PART 1
ADVANCED SPEAKING
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Education and learning Complete each question using the correct form of a word from the boxes. Use each word once. chance
opportunity
1. Do you have many
possibility
to practise your English where you live?
2. What do you think your
are of passing the Advanced exam?
3. Do you know that there is a speaking test? 4. Do you relish the
that there might be three candidates in your Advanced of the exam day or are you dreading it?
particular
significant
5. Do you think you need to work on any areas of your English in
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important
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is it to be very familiar with the format of the exam do you think?
7. Do a
number of people take the Advanced exam in your country?
or
6. How
8. Would you say that you have had a
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opportunity to do something? If so, what was it?
How would you answer questions 1–8 in exercise 1a? Try and say two to four sentences in reply to each of the questions.
2a
Track 13 Match the candidate’s answers to the examiner’s questions. Then listen and check.
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Candidate
2b
a That would be fantastic! Of course, I’d need to save up beforehand. And maybe I’d need to do some work to survive financially. As I love discovering new places, it would be right up my street!
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1. What is your favourite free-time activity at the moment?
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2. What sort of work would you most like to do in the future?
b Well, I’m studying economics, so I guess I’d prefer something related to finance. Perhaps banking or accounting.
3. If you had the opportunity, would you take a year out and travel?
c Right now, I’m just hoping to pass this exam! Once I’ve finished, I suppose I might take up another language. I quite fancy that.
4. What sort of things do you enjoy learning?
d Currently, I prefer to do outdoor activities, like hiking or jogging. I try and keep myself fit. Sometimes I go alone and other times with friends.
5. Do you like to give yourself aims and targets?
e It depends. I have work ambitions, but outside work I like to take each day as it comes.
6. Are you planning to do any courses in the near future?
f When studying, I generally prefer figures to letters, but I do enjoy a good history book. And I find documentaries intriguing.
Now answer questions 1–6 so they are true for you.
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