Table Of ContentANSWER KEY AND SCRIPTS
Map of Objective Advanced
Student's Book
'"l:l"OPIC EXAM PRACTICE GRAMMAR VOCABULARY
it 1 Paper 4 Speaking: 1 Conditionals Describing people
G@tting tp know you 10-13 Paper 3 Listening: 4 Collocations
~e and places
-n folder 1 14-15 Paper 1 Reading and Use of
English: 1
Multiple-choice doze
P~per 2 Writing:2 Dependent prepositions Frep0siti0nalp hrases
Paper 1 Reading and Use of
En:g4s4; 2
:ng folder 1 20-21 Informal and formal writing
3 Paper 1 Reading and Use of Wishes and regrets Idioms (verb + the + object)
e publh: eye 22~25 English: 5
:!:e media
-;i folder 2 26-27 Paper 1 Reading and Use of
English: 2
Open doze
Paper 1 Reading and Use of Medals ao,d semi-modals (1)
on advice ;µs-3J English: 3
~adwce
ng folder 2 32-33 Formal writing
Paper 2 Wr,iting: 2 Relati'Vec lauses GoBnemtion
Paper :3 Listening; 2
6 Paper 1 Reading and Use of Phrasal verbs (1) Collocations with have, do,
nections 40"'43 English: 6 and 8 make, take
G.;:mJJnicationst edmology
folder 3 44-45 Paper 1 Reading and Use of
English: 3
Word formation
P~pet 2 Wffting: 2 Reason, result and P.W:Pese Work and business
collocations
Essays
Pape:r4 Spealijn~ Medals and semi-modals (2) Positive and negathre
inventive 52-~5 adjectives
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folder 4 56-57 Paper 1 Reading and Use of
English: 4
Key word transformation
MAP Of OBJECTIVE ADVANCED STUDENT'S ROOK
TOPIC EXAM PRACTICE GRAMMAR VOCABULARY
Unit~ Paper 1 Reading and Use of Future forms Collocations to describe cities
Urban living ss-sr English: s and 7
Modern cities
Writing folder 4 62-63 Reports
unlt10 Paper 1 Reading and Use of Participle clauses WoFd formation
You lhte and le.arn ~4-67 English: 6
Further study Paper 2 Writing
Pa;per 4 Speaking: 2
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Units 6-10 Revision 68-69
Unit 11 Paper 3 Listening: 2 Reported speech Fashion
Fashion statements 70-73 Paper 4 Speaking: 2
Fashion
Exam folders 74-75 Paper 1 Reading and Use of
English: 5
Multiple choice
Unit12 Paper 3 Listening: 2 -ingfotms·
Making cf edsion$ 76.,...'7~ Paper 4 Speaking: 3
:K)eci~to:n:s
Writingf older s 80-81 Letters I emails
Unit13 Paper 3 Listening: 2 Past tenses and the present perfect Noun and verb forms
Adjective order
Colour 82-85
Colours
Exam folder 6 86-87 Paper 1 Reading and Use of
English: 6
Cross-text multiple matching
Unit 14 Paper 3 Listening: 3 The passive Woi:d fonnatieh
Languag.e 88+9l Paper 3 Listening: 2
Huil].an c0mmu,nitatiQfi Paper 1 Reading and Use of
Engli$h: 3 and 5
Writingf older 6 92-93 Essays (2)
Unit ts Paper 1 Reading and Use of The ir)fiflitive
ln. my v\ew .. . ~4'"'97 English.:5
faWFliY life Paper 4 Speaking: 3
Paper 3 Listening: 4
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Un.it16 Paper 1 Reading and Use of Inversion idioms of the body
Wh<> we are 100= 103 English: 5
Tue human body
Exam folder 7 104-105 Paper 1 Reading and Use of
English: 7
Gapped text
~ MAP OF OBJECTIVE ADVANCED STUDENT'S BOOK
EXAM PRACTICE GRAMMAR VOCABULARY
Paper 4 Speaking Articles Giving a positive or negative
106-109 review
gfolder7 uo-rn Reviews
18 Paper 4 Speaking Emphasis Acaden:ticlanguage
g the truth ll2-115
_and lies
folder 8 116-117 Paper 1 Reading and Use of
English: 8
Multiple matching
19 Paper 4 Speaking Language of persuasion Verb + noun collocations
&tfor my sake 118-121 Paper 2 Writing: 2
:ig folder s 122-123 Proposals
20 Paper I Reading and Use of Word formation
We are what we eat 124~U7 filiglish: 6 .
