Checkyur spelngs, grammar an punctuation. 10 Inthefst paragraph desc the hackground/stuation, E Read he aperng sentence, F Develop te tory wth mre deals inthe second paragph Stoves are usualy writen inthe past tense Make sure youknowhow to form diferent st tenses ad hen tous them, Match the dserption (1-3 with he tenses (ACR 1 Ts tenses used to show hen an action or eventin the past happened tore other action of evenin the pas. 2 Thstene ised to dese an etn that rtd ad fined at any treat past recent or distant. fnforsometine Risen usedfobacgroundinfomaton. pace ‘Time expressions Make your story more interesting by introducing Unexpected events. There are expressions you can ‘ee o signal theee evens And your story willbe cease to follow if you make itclear when various ‘events are happening Practise using expressions lke All ac once, Just then, At hat very moment All of asudden ee — pasecontmuous pas perfect | PREPARATION» WING» PARI 2 ‘Focusing onthe st ine Check the language inthe supplied fisting ts writen the past tense, dont witch tothe present or future, Make sure you are sing the correct pronoun. |3 Read this story Circe the verbs in the ast continuous Undertine the verbs inthe pst perlec. raw a square around the erbsin the ast inp Ia in my bedroom when the stembegan I hadbeen avery hot day anda he ‘iridona inthe apartmere were open Everyone else had gone t the beach, but Tdntjoin thom because was otudyng for an exam ‘Suddenly the wind and rain were crashing through cur windows! twas loud and ‘emfyng I rushed rom room to room| closed every widow Then 3 Soon as Thad friched, the storm ered uexpectedty. Everything was calm again... ntl heard another noise. A strange sound was coming rom th Kitchen, screamed, aS 3 = & o $ “Timprovng your story Remember that stories need tobe enoyableto read One way to make yourtext betters to include avait of adjectives and adverbs. Adjectives ave us more {etal about people ad th, Adverts yur eas about Ure acon happening nthe story . the adjectvesandadverb fom the tox Doyou note anyother Improvements? Noone te eh en canal Ben Sc ad erga apart ocd and wanted sev cenene aga That ight 9pm ayes geting rey bce ard tok bam ky rand shi bug now cts tr the occas. hentariedat Beis hoe nai testy ard ckedon the dor Su eying ase Meplace asda rated here nao part. Ina ana ad brand completely excitedly incredibly miserable slowly specially Noone told meit hadbeen cancelled. Ben Smith had organized a party for our ‘a fender wae ‘acid abet Sacng veryone agai Thar-right, spon along time geting ready becauce wanted to lok ny best. Tabeen looking forward to this for monthe! bought 2 now clothes: 3 or theoccasion. When | areved at Bers house, rushed up the steps andknocked onthe door + But everything ao sient. Theplace was. darkso Trealzed there was na party walked away 61a 1 Practice writing 100 words quickly See how mary nes thistakes upin your handwriting, Make sre you have enough time to ead yourstoryand check ‘hat wal organised Check your grammar epelings and punctuation, 00. PREPARATION «WRITING PART 28.35. Practice Test 1 * Writing Part2 Choose one ofthese questions Question2 “You see tis tice nan Englatrionguaye magazin We need your articles! 800%s What tind of osks do you lke to read? Do you prefer reading paper books or e-books? Why? ‘White an ancl answering these questions and we val put it our magazine! ‘Wit your artice. Question Your English teacher has asted you to write astory “Your tory must begin with this sentence: “There was no one a te party when | arrived, “write your story, Preparation ¢ Listening [asthe beginning ofthe Listening paper, yu wllse some instructions a information Including the temsin the box below. a goodiea tobe familar with this information before the exam When you know what t expect you wil fel more prepared. