CEPT Practice B2 Level Read and select about children going indoors

 

Around midday the sky clouded over and a nippy little wind started. The children who had been playing a fairly unenthusiastic game of football around various parked cars therefore decided at that point to take themselves off to see if the weekend sport had begun on television. 

The children decided to go indoors because 

A there was a change in the weather. 

B there were too many cars in the road. 

C they had finished their game of football. 

D they were missing the sport on television.

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The correct answer is letter A.

CEPT Practice B2 Level Listen and select about sound engineers

 

The mistake people make about sound engineers is to think that 

A they spend most of their time working indoors.

B their job is the same as that of a disc jockey. 

C they are responsible for the quality of the music.

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Audioscript

Presenter: In our series about careers in the arts, I’m talking today to Martin Holloway, who is a sound engineer. Martin, tell us how you spend your time.

Martin: Good morning, Jake. Well, each event I do is different, but I usually set up the equipment before the show, do the sound checks and look after the sound during the performance. Of course it’s not my fault if the band isn’t very good and what you hear is out of tune or something. People sometimes call me a disc jockey but I have to explain it’s so much more than that. This weekend, I’m working at a music festival and I mostly work out of doors. There’s lots of outdoor work if you want it, as we can also work on films and TV.

Answer = B

CEPT Practice B2 Level multiple choice gap fill about welcome guests

 

Welcome guests? 

My wife Penny and I usually love to entertain our friends but we will never invite my old friend Fred and his wife Kate again! We are currently (1)____ from the weekend they spent with us. We've known them both since our school (2)___ So although we rarely see them, you'd think we'd have a fairly (3)____ idea of what sort of people they were. However, we discovered that our lives have (4)____ very different directions. 

We have good jobs but they are very (5)____ and we work long hours. At weekends we try to snatch a few moments of (6)____ in between catching up with the housework. Kate and Fred are postgraduate students and they live with his parents. His mother cooks their (7)____ meals for them and does all their washing. So they (8)____ weekends as leisure time and never think of offering to help with daily chores. By the time they left, we were both cross and worn out! 

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A repairing B recovering C revising D retiring 

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A terms B days C times D ages 

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A fine B strong C good D right 

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A taken B left C chosen D gone 

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A exhausted B tired C demanding D caring 

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A extension B relaxation C expression D reflection 

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A major B essential C key D main 

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A regard B believe C think D expect

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1 B 

2 B 

3 C 

4 A 

5 C 

6 B 

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8 A