Cambridge C1 Advanced Use of English ay Multiple choice Test 4 For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap. In the separate answer sheet, mark the appropriate answer (A, B, C or D). Spotity Spotify is a music-streaming platform that was designed in an attempt to create a service to tackle piracy in the music industry. Before it came along, controversial file-sharing sites like LimeWire and Napster were used to illegally download and share songs online. Spotify founders Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon wanted to solve this problem. (1)____in 2006 in Sweden, the Spotity app began to offer a free service in 2008, (2), played advertisements and jingles between songs. The developers soon added @ £10-a-month subscription service, which allowed users to listen ad-free. Spotity’s rise to the top has fought off (3) ‘competition from the likes of Apple Music, which had secured exclusive deals with many major artists @)_ as Taylor Swift and Drake. Stars began publicly speaking out 6) — Spatify for paying minimal royalties to artists for streaming their Songs, so the developers started to add rising stars and independent artists to their music library in response. Spotify is now estimated to be (6)_ __ as much as $23.4 billion, but it has (7). to make a profit. This is due to courts, particularly those in the US, forcing streaming services to pay more to the labels for the music they play. However, with over 170 million active users, Spotify's founders have (a) the way people listen to the songs they love. 1 A Grown B Developed C Made D Evolved 2° A which B what © when D whose 3 A stiff B tricky © rough D hard 4 A 60 B like © such D long 5 A to B against © from D tor 6 A cost B priced © valued D> worth 7 A since B already © yet D just 8 A transformed B mutated © preserved D reshuffledCambridge C1 Advanced Use of English Part 2 Open cloze Test 4 For questions 9-16, read the text below and decide which word best fits each gap. Use only one word for each gap. In the separate answer sheet, write your answers in capital letters, using one box per letter. The National English Proficiency Test Anew English test, the National English Proficiency Test, also to be known as NATS, is (9)________ launched in China next year. The test, (10). will be rolled out in Summer 2020, aims to unify the varying standards and targets of English language testing across the country. In 2014, China's State Council set out a reform for a ‘standardised, functional and modem’ new approach to learning English, Much research has (11), cartied out across vatious stages of education many Chinese provinces (12) __ then. The Council found that a range of tests were being used with a mix of levels - proving unsuccessful in many cases ~ and there was therefore (13) real standardised way of testing. By unifying the standards, the National English Proficiency Test has been designed to assess candidates’ practical language skills, cross-cultural awareness and ‘communication skills, as well (14) their ability across the four main areas ~ listening, speaking, reading and writing. Albert Cummings, chair of the TOEFL Committee of Examiners, hopes that the new test (18) inspire ‘a mote authentic way of learning @ language ~ something that will be necessary for many future students. The Ministry of Education in China says the country has (16)________ breakthrough in developing the first comprehensive-scale system for teaching in the country.oF Cambridge C1 Advanced Use of English Part 3 Word formation Test 4 For questions 17-24, use the stem word on the right to form the correct word that fills each gap. In the separate answer sheet, write your answers in capital letters, using one box per letter. Geocaching More and more people are taking up the hobby of ‘geocaching’ — an exciting new outdoor activity for the digital (17) . GENERATE Geocaches, or caches, are small, hidden underwater treasure boxes that are (18)_ out by SEEK geocachers using individual GPS devices. These devices use compass coordinates downloaded from the Geocaching app to help you locate the many boxes planted around your local area. Inside each box, once discovered, you'll find a reward, or prize. Often, these are ‘swap’ items, so, if you take something, you'll need to bring another trinket to (19) _ ___ it with. So why PLACE has this activity recently gained such a large @o_ 2 FOLLOW In 2000, The US government discontinued (21) available GPS signals. This meant that PUBLIC the GPS could insert random signals that made (22) determining your position impossible. ACCURATE The purpose was to give the US military a strategic advantage using GPS hardware. However, they scon developed a more advanced technology that meant commercial GPS receivers could determine one's position within @ range of 6-20 feet. Soon after, GPS-receiver enthusiast Dave Ulmer decided to hide a (23), in a remote Oregon location, and post CONTAIN | its coordinates online. It took only three days for two individuals to find his geocache, and the hobby was born. Following various suggested names for the new activity, the tille ‘geocaching’ gained wide (24), alter ACCEPT a hobbyist put the suggestion forward. The name consists of geo, meaning Earth, and cache, meaning a temporary storage location.Cambridge C1 Advanced Use of English Port 4 Key word transformation Test 4 For questions 25-30, complete the second sentence, using the word given, so that it has @ similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not change the word provided and use between three and six words in total. In the separate answer sheet, write your answers in capital letters, using one box per letter. 25 Every time the publisher talks about my book launch, | get more nervous. THE ‘The more the publisher talks about my book launch, become, 26 I'd never seen such a beautiful sunset in all my life. BEFORE Never _____ such a beautiful sunset. 27 | would prefer to go to Valencia than Barcelona if | had the option. RATHER, Given the choice, _ Valencia than Barcelona. 28 I don't like Rebecca because she always thinks she's better than everyone else. LOOKS Rebecca always peaple, so | don't ike her. 29 ‘if .can do anything to help you during this difficult time, sir, please do not hesitate to ask.” ASSISTANCE Please let me know if | can during this difficult time, sir." 30 I'd registered to start learning Russian at the local language school SIGNED Vd classes at the local language school