Student Name

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH EMPOWER

C1 PROGRESS TEST

Test 3

Time 50 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.
Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully.
Answer all the questions. Write your answers on the question paper.

INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS

There are five parts to the test.
Part 1 is a listening part.
All questions carry one mark.
There are 40 questions.

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 Part 1
Questions 1 – 8

You will hear eight short recordings. For each one, choose the best answer. You will hear each
recording twice.

1 You hear a man talking about his experience of buying travel tickets.

What decision did the man make about the future as a result of his experience?

A He would allow himself more time.

B He would buy his tickets over the internet.
C He would change to another form of transport.

2 You hear a man describing a journey he made in South America.

What point does the man make about the city of Cusco?

A It is typical of the rest of the country.

B It gave him a misleading first impression.
C It was worth visiting despite its remote location.

3 You hear a woman asking a man about his weekend away.

How did the man feel about his time in Krakow?

A surprised by the number of people there

B disappointed by the places he visited
C frustrated by problems with the language

4 You hear a woman talking about a place she visited on her last holiday.

Why did the woman enjoy this part of the city?

A There has been little change for centuries.

B It makes visitors feel transported back in time.
C She liked the mixture of old and new existing in the same area.

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5 You hear part of an interview with a young woman who did voluntary work in Africa.

What does the woman say about her work?

A She was surprised by the positive attitude of her students.

B She found the conditions made it hard to teach well.
C She understood why her work was so satisfying.

6 You hear a woman talking about a camping holiday.

Why did the woman decide to change her plans?

A She was unable to find a comfortable location.

B She had forgotten something important.
C She got frightened by strange noises she heard.

7 You hear two people talking about a problem one of them had while travelling.

What did the man think about his experience on the bus?

A It was less enjoyable at the time than it feels now.

B It was the kind of adventure he had been looking for.
C It was only an exciting experience to a person like him.

8 You hear two people talking about a trip to a new holiday destination.

What does the man say about his trip?

A He was surprised by one aspect of his trip.

B He felt that the location met his expectations.
C He thought the resort staff needed more training.

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 Part 2
Questions 9 – 16

Read the sentences about people and places.

Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each space.

9 Another jump in interest rates will leave borrowers facing financial ............ as they attempt to
repay their loans.

A fight B struggle C effort D hardship

10 Many believe that it is right for people from more ............ societies to help those in poverty.

A luxurious B affluent C substantial D exclusive

11 Until I qualified for a pay rise, I used to struggle to live ............ my means.

A within B on C inside D for

12 The south of the city has long been its most ............ area with incomes well below average.

A destitute B significant C impoverished D disposable

13 Very little light penetrated the forest ............ far above us and it was nearly dark even at
midday.

A ceiling B roof C shade D canopy

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14 The jungle was so ............ at that point that we just couldn't go on any further.

A heavy B dense C full D packed

15 Our countryside is typically one of rich, green ............ , forests and gentle hills, and cows
eating the grass.

A meadows B swamps C marshes D dunes

16 It's hard to believe there are any areas of ............ wilderness out there where people rarely
set foot.

A unaffected B untouched C unharmed D uninjured

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 Part 3
Questions 17 – 24

Read the sentences about people and places. What are the missing words?
Some letters are already there. There is one space for each other letter in the word.

For questions 17 – 24, write the words.

17 Recent government policy has been to raise people's d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i _ _ _ _ _

through cutting taxes to put more money in their pockets.

18 These days I only m _ _ _ e _ _ _ m _ _ _ by doing a second job – without it, I'd have big
money problems.

19 We were a comparatively w _ _ _ o _ _ family – we were the only ones in the street with a
car, for example.

20 My grandmother's childhood was so d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ that her parents couldn't even afford

shoes for her.

21 Chile's Atacama desert is the most a _ _ _ in the world, receiving as little as 1mm of rainfall
annually.

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22 We struggled through the mosquito-infested damp s _ _ _ _ , hoping to reach dry land by
nightfall.

23 What first attracted visitors to the island were its p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ beaches, so peaceful and
pleasant and completely unspoilt by any tourism industry.

24 At its centre, the desert is a mass of s _ _ _ d _ _ _ _ stretching for many kilometres in

every direction.

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 Part 4
Questions 25 – 32

Read the text about someone's travel experiences.

Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each space.

Surviving in a Desert Island Paradise

Could you survive on a deserted island? Travel writer Martin Hewings decided to
find out!
I'd always wanted to escape, to get back to nature. But (25) ………… last year did I manage –
briefly - to make my dream come true when, with an equally crazy friend, I (26) ………… myself on
a beautiful deserted island somewhere in the Philippines. (27) ………… had I felt so alive.
It was everything I (28) ………… : stunningly beautiful, long pristine beaches and nobody in sight!
This was just what we (29) ………… about back home! But on our first night we wanted to set up
camp, cook our rice and watch the sunset. (30) ………… did we know that swarms of starving
mosquitos had other ideas. Forced into hiding, we went hungry for the night! Only when morning
came were we finally able to eat.
But we learned and things got better - our days were spent swimming, making fires and cooking.
Occasionally I (31) ………… to catch fish, usually unsuccessfully. Time almost ceased to exist.
We had no commitments other than surviving and home seemed a world away, but reality
inevitably caught up with us. (32) ………… had we arrived, it seemed, than we had to leave.

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25 A only when B not until C only in D not once

26 A was finding B find C found D had been found

27 A Hardly B Never before C Barely D Not until

28 A had dreamed of B am dreaming C dream of D have dreamed of

of

29 A used to talking B have talked C would have D had been talking

talked

30 A Little B Hardly C Scarcely D Seldom

31 A have attempted B was C attempt D would attempt

attempting

32 A No sooner B No longer C No more D No later

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Questions 33 – 40

Here are some sentences about people and places.

For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence,
using the word given.
Do not change the word given.
You must use between three and six words, including the word given.
Write only the missing words.

33 You should never be late for your classes at school for any reason.

circumstances

Under absolutely ……………………………………….. ever be late for your classes at

school.

34 I never realised Rebecca would be so upset about me forgetting her birthday.

realise

Little ……………………………………….. how upset Rebecca would be about me

forgetting her birthday.

35 We didn't have any calls at all from Carrie while she was away.

once

Not ……………………………………….. us while she was away.

36 We didn't know the concert was over until the lights came on.

when

Only ……………………………………….. we know the concert was over.

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37 From take off to landing, our flight to Australia took 16 hours.

flying

By the time we landed in Australia ……………………………………….. for 16 hours.

38 The horse Steve was riding kicked him, leaving a large bruise on his leg.

by

There was a large bruise on Steve's leg where he had ………………………………………..

the horse he was riding.

39 My childhood dream of visiting the jungle had come true and now here I was.

would

When I was a child ……………………………………….. of visiting the jungle and now

here I was.

40 When she got to the airport check-in desk, Alison suddenly remembered her passport
needed renewing.

forgotten

It wasn't until she got to the airport check-in desk that Alison realised that
……………………………………….. to renew her passport.

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