LRN LEVEL2 CEF C1 EXAM

LISTENING SECTION 1 CEF C1

Listen to 10 short conversations. For questions 1-10, choose the best answer (A, B, or C). You will hear each conversation TWICE. You now have 2 minutes to read the questions.

Proceed to Questions

Being robbed.  1. From what you hear, you understand that

Deciding on a career 2. Kate is applying for computer engineering because

Detention 3. Their son was punished for

A bad week 4. What is TRUE according to what you hear?

A London River Cruise 5. Sophia doesn’t immediately agree to Mike’s suggestion because she

A messy office 6. What is FALSE according to what you hear?

Going fishing 7. Peter tells Natalie that

A new pullover 8. Mary apologises to Stephen for

Setting the table 9. Ted made a mistake in the way he

A water bill 10. From what you hear, you understand that

LISTENING SECTION 2 CEF C1

Listen to 3 longer conversations. For questions 11-20, choose the best answer (A, B or C). You will hear each conversation TWICE. You now have 2 minutes to read the questions.

Proceed to Questions
A new house 11. What is TRUE about Ellen’s new house?

12. From what you hear, you understand that Ellen

13. Bill tells Ellen that he

14. Bill suggests Ellen should throw a party so that she can

Autumn time 15. Alex says that autumn makes him feel

16. The season Alex likes the least is

17. What is FALSE according to what you hear?

A family house 18. Brian says that the best thing about the house is that it

19. What is TRUE about the swing?

20. Brian reassures Mary that

LISTENING SECTION 3 CEF C1

Listen to an extract from a radio talk about the popularity of gyms. For questions 21-25, choose the best answer (A, B or C). You will hear the extract TWICE. You now have 1 minute to look at the questions.

Proceed to Questions

21. The exercise programmes are highlighted in gym advertisements

22. According to the gym advertisements, regular working out at the gym

23. According to what you hear, people can be more confident in themselves if they

24. What is TRUE according to what you hear?

25. What is FALSE according to what you hear?

WRITING SECTION 1 CEF C1 NOTES

Task 1

Listen to the extract from the radio talk again.  USE the space provided in your Writing section to take notes. You can use the information from the recording and the notes you have taken to write an Essay about the popularity of gyms.

Write your Essay

Your notes will not be marked.
Take notes for the following
information or for anything
else you wish.

Focus of gym marketing

• advertisements of
  exercise programmes
• health benefits
• fitness
• self-confidence
• working out and body image

Gym facilities and services

• variety of equipment
• group exercising
• gym instructors
• friends at the gym

WRITING SECTION 1 CEF C1

Task 1
You must do Task 1.
Write your Essay on the following topic in the space provided in the Writing Section.
You can use the notes you have taken. You may add any other relevant information you
wish.
Write your Essay in 150-200 words

“Gyms have gained great popularity in the last two decades. In your opinion, what are the reasons for such popularity?

WRITING SECTION 2 CEF C1

Choose ONE of the following writing tasks. Use the points given below each task. 
You may add your own points if you wish.
Write your Task in the space provided in writing Section in 250-300words.

Task 2

Most women nowadays work. In your opinion, what are the advantages and
disadvantages of working women?

Advantages

• financial independence
• confidence in themselves
• a bigger social circle

Disadvantages

• difficult to balance work and home
• less time with family and friends
• feeling constantly tired

OR

Task 3

It is no secret that alcohol consumption can cause a lot of serious problems. In
your opinion, what problems can alcohol consumption cause and what can be
done to reduce it?

Problems of alcohol consumption

• health risks
• accidents
• violent behaviour
• low self-esteem

Solutions

• ban alcohol advertising
• campaign against alcohol
• increase the price of alcoholic drinks
• offer phycological support

OR

Task 4

Living in a small neighbourhood can be a blessing for some and a curse for
others. In your opinion, what are the advantages and disadvantages of living in
small neighbourhoods?

