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Test 2
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (A,B,C or D) best fits each gap.
‘There is an example at the beginning (0)
Exampl
0 Adata Binformation C perception D discussion
o}A 8B D
Is Work Bad for you?
Popular (0) is that working (I) are now so over-regulated the only people likely to be injured at
work are bosses, strangled by (2) tape. But beware a hidden eridemic raging in British workplaces. In this
post-industrial age, when most jobs are in light industry, information technology and the service sector. we expect
‘working if to be ralatively somfortable and at the vary (3) alo. We dan't expect to bo maimed, lid off
for life or to work ourselves into the ground.
@ again. In the UK there are stil 1.6 million workplace injuries every year as well as 2.2 million cases
of ill health caused by work, Some of these injuries wouldn't have been out of place in Charles Dickens’ England.
Last year 350 people died as a result of building site accidents, a large increase on previous years.
But some of the worst dangers are the hidden ones. 400,000 cases of asthma are caused by working conditions,
©) to high levels of dust or traffic pollution, and asbestos stil kis over 4,000 people a year. There are no
©... at present requiring owners to record the (7) of ssbestos, meaning that builders and fire-
fighters have no way of anticipating the problem. However, a non-profit organisation has taken up the issue with a
new database (B) 1... iN conjunction with the Trades Union Congress.
1A habits B plights C sites D conditions
2 A red B green Clack D white
3 A few B least most D furthest
4 A Think B_ Remark Dwell D Comment
5 A detection B_ expression © expansion D exposure
6 A methods B prosecutions C regulations D principles
7 A attendance B presence © company D residence
8 A launched B_ embarked © terminated D propelled
Part 2
For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word
in each gap. There is an exarple at the beginning (0),
Write your answers in CAPITAL LETTERS. Example:
0 OF
Thousands of nurses out of work
Nearly three-quarters (0) rnewly-qualified nurses cannot find a permanent job in the Health Service, a study
has found. Thousands are struggling to get a full-time post as the financial crisis in the NHS has led to job cuts and recruit-
‘ment freezes. A survey from The Royal College of Nursing questioned (9) soonne O¥@F 500 newly-qualifiec|
nurses and 2,200 students. Of (10) ie who had just graducted, it found that 71 per cent were still
searching for a Rand Five nursing jah - the lavel ar which nuurses hagin their caraar And the majarity - Ré per cent - were
ot confident of finding a permanent position, with more than nine out of ten blaming recruitment freezes and job cuts
10) their difficulties
More than eight out of ten said they would consider retraining or looking for work in another profession if the problem
continued. (12) it costs more than £50,000 to train each nurse, campaigners have called the situa-|
ton a “disgraceful (13) of taxpayers’ money’, The RCN's secretary, Dr. Beverly I'ialone, sald: "What
message are we sending out to the nurses of the future if we spend tens of thousands of pounds training them, only to see
them without jobs (14) ° at the beginning of their careers? The period straight after qualification is
the single most important time in a nurse's career. (15) sso We welcome them nto the profes-
sion, we risk losing them forever. Nurses are encouraged to train by this government, (16)
ministers have let the NHS deteriorate to such a point that they (nurses) are unable to find jobs.” CAE Practice Test 2 Paper | - Reading and Use of English
Part 3
2 questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to
*m a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
“ite your answers in CAPITAL LETTERS.
=xample: 0 | PREPARATION
JOB HUMOUR: How to get away with doing nothing at work
Avoiding work is fast becoming an art form. Looking busy and achieving nothing takes skill
and (0) So if you've ever been caught out by your boss, here's an PREPARE
(17) way to make sure it doesn't happen again. The secret FAIL,
to spending time doing nothing, is to be able to lie with (18) -.en-ensssmnnnn CONVINCE
and the kind of (19) vwomne that Suggests that nothing would give you ENTHUSE
TOE (20) oon than to explain what you are doing in the utmost detail PLEASE
Now, this is the clever bit. Be sure that your explanation is completely
(21) -seecinssnnnniunsnn BY USiNg aS Much technical jargon as you can until your questioner COMPREHEND
‘uns off in either boredom oF total (22) awnvnvsunnnnnnens « YOU need to have in your CONFUSE
nnind an (23) .. + list of jobs that just have to be done today, but of course, END
1 reality, don’t actually exist. Ther, if you think that your boss is getting
a cchange your activity to another equally time-wasting one. SUSPECT
Part 4
~ questions 25-30, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using
= word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and six words, including the
2rd given. Here is an example (0).
ple: 0 George should have worked harder if he wanted to pass the exam. succeeded
Had George worked harder, passing the exam.
