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    CAE 4 Sample Test

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    1. The document is a mock exam for CAE 4 that contains two sections - the first asks test takers to fill in gaps in a passage with single words, and the second asks them to complete sentences using a given word. 2. The passage in the first section discusses how mosquitoes spread malaria and affect millions each year, though little is known about what attracts or repels mosquitoes despite the distress and disease they cause. It notes deet is an effective repellent but has drawbacks. 3. The passage also discusses how scientists know mosquitoes find some people more attractive than others for unknown reasons, and that people's reactions to bites vary, though scientists have discovered smells attract or rep

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    1. The document is a mock exam for CAE 4 that contains two sections - the first asks test takers to fill in gaps in a passage with single words, and the second asks them to complete sentences using a given word. 2. The passage in the first section discusses how mosquitoes spread malaria and affect millions each year, though little is known about what attracts or repels mosquitoes despite the distress and disease they cause. It notes deet is an effective repellent but has drawbacks. 3. The passage also discusses how scientists know mosquitoes find some people more attractive than others for unknown reasons, and that people's reactions to bites vary, though scientists have discovered smells attract or rep

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    1. The document is a mock exam for CAE 4 that contains two sections - the first asks test takers to fill in gaps in a passage with single words, and the second asks them to complete sentences using a given word. 2. The passage in the first section discusses how mosquitoes spread malaria and affect millions each year, though little is known about what attracts or repels mosquitoes despite the distress and disease they cause. It notes deet is an effective repellent but has drawbacks. 3. The passage also discusses how scientists know mosquitoes find some people more attractive than others for unknown reasons, and that people's reactions to bites vary, though scientists have discovered smells attract or rep

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    CAE 4 Mock Exam

    I. For questions 13 27, read the text below and think of the word
    which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap.
    According to the World Health Organisation, malaria, a disease spread by
    mosquitoes, affects millions of people every year. Everyone knows how
    irritating the noise made by a mosquito, (1) __________ by a painful reaction to
    its bite, can be. It is astonishing that so (2) __________ is known about why
    mosquitoes are drawn to or driven away from people, given (3) __________ level
    of distress and disease caused by these insects. We know that the most
    effective chemical (4) __________ protecting people against mosquitoes is
    diethyltoluamide, commonly shortened (5) __________ deet. (6) __________ deet
    works well, it has some serious drawbacks: it can damage clothes and some
    people are allergic to it.
    Scientists know that mosquitoes find some people more attractive than others,
    but they do not know (7) __________ this should be. They also know that people
    vary in (8) __________ reactions to mosquito bites. One person has a painful
    swelling while (9) __________ who is bitten by the same mosquito (10) __________
    hardly notice. Scientists have (11) __________ discovered the reason for this, but
    they have carried (12) __________ experiments to show that mosquitoes are
    attracted to, or put (13) __________ by, certain smells. In the future, scientists
    hope to develop a smell that mosquitoes cannot resist. This could be used in a
    trap (14) __________ that, instead of attacking people, mosquitoes would fly into
    the trap and be destroyed. For the time (15) __________ however, we have to
    continue spraying ourselves with unpleasant liquids if we want to avoid getting
    bitten.
    II. For questions 16 - 23, complete the second sentence so that it has
    a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not
    change the word given. You must use between three and six words,
    including the word given.
    16. There were a lot of things that we had to think about before we could
    accept their offer.
    OBLIGED
    There were several things that we ___________________________ consideration
    before we could accept their offer.
    17. Do you think you could help me to fill in this application form?
    WONDERING
    I ___________________________ me a hand filling in this application form.

    18. I know that it was wrong of me to shout in front of the customers.


    RAISED
    I know that I should ___________________________ in front of the customers.
    19. If you need any help, you can always call me.
    HESITATE
    If you need any help, ___________________________ me.
    20. It hasnt rained quite as much this year as in previous years.
    SLIGHTLY
    This year, it has rained ___________________________ did in previous years.
    21. Unless the weather improves, they will have to stop the tennis match.
    MEAN
    If the weather doesnt get ___________________________ stopping the tennis
    match.
    22. I dont mind whether we stay in or go out this evening, but John wants to go
    to the cinema.
    DIFFERENCE
    It doesnt ___________________________ whether we stay in or go out this
    evening, but John wants to go to the cinema.
    23. Its possible that the thieves entered the building by forcing a window at
    the back.
    BROKEN
    The thieves may ___________________________ the building through a window at
    the back.

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