Advantages

• develop friendships
• have neighbour’s support
• feel safer

Disadvantages

• have less privacy
• be more affected by bad neighbours
• limited social circle

READING AND USE SECTION 1 CEF C1

Read the text below about Machu Picchu and then answer the questions that follow.
For questions, 1-9, choose the best answer (A, B or C)

Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu, an amazing 15th-century urban fortress of the Inca Empire at its height, is
one of the greatest artistic and architectural achievements in the world. The site was
abandoned after the Spanish conquest in the 16th century. For hundreds of years, until
the American historian and explorer Hiram Bingham rediscovered it in 1911, the existence
of the fortress was known only to local peasants. Since its rediscovery, most of the
destroyed buildings have been reconstructed and visitors can now see what they originally
looked like.

The Machu Picchu site stretches over an impressive 5-mile distance. The central buildings
of the fortress were built in the classical Inca architectural style which focused more on
functionality than decoration. The walls were made of dry-stones of regular shape that
were cut to fit together tightly without mortar. _______ the steep terrain, thick vegetation
and a lack of strong draft animals, the Incas never used wheels to move things. That is
why it still remains a mystery how they moved and placed the enormous stones used for
their constructions. The Machu Picchu site was divided into an urban residential sector and
an agricultural sector, and into an upper town where the temples were, and a lower town
where the warehouses were. Sophisticated channelling systems provided irrigation for the
fields, an extensive road and trail system and stone stairways set in the walls allowing
access to the different levels across the site.

Machu Picchu has a number of structures that once enhanced the spiritual significance of
the site. One of them is the Temple of the Sun, located near where the Inca emperor is
believed to have lived. The Temple, constructed on top of a naturally formed rock, was
used to honour and celebrate the Sun, an important Incan deity. Another important
structure is the Intihuatana Stone, a granite rock that is believed to have functioned as a
solar clock or calendar. This stone was arranged to point directly at the sun during the
winter solstice and it is thought to have held the sun in its place along its annual path in
the sky. At midday on March 21 and September 21, the sun stands almost above the
stone, casting no shadow at all.

A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983, Machu Picchu is Peru’s most visited attraction.
Increased tourism and urban development, however, have taken their toll on the site and
the endangered species in the area.

ANSWER THE QUESTION  1-9

1. Machu Picchu was constructed

RS1C1-2. Which of the following can best replace the word ‘abandoned’ in the 1st paragraph?

RS1C1-3. According to the 1st paragraph, what is TRUE about Machu Picchu?

RS1C1-4. What was a characteristic of classical Inca architecture?

RS1C1-5. Which of the following can best fit the gap in the 2nd paragraph?

RS1C1-6. According to the 2nd paragraph, what remains a mystery?

RS1C1-7. According to the 2nd paragraph, the Machu Picchu site

RS1C1-8. The Temple of the Sun

RS1C1-9. What does ‘it’ refer to in the 3rd paragraph?

READING AND USE SECTION 2 CEF C1

Read the following two passages about Two Famous Athletes.
For questions 10-20, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

Two Famous Athletes

Passage A

Nadia Comaneci

In 1970, at the age of 9, Comaneci became
the youngest gymnast ever to win the
Romanian Nationals. In 1971, she
competed on every apparatus and won her
first international all-around title. Her next
international success was in 1975 when she
came first in every gymnastic event except
the floor exercise in which she won second
place. At the inaugural American Cup in
March 1976, Nadia Comaneci and Dan
Grecu represented Romania at New York’s
Madison Square Garden. Nadia’s balance
and flexibility left the crowd spellbound. She
nailed the Tsukahara challenging move with
a full twist and a back somersault, scoring a
perfect 10. Perhaps, even more
astonishing was the fact that the male
Olympic champion participating in the
American Cup, Mitsuo Tsukahara, after
whom the difficult vault move was named,
only scored a 9.3.

