Exam_Preparation_Cambridge_Certificate_of_Proficiency_in_English

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Time Oldal women make Vocabulary Vocabulary Time expressions expressions
Oldal: 1 / 10 
 
Exam Preparation: Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency English 
 
 
1. Vocabulary 
Time expressions 
Use these expressions connected with time to fill in the blanks. 
 
• at the best of times 
• a bit pressed for time 
• buy time 
• 
in time 
 
1) I’m sorry, but could we discuss your pay rise tomorrow? 
I’m…………………………at the moment. 
2) I’d like to make sure we get to the hotel…………………………..to unpack and have a 
shower before dinner. 
3) I used to find Simon arrogant………………………., but now that he has been 
promoted, he is quite unbearable. 
4) I’m not ready to sign the contact yet – I think we should try 
and…………………………by saying there are some legal problems that have to be 
sorted out. 
 
Oldal: 2 / 10 
 
2. Structure with ’appearance’ 
Rewriting 
Rewrite the following sentences using the word in CAPITALS. This word 
must not be altered in any way. 
 
1) The Minister doesn’t make a good impression on TV. 
ACROSS 
 
2) The candidate I interviewed appeared to lack ambition. 
SEEM 
_____________________________________________________________________ 
3) Pamela seemed to me to be rather insincere. 
GAVE 
_____________________________________________________________________ 
4) I felt that the last candidate seemed rather inexperienced. 
STRUCK 
_____________________________________________________________________ 
5) Some of Peter’s expressions make me think of my brother. 
REMIND 
_____________________________________________________________________ 
6) You have obviously impressed Kate a great deal. 
BIG 
_____________________________________________________________________ 
 
Oldal: 3 / 10 
 
3. Vocabulary review 
Choose the word which best completes each sentence. 
 
1) At her trial in 1431 Joan of Arc accused of being in ____________with the devil. 
A. cooperation 
B. association 
C. league 
D. conjunction 
2) During the First World War. an _______________ 5 million people lost their lives. 
A. assumed 
B. estimated 
C. envisaged 
D. approximated 
3) The aim of the council’s latest campaign is to ______________ the use of the new 
recycling facilities. 
A. project 
B. prosecute 
C. promote 
D. provide 
4) There was a great scandal when it turned out that the Bishop, who was meant to be 
____________, had a son. 
A. celibate 
B. singular 
C. immaculate 
Oldal: 4 / 10 
 
D. separated 
5) Mozart was very __________ musician, and had written several concertos by the age 
of 10. 
A. gifted 
B. endowed 
C. expert 
D. qualified 
6) According to psychiatrists, many violent criminals harbour feelings of ____________ 
and insecurity. 
A. insufficiency 
B. shortage 
C. inadequacy 
D. scarcity 
7) Many students find the concept of a fourth dimension difficult to _____________. 
A. hold 
B. clutch 
C. grab 
D. grasp 
8) If you want to be successful at writing complex computer programs, you need to adopt 
a more ______________ approach to your work. 
A. systemic 
B. systematic 
C. synthetic 
D. symptomatic 
Oldal: 5 / 10 
 
9) Charles Babbage’s ’difference engine’ is widely regarded as the ____________ of 
modern computers. 
A. precedent 
B. precursor 
C. ancestor 
D. antecedent 
10) The doctor told Harold that he had a mild chest infection and that there was no cause 
for _________. 
A. anxiousness 
B. worry 
C. nervousness 
D. concern 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oldal: 6 / 10 
 
4. Cloze 
Read the following book review and fill each of the numbered blanks with one 
suitable word. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
One of the prominent themes of 20th century literature has been the future, and 
books    1. __________  as Brave New World by Aldous Huxley or 1984 by 
George Orwell have presented readers 2. ___________ chilling visions of what 
may happen to society in the years 3. _____________. 
 
The Handmaid’s Tale, by science fiction writer Margaret Atwood, 4. 
___________ on this tradition and adds a feminist perspective. The novel is set in 
the futuristic Republic of Gilead, 5. ___________ men have total power over 
women. The women of Gilead are no 6. __________ allowed to read; they may not 
leave home 7. _____________ a permit, and the rulers 8. _____________ sure 
that the women are kept in submission by the 9. __________ of violence. The 
system, at least in 10. ___________, is designed for the protection of women – to 
protect them from murder or rape. The 11. ___________ of Gilead’s women are 
infertile as a consequence of 12. ____________ exposed to pesticides and nuclear 
waste. The women are classified 13. ____________ to 14. _____________ they 
can have children. The 15. ________________ who can are taken to camps to be 
trained as ’Handmaids’, 16. ______________ role is to provide children for upper-
class wives, while 17. ____________ that are infertile become ’Marthas’, or house 
servants. 
 
The central 18. _____________ is Offred, who becomes a Handmaid to a General 
and his wife, Serena Joy, after making an unsuccessful 19. ___________ to escape 
from the Republic. The novel focuses 20. ____________ their relationship, and in 
doing so the book addresses issues such as women’s rights, the use of some 
reproductive technologies. and the role of women in a world that is still largely 
dominated by men. 
Oldal: 7 / 10 
 
5. Vocabulary 
Animalcrackers 
Which initial letters need to be added to eel to make words which mean the 
following? 
 
1. touch or sense 
2. the back of the foot 
3. a lively dance or a winding device 
4. the base of a ship 
5. remove the skin of fruit or vegetables. 
 
6. Character descriptions 
Write three short character sketches based on the information below. 
EXAMPLE 
a 
dull, pedestrian, conventional 
Mr Jenkins, my old neighbour, was a very dull person who held only 
conventional ideas and led an extremely pedestrian life. 
 
b 
frivolous, gregarious, vivacious 
 
____________________________________________________________________ 
c 
boorish, moody, aggressive 
____________________________________________________________________ 
____________________________________________________________________ 
d 
condescending, arrogant, snobbish 
____________________________________________________________________ 
____________________________________________________________________ 
Oldal: 8 / 10 
 
 
Answer Key 
1. Vocabulary 
Time expressions 
1) a bit pressed for time 
2) in time 
3) at the best of times 
4) buy time 
2. Structure 
Rewriting 
1) The Minister doesn’t come across well on TV. 
2) The candidate I interviewed didn’t seem (very) ambitious / to have much 
ambition. 
3) Pamela gave the impression of being rather insincere. 
4) The last candidate struck me as being rather inexperienced. 
5) Some of Peter’s expressions remind me of my brother. 
6) You have obviously made a big impression on Charlotte. 
 
3. Vocabulary review 
1) C 
2) B 
3) C 
4) A 
Oldal: 9 / 10 
 
5) A 
6) C 
7) D 
8) B 
9) B 
10) D 
 
4. Cloze 
1) such 
2) with 
3) ahead 
4) carries/builds 
5) where/when 
6) longer 
7) without 
8) make 
9) threat/use 
10) theory 
11) majority 
12) being 
13) according 
14) whether 
15) few/women/ones 
16) whose 
Oldal: 10 / 10 
 
17) those 
18) character 
19) attempt 
20) on 
 
5. Vocabulary 
Animalcrackers 
1) feel 
2) heel 
3) reel 
4) keel 
5) peel