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CEFR Mock 26
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O‘ZBEKISTON RESPUBLIKASI STATE TESTING CENTRE

VAZIRLAR MAHKAMASI UNDER THE CABINET OF
HUZURIDAGI DAVLAT TEST MINISTERS OF THE REPUBLIC
MARKAZI OF UZBEKISTAN

CHET TILLARNI BILISH VA EGALLASH DARAJASINI BAHOLASH MILLIY

TIZIMI
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TIL: INGLIZ

NATIONAL SYSTEM
OF ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
CERTIFICATE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

PAPER 1: LISTENING
The Listening Paper consists of SIX parts.
Part 1: Questions 1-8; Part 4: Questions 19-23;
Part 2: Questions 9-14; Part 5: Questions 24-29 ;
Part 3: Questions 15-18; Part 6: Questions 30-35.
Each question carries ONE mark.
You will hear each recording twice.
Total listening time: approx. 35 minutes.

At the end of the Listening Paper, you will have to transfer your answers to the
Answer Sheet. You will be allowed 10 minutes extra time to do this.

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE INVIGILATORS!

AT THE END OF THE PAPER, THE QUESTION PAPER WILL BE COLLECTED
BY THE INVIGILATOR.
NO MATERIALS CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE EXAMINATION ROOM.
DO NOT OPEN THE QUESTION PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO!

Please write your full name here: Please sign here:

____________________________________ ________________
(Candidate’s full name) (Signature)

The test booklet consists of 6 (six) printed pages

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Part 1
You will hear some sentences. You will hear each sentence twice. Choose the correct reply to
each sentence (A, B, or C).
Mark your answers on the answer sheet.

1. A Absolutely, swimming isn’t good.

B No, I can’t swim.
C Definitely, swimming is fantastic.
2. A I don’t think so – they’re very exciting!
B Oh dear – I’m sorry.
C Oh no – are they interesting?
3. A That’s right.
B I’m afraid not.
C Is now a good time?
4. A I’m fine, thanks.
B It’s alright.
C That’s true.
5. A I’m sorry, but I don’t think so.
B Oh dear, never mind.
C Oh well, it’s not your fault.
6. A It’s fine.
B Exactly.
C I’m sorry.
7. A You’re absolutely right, it is really boring.
B I’m sorry, but it is boring
C Oh please, it is boring.
8. A I’m afraid not.
B I’m not sure about that.
C I’m sorry, but no.
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Part 2
You will hear someone giving a talk. For each question, fill in the missing information in the
numbered space.
Write ONE WORD and / or A NUMBER for each answer.

You will hear a radio presenter called Erica talking about how we can help the environment.
How to help the environment
Remember that when we’re (9) ……………….. . we always have the choice to buy something
somewhere else.
Take (10) ……………….. bags with you the next time you go shopping.
Recycle unwanted things by giving them to (11) ………………. shops.
See how you might be able to help with (12) ……………….. problems where you live.
Ask your friends to help you clear rubbish and litter from (13) ……………….. and streets in your
area.
Try car-sharing with your (14) ……………….. if you work in the same area.

Part 3
You will hear people speaking in different situations. Match each speaker (15-18) to the
profession they have. (A-F). There are TWO EXTRA options which you do not need to use.
Mark your answers on the answer sheet.

A) A clothing designer
B) A tailor
15. Speaker 1 …
C) A clothing shop assistant
16. Speaker 2 …
17. Speaker 3 … D) A shop owner
18. Speaker 4 …
E) A shoemaker
F) A web site designer
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Part 4
You will hear someone giving a talk. Label the places (19-23) on the map (A-H). There are
THREE extra options which you do not need to use.
Mark your answers on the answer sheet.

19. Reception desk …

20. Dormitory …
21. Kitchen …
22. Library …
23. Biology room …
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Part 5
You will hear three extracts. Choose the correct answer (A, B or C) for each question (24-29).
There are TWO questions for each extract.
Mark your answers on the answer sheet.

