16 Practice Test 1 For questions 25-34, 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 gep in the same line, Thoro is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example: [o] {sJu]cjcle|s|s]Flule | DB ‘After reading the text once quickly, identify what part of speech the given word is and what sort of changes you need to make. Becoming a Top Athlete To be (0) in a sport requires a number of things including SUCCESS. ambition and (25) Without these qualities, itis very difficult DEDICATE to compete at a high level. Most of the famous sportspeople we know today began training during their (26) . inorder toreach their. CHILD peak while still comparatively young, Athletes should pay careful (27). to their diet, because ATTEND 28). food is essential for maintaining « strong body which is. NOURISH. less liable to suffer injury. Diet is also important because it must be adequate to support such (29) .. .«. activity. ENERGY tis also necessary to have the (30) . to succeed. Athletes will DETERMINE. often encounter temporary (31) .......... On their road to eventual FAIL ‘success, and they must mentally prepare themselves so that this type of 2). doesn’t have too strong a negative effect on their future COURAGE @3) Even if a sufficiently talented athlete puts in the time PERFORM. and effort required, they will also need (4) and perhaps PATIENT little luck, in order to succeed.Practice Test 1 For questions 35-82, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given, You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0) Example: Fp 0 A very nice man gave us directions ; GIVEN Read the whole sentence, look at the key word We van u and then try to work out what the question is svayaca tase testing (passive, conditionals, etc). Example: [0] | WERE GIVEN DIRECTIONS BY Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. ‘35 Please don’t touch the exhibits. RATHER ite touch the exhibits. 36 - It’s a good thing you gave me a lift or I would have been late for my interview. GIVEN Twould have been late for my interview eee me a lift. & Please do not drop litter in the park. REQUESTED You .. so Grop litter in the park, SBE He doesn't get on with his colleagues. . with his colleagues. ‘Se Light travels faster than sound. ‘TRAVEL Sound . as light. (He could not explain why he was always late to work, ACCOUNT He could not... | Dur boss wouldn't let us go home until we had done our work. MADE ‘Our boss .. our work before we went home, SE Thad never been to a theme park before. FIRST BR. .- [had ever been to a theme park. 7Exam Essentials ere teen For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which word (A, B, € or D) best fits PAPER 2 Writing teach gap. There is an example at the beginning (0) ChEER s istenino ‘Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. PAPER 4 Speaking Example: © A awaited —B waited «expected =D predicted oA a eo Vinyl attraction Nobody ever realy (0) sui my Uncle Petr to rake much money. When he let school, he didn't have any plans for @ career, and he got a job in a second-hand record shop. Peter's mother couldn't (1) ....... over it. Her other children had both (2) to get places at university, and she was quite (3). ‘8 good education to get on in life. To (4) hat a young person needed . things worse, this was the time when Vinyl records were being phased out. It looked as though my uncle would soon be looking for (6) ...... somewhere else. Then, all of a (6) ...... Peter's luck changed. He ennounced he was going to start collecting records and set (7)... mail order business selling rare records. Nobody really (8) ...... him seriously at first. Who would be interested in a technology that's ‘out of date? Vinyl records have since become collectors’ items, and my uncle is now ‘a very rich man. 1 A come B take © get D pass 2 Rachieved —B succeeded accomplished D_ managed 3 A-convinced —B persuaded ‘determined D convicted 4A got B make © bring D drive 5 A work B job © career D profession 6 A once B moment © sudden D minute 7 Rup B out € off Din 8 A took B believed © thought D gave 148 cambridge Enolsh: First Test 8 »> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English >> Part «PAPER 1 TE tea PAPER 2 Writing PAPER 3 Listening PAPER 4 Speaking 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. There is an example at the beginning (0), ‘Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. example:[0 | wiHfo] TTT TTT TTT T1111) Agriculture in ancient Britain Professor Emma Thomas is an archaeologist (0) ....... specialises in the study of Ancient Britain and its people. The professor and her colleagues have been involved (9) .....0 the analysis of skeletons to discover more about (10) ........ way Ancient Britons lived, ‘Studying bones can tell us (1) ...... great deal about our ancestors,’ says Professor Thomas. ‘We know for a fact that between 9000 and 5200 BC, people ate a seafood diet, while after that people had a preference (12)... plants and animals. (13) ..... is still a mystery why people gave up eating fish. One explanation might be the influence of migrants to Britain. ‘Britons changed (14) ....... diet after people from Europe arrived,’ says Professor Thomas. ‘It was a time of change. Our ancestors stopped hunting and started growing crops. Farming methods (1) ..... imported foods; they could control from Europe and people no longer relied (16) ‘what they ate.’ This marked the beginning of ag Camibrieige English: First Test 3 >> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English +> Part 2 49> ee eee oe ea Use of English For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in ea Cf 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). PAPER 5. Listening i \Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Exampte:[0 JATN|NOTUIN[clelwleINIr] [TT TTT) Sailing away ‘One Sunday morning our Aunt Emily made an (0) ANNOUNCE She told us (17) ....« she was going to take us on a cruisel HAPPY | was surprised, knowing how expensive holidays like that ‘were, We weren't a (18)... family, but Aunt Emily said WEALTH she'd put some money aside over the years, and she ‘wanted to use some of her (19)... for the holiday. SAVE When the day of our (20)... finally came, we were delighted DEPART and thrilled to see how huge and (21) ... the ship looked LUuxuRY Our eruise liners began, But it turned out to be such @ (22) nm! DISAPPOINT led elegantly out to sea and our holiday There was s0 little to do on the ship and we were incredibly bored. We visited several ports, but we didn’t have the (23) FREE to do what we wanted. We had to follow a very tight schedule of ‘guided tours and visits to museums. Itwas @ (24)... holiday! DISASTER. 50 cambriige Enos: First Test 8 >> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English >> Part 3uu eer ey Use of English PAPER 2 Writing PAPER 3 Listening PAPER 4 Speaking For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must se between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0). Example: 0 I1lbe very happy when I go on holiday. FORWARD Vm (on holiday, The gap can be filled by the words “looking forward to going’ so you write: Example: | 0 ||LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. 25 ‘Im sorry I'm late again, he said, ‘APOLOGISED He again. 26 She looks like my cousin Mary. REMINDS She ‘my cousin Mary. 27 Someone is going to redecorate the kitchen for us next month. HAVE We are going ‘next month, 28 Could you speak up because | can't hear you properiy? ‘MIND Would. up because I can’t hear you properly? 29 We advise customers to buy thelr tickets in advance, ADVISED Customers sone thle tickets in advance, 30 It's such a pity I didn’t see that film on television lastnight. wis Vase that film on television last night. Cambriage English: First Test 8 ¥> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English >> Part 4 54oor 52 Exam Essentials rE Use of English You are going to read an article about an English poet, William Wordsworth For questions 31-36, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best ‘according to the text ER 2 Writing 3 Listening Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. peaking Daffodils everywhere ‘Two hundred years ago the English post William Wordsworth wrote ‘I wander'd lonely as a cloud’, a poem that expresses a basic spirit of early English Romanticism. It was Thursday, 15 April 1802 William and Dorothy Wordsworth, the poet’s devoted, journal-writing sister, were walking home to Dove Cottage in the Lake District. The wind was fierce, but the Wordsworth siblings were used to striding long distances in foul weather. They were in the woods close to the water side when they first clapped eyes on a field of daffodils ‘fluttering and dancing in the breeze’. What makes this poem an example of Romantic thinking? It isn’t just that Wordsworth chooses to write about a natural scene: it is the way he describes the scene as if it had human emotions. For him, nature is not merely a neutral mixture of scenery, colours, plants, rocks, soil, water and air. Its a living force that feels joy and sadness, shares human pain and even tries to educate us human beings by showing us the beauty of life. Wordsworth's home, Dove Cottage, is now one of the most popular destinations in the Lake District. You can go on a tour of the garden which William planted with wild flowers and which survived in his backyard even after they disappeared from the area. ‘He always said that if he hadn’t been a poet, he would have been a terrific landscape gardener,’ says Allan King of the Wordsworth Trust, the organisation that looks after the cottage and gardens. The Lake District in the north-west