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- Downloadable Audio Go to www.cambridge.org/advancedtrainer to download complete audio for the listening and speaking activities to your computer or device. aCAMBRIDGE ..: CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH ¡'¡"~'¡'" Language Assessment ~ UNIVERSITY PRESS • ... Part 01the University01Cambridge CENTRO D~LEI'GU SMODERf;AS (2) ...~.~1 f?1 Felicity O'Dell and Michael Black ICJTl::C Z~ Or;~71 ' b ZY150 .(yq I Cambridge UnlversltyPress www.cambridge.org/elt Cambridge Engllsh Language Assessment www.cambridgeenglish.org Information onthis title: www.cambridge.org/9781107470279 Firstedition © CambridgeUniversityPress2012 Secondedition ©CambridgeUniversityPressand UCLES 2015 Itisnormallynecessary for written permission for copyingto beobtained in advancefrom apublisher.Thesample answersheets atthe backofthis book aredesigned to becopied anddistributed inclass. 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Contents Acknowledgements 4 Introduction 5 Training and Exam practice Test 1 Reading and Useof English 10 Writing 42 Listening 51 Speaking 61 Test 2 Reading and Useof English 69 Writing 86 Listening 92 Speaking 100 Practice tests Test 3 Reading and Useof English 108 Writing 120 Listening 122 Speaking 127 Test 4 Reading and Useof English 130 Writing 142 Listening 144 Speaking 149 Test 5 Reading and Useof English 152 Writing 164 Listening 166 Speaking 171 Test 6 Reading and Useof English 174 Writing 186 Listening 188 Speaking 193 Answer key and transcripts 196 Sample answer sheets 252 Speaking appendix (coloursection pages 51-521) Contents I 3 Acknowledgements Theauthors wouldliketothank Alison5ilver andCatrionaWatson-Brownfor Wroeand5imon Grant,TheGuardian, 08.11.13.CopyrightGuardianNews their painstakingediting andhelpful feedback. 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Thisbook is suitable for anyone who is preparingto take Cambridge English:Advanced, also known as Certificate in Features of Advanced Trainer AdvancedEnglish (CAE). You can use AdvancedTrainer in class with yourteacheror - if you havethe 'withanswers' • Full-colourvisual material for the Speaking paper of all edition ofthe book - on your ownat home. six tests. • Explanatory answer keys inthe 'withanswers' What is Advanced Traine1? edition of the book,not onlygiving information about which answers are right,but also, where appropriate, AdvancedTrainer contains six practice tests for Cambridge explaining why certain answers are correct and other English:Advanced, each covering the Readingand Use options are noto ofEnglish, Writing, Listening and Speaking papers. The • Notes onal! writing tasks to explain what is required, firsttwotests are 'gulded tests', which means that they with,in addition, model answers for each task type in contain extratraining and supportto help youwith each the 'with answers' edition. ofthetasks inthe exam. Tests 3 to 6 are purely practice • Inthe 'withanswers' edition, a L1steningtranscript tests. AII sixtests are at Cambridge English:Advanced with underliningto indicate the sections that provide level andmatch the exam in format and standard. the answers to the exam questions. InTest1,each part of each paper consists of aTraining • Photocopiable answer sheets for the Readingand section andan Exampractice section. TheTraining Useof English and Listening papers. Beforeyoutake sections giveinformationabout each part of the exam the exam,you should study these sothat you know and have advice and practice to help you prepare for howto mark orwrite your answer correctly. InWriting, the question paper has plenty of Iined paperfor youto it.Theyfocus ongrammar,vocabulary and functional write your answers. language directly relevant to particulartask types. This issupported bywork based on correcting common • Downloadable audio (also available separately as three CDs)consists of the recordings for the six Listening grammarandvocabulary mistakes made in the exam by tests plus some Listening and Speaking practice Cambridge English:Advanced candidates, as shown by materials relating to Tests 1 and 2. Theaudio can be theCambridge Learner Corpus. (Formore information on downloaded from www.cambridge.org/advancedtrainer. theCambridge Learner Corpus,see page 7.) The Exam practice sections consist of the test itselfaccompanied Howto use Advanced Trainer byanAction plan,givlng step-by-step guidance for each task,withtips ongeneral strategy and advice linked to the specific questions. AFollow-uptask at the end of the Exam Test 1 Training practice section invites youto reflect onthe task and • Foreach part of each paper,you should begln by considerhowyoucould improve your performance. studying the Task information, which