For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best PAPER 2 Writing Part | fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0), PAPER 5 Listening Hist Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet, PAPER 4 Speaking Parté | Example: Part? | 9 A situation B business © function D case part TARE 2D Essential tips > Read the ttle and the whole > Remembor— the gapped word may be part of an idiom, ‘expression or phrasal verb. tay collocate with another word, or be part of a fixed phrase. > you do not know which options in turn. Choose the ction that sounds best in context » Check the clauses and Phrases on each side of the gap to see whether the presence of a word hi dictates the choice of a word for the gap. Question 1: The words at the Start of the sentence (There's no getting away from it indicate the ‘meaning of the word needed for the gap. ‘Question 3: Look at the whole sentence. In their researc! scientists want satelite Images Question 5: The options tell you that this is @ phrasal verb with make, Which one means 's ‘detect’? Question 7: This isa fixed phrase used to describe @ way of learning something: you try ‘something new and you learn something if it goes wrong. | | Satellite archaeology | Archaeology is @ messy (0) ....... There's no getting away from it; digging holes | inthe ground i an (1) ne part of archaeological work. But here is a new way to | | search without a shove |, Satellite images are now used to (2) buried objects in landscapes with astonishing (9)... In the same way that medical (4). let doctors examine parts of the body they couldn't otherwise see, satellite images help scientists find and map long-lost rivers, roads and cities, and make (5) archaeological features in places which are very difficult to survey from the ground. “There's much we miss on the ground, emphasises archaeologist Sarah Parcak, a (6) in using satellite imagery. Through ‘thousands of hours’ of trial and (7) ......, Parcak has developed techniques using satellite imagery which allow her to detect (8)... changes in the surface of the land caused by objects like bricks buried underground, In 2011, her team discoveres evidence of hundreds of dwellings at the 3,000-year-old city of Tanis near the Rive: Nile delta in Egypt. This might have taken a century using traditional methods. 1 A inflexible B inevitable © inclusive D infallible 2 A disclose B conceive © define D identity 3. A attention B measurement —€ precision D adjustment 4 A scans B looks © regards D sights 5 A through B out € for Dup 6 A creator B principal © chief D pioneer 7 B mistake © error D fault 8 B thin © mild D soft 32 Cambridge English: Advanced Test 2>> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English >> Part 4| 2 writing 3 Ustening 4 Speaking Essential tips » Remember: the gapped words ‘ill probably not be complex or specialised words. Most ‘of them will be structural ‘Sams like articles, pronouns ‘x prepositions. A few may form a part of commen expressions, ee. > Look atthe whole sentence, ‘oreven bigger sections of ‘he text, to see if the word ‘you need is part of a longer ‘or parallel structure. For =xample, you might need the ‘word other in the expression ‘ca the other hand, which ‘nil be clear if you find on ‘ne hand in the previous ‘entonce. ‘Susetion 12: The structure a5 “25 often used with adjecti = compare two things that are ‘Pe same. Can you think of an =pression with as .. as that has ‘Se more abstract meaning of to ‘Se eextnt that? ‘Susestion 14: This gap follows ‘Ss word insight, which means “derstanding’. The preposition ‘azually follows understanding, ‘Sat insight takes a different ‘Exposition. ‘Saestion 16: Rad the whole ‘erzence, The first part of the ‘Srzenee must mean something Ss seoms that the Pirah For questions 8-16, read the text below and t ‘gap. Use only one word in each gap. There i of the word which best fits each 3n example at the beginning (0) Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separat. ojolRfotetel LTT wer shot DOT Finding the right word Do people need words in (0)... 10 think? A study ofa tribe living in the Amazon basin could provide the answer to this age-old question. The Pirahs tribe (9) be small there are only about 200 members all told ~ (10)... they exhibit @ fascinating cultural peculiarity. These people have no words for numbers, (17) from one, two and many. What is more, their words for one and two are very similar, AS (12)... 8 anyone can tell, this tribe has never had (13). vocabulary for numbers, but they appear to survive quite well without it. sort of Could these people perhaps supply an insight (14) .. When asked to count some objects, they could not get beyond two or three before starting to make mistakes. This applies even to adults who appear intelligent in (15) . the way our minds work? other way. So it looks (16). they lack a vocebulary for numbers. This would suggest that human beings cannot _uthough the Piraha are not very good at counting simply because ‘think if they have no words to do so. cambridge English: Advanced Test 2 >> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English »> Part2 3:PAPER 2 Writing PAPER 5 Listening PAPER 4 Speaking Essential tips Question 19: What part of speech do you need? A verb, noun, or {an adjective or adverb? You need to read the whole paragreph in order to be sure of the meaning Of this sentence. Does th missing word have a positive or negative meaning? Sometimes itis necessary to make two ‘changes to 9 word, a prefix and asuffix ‘you need here means ‘always’. What part of speech do you need, ‘and what changes do you need to make to variabtein order to form the missing word? ‘Question 22: The adjective new indicates @ noun is needed for the gap. Should it be singular or plural 34 information to something’? 