Table Of ContentGuy Brook-Hart and Simon Haines
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Guy Brook-Hart and Simon Haines
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Contents
Map oi the units 4
Introduction 6
CAE content and overview 7
1 Our people 8
2 Mastering languages 17
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 1 and 2 26
3 AII in the mind 28
4 Office space 37
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 3 and 4 46
5 Dramatic events 48
6 Picture yourself 57
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 5 and 6 66
7 Leisure and entertainment 68
8 Don't blame the media 77
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 7 and 8 86
9 At top speed 88
10 A lifelong process 97
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 9 and 10 106
11 Being somewhere else 108
12 The living world 117
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 11 and 12 126
13 Health and lifestyle 128
14 Moving abroad 137
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 13 and 14 146
Grammar reference 148
Writing reference 164
Speaking reference 175
CAE model paper from Cambridge ESOL 179
Answer key 207
Acknowledgements 263
Contents r~ 3 I
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I WrlUng Use ur [ 1'YII!ih
1 Our people Read lng Part 1: The subject of a book, Wnting Part 1: A letter Use of English Part 4
Startlng a conversatl on, My choice
of career
2 Mastering languages Readlng Part 2 Kenneth Hale, Master Wntlng Part 2: A report Use of Enghsh Part3: The namlng af products
UngUlst
Vocabu/ary and grammar reVlew Units ¡ an.~_
3 AII in the mind Readlng Part 3 The next step In brain Writing Part 1 An artlcle Use of Engllsh Part 2: Nature vs Nurture
evolution
4 Oflice space Readlng Pan 4: Is the re an architect In Wntlng Part 1 A repon Use of Enghsh Pan 1_ Friends benefit firms
the house?
Vocabulary 8nd grammar"review Unils 3 a!!.r1. 4
5 Dramatic events Reading Part l . A nlght of fear. An Wntlng Pan 2: A competl1ion entry Use of Engllsh Part 5
unpleasant night. A nlght among the
teees
6 Picture yourself Reading Par! 3: Teenage self-portralls Wrlting Part 2: A revlew Use of English Part 2 Art tor offlces
Vocabulary and urammar revlew Units 5 and ti
7 leisure and Reading Part 2: How to gel the IIfe you Wriling Pan 2: An informalletter Use af Engllsh Part 1 The chang.ng face of
entertainment reallywant Bollywood
e Don't blame the Reading Part 3: The ethlcs of re811ty Wnting Part 1: A proposal Use of English Part 3 Broadcasters must find
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media television prod ucers ways to rega ln publlc trust
~~.bufary and grammar review Unils 7 and 8
9 At top speed Readmg Part 2: Bugattl Veyron Wnting Part 2: An essay Use af Engllsh Part 4
10 A lifelong process Reading Pan 4: What our students say Wnting Pan 1: A report Use of Enghsh Pan 1 Why do we need lifelong
aboutus learning?
