44320445 Ecl b2 Practice Exams 1 5 Szab Collins

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PRÁCTICE EXAMINATIoN BOOK 1

SZABO SZILVIA MICHAEL COLLINS

ECL PRACTICE EXAMS I _5 READING WRITING LISTENING SPEAKING With languagecompetence... ... for a unitedEurope.

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Practice Exam Book 1 ECL Practice Exams 1-5 Writtenand Compiledby Szabó Szilvia and Michael Collins

ECL Practice Exam Book 1

EnglishtEvEL c (B2)

Certificate of Attainment in Modern Languages

Dunaújváros, August 2a07

Table of Contents Preface

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PracticeTest I

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- AnslverKcy

pagc 20

PracticcTest 2

pagc 25

- A ns werKey

page 3ó

PracticeTcst 3

pagc 4l

- A ns wc r Key

page 52

PracticcTest 4

pagc 59

- Answer Key

pagc I 1

PracticeTcst 5

pagc 11

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Answer Key

Exan'rination Instructions

pagc 89 page 95

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E x a m inat io T n o pic Lis t

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ExaminationTips

page 105

Useful phraseswhenspcaking

page Il3

E n g lis hin Us e - W rit ingS k ills

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Preface Our teaching experiencehas shown that a very good understandirrgof the test not only greatlyincreasesyour chanceof passingthe testfirst time. but also passingit with a very good result.Realistic practice test material used prior to the test. such as shown in this book, will prepareyou for the actual test. If you should have problems understandingthe informationshown in this book. your teacher/tutorwill be only too pleasedto help you. Each practice test contains realistic tasks of the type you would íjnd in a real EC]L exarnination. There are many ways of using thesepractice examinations.For instancc: o

You can take each testas if it were a real examination.

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You can use the whole or parts of each test Íbrpracticc purposes.

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You can acquire a general impressionof the contcntsand proceduresof the examinationby studying the contentsof cach test.

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You can practiceyour listeningcomprehensionskilts by listening to the listening tasks; alter which, you should check the answers/tapescript.Notice the keywords that have been used to give the correct answers.You should not read the tapescriptas you listento the recording.In a real exam. you will not have access tc) the tapescripl.

If you wish to work through the practice examinationsas if it were a real test. you will find answer sheets for each practice exam. A complete answer key is provided,along with the tapescriptsof the recordings.You wil| Í-rndit very rrseÍul to read thesewhere you have answeredquestionsincorrectly. However,you may need the help of a tutor/teacherto organisethe test in the same way as a real examinationis conducted.

Above all, you should not read any of the answer sheets.pre-readany of the texts or look at any of the picturcs before attemptinga test. These practice tests are designedto allow you to cxperiencean ECL exarninationprior to actually sitting for the examination. Using this testrnaterialfor practicepurposes,we would rccommendthatyou keep to thc speciÍledtinlcs Ítlrthe individualpaftsof the test - as in a real exatnination c.g. 45 nlinutcs Íbr Reading Comprehcnsion;75 minutes Íbr Writirrg and 30 tninutesÍbrListcning. In this way yOu wilI develop a feeling Íbrthe timc a||otted Íbr thc incliviilual test iteltls. You can practice the Rcading Cornprehension, Listcning Comprehcnsion (with the help of thc CD) ancl the Letter/Composition Writing sub-tcsts. The correctallSwerS Íbrthe individLraltcsts cetI-t be Íoundat tlrc cncl of cach test. Do Irotrcaclthesc befbre you itttcmpta tcst. Use thernto chcck your work and pay particLrlar attentiolrto thc lcttcrs style,phrascsuscd and layout and to the short articlcs usc of kcywurcls,sentenccorclcranclparagraphs. Modcl aIlSwcrSÍbrthe lettcrtas|