Paper 2 Writing Range of grammatical structures Travel idioms
ral wonders 130-133
134-135 The Listening test
22 Paper 3 listeni:Ilg Interpreting and comparing Weather and climate
er the weather 13.6~139 Paper 4 Speaking collocations
~e Interpreting and comparing
ting folder 9 140-141 Persuasive writing
it 23 Paper 3 Listening: 3 Phrasal verbs (2) Phrasal verbs
ealty must insist 142-145 Paper 2 Writing: 2
.-rung your point across Paper 4 Speaking
zm folder to 146-147 The Speaking test
Paper l Reading and Use of Connecting words Experiments and research
sand views 148~151 English: 2
mes
in th e news Paper 3 Listening
'citing folder 10 152-153 The Writing Paper: general
guidance
1Jnit25 Paper l R:eacl:ing and Use of Complex sentences and adverbial Research and reporting on
lufelligence 15~157 l3nglish: i clauses results
;.:::dligence and learning
MAP OF OBJECT~ ; ::ED STUDENT'S BOOK /
Speaker 3: It's interesting, my brother, who's a doctor, can Revision Units 21-25
never remember my birthday. If he's smart enough to
become a doctor, why does he struggle with a simple
pages 158-159
date every 12 months? Someone once told me 'there's
more than one type of intelligence' which explains a 2
lot. Some people have a visual intelligence - they need
to see information to be able to understand. There are 1 throw
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auditory learners - they can absorb information best by
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listening to it. And then there are kinaesthetic learners
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who need to physically do something in order to learn. s map
I did a quiz once, and it turns out I'm mainly visual but 9 postcard
also kinaesthetic. I doubt whether this would help me
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find the quickest way of studying anything, but we'll see.
Speaker 4: I once took an intelligence test. Lots of numbers while= concession
and shapes. I gave up after ten minutes. How is that also= listing
supposed to measure my IQ? Maybe if you do enough that's why= result
intelligence tests, you become good at them, and then to summarise= summing up
you get a huge score. I'm not good at numbers anyway.
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My wife is. She's like a human calculator. Ask her to
write something, though, and she panics. She doesn't 1 diplomat
have much confidence when it comes to writing. Maybe 2 challenger
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someone said she wasn't good at it once, and she never
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bothered developing it. Some people are hopeless at
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reading maps, my mother for example, but my dad can't
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understand why she can't use one. Does it mean my dad
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is more intelligent than my mum? I don't think so. s expert
Speaker 5: When I hear a song, once I've heard it just a 9 judge I diplomat
couple of times, I can remember all the words. It's like
a photographic memory, but with sounds. But I don't
know whether it's the actual sounds, or it's just because
when I hear a song, the music communicates a certain
feeling and maybe that's what I latch on to. I get caught
up in it and the words get attached to that feeling. It's
like when people can remember exactly what music
was playing at important times, like a soundtrack to
their lives.
ANSWER KEY AND SCRIPTS
Content of Cambridge English: Advanced
...,.,.,,hridge English: Advanced, also known as Certificate in Advanced English ( CAE) consists of four papers. It is not
~ary to pass all four papers in order to pass the examination. There are three passing grades: A, B, C. As well
.... being told your grade, you will also be given a statement of your results which shows a graphical profile of your
~rmance on each paper.
Extended certification
....i:mbridge English: Advanced is set at Level C 1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages
..:EFR). Extended certification can give you additional credit for the language skills you demonstrate in the exam. It
~in two ways.
.. 3f you perform particularly well, you can get credit at a higher level on the CEFR. If you get grade A in the exam, you
receive a certificate indicating that you are at C2 level.
• You can also receive credit for your English language skills, even if you do not achieve a passing grade. So if you do
~t get enough marks for a grade C in the exam, you can still be awarded a certificate showing performance at level
B2 if you show this level of ability in the exam.
