With answer key for advanced

3 1 C 2 D 3 C 4 B 5 A 6 C 7 B 8 D
Reading and Use of English Part 1:2
1 1 A 2 B 3 D 4 C 5 B 6 C 7 A 8 B
2 1 find, tricky 
2 make, happy
3 considers /considered, fortunate
4 kept / keeps, busy 
5 call, perfect
3 1 latest, Last, previous
2 common, regular, 
normal
3 long, big, wide
4 significant, large, great
5 distant, far, remote
6 different, unique, varied
4 1 talk
4 introducing
2 learn
5 express
3 convince
6 treated
7 know
Reading and Use of English Part 1:3
1 1 on
5 for
2 for
6 in
3 against
7 of
4 for
8 to
2 1 occasions 2 incidents
3 cases
4 examples
5 investigation 6 research
7 survey
8 enquiry
9 attraction
10 attention
11 focus
12 interest
3 1 D 2 B 3 A 4 C 5 C 6 C 7 D 8 B
Get it right!
For most of people it seems to be so natural – animals 
in cages.
Reading and Use of English Part 2:1
1 1 came into
2 come through
3 come under
4 come off
5 come up
6 came across
7 come between
8 coming down
2 1 both are correct 
5 both are correct
2 both are correct 
6 both are correct
3 b is wrong 
7 b is wrong
4 b is wrong 
8 a is wrong
3 1 YOURSELF/YOURSELVES 2 AT 3 FROM/BY
4 DO 5 PUT 6 IF/WHETHER 7 NOT
8 THANKS/DUE
Reading and Use of English Part 2:2
1 1 WHAT
2 WILL
3 WITH
4 A
5 AS
6 SAY
7 BECAUSE
8 ON/ABOUT
2 1 accounts
2 result
3 matter
4 words
5 happens
6 First
7 time
8 now
3 1 Has your personal experience of studying 
(-) science subjects at (-) school been a 
positive one?
2  How far would you say that (-) science fulfils a 
useful role in (-) modern society?
3 Which discovery or invention do you think has had 
the most positive effect on (-) society? 
4 How do you think (-) medicine will develop in 
future? 
5 How strict do you think the/(-) controls on (-) 
scientific experiments should be?
6 To what extent are (-) human beings to blame for 
(-) climate change?
7 Do you think that (-) advances in (-) technology 
will be sufficient to overcome the problem of the 
world’s dwindling resources?
8 Some people say that the more we invent, the 
lazier we become. 
Reading and Use of English Part 2:3
1 1 coastal erosion
2 oil spill
3 rural areas
4 urban development
5 waste management
6 global warming
7 natural habitats
8 endangered species
2 1 eligible for
2 open-minded about, hostile to
3 prone to
4 restricted to
5 untouched by
6 lacking in
7 incompatible with
3 1 OF
2 SOME/MANY
3 TO
4 SHOULD/COULD
5 WITH
6 BY
7 NOT
8 WHO/THAT
Get it right!
Our town is really full of tourist attractions. I mean all 
these marvellous monuments.
Reading and Use of English Part 3:1
1 1 immature
2 disorganised
3 unconventional
4 overcome
5 misbehaviour
6 Pre-booking
7 undertaken
8 inconvenient
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Think about it
Read the tips and tick 
✓
 the tips which are good advice for things to do in Part 1 of the Advanced 
Speaking Test.
1. Take time to think about your answers before you speak. 
2. Give short answers (1–4 words) to the examiner’s questions. 
3. It’s good to prepare some of your answers and learn them by heart. 
4. If you don’t understand or haven’t heard something, ask the examiner to repeat it. 
5. You should turn and talk to the other candidate(s) and involve them in a conversation in Part 1. 
6. Try and use a range of verb tenses in this part of the exam. 
7. Don’t try and use language that you are not 100% sure of. Stick to simple words. 
8. For questions that you have never been asked or thought about before, there are some useful phrases to give 
yourself thinking time that you can learn and practise using. 
Advanced Speaking Part 1
Advanced Speaking Part 2
Think about it
Match 1–7 with a–g to make sentences about Advanced Speaking Part 2.
a and the examiner will mention this connection when 
they give you the sheet with the pictures.
b one minute about two pictures.
c above the three pictures which you are given.
d a short question related to the pictures that you 
have described.
e start by comparing the pictures and then move on 
to answering the two questions above the pictures.
f about your partner’s pictures so make sure you 
look at them and listen to what your partner says!
g two questions about another set of pictures.
1. In Part 2, you will have to speak for
2. You should answer two questions which the 
examiner asks you and are printed 
3. The three pictures are connected in some way
4. A good approach to this part is to