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Test 3
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Examination
for the Certificate of Proficiency
in English
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 Writing
TEST 3 Speaking
EXAMINATION FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH

Exam Center:
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(Center name) (city) (country)

NAME (printed):
(Family or surname) (irst name) (middle name)
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NAME (signature): Birthday:

 
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Registration Number:
center no. personal registration no.

WRITING SECTION INSTRUCTIONS 30-MINUTE TIME LIMIT

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 The examiner will have already provided you a writing answer document on which to write your essay. Make
sure you have illed in your name, your signature, your birthdate, and your registration number.
 Do NOT write your essay in this test booklet. Write your essay on the answer document you have been provided.
 Use a #2 (soft) pencil only.
 You will have 30 minutes to write on one of the two topics. If you do not write on one of these topics, your
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paper will not be scored.
 You may make an outline if you wish, but your outline will not count toward your score.
 Write about one-and-a-half to two pages. Your essay will be marked down if it is extremely short.
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 Write inside the boxes on pages 2, 3, and 4 of your answer document.

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 Extra sheets of paper or scratch paper will not be scored. Please use only the space provided on the answer
document to write your essay.
 You will not be graded on the appearance of your paper, but your handwriting must be readable. You may
change or correct your writing, but you should not recopy the whole essay.
 Your essay will be judged on clarity and overall efectiveness, as well as on topic development, organization,
and the range, accuracy, and appropriateness of your grammar and vocabulary.
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TOPICS
1. Increasing the price of petrol is the best way to solve growing traic and pollution problems. To what
extent do you agree or disagree? What other measures do you think might be efective? Give reasons for
your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
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2. Some people believe that unpaid community service should be a compulsory part of high school
programmes. Do you agree or disagree?
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When you have selected your topic, remember to ill in “1” or “2” in the ECPE Writing Response box in the front of
your writing answer document.
Please observe silence. Do not leave the room during the time period. Remember, you have 30 minutes to complete
your essay.
DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL THE EXAMINER HAS TOLD YOU TO DO SO.

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TEST 3 Comprehension
Instructions
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This section of the examination tests your understanding of spoken English. The listening section has three parts.
There are 50 questions. Mark all your answers below.
Part 1: In this part of the test, you will hear short conversations. From the three answer choices, select the answer
which means about the same thing as what you hear or that is true, based on what you hear. For example, listen to the
conversation:
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M1: Let’s watch the match at my place today, shall we?
M2: Well, I’ll have to take a rain check… I’ll be working till late tonight.
M1: Ok, maybe some other time.
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You read: a. They will be working today.
b. There is a match on TV today.
c. They are watching a match today.
The correct answer is b. For the short conversations 1-15, mark your answers below. None of the conversations
can be repeated. Please listen carefully. Do you have any questions?
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1. a. He’ ll take a break. 9 a. He will ask Professor Samuel for advice.
b. She thinks he needs to take a break. b. He lacks originality.
c. He’ll go on working. c. He is extremely verbose.
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2. a. She is clean-shaven. 10. a. She won’t go to the gym
b. She has had her hair dyed. b. She won’t go to the oice.
c. She has had her hair cut. c. She won’t go to the doctor’s.
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3. a. He has a soft spot for Linda. 11. a. Mandy is sick.
b. He thinks that she is not as strict b. Mandy is inexperienced.
as she should be. c. Mandy is his daughter.
c. She thinks Linda is slow.
12. a. He has overstayed his welcome.
4. a. They don’t see eye to eye. b. He hates unpacking.
b. Sarah probably reacted extremely. c. He hasn’t found the time to unpack.
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c. She found Sarah’s reaction extreme.

13. a. Their future is uncertain in the company.
5 a. He won’t touch his food. b. The Managing Director has made his decisions.
b. He prefers simple dishes. c. Lay ofs have been announced.
c. She’s not having him over for dinner again.
14. a. He can see right through Jenna.
6 a. She has a sprained ankle. b. Nobody can tell.
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b. She feels drowsy. c. He and Jenna share the same sense of humor.
c. She can’t move her foot properly.
15. a. He’ll pay them back on time.
7 a. She decided not to attend the seminar. b. He won’t pay them back on time.
b. She doesn’t carry cash. c. She thinks he is stingy.
c. She is considering her options.
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8. a. She was cooped up for a long time.

b. She feels exhausted.
c. She feels excited to be able to walk again.