Extract One
You hear two students talking about a project for their professor, Dr. James.
24. The student the girl spoke to while she was researching the project …
A) works in the library.
B) was able to help her.
C) was researching the same topic.
25. Both speakers agree that Dr James …
A) is too serious when he gives lectures.
B) is very strict with students who don’t meet deadlines.
C) doesn’t often hand out high grades.
Extract Two
You will hear part of a meeting between a student called Mandy and her tutor.
26. How does Mandy feel about the meeting?
A) She is looking forward to talking about her assignment.
B) She thinks it’s unnecessary.
C) She wishes she could postpone it.
27. Mandy accepts her tutor’s offer to give her …
A) some useful references.
B) more time to complete the assignment.
C) an example of how to present the additional data.
Extract Three
You hear two students talking about a presentation they’ve just given.
28. Why did they choose this topic for their presentation?
A) It was something they both knew a lot about.
B) They thought it was an original idea.
C) Their tutor had strongly recommended it.
29. What aspect of the presentation were they disappointed with?
A) The number of students there.
B) Their tutor’s response.
C) The audience’s reaction.
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Part 6
You will hear a part of a lecture. For each question, fill in the missing information in the
numbered space.
Write no more than one word for each answer.

Moving to the countryside

Fiona says the lack of street lights in the countryside created a contrast at night.
Some rooms in the house can be rather (30) ……………………………… in winter.
At first, the total (31) ……………………………… made it difficult for Fiona to sleep in the house.
Fiona finds she tends to get up later in the day than when she was in the city.
In the countryside, Fiona sees (32) ……………………………… from her bedroom window.
Fiona sometimes finds the slowness of the internet connection where she lives rather
irritating.
Out in the countryside, Fiona sometimes can’t get phone (33) ……………………………… from
friends.
The nearest bus stop is almost two kilometers away from where Fiona lives.
Fiona says you need to have a (34) ……………………………… in the country, but not in the city.
Fiona won’t have to travel as far to the (35) ……………………………… as she would from her old
home.
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O‘ZBEKISTON RESPUBLIKASI STATE TESTING CENTRE

VAZIRLAR MAHKAMASI UNDER THE CABINET OF
HUZURIDAGI DAVLAT TEST MINISTERS OF THE REPUBLIC
MARKAZI OF UZBEKISTAN

CHET TILLARNI BILISH VA EGALLASH DARAJASINI BAHOLASH MILLIY

TIZIMI
CHET TILLARI SERTIFIKATI
TIL: INGLIZ

NATIONAL SYSTEM
OF ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
CERTIFICATE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

PAPER 2: READING

The Reading Paper consists of FIVE parts.

Part 1: Questions 1-6; Part 4: Questions 21-29;

Part 2: Questions 7-14; Part 5: Questions 30-35.
Part 3: Questions 15-20;

Each question carries ONE mark.

Total time allowed: 1 hour
You may write on the question paper if you wish, but you must transfer your
answers to the Answer Sheet within the time limit. No extra time is allowed to do
so.
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE INVIGILATORS!
AT THE END OF THE PAPER, THE QUESTION PAPER WILL BE COLLECTED
BY THE INVIGILATOR.
NO MATERIALS CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE EXAMINATION ROOM.
DO NOT OPEN THE QUESTION PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO!
Please write your full name here: Please sign here:
______________________________________ ________________
(Candidate’s full name) (Signature)

The test booklet consists of 9 (nine) printed pages

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PART 1
Read the text. Fill in each gap with ONE word. You must use a word which is somewhere
in the rest of the text.

There is good news and bad news regarding the number of trees on our planet. The good
(1)__________ is that there are seven times more trees on Earth than we thought. Until a
few years ago, scientists estimated that the world had around 400 billion (2)__________.
However, a new study from Yale University estimates that there are around three trillion
trees. That's a three followed by 12 zeroes. That means (3)__________ are more than 420
trees for every person alive today. Lead researcher Dr Thomas Crowther told the BBC that
the new estimate will not change anything. He said: "It's not like we've discovered a load
of new trees. It's not good news for the world or (4)__________ news that we've
produced this new number."
The bad news is that thousands of (5)__________ ago, the earth had around six trillion
trees. Human activity has cut in half the number of trees on the planet. A good example of
this is the fact that Europe used to be one giant forest. Now much of it is farmland, fields,
cities and towns. Dr Crowther said people are responsible for the loss of three
(6)__________ trees over the past several thousand years.

PART 2
Read the texts 7-14 and the statements A-J. Decide which text matches with the
situation described in the statements.
Each statement can be used ONCE only. There are TWO extra statements which you do
not need to use.
Mark your answers on the answer sheet.

A) There is a special discount offer for a particular month.