7 Patt Part 2 | 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 ar example at the beginning (0). ‘Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer shee LOTT) Example The jigsaw history puzzle Of all the games in the world, the jigsaw puzzle ‘must be among the most widely known. Yet its early history pr Officially, the jigsaw puzzle (17) ...... in England, and its (18)....... was John Spilsbury, a London engraver and ‘map maker. itis also an apparently (19) .... fact that in 1767 Spilsbury created a puzzle, (20) ‘dissected map’, by mounting one of his maps on a piece of hardwood and cutting around the borders of the countries. His puzzles came to be used in schools known as 2 to help children learn geography. However, as is almost (21) .... the case with inventions, some doubts have been raised about whether Spilsbury’s puzzle was the first. This was an age of exploration, and ew (22) ...... demanded that maps be constantly (23) .s.uu « There is some evidence that two Dutch map makers have produced map puzzles ten years before Spilsbury. The evidence is (24) ......, however, and advertising for their dissected maps only appears in 1779. Cambridge English: Advanced Test 2 >> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English >> Part 3 INTRIGUE ORIGIN INVENT DISPUTE INTIAL oiscoven |) ome || CONCLUDE |E FE I | I | i writing Listening Speaking Essential tips amstion 26: You need a phr erething’. Be "sed 2 two part or three-part sweat vero? ‘eestion 27: You need to make “= changes to the second, sone else is decorating the ~not us. Secondly, think +ssve structures at the start 3 sentence are followed by For questions 25-80, 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 three and six wards, including the word given. Here is an example (0). Example: © Jane regretted speaking so rudely to the old lady. MORE Jane «. politely to the old lady. O JWISHED SHE HAD SPOKEN MORE | Exampl Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. 25 ‘Do your homework first, and then you can go to the cinema,’ said Jamie's mother. LONG Jamic ‘mother agreed to let him go to the cinema his homework first. 26 Harry thought of throwing a surprise party for Katie's birthday. CAME Harry Katie's birthday. .of throwing a surprise party for 27° They are decorating our living room, so the house is a mess. DONE We are .. 1 80 the house is a mess! 28 | really hate it when people speak to me like that! BEING I really object like that! 28. 11was just about to call him when he rang me instead. POINT | was .. 30 The manager gave her secretary strict instructions that no one should be allowed to disturb her. CIRCUMSTANCES “Under her secretary. to be disturbed!’ the manager told Cambridge English: Advanced Test 2>> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English >> Part4 35:PAPER 3 Listening PAPER 4 Speaking Essential tips ‘Question 3: The word sighting after the gap refers to someone having seen one of these insects For others to know about the sighting, It must have been written down. Which word best fits the idea of it being written down? Question 7: The word after the ‘98p, up, tes you that this is a phrasal verb. The idea here recruiting or geting people to help. Question 8: This is an exemple of collocation. Which verb is ‘normally used wit ‘mean ‘helped’ or‘ 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 answers on the Exampl 0 A bothered B © cared D_ wondered Citizen scientists as it is known in some Exports (0)... thatthe nine-spotted ladybug, oF lady countries, was becoming extinct. Then, in 2011, Peter Priolo, a volunteer ladybug 1g on 2 sunflower in New York. The ladybug population in the state of New York that it was the ‘official state sighting of one had been almost 30 years before. hunter, (1). had once been 0 (2) insect’, but the last (3) Priolo was thrilled. So was the Lost Ladybug Project, which studies different speci of North American ladybugs with the assistance of ordinary people, 2 (4 known as ‘crowdsourcing’. One reason for the ladybug’s (5) ..... may be that other imported insects have (6) .....» its habitat and are eating its food. ‘in future, crowdsourcing may help us stop this happening,’ says the project's dir John Losey from Cornell University. (7) wasn Up Ordinary citizens Isn't new to science. Amateur astronomers, weat watchers, and other hobbyists going back to the 1700s have all (8) ....... @ part the development of science. What's different today is the internet, which has hel recruit hundreds of thousands of volunteers over the past decade or so. considered 1A regarded B glanced © observed D 2 A widespread —_B thorough € overall D comprehenst= 3 A accounted —_B recorded © marked D entered 4 A ritual B habit © manner D practice 5 Avrecession —B drop © decline D letdown 6 A interfered —_B invaded € interrupted involved 7A Signing B Drawing Bringing D Meeting 8 A put B done © added D played 152 Canibrieige English: Advanced Test 3 >> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English >> Part 1writing ning + Speaking ‘ssent “sesee &Hf you look at the corse sentence, you will se = sessional builders ar ~=e-s1r3 of the public are being Can you think cexten 13: Can you think of a cae Pat means ‘generally’? Sica 15: This isa fixed Eoth on and lookout are ‘= phrase, which means fe’. Which word is ‘complete it? 