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TEST 3 Vocabulary - Reading
51. Slithering across the road, . 58. He managed to pull the horse up despite it
a. he was bitten by a snake
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b. a snake bit him a. had
c. a snake was bitten by him b. having
d. he was bit by a snake c. the fact that
d. was having
52. had he stepped into his house than the
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phone rang. 59. , he still managed to get to the top of
a. Hardly the hill.
b. Not only a. Unit
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c. No sooner b. Even though unit
d. Not earlier c. Much as unit
d. Unit as he was
53. If you want to succeed as a model, you
some weight, and go to the gym. 60. A thousand people had gathered
a. ought to shed outside the stadium.
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b. have shed a. or so
c. should to shed b. and so
d. must have shed c. and more
d. but more
54. I found them sipping champagne, and .
a. shooting the breeze 61. There was a problem with the pipes, but I
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b. shoot the breeze tomorrow.
c. having shot the breeze a. will have them ixed
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d. shot the breeze b. will have ixed them

c. have them ixed
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55. hard he tries to defeat us, he is doomed d. have had them ixed
to fail.
a. No matter 62. The parcel is to have come through by
b. Nevertheless now.
c. However a. ought
d. Still b. needed
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c. supposed
56. As I couldn’t write the report on my own, I d. necessary
it for me.
a. got Peter do 63. “How about some spaghetti?”
b. had Peter to do “Not after so much meat!”
c. got Peter to do a. have I eaten
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d. got Peter written b. I eat

c. I ate
57. I’m sorry I haven’t sent you the book yet, but I d. eating
haven’t it.
a. got round proofreading 64. “Did he come to the oice on time?”
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b. got round to proofread “He would have, earlier.”

c. got round to proofreading a. if he woke up
d. got down to proofread b. had he woken up
c. if he would have woken up
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 Grammar - Cloze
TEST 3 Vocabulary - Reading
This passage is a book review. 91. a. genre b. species
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“Scandinavian Noir” is a ____(91)____ of detective stories or whodunits
coming from Scandinavia (obviously), characterised by realism, a dark
92. a. timely b. timeworn
atmosphere, and complex moral dilemmas. Many a time, Scandinavian
c. timeless d. untimely
novels focus on a ____(92)____, world wearied detective verging on the
antihero, who investigates cases that often have deep social implica-
93. a. rule b. establish
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tions. More often than not, these cases concern the sociopolitical
c. prevail d. rein
condition of the Scandinavian countries, where, although equality,
liberalism, and justice seemingly ____(93)____, there are always secrets
94. a. moment b. throes
hidden under the carpet.
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c. action d. stage
Roads Ahead belongs to the Scandinavian noir, is written in Norway,
and refers to this country in a raw and, at the same time, seductive way.
95. a. acted b. derived
The hero is in the ____(94)____ of investigating a series of ceremonial
c. instilled d. actuated
crimes against men that seem to be ____(95)____ by racism. At the
same time, a nun is murdered, while the only surviving witness is too
96. a. thin b. thick
scared to testify. Besides, a policeman vanishes into ____(96)____ air,
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c. open d. free
without letting anyone know about his whereabouts.
Among the salient issues tackled in Roads Ahead is violence
97. a. irretrievable b. inadmissible
against immigrants, men, and women. We should note in passing
c. inconclusive d. indelible
that there are some particularly staggering statistical data. Norway is
currently a country with the highest rates of rape throughout Europe,
98. a. culprits b. whodunits
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and one of the highest in the world. There are many studies studying
c. guilty d. ones
the phenomenon, but there is still ____(97)____ evidence accounting
for its causes.
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99. a. sets b. makes

As you may understand, Roads Ahead has a lot of material to draw
c. poses d. places
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on, but goes far beyond. The author, with his exceptional writing,
composes a creepily realistic story with suspense, riddles, and quite
100. a. unyielding b. unsettling
a lot of possible ____(98)____, while he remains loyal to the tradition
c. unrepentant d. ungiving
of the Scandinavian noir. However, apart from the impressive literary
narration, the writer ____(99)____ moral dilemmas, with the aim of
sensitizing people to speciic delicate matters. While our own society
may not be as ‘pristine’ as the Norwegian one, yet all the issues raised
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can directly relate to our own problems and ____(100)____ social