B) A country hotel with many attractions nearby.
C) This hotel provides golf and natural treatments.
D) It will take some royalties to rent this place.
E) Great for sports and welcomes children too.
F) This hotel has excellent meals.
G) You can feel yourself like a king or a queen and see places you may not have seen
before.
H) It’s a special place for your pets including dogs and cats.
I) You can stay for three nights and pay for only two.
J) You can take your dog with you.
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8 12

9 13

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PART 3
Read the text and choose the correct heading for each paragraph from the list of
headings below.
There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use all of them. You cannot
use any heading more than once.
List of Headings:
A) Art and life
B) In a railway museum
C) Airplane alternative
D) Long and special
E) Goods delivery
F) User and nature friendly
G) From steam to electricity
H) Not any more
15. Paragraph I
16. Paragraph II
17. Paragraph III
18. Paragraph IV
19. Paragraph V
20. Paragraph VI
TRAINS
I. The invention of the steam locomotive made a breakthrough in the development of the
railway system in the 19th century. Today the technology seems ordinary, but two
hundred years ago it was revolutionary. Steam locomotives were fueled by burning coal,
wood or oil, to produce steam in a boiler, which drove the engine. Of course, large
amounts of water were also needed. In the 20th century, steam engines were gradually
replaced with trains fueled by diesel or electricity.
II. Some long-distance passenger trains have become famous. For example, the Trans-
Siberian Railway in Russia is the longest railway in the world, covering 9,259 kilometers
and 10 time zones. In the United States, the California Zephyr travels between Chicago
and San Francisco, and during the 3-day trip, passengers can enjoy amazing views of the
Rocky Mountains. The Orient Express between Venice and Istanbul offers old-fashioned
service that is luxurious, romantic, and expensive.
III. Of course, not all trains carry passengers. Many trains are freight trains, transporting
goods from one location to another. The busiest freight system in the world is in China.
Freight trains are usually much longer than passenger trains. The longest freight train
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recorded was in Australia with over 682 cars. Freight trains can carry anything — coal,
cars, clothing — anything that people need. Refrigeration, which keeps food cold and
fresh, revolutionized freight transportation.
IV. In many countries, overnight trains are a good option to air travel. For example, you
might leave one city at 11:00 at night, and arrive at your destination at 7:00 the next
morning. Typically, you share a cabin with three other people, who you might be travelling
with, or who you might not know at all. Your seats become your beds and the price of
your ticket includes your bedding. If you want, you can order tea and a snack from the
cabin attendant.
V. Authors have been using trains in literature for as long as trains have been running.
Indeed, it’s hard to imagine some stories without a train in them. Even people who have
never read Anna Karenina know how the famous novel’s heroine dies at the end. Many
American children learn the important lessons of optimism and hard-work reading the
classic story The Little Engine that Could. And of course almost everyone on the planet
knows about Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter books.
VI. Many countries around the world are investing in high-speed trains. Today’s high-
speed railways are amazing. They can go twice as fast as regular trains, and they are
designed for passenger comfort with spacious chairs, internet access, and multi-media
entertainment. High speed rail makes it possible to move many more people much faster
over longer distances. High speed rail also can help the environment because it is more
energy efficient and reduces cars on the roads.