of England becomes particularly crowded during the summer months with tourists and ramblers eager to enjoy the region’s majestic valleys, hills and sparkling lakes. Wordsworth himself was far from keen on tourists, which was quite apparent. He wanted outsiders to admire the local sights he enjoyed so much, but was afraid the district might be ‘damaged by too many visitors. He opposed the coming of the trains, and campaigned in the 1840s against a plan to link the towns in the area ~ Kendal, Windermere and Keswick — by rail The place near Ullswater, where Wordsworth saw the daffodils, is at the southernmost end of the lake. The lake is wide and calm at this turning point. There’s a bay where the trees have had their soil eroded by lake water so that their roots are shockingly exposed. You walk along from tree to tree, hardly daring to breathe, because you are walking in the footprints of William and Dorothy from two centuries ago. The first clumps of daffodils appear, but they aren't tall yellow trumpets proudly swaying in the breeze. They're tiny wild daffodils, most of them still green and unopened, in clumps of six or seven. They're grouped around individual trees rather than collecting together. But as you look north, from beside a huge ancient oak, you realise this is what delighted the Wordsworths: clump after clump of the things, spread out to left and right but coming together in your vision so that they form a beautiful, pale-yellow carpet. What you're seeing at last is nature transformed by human sight and imagination. For a second, you share that revelation of Dorothy and William Wordsworth’s, the glimpse of pantheism, the central mystery of English Romanti Combrlege English: First Test 5 ») PAPER 4 Reading and Use of English >> Pare S31 According to the article, Wordsworth’s poem vom started the Romantic movement. ‘was based on actual experience. ‘was written while he was visiting hie sister. ‘was written after he had been lonely. 32 What was Wordeworth’s attitude to nature? A B c D He believed nature had a character ofits own. He felt nature was human. He thought nature could talk to people. He belioved that we could influence nature. 33 We are told that Dove Cottage com> has gardens designed by a landscape gardener. has a wide range of flowers in its garden. receives a lot of visitors has a very large garden. 34 What does ‘which’ in line 19 refer to? voe> ‘the number of tourists who come to the Lake District Wordsworth’s desire for outsiders to admire the local sights ‘the fact that Wordsworth was keen on tourists from far away Wordsworth’s dislike of tourists 35 In what way is the scone different from what Wordsworth described? vom Al the daffodils are green and small There are no daffodils by the lake. The daffodils are fewer and smaller. There are no daffodils around teees, 36 The writer implies that the poem describes com> exactly what Wordsworth saw in detail the effect the daffodils had on Wordsworth what Wordsworth saw around an ancient oak clumps of daffodils on the left and on the right. Cambridge English: First Test 3 >> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English b> part's 53Exam Essentials Poa Creag Circa You are going to read a n sentences A-G the one wh Mark your answers on th Computer games: \ewspaper article about the benefits of playing computer ‘games. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the hich fits each gap (37-42). There is one extra sentence, which you do not need to use. sparate answer sheet not just for kids! More people than ever are turning to computer games for fun and health benefits Susie Bullen lines up, swings her arm back, and releases another perfect throw for yet another strike. When the game is over, the 94-year-old has rolled a personal best of 220. But Bullen isn’t hanging out in the local bowling alley ~ she's playing on a popular interactive gaming system that has gained immense Popularity with people of all ages. Bullen, who once competed in leagues but hasn't bowled in nearly 70 years, said the interactive sports games give her the opportunity to reconnect to many of the activities she enjoyed in her formative years. ‘try to play as much as | can,’ says Bullen, resident of a peaceful retirement community in Ontario, Canada. [37 Bullen regularly competes against her great-granddaughter, 16-year-old Melanie, on her gaming console. Bullen is amongst a growing number of older people participating in this kind of pastime, which is helping to bring generations together in a shared activity. ‘t's great fun playing against my great-grandma’, says Melanie. [38 According to recent research in the entertainment software sector, the percentage of people over 50 playing computer games has more than doubled since the year 2000, and the number is expected to increase as the popularity and