CEP Edge (3rd ed.) Set 6 Paper 1 Answer Key CUT SCORES ‘The range of marks and percentages required for each level of performance is shown below. To determine the overall percentage, use the following formula: 7 PEnoooeT ae S ormere 38 ormere 9 ormore t seal 207 se 3 itt ei BST z sis i as i cs i I T 7 a a ‘Note: Inthe exam, Level 5 candidates with the best performance willbe awarded Level 5**, and the next top group, Level 5* ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS: Part A TEXT 4 QU ithe kitchen] From the title and the first line of the opening paragraph, it is clear that the narrator's favourite room is the kitchen, Q2i [There are lots of dry and clean/immaculate tea towels ] The adjective immaculate (line 6) means very clean, (Q2ii [The tiles are so clean that they can catch/reflect the light.] To be able to reflect light, tiles must be shiny — in other words, they must be very clean, Qui In this context, vegetable droppings (line 8) might include bits of food waste — stalks, seeds, etc [Vegetable droppings are all over the Mloor.] QUiv [The floor is so dirty that your slippers turn black on the bottom] (Q3 [The narrator tries to show that her opinion about the size of dirty kitchens seems unusual/odd.] ‘The phrase this kind of kitchen (line 10) refers to dirty kitchens (line 7). Normally, people do not like dirty kitchens. ‘Therefore, it seems strange that the narrator prefers large, dirty kitchens, QsiC] ‘The picture should match the following three descriptions: the reirigerator is stocked with lots of food; the gas burner is ‘covered in oil; and stars are glittering in the sky. (QS [The puspose is to show thatthe kitchen is special to the narrator. (Accept any reasonable answers.)] In the first line of both paragraphs, the narrator expresses her love of the kitchen (CHP (3rd ed) Eig Set 6— Paper 1 -18- © Pearson Education Asia LimitedCEP Edge (3rd ed.) Set 6 Paper 1 Answer Key Q6 [to die} If you breathe [your] last (line 18) breath, you stop breathing and therefore dic. Q7 [the only place that could give her comfort was beside the refrigerator] ‘The narrator was in search of comfort (line 25) and ended up sleeping in the kitchen next to the refrigerator. 813,24, 1] ‘The narrator uses the adverbial phrase Affer thar (line 28) to indicate that her grandparents raised her following the death of her parents, Then she states that her grandfather died when she was in junior high; that her grandmother died only recently; and that the Tanabe family took her in afterwards. Q8i [shocked unreal (Accept any reasonable answers})] Ifyou find everything before your eyes seems false, you feel like you are not living in reality (QSii [It was total science fiction. / The blackness of the cosmos.] ‘The narrator describes her experience as fotal science fiction (lines 38-39) because it felt completely unreal to her. She uses the phrase The blackness of the cosmos (line 39) to show that she felt extremely empty and alone after her grandmother died, (QUO [to feel safe keep warm (Accept any reasonable answers.)] Linus (line 44) is a fictional character from the comic strip Peanuts, which follows the lives of Charlie Brown and his friends, Linus is seen constantly sucking his thumb and never goes anywhere without his security blanket. Qu B} ‘The narrator says she just drifted (Line 49) to mean that she lived aimlessly, without purpose or direction. Option B best describes such feelings QU2 [drifting listlessly /sleeping in the kitchen /being drawn away from reality] ‘The narrator says she couldn't exist like that (line 50) to mean that she did not want to carry on doing what she was doing — ic. sleeping in the kitchen, drifting about day and night, and being drawn away from reality Qi The narrator mentions two problems about the place that she was staying in — too big, too expensive (line 52). (Q13i [smaller] Q1Bii [expensive] Quai ‘The narrator says There is no way around it (lines 53-54) because she felt that she had to find a new apartment, She then describes the difficulties she had in trying to do this. ‘Q14i [Reading apartment listings confused her/ tired her out/made her ill] Reading the apartment listings made the narrator's} head swim (line 56), ic. it made her feel confused and unable to make a decision, QU4ii [Moving required a lot of effort (and time) /was very tring, (CEP Grd ed) Ege Set 6 —Paper 1 -19- 1 Pearson Education Asia LimitedCEP Edge (3rd ed.) Set 6 Paper 1 Answer Key QUS [Yuichi Tanabe's visit] A godsend (line 63) is something good that appears unexpectedly when someone is in need of help. QI6 [A] The interjection Huh? (Line 86) is used to show surprise or disbelief in reaction to what someone has said. Here, it indicates that the narrator felt surprised and confused because she did not expect to be invited to stay with the Tanabe