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Meeting Marvin Gaye - Paper 1 Part 1 (Ed)

This document provides a summary of what is tested in Part 1 of the CPE Reading and Use of English paper. It tests vocabulary in several ways: [1] semantic precision by choosing words that fit the context best; [2] collocations by choosing words that correctly combine in phrases; and [3] complementation by choosing words that fit grammatically. It also tests fixed phrases, phrasal verbs, linkers, and idioms - requiring knowledge of words and phrases that are commonly used together and have non-literal meanings. The questions assess understanding of vocabulary at a sophisticated level.

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Meeting Marvin Gaye - Paper 1 Part 1 (Ed)

This document provides a summary of what is tested in Part 1 of the CPE Reading and Use of English paper. It tests vocabulary in several ways: [1] semantic precision by choosing words that fit the context best; [2] collocations by choosing words that correctly combine in phrases; and [3] complementation by choosing words that fit grammatically. It also tests fixed phrases, phrasal verbs, linkers, and idioms - requiring knowledge of words and phrases that are commonly used together and have non-literal meanings. The questions assess understanding of vocabulary at a sophisticated level.

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CPE – Paper 1 – Part 1

• For questions 1- 8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or
D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0)

0 a. accomplished b. completed c. ended d. achieved

Meeting Marvin Gaye

When I first met Marvin Gaye in his Sunset Strip studio, I had just (0) __B__ a two-
year project co-writing the autobiography of Ray Charles, an inspiring collaborator,
but an authoritative and often (1) ____ figure. Marvin came on like a brother. He was
warm, witty and (2) ____ to laugh.

He spoke like he sang, in whisper-like melodies and soft falsettos. His conversation
had a lyricism all of its (3) ____ . His affectations – a slight British accent when he
was feeling aristocratic, for example – were more than (4) ____ by his disarming
sincerity. We became friends. I felt (5) ____ to watch him work and play up-close. It
soon became clear that, like his music, his personal life was (6) ____ with dramatic
contradictions, a combination of charm and chaos. Because he was a hero of mine,
and because his art was so dazzlingly beautiful – so self-contained, so accomplished,
so (7) ____ slick – it took me a (8) ____to realise my hero was drowning.

1 a. distant b. faint c. secluded d. far-away

2 a. prompt b. impulsive c. abrupt d. quick

3 a. type b. self c. like d. own

4 a. set against b. weighed up c. made up for d. settled up with

5 a. advantageous b. privileged c. indulgent d. gainful

6 a. inundated b. filled c. plentiful d. dense

7 a. appreciably b. fully c. utterly d. sorely

8 a. while b. phase c. length d. course


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What´s tested:
CPE – Paper 1 – Part 1

- Part 1 of the Reading and Use of English paper focuses on vocabulary.


Questions may test any of the following:
a. SEMANTIC PRECISON: choosing the word with the ______ meaning in the
context. This ________ involve completing a phrase or deciding according to
grammatical structure; you must simply decide which option has the correct
meaning in relation to the meaning of the _________ or the ______ as a whole.
b. COLLOCATION: choosing which word goes together with another or others to
form a phrase. It may be ________ to fill the gap with another word that is not
an option in the question, but only one of the words given as an option
correctly completes the phrase.
c. COMPLEMENTATION: choosing the option that fits ________. More than one
of the options may have the ____ meaning but only one will form a
grammatically correct structure.
d. FIXED PHRASES: phrases in which the individual parts are _______used
together, and in which the meaning can be _____ worked out from the meaning
of the individual words in them. Questions testing fixed phrases involve
knowing which _______ word completes them.
e. PHRASAL VERBS: phrases consisting of a verb followed by a ________ and/or
_______ which have a special meaning that ______ be worked out simply from
the meaning of the verb. Questions may involve choosing which ______ word
completes a phrasal verb or choosing from a set of _______ phrasal verbs.
f. LINKERS: words or phrases that connect ______ or ______ of sentences.
Questions testing linkers involving choosing from single-word linkers,
deciding which word ______ a linking phrase or choosing from complete
linking __________.
g. IDIOMS: phrases that have ______ meaning, which may differ ______ from
the meaning of the individual words in them. Questions testing idioms
involve choosing which ______ word completes the idiom.
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