extremes.
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TEST 3 Vocabulary - Reading
111. I cannot but draw the at any injustices 121. I’ve been smoking for over twenty years and, if I
and inconsistencies that tarnish the reputation
TO go cold , I think I won’t make it!
of the irm. a. turkey b. stif
a. veil b. line c. back d. without
c. inger d. spot
122. These skirts are all the throughout
112. They won by of their consummate Europe!
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tactics. a. trend b. envy
a. virtue b. way c. rage d. fashion
c. owing d. method
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123. There was a smell of alcohol in the room.
113. He at his watch, and realised he was late. a. distinct b. discrete
a. glared b. glowered c. disparate d. distinguished
c. gazed d. glimmered
124. “Get moving! We have to be there on time!” she
114. He can paint, translate books, and cook, but said in one .
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he’s not very good at any of them. He’s a Jack of a. phrase b. breath
all . c. breadth d. sentence
a. jobs b. tasks
c. chores d. trades 125. This series of books will help learners cope with
the of all types of exams.
115. The team leader them to be wary of a. requests b. prerequisites
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strangers. c. questions d. exigencies
a. enjoined b. joined
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c. enlisted d. enabled 126. At irst, he was hesitant, but later on he

up the courage to face his boss.
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116. She kept calling her grandma to check on her as a. mastered b. mustered
she was to accidents. c. made d. picked
a. likely b. prone
c. bound d. attached 127. Although they are considerably well-to-do, they
live in a(n) neighbourhood.
117. She could spend hours in museums a. indiscreet b. nondescript
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history books. c. nonchalant d. opaque

a. leaing b. seeing
c. scouring d. perusing 128. Now that the contract has been signed, sales
will high.
118. A pungent smell in the air. a. pick b. rise
a. wafted b. lew c. soar d. blow
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c. passed d. gripped
129. Have you ever seen a cheetah at close ?
119. She didn’t let it show, but deep down a. quarters b. distance
she was with envy. c. shot d. track
a. red b. yellow
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c. blue d. green 130. Something must be done for all these people
who in poverty.
120. Some people make no about a. reside b. sufer
exploiting others. c. languish d. survive
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TEST 3 Vocabulary - Reading
This passage is a movie review. Questions
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This personal and abjectly honest documentary is a moment-by-
moment record of a man’s life and feelings on preparing to become a
161. This is a(n)
a. dismissive
review.

father for the irst time in his late thirties, a ilm embarked on at least b. rave
partly because of his need to somehow prove himself a breadwinner, c. ironic
a provider, and end an agonizing period of professional inertia. Yet, d. funny
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the paradox that all men feel in this situation is that inactivity is all
you have: a relentless, inescapable inability to do anything that bears 162. The word ‘inescapable’ in the
comparison to what is happening within your partner’s body. It’s more second sentence of paragraph 1 is
than a home movie, and there are some wonderful dramatic high closest in meaning to:
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points. It is really funny and rueful, but then the pregnancy compounds a. inseparable
the situation: they have twins, of which one is viable and one almost b. improper
certainly not. Then, it dawns on the hero that he has some growing c. inevitable
up to do, and the obvious irony-punchline of him being the real baby d. inappropriate
now has to be ditched.
He turns the camera on himself as he slopes about the streets, 163. What does the hero realise?
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hangs around in the kitchen, and slumps on the bus. His face is a a. That he has to become more
picture. He is always hilariously bleary, unshaven, and zonked. He is sociable.
always on the verge of a nervous breakdown that never fully arrives. b. That he is no longer the baby
He fears that fatherhood will ring changes on almost everything, and in the family.
emasculation is on the cards. c. That he has twins.
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In this heartfelt but hilarious movie, there are glimpses of dinner d. That he is tired.
parties, galas, and gatherings. There’s possibly a bit of name-dropping
going on here, but the director nicely manages the balance between 164. What does ‘zonked’ in the
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whose separation when he was ive is another source of personal mean?
unease, and these conversations are themselves funny and poignant. a. exhausted
When the birth comes, it is a unique mix of emotions portrayed on b. nervous
screen with honesty and decorum. This is a very engaging and likeable c. witty
piece of work. d. bold

165. On the whole, the movie is

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presented as:
a. middling
b. poignant
c. balanced
d. interesting
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TEST 3 Speaking

TO CANDIDATE A INFORMATION SHEET

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TASK: You have been asked to select a gift for a colleague’s retirement party.
You have to choose between the following:
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A CRUISE TO THE CARIBBEAN

• 5-night cruise to 4 islands

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• meals prepared by world renowned chef
• swimming pool and gym facilities on board
• average-priced
• special events held, dancing, bingo nights, movie nights
• weather may not be favorable this time of year
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A GOLD WATCH

• beautiful antique watch

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• we can have it engraved for no extra charge

• he is an avid watch collector
• comes with a return policy
• virtually unbreakable
• rather pricey; some colleagues might not be able to chip in
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