family. QiTi NG) ‘The narrator mentions that she was thankful it wasn't a robber (line 72) atthe door. However, she makes no mention of her neighbourhood having a high crime rate QuTi (7) The narrator states that Yuichi helped out alot atthe funeral (lines 74-75), which means that he was there in person, QuTiii [F) Yuichi referred to his home as our house (line 85), soit can be inferred that he lived there with his mother. QuTiv (T] The fact that Yuichi gave the narrator written directions to his home suggests that she had never been there before. Q18 [It is a metaphor for the death of the narrator's grandmother/the sadness the narrator felt towards her grandmother's death | The colour black is often used as a symbol for sadness, depression, death, hopelessness, ete (Q19 [It was because she thought Yuichi would be able to take her out of her depressed state (after her grandmother's death). (Accept any reasonable answers.)] ‘The narrator thought that there was a straight road (Line 99) from darkness to light. This suggests that she probably believed Yuichi could lead her out of the sadness and hopelessness that she felt as a result of her grandmother's death 20 [friendly /kind] Yuichi’s bright smile in line 91 suggests that he seemed friendly or kind when he showed up at the narrator's door. Q2Oii [trustworthy] Students need to think of an adjective to convey the idea that the narrator felt she could trust Yuichi The adjective possessed (line 96) is used to describe people who believe they are being controlled by a spirit or ghost Q2I [because he was very sad/cried a lot/got very emotional at her grandmother's funeral] Yuichi’s reaction to her grandmother's death at the funeral was very emotional — similar to someone who lost a lover. Q22 [Yuichi worked at a flower shop and the narrator's grandmother was a customer at the shop.] The fact that the shop was the favourite flower shop (line 118) of the narrator’s grandmother indicates that her grandmother was a customer there. (CHP (3rd ed) Eig Set 6— Paper 1 = 20- © Pearson Education Asia LimitedCEP Edge (3rd ed.) Set 6 Paper 1 Answer Key Q23 [A] In the last paragraph, the narrator's grandmother was saying how nice Yuichi was and that one of the things he did to help her was to carry a plant home for her. Only option A fits this context, Q24i [my grandparents] (Q24ii [student/teen/ teenager] Ifthe narrator was going into junior high (line 29) when her grandfather died, it can be inferred that she was in her early to midteens, Q24iii [alone) ‘The narrator lived with her grandparents after her patents died, Then her grandfather died, and then her grandmother also passed away. The narrator had nobody else to live with so she was living by herself. Q24iv [kitchen] Although the reftigerator gives the narrator comfort and stops her thinking of loneliness, the pronoun there (line 4 of the personal profile) hints that the answer is a place, not an object, Q24y [comfort] ‘The phrase in search of (line 25) means trying to find. Q24vi [ache/ hurt] ‘Students need to change the simple past form ached (line 58) to the simple present form to fit grammatically, (Q24vii [(part-time) florist] The blank is between the phrases He is a and working at a flower shop, which hints that students need to come up with ‘noun or noun phrase that describes Yuichi's job. Q24viil [fond] If you are fond of someone, you think that he or she is very nice. (Q25 [Yuichi seems to be a caring person, because he helped the narrator's grandmother to carry a large potted plant hhome from the flower shop/‘he helped out at the funeral of the narrator's grandmother. (Accept any reasonable answers.)] ‘The fact that Yuichi was kind and helpful towards the narrator and her grandmother indicates that he is a caring person, Q26 [C] ‘The story mainly focuses on the deaths in the narrator's family, and her love for them expressed through her love of the kitchen. Therefore, option C is the best answer. Part B1 TEXT 2 a27(c) ‘After Sun mentions that Cabello i part of [her] history line 4), she gives examples of Cabello being present at important moments in her childhood and adult life, such as learning to ride a bike and getting married. Therefore, option C is the best answer (CEP Grd ed) Ege Set 6 —Paper 1 -a- 1 Pearson Education Asia LimitedCEP Edge (3rd ed.) Set 6 Paper 1 Answer Key sic] The fact that Sun spent a lot of time with Cabello and considers her a comforting figure and a part of [her] life (line 9) suggests that they had a close relationship. Q29i-41 Sun did both things to show her love and respect for Cabello, (289i [She bought Cabello a nice dress.] (Q29ii [She seated Cabello in the front row} Q30i [NG] Although Cabello was there when Sun learnt to ride her bike, the writer does not mention who taught her to do so. 30 [7] Lines 10-11 state that Sun’s parents were busy civil servants (line 11), A civil servant is someone who works for the government. 