CPE PROFICIENCY ANSWERS

Paper 1: Reading Comprehension

1 2 3 4 5

B A B A D

6 C 7 B 8 A 9 D 10 C

11 12 13 14 15

A C A D B

16 17 18 19 20

B A D A C

21 22 23 24 25

A B C D A

26 27 28 29 30

C A D B C

31 32 33 34 35

B C D A B

36 37 38 39 40

C C D A B

One mark for each correct item 1-25 is given, and two marks for each correct item 2640. The total score is then adjusted to give a mark out of 40.

Paper 3: Use of English

Question 1 Total 20 (one mark for each correct answer) 1. 2. 3. 4.

5.

6. 7.

connected / linked differ / vary at H/however / N/nevertheless / N/nonetheless near / beside / alongside / amongst(st) / (a)round stage / age / point with

8. 9. 10. 11.

damage mature / advanced in / through abilty / capacity

15. 16. 17. 18.

see / view from come right

12.

enjoy / like

19.

being

13. 14.

make those / ones

20.

else

Question 2 Total 13 (marks for each portion as shown; some variations in answers allowed) a)

b)

c)

circumstances

1

am I willing / prepared / going to refund OR will I / shall I refund

1

competition

1

between the two companies for the (overseas) contracts OR between the two companies to obtain / get / win etc. the (overseas) contracts

1

arrive in / get to / have arrived in / got to New Zealand

1

correct completion e.g. they will have been flying (for) / the flight will have lasted (for)

1

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(2)

(2)

(2)

d)

the temperature (of the ocean) / the ocean temperature (gets) the fewer the species (we find) OR the fewer (the) species we find

1

checking the manuscript carefully / carefully checking the manuscript OR (her / Mary’s / a) careful checking / careful check of the manuscript

1

did Mary find the mistake / was the mistake found

1

(2)

f)

relief Jonathan found the / his keys

1

(1)

g)

on / about / as to / regarding / concerning which job you take / to take

1

is (all) yours OR is up / down to you

1

(2)

the / this house belong to previously / formerly / before OR the / this house use to belong to

1

(1)

e)

h)

(1)

Question 3 Total 6 (one mark for each correct answer; some variations in answers allowed) a)

(big / warm etc.) round of

(1)

b)

a loss for

(1)

c)

will have (already) started / begun

(1)

d)

nothing to do OR n’t (got) / not got anything to do

(1)

it can’t / won’t / couldn’t have been OR it can’t / won’t / couldn’t be

(1)

time (that) he bought / got etc.

(1)

e)

(f)

Question 4 Total 8 (marks as shown; some variations in answers allowed) a)

Following his / her / a serious injury in the first race, the athlete was taken to hospital OR Following the serious injury (that / which) he / she suffered in the first race, the athlete was taken to hospital

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1

(1)

b)

Bill was falsely accused / accused falsely of cheating / having cheated / being a cheat

1

(1)

His books are always (very) favourably / well received (by the critics) OR His books have always received (very) favourable reviews (from the critics)

1

(1)

It is beyond me / my comprehension / my understanding why this novel is so popular OR The popularity of this novel / This novel’s popularity is beyond me / my understanding / my comprehension OR (The reason) why this novel is so popular is beyond my understanding / my comprehension

1

(1)

e)

Any correct with against his will / wishes

1

(1)

f)

The monkeys’ diet / food (correct use of apostrophe essential) consists (mainly) of fruit OR The food (which / that) the monkeys get / are given consists (mainly) of fruit

1

(1)

(I thought) the student’s reply / the way the student replied (to the teacher) bordered on rudeness / the rude / being rude

1

(1)

I’ve / have always got on / along (well) with my neighbours OR My neighbours and I have always got on / along (well)

1

(1)

paraphrase of bizarre e.g. because of their strangeness OR paraphrase of nonsensical e.g. they don’t make sense OR idea of dream images have no connection with real life

1

(1)

to show how peculiar / strange dream images are // how difficult it is to realise its relevance for everyday life

1

(1)

c)

the symbols are not real words

1

(1)

d)

because dream symbols can change their meaning from one person to another OR because dream symbols have their origins in a person’s (past / present) experience

1

(1)

paraphrase of trivial symbol e.g. the symbols may seem unimportant

1

paraphrase of most potent / most telling e.g. the symbols may represent important ideas

1

(2)

images which are drawn from the dreamer’s everyday / daily activities

1

(1)

c)

d)

g)

h)

Question 5 Total 26 a)

b)

e)

f)

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g)

(to illustrate the point that) the same symbol may have a common meaning

1

that symbol might have a different / personal meaning for some individuals

1

(2)

second-hand experiences / books / plays / TV programmes both ideas essential for mark

1

(1)

i)

idea of taking without permission e.g. by stealing / ransacking images

1

(1)

j)

like the artist, the dream uses material from different sources which are combined to create the final form idea of comparison essential e.g. they both…..

1

(1)

1

(1)

1

(1)

h)

k)

dreamer’s personal experience

symbols in superficial dreams may have a purely personal meaning while symbols in deeper level dreams have a universal meaning both ideas essential for mark

l)

Westerners fail / are unwilling to recognise / are not used to recognising that deeper level dreams can be an important source of knowledge both ideas essential for mark

m)

(i)

each dream symbol is like a word (in a foreign language) // represents an idea, memory, word etc.

