Expert Cambridge ADV U1 - Student's Book
Expert Cambridge ADV U1 - Student's Book
Expert Cambridge ADV U1 - Student's Book
1A Finding a job
Vocabulary development 1
3 Complete each sentence with a word from A and a
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preposition from B. The prepositions may be used
more than once.
Collocations: adjectives + nouns
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1 Complete each sentence with an adjective from A
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B
CV hours preference priority salary variety 1 I’ve always enjoyed sport and my whole family takes
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2 Graduates can’t really expect to be earning a(n) 3 The teacher was taken the strength of
to start with. the boy’s feelings. She had no idea he was so upset.
4 I took the tone in which she spoke to
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very seriously and (3) made / put a lot of effort into 1 A (success) (apply) will be
following my dreams. I have had to (4) overcome / win one who is (confidence).
a lot of setbacks along the way in order to (5) take / gain 2 Good (qualify) are not enough; there
expertise in my field. If I’m going to (6) reach / achieve must be some (evident) that you are
genuinely (interest) in the job.
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Multiple-choice cloze 1 Read the whole text quickly to get the general meaning.
2 Read the text again carefully and think about the type of word that
will fit in each gap. Can you predict the answer without looking at
the options?
3 Do the task.
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4 Read through the text again, with your answers in place. Does it make
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complete sense?
EXPERT STRATEGY For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or
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For this task, you need a good D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
knowledge of fixed expressions,
phrasal verbs and collocations. Add Work placements
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workplace before
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they embark on their
† Q4 Only one of these words can be
chosen career. As well
followed by to.
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as enhancing students’
† Q5 Only one of these words can be
knowledge of the
followed by of. particular industry,
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(2) deadlines
Which question tests your knowledge and being part of a team.
of verb + noun collocations? On some UK degree courses, year-long work placements are a
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3 Although the company made / has made very little I (1) (work) unpaid
profit so far this year, it shows potential. for a well-known magazine
4 I never had / had never had an interview before, so at the moment , where I
I felt very nervous.
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6 I finished / had finished the report as soon as the (give) me ridiculously tight
meeting was over. deadlines, so I (4)
7 At the interview, I was asked why I decided / had
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Open cloze 1 Read the whole text quickly to get the general meaning.
2 Read the text again carefully and think about the type of word that
will fit in each gap.
3 Do the task.
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4 Read through the text again, with your answers in place. Does it make
complete sense?
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For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best
fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the
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beginning (0).
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Make sure you read the text before My dream career
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HELP to the legal profession – even (3) Christel is nothing like the
† Q1 You need a relative pronoun here. film’s ditzy heroine. What the film did was to (4) Christel
† Q4 You need a verb that collocates aware that she possessed the analytical skills required of a lawyer. As
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with aware. she says, ‘I like figuring (5) problems and the film made me
† Q7 Look at the word after the gap realise that was (6) lawyers did.’
to see what is needed here. As a teenager, Christel believed the law was an elite profession and that
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phrasal verbs? hour was up, you were expected to pick up a book.’
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Multiple choice 1 Read the instructions and the context sentences in the task and
answer the questions.
1 How many extracts are you going to hear?
2 What is each extract about?
2 Now read the context sentence and questions for Extract One. How
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much do you find out about the topic and the speakers?
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3 02 Do the task.
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† Q1 Listen for the word baffling; the You will hear three different extracts. For questions 1–6, choose the answer
answer comes soon afterwards. (A, B or C) which fits best according to what you hear. There are two
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of career.
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which are asking about the past? 2 What aspect of studying law do both speakers appreciate?
A the wide variety of jobs it prepares you for
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EXPERT WORD CHECK C the fact that you are committed to your career path
baffling crunch numbers Extract Two
grist to the mill line up
You hear part of an interview with a recent graduate.
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A She always knew that it was the right thing for her.
B She accepts that she was quite lucky to find it.
C She regrets not having aimed for it earlier.
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Collocations
Vocabulary development 2
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3 Choose the correct answers.
1 I was hopeless in / at everything I did to begin with
Feelings and continually on / by edge.
2 I tried to learn vocabulary at / by heart but I was
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1a Replace the words in bold with a word from the incapable of / for remembering anything the next day.
box. Add a preposition if necessary. 3 I used to get impatient to / with myself. It was
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apprehensive daunted distracted frustrated different from / by anything else I’d done.
intimidated motivated overwhelmed tense 4 Because it wasn’t at all similar to / as the way I learnt
as a child, I felt on / under pressure.
1 I was a bit nervous and unable to relax when I was 5 At first I felt depressed for / by my lack of progress
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be unable to concentrate during the lessons. He clear investment key outcomes pay status
found it hard to take in all the new information top value
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3 She was a bit worried that she wouldn’t do well
when she first joined the class because she’d never What makes a good school?
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done anything like it before. She refused to be A recent report on the best global education systems
discouraged, though, and against the odds, she concluded that in (1) -ranking countries such
managed to keep up with the rest of the students.
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British university.
2 give lessons to just one student or to
small groups.
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Multiple matching 1 Read the title of the text and the introductory sentence. What do
you think subjects means in the title?
2 Read the task and mark the key words in each question.
3 Read the text quickly to get an idea of how it is structured and what
issues are discussed in each section. What is the main focus of
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each section?
