CAE Final Test in English For Students
CAE Final Test in English For Students
CAE Final Test in English For Students
1 LEARNERS
I. CLOZE VOCABULARY
From the words listed below, choose the ones which best fit the
space, A, B, C or D.
PARROT RUSTLING
Parrots and macaws have become so (01) costly..... that special varieties of
these birds are (02) ..reaching....... up to £9,000 each on the black market
in Britain. Macaws from Brazil cost from £1,000 and parrots from Australia
can cost £7,500 a pair.
The demand for parrots, cockatoos and macaws has led to a (03)...high......
increase in thefts from zoos, wildlife parks and pet shops. London and
Whipsnade zoos are among the many places from which parrots have been
stolen. Some thefts have not been (04)....publicized..... in an effort to
prevent further (05)..incidents........ Parrot rustling, as it is known among
bird fanciers, has increased rapidly in Britain since 1976 when imports and
exports of (06)....exotic..... birds became (07).....hardly.... controlled.
15 points/
30 points/
John Lennon
Northern Ireland
For thirty years Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, was divided,
torn by (9 - SECT) .......section... riots, blasted by car bombs, patrolled by
armoured cars. A whole (10 - GENERATE) ....generation...... grew up in the
city knowing nothing else but what the Irish (11 -
EUPHEMISM) .....euphemistic.... call "the troubles". The place suffered not
only from violence, but from poverty, low (12 -
EXPECT) .....expectations....., lack of incentive, lack of a future.
The young complained of (13 - VICTIM) .....being victims ..... by the police
and security forces. But the (14 - HARASS) ........harassment.. by terrorists,
Catholic or Protestant, could be much worse. The example is given of one
15-year-old Catholic boy with 85 offences behind him. He fled from Northern
Ireland after being told that the IRA was waiting at his home. Six cushions
had been laid out in his sitting room in(15 - PREPARE) ......preparation.... for
a (16 - PUNISH) .....punishing..... shooting - elbows, knees and ankles. This
was a country where the concepts of law and order no longer had any
meaning.
35 points/
5. Everyone knew about the event because the firm has been
advertising (advertise) the product launch party for
months.
7. I’m so sorry that I didn’t see you there, how long were you waiting
(you wait) to see Mr. Henderson?
20 points/
20 points/
Mark: