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).

Technological gadgets and knowledge

Does having the Internet mean we never need to 0 commit anything to memory ever again?

The generation who have grown up with technology hope this is the 1 caseissuematterinstance, not to mention everyone else who feels the need to 2 confirmapproveassertjustify their habitual attachment to the latest technological devices.

Some educationalists fear that access to information on the Internet reduces the importance of remembering facts. However, research shows that this is 3 vitallycompletelylargelytotally important. When we think, we use working memory and long-term memory. 4 AlthoughDespiteOwingSince our long-term memory can be described as vast, our working memory is limited to very few items and is easily 5 overratedoverloadedoverdoneoverrun. By transferring facts to our long-term memory we free up precious space in our working memory, enabling us to manipulate and combine those facts with new ones. 6 NeverthelessTherebyThereforeProvided, memorising some things aids understanding, as it creates a framework of known facts, needed to be able to 7 obtainconsumedigestacquire what we find on the Internet.

Consequently, while technology may appear to 8 cancelremovedeletetake the necessity to remember facts, unfortunately, the world we live in is far more complex.

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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 name 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 informtellrelatesay something about contemporary society and add 2 meaningimplicationessencefunction to our cityscape.

Contemporary public art can be abstract, realistic or even a performance; there appears to be no 3 boundaryrestrictionconditionregulation on what artists can create, so is it any 4 amazementconcernwondershock then that it can often cause controversy? Some people take 5 overafteragainstto a piece because they don’t understand the artist’s intentions while others enjoy the challenge of interacting with something new.

To a 6 biggreatvastlarge degree, every piece of public art is an interactive 7 methodprocessapproachprocedure 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 horizondistanceviewbackground and become something that people can pass by without comment as they go about their daily lives.

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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).

Canoeist discovers unknown waterfall

We live in an age in which 0 virtually the entire planet has been documented and mapped. Explorers seem to be 1 falling short ofmissing out oncutting down onrunning out of wilderness to explore, so the discovery of unmapped waterfalls in a developed country is a rare 2 episodeundertakingoccurrenceinstance indeed.

Adam Shoalts was canoeing along the Again River in northern Canada when his boat 3 plungedtoredashedflung twelve metres into swirling white water below. Despite the 4 sizeablewidespreadintensiveample damage to his boat, Adam was thrilled to have tumbled down an unknown waterfall. Now with financial backing from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), he is planning to revisit the falls in order to plot and measure them. His data will be used to 5 bringputtakemark maps of this remote area up to date. Its remoteness is reflected in the fact that it has a population 6 capacitydensityconsistencyfrequency of fewer than one person per 50 square kilometres. It is 7 disclosedgranteddeclaredacknowledged by the RCGS and Adam Shoalts himself that Adam’s discovery may not be of the 8 bulkvolumemagnitudeexpanse of what past explorers found, but it shows that there’s still much to be discovered.

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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).

If NASA’s proposed 2030s mission to Mars becomes a reality, astronauts will 0 undoubtedly need a base. All things 1 examinedconsidereddecidedevaluated, transporting building materials 225 million kilometres across space would not only be impractical, but phenomenally expensive, too. So, how could living spaces feasibly be created on the Red Planet?

For those who may be 2 pessimisticdubiousscepticalhesitant of the idea, it isn’t actually as much of a 3 leapspringfallskip into science fiction as it sounds. Mars has an abundance of regolith, a layer of crushed rock found throughout the solar system. It’s certainly useable, but scientists have 4 come round tocome down withcome up againstcome out in difficulties in developing technology that can bind it together successfully. Doing so would make it more 5 propersuitedcapableaccepted to 3-D printing, the proposed building technique that would be carried out by robots.

What also 6 describesexhibitsdisplayspresents a challenge is creating a material that allows structures to stand the test of time. The most likely contender is a concrete-like substance, similar to conventional construction materials used on Earth. Though the 7 breakthroughdiscoveryoutcomeprogress hasn’t occurred yet, scientists are on their way to creating such materials, and life on Mars may not actually 8 restlaysitlie too far ahead.

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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).

First-time novelists are often one-time novelists. They 0 capture everyone’s attention with a best-selling debut and shoot to literary fame – take The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, for example. Having 1 excelledbeatenexceededbetter their expectations, many are either boosted by their success or struck by writer’s block, 2 persuadedconvinceddeterminedminded that the public are expecting a follow-up to hit the shelves almost immediately. This perceived pressure can result in writers feeling 3 helplessunablelackingincapable of repeating their success, sometimes leaving fans waiting decades for their next book.

But there are also writers who have no intention of putting pen to paper – or fingers to keyboard – ever again after 4 attainingrealisingsucceedingperforming their ambition to become a published author. 5 AlbeitNonethelessRegardlessNotwithstanding of their success, these writers are often happy enough to have got their ‘own’ story out there but do not 6 desireaspireinspirerequire to spending their lives writing. And then there are writers who just 7 resultfancyarisehappen to produce something that 8 coincidesoccurssignalscoordinates with a new trend or philosophy. Timing can be everything, but one thing’s for certain: the reasons for having a one-hit wonder are as individual as the stories – and writers – themselves.

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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).

Changing Typefaces

In what can only be described as an impressive 0 piece of research, a schoolboy in the USA has calculated that the state and federal governments could save getting on for $400m a year by changing the typeface they use for printed documents.