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal,
Comaneci, already popular for her dynamic
presentations, made her Olympic debut.
$16-seats were sold at $200 so that
gymnastics fans could watch the dynamic
14-year-old Romanian athlete, and
television viewers reached one billion.
Comaneci was awarded the perfect score of
10, something that no one had ever thought
possible for an Olympic athlete to achieve.
It is forty years since then, but Comaneci
still remains a legend .

Answer questions, choose the best answer (A, B or C)
10. In 1975, Comaneci

RS2C1-11. At the American Cup held in New York, Comaneci

RS2C1-12. What does the word ‘astonishing’ in the 1st paragraph mean?

RS2C1-13. What is FALSE about Comaneci?

READING AND USE SECTION 2 CEF C1

Read the following passage.
For questions 14-20, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

Passage B

Usain Bolt

The Jamaican runner, Usain Bolt, is arguably
the fastest man alive. His participation in the
2016 Olympic Games made history as he
added the 400m title to 100m and 200m
gold medals, becoming the first man to win
all three events at three consecutive
Olympic Games. Bolt first demonstrated
his sprinting potential while in primary
school. At the annual high school
championships in 2001, he won his first
medal, signalling the beginning of his
athletics career. At the 2002 World Junior
Championships, Bolt won the gold medal for
the 200m race, proving his credentials on
the world stage and becoming the youngest
world-junior gold medalist ever.

He went on to take part in the 2004 Athens
Olympics, but due to a leg injury, he was
eliminated in the first round of the 200m.
Trusting the strength of his performances,
various American colleges offered Bolt track
scholarships, but the Jamaican athlete
turned them all down and chose to train at
the primitive track the University of
Technology in his homeland. At the 2005
World Championships in Helsinki, another
injury prevented him from showing his
outstanding abilities in major world events.
Then came the 2008 Beijing Olympics where
Bolt’s record-setting runs amazed the world.
Since then, he has made a legend of himself
and is now one of the highest paid athletes
in the world.

 Answer questions 14-20, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

                  Note:  Questions 18-20 refer to BOTH passages A and B 

RS2C1-14. In the 2016 Olympic Games, Bolt

RS2C1-15. What does the word ‘demonstrated’ in the 1st paragraph mean?

RS2C1-16. What is TRUE about Bolt in the 2nd paragraph?

RS2C1-17. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Bolt

RS2C1-18. Which athlete began training as a child?

RS2C1-19. The idea of an athlete achieving the impossible is mentioned in

RS2C1-20. The financial status of an athlete is mentioned in

READING AND USE SECTION 3 CEF C1

For questions 21-40, choose the best answer (A, B or C)

Answer questions 21-40, choose the best answer (A, B or C)

21. Neither he nor his parents ………. from her for ten days now.

22. A ………. is interested in becoming an astronaut.

23. He had ………. experience during the flight that he doesn’t want to fly ever again.

24. Her neighbour doesn’t mind………. an eye on her children when she’s out.

25. The audience is believed ………. greatly impressed by his speech.

26. The more confident you feel, ………. you will perform.

27. What ………. caused their disagreement?

28. Whenever she feels a bit unhappy, she goes ………… along the river.

29. She’d rather ………… his free time doing something more creative.

30. She looks upset. She may ………… another argument with her boss this morning

31. ………… he has let her down several times, she hasn’t given up on him yet.

32. She finally ………… a plumber fix the leaking pipes.

33. ………… he buy a concert ticket online, he will get a discount

34. By the time her roommate finishes the household chores, she ………… lunch.

35. The landlord told him that he ………… a security deposit.

36. She ……… so much about the job interview after all; everything went smoothly.

37. So well ……… the lesson that no one had any questions.

38. When she worked in the centre, she ……… by train.

39. The money she gets ……… to cover all her personal expenses.

40. They were assigned several projects, all of ………… were group projects.

READING AND USE SECTION 4 CEF C1

For questions 41-50, read the text below and use ONLY ONE word which best fits to fill
in the gaps.

Living Abroad