Vocabufary and grammar review Unirs 9 and 10
¡ - - - - - ---------r - -':--'----..,..,--:-::-:-~
11 Being somewhere Reading Part 3: Disappearing Into Wrltmg Part 2: A contribution to a Use of Engllsh Part 2: Island wanted
else Africa longer plece
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12 The living world Reading Part 2: Alex (he Afrlcan G~·riting Part 2: An informatlon sheet Use of English Part 3. Species loss accelerating
Vocabulary and grammar review Units 11 and 12
13 Health and lifestyle Reading Pan 4: Unusual nalJonal Writing Part 1: A letter Use of Engllsh Part 4
sports
14 Moving abroad Readlng Part 1: The AUanuc passage, Wflting Part 2: An artlcle Use of English Part 5
When talent 90es abroad, Getting a
student visa or permit
Vocabulary and grammar review Units la and 14
4)
Map 01 (he uníls
Llstening Part 4: Unusual occupations Speaklng Part 1 Collocations with give, do and make Verb forms to talk about the past
Two students doing
Speakmg Pan 1
u 'tenlna Part 1: Khalkha. Spelhng Speaklng Part 2 CoHocatlons with maKe. getand do Expressing purpose. reason and
reform, Job mtervlews result
Opinioos about language
A uONerslty student talklng about two
photos
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.. ......,---,-..,
Listening Part 2: A psychological Speaking Part 3 Formal or informal? • No, none. not
eondltion • The passive
Two people dlseussmg photographs
Listening Part 2: A skills shortage Speakmg Part 4 Adjectlve/noun collocallOns (1 ) Expressing posslbility, probability
Two people glving opinions and eertamty
Listenlng Part 1: Dramatle past Speakmg Part 2 Idlomatlc language Verbs followed by lo + Infinitive or
experiences the -mg farm
A student speaking about the phOlOS
Llstenlog Part 3: An mtervlew wlth Speakmg Pan 3 Adlectlve/noun callocatlons (2) Avoiding repetltian
artist Liam Carolao
Talking about self-portralts
Two palrs of students doing Speaking
Part 3
Listenmg Pan 4: Talking about muslc Speaklng Part 2 Preposlt.Janal phrases Ways of linking Ideas
Two people dOlng Speaking Part 2 Money verbs
Listening Part 3: An Intervlew wlth Speaklng Part 3 'Talklng' verbs Tr-ansitlVe verbs
journalist Harry Cameron Reported speech
Two people dOlng Speaking Part 3 ._... _.---.. ..
_~-_ ~-
Llstenmg Part 1: Rall travel, Olympic Speaklng Part 2 Action, acriviry, evemand programme Tenses m time clauses and time
records, Spaceshlps adverblals
A student doing Speaking Part 2
lIstening Part 2: Studying Arabie in Speaklng Part 3 Chance, occasion, opportumty and pOSSlblfity Modal veros expresSlng ability,
Egypt posslbility and obligation
Two people doing Speaklng Part 3
Uste-nlllg Part 1: Travelling on a flver, A Speaklng Part i Ar. mand on to express lacatlOn CondltlOnals
sponsored walk. An lotervlew with a traveller
Three people domg Speakmg Part 1
Listelllng Par! 2: Chmate change and Speakmg Part 3 Word formatlon Nouns and anlcles
the Inuit Prepasltians following verbs
Two people dOlng Speaking Parl3
Speaking Pan 2 PreposltlOns after adjectives Ways of contrasting Ideas
The language af
compenson
lIstemng Part 4: M lgratian Speaking Part 4 Leam. lind out and know Comment adverbials
Migrants taíkmg about thelr Provide. offerand g/Ve Emphasis
experiences
Two people doing Speaklng Pan 4
Map 01 Ihe unil. { 5
Introduction
Speaking and Writíng reference sections. These
explain the possible tasks you may have 10 do in
the Speaking and Writing papers, and they give you
examples together with additional exereises and adviee
on how best to approaeh these two CAE papers.
Who
h·~ lOO ·S U
• A complete CAE exam supplied by Cambridge ESaL lar
you to practise w ith.
Complete CAE is a stimulating and thorough preparation
• A CD-ROM whieh provides you with many interactive
caurse for students who wish to take the Certificate
exercises, including further listening practice exclusive
in Advanced English exam from Cambridge ESOL. \t
to the CD-ROM. All these extra exereises are linked to
teaches you the reading, writing, listening and speaking
lhe tapies in the Student's Book.
skills whieh are neeessary for the exam as weJl as the
AIso available are:
grammar and voeabulary whieh, from researeh into the
Three audio CDs cantaining listening material lar lhe
Cambridge Lea roer Corpus, are known te be essential for
14 units of the Student"s Book plus the Listening Test
exam sneeess. For those of yon who are not planning to
supplied by Cambridge ESa L. The listening material is
take the exam in the near future, the book provides you indieated by dillerent coloured icons in the Student's
with skills and language highly relevant te an advaneed Book as follows: () CDI, () COl, () cm.
level oí English (Common European Framework (CEF) A Teacher's Book cantaining:
level CI). o step-by-step guidance for handling all the aetivities
in the Student's Book.
What the boo contains
o a large number 01 suggeslions lor alternative
lreatments Di activities in lhe Student's Book and
In the Student's Book there are:
suggestions far extension activities.
• 14 units tor classroom study. Each unir contains:
o extra photocopiable materials lor eaeh unit of the
o one part of each of the ñve papers iu the CAE exam. Student's Book to praetise and extend lauguage
The units provide language input and skills practice abilities outside the requirements of the CAE exam.
to help you deal sueeesslully with the tasks in eaeh • complete answer keys including recording scripts
parto lor all the listening material.
• essential information on what each part of the exam o four photocopiable progress tests at regular
involves, and the best way to approaeh eaeh task. intervals throughout the book.
o a wide range 01 enjoyable and stimulating speaking o 14 photocopiable word lists (one for eaeh unir)
activities designed to increase your flueucy and your eontaining voeabulary lound in the uni!s. Eaeh
ability ta express yourself. voeabulary item in the word list is aecompanied by a
o a step-by-step approach to doing CAE Writing tasks_ deñnition supplied by a eorpus-informed Cambridge
• grarnmar activities and exercises ior the grammar dietionary.
you need to know for the exam. When you are doing
A Student's Workbook containing:
grammar exercises you will sometimes see this
symbol: @ . These exercises are based on research o 14 units for homework and self-study. Eaeh uuit
eontains lull exam practiee in one part 01 the CAE
from the Cambridge Learner Corpus and they de al
Reading Paper or in two parts 01 the CAE Use 01
with the afeas which are known to cause problems
English Paper
for students in the exam.
o voeabulary necessary lar CAE. When you see this o full exam practice in one part of the CAE Listening
Paper in each unit.
symbol0 by a voeabulary exereise, the exereise
• further practice in lhe grarnmar and vocabulary
foeuses on words which CAE candidates oflen
taught iu the Student's Book.
canfuse or use wrongly in the exam.
• exercises for lhe development oi essential writing
• a unit review. These contain exercises which revise
skills su eh as paragraph organisation, self
the grammar and voeabulary that you have studied
correetion, spelling and punctuation based on the
in eaeh uni\.
results Irom the Cambridge Leamer Corpus 0 .
A Grammar reference section which clearly explains
all the main areas 01 grammar whieh you will need to o an audio CD eontailling all the listening material for
o know for the CAE exam. the Workbook.
Introduct ion
CAE content and overview
1 Part 1 Three texts on one theme from a range 01 sources. Each text Candidates are expeeted
READING has two multiple-choice questians.
to show understanding of
1haur 15 Part 2 A text from which six paragraphs have been removed and
attitude, detail, implication,
minutes placed in a jurnbled arder, together with an additional paragraph, alter
main idea, apinion, purpose,
the text.
specific information, text
Pan 3 A text lollowed by seven multiple-choiee queslians.
organisation features, tone
-j Part 4 A text or several shart texts preceded by 15 multiple-matching and text structure.
quesl1ons .
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2 Part 1 One compulsory question. Candidates are expected
WRITlNG Part 2 Candidates choose one task from a choice of five questions to be able to write non
1 hour 30 (including the set text aptions). speeialised text types sueh
minutes as an artide, a contribution
to a longer piece, an essay,
information sheets,
a propasal, a repart,
a review, or a compel ition
entry, with a focus on
advising, comparing,
evaluating, expressing
opinions, hypothesisiug,
, justifying. and persuading.
3 Part 1 A modified cloze test containiug 12 gaps and lollowed by 12 Candidates are expected
USEOF multiple-choice items. lO demonstrate the ability
ENGLISH Pan 2 A modified cloze test containing 15 gaps.
10 apply their knowledge
1 hour Pan 3 A lext containing la gaps. Each gap eonesponds to a word.
ol the Janguage system by
The stems of the missing words are given beside the text and must be completing a number 01
changed to form the missing word. tasks.
Part 4 Five questions, each arre containing three discrete sentences.
Each sentence cantains ane gap, which must be completed with ene
word which 1S appropriate in a1l three sentences.
