ANSWERKEY - Overview 1 - CAE Gold Plus
ANSWERKEY - Overview 1 - CAE Gold Plus
ANSWERKEY - Overview 1 - CAE Gold Plus
→ MULTIPLE-CHOICE LEXICAL CLOZE: for questions 1 to 10, decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best
fits each gap. Make any necessary changes to the words given.
2. Our memory is selective and . . . . . . . . . . . . That’s why witnesses often make mistakes.
A. conscientious B. fallible C. sensible
3. Laura is a . . . . . . . . . . . . girl; she won’t talk to strangers, let alone get on a stranger’s car.
A. conscientious B. fallible C. sensible
4. I am fed up with politicians who make . . . . . . . . . . . . promises, but never find any real solutions.
A. glib B. posh C. prone D. snap
6. A . . . . . . . . . . . . man will react more aggressively to an unpleasant situation than a placid one.
A. high-spirited B. quick-tempered C. self-righteous
7. The . . . . . . . . . . . . between the Capulet family and the Montague family is the central conflict
in the plot of Romeo and Juliet.
A. arousal B. crinkle C. feud D. truce
9. He was extremely effective at putting himself in someone else’s shoes and . . . . . . . . . . . . with
them.
A. empathising B. escalating C. sympathising
10. He doesn’t suffer fools . . . . . . . . . . . ., and he won’t put up with drama queens.
A. gladly B. happily C. joyfully D. lightly
→ SENTENCE TRANSFORMATIONS – MODALS in the PRESENT & FUTURE: rewrite each sentence so that
it contains the word in bold type and so that the meaning stays the same.
→ VERB PATTERNS: complete the text with the gerund or infinitive of the verbs in brackets.
Yukie Hanue is considered by many (1) to be the finest violinist of her generation – and she’s still
in her early twenties. When we visited her, in the music department of the University of New York,
she was too busy practising (2) to talk, but she invited us (3) to have a coffee with her in her mid-
morning break. Astonishingly, she manages (4) to combine her PhD at the university with
international concerts and recitals, numerous public appearances and interviews. She evidently
thrives on the workload, buzzing around the place with an industrious enthusiasm that leaves us
breathless. Her fame as a performer means (5) making regular appearances at high-profile events.
Last month, for example, she agreed (6) to appear in a series of recitals organised by UNESCO. This
involved (7) travelling to far-flung places like Seoul, Oslo and Montevideo on successive days, a
schedule which would have caused any normal person to wilt. “I can’t stand (8) doing nothing,”
she says. “I happen (9) to have a particular talent, and it would be wasteful not (10) to exploit it to
the full.” I encouraged her (11) to tell me about her upbringing, but she was rather reluctant to sing
her own praises. I did, however, succeed in persuading her (12) to confess to a secret desire. “If I
hadn’t been a musician, I would have loved to train (13) to become a martial arts expert,” she says.
Certainly, she would have had the discipline, but I couldn’t imagine someone so physically frail
actually (14) standing there hitting someone. But it was an interesting revelation, and one that I was
(15) to learn more about during my day with her.
Retrieved from Language Practice for Advanced by Michael Vince, Macmillan Education, 2014