PART 4
Read the following text for question 21-29.
COCA-COLA SECRET RECIPE REVEALED?
For almost 125 years, the secrecy surrounding the recipe for Coca-Cola has been one of
the world’s great marketing tricks. As the story goes, the fizzy drink’s famous ‘7X’ formula
has remained unchanged since it was developed in 1886. Today, the recipe is entrusted
only to two Coke executives, neither of whom can travel on the same plane for fear the
secret would go down with them.
Now, one of America’s most celebrated radio broadcasters claims to have discovered the
Coke secret. Ira Glass, presenter of the public radio institution This American Life, says he
has tracked down a copy of the recipe, the original of which is still supposedly held in a
burglar-proof vault at the Sun Trust Bank in Atlanta, Georgia.
The formula was created by John Pemberton, an Atlanta chemist and former Confederate
army officer who crafted cough medicines in his spare time. In 1887, he sold the recipe to
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a businessman, Asa Griggs, who immediately placed it for safekeeping in the Georgia Trust
Bank.
Glass came across a recipe that he believe is the secret formula in a back issue of
Pemberton’s local paper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, while he was researching an
entirely different story. Tucked away on an inside page of the 8 February 1979 edition, he
stumbled on an article that claimed to have uncovered the closely guarded ‘7X’ formula.
The column was based on information found in an old leather-bound notebook that
belonged to Pemberton’s best friend and fellow Atlanta chemist, RR Evans. Glass was
intrigued and, after some digging, found that the notebook had been handed down over
generations until it reached a chemist in Georgia called Everett Beal, whose widow still
possesses it.
The rediscovered recipe includes extract of coca leaves, caffeine, plenty of sugar (it
specifies 30 unidentified units thought to be pounds), lime juice, vanilla and caramel. Into
that syrup, the all-important ‘7X’ ingredients are added: alcohol and six oils – orange,
lemon, nutmeg, coriander, neroli and cinnamon. The formula is very similar to the recipe
worked out by Mark Pendergrast who wrote a history of the drink in 1993 called For God,
Country & Coca-Cola.
Coke’s secret recipe is, in fact, partly a myth. The soda has changed substantially over
time. Cocaine, a legal stimulant in Pemberton’s day, was removed from the drink in 1904
after mounting public unease about the drug. Extract of coca leaves is still used but only
after the cocaine has been removed.
In 1980, the company replaced sugar, squeezed from beet and cane, with the cheaper
corn sweetener that is often found in American food and drink. Coke fans were not
impressed.
Despite such occasional controversies, one element has remained constant: Coke’s
commitment to keeping its own secret. Speculation about the recipe has been a popular
talking point for more than a century, proving good for business. The company has
reacted to the This American Life story in a way that has been typical of its commercial
strategy since the 19th century. “Many third parties have tried to crack our secret formula.
Try as they might, they’ve been unsuccessful,” Coca-Cola’s Kerry Tressler said.
For questions 21-24, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D. Mark your answers on the
answer sheet.
21. Who is supposed to know the Coke secret recipe nowadays?
A) RR Evans.
B) The director of Atlanta Sun Trust Bank.
C) Certain Coca-Cola executives.
D) A broadcaster.
22. How did Ira Glass learn about the recipe?
A) Accidentally reading an article in an old Atlanta paper.
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B) Studying an old notebook that belonged to Pemberton.

C) Talking to a relative of John Pemberton.
D) Working in Atlanta archives.
23. Which of the following does NOT belong to the famous ‘7X’ ingredients?
A) Alcohol.
B) Orange oil.
C) Caffeine.
D) Nutmeg oil
24. Why might the secret recipe be considered a myth?
A) The company has been regularly changing the ingredients.
B) The quality of the ingredients has been changing.
C) It has never been a secret.
D) The recipe has never existed.
For questions 25-29, decide if the following statements agree with the information given
in the text. Mark your answers on the answer sheet.
25. Although Ira claims that she got a copy of the recipe, nobody knows where the original
is.
A) True B) False C) No Information
26. The executives prefer to travel different planes to keep the recipe remain secret.
A) True B) False C) No Information
27. Despite being called “Coca Cola”, the product doesn’t contain “cocaine” at all
nowadays.
A) True B) False C) No Information
28. In the early 20th century, fans were angry about “Coca Cola” because it didn’t use corn
sweetener.
A) True B) False C) No Information
29. Coca Cola usually claims that the searching of the recipe has always ended with a
failure.
A) True B) False C) No Information
PART 5
Read the following text for questions 30-35.
Canoes Around the World
Many cultures throughout the world have developed some form of canoe—a long,
slender, open boat powered by handheld paddles. In each case, the technologies and
materials used to construct the canoe reflect the resources available to that particular
culture. There are three basic types of canoe: the frame-andbark canoe, the dugout, and
the plank canoe. Developed by cultures on every continent since prehistoric times, canoes
continue to be used today both for survival and for recreation.
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The birch-bark canoe, an example of the frame-and-bark type of construction, was