Part S Eight separate questions, ea eh with alead-in sentence and a
gapped second sentence to be eompleted in three lo six words, one 01
~______-,w-:.:h.:.:i"eh=-ci.:.:sc:a-,g"i"v"en,,---':k.:ey wotd:.'..:_____
4 Part 1 Three short extracts, fram exchanges between interacting Candidates are expected
LISTENING speakers. There are tWQ multiple-choice qnestions for each extract. to be able to show
Approximately Pan 2 A monologue with a sentenee eompletion task which has eight nndetstanding 01 agreement,
40 minutes items. atlit ude, course of actian,
Part 3 A text involving interacting speakers, w il h six multiple·choice detail. feeling, functian, gist,
questions. interpreling context, main
Part 4 Five shon therned monologues, with la multiple-matching poiuts, opinion, purpose,
questions. ____--t_s-p'_e_e_if_i·c info~[~mation, etc.
5 Pan 1 A conversation between the interlocutor and each candidate Candidates are expected
SPEAKING (spoken questions).
lO be able to respond to
14 minutes Part 2 An individual 'long turn' lar each candidate with a briel
queslions and to interaet in
response trom the second candidate (visual and written stimuli, with
conversational English.
spoken instructions).
Part 3 A two-way conversabon between the ca ndidates (visual and
written stimuli, with spoken interaction).
Par! 4 A discussion on tapies related to Part 3 (spoken questions).
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CAE content and overview
Our people
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Starting off
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Work in small groups. How do you think these
things reflect our personality? (Give examples.)
• the job we choose
• the subjecl(s) we choose lO study
• our free-time interesls
• lhe clothes we wear
• the friends we choose
• the place where we choose to live
&
Work alone. Choose one of the things aboye and
spend a few minutes preparing a two-minute talk
on how it reflects ~our personality.
€) Work in small groups and take turns to give your
talks. While you are listening to your partners,
think of one or two questions to ask them when
they nnish.
Listening Part 4
o
Work in pairs. The photos show people with
interesting or unusual occupations.
1 Look at the list of occupations (A-H) in Task One
on the right and match each occupation with one
of lhe photos.
2 What do you think attraclS people lo these
occupations?
3 Which do you lhink is easiesl
and which is lhe most
difficnll lO learn'
e
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Unit,
6
You will hear five short extraets in whieh people
Task One
are talking about a member of their family who
For questions 1-5, choose from the list A-H the
they admi re. Before you listen, work in pairs.
person who each speaker is talking abou!.
Whieh of these phrases would you associate with
each job? (You can associate sorne of the phrases A a deep·sea diver Speaker 1 I I 1 ¡
with more than one job.) B a lisherman/ lisherwoman
• a few of his/her recordings e a glass-blower Speaker 2 I I 2 I
• complete dedication to his/her craft
D a magician
• perform a new trick Speaker 3 I I 3 I
• his/het underwater adventures
E a musician
• out in aH weathers
• the lirsl person to set foot in a place F a weather forecaster Speaker 4 I I 4 I
• what it wou ld be like tomorrow G an archaeologist
• digging at sorne excavation or other H an explorer Speaker 5 I I 5 I
Now think of one more phrase you might
associate with each jobo
Task Two
e
Look at the list of qualities (A-H) in Task Two For questions 6-10, choose from the list A-H the
and explain what each of Ihem means in your
qnality the speaker admires about the persono
own words. Whieh quality would you associate
with each ¡ob? A a positive outlook on life Speaker 1 I I 6 I
B ability to anticipate
problems
Speaker 2 I I 7 I
e an enquiring mind
D attention to detail
Speaker 3 I I 8 I
E calmness nnder pressure
F readiness to explain things
Speaker 4 I I 9 I
G kindness to children
H originality and
inventiveness Speaker 5 I I 10 I
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(2) Now listen to the five speakers and do the two
tasks.
Exam information
In Listening Part 4,
you hear five short monologues and you have to do tWQ
listening tasks.
in each task you have to choose cne answer for each
speaker from a list of eight options.
you hear each speaker twice.
o
Work in pairs. Tell each other about someone
interesting or unusual in your family.
• What do th ey do?
• What are they like?
• What is your relationship with Ihem like'
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Our people
