Objective Practice Test – Proficiency Second Edition by Peter Sunderland (Complete Preparation Material)

Objective Proficiency Practice test Peter Sunderland Second Edition ents Paper 1 Reading and Use of English 3 Paper 2 Writing 15 Paper 3 Listening 17 Paper 4 Speaking 22 Answer key and recording scripts 23 Paper 4 Speaking frames 34 Paper 4 Visual materials 39 Acknowledgements OBJECTIVE PROFICIENCY SECOND EDITION – THIS PAGE MAY BE PHOTOCOPIED 2 practice test 41 © CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2013 PaPer 1 reading and Use of english (1 hour 30 minutes) Part 1 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). 0 A 0 related A B B C coupled C associated D accompanied D THE RAVEN A very large fierce black bird, the raven has always been (0) C with evil omen. But the myths and stories that surround ravens also take account of their unusual intelligence, their ability to (1) and voices and the way they seem to (2) sounds up a situation. The fact is, people have never known quite the raven. In many northern myths he was creator of the world, bringer of daylight, but how to (3) also an aggressive trickster. Many traditional stories turn on the unpleasant ways in which Raven gets the (4) of a human adversary. Legend (5) it that when there are no more ravens in the Tower of London, the monarchy will fall. In the seventeenth century King Charles II (6) that at least six ravens should always be kept in the Tower. Today there are seven; six t ...