Succeed In Cambridge English: Proficiency 8 Practice Tests Student's Book

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Introduction
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‘Cambridge PROFICIENCY. CPE Practice Test 1 Readings

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space. There ix an example atthe beginning (2).

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The Subconscious and the Human Mind

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Cambridge PROFICIENCY. CPE Practice Test 1 Reading

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CPE Practice Test 1

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PARTS Reading

You are going to read an extract from an article, For questions 31-36, choose the answer (A, 8, Cor B)
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‘Taming the Wildcat

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of experince i tying to Re rghlene, tated or
Just lan stp animals to feed from abot. ad
thoyeht that ae ase he treks he late
‘ten | ad proceeded to show me tat, a fra i Wa
‘concern was a mere tyro st the gam. as 50
te, quck ad sion for Us sie tha after al an
hour struggling, fet 2 total fara. was covered
rik and ood and toraugly exhastes, whareas the
ten regaled ne with) lag eyes ed seared ue
ready to cetieue the fight forthe nex fe days
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had campanon Lo shaw i Hom, hose a a, acd
feral tty eat and cated it back othe garage
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territory. nthe ll stat, tey ave Pir ova garicw
ler bit of frestorerasland wrich they corsicr thei
reserve and wil Une wa defend agar any ote
member af thee con spss that tes 7 enero%ch

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‘you inraduce another zim into he cage, te fist
mate i al prozabity, dard it vigorous, and
you ray easly have 3 fight to the death on your
hands So you garerally have to employ iow cuing.
Suppose or exele, you have a larg spt erea
furs and you get 2 secend arial of th sare species,
and you want to confine thm togtha. The best ting
to do is bul an ene ew cage, ad iy is you
inteduce tie wear ofthe two otis. When it has
sates don you Len put ie steanger enn a wal.
The stronger oe wil of course, sti tem te dani
ar anal, a fara i ence thas been
introduces int Sarecne oes tec, en Uns lakes
the erge eff ay potentalccsness

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=apable of ling he dsmastc kan reduce the
stten tit stead ofthe etter way rau So, once
the teoby ac stat dow, spe th wlan
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to cal spe ofthe fact thar it rust Rave been
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CPE Practice Test 1

Reading

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Gwe ita chance t eat

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How di the wilde eviginally react to the tabby?
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CPE Practice Test 1

Reading

PART Reading

You aro going to rend an article about media coverage af the weather, Seven paragraphs have beon remove

{rom the extract. Choooe from the paragraphs A-H the one which fitz each gap (37-43). There is one extra
fon the separate answer sheet

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= Marke your answer

How popular are weather reports?

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UUnted Stata tha morning was making eames heady,
having, dumped as much a5 twongy inches of sow an
Raleigh, eg and » lf on Pisce phi and scan New
Yer: This was og sock ensidarng the unasualy mld
ther zat had bean sees over Ne Yore me reset
Iyas st cay ag,

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Forecasters had s00% 2 low-promure system moving
ova the seuhanst onthe Navanal Weabhar Servs’
Solty pictures buc al she sje eompter model
Inatatee ce storm woul head nek out woes A li
‘Nora, the evel oreastr and enor ee-pasdent of
the State Collga, Pennsyana, forecasting eompany
Aceénarner, tt mn se, to say the
rurmerial uidane s wong?

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fer since widespread weaerdaa collecuon besa,
shove ater ee invencan of he clegraph nthe 1640s,
ccurteforccasting hn been ths pal of the weather
por. Buen recent years TV weather as gv increas
ng tne and apes ove penis of went ly
>the viewing are, but soresines lse/ere ifthe
‘wostrer ie trace ad the peturesdramace ugh ~
{i he traneforsing the rrodern ny wonher"oport.

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craned by ChatDay wich depicts weather ens
stein the pie forte ‘antic, the fees palted ike
“eater tips, rooting fr lowe and hig in 3 Ferma
“weather ba knox a the Fe

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evergrowing numberof weethorleted ries,

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‘sas asa enced haat rend id weather
aloo now astadra component ofrexigssesd pro-
[Banning on Fox ane the Drcovery Chanel Adin
book pubishingrecanssatssllrs the "Th fect
Sta "hg Thin A” and eae’ Str have helped
‘reae aor market for wontrer related easter uri,

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“The newer approach to westhar, vith x focur or
swotterevens help boos tings, meas cert is
eather ge overblown ile les eget no let
Slgfest weathers ovoracked. Take ext, forex
Pie. Eighe out of die tan waren yes cn record
fccured nthe ninateennineces the v0 other inthe
‘ages. fF the planet contin to warm athe present
rot, some ciologts predict an increase gobs

‘ifdce temperature of between 2.5 an8 6 degree by
tha year 2100),

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“Ths an ld combine - ert ratigs-eeon, storm
the-cortursyle coverage makes it hard’ eo get acer
‘aus infrmation about the weather - and it has ee
heard hacen No York at lene near ack ne hn th
varhypod Hurscane Glos suckin 1985,

However armafl we may Se for thi ae ef cage
thraugh war and bloodshed, crests 2 psyerologea
etd er some kr of rele dram on aur TY seroons
So, whan a hig orm comes along, you ea almost
he mation greg it loins as paaple grate cur thei
setention ay from “Who Wants t9 Baa liens?
Cambridge PROFICIENCY

CPE Practice Test 1

Reading

A
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You can tak down 3 pret on Doppler cr 36
iemoves up a nap of dae East coat, but you ca
watch hes. Are droughts Rabert Hanson. a
‘tera he Lnorsty Corporstio for
Danaepheris Research and the author of» book
about TY weathercastng tld me recently, "s the
mts non vert, You scl hea Abou ou
‘ny whe some rain even come along wo ed

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From 1389 to 1995 according to she Cenve for
Media ae Public fas, weather coverage sent
among the top ten tps on the rightly neswor,
ns In 1996, eas gh, in 1998.4 was
fourth = more ean ele hundred vcathor related
stories sv shige:

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For the previous thee wake, unressenably bay
“oneitiors has been the top of sata every
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there wis no vow! Wa tanoter ign of global
‘saming? Thon, woul you knew the st bg
[form ofthe season cores slong, and the Notional
‘Weather Senos the federal yoveromens agency.
doesnt pur out ar 2eisory une! sr etc the
‘ia before (The NWS haben an the nwo
ews ust week eal, announcing new weather
pee comptes, which ar peed t9 mal Fore

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Opinions concerning the eases of lobal warning
‘amin hy coneendous, But nany eratoagsts
‘ow tetcws thc ring temperatures proces mare
xtreme weather nes: ore fequent heaves
and droughs but abo more storms and foods.

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‘ascinacon wir wid went appareny
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‘times. when de only ange external dre 0
orn ai hearth ie teathor

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oval of ene ofthe oldest genres in pulang
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ratenrns" hich nics several chapters on
fevtrne weather around New Engl ard was
fe of hs early sls of eh New Wire

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‘nv thn ke "wee" in rial ere,
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raved, sks poltics and spre.

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big storms. The forecast nay have een inoue,
boc lve coverage was superb. In New York Oty,
‘the Weather Chant wns at in fore, ing crs
ving Unough sy pudles and repos sti
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