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. OOo Example: [0 |[WIH[O] Second-hand but better than new ing existing buildings ing their own homes or renové Jn things like doors and fireplaces second-hand. A only to professional ing to indulge second these days prefer to buy cer lot of businesses will supply second-hand materials, (9) builders, but also to ordinary members of the public. People wis (10) «asa 8 spot of DIY will be able to find reclamation material, (11) . hand building supplies are known, if they are prepared to look for it, in most parts of the country. Searching for second-hand goods can be time-consuming, of course, so (12) bother? Well, on the (13) nin it makes good financial sense. A second-hand oak door in good condition will be considerably cheaper than a new one, even (14). itis only 2 few years old. Many people, however, are on (18) ..... lookout for very old items, ones which can be hundreds of years old. (16) .. bo expensive, of course, but many are ready to pay high prices for genul ticles as these will ntiques. cambridge English: Advanced Test 3 )> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English»? Fart? a) |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 thi PrUeTArR TT TT TTT PAPER 2. Writing PAPER 3 Listening parate answer sheet. 111) PAPER 4 Speaking Example: [0 |[P]O] Product placement Essential tips Question 17: Tho gapped word ‘comes before an adjective. What part of speech do you need? Question 19: The gapped word is an adjective. Does it have a positive or negative meaning? Question 21: The gspped word follows an article, so it must be a ‘noun. How do you make a noun from grow? ‘The rise in the (0)....... of product placement has been POPULAR, one of the most the last couple of decades. Branded products are promoted indirectly by using them in films, and the success of this, is making it (17)... desirable, Demand for product INCREASE placement stemmed, at least (18) ....., from regulations ORIGIN banning the advertising of certain products deemed (19)... the same sort of (20) teresting trends in advertisin .« for TV commercials. Films are not subject to suit as television. ‘CENSOR Other factors have contributed to the (21) .... of product GROW placement, One is these is the (22) ...... of consumers, exposed TEND to an advertisement over a period of time, to became more (23) «nin their response to it. They become tired of ‘the crmic ‘same old thing’ and advertisers are being forced to recognise 8 (24)... in their customers which did not the past. SOPH People these days more likely to be influenced by watching film star role models using a product. This is true of consumers in general, but itis particularly applicable to younger people. 54 Cambridge English: Advanced Test 3 >> PAPER 1 Reading and Use of English >> Part 3sence 2 virting [ams =aPER 3 Ustening ER 4 Speaking Essential tips jo structural Sw the subject of the sentence ‘Sa passive structure Is needed. Secondly, a phrase including 0's required which means same as ‘consider’. Can you ‘sk of one? ‘Suestion 27: You need 3 phrase > placed. What word can be with place to mean that thing is someone's fault? tion 28: You need a phrasal ‘5 which means ‘regret saying For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has @ similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must tse between three ond six words, Including the word given. Here is an example (0). Example: (0 Jane regretted speaking so rudely to the old lady. MORE JANE eases politely to the old lady. Example: [0 ] WISHED SHE HAD SPOKEN MORE ing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Write only the mi 25 Although he studies hard, Christoph never does well in his exams. MATTER Christoph never does well in his exams, studies. he 26 The town council rarely seem to consider the wishes of the residents. INTO ‘The wishes of the residents rarely town council by the 27 John's mum said it was his own fault the party was ruined, PLACED John’s mum .. _ for the party being ruined. 28 I'm sorry | said that your new hat looked like a lampshade. BACK 1 lampshade. about your new hat looking like 2 29° There were a lot of people atthe resort, but Mandy still had a great time, FACT Mandy had a great time at the resort crowded. 30. ‘You left iy MP3 player on the bus, Joe!’ shouted Olivier. ‘ACCUSED Olivier... MP3 player on the bus. cambridge English: Advanced Test § >> PAPER 1. Reading and Use of English? arta A | )