B CAE - Use of English 2

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CAE

Use of English

Part 1

SMALLEST HUMAN SCULPTURE IN THE WORLD

Feast your eyes on what the Guinness Book of World Records calls the smallest human sculpture in the world! Here's a 1)___ that will put things into 2)__ for you: the scale of sculptures created by Jonty Hurwitz approximately equals to the 3)____ your fingernails grow every 5 or 6 hours!
1)_______________

1. association
2. comparison
3. appraisal
4. link

Feast your eyes on what the Guinness Book of World Records calls the smallest human sculpture in the world! Here's a 1)___ that will put things into 2)__ for you: the scale of sculptures created by Jonty Hurwitz approximately equals to the 3)____ your fingernails grow every 5 or 6 hours!
2)_______________

1. view
2. outlook
3. scale
4. perspective

Feast your eyes on what the Guinness Book of World Records calls the smallest human sculpture in the world! Here's a 1)___ that will put things into 2)__ for you: the scale of sculptures created by Jonty Hurwitz approximately equals to the 3)____ your fingernails grow every 5 or 6 hours!
3)_______________

1. amount
2. number
3. total
4. expanse

With dimensions of approximately 80×100×20 microns, here's how the sculpture compares to human hair. You can 4)____ creating your own sculptures – or 3D printer-friendly captures of pretty much anything, really – using the Autodesk 123D Catch, a free app, which you can install on your mobile device.

1. test
2. experiment
3. research
4. investigate

The sculpture was then 3D printed at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Nano Micro Facility. In the author's own words: "The structure is created using a 5)___new 3D printing technology and a 6)__ called Multiphoton Lithography.
5)________________

1. ground-breaking
2. fresh
3. novel
4. first-hand

The sculpture was then 3D printed at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Nano Micro Facility. In the author's own words: "The structure is created using a 5)___new 3D printing technology and a 6)__ called Multiphoton Lithography.
6)________________

1. skill
2. practice
3. technique
4. practise

Ultimately, these works are created using the physical 7)____ of two-photon absorption. Art, 8)____ created with Quantum Physics."
7)_______

1. marvel
2. wonder
3. spectacle
4. phenomenon

Ultimately, these works are created using the physical 7)____ of two-photon absorption. Art, 8)____ created with Quantum Physics."
8)_______

1. literally
2. plainly
3. simply
4. accurately

Part 2

The term ‘eye-gaze technology’ may (0) …NOT….. mean much to most people, but it can be life-changing for anyone suffering from a severe speech problem. 9)___ been invited to try one such hi-tech communication aid, I find 10)____ sitting staring at a computer screen.
9)_____________

The term ‘eye-gaze technology’ may (0) …NOT….. mean much to most people, but it can be life-changing for anyone suffering from a severe speech problem. 9)___ been invited to try one such hi-tech communication aid, I find 10)____ sitting staring at a computer screen.
10)_____________

As a journalist, this is nothing new for me 11)____ for the fact that this screen features a red dot
which tracks the movement of my eyes.

I start by looking at a letter from an on-screen keyboard. However, I could, 12)___ I wanted to, select alternative screens 13)___ up of vocabulary and expressions, which, for experienced users, would (14)___ doubt speed things up.
12)____________

I start by looking at a letter from an on-screen keyboard. However, I could, 12)___ I wanted to, select alternative screens 13)___ up of vocabulary and expressions, which, for experienced users, would (14)___ doubt speed things up.
13)____________

I start by looking at a letter from an on-screen keyboard. However, I could, 12)___ I wanted to, select alternative screens 13)___ up of vocabulary and expressions, which, for experienced users, would (14)___ doubt speed things up.
14)____________

The letter or word I’ve selected pops up at the topof the screen, and slowly I build up my message. More speed would be good as this isn’t a fastway to communicate, (15)____ with the aid of predictive text.

After (16)_____ seems like a longtime, my phrase ‘this is an amazing machine’ is complete. I stare at the phrase and it comes backto me in a synthesised voice.

Word Formation

Two sleeps per night

Sometimes we wake up in the middle of the night and try (0) …….. hard to get back to sleep,  DESPAIR

but instead we spend a really (17)___ night tossing and turning until morning.
COMFORT

g. This situation could be (18) …….. of a stressful week,
but it could also be because of a sleep pattern we have inherited.
SYMPTOM

Research shows that our ancestors, rather than enjoying an (19) …….. period of sleep at night, had two sleeps broken up by some time awake.
INTERRUPT

The eight-hours-a-night pattern that has become almost (20)____ to modern humans has only been (21) …….. in industrialised countries since the 19th century.
ESSENCE

The eight-hours-a-night pattern that has become almost (20) …….. to modern humans has only been (21_____ in industrialised countries since the 19th century.
CUSTOM

Then (22)________. electricity was introduced, which resulted
in a division between night and day that became (23) ……... blurred.
AFFORD

Then (22) ..... electricity was introduced, which resulted
in a division between night and day that became (23)_________ blurred.
PROGRESS