30 [F) Lines 11-12 state that Cabello also looked after Sun's brother. Q3iv [NG] The writer mentions that Cabello worked for Sun's parents for many years, but does not mention whether or not she had other jobs. Q31 [D] The adjective horrified (line 21) is used to describe someone who is extremely shocked by something. (Q32i [compassion] The adjective little in front of the blank indicates that the answer is an uncountable noun, (Q32ii [situation] If you put [yourself] in other people's shoes (lines 23-24), you imagine yourself in other people's situations and try to see things from their point of view. Q33 [having to leave their families and children behind] 11's not easy for them (lines 25-26) indicates that what Sun has just described is something difficult for domestic helpers todo, Q34 [A] Students need to choose a word that collocates with a warm relationship (line 27). The verb forge means to develop something new. especially a strong relationship with other people. Q35 [Ladrera was afraid because her husband and children might have been killed in the typhoon/ she feared for the safety of her husband and children.) When people think something bad may happen, they often feel afraid, (CHP (3rd ed) Eig Set 6— Paper 1 -2- © Pearson Education Asia LimitedCEP Edge (3rd ed.) Set 6 Paper 1 Answer Key Q36 [Ladrera] ‘The two women mentioned in paragraph 3 are Sun and Ladrera, and Sun was the one trying to sec the other woman's point of view. Therefore, itis clear that the other woman (line 43) refers to Ladrera, Q37 [devastated] Students can use their general knowledge of typhoons to work out that a town devastated by a super typhoon (line 32) would be completely destroyed by it, (Q38 [Like Ladrera, Sun also had two children, so she understood how Ladrera felt ] Being a mother herself helped Sun to understand Ladrera’s situation 39 (3, 5, 1,4, 2] ‘The writer mentions the events in chronological order in paragraphs 3 and 4. A super typhoon is mentioned in line 32. ‘Sun searching online is mentioned in lines 37-38. Ladrera saying she wanted to go home is mentioned in line 41. Sun's brother buying things is mentioned in lines 49-51. The visit made by Sun's parents and brother is mentioned in lines 52-53. (Q40i [afraid frantic! worried] ‘The adjective frantic (line 30) means being so worried or frightened about a situation that you cannot control your feelings. (Q40ii [go home (to find her husband and children] Ladrera was desperate to know what happened to her family so she decided to go home. Qa Ifyou feel relieved, you feel happy because something unpleasant has stopped or has not happened. she found her family alive (amid the ruins of their home)] QAli [survived] A verb is needed since the blank is between the subject (Ladrera’s family) and object (the typhoon) of the sentence. QAlii [electricity cables] Ifyou are clinging fo (line $7) something, you are holding onto it very tightly, (Q42 [(the) surgery and chemotherapy (that Amy needed)] Although surgery and chemotherapy (lines 6970) represent two steps in treating cancer, they are referred to as one thing here by the singular pronoun that (ine 70). Q43i [breast] Students need to find a word to describe the type of cancer that Amy had, (Q43ii [frightening] Students need to change the adjective frightened (Line 67) — which describes how Amy felt — to frightening in order to describe what she thought of the news Q43iii [paid] ‘The simple past form of the verb pay (line 70) is needed in order to fit grammatically in the summary (CEP Grd ed) Ege Set 6 —Paper 1 - Be 1 Pearson Education Asia LimitedCEP Edge (3rd ed.) Set 6 Paper 1 Answer Key QABiv [recovery recovering] The blank follows the preposition 4ffer, which indicates that students need to change the verb recover (line 76) to the noun or present participle form, Q43v [emotions tears] Ifyou get emotional (line 78), you find it hard to control your feelings. Q43vi [lite] Amy says that Winnie gave [her] a second life (line 81), meaning that she thinks Winnie’s actions saved her life, so she owes her life to er. 44 [B] Pinfold wants to thank her helper for sacrificing her time with her own children to help her. Therefore, option B is the best answer. esi ‘Students should skim and scan paragraphs 7-8 for information directly related to the campaign, (Q45i [to raise funds for her] (Q4Sii [to show others that many employers genuinely care for their helpers] Qa6i-iv Students should look in paragraphs 6-8 to find actions thatthe two employers took to help their employees. (Q46i [paid for her medical expenses /surgery and chemotherapy) (Q46ii [paid for Amy's husband to fly to Hong Kong and rented an apartment for him to stay in (so that he could take care of her)} (Q46ili [Iaunched a campaign to raise funds for her/set up a Facebook page to share details of her condition and to solicit donations] (Qd6iv [paid for her medical care/ expenses] Q47iTAl Amy’s husband came to Hong Kong to fake care of Amy (line 74), so she is mostly likely to comment on being lucky. QaTii [Cc] Katherine Pinfold believed that setting up a Facebook page for Jane would encourage people to donate money. Q47iii [B] Gina Ladrera knew that she was risking her life to go to a disaster zone (line 42), but she was desperate to find her family Qativ (F) In paragraph 1, Jacqueline Sun lists many different things that she and Cabello did together during her childhood. Qa (E] Zenaida Cabello is most likely to comment on how beautiful Sun looked on her wedding day. (CHP (3rd ed) Eig Set 6— Paper 1 - me © Pearson Education Asia LimitedCEP Edge (3rd ed.) Set 6 Paper 1 Answer Key Q47vi [D] After Amy went back to the Philippines for several years, she returned to work for Winnie again in Hong Kong. ‘Therefore, Winnie is most likely to comment that she was glad about this. as [c} Ifyou return in kind, you do the same thing to someone that he or she did to you. Inthe article, the employers have returned in kind the help and support that their domestic helpers gave them. Therefore, option C is the best answer. Q49 [B] ‘The article focuses on how some employers in Hong Kong have helped their domestic helpers in times of need to show their gratitude to them. Only option B is about how they care for each other, so it is the best answer Part B2 TEXT 3 950 (B] In the title, the writer presents « choice — being a vegetarian or an omnivore — and asks how their diets affect the environment. Therefore, only issues (i) and (i) are relevant. Q51i [vegetarian] QSIii [omnivorous] ‘Students need to realise that the word omnivore in the ttle is a noun, The word carnivorous (adjective ending in -ous) in the example gives a cue that the adjective of omnivore is omnivorous. (Q52i [Any way you slice it] ‘The idiom Any way you slice i (lines 12-13) means in whatever way you choose to look ata situation (Q52ii [It isa play on words because you can slice beef] A play on words refers to the humorous use of a word or phrase that can have two different meanings. (Q53 [It is because it has about 20 times the heat-trapping ability of carbon dioxide//it absorbs mote heat than carbon dioxide] If methane has a greater heat-trapping ability than carbon dioxide, it contributes more to the greenhouse effect. (Q54 [The writer docs this to emphasise how damaging cows are to the environment ] ‘Students should realise that gases emitted from cars are one of the major causes of air pollution. Ifthe amount of methane released from cows is as much as emissions from cars, it is clear that cows are damaging to the environment. Q55i fone] A calf (line 24) is a baby cow. @ ‘The word liter (line 28) refers to a group of baby animals that one mother gives birth to at the same time. [twenty (or more)] (CEP Grd ed) Ege Set 6 —Paper 1 - 25 1 Pearson Education Asia LimitedCEP Edge (3rd ed.) Set 6 Paper 1 Answer Key (QSSili [3.5 pounds of feed to make one pound of pork] ‘Students can follow the wording of the example. QSSiv [produce more] Students need to realise that cows are ruminants (Line 15). If ruminants do more damage (line 32), it can be inferred that they produce mote methane. Q55V [produce less] ‘The phrase one-stomached barnyard buddies (lines 3233) refers to pigs and chickens. Ifcows do more damage than pigs and chickens, it can be inferred that pigs produce less methane. (Q56 [animals] The word barnyard (line 33) means an area on a farm in which animals are kept. 987 [i] The verb phrase top the chart (line 40) means to become number one. Apart from being the worst among all food groups (line 34), ruminants are also the worst when taking calories into consideration (lines 3940). Ruminants are, ‘therefore, always the most damaging to the environment 987 Liv] ‘The writer states low-calorie erops like tomatoes and broccoli (lines 40-41) are more harmful to the environment than pork and chicken (Q58 [cating meat from deer, Canada geese and wild pigs] Actions that do the planet a favor (line 49) help to save the environment, Qs Students need to identify the two problems caused by these animals — being overpopulated and being destructive. ing these animals is, therefore, one way to help the planet, (Q59i [These animal are over-populated. By eating them, we are decreasing their number.) (Q59ii [We are also reducing the damage they do to the environment] Q60 (types of food) ‘The writer is discussing the climatic impact of different types of food we eat — both meat and vegetables, Q61i {local farmer] A farmer down the road (line 62) is a farmer close to where you live — in other words, a local one. Q61ii [etticient] Students need to change the adverb efficiently (line 65) to the adjective efficient to fit with the noun producer after the blank in the summary Q61iii [farm (CHP (3rd ed) Eig Set 6— Paper 1 = 26 - © Pearson Education Asia Limited‘The writer is making a comparison between a local farm and a large farm far away. The writer argues that a local farm producing a lower yield could contribute a bigger environmental footprint (Lines 62-63). In comparison, a large farm producing a higher yield could therefore have a smaller environmental footprint. CEP Edge (3rd ed.) Set 6 Paper 1 Answer Key Q6liv [smaller environmental footprint] (62 [because itis difficult to know whether or not the food we eat is really environmentally friendly] ‘The writer thinks that itis macdening or extremely annoying for the consumers not being able to tell which kind of farm. produces more environmentally-friendly food. (Q63 [Animals are confined and kept in high density] ‘Such practices like confining the animals and keeping them at high density illustrate that animals are being illtreated, Q64i [It decreases output of greenhouses gases /climate impact.] ‘Students need to realise that modem conventional livestock farming aims to shorten the time to grow animals and thus decreases the impact they do to the environment (lines 7376). ‘Q64ii [It decreases the acreage needed to grow the animals” food] Increasing feed efficiency (Vine 76) ot maximising feed intake helps the farmer to maximize land use. Q65 [The writer wants to provide scientific evidence that animals raised in confinement use fewer resources and so cause less harm to the environment ] Following the discussion about the benefits of conventional and confinement farming in paragraph 7, the writer uses findings from scientific research to back up her point of view (Q66 [They are high density, grain-fed animal farming and grass-fed pasture farming, Grass-fed pasture farming is @ better option because animals grazing on unwatered pasture do not compete for water. /! High density, grain-fed animal farming is a better option because grass digestion creates more metlane than grain digestion. (Accept any reasonable answers.)) Based on the information from the text, students need to evaluate the good and bad points of the two kinds of agriculture to come up with their own opinion, (Q67 [It is because they do not eat meat and therefore do not have to decide whether to eat beef or meat from other kinds of animals.) ‘The debate is about different ways to raise farm animals, and since vegetarians do not eat meat, iti irrelevant to them, (Q68i [They can help with pest control] A pest (line 113) is any small animal or insect that destroys crops or food supplies. (Q68ii [They can eat leRtover food s0 itis not wasted ] ‘The phrase high-quality protein (lines 114-115) refers to meat from farm animals that are fed with food waste. Q6siii Grasslands which are not suitable to grow crops will not be wasted, [They can eat the grass from grasslands that are inappropriate for planting row erops.] Q69 [B] Both paragraphs 1 and 4 mention that vegetables like broccoli can bring more damage to the environment than pork and chicken, (CEP Grd ed) Ege Set 6 —Paper 1 -a7- 1 Pearson Education Asia LimitedCEP Edge (3rd ed.) Set 6 Paper 1 Answer Key 69 {c] Paragraph 2 focuses on cattle and how they are harmful to the environment 969 [E) The phrase fow fertility refers to the small number of babies a cow can have each year and the phrase food conversion refers to how cows turn theit food into energy — i.e, how they digest food, 969 [G] In paragraph 5, the writer mentions deer, Canada geese and wild pigs as examples of destructive animals. Q69 [A] In paragraph 6, the writer argues that organic farming may not produce less greenhouse emissions than conventional farming if we take into account the total yield per acre. That is why it is hard to know the climatic impact of the food we Q69 (1) Iftwo things are not compatible, they do not fit, work or match up with each other. 69 [HI] Q69 [F] Q69 [D] ‘The phrase the last word (line 140) means the deciding factor in an argument, Q70 [It is because there are many other factors to consider when we discuss the climatic impact of food. (Accept any reasonable answers.)] The verb trumps (line 123) means to do better than someone or something else in a situation when people or things are competing with each other. (ev'ry Uniden rad on vavinrrrmunoy FoF pniver np) Mh, owas Hie wy Ws Yt The text examines the environmental impacts of our dietary choices from different perspectives, The final paragraph indicates that there is no conclusion regarding which is better, but the writer's intention is to arouse readers’ awareness about the issue. wali weary (CHP (3rd ed) Eig Set 6— Paper 1 — 28 - © Pearson Education Asia Limited