CPE Use of English Practice

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• WO
• Studiejaar 3,4

Taking the official CPE Exam

End of the 3rd year

Master’s degree = A or B grade

Exams

Period 1: Reading & Use of English and Vocab 3

Period 3: Listening and Vocab 4

Period 4: Writing

Year 3 Period 2: Speaking

You must pass all these exams in order to be entered for the official CPE test in June 2021

Required Reading

Recommended Reading

What do you know about the CPE Reading & Use of English test?
How many parts are there?

What do you know about the CPE Reading & Use of English test?
How long is the test?

Key word transformations

The driver instructed passengers to move down the bus. (way)
Passengers ...... down the bus by the driver.

Mira tried to stay out of the argument between her two colleagues. (sides)
Mira tried ........................ between her two colleagues.

A lack of support is threatening the success of the carnival.
(under)
The carnival's ...... support.

The manager refused to discuss his decision further.
(open)
The manager stated that his decision ..... discussion.

I just saw Emma for a moment as she walked past the restaurant.
CAUGHT
I just ........ as she walked past the restaurant.

Use of English sample questions:
Part 1: Multiple choice cloze

1

1. commanding
2. capturing
3. carrying
4. conquering

2

1. originated
2. emerged
3. established
4. inaugurated

3

1. disregarded
2. deplored
3. disaproved
4. dismissed

4

1. resorting
2. applying
3. resigning
4. adopting

Use of English sample questions:

Part 2: Open cloze

Although sophisticated ... (1)... to assemble cars and assist during complex surgery, modern robots are dumb animatons, ...(2).... of striking up relationships with their human operators.

However, change is (...) the horizon.

Engineers argue that, as robots begin to make (...) a bigger part of society, they will need a way to interact with humans.

To this end they will need artificial personalities. The big question is this: what does a synthetic companion need to have so that you want to engage
..... it over a long period of time?

Phones and computers have already shown the ....... to which people can develop relationships with inanimate electronic objects.

Looking further ...... , engineers envisage robots helping around the house, integrating with the web to place supermarket orders using email.

Programming the robot with a human-like persona and ....... it the ability to learn its users’ preferences, will help the person feel at ease with it. Interaction with such a digital entity in this context is more natural than sitting with a mouse and keyboard.

Part 3: Word Formation

In the Northern hemisphere migration is promoted by the (SCARCE) of food.

Migrants are also (GENE) programmed to respond to the changing length of the day as autumn approaches.

Nevertheless, in the tropics, where there is little variation in the amount of daylight, migration is still a surprisingly common (OCCUR).

Many birds will display considerable restlessness before beginning their journeys. Their (SENSE) to the earth's magnetic field helps them navigate.

Part 5: Reading Multiple Choice

1. Read the text (include titles and headers).

2. Read the question carefully, checking exactly what it’s asking you to do. 

2. Find and underline where you think the answer is in the text.

3. Review the mutiple choice  options A, B, C and D one by one, eliminating the wrong ones until you are confident you’ve found the one which fits the best.

4. Read the paragraph again to understand it in a wider context and check you’re right. If you have time, you can read the text again as a whole.

5. Finally, you don’t lose marks for an incorrect answer, so don’t leave any question unanswered!

Part 6: Gapped Text

1. Read the text (including title and headers) 

2. Read the sentence before and after the gap 

3. Read the paragraphs 

3. Choose the paragraph that you think fits in the gap (even if you used it earlier, you may have made a mistake)

4. Reread the article after filling the gaps and review your answers

Part 7: Multiple Matching

Scan the texts for the particular information required 

Homework

Complete the sample reading assignments

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