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES Usten to theinstruction carefull, “Anoner all the questions. Each question caries one mark oouillhear each piece twice. ‘ouuillhave six minutes athe end ofthe testto copy your answersonto the separate answer sheet. Use a penc rtd part of the Listening paper tests your ability to sten for pect information. You Wil ear even short recordings. You have fo answer a question about each one by ‘Choosing the correct peture fom thre options. ‘There willbe a short pause before the recordings ar played Use that time to look atthe {questions and the picture. The recording are pay twice Ty to answer each question the rat time youlsten The second me, ate and check you answers. iT ‘When you ead the questions, make sure you understand what you ae being sted. Look carefully ata the pictures in advance and think about what each represents. = we : SSeS wk ie BS 2 egatet egies iC ie eee eee 3 (Eg = - fs ee - a il Actes 7 PREPARATION + LISTENING» PART 37 1 sevenzenth 5 {wh 2 feurerth = 3 steenth 12 Readthe questions careful: Choose the key wordin foc question (A Bor €)that willbe youtofnathe TIP Care answer Inthe test. allof the 4 Which fod is May oust? answer options might A ocd bbementioned but onl a ‘neo them answers persist ‘the question corecty 2 What was the ast song ihe? 8 song Cie 23 When dd al fish his tenis ssn? 1 ial 8 fen lesson 4 ere does Bena ve 00? A cena 8 ve © now 5 3 7 a 2 a 1 ‘As youd this enercise, tink about the answers you gavein exercise 2, and try to find linkin the text Remember The text ight use a synonym forthe key wordin the question that, aiferene word thet eens the seme thing ms another word 3 QTE Listen tothe four short recordings. Circle the word or phrase in bold in the uchoscip that igal the correct ans 1 Which foods aya ovr? Feat fot of fut and vegetabes becouse theyre good ferme. havea salad every ty Eve hgh peste the mene, ony cat one aweek Paso te ery healthy food! 2 What a he ast song te? Boy Theconcert wos amazing wos? Mostof the sons were bio {GielYeah, andi glo they ployed ther isang fis. so chee Boy | was supriedby the final ane though wastindof strange. Git Yoie ight. wasn rely leaf their syle 23 nen dd Fal rishi tes esson? irom its aso My tennis esson wos just starting when you rong at 1030 Sorry Tmissed you. mo ted now the eson di end uni (200 Me. can you call me backaround 215 fyou have time? | where des Een ve now? Woman Trtating a trp to Spain are week Does your ste Elena, sti ive tere? Man No shelving in tly atthe moment She used tive in Modi though 58: MEPARATION USTENING «PARE practice Test 1 « Listening How ithe man boot is holiday? {0 PRACTICE TEST» USTENING + PART Preparation ¢ Listening Part 2 ort 2 ofthe paper tests your bility to listen forthe overall messagein the text. [rehe exam, you wil sen to sx shortdlogues, which are usually informal “omersations between fiends. Youll hea each dlogue twice. Then fom three Splions you choose the correct answer toast question about exch dialogue. InPart 2, sometimes you hae to choose from three options to completea sentence [bout the dialogue rather than answering a direct question about, 5: ou wil ear te friends tating about ofestvl they went. They agree that itor abittoo expensive 8 everyone seemed to enjoy ie € therewasntenough variety 1 Inthe exam, before youtsten read the questions carefily and thnk about what you brebeing asked Look at there questions. Underne themastimportant words and Baer in each oe. 4 Yeuwilbactwe recalling abou new shoppin mal What des the man hin of 2 Youwil arto ends aking about fi they watched, What id he ke best route Youll her by ting his aun about a boo hes at How does he fel abou? “4 Yul hear sv friends taking about a website. Wht do they aree on? 5 Youvillheara man tein end about a problem. What does the woman advise imtoo? iat questions in Part 2 often focus on opinions and attudesoxprzzodin the {Salogue You worit be asked about a specie deta such asthe