CEPT Practice A2 Level LISTENING GAP FILL ABOUT A TRIP TO ART GALLERY

 

You will hear a teacher talking about a school trip.

Listen and complete each question.

Trip to art gallery

Important information: 

Wear: comfortable shoes

Arrive at school: (1) ................................ in the morning.

If you arrive late, telephone: (2) ................................ 

Homework: Write about favourite: (3) ................................ 

Mustn’t use: Cameras or (4) ................................ 

Eat lunch: (5) ................................

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Audioscript

Teacher: OK. Everyone, I’m going to tell you some important things about our visit to the City Art Gallery tomorrow. First of all, you don’t have to wear your school uniform, but please do wear comfortable shoes. The bus will leave the school at 9.00 am, so you must arrive at half past eight. If you are going to be late, telephone the school secretary. You can also meet the class at the museum at 10.00 am. We will meet a tour guide in the museum at half past ten. He knows a lot about all of the paintings, but tomorrow he will show us the five most important pictures in the gallery. You must listen carefully because you will have to write about your favourite painting for homework. You mustn’t use cameras or mobile phones inside the museum, but you can write things down, so bring a notebook and a pen. Finally, remember that you have to bring some food and drink because there isn’t a café in the museum. We will eat our lunch in the park after our visit. Are there any questions?

1 8.30/eight thirty

2 The (school) secretary

3 painting

4 (Mobile) phones

5 (in the) park

CEPT Practice A2 Level open cloze about completing a letter

 

Complete this letter.

Write ONE word for each space.

Dear Lynne and Tony,

I’m writing (Example: .......to..........) say thank you ........1......... the two nights I stayed in ........2......... lovely home. It ......3........... good to see you again.

Here ........4......... the photographs .......5.......... your children that you asked for. They’re good photos, aren’t .........6........ ? I hope you like ........7......... . I really love my new camera.

I ........8......... going to visit my sister in New York next week. I .......9.......... take a lot of photos there, too. I haven’t seen my sister for a long ........10......... .

Thanks again.

Love,

Joan

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CEPT Practice C1 Level multiple choice cloze about Why people laugh

 

Why People Laugh

Sunday May 4th will be World Laughter Day. Dr Madan Kataria, who introduced this annual event, says we need more laughter in our lives to combat the global rise of stress and loneliness. But surely that strange sound that we make periodically can't be the (1)_____  to such problems.

If an alien were to land on our planet and (2)_____  a stroll among a crowd of earthlings, it would hear a lot of 'ha-ha’ noises. It might wonder what (3)_____  this strange habit served. If we ask ourselves what (4)_____  a good laugh, the obvious answer is that it is a response to something funny. But one scientist, Robert Provine, says humour has surprisingly little to (5)_____  with that. Instead, it lies at the (6)______  of such issues as the perception of self and the evolution of language and social behaviour.

Provine realised that you cannot capture (7)_____  laughter in the lab because as soon as you (8)_____  it under scrutiny, it vanishes. So, instead, he gathered data by hanging around groups of people, noting when they laughed.

He collected 1,200 laugh episodes - an episode being (9)______  as the comment immediately preceding the laughter and the laughter itself. His analysis of this data (10)_____  some important facts about laughter. "It's a message we send to other people- it (11)_____  disappears when we're by ourselves,'' he says. "And it's not a choice. Ask someone to laugh and they'll either try to (12)_____  a laugh or say they can't do it on command.“

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A way B answer C end D response 

2 

A make B get C walk D take

 3 

A reason B purpose C idea D meaning 

4 

A results B leads C prompts D concludes 

5 

A go B bring C do D set 

6 

A root B stem C head D back

7 

A complete B authentic C contemporary D current

8 

A place B lay C stand D keep

9 

A defended B decided C defined D depicted 

10 

A revealed B investigated C displayed D declared 

11 

A absolutely B constantly C undoubtedly D virtually

12 

A offer B pretend C fake D imagine

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1 B The meaning of this is 'solution'.

2 D 'take a stroll', like 'take a walk', is a collocation.

3 B 'serve a purpose' is a collocation.

4 C This fits the meaning. Distraction 'results' would need to be followed by 'in' and 'leads' by 'to'.

5 C 'little' / 'not much to do with' is a collocation.

6 A 'root' gives the idea of something 'being central to'. 'Heart' would also be possible here if that were an option.

7 B 'authentic' means 'real' and fits the meaning.

8 A 'place' collocates with 'under scrutiny'.

9 C 'defined' is the word which makes sense in this context.

10 A 'reveal' is frequently used with the subject of analysis.

11 D 'virtually' here means 'almost completely' and it is the only word which makes sense in the context.

12 C 'fake', which means 'give a false version of something' fits here. You could say 'pretend to laugh' or 'give a pretend laugh' but not

'pretend a laugh'.

CEPT Practice C1 Level multiple-choice gap fill about teaching profession

 

Attitudes towards the teaching profession have (1)______  considerably and it's sad that the number of students considering a career in teaching has (2)________  off a lot. Consequently; the teacher training faculty has (3)_______  by about 25%. However, in other departments, the options have ( 4)______  greatly, though competition with other colleges has, it must be admitted, (5)______.  Meanwhile, department have expanded into new areas such as media studies, and computer studies in particular has (6)______  beyond all expectations. 

1 

A turned B affected C modified D changed 

2 

A depressed B dropped C sunk D declined 

3 

A shrunk B curtailed C reduced D cut 

4 

A stretched B protracted C widened D lengthened 

5 

A boosted B enhanced C fuelled D intensified 

6 

A encouraged B grown C raised D promoted

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3 a

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6 b