(ii)

just as in a language, you can’t understand the dream without knowing the meaning of the symbols

(iii)

the meaning of a dream symbol may vary from person to person

(iv)

dream symbols are not linked in a fixed way / by a grammar // the logic of a dream is unique to that dream

1 mark per point (maximum of 4)

This section is designed to test the candidate's ability to understand, interpret and summarise. Marks are awarded as shown for coherent and relevant answers (not necessarily echoing the wording given in this mark scheme). Language: A maximum of 8 marks are awarded for the ability to construct a wellwritten and concise paragraph; credit is given for evidence of overall construction, use of connectors, economy of style, some attempt to re-phrase as opposed to reliance on 'lifting' and conformity to the required length.

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Paper 1: Reading Comprehension

1 2 3 4 5

D B D B A

6 D 7 B 8 A 9 B 10 C

11 12 13 14 15

D B B A C

16 17 18 19 20

A B C A D

21 22 23 24 25

B D D A C

26 27 28 29 30

A D C B D

31 32 33 34 35

B C C A D

36 37 38 39 40

B B C D A

One mark for each correct item 1-25 is given, and two marks for each correct item 2640. The total score is then adjusted to give a mark out of 40.

Paper 3: Use of English

Question 1 Total 20 (one mark for each correct answer) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

was before / without help made / left for getting to

8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

interested more whose others thought / conceived like with

15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

This / That taught / learning what if so matter

Question 2 Total 11 (marks for each portion as shown; some variations in answers allowed) a)

been for Joanna’s / her quick thinking / thinking quickly

1

we would have lost / been defeated OR we would not / wouldn’t have won

1

(2)

b)

been no / not been any news from Robert

1

(1)

c)

account

1

(must you / should you / are you to) open the door to strangers

1

(2)

d)

though / as this / it may / might seem / appear / sound (to you)

1

(1)

e)

I hate (the) most / most of all is forgetting to set my alarm (clock)

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OR I most hate is forgetting to set my alarm (clock)

1

(1)

f)

no point (in) / no sense (in) giving my brother advice // advice to my brother

1

(1)

g)

(high / about) time

1

(that) their son learnt / learned to read // was able to read // could / knew how to read

1

(2)

matter what you say

1

(1)

h)

Question 3 Total 6 (one mark for each correct answer; some variations in answers allowed) a)

give / lend (me / him / us etc.)

(1)

b)

had not / hadn’t let me

(1)

c)

gets / got / is getting on my / your etc. ALLOW acceptable variations, e.g. will get / would get

(1)

d)

slipped my mind

(1)

e)

would not / wouldn’t // would never have believed / thought / imagined (that) it (was) OR would not / wouldn’t have believed etc. it (to be) OR would have believed etc. (that) it was not / wasn’t (1)

(f)

lack of / want of

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(1)

a)

They owe their lives / survival to the rescue team (who / which / that found them) / to the team who / which / that rescued / found them

1

(1)

b)

I can’t stop (myself) thinking about / of // worrying about next week’s interview

1

(1)

c)

Due to the manager’s (constant) unavailability / absence, staff morale fell OR Due to the manager(‘s) being (constantly) unavailable / absent / away, staff morale fell

1

(1)

It turned out to be a (really) enjoyable day OR The day turned out to be (really) enjoyable

1

(1)

e)

Without (his) realising (it), he has / ‘s highlighted an important problem

1

(1)

f)

In / under no circumstances

1

must / should this door be left unlocked // is this door to be left unlocked

1

(2)

The teacher accused John of scribbling / having scribbled on the board OR John was accused (by the teacher) of scribbling / having scribbled on the board (by the teacher)

1

(1)

Who was (the) first to arrive? OR Who was the first person / one to arrive?

1

(1)

d)

g)

h)

Question 5 Total 25 a)

used figuratively / metaphorically / not literally OR does not mean physically attached

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1

(1)

b)

the type of relationship between people / how well people know one another / that a relationship exists

1

(1)

(in a crowded area) people may be forced to be near each other / proximity may be unavoidable

1

(1)

d)

fleeting

1

(1)

e)

they never think about it / have never learnt how to do it (despite its complexity)

1

(1)

they can talk of what happened to each of them (individually) (before they met)

1

(1)

g)

shaking hands / hand shaking

1

(1)

h)

idea of meeting socially

1

(1)

i)

the married couple take no notice of each other / make little or no contact

1

the behaviour of the married couple seems similar to that of the strangers OR the new friends are more attentive to each other than the married couple

1

(2)

the behaviour is / may seem similar on the surface OR the feelings within are very different

1

(1)

k)

sending a signal / message (without using words)

1

(1)

l)

glancing (at each other) 1

(1)

c)

f)

j)

smiling (at each other) both points essential for mark

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m)

Summary (i)

using names

(ii)

initial social niceties (e.g. smiling / handshaking / please / thank you) and / or considerable mutual attentiveness

(iii)

telling each other about their pasts / biographical details

(iv)

almost non-stop conversation / doing a lot of talking

1 mark for each point (maximum of 4 marks)

This section is designed to test the candidate's ability to understand, interpret and summarise. Marks are awarded as shown for coherent and relevant answers (not necessarily echoing the wording given in this mark scheme).

Language: A maximum of 8 marks are awarded for the ability to construct a well-written and concise paragraph; credit is given for evidence of overall construction, use of connectors, economy of style, some attempt to re-phrase as opposed to reliance on 'lifting' and conformity to the required length. The total mark for the paper is adjusted to 40 to give the required weighting in the examination as a whole.

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