exact location ofa café ‘orthetime at which an event Begins Instead you may be asked what someone said ‘how one of the speakers fels about something or what they think 2 Pate ricny peuple’ atuses and opinions Read hese statements Then ck ‘theones tat express a attitude ora opinion 1 [1]. Tharbookwassosad Honest wish had ead it am, ] Thee tran was cancel because of bad weather this moring | ter uch we tenet a brandnew podcast aboxt hip hop | Her speech was pret good but wea eit was bit too ona. ] temas embarasing because hay anyone came tothe pry ] His mew mis on at ourlocal cinema a the moment. | Kevin inks rade when pope ae ate, but dort pre ] We made panates sing four milk an an 2g ‘Te isten fr sressed word People often put more emphasis on certain words, suchas adjectives, when they are expresing ther feelings ~ for example, It was emborrassig.Listring forthe Stree cc can help yout identify the speakers attitudes or opinions. PREPARATION LISTENING + PART? w. Remember: The answer options wil usualy paraphrase what ie speakers nave ‘Sad. Both speakers may presenta variety of opinions or atitaes, but you must identity the one the question asts about Match the questions (1-5) withthe corecttatement (AE) 1 How does the byte! anout snewboaraner 2 Wat does the gilite mast about the scenery? 3 What oes the boy advise the gil todo? — {6 What does the gr thine he boy might eoy? Ss ‘5 What othe hy and gi agree was dangerous? = Boy You shoud defintely checkout the museum ts increible. Boy Yeoh, youre ight THatbur dn nk sew me Git Yo could volunteer sa cour quia Yu lve kt Boy itso moch fun dn even cae whe falls ely excing Gir The mountains wee rice, butte ocean was deity the bes bit 1. ‘you stn, try to notice the speakers describing how the feetaling about things they agree with ork, o expressing ther opron, 4 QED Listen. “nen cele he comet option 1 Youve two cend talking about an exam. {A The il hiaks / does think the exam nas sp 1B Te boy thinks / does think he exam as reasonable, ©The gd hinks / dosent think she dil enough revision. The gi thinks / does’ thnk some oft was conusing 2 You ea two frends tating sbout how much footalplayersarepait 1A The wean agrees / doesnt agree thatthe news postve The woran agrees / doesnt agree wih top oubal players, Themanagres / doesnt agree that ayers are paid oo much. 1D The managrees / doesnt agre that many people ae poor an huaty. 23 Youwi hear two friends tang about a estaurae. 1A The waa ites / dose ke this restart. The maatted/ dant ik he burg © Temantted/ dnt tke the dese 1 The mantited/ dant tke he atmosphere ° LUsten careful for word and phrases thatthe speakers use which are postive (air fanantic omacing) adenine (the wort, daguating, dnappointing). Practice Test 1 + Listening Part 2 (IED For eacn question choose the correct answer. 18 Youwitheartwo rien tain bot a singe. What do they Sayabouther? 1 Her moscis beter than itusd tobe 1 Her voice does sound good 3 usu Cer new Song ist as goods her alder songs. 9 Youu bear two friends tating about a ew cafe ‘They think the eff would be bata 1X theses were named more dear 2 the chars were mare comfortable © thestaf weremore pole 10 Youwillheara woman teling a fiend about her new pb. How doses fee about? 1 She dosent her new boss 1 The work does interest her. She deste stating work so ear 1 You wil hear two fends aking about thei teacher ‘The gi thinks thatthe teacher 1 es them too much work to dat the weekend, 8 oesrt explain hinge very wel © ‘boring to tent, PRACTCETEST 4 USTENING “PART? 43 42 You will hear two fens ating about a in they watched. [A wasless extn han the fie saw it week, 3B didnt have as much ation a et hoped (© was nots tunny ashe expected 13 Youve har ta rend talking sbout a website they se. ‘he gthnks thatthe weoste 1A isbeterthan tusedta be 2B snotaseas touse as before Chaslostsome ols bet features, | PRACTICETEST USTENING «PART? Preparation ° Listening Part 3 part 3of the Ustening paper tests your ability tolsten and ili sie gaps. outst a longer text whichis aways amonologue (that means theres oly fone speake)-On the exam paper, you wil se a summary ofthis text with ix gaps. {ouwortt be given any options to choose from, You have to write the missing word or words i each cap. ‘Tremicing information willbe ane or two words ora number ora date ora time 2 3 o 8 “we: Predicting + Youu ear the instructions. and then there il bea pausefor 20 seconds. Use that ime o look atthe summary. + Focus onthe gaps, and try to predict what typeof word i netded in each one. leitanoun,for example, number or a date? + Look cosely athe words before and after the gap to help you 1 Read the sentences. Pay close attention to each gap, and the words closest ot. Then choose the ype oF information ou tink ismising. 4 Theconcert nat hedon the of Oetaber A ver 8 date 2 Megan wants to one day. 8 umber ver 2 Thespeater gave some. A tine 2 ver © oun tober bestfriend A one 8 umber ce 5 Hecboss was avery number B one word © wo words 1 {nParts 1 and 2, the correct answers use paraphrased language. However, hee in art 3, theming information we thesameas what you her en the 2uo. But ‘he words round the gops maybe diferent. PREPARATION + USTENING PART 3.45 ow . Remember: The recording wil probably mention several similar ideas. Pay attention tothe gapped sentence, and senor the corect information. 2 QU Lsten hen cle the correct 1 Frepaete Scotlandin — a as78 8 ssi 2 Thelatest month that you can rent the cotage fora weeks A hoe 8 September © Oecember 23 The audience musta before A 1100am B 1045 am © 1030am 4 For the carats ts important to kee a dstance of _ between the ows. A 20em 82cm Ton 5 Youcan finathe bookshop next tothe 1 town a 8 cate © inscalptre fonto complete the sentences & s a 5 Ww “Write your answer: the fst time you Isten Then Isten and check your work 2 Find nd conract ane speling mite oar contonce ‘The event took place onthe 1342 May _ ‘There mas a state next he Fount, Participants were gv ale an hou for rch They can only accep toe more students on this couse ae ‘The accident happened ast Noverbac ame ‘They met inthe nea cal across am the statiom. ‘The organizes hada decide uti celebs to ite, a ‘Se ie watt ose, 0 she epeitin safe pace eae ssp Torre fDi godin prac you pling Hwee: you ae Tete foal ariing word dare on Mae ou Ds amg ‘Zyoin sib gre or scp marpetng | PREPARATION USTENNG PART practice Test 1 ¢ Listening Part3 QE os each question, writ the corectarswerinthe gap. Wite one or two words Qyrumber or3date or atime, Sut ‘ouwil hear man lking to clas of students about a language course. FRENCH FOR BEGINNERS (cas numbers Minin @ students = Maximum 14 seadens Day and ine Tsay, 7.90 pm pm Place: Room 26, second floor opposite the 16. 4 coursebook tte: 47. French Price: £8 you order now it wil ave on 118 International evening: Each class wil provide same 19, PRACTICETEST + USTEMING + PART3. 47 Preparation ¢ Listening Part a art A ofthe Listening pape” combines al thelstening sil you practised inthe previous parts, ou wl her longer text. which is always aninterviw The interview wl be played twice You willbe ahed si cuestions with three answer options respectively 2 {hoore from. You need to ten for git and the overall conte, s well istenng for pecfc information and deta [tthe begining of Part fore the recording played there wil be a pause of 4 {rconds. Use thistne to ret the questions and the answer options. Think about “satyou are being asked ineach question so that you can iste carefully forthe Infermation you need. Preparation ; Ts, 1 Here are some question and answer options 1 Some ofthe tems in Typal of what you might nd in Past 4 Rea Part aren question them careful: Then cethe correct ype of form, and sore are information tat seh question aking fo sentence completion. 