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ee PAPER 2 Writing PAPER 5 Ustening PAPER 4 Speaking For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0) ‘Mark your anowors on the porate anower sheet. B stick c ix D insist Do we really want variety in life? Do you seek variety or do you (0)... with what you know? Research by behavioural scientist Daniel Read suggests we generally think variety is good, but we are (1). to avoid it when we actually consume things. In one experiment over several weeks, volunteers were asked to either (2)....... up on snacks (chocolate, fruit and crisps) at the start or select a snack each week. The former want for variety, but those selecting (on a Weekly (3) ....» prior to eating invariably picked the same snack Moreover, if allowed to rethink, those who had gone for variety often (4) ....... %@ 2 single snack type. Professor Read believes we display this ‘diversification bias’ in many (S) of life. us to buy a variety ff items, some of which are likely to remain uneaten. (7)... financial manacers will ‘A weekly trip to the supermarket, for instance, is likely to (6) . spread their investments, even though focusing on certain markets would probably be more profitable. Professor Read himself tries to (8)... his discoveries into practice: he is now ‘more willing to buy ten of the same thing.” 1 A iiable B prone © feasible D vulnerable 2 A store B save © shop D stock 3A norm B pattern C rule D basis 4 Arreverted —B resumed © recurred D revolved 5 A quarters B circles © spheres D zones 6 A affect B lead © produce D guide 7 A Closely B Comparatively © Correspondingly © Similarly 8 A set B put C fit D ox Cambridge English: Advanced Test 8 >> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English >> Part1 147 er PAPER 2. Writing PAPER 3 Listening ete PAPER 4 Speaking Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 148 Cambridge Enolish: Advanced Test 8 >> PAPER Re For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each ‘gap. Use only one word in each gap. Inere 1s an example at the beginning (O) Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example: [0 |[T]HIRJO|UIsIa] TTT TTT TTT Internships dif In many countries going (0) icult economic times, job openings for n graduates can be few and (9) ...... beoween. In thls competlive environment, relev work experience can help job seekers stand (10) ....... from the crowd, and mar organisations now offer temporary placements, called internships. The problem with (11)... great many internships, however, is that they are unpaid, and this often puts) young people (12)....... applying for them. Employers and interns sometimes come to mutually beneficial arrangements, however. Dinesh Pathan, applying for an internship with an IT company, negotiated = deal in (13) ...... he would be given travel expenses only for two weeks, and then, 2s: (14) ...... as he could show his marketing work was adding value, he would be paid ‘a wage The arrangement worked wall: Rinash had an incantiva ta work hard, and he ended up feeling ‘not so (15) ....... an intern as @ temporary staffer.’ HR consultant Denise Baker says similar arrangements are common. What is more, “it interns do ‘well, employers would often (16) ....... make them full employees than recruit people they don't know’, ing and Use of English >> Part 2 a ena eee PAPER 2 Writing PAPER 3 Listening PAPER 4 Speaking Part 8 For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. example:[0 [G[LOBIATU | Environmental psychology Moot ssientiate now agree thet humen behaviour is causing (0)....... climate change and a disastrous (7) which, in the lang term, threaten devastation an a seala which is (18) ......4, We need to find ways to change behaviour. This is where environmental psychologists come in. ‘As we know @ lot ... of biodiversity. In order to deal with these problems about human behaviour, we can help figure out how to motivate people to do (19}...... things,’ says psychologist Amara Brook While jobs (20)....... for environmental psychologists are still fairly unusual, psychologists are very much involved in such disciplines as urban (21) ......., conservation and environmental health. Using their knowledge of behaviour, psychologists have helped design (22) ....... Messages on signs and notices 10 encourage environmentally friendly behaviour in nature reserves and parks. Others have investigated the effects of sunlight and e0s0e0 to parks and gardens on omployse (29) sn and on children’s academic performance. Clinical psychologists with environmental (24) also in demand because environmental concerns can cause great anxiety. As environmental issues become ever more significant, psychologists working in this field will surely become increasingly prominent. Cambridge Enolish: Advanced Test 8 >> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English >> Part 5 GLOBE Lose THINK SUSTAIN SPECIFIC PLAN PERSUAUE EXPERT 149 Bose rene p52 7 Use of English For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meanit to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You Use between three and six words, including the word given. Here is an example (0). PAPER 2. Writing PAPER 3 Listening Example: PAPER Seen Oa eet ee areata eee acereoorn topeire on Chloe ‘a mushroom topping when she had a pi ‘The gap can be filled with the words ‘insisted on having’, so you write: Example: | 0 INSISTED ON HAVING Waite only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. 25 Make sure you know what the time is, otherwise you'll miss the start of the play. ‘TRACK Make sure you play. . 88 not to miss the start of the 26 It didn't take Steven long to show his true character. MATTER, kewoo Bteven showed his true character 27. wo take everything inte account, the strect party was @ great success in the end, CONSIDERED All out to be a great success in the end. 28 Everyone was horrified when the new manager dropped Rij team and picked Conway instead. 1eFT ley from the first To soossunnseunes Of the first team by the new manager and lhe picked Cunway instead. 29 The company’s owners are quite radical because they've got rid of a whole layer of managers, and they've introduced flexible working time. DONE ‘The company’s owners are quite radical because not ae with a whole layer of managers, but they've also introduced flexible working time, 30 The police apologised a areat deal for havina completely failed to recoanise the seriousness of the situation. COMPLETE The police were very seriousness of the situation. to recognise the 150 Cambridge English: Advanced Test >> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English b> Part 4

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