visibility of current computer game platforms continue to grow. [ 39 54 Cambricige Englsiy Pst Test 3 >> PAPER 4 Reading and U Interactive games have been linked to providing increased mental and physical well-being across the ‘age groups. In addition to boosting mood, playing an ‘exer-game’ for around half an hour, three times a week, improves balance and leaves players feeling refreshed and energised. [40 | __|Just ike traditional, forms of exercise, interactive gaming promotes better mental sharpness and hand-eye coordination. And onestudy has shown that there are somecharacteristics of gaming that promote visual learning, too - that is, acquiring skills through associating ideas and concepts with images and techniques. So, what is it that has attracted older people to join in the gaming world? | 41 Not only are the most successful platforms those with user-friendly controls, but the best games for the whole family to get involved in together are those which aren't ‘overly-complicated, but still offer plenty in terms of stimulus FH] A ten-pin bowling game, for example, requires users to swing their arms in the same motion as a bowler, while holding down a button on the controller. When the player is ready to release the ball, he or she simply releases the button. And as he fr she does 80, the feel-good factor is released along with it Ise oF English >» Part ©In @ market flooded with thousands and thousands of games, finding the right fit can be challenging, ‘And as computer game usage amongst older people has risen, researchers have conducted studies that have concluded that computer games provide much more than simple entertainment value. ‘'ve always been sports-minded and like watching sports. Playing computer games is a bit of fun and it’s great to see how you can do, as well as providing some much-needed exercise.’ Games which mimic the movements of the sports they represent are particularly popular amongst gamers who not only want to have fun, bbut want to incorporate a bit of heart-pumping action into their free-time activities as well. eT includes balance boards that record movements and give feedback on performance. Activities include yoga poses, push-ups, strength, balance and aerobic exercises. ‘She's a real pro and it’s hard for me to keep up! She's a fantastic opponent and we have a lot of laughs.’ Active game-playing helps people of all ages recognise that exercise can be fun and socially enjoyable, and isn't just about hitting the treadmill at the gym: 198 English: First Test >> PAPER 4 Reading and Use of English +> Parts 55Ina market flooded with thousands and ‘thousands of games, finding the right fit can be challenging. And as computer game usage amongst older people has risen, researchers have conducted studies that have concluded that computer games provide much more than simple entertainment value. ‘1've always been sports-minded and watching sports. Playing computer games is a bit of fun and it’s great to see how you can do, as well as providing some much-needed exercise.’ Games which mimic the movernents of the sports they represent are particularly popular amongst gamers who not only want to have fun, but want to incorporate a bit of heart-pumping action into their free-time activities as well This includes balance boards that record movements and give feedback on performance, Activities include yoga poses, push-ups, strength, balance and aerobic exercises. ‘She's a real pro and it’s hard for me to keep up! ‘She's a fantastic opponent and we have a lot of laughs.” Active game-playing helps people of all ages recognise that exercise can be fun and socially enjoyable, and isn’t just about hitting the ‘treadmill at the gym. Cambridge English First Test 3 >> PAPER 4 Reading and Use of English >> Parts 55}PAPER 3 Listening PAPER 4 Speak 56 Exam Essentials You are going to read a magazine article about people who work from home. For questions 43-52, choose from the people (A-D), The people may be chosen more than once, ‘Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Which person is aware of the importance of conforming to industry requirements? Understands the heaith implications of certain types of work? ‘compares two different places of work? mentions a natural phenomenon that helps her concentrate? doesn't think she would take as much pleasure in her work in a different place? appreciates the need to feel mentally and physically prepared for work? recognises that h ‘as well as herself? current workplace benefits others has improved her efficiency by adapting her workplace to her needs? has observed a particular effect of where she works on ‘what she creates? is grateful that she is able to leave work behind when, ‘she's finished for the day? Ccambricige Enolish: First Test 3 »> PAPER 4 Reading and Use of English +) Part 7 5 46 a7 a 50 Gq 32