Table Of ContentCambridge English
Proficiency
Kathy Gude
MichaeL Duckworth
MASTE~LASS
Louis Rogers
Contents
Reading & Reading & Listening
Use of English (Parts 1-4) Use of English (Parts 5-7)
1 People & places • Part 1, Multiple-choice doze • Part 5, Multiple choice • Part 1, Multiple choice
page 11 page 17 page 12 page 18
2 Our environment • Part 2, Open doze • Part 6, Gapped text • Part 2, Sentence
page 22 page 24 completion
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3 Language& • Part 3, Word formation • Part 7, Multiple matching • Part 3, Multiple choice
.. culture page 33 page 34 page 32
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4 Family & • Part 4, Key word • Part 6, Gapped text • Part 4, Multiple matching
relationships transformations page 42 page 44
page 48
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5 Safety & danger • Part 1, Multiple-choice doze • Part 5, Multiple choice • Part 3, Multiple choice
page 51 page 52 page 56 page 55
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Health & lifestyle • Part 2, Open doze • Part 7, Multiple matching • Part 1, Multiple choice
page 61 page 64 page 62 page 67
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Science & • Part 3, Word formation • Part 6, Gapped text Part 2, Sentence
technology page 72 page 74 completion
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'riting Speaking Grammar Vocabulary
Part 2, Set text • Part 1, Introduction • Narrative tenses • Describing characters and plots
page 19 page 16 • Past verb forms with • Word knowledge: get
present or future meaning • Collocations: memory
page 14 • Word knowledge: would
• Link words
• Word knowledge: help and give
Part 1, Discursive essay • Part 2, Two-way • Future forms and time • Collocation: adjectives and nouns
Paraphrasing conversation clauses .. Animal expressions
page 29 page 28 • Future phrases • Dependent prepositions
page 23 • Compound adjectives
• Discourse markers: generalizations
and exceptions
Part 2, Review • Part 3, Individual • Focus and emphasis: cleft • Describing culture
Creating interest long turn sentences • Descriptive adjectives
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Part 1, Discursive essay • Part 3, Individual • Perfect aspect • Describing behaviour
Cause and effect long turn page 46 • Expressions: communication
page 49 page 45 • Discourse markers: various
Part 2, Letter • Part 3, Individual • Past modals: possibility, • Phobias
Sentence adverbs: long turn speculation, necessity, • Ways of looking
apparently, seemingly, etc. page 58 obligation • Word knowledge: weather and storm
page 59 page 53 • Collocations: risk and danger
Part 2, Article • Part 2, Two-way • Defining and non-defining • Illness and injury
Exemplification conversation clauses • Expressions: sport
Persuasive devices page 68 • Reduced clauses • Feelings
page 69 page 65 • Expressions: life
Part 1, Discursive essay • Part 3, Individual • Stative verbs • Prefixes and suffixes
Evaluative language long turn • Simple or continuous • Words describing light
page 79 page 78 • Nouns and -ing forms • Expressions: science and technology
page 73 • Consequences and effects
• Synonyms: change
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Contents (continued)
Reading & Reading & Listening
Use of English (Parts 1-4) Use of English (Parts 5-7)
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Law&order • Part 4, Key word • Part 7, Multiple matching • Part 3, Multiple choice
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Psychology & • Part 3, Word formation • Part 5, Multiple choice • Part 4, Multiple matching
employment page 92 page 96 page 94
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10 Entertainment & • Part 1, Multiple-choice doze • Part 6, Gapped text • Part 2, Sentence
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11 Money matters • Part 2, Open doze • Part 5, MUltiple choice • Part 1, Multiple choice
page 111 page 112 page 114 page 117
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Travel & tourism • Part 4, Key word • Part 7, Multiple matching • Part 4, Multiple matching
page 121 transformations page 122 page 132
page 128 • Part 6, Gapped text
page 130
Introduction and exam overview page 6
Exam strategies page 133
Writing guide page 138
Grammar notes page 149
Information files page 163
Review (Units 1-12) page 166
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Writing Speaking Grammar Vocabulary
• Part 2, Report • Part 2, Two-way • Gerunds and infinitives • Collocations: crime, punishment,
• Hedging conversation page 83 rights, rules
page 89 page 88 • Crime vocabulary and dependent
prepositions
• Word knowledge: law
• Speculating
• Problems and solutions
• Part 2, Letter • Part 3, Individual • Uses of have and get • Suffixes
• Supporting and giving long turn • Passives with have • Expressions: listen, hear and ear
reasons page 95 something done • Verbs and meanings
• Being tactful • Using passives • Word knowledge: face
page 99 (maintaining focus)
page 93
• Part 1, Discursive essay • Part 3, Individual • Contrast clauses • Food and drink adjectives
• Complex sentences long turn • Reason clauses • Word knowledge: make C')
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• Part 2, Report • Part 2, Two-way • Reported speech • Money sayings and proverbs
• Nominalization conversation • Reporting questions and • Synonyms: rich and poor
page 119 page 118 verb patterns • Collocations with money
page 113 • Words or expressions connected
with trade and money
• Word knowledge: market
• Words connected with success
and failure
• Part 2, Article • Part 2, Two-way • Counterfactual conditionals • Word knowledge: if
• Descriptive language conversation • Mixed unreal conditionals • Word knowledge: cut
page 124 page 129 • Alternative conditional • Word knowledge: road, path, and track
structures • Discourse markers: various
page 126
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Introduction & exam overview
Introduction
About Proficiency Masterclass This fully-updated and revised edition of Proficiency Masterclass provides material which
gives prospective candidates appropriate preparation and practice for the 2013 Cambridge
English: Proficiency (CPE) exam. The material in this course also provides opportunities for
candidates to develop their English on a broader level for success in the real world beyond
the exam.