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4 Look at question 1 and find the sections of the text that talk about
the students’ families. Look for words and expressions that describe
family relationships. Write the question number next to these sections
so you can find them again quickly. Then read these sections carefully
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† Q2 Which section begins with the You are going to read an article about some tests taken by high school
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writer indicating that she is students in the USA. For questions 1–10, choose from the sections (A–D).
The sections may be chosen more than once.
giving a personal opinion?
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the original aim of the AP tests? 3
Don’t try to read the text in detail
before you’ve read the questions and how the tests are unlike others in the US system? 4
know what you’re looking for.
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the reason that students feel under pressure to take the tests? 6
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Look back at the text. Find the names historical reasons for the emphasis placed on certain
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far-minded frazzled heated debate a trend in society which isn’t reflected in these tests? 10
social anthropology stirred up
threefold trumpeting
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3 caused (section A)
4 a state of constant change (section B)
5 make use of something in a way that will bring
good results (section B)
6 talking about something proudly (section B)
7 improve (section C)
8 directed/guided to (section C)
9 stopped studying a subject (section D)
10 encourage something to develop (section D)
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SUBJECTS C
The AP website itself doesn’t comment on the pattern, and it’s
unclear whether the AP subject choice influences students’
OF degree subject. Some of those opting for AP poetry, in other
DESIRE
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Does the USA need more computer students are picking English and history because it seems an
scientists and engineers? Or does it easy thing to do, given the slant of their prior education (or the
actually require people who understand education of the parents who are helping them study). I would
political history and prose? also bet that very few humanities students are being steered
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5 which were devised six decades ago to let talented teenagers 55 humanities: after doing English, French, maths and art at
experience introductory college work. In practice, however, the school, I did degrees in social anthropology before becoming a
fight to get into American colleges is now so competitive that journalist. But in spite of that background – or rather, because
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more and more kids are being pushed into taking these exams. In of it – I’m keenly aware of the value of STEM subjects. Indeed, I
2012, more than two million students took 3.7 million AP tests, wish I hadn’t dropped science at such a young age. That doesn’t
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the number two decades before. Unsurprisingly, this explosion valuable subjects – they are. After all, studying these subjects
has stirred up heated debate. John Tierney, a politics professor in high school has helped to foster a common civic identity in
and Boston high school teacher, decried the exams as a waste of America, particularly given its immigrant roots. Indeed, many of
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valuable teaching resources, something which the AP organisers those arriving in the country didn’t initially come from English-
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being taught so heavily. But a seven-to-one ratio between prose
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1B Module 1
Learning experiences
Modal passives
Language development 2
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3 Rewrite the sentences in the passive.
1 I think a reputable driving instructor, rather than
The passive: tenses your parents, should teach you.
1 Complete the text with the correct form of the verb 2 You can’t use some models of vehicle for the test.
be. More than one answer may be possible.
3 They might cancel your test if you don’t have the
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right documents.
A bid to improve
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delayed at some point in the future in order that instructor on your first lesson.
teenagers can get more sleep.
After studies (2) carried out in the United
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States over three years with 90,000 students across Passive -ing forms and infinitives
three states, it (3) shown that educational 4 Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences.
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needed, but there are hopes that there will be similar 4 Older students really resent be made to wear
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2 Complete the sentences with the correct passive Impersonal passive structures
form of the verbs in brackets.
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Key word transformations 1 Read the instructions for the task and look at the example. Think about
how the two sentences are different and notice how the meaning hasn’t
changed.
2 Do the task.
HELP
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† Q1 You need to use the noun For questions 1–10, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar
meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the
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ideas in different ways, using different It Jason when he was offered the first job he had
structures and syntax, but without applied for.
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Brian a job in a local bank when he was invited to an
interview in the USA.
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4 Even if she works really hard, Yana won’t get promotion in that
company.
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8 The course on statistics was even better than Gina had expected.
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The course on statistics more than expectations.
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Writing (Paper 2 Part 2: Letter/Email) 1 I’d advise you not to settle down yet – you’re still
† CB pp. 20–21, EW p. 194 very young.
2 Why don’t you see a bit of the world, which will
give you the time and space to think about what to
EXPERT STRATEGY
do next?
• Decide on why you are writing and what you hope
to achieve. 3 I’d be careful if I were you. It can be hard work and
• Underline the points in the task which you need you may feel resentful if you’re not paid for it.
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or short paragraph.
5 The problem is that you’d need to work in a bar or
something first to fund it, and I don’t recommend
Analysing the task doing that for too long. It can be tedious!
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1 Read the writing task and answer the questions. 6 It might be good for your CV to try out
1 Who are you writing to? different jobs.
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… Besides, …
I really don’t know what to do next. I know 2 Having said that, … / Mind you, … / Even so, … /
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permanent job. But other people have said it’s 3 Personally, … / In my view, … / Quite honestly, …
best to get different kinds of work experience – 4 … , while … / … , whereas … / In contrast, …
probably unpaid – before I decide what I want to
b Join the pairs of contrasting sentences in Exercise
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Developing ideas
2 Think about the pros and/or cons of the ideas Opening and closing an informal letter
mentioned in the task and make notes under 6 Tick the sentences that are appropriate for opening
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