Write the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS. HE WOULD HAVE SUCCEEDED IN
25 I dontt intend to stop trying for a career in the police force. no
Ihave up on trying for a career in the police force.
26 Did prabed har. excepslorallyxood choice of verwe tf the pal congratulated
David “ a good venue for the party.
Tt amsena ther the thee escaped Wn stein appear
icone : s-snmne aWaY in a stolen car.
He said that he was sorry that he'd missed the meeting. apologised
He... i . ne up at the meeting.
29 She thought she might want to buy some souvenirs so she took some extra money with her. case
She took some extra money with her .
s« Some Souvenirs.
30 I don't care if she doesn't write to me. difference
It makes no
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Part 5
You are going to read a megazine a
‘icle about someone who set up their own business. For
questions 31-36, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.
Starting up your own business
Iiy earliest memory is one of incredible trauma. When |
was five, my older brother and | crept downstairs on
Christmas morning to light candes on the tree, and his
pyjamas caught fire. As he ran eround the room in flames,
| knew | had to fetch a bucket of water, but shock rooted
ime to the spot and | could do nothing, He's still scarred,
and the incident had a lasting impact on me, too. Ever
since, ve been driven by a need to help heal other people.
‘When | was 18, | started studying medicine, but | never
really got into it. The course wasn't what I'd expected and
| took some time out to think about what | really wanted
to do. But before | had a chance to start a new course, fd
fallen in love and was married
| was sad to give up my studies but | put our marriage
first. We had three children, but by the time the third was
born, our relationship was faling apart. After nearly five
years, | realised nothing was gong to change unless |
made it happen myself, so I persuaded my husband to
leave. It was the hardest thing fd ever done
So there | was, 29, on my own, with three young children
to bring up and very little money. Things were bleak. |
knew had to get on with bringhg up the children, but
there were times | felt | couldn't cope and then I'd go out:
side, ie on the grass and cry. My salvation was living in
such @ lovely place - it was so beautiful that just looking
at the landscape was a form of therapy.
But back then, nature also supported us on a practical
level. | realised that if| saved a few potatoes and planted
them, | could grow my own. | taught myselt as | went
along, and learned how to use tirch leaves and nettles
from the garden to make soups The children and | would
0 to the woods to pick blackberries and collect mush
rooms and firewood. | also kept bees for honey. Id always
loved the outdoors, but for the first time | found myself
looking at plants and thinking about what | could use them
for. The children stil emember those times as idyllic, but |
knew | couldn't go on living lke that forever. After a few
years, as | bult up my confidence. | decided I had to start
using my brain again | considered resurrecting my medical
ambitions, but in the end | turned down a place to study
medicine in Dundee as it would have meant studying 70
hours a week, which was unfair on the ctilren
Then | heard about a homeopathy course, which was held
‘one weekend a month in Newcastle. It was the mid
Eighties, when homeopathy wasn't so widely accepted, but
| Running the cline was my dream. | have three treatment
Thad faith in it Because my parents had used it. Suddenly 1
had an energy | hadn't felt for years because | had
regained control of my life. Healing people with hameapa.
thy made perfect sense because itis based on the rela-
tionship between nature and ourselves, rather than being
about automatically prescribing drugs
For the first few years after I qualified, my surgery was @
room in my house. It was exciting - people told their
friends about me, so I never had to advertise, but it was-
int easy working from home. The children were very good
but | felt guilty celing them they had to be quiet, so 1
started working trom treatment rooms at cinics alongside
other complimertary therapists. But before long | found |
was working six days a week. It was exhausting traveling
between clinics and it dawned on me that with the money
| was paying in rent | might as well have my own place
Eight years ago, | opened my own clinic in the centre of
Edinburgh. | was totally out of my depth in the beginning
and simply looked around until | found premises and took
fn the lease | had no savings; | just planned to pay the
rent with the money as it came in. | had no idea how to
run a business tack then, | was so naive I didh't even know
you had to pay rates, until | received a huge bilt But |
began to realise that running a business is a creative
process, too. | was determined that my lack of business
skills wouldn't let me down, so | taught myself the basics,
kept things simple and, when things went wrong, I learned
from my mistakes,
rooms and | treat my patients in one of them, wile the
other two are rented to other therapists. There's also @
shop where | sel natural healthcare products and natural
beauty products that Ive made. These days | work six
days a week - twree days spent treating people and the
other three in the shop doing the accounts and making
products.