Shocked by the number of printed handouts he was receiving from his teachers, the 14-year old boy decided to investigate the cost. He established that ink 1 representsmeasuresequalsindicates up to 60% of the cost of a printed page and is, gram for gram, twice as expensive as some famous perfumes. He then started looking at the different typefaces and discovered that, by 2 varyingmodifyingadaptingswitching to one called Garamond with its thin, elegant strokes, his school district could reduce its ink 3 applicationintakecapacityconsumption by 24% annually. Working on that 4 beliefbasisimpressionthought , the federal savings would be enormous.

5 fundamentallyseeminglyinterestinglyunusually , earlier studies of the 6 issueconcernaspectdiscussion of font choice have shown that it can affect more than just cost. The typeface that a document uses also 7 guidesrulesdominatesinfluences how much of the information is 8 preservedretainedaccumulatedgathered and whether it is worth taking seriously.

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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).

Mountain rescue in Scotland

Last year, over 200 climbers were rescued from the mountains of Scotland by local teams, who go out in all weathers whenever disaster 0 hits. Many of these people are volunteers, giving their time and energy freely and, on 1 situationeventmomentoccasion putting themselves in danger. They will risk life and 2 limbbloodboneflesh in an emergency when they are 3 pulledcalledsummonedrequired on to rescue foolhardy or unlucky climbers. A whole 4 scopeextenthostscale of things can go wrong up in the mountains, from sudden, violent storms with virtually zero visibility to unforeseen accidents, and many walkers and climbers owe a huge 5 recognitionliabilitydebtclaim of gratitude to the rescue teams!

While rescue teams often work for little or no pay, there are still considerable costs 6 impliedinvolvedfeaturedconnected in maintaining an efficient service. Equipment such as ropes and stretchers is of 7 livelymainessentialvital importance, as are vehicles and radio communications devices. Although some of the costs are borne by the government, the rescue teams couldn’t operate without 8 grantsallowancesdonationsaids from the public. Fortunately, these tend to be very generous.

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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).

Raising Awareness

In cities around the world, a wide 0 range of schemes is being instigated to promote environmental awareness. ‘It’s just as easy to 1 disposediscarddumpdispense of litter properly as it is to drop it on the streets’, says city councillor Mike Edwards. ‘It’s a question of encouraging people to do so as a 2 principlemattersystemduty of course. Once the habit is ingrained, they won’t even 3 remarknoticecomprehendappreciate they are doing it. After all, think what we’ve achieved with recycling in the home. People have become accustomed to it, so it doesn’t 4 concernoccurimpressstrike to them that they’re spending any additional time in the process. Only if they have to carry this waste for some appreciable distance to find a suitable container do they feel they are 5 inconveniencedsacrificedcomplicatedimposed ’.

A quirky, 6 light-heartedmundanesubjectiveintense gimmick might be enough to change behaviour. With this in 7 contextthoughtspiritmind the city of Berlin is introducing rubbish bins that say danke, thank you and merci when someone drops an item of rubbish into them. It might just 8 servedomakeplay the trick in this city, too.

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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).

Solar Power for Indian Villages

Gulab Devi looks like a 0 typical rural woman from Rajasthan in north-west India. She can neither read nor write, but is 1 furthermorebesidesneverthelessalternatively a successful pioneer in the Barefoot Solar Engineering Project, a scheme 2 decidedinspiredproposeddesigned to bring solar power to hundreds of villages across India. The availability of solar power 3 easesfreeslightenslifts women from the arduous task of searching for wood for fuel and also reduces their 4 appearanceliabilityexposuresituation to unhealthy wood smoke.

Gulab is her family’s sole breadwinner. Her job as a solar engineer 5 demandsimpliesconcernsinvolves making electronic circuits and chargers for solar lighting panels, and she and her family are able to live comfortably on her salary.

Most of the engineers in the scheme are women, and are trained at the Barefoot College 6 set downset inset upset aside by social worker Bunker Roy. His 7 pursuitaimdeterminationtendency is to address problems by building on skills that people already have, and then place the solutions to their problems in their own hands. Early 8 signalshintssuggestionsindications are that the project is having a powerful impact on the lives of women like Gulab.

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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).

The Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco 0 achieved worldwide fame almost immediately after its completion in 1937, not just because it was a technical masterpiece but also 1 in the eventon behalfas a resultwith the aid of its elegant design. The eye-catching orange-red colour of the bridge also 2 boostedintensifieddevelopedamplified its popularity.

Construction of the road bridge started in 1933. At the time, many people doubted whether it was technically possible to span the 1,600-metre-wide strait. But despite this, the project 3 went aheadmoved offstarted outsprang up . There is also a sidewalk for pedestrians on the bridge but it’s quite a 4 hazardchallengetrialdifficulty to walk across it. For a start, it is three kilometres long and 67 metres above sea level. In extreme weather conditions, the bridge can 5 shakebounceswaywobble almost eight metres, which can make the crossing rather unpleasant.
The Golden Gate Bridge is at its most 6 desirableenchantingglowingpleasurable in the morning when it is often shrouded by mist.

At night, it’s also spectacular because the lighting makes it seem as if the towers are 7 dispersingseparatingspreadingdisappearing into the darkness. The bridge has long since 8 thrownlostmissedresigned its record of being the longest bridge but it is still one of the world’s most famous landmarks

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