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CERTIFICATE IN ADVANCED ENGLISH
Reading and Use of English
∗
SAMPLE PAPER 1
Time 1 hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.
Write your name, centre number and candidate number on your answer sheets if they
are not already there.
Read the instructions for each part of the paper
carefully. Answer all the questions.
Read the instructions on the answer sheets.
Write your answers on the answer sheets. Use a
pencil. You must complete the answer sheets within
the time limit.
At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheets.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
There are 56 questions in this paper.
Questions 1 – 24 carry 1 mark.
Questions 25 – 30 carry up to 2 marks.
Questions 31 – 46 carry 2 marks.
Questions 47 – 56 carry 1 mark.
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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).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
0 A straight B C everyda D conventional
common y
0 A B C D
Studying black bears
After years studying North America’s black bears in the (0) …….. way, wildlife biologist
Luke Robertson felt no closer to understanding the creatures. He realised that he had
to (1)
....................................................................................................................................................................................
their
trust. Abandoning scientific detachment, he took the daring step of forming
relationships with the animals, bringing them food to gain their acceptance.
The (2) …….. this has given him into their behaviour has allowed him to dispel certain
myths about bears. (3) …….. to popular belief, he contends that bears do not (4) ……..
as much for fruit as previously supposed. He also (5) claims that they are
ferocious. He says that people should
not be (6)..........by behaviour such as swatting paws on the ground, as this is a defensive, rather
than
an aggressive, act.
However, Robertson is no sentimentalist. After devoting years of his life to the bears, he is under
no
(7) …….. about their feelings for him. It is clear that their interest in him does not (8) beyond the
food he brings.
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1 A catch B win C achieve D receive
2 A perception B awareness C insight D vision
3 A Opposite B Opposed C Contrary D Contradictor
y
4 A care B bother C desire D hope
5 A concludes B disputes C reasons D argues
6 A misguided B misled C misdirected D misinforme
d
7 A error B doubt C illusion D impression
8 A expand B spread C widen D extend
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CERTIFICATE IN ADVANCED ENGLISH
Reading and Use of English
∗
SAMPLE PAPER 1
Time 1 hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.
Write your name, centre number and candidate number on your answer sheets if they
are not already there.
Read the instructions for each part of the paper
carefully. Answer all the questions.
Read the instructions on the answer sheets.
Write your answers on the answer sheets. Use a
pencil. You must complete the answer sheets within
the time limit.
At the end of the test, hand in both this question paper and your answer sheets.
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
There are 56 questions in this paper.
Questions 1 – 24 carry 1 mark.
Questions 25 – 30 carry up to 2 marks.
Questions 31 – 46 carry 2 marks.
Questions 47 – 56 carry 1 mark.
* 500/2598/3
© UCLES 2015 Cambridge English Level 2 Certificate in ESOL International
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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).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
0 A straight B C everyda D conventional
common y
0 A B C D
Studying black bears
After years studying North America’s black bears in the (0) …….. way, wildlife biologist
Luke Robertson felt no closer to understanding the creatures. He realised that he had
to (1)
....................................................................................................................................................................................
their
trust. Abandoning scientific detachment, he took the daring step of forming
relationships with the animals, bringing them food to gain their acceptance.
The (2) …….. this has given him into their behaviour has allowed him to dispel certain
myths about bears. (3) …….. to popular belief, he contends that bears do not (4) ……..
as much for fruit as previously supposed. He also (5) claims that they are
ferocious. He says that people should
not be (6)..........by behaviour such as swatting paws on the ground, as this is a defensive, rather
than
an aggressive, act.
However, Robertson is no sentimentalist. After devoting years of his life to the bears, he is under
no
(7) …….. about their feelings for him. It is clear that their interest in him does not (8) beyond the
food he brings.
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1 A catch B win C achieve D receive
2 A perception B awareness C insight D vision
3 A Opposite B Opposed C Contrary D Contradictor
y
4 A care B bother C desire D hope
5 A concludes B disputes C reasons D argues
6 A misguided B misled C misdirected D misinforme
d
7 A error B doubt C illusion D impression
8 A expand B spread C widen D extend
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