developed in the region that is now the northeastern United States and eastern Canada.
Native Americans constructed birch-bark canoes by building a frame from spruce wood
and then using roots to stitch pieces of birch bark over the frame. In areas where birch
was not available, bark from elm or spruce trees was used instead. After the bark was
sewn to the frame, the canoes were then sealed with a mixture of spruce gum and bear
grease. These substances worked very well to make the boat watertight. Birch-bark
canoes were lightweight and thus easily portaged around waterfalls or from lake to lake.
Most were designed to hold no more than two or three people and were used for lake and
river travel. When Europeans opened up the fur trade in North America in the
seventeenth century, the French traders used larger versions (30 to 40 feet in length) to
transport furs in large quantities across the Great Lakes for shipment back to Europe.
The dugout—a canoe created from a single tree trunk—has been used in many areas
throughout the world. Simple versions of hollowed-out logs were used by native peoples
throughout much of North America. Coastal groups such as the Haida and Tlinglit in the
Pacific Northwest developed large dugout crafts 60 feet or longer that could carry large
numbers of people on the ocean for trade, warfare, fishing, whaling, and travel to
ceremonial gatherings. First, the outer and inner bark around the entire circumference of
a tall, straight tree, often a cedar or redwood, was removed. This process, called girdling,
cuts off the flow of sap, thus killing the tree and making it easier to chop down. Then the
tree was felled and cut to the appropriate length. The opening of the dugout was created
by repeatedly burning the wood, then carving it out with tools. In early times, stone tools
were used, but later metal tools came into use. Once the canoe was carved out, the boat
builders filled it with water and brought the water to a boil using stones heated on a fire.
This softened the wood and the weight of the water caused the walls of the canoe to bow
outward, giving it more width than the original girth of the tree.
The ocean-going Chumash people of what is now southern California developed the
tomol, or plank canoe. They created their canoes by cutting planks from redwood trees,
carving and shaping them into a canoe without any frame. They lashed the planks
together by drilling holes and tying them with cords. Pitch from pine trees and tar, also
found locally, were used between the planks and over the entire hull for waterproofing.
The canoe played a major role in the spread of all the Pacific Island cultures. These
cultures developed outrigger and double-hulled dugout canoes. Outriggers have one or
more parallel floats attached to a dugout canoe with poles for increased stability in ocean
waves. Double-hulled canoes have a platform between two parallel dugouts. These highly
stable designs, combined with sails, enabled the Polynesians to go on epic ocean journeys
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and to inhabit far-flung islands. Several families (or as many as 200 people in the largest
vessels), could sail in each of these double-hulled canoes with food, water, and
domesticated plants and animals across huge expanses of ocean, and in this way the
Polynesian people spread throughout the Pacific, establishing new communities on
previously uninhabited islands.
In areas of dense rain forest throughout the world, including the Amazon basin, and parts
of Africa and Asia, river travel with dugouts was, and in many cases still is, the primary
means of transportation. In West Africa, large war canoes capable of transporting many
fighters were carved from single trees.
Descendants of the ancient canoes are still widely used today. Traditional cultures around
the world still use dugout canoes for fishing and transportation. Today’s modern
recreational canoes, while now often constructed with aluminum, fiberglass, wood, and
canvas, plastic, and other synthetic materials, still retain the shape and basic design of the
birch-bark canoes developed in the distant past. The catamaran sailboat, widely used in
racing, is a direct descendant of the double-hulled sailing canoe used thousands of years
ago by the Polynesian cultures.
For questions 30-33, fill in the missing information in the numbered spaces.
Write no more than ONE WORD and / or A NUMBER for each question.
Polynesians turned dugout canoes into outrigger canoes by attaching 35 parallel floats to
them. Double-hulled canoes were made by connecting two outrigger canoes with a 30
__________. Because they could travel over huge 31 _________ of ocean in these canoes,
Polynesians were able to inhabit islands all across the Pacific Ocean. In West Africa, large
war canoes were used to carry many 32 _________. Today, 33_________ canoes are
made of modern materials such as aluminium, fiberglass, and plastic.
For questions 34-35, choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D. Mark your answers on the
answer sheet.
34. Which of these statements are TRUE about “a plank canoe”?
A) made to carry just a few people
B) made from a hollowed-out log
C) constructed with the use of both fire and water
D) sealed with pitch and tar
35. Which of these canoes are used mainly for sports?
A) plank canoes
B) double-hulled sailing canoes
C) catamaran canoes
D) dugout canoes
 Answer keys
Listening Reading
1. C 1. news
2. A 2. trees
3. A 3. there
4. C 4. bad
5. A 5. years
6. B 6. trillion
7. A 7. E
8. B 8. I
9. day 9. A
10. small 10. J
11. colorful 11. F
12. carpet 12. B
13. soaked 13. G
14. photos 14. C
15. A 15. G
16. B 16. D
17. C 17. E
18. E 18. C
19. C 19. A
20. D 20. F
21. F 21. C
22. A 22. A
23. B 23. C
24. B 24. A
25. C 25. B
26. B 26. A
27. A 27. A
28. B 28. C
29. C 29. A
30. damp 30. platform
31. silence 31. expanses
32. rabbits 32. fighters
33. calls 33. modern/recreational
34. car 34. D
35. university 35. C