tells youthe facts Test2alsoconsists of aTrainingsection and an Exam you need to know,such as what the task type tests and practice section for each part of the exam. TheTraining the kinds of question it uses. sections areshorterthan those inTest1. Theyreviewthe • Throughout Test1,youwill see information marked Tipl information provided inTest1 and also include further These tips give you practical advice on howto tackle practiceforthat part of the test. The Exampractice each task type. sections provideadditional tips and advice. • In all papers, training exercises help you develop the skills you need,e.g. working out meaning from context, Tests3to 6 arecomplete practice tests without advice byworkingthrough example items. ortraining. Theygíveyouthe opportunityto practise the advice andskills you haveacquired while working through • Answers to allthe training exercises are in the Explanatory answer key in the 'with answers' edition. Tests 1and2. Introduction I 5 • ThroughoutTest 1, there are Useful language sections, focus on other useful exam techniques and language to which present and practise grammatical structures, help with this part of the exam. vocabulary or functional expressions that are often • There is further work based on mistakes frequently tested byparticulartask types. made byCambridge English: Advanced candidates, as • Many exercises involve focusing on and correcting shown bythe Cambridge Learner Corpus. common tanguage mistakes made byactual Cambridge • There is also an emphasis on revision, with cross English: Advancedcandidates, as shown bythe references for each task type to the relevantTask Cambridge Learner Corpus (see page 7). Information and Action plan in Test 1. Youcan refer • In L1stenlng, you are prompted to use the back to these before you begin working through each downloadable audio or one of the numbered COs: section. fl§ If you are usingthe downloadable mp3 files, Test 2 Exam practice please note that the track numbers are the same as on the COso If you are usingthe COs,you will need a CO • Think aboutthe Action plan for this part of the exam. player (or a computerthat plays COs). In both cases, Use the cross-reference ifyou need too you will also need a watch or clock to make sure that • Use anyTipsl on strategy and Advlce relatingto you keep to the time allowed for each part of the test. specific questions to help you work through the exam • InWritlng, the Explanatory answer key contains task. model answers for the tasks. Although there are many • 00 the task under exam conditions if possible, Le. not differentways of answering each question,it is worth using a dictionary and spending an appropriate amount studyingthese and thinking aboutthe structure and of time on the task. language of eaeh of the answers provided. • Check your answers in the Explanatory answer key. • InSpeaklng, you are sometimes prompted to use the Tests 3-6 Exam practice audio recordlngs and do tasks as you listen. Youcan practise speaking on your own or with a partner, using • InTests 3, 4,5 and 6, you should apply the ski115, what you have learnt in Useful language and inTlps!. techniques and language you have learnt in Tests 1 and 2. Test 1 Exam practice • Youcan do these tests and the four papers within them • Look first at the Actlon plan,which gives you clear in any order,but you should always try to keep to the step-by-step guidance on how to approach each task time recommended for each papero Forthe Listening type. paper,you must listen to each recordingtwice only. • Read anyfurtherTipsl for that part of the exam. • It will be easierto keep to the exam instructions if you • Workthrough an exam-style task, followingthe Action can find somewhere quietto work, and ensure there plan and making use of the Advice boxes,which are no interruptions. suggest ways of dealingwith specific items. • Forthe Speaking paper,it is better if you can work with • Answers to all items are inthe Explanatory answer a partner, but, if not,you can follow the instructions, key, which explains whythe correct answers are right and do all four parts on your own. and others are wrong. ForL1stenlng, the parts of • If you havethe 'with answers' edition of the book, you the Transcripts which glve the correct answers are can check the answers and explanations for them, and underlined. also studythe Listeningtranscripts,afteryou have • Afier doingthe exam task,look at the Follow-uptask completed the tasks. and consider how you can do better in this part of the Audio exam in future. Inthe Cambridge English:Advanced ListeningTest,the Test 2 Training recordings are always played a second time in all four • Answer the questions inthe Revlew section,as these parts. However,the