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CAE Reading and Use of English Part 1
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).
Public art
What is public art? If asked to 0 __________ a piece, many of us would call to mind a statue of a rather stern-looking military man or a past ruler. But public art in cities shouldn’t just celebrate the past. It should 1 __________ something about contemporary society and add 2 __________ to our cityscape.
Contemporary public art can be abstract, realistic or even a performance; there appears to be no 3 __________ on what artists can create, so is it any 4 __________ then that it can often cause controversy? Some people take 5 __________ a piece because they don’t understand the artist’s intentions while others enjoy the challenge of interacting with something new.
To a 6 __________ degree, every piece of public art is an interactive 7 __________ involving artist and community. Placed in public sites, it’s there for all to see and to react to. It can transform our environment, heighten our awareness and question our assumptions. What it shouldn’t do is merge into the 8 __________ and become something that people can pass by without comment as they go about their daily lives.
| 0 | A name | B define | C mention | D appoint |
| 1 | A inform | В tell | C relate | D say |
| 2 | A meaning | В implication | C essence | D function |
| 3 | A boundary | В restriction | C condition | D regulation |
| 4 | A amazement | В concern | C wonder | D shock |
| 5 | A over | В after | C against | D to |
| 6 | A big | В great | C vast | D large |
| 7 | A method | В process | C approach | D procedure |
| 8 | A horizon | В distance | C view | D background |
CAE Reading and Use of English Part 2
For questions 9-16, read the text below and think o f the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet
Example: (0) INTO
Extreme sports
People who are 0 __________ extreme sports love the idea of a challenge. For some, it’s escaping the monotony of everyday life and the planning is more important than the actual sport, for example organising the event in great detail, or raising money 9 __________ charity. But adrenaline, too, plays a big part, with many saying they need a physical buzz that they can’t get from normal life.
10 __________ can be a misconception to believe these people are reckless; in fact, they are often the opposite of what we assume. They try their hardest not to leave things 11 __________ chance and they don’t do anything 12 __________ they’re ready.
There’s also a lot of creativity in the things extreme-sports people do. These sports often don’t have established rules; the participants have to work them out 13 __________ they go along. Crucial to this 14 __________ a sense of trust in oneself and the environment, 15 __________ something that is necessarily encouraged nowadays. After all, we’re living in a time 16 __________ health and safety rules are dominant.
CAE Reading and Use of English Part 3
For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.
Example: (0) EXPLORATION
Eating in space
| Over the years, space 0 __________ has had a huge amount of investment and involved many people. All of this has been 17 __________ to society; without it we wouldn’t have such devices as mobile phones or satellite TV today. There have been countless 18 __________ in many aspects of space travel but advances made to food consumed in space have been 19 __________ slow. Most early suggestions for the 20 __________ of food for astronauts were unacceptable, for example shredding their printed mission instructions and sprinkling them with water enriched with vitamins. The freeze-dried foods they did initially consume would doubtlessly have been regarded as totally 21 __________ by those of us on Earth. Today the 22 __________ of the International Space Station fortunately have a more appetising diet, since the larger spacecraft which is now being used 23 __________ them to take tinned foods and flexible pouches containing meat and vegetables. However, despite this, their food still remains limited, due to the 24 __________ challenges encountered with lack of gravity and the necessity for food to be sterile. | 0.EXPLORE 17.BENEFIT 18.DEVELOP 19.RELATE 20.PROVIDE 21.EDIBLE 22.INHABIT 23.ABLE 24.GO |
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