CAE 1 Online Use of English Final

CAE 1 Online Final Use of English
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READING AND USE OF ENGLISH
Part 4 Key word transformation
1 For questions 1–6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to
the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use
between three and six words, including the word given. Write the missing words in
CAPITAL LETTERS. Here is an example (0).
Example:
0 It isn’t clear to me why I have to read every page of this report.

SEE
I DON’T SEE THE POINT OF READING every page of this report.
1 If I were you, I’d try applying for a number of jobs.

ADVANTAGE
It’s for more than one job at the same time.
2 Even though we have all worked hard, there has been no noticeable improvement.
BAD
Despite all our efforts, things are just before.
3 David is the person who has shaped my life the most, to the extent that I named my
son after him.
IMPACT
My friend David has had my life that I named my son
after him.
4 Things tend not to go to plan when you rush them.

GO
Things have a planned when you rush them.
5 I’ve been doing this job for a far shorter length of time than William.
LONG
I haven’t done this job for anywhere William.
6 I’ve never worked with someone as reliable as Jack.

MOST
Jack is person I’ve ever worked with.
Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze
2 For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best
fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Does social media make you lonely?
Since the phenomenon of social media began, one of its primary functions has been to
keep in (0) A with friends or relatives. Indeed, the majority of users would probably
claim that without social media, they would have (1) up trying to stay connected with
everyone they know, some of (2) may live far away.
However, there seems to be a growing number of people who seem to feel lonely in
today’s society, partly due to a greater (3) to use social media.
One reason may be that people are using social media at the expense of building and
(4) close relationships with people. When we use social media, we aren’t
(5) ourselves to ourselves. Instead, we give ourselves the (6) of being connected
with people, even though it might be quite a shallow experience compared with real-life
encounters.
Another reason may be that certain social media sites encourage people to
(7) forward an idealised and heavily edited version of their own lives. We might be
tempted to compare our own existences to those we see online. It is (8) that we often
feel inadequate or that we are somehow missing out.
0 A touch B communication C connection D feeling

1 A turned B taken C given D held
2 A whom B them C who D these
3 A trend B tendency C habit D custom
4 A supporting B conserving C keeping D maintaining
5 A having B making C holding D keeping
6 A vision B illusion C trick D imagination
7 A take B make C put D get
8 A then B such C this D so
Part 3 Word formation
3 For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of
some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an
example at the beginning (0). Write your answers in CAPITAL LETTERS.
Are ‘emoji’ dumbing us down?
Are emoji just silly little pictures that add little meaning to
written (0) COMMUNICAT ION ? Or do they add COMMUNICATE
a (1) that conventional language simply can’t RICH
convey? They first made their (2) in the 1990s, APPEAR
when an employee of a Japanese mobile network began working on
an idea that he thought might encourage the
(3) of teenagers on the network. He and his PARTICIPATE
team created 176 characters that took (4) from INSPIRE
manga art and made them available for use in SMS messages. They
were an immediate hit. Only in Japan, perhaps, would these become
so (5) quite so quickly, but they have now FASHION
spread all across the world. Not only do emoji allow us to put more
feeling into written (6) in a brief amount of CORRESPOND
space, they also allow us to engage a part of our brain which uses
visual and (7) thinking. They provide the SYMBOL
potential to bridge language barriers. Whereas, vocabulary or
characters from another language may be
(8) to many, emoji can be understood by almost COMPREHEND
everyone.

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READING AND USE OF ENGLISH

Part 4 Key word transformation

0 It isn’t clear to me why I have to read every page of this report.

1 If I were you, I’d try applying for a number of jobs.

4 Things tend not to go to plan when you rush them.

6 I’ve never worked with someone as reliable as Jack.

Part 1 Multiple-choice cloze

Does social media make you lonely?

0 A touch B communication C connection D feeling

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