CPE Use of English Sample 2

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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ESOL EXAMINATIONS

English for Speakers of Other Languages

CERTIFICATE OF PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH

PAPER 3 Use of English

SAMPLE PAPER

Additional materials:

Answer sheets

Soft clean eraser

Soft pencil (type B or HB is recommended)

TIME 1 hour 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so.

Write your name, Centre number and candidate number on your answer sheets if they arenot already there.

There are forty-four questions in this paper.

Answer all questions.

Write your answers on the separate answer sheets. Use a pencil.

At the end of the test, hand in both the question paper and the answer sheets.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

Questions 1-25 carry one mark.Questions 26-43 carry two marks.

Question 44 carries fourteen marks.

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PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISH

Answer keys and mark scheme

PART 1

put

what

becomemake

there

Although / Though / While / Whilst

up

those

on

as

one

view

Irrespective / Regardless

such

a

PART 2

characteristic

recognisable / recognizable

unceremoniously

independent

extraordinary

rigidity / rigidness

zealous

conservative

surrounding

increasingly

PART 3

fail

short

turnaccount

blocked

deal

PART 4

Selena know / realise / suspect | how difficult / hardit will be / is to

made an immediate | impression on / upon

put me | at (my) ease with OR made me feel | at easewith

was no / was not any vegetation | whatsoever in /

was nothing | whatsoever growing in / were no plants| whatsoever growing in

no circumstances | will we ever do business

came to | the conclusion (that)

wasnt / was not in the / a mood | for going out / togo out OR was in no mood | for going out

was taken aback | by the / at (the news of) the

cars are now so quiet that he is aware of it. // that rumble is more noticeable.

Individuals respond differently to car noisewhereas scientists will produce one objectiveresult / measurement

dismay

rousing

i. which provide audible as well as visible confir-mation that these are working (example ofacceptable paraphrase: they are reassured thatthings are working properly).

ii. The buyer of a top-of-the-range sports carwould, they conclude, feel cheated if the power-ful engine did not sing like an operatic tenor atmoderate speeds, and bellow like a wild animalwhen the needle neared the red line. Suchnoises might, I suppose, be anathema to thedriver of a luxury saloon car, however. (exampleof acceptable paraphrase: they feel satisfied that

the engine is suitably powerful).

iii. For this sort of music, they warn, can causeaggressive driving. (example of acceptableparaphrase: loud music makes people driveaggressively and dangerously).

iv. loud music played in a confined space, such asa car, could have the effect of blanking out thatpart of the brain that performs logicalreasoning. (example of acceptable paraphrase:loud music may prevent people thinkingclearly).

PART 5 MARK SCHEME FOR QUESTIONS 40-44

These points draw on the language used in the texts. Students should be rewarded for effectivere-wording in their summaries.


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Sample script with examiner comments

Examiner comments

Summary includes 3 content points but not

well organised or linked. Poorly reworded.

Candidate A

Drivers like blinking indicators because they confirm that car is working.

Heavy rock music can cause aggressive driving. Pounding music makes you

want drive forward what may be frustrating in a traffic. Fast music makes

you drive faster and it is more likely that it will make you feel more

aggressive. There is also evidence that loud music played in a car may effect

the part of your brain that is responsible for logical reasoning.


Examiner comments

Summary includes only one content point.

Vague with some irrelevance.

Candidate B

There are sounds produced by in-car entertaintment, the effect sound will

make on you, depends on what type of driver you are. Those with plenty of

cash to spare are only bothered by the sound of the engine. On the other

hand, for the average driver sound will affect their judgement and will make

them prone to speeding according to the type of music they play in their cars

and the conditions they drive under


Sample scripts


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Examiner comments

Summary includes 2 content points and is

adequately expressed but is not concise.

Candidate D

A research has been conducted to find out how different types of sound affect

automobile drivers. The first survey aiming to find which engine running sound

pleased drivers most, showed that customer tastes vary according to thetype of car they want. Another poll the aim of which was to discover top ten

driving tunes revealed that the winning tunes were compositions of heavy

rock music. Psychologists consider that listening to this type of music can

increase aggression among drivers.


Sample scripts


Examiner comments

Summary includes 4 content points but

linking is a little heavy handed.

Candidate C

Sound influences drivers in different ways First of all drivers feel secure when

certain sounds confirm their car is working properly. Secondly, sound can

please drivers because it fits with the cars image. Additionally, fast and

pounding music can lead to aggressive driving, speeding and risk taking. Lastly

loud music can prevent drivers from thinking logically.

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