AdvancedTrainer recordings are will remind you aboutthis part of the exam. If you need repeated for only Part 1 of the ListeningTest. ForParts to, use the cross-reference to Test 1 to check your 2,3 and 4 listen to the recordingtwice. Youwill need to answers. replay the track aftera first listen. • Look at the Tlpsl and work through the exercises which 6 I Introductlon TheCambridge learner Corpus (ClC) Content of Cambridge English: Advanced The ClC is a large collection of over 200,000 exam scripts Cambridge English: Advanced has four papers, each with writtenbycandidates taking Cambridge ESOl exams several parts in it. Fordetails ofeach part, see the page aroundthe world. It is growing all the time. It forms part of reference underthe Taskinformation heading in the tables theCambridge International Corpus (CIC) and it has been on the following pages, builtup byCambridge University Press and Cambridge English tanguage Assessment. The ClC currently contains scriptsfrom over: • 150differentfirst languages • 200 differentcountries. Exercises inAdvancedTrainer which are based on the ClC areindicated bythis icon: (!l Find out more aboutthe Cambridge learner Corpus atwww.cambridge.orglcorpus. Levelof Cambridge English: Advanced • CambridgeEnglish: Advanced is at level Cl on the CommonEuropean Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). Achievingthis level means that your Englishis good enough foryou to study or work in most situations where English is the main language used. • Apass mark at Cambridge English:Advanced is given a grade:A,Bor C. • Achievingagrade Ameans that your English is consideredto be at level C2 on the CEFR. • Ifyoudo not get enough marks for a grade C in the examination,you may get a certificate stating that your English is at level B2, provided you have demonstrated that isthe case. Grading • Thegradethat you receive is based on the marks that you receivein all four papers. • Each ofthe papers- Reading and Use of English, Writing,Listening and Speaking- has a maximum possibleweighted score of40 marks. • There is nominimum score for each paper, so you don't haveto pass all four papers to pass the exam. • You receiveacertificate if you pass the exam - grades A, BandCare passes,Oand Eare fails. • Whateveryourgrade,you will receive a Statement of Results.This includes a graphical profile showing how well youdid in each paper,illustratingyour relative performanceon each of the skills. • Formoreinformation on gradlng and results, go to the Cambridge English tanguage Assessment website (see Furtherinformation on page 9). Introductlon I 7 Reading and Use of Engllsh 1 hour 30 minutes Thereare eight parts to this paper and they are always in the same order.Parts 1-4 contain texts with accompanying grammar and vocabulary tasks. Parts 5-8 contain a rangeof texts and accompanying reading-comprehension tasks. Thetexts used are from newspapers, rnagazines,journals, books, leaflets, brochures, etc. Part Task type No. of questions Format Task information 1 Multiple-choice 8 Atext with elght gaps, each with four options. This page 10 cloze mainly tests vocabulary: idioms, collocations, fixed phrases, etc. 2 Opencloze 8 Atext with eight gaps which must befilled with one page14 word each. 3 Wordformation 8 Atext with eight gaps. Eachgap corresponds to a page17 word. Thestems of the missingwords are given and must bechanged to form the missing word. 4 Keyword 6 Sixquestions, each with a gapped sentence which page 21 transformation must be completed inthree to six words, including agiven keyword. 5 Multiple choice 6 Areading text followed bymultiple-choice questions. page24 6 Cross-text multiple 4 Fourshorttexts, followed bymultiple-matching page29 matching questions. You must read across texts to match a prompt to elements inthe texts. 7 Gappedtext 6 Atext with missing paragraphs, You must use the page 33 missing extracts to complete the texto 8 Multiple matching 10 Atext (or several shorttexts) with multiple-matching page38 questions. Writing 1 hour 30 minutes You haveto do Part 1 (Question 1) plus anyone of the Part 2 tasks. InPart 2, youcan choose one of questions 2 to 4. Thepossible marks for Part 1 and Part 2 are the same. In all tasks, you are told what kind of text you must write, who youare writing to. and whyyouare writing. Part Task type No. ofwords Format Task information 1 essay 220-260 You haveto write an essay based page42 ontwo points ingiven information. You need to decide which of the two points is more important, and to explain why. 2 report 220-260 You are given a choice of tasks page46 review which specify the type of text you haveto write, your purpose for letterjemail writing, and the person or people proposál you haveto write foro 8 I Introduction