4 Whatie Gers bog abou? + Lookclosely atthe language n each one and arate sek yoursel: Do need 2 winning andosing Silanyarsonont € hmundgeet Saree nas aceon ormeption contest eae 2 Gerry die enjoy rolerbiacing because + Inthe questions, ook 1 be na rye hat ay. for word ie thnk fe, 2 he dd fet sae enough because and oy. © hethovght he okey ‘Ths question ass fo detalled meaning / someones attitude, | What des Gerry sy about readers fis blog? 1 They have been extremely supportive He communicates wth her regular very reader very important ahi “is question es fo general gst / specific information 4 owt yea Cary planning 0 1 setup ancn website travel to Suth atic. © omoreitersews ‘Ts question ek for specific information / someone opinion 5 erty dd enter the competion because 1 he wastoobus ih other projects he want bl up more Flowers. bahar hears abeutitin enough time This question ass for someones attitude / detailed meaning. 6 What does Gery think of video bogs? 1A Hefeals they 00 moby 1 Hes not sue about hem, Hethinks they excng. This question ats for someone’ opnion / genera ist. 40 PREPARATION = STONING» PART ‘Remember: The arswer options wil paraphrase what the speaker si.fyou reed Srhear 2 word the you de® understand dot panic You an usualy workout the meaning fom cortex. 12 Match the questions (2-6) ult the texthatansuers them (AF ‘he doesn think gangs bad thing because How does she wuay gether ies? sheis gratetuto — Her hopes forthe future are A Thatrellyhappns a tam. mean, we sk down together and clscus ferent posites We al mae suggestions itkind of develons rom there 18 Oh general dove that far esa jus ake things one dat atime Right row. imhappy wth the Busines, bt dont know, maybe in ayer or two igh he toto ging couses on gaming. Wel see Welt nat ely nt spertin general ut love yoga Id etre ceeing 9 weck Sn nd very xing fm Busy mest weekends, But when can met nds for lunch or ane. ign wasnt going tobe a game designer was actualy ing» degree in ‘ths Ando ine was developing aso game and he asked mea help Decne new Moto wie cade Thats Row tl began! hav so much tathank my mother for She lays encouraged mets believe in nye Ard she pred me tote ew things Shes aman! Some peopl arevery negative about. know hat But ther area of poste “upect ath intr 25 wel Tm proud of cating Something that others can ejoy. Temas people tink ule and ts unt 3 QIEDD stung the questions and nonin what information you nee toisten fi very inportart ti equally mporantto now what information you can igre Lsten tothe excerpt from tisnterview. Read each question and the surmay of statements (@-C)-Theneoss ou the ones that do nt help you to answer the question, 1 Vist dos the woman say about fans and followers? ‘19000 peopl allow er anne. 18 There nothing speci about 10000. She el good about what she has achieved 1 thers have hundreds of thousands! She wane todo beter F Some people have mifions. Teenage gs pial flow he 2 How does the woman felabout her success? 1K Spans 19000 online flowers 3 es fay common to have 10000fokowers. .Sheis proud of her achievement Shes happy, but she want toda more Ther are peopl wth illnsfflowes. Floto teenage ots flow het Some bos have states to flow her oo. PREPARATION USTENING «PART 48 EPRPRR tree Practice Test 1 ° Listening Part (QED For each question, choose the correct answer ee ———e ‘You willheara woman clea Alice Parker talking on the radio a 20 What hind of businasshas Alice started? 1 avestaurant B ashopwithacale staal agency 21 Why didshe decide to start the business? [A She wanted tormake aot of money. 18 Shewonted cme experience of elo She wented tobe independent. 22 When did she decide to start business? 1 whenshewas broad 8 henshe was shoppingin England when she Bed in nia 23 when she go abroad eha chance items that are A expensive, 8 unui © eagpeary, 24 wat lice planning to do soon? 18 epenanothershop 1 employ more people © shmare fod 25 what does Ace de about her new business? 