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CAE Reading

Part 8

Part 8

A text or several short texts, preceded by ten multiple-matching questions.

In the mock exam, you read a magazine article in which five career consultants give advice about starting a career. You had to match each of the ten statements to one career consultant.

Mock exam: questions

Mock exam: text(s)

Exam advice

• The questions or statements precede the text(s) in this part of the exam. Study these carefully before you read the text(s).
• Read the text(s) carefully, looking for the information referred to in the ten questions or statements.
• Many of the sections may say similar things, so you will have to read carefully to decide which section answers to the question exactly.
• Underline the relevant section and put the question number in the margin.
• Avoid simply matching words. It's a trap!

Open your Complete Advanced book

Unit 10: 'A lifelong process'

Reading and Use of English | Part 8 (pp. 110-111)

'Choosing a university'

Before reading

Do exercise 3 on p. 110. 

You are going to read comments from five students explaining why they chose their university. First read questions 1-10 and underline [or write down] the key ideas.

Before reading

Suggested underlining

1. chose / university / sold itself more convincingly 
2. feels / really belongs to the university
   
3. degree course / precedes / professional training
   
4. hoping to pass on knowledge
   
5. chose not to live in student accommodation / though / impressed
6. initially thought / location on campus / negative feature
7. impressed by teachers' enthusiasm
8. impressed / knowledgeable / people / met on open day
9. won over / friendly welcome
10. will leave university / dual qualification

While reading

Do exercise 4 on p. 110. First use pen and paper, then use the next slides to enter your final answers and receive feedback.

Now read the texts. For questions 1-10, choose from the texts (A-E). The texts may be chosen more than once.

A

Jason

B
Maria

C

Osvaldo

D

Kazumi

E

Vladimir

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2

3

4

5

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7

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9

10

After reading

Use the next 10 slides to carefully review the exam. Do you see how useful it is to underline the key ideas in the questions? They echo, in different wording, what is said in the text(s).

Answers

Notes

Key ideas: chose / university / sold itself more convincingly 

Question 1

C

The course representatives ... went to great lenghts to provide an honest and enthusiastic overview of their courses ... This was in marked contrast to other universities I visited

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Key ideas: feels / really belongs to the university

Question 2

B

What I value most here is the feeling that I am part of a supportive community.

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Key ideas: degree course / precedes / professional training

Question 3

D

I then had to choose which first degree I should take before starting law school in a different city.

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Key ideas: hoping to pass on knowledge

Question 4

E

my desire to help others by becoming a maths teacher. That way I knew I'd be changing the world one student at a time.

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Key ideas: chose not to live in student accommodation / though / impressed

Question 5

C

Although I chose not to live on campus, the rooms there seemed comfortable and very reasonably priced

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Key ideas: initially thought / location on campus / negative feature

Question 6

A

Although I liked the compact campus, the fact that the university is a fair way from the town centre put me off a bit to start with

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Key ideas: impressed by teachers' enthusiasm

Question 7

D

The course lecturers were inspirational and passionate about their subjects; this has been evident in all their lectures.

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Key ideas: impressed / knowledgeable / people / met on open day

Question 8

A

Everyone I spoke to about the course was very clued up about their subjects

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Key ideas: won over / friendly welcome

Question 9

B

as soon as I arrived, I was struck by the smiles and greetings everyone gave me

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Key ideas: will leave university / dual qualification

Question 10

E

this course which will qualify me to be a high school teacher, while gaining a general engineering degree at the same time