Results CEFR Level
eraaeA (2
Grades B ;;md C:
B2 level·
Paper 1 Reading and Use of English r hour ao minutes
~e are eight parts to this paper and they are always in the same order. Parts 1-4 contain texts with accompanying
il"'fillillar and vocabulary tasks. Parts 5-8 contain a range of texts and accompanying reading comprehension tasks. The
::iens used are from newspapers, magazines, journals, books, leaflets, brochures, etc .
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Task Type Task Format Objective
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Nlwlt~pJe"¢ho ice A teXtWlt!i·~ight ga~s; each with four options. This mainly tests
¢1oze vqCftoulary1 f(Jioms; :Gollocations, fixed phrases, etc.
2 Gi;ten ~l9ze ·s A text With eight gaps which must be filled with one word each. · 2 (2:6-27)
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WoF~ fcmn?tioi:i A text With eight gaps. Ea~h gaf3 corresponds to a word. The stems of the 3 (44-45)
missing words are g~';(en and.must be changed to form the missing word.
K~ywqtd ' 6 , Six questions, each with a gappet;l sentenee which must be ¢ompleted in 4 (s~~sz)
transfQnnation three to six words, including a given key word.
5 6 A reaarng text followes fuy multi191e~d1oie;¢ qw;sti0ns. 5(74-75)
6 (fos;5"(~xt r-iwltiwi~ 4
m9l:~f\ing
7 'A text witfi mislsiA§ ~p,hs. You must use th~ missin9 extracts to -, {104-ws}
e~~rae me text.
Mµitipie matd:ii(rg to A ®ct fli' SE'\"!ETG;. stioft ~ with multi191e-matth1ng qJ;iestlMs. ~ (ito--'11zl
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f'. """E 1 ClF CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH: ADVANCED
Paper 2 Writing 1 hour so minutes
There are two parts to this paper. Part 1 is compulsory and you have to answer it in 220-260 words. In Part 2 there is a
choice of tasks. You must write an answer of220-260 words to one of these tasks.
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Task Type Task Format ObjectiveW riting Folder
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' 1 You have to write an essa;y based en twp points 2 l'or'mal Writing (3~~33)
in given [nfoqmatiGtl. Y0l:.i need to deeide whJch ~ Essays (so~?1)
of the two points is r.n0te iJ111p0rtant, and to 6 ~says (2) (92~93)
explain why. 9 Per-suasive writing (140~1041)
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T.he Writing f?aper: general
g.u.ldal'lce 6s2-rs3')
, te@0rt l;ihp,qse i You ar¢giveh~d\0ice oftas!(s wb1Etl ~pec:;ify 1 formal and informal writir:1g
re-Miew fn;m1 a the ~pe of text ~ou hcive te Write, YoJ:ir purpose (20-21)
l~tfer /email GhOi€€0f f0r w~iting ~nd the person or people you have 2 formal writing {32~33)
pr-5,fiiG>sal ta~ks. te write fer. 4 Rep0rts (62-63)
s Letters I emails (80-81)
7 Reviews (110~111)
Pr0~Qsal·s (122-~23}
; 9 Persuasive writing {~4cH41)
;. io The Writing P.flper; g.erieral
guidafi.Ge {~57--153)
Paper 3 Listening approximately 40 minutes
There are four parts to this paper. All the recordings are heard twice. The recordings are set in a variety of situations.
In some parts you hear just one speaker; in others more than one speaker.
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Task Type Task Format
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6 Y0l!I hear three sh(')ft extracts ana h_ave te ar:iswer ·tWo mul~iple"ch0iee
quesnens drn eac;h. Each q~estJon has three optiqns, A, Ba.Rd (,
Yem hear a fei;:or.ding and nave te Wfite a woit! or short phrase t.i1> complete:~ ~ (i3~HSs)
sentences.
Y0u heara rec;erding anCI heve t0 amswer mI:1itrrte~Qn0iJ:;e ques,trtms with
four optic:ms.