1A te number ofhouts she works B siete customers having ove PRACTICE EST» UsTeMING » PART Preparation * Speaking INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES ‘Th Petininay Speaking pape the ony section ofthe exam where you do es ie anything don or thisreaon, Ris portant toisten careful tothe [questions youare asked and to speak clearly when you answer ‘Fumi bein room with one other candidate. There wl be to examiners inthe (ne examiner isthe interacutor thsi the person who wll askyosand your parter questions. Heo she wll have some packs of materi. {nether examiner ithe assessor ~ tis ste person who assesses your ‘Srawers end assigns your mars. The aesessor doesnot participate any ofthe Part paris the shortest part ofthe Speating paper lasts for about twominats. [Reets your aby to communicate about everyday things. In this pata the test. you Go ot ntract with your partner. ‘There are to phases, or sections inthis part. n Phase 1, thelntericitor wil ask you Some short questions sbovt yours You wilusualy be asked for persona information such as yourname and where you ve. inPhase 2, the questions require ght anger answers. For example you might be {led about something youths or dite ane asked to explain why. ww Iryoudont heara question clear Ot ack the nteracutor to repeat it 1 Usethe word nthe it below to complete the Phase 1 questions. Fur words arent ee ‘Are U» im ie name spell what Where Who with 4. Whats our? Onis 2 ___Isyoursurmame? potter w 3 How doyou i? Sometimes when we feel nervous, nortER we say oo much or toot! Even 4 do you come from? ee a = not to give one-word answers inthis Coat partofthe test You dont need to 55 ro doyou lve 2 ‘every long answers, but make sure rmymether and brotier you form whale sentences. 5 oust? PREPARATION «SPEAKING» PART. 5. Use theiformatin rom serie to wre fllansners Preparati Make sure you use the correct tense when you answer the questionsyouare ased Read these questions and choot the tense they shouldbe anomered in 4 Whereareyou rom? A post 8 present fue 2 What di you dolast week? 3 Hove you got ab? A post 8 present, 4 What are your plans forthe weekend? A pst B present fue 5 How ong do you spend wertng/sudyng every ay? A past B presen © fawe 6 Where lityou goon hoy lst yen? A past B present © fare Wort with partner ack and answer the questions in everie (DAD esa nese year Pas 2 questions (A-D). Tan itn and tc each answer (1-8) with the cortet question, 1 Wiha dou the doing with your fends? B Telus abost celebrity you he Cow otendo yous yourmaie phone? 1 Which you tie better, Saturday or Sunday? a Notice how the speatrs responded. They answered the questions they were asked and without speaking for too lng, they ao provided some supporting Information suchas reasons or examples. 52 PREPARATION SPEAKING «PART Preparation ¢ Speaking art 2 art 2 the pean paper ass fo: bout wo minutes er wilbe Quen a photograph and ated oak about for around oneminute You Yeututed to deere nat yeu er inyour pha. YGarportner be gen diferent photograph whichhe or she ita about for erinte foo ths prt of the ex you drat interact wh your partner - 3 3 s z sg 1. ‘When you fest see your photograph. try to begin with a general sentence about ‘he overall scene After that. you can go nto more deta describing speciicthinas nd people ini 41 Agoad appro:h to Part 2s to imagine you are describing your photo to someone ‘iho cante For this eon, te emprtan to explain where things ae ne pots Wet of io an to complete these prepostons of pace, 41 —thetopaf the photo —thevohe Aront ofthe. the oprah comer the brim a the photo the mise the ett the background art 2 test your abit ous arange of vocabulary rt include adjectives to make ‘our desertion more teresting, bu ont een repeating the sae nes Choose two Words (AC) tat meanthe same si each adjective (1-5). 