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Scena SKILLS FOR THE REVISED CAMBRIDGE PROFICIENCY EXAM ZS Express Publishing Listening & Speaking SKILLS ORAS DENN aC ae aNe ae Student’s Book Virginia Evans - Sally Scott lS Express Publishing Published by Express Publishing Liberty House, New Greenham Park, Newbury, Berkshire RG19 6HW Tel: (0044) 1635 817 363 - Fax: (0044) 1635 817 463 e-mail: inquiries@expresspublishing.co.uk http: //www.expresspublishing.co.uk © Virginia Evans Design & - Sally Scott, 2002 Illustration © Express Publishing, 2002 First published 2002 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers ISBN 1-84325-540-5 Acknowledgements We would like to thank all the staff at Express Publishing who have contributed their skills to producing this book Thanks for their support and patience are due in particular to Megan Lawton (Editor in 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publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity Contents Introduction su A Listening Listening Test Listening Test Listening Test Listening Test Listening Test B Speaking Speaking Practice Speaking Test Speaking Practice Speaking Test Speaking Practice Speaking Test Speaking Practice Speaking Test Speaking Practice Speaking Test 11111111111111111111 T 10100010111 11 rree Introduction Listening and Speaking Skills for the Revised Cambridge Proficiency Exam Book consists of two sections and is designed to help students to prepare for the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES) Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) examination Listening This section consists of five complete listening tests Each test consists of four parts, with 28 questions in total, and lasts approximately 40 minutes Each question gets mark Part consists of four short extracts from monologues or texts involving interacting speakers with two three-option multiple-choice questions per extract Test focus: understanding gist, topic, attitude, opinion, feeling, purpose, etc Part consists of a monologue or prompted monologue, with nine sentence-completion questions Test focus: understanding specific information, stated opinion Part consists of a text involving interacting speakers followed by five multiple-choice questions Test focus: understanding opinion, gist, detail and inference Part consists of matching six statements on a text to either of two speakers or to both when they express agreement Test focus: recognising stated and non-stated opinion, agreement and disagreement Speaking The speaking section consists of two parts: Speaking Practice and Speaking Test Each Speaking Practice consists of material to prepare candidates for the Speaking Test which follows Each Speaking Test consists of three parts and lasts approximately 19 minutes Part1 Conversation between the interlocutor and each candidate The interlocutor candidates to give information about themselves and express personal opinions Test focus: using general interactional and social language encourages Part Two-way conversation between the candidates based on visual and spoken prompts Test focus: speculating, evaluating, comparing, giving opinions, decision making, etc Part Individual long turn by each candidate Each candidate is given a written question to respond to, after which the other candidate is asked to comment Then candidates engage in a discussion to further explore the long turn topics Test focus: expressing and justifying opinions, developing topics Listening Tests — HOTT ene nei Listening Test PART You will hear four different extracts For questions 1-8, choose the answer (A, B, or C) which fits best according to what you hear There are two questions for each extract covet You hear a woman discussing her relationship with her mother The speaker's mother wanted her children to be A self-confident C beautiful B_ romantic From what the speaker says, it may be inferred that the sender of flowers was A B_ C never discovered her mother anunknown admirer a cores You hear a woman talking about her best friend The speaker and Debbie are close because A B_ C_ they are so alike the speaker doesn’t have a sister they complement one another When Debbie fell in love A B C_ the girls’ friendship was never the same again the girls lost touch with one another the girls were able to develop independently oo Listening Test You hear a talk about young people in Japan ‘Freeters’ are young people who A come from underprivileged backgrounds C_ not appear to worry about their future B fulfil the expectations of middle-class Japanese The dependency culture is worrying because A_ B_ C_ people are afraid to have children fewer people are contributing to pension funds too many people are claiming welfare extract Qi You hear a talk about language change The book Guinness Amazing Future is devoted to words A not yet in use C_ which are no longer in use B_ some of which are already in use — The book predicts that, by 2020, many ‘screenagers’ will A be illiterate C_ know nothing about current affairs B_ have become disillusioned with cyberspace Listening Test You will hear a radio report about the possible li ink between mental illness and creativity For questions 9-17, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase People have believed in a connection between creative ability and since the time of the ancient Greeks — Psychiatrists use the phrase iT to refer to depression and linked mental problems Sufferers from manic depression experience mood swings ranging from at : to deep despair When in a state of depression, Virginia Woolf suffered from as well as feeling physically ill Griffin claims that hypomania is a disorder which is pat rticularly to productivity Apart from writers, composers and painters there were also sufferers from manic depression in the | TI Pp | Scientists have discovered that the connection between creative ability and mental problems could Tests have shown that there may in fact be a genetic relationship between depression and I Thanks to technological advances, scientists may now be able to the genes that govern madness and genius mỊ Listening Test PART You will hear a woman being interviewed about her work with homeless children For questions 18-22, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which best fits according to what you hear 18 Why did Sally set up SHELTER? A because her childhood had been wasted B_ toovercome her own resentment D_ She was forced to by circumstances C 20 stopped caring about his children couldn“t deal with life ] gave up his job to spend time at home slightly better worse much better very strict When A_ B_ C_ Ds she was fifteen, Sally met a woman who helped her overcome her problems helped many street kids took her into her home gave her a difficult time According to Sally, the council Đnz> 22 kept their home going Incomparison to her own home, Sally's foster home was A_ B_ C_ D 21 She felt it was her duty After the death of her mother, her father g¬eœ> 19 _ provided temporary accommodation for street kids helped her to keep the home running were very interested in the children’s home assisted her in buying a house 22 | ... 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