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CAE Use of English Part 1, Test 1 – A tune to love (or hate)

For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

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A face В see C look D observe

A tune to love (or hate)

Love it or hate it, you have to 0 face the fact that most of us have to wake up in the morning 1 . According to recent data, eight out of ten people find waking up to be the least pleasant thing about working. It all comes 2 to so-called sleep inertia, when both our mind and body are reluctant to move between the states of sleep and awakeness.

One way to make getting up just a little bit more 3 is to use a tune you enjoy listening to as the alarm. An upbeat, energetic piece of music starts playing, and, before 4 , you get out of bed to get a 5 on the day ahead.

Be 6 that even your most favourite piece of music might soon become 7 with the unpleasant experience. Some suggest that changing the alarm clock tune from time to time could 8 linking it with the sensation of forced awakening.

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