1 happy en A deltted 1 charming 8 confuses 8 unhapey cheer miserable range rey [expected A lovey 3 unusual 2 rive huge crsinary Aver big A singe 2 intatigent 8 nenous © enoemous € pin we IF youean think of the right word fr something in your photooraph, doit give up. Trytouse other wordetadeteribe PREPARATION «SPEAKING» PART? 53 = 0UmUmUmrUrUCU 3 Orawtnesto match the adjectives (1-8) wen tne opposes (A-P. adem re e 2 conent 8 fun s 2 terble € enous 3 4 oy onde 5 5 pote © oistnniont & 6 baring F gut a | 44 Thetenses you wil mainly sein Part 2 ate the present simple and the present “Totnuovs so tsa good des to practze wing them Read ths description of “Sphotograph tite the comet form of the verbs in rackets, hist (be) photograph ofa camping tp. 2 (ok) eft ‘nthe left ofthe photo there lrg etn height. there 3 (be) four poeple They 8 (have) pln Thre them are siting ona Blanket. The (ier persons (stand) up. He 6 have) mobile phe nis itd nthatoctgrond iam ee asuer or ake and ser! sa beats onthe water. 1° When you are describing your photograph justtalk about the things you can “ctoly see nit You dont nen to mate guesses about the situation or comet. 5 Lookat the pictues, Complete the descriptions with the words and phrases rom the iebeon, background concentrating hard foreground getingup helmet hrldngontoit inthe air long-sleeved:op number 23 jersey number? onthe ground ceaching down “Tis photographshows a scene fom a football match looks We anexcng come! in the Tansee Players Te navesoneisweoingthe 2 which Fr blue Hes ao weanng wnt shorts andiang iv sock. Het on the grunt butt oks ie es 3 “heather person can seelsthe 4 payer Hes wearing white jersey with ed shots and ong white socks Hex actualy 5 ‘700% the ball thnkhes about to lik can see hates realy 6 The oot Stadiums nthe background es complete flo fas know ite nighttime bscave he stadium fats ae o. Inti picture can see that her een aad fecdet. heres woman ying on te ead Sheswearing a7 rahe ight eg ‘eines orsore because she B {uaky it doesnt eem to be to setous because ‘shes ting up Her Bye ying 8 behird er nthe bottom at comer ofthe pot thee sa white yc 10. Inthe de of te picture teres ara wearing 2Muejmper Reet he the ‘roman hes abo tating ons moble phone. Right behind there a ark {poured at with one doar pen. inthe 12 there aesomebullings, | PREPARATION SPEAKING + PART” Practice Test 1 ¢ Speaking Part ‘Phas 1: Select one or more questions fom this ist. Personal details Whats your nae? Whats your surame? ow do you spelt? ow ld ace yu? ‘ere do you tne? Who do you lveweh? ‘Pace 2: Select one ormore question from each ofthe following categories. Everyday life se Have you got aob? ‘= Whatjb doyou do? / What subjects do youst? 1» Hou do you gto schol / work every ay? ‘= Doyouthinkthat English wlbe useful for you nthe fue? Freetime 1 whitdo you doin youre ine? 1 Wha youdo lst wechend? |e Whatare your plans for this weekend? Part2 1 Onanouting 2 Traveling Cenaiate A Look tthe pots on page 2201 shows peop onen cating. Say ua you can see he phot. Candie ok she photo on page 21. shows pple aelig. Sy hat you can se inthe ta. [PRACTICE TEST = SPEAKING « PARTS LAND? 55 Preparation * Speaking Part 3 Part ofthe Speating paper lasts for about four minutes. Inthis part you have acscussion with your partner The interloctor wil describe an imaginary situation foryouto dacuss,Yohelp the dcussion along, you willbe given Some ideas in the form of pictures. With your panes, you discus thesiuation and, Ideal come up wth the best ide. ‘our taskis to make and respond to suggestions to discuss ether posites andto try toreach an agreement. 1 Think about how youshoul approve this exerci, Then put the following stein corder(t-6) ‘A Mate suggests 1 —Lookat the piers. 8 __Usten tothe nterloetr. Reach an2grement © Respond ids F Begin the dscusin 22 There are key proses youl eee to use when you make suggestions andagre or

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