You faear five sl:lo.rt; exrra~~, There are two rn13t~hing t.asks fo~tising on th.e ? (J34-135}
gist and the main J;:ioints of wnat is ~aiGI; rne attittlci~qhhe speakers and '~
theiaPntext:in wMfch they are ~peaking, ·e~c.
~ CONTENT OF CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH! ADVANCED
Paper 4 Speaking s
1 minutes
There are four parts to this paper. There are usually two of you taking the examination together and two examiners. This
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~er tests your grammar and vocabulary; interactive communication, pronunciation and how you link your ideas .
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Task Type Task Format
l'h'ree-"way eon1:1e·rsati6n between t;wo 2 minutes 'the examiner ask$ you both some questions about 16 (14.P-147)
stt;tder:its <iml \!Yoe ohllie ex!'!.rniners yeurselfand your interests and experiences.
lndi.vi~ual 'I.of.lg tl;(rri'with brief 4 r:tHnutes You are eadil given some visual and Written prompts 10 (146-~47)
resr!);orise frem ~i'lrtner aAd the examiner. will ask yo1:1 to talk about these for
c)t)qat a trj1nute. Yol! are asked to give a short response
after yeur partner has fi:nished their 'long turn'.
CoU!'l.l50rcative task You are gJven some spoken instruGtions and Written 10 (146-147)
stimuli fer a dtscusston or- decision-making task and you
dis~u~s these prompt.s with your partner.
i11Mr~e'Wii~jntera~tipf1 oetweem Thg examiner asks yq.u and your partner questions 10 (14.eh14'7)
stµc;lent~aM<;( one ef theexe1mir\ers r.elating to topics arising from Pcirt 3.
CONTIE.NT O:F €: • SE ENGLISH: ADVANCED
Getting to know you
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Speaking
1 Work with a partner and discuss this
question. Do you find it easy to get to know
other people?
2 Decide which five of these questions would
be useful to ask if you wanted to get to
know someone. Give reasons by discussing
what you think the answers would reveal.
I What would be your ideal way to spend
a weekend?
2 Do you prefer to work or study on your
own, or with other people? Vocabulary
3 How important is it for you to keep up
with the news? 1 Complete these sentences with words from the box. There
may be more than one possible answer.
4 Would you ever do an extreme sport,
such as bungee jumping? conscientiotts narrow-minded courageous
5 Which is your favourite meal of the day? unconventional competent down-to-earth
Why?
outgoing decisive knowledgeable
6 Do you make detailed plans for your persuasive
future, or do you just wait and see what
happens? I She seems very gf_rJ.~.~-~- and is obviously putting a
lot of effort into her new job.
7 What's the first thing you notice about
2 With two years' experience in the classroom, I'd say he's
people when you meet them for the first
time? a very teacher.
3 I think she'd make a great team leader because she's a
8 What's the furthest you've ever been
from home? ................................ sort of person, whereas I find it hard to
make up my mind.
3 Work with a different partner. Ask and
4 It was a decision to resign in protest at the
answer the five questions you chose.
company's pollution record.
Discuss what you think the answers
5 I'd describe her as a sort of person with no
revealed.
pretensions.
6 One of his daughters is , while the other
4 Look at the photos. What is your first
one is really shy - how strange!
impression of each person?
7 To my mind, he has a very way of dressing
- it's very creative.
@Exa1mspot 8 You could say they display the typical, .
attitudes of small communities.
"fi Pert: 1 of Pz,.oor 4 (the Speaking test), you have about 9 She gave a very speech about the need for
fil.lu fl"l.llUtcst o.allS\verquestions about yourselves more funding.
~ J£!U comie from, your leisure activities, etc). Use
~ ~If'~ and vocabulary, as well as clear 10 If she's an international lawyer, then she needs to be
~~ very in her job.
i!'a:."t l.. u... fili!:eEI m mmpare, describe and express
t·~m
op'"' ":5 :fa_.., !ml Dho-cesf rom a set of three. Phrases 2 Listen and check your answers. Mark the stress on
sud> 311 ;;_ m.:.: 2F5 ---·She seems ... and I'dd escribe each word in the box (e.g. consci@ious).
her' :;is ~ ~ :'m<' thiS..
3 Work in pairs. Use the adjectives from exercise 1 to talk
about the people in the photos.