I've learned you have to accept the negative things in life
and use them ta move on, You can't hide from them. It's
hard when things go wrong, but it does help to clear out
all the things that don't matter and lets you focus on what
does. But more than anything, I've realised that it's worth
pushing for what you want, because if you arc lucky
enough to find work you believe in, it can totally transform
you. _ __CAE Practice Test 2 Paper | - Reading and Use of English
31, What effect did her brother's accident have on the writer?
She blames herself for causing the accident.
She felt somehow responsible for the extent of his injuries.
She realises now that there was nothing that she could have done to help him.
She felt that they were being punished for misbehaving.
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She found the course too demanding,
She was uninspired by the course.
Her husband wanted her to stay home and be @ housewife.
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33. What happened after the writer split up with her husband?
A. She didn't have enough money to feed her children.
B. She avoided mixing with other people socially
C. She reverted to a childlike state herself.
D._ She became as self-sufficient as she could in order to save money.
34. What was the writer’s attitude to studying homeopathy?
A. She was unsure what i
B. She was positive about it because she'd had previous experience of it,
C. She naturally accepted it because her parents had a homeopathy clinic.
D. She was worried that people would be negative about it because it wasn't used much at that time.
Wolved but believed it might make a good career.
35, What does the writer say about her business skills in the beginning?
‘A. There were more challenges to deal with than she realised at first.
B. She found it fairly simple to deal with the business from day one.
CC. She was so well prepared that she managed to deal with problems as they came up.
D. She couldn't afford to pay her first rates bill.
36. How could one describe the writer's approach to life?
Sensible and carefully planned.
Insecure and negative,
Flexible and positive.
Unreliable and without commitment.
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Part 8
You are going to read some extracts of people talking about their jobs. For questions 47-56,
choose from the extracts (A-F). The extracts may be chosen more than once.
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“Treating people as you wish to be treated yourself. 49 [
People anxious for news. 50 |
A family member taking credit for someone's success. 51
Longing for a more conventional li 52 |
The risk of being physically attacked. 53 [
Needing a certain amount of courage. 54
Putting other people at risk. 56
Not intending to follow the career they hava ended up doing [55 [ CAE Practice Test 2
r_|_- Reading and Use of English
JOBS
A The writer
| rm often accused of ing ina paral universe. Te nature
jam job demands a natural inclination to all things weird
and wonderful. After all, 'm creating an unreal world based
on what | see, feel and experience. | don't remember a time |
ag from it until a cousin of mine entered a short story td
written into a national competition and | wort It was a bolt
out of the blue seeing as I knew nothing cbout the compet-
‘on The cash prize was substantial so | shared it with my
enterprising cousin. Now she tres to claim commission on
| tne royalties of every book I have published, not that she
as any luc
| when | didn't write but | never had aspirations to earn a liv-
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B The postal worker
love the freedom of my job. You are out on the streets
| selivering and there is no one to bother you. Well, with the
exception of the local wildlife of course. 've had a few
| close encounters with a canine jaw or two but no actual
| tes. I'm a fast runner when nead he. fm nat so sure that
some of the letters | deliver survive some of the cuddly
dogs that rip them out of my hand as they go through the
setter box. In some houses I can hear great snaring and ri-
ng noises as | walk away from the door. Stil, once they
¢ through that box, they're no longer my responsibilty.
Sericusly though, it can give you a warm feeling inside
sometimes when someone is waiting for something special
2nd they look so happy when you deliver it. Exam results
ine, now that's an emotional one, Poor kids, you see them
‘coking out of a window or even hanging around outside
| sre house, just waiting for me to come along with that