The units in this Student's Book contain practice of exam-type tasks for all the parts of
each paper in the exam. High-level vocabulary and grammar are developed throughout the
course. The grammar syllabus is supported by a Grammar notes section (page 149) written
by linguist George Yule. The Review section (page 166) contains exercises that review and
consolidate the language covered in the main units.
The Online Skills and Language Practice (your unique access code is on the card at the
back of this book) contains over 150 exercises which build on and extend the language and
skills covered in the Student's Book. It includes:
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We hope you enjoy using Proficiency Masterclass to help you to prepare for the Cambridge
English: Proficiency exam.
About the exam Revisions to the Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) exam for 2013 ensure that it is
up to date with the latest methodological approaches to communicative language testing.
It is a C2-level exam, at the highest end of the CEFR framework. It is proof that successful
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The revised Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) exam for 2013 consists of four papers:
• Reading and Use of English (1 hour 30 minutes)
• Writing (1 hour 30 minutes)
• Listening (appox. 40 minutes)
• Speaking (approx. 16 minutes).
The exam is approximately 3 hours and 56 minutes long.
More information For more details and the most up-to-date information about the 2013 Cambridge English:
Proficiency exam, go to www.cambridgeesol.org.
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Reading & Use of English (1 hour 30 minutes)
This paper consists of seven tasks which test a variety of reading The texts are taken from a wide range of authentic sources
skills. In the first four parts the focus is largely on testing including newspapers, magazine articles, fiction, guides, letters
language knowledge - vocabulary and grammar, while the last and reports. There are 53 questions in total in this paper and it
three parts (Parts 5-7) focus on more extensive reading skills carries 40% of the total marks.
with tasks based on longer texts than in Parts 1-4.
Task type Number of items/ What you do What it tests Exam strategies
marks
Part 1 Multiple-choice 8 items; 8 marks Choose the correct Accuracy with page 133
cloze word(s) from a set of vocabulary and some
four options to fill each grammar (meaning of
gap in one short text. single words, phrases,
phrasal verbs, etc.).
Part 2 Open cloze 8 questions; 8 marks Think of a single word to Accuracy with grammar page 133
complete each gap in a and some vocabulary
short text. in context.
Part 3 Word formation 8 questions; 8 marks Use the given root word Accuracy with page 133
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for this part. Answer each detail, opinion, attitude,
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option from a set of four. exemplification,
reference, etc.
Part 6 Gapped text 7 questions; 14 marks There is one text from Understanding of text page 134
which 7 paragraphs are structure, links between
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into sections OR there detail, opinion, attitude,
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Writing (1 hour 30 minutes)
This paper consists of two parts and carries 20% of the total marks. Each part carries
equal marks. Part 1 is a compulsory essay question. In Part 2 you must choose one of four
questions. These may include: articles, reviews, letters, reports, essays (for the set text
questions only).
Task type Word limit What you do What it tests Exam strategies/
Writing guide
Part 1 Essay (compulsory) 240-280 words Identify, summarize Ability to identify page 135
and evaluate the key and evaluate key pages 138-139
points in two short information and
texts in an essay that incorporate this
incorporates your own into a coherent
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Part 2 Choose one question from 280-320 words Choose one task from Ability to put together page 135
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This paper consists of four parts and takes about 40 minutes. It carries 20% of the
total marks.
The recorded text may include the following:
• for monologues: radio programmes, lectures, talks, anecdotes, speeches
• for interacting speakers: interviews, conversations, discussions.
The speakers will have a variety of accents.
Each recording is heard twice. At the end of the exam, candidates are given 5 minutes
to transfer their answers to the answer sheet.
Task type Number of items/ What you do What it tests Exam strategies
marks
Part 1 Multiple choice 6 questions; 6 marks Listen to 3 short unrelated Understanding of detail, page 136
(3-option) pieces (monologues or gist, opinion, feeling,
conversations). For each attitude, purpose,
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of 8 options in Task 1 and agreement between
one of 8 options in Task 2. speakers, course of
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Speaking (approx. 16 minutes)
This paper consists of three parts and takes approximately 16 minutes. Paper 4 carries 20%
of the total marks.
There are normally two candidates and two examiners. One examiner assesses, while
the other gives instructions and interacts with candidates. In some circumstances, three
candidates may sit the test together, this will increase the time.
You will be assessed throughout the test on:
• accurate use of grammar
• range and use of vocabulary
• pronunciation
• communication
• discourse management
• successful completion of tasks
• ability to take part in different kinds of interaction.
Task type Timing (examiner What you do What it tests Exam strategies
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Part 1 Conversation 2 minutes Answer the examiner's Ability to use general page 137
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