CAMBRIDGEContentsReading 1 You are going to read an article about a very unusual woman, ‘Some of the paragraphs have been taken out of the article. You must choose which paragraphs A-E fit into the numbered gaps. A great Little place to 20 batty Ginni Little loves bats so much that she happily keeps them in her home. Gill Todd met her. Judging by their loud purring, Natalic and Rupert are enjoying their evening ritual, While Ginni Little sits propped up in her fourposter bed watching television, Natalie, a natterer’s bat, and Rupert, a one-winged pipistrelle, are happily snuggled in her cleavage, occasionally peeping out to receive a gentle stroke and a few loving words from their mistress. i 7 and tree stumps in Mrs Little's spare bedrooms. In Cornwall Mts Litle is known ‘They come from several sources — as the ‘Batwoman of Penzance’. he RSPCA, the Comwall [B As a notureloving five-yearold Wildlife Trust (with whom Mrs she became fascinated by bats Little shares charitable status), and their builtin radar systems Joeal bat groups and members of ‘which I now know to be the public echo-location Caring for these sickest bats is an exhausting, fulltime commitment. Because they are nocturnal creatures, Mrs Little ra can often be found in the carly hous of the morning hand The survival rate is impressive. feeding her siekest charges ‘with That was Batty, our foundress’ Around half recover to be vitamins ~ scrapings of raw liver she says. ‘She was bald and released bade into the ‘wild. and water on the tip/of a covered in seabs, Tt took several Others like Rupert and Natalie, paintbrush, Othors are fed. live months to get her well and I whose wings are irreparably tmealworms or the occasional taught her to fly by putting a damaged, spend their days as cricket | duvet on the floor for the initial treasured pets, ‘hopping and | crash landings.’ gliding’ among tropical plants Psa klA The majority of patients ~ there are 35 in the house at the moment — have heen mauled by cats. Others have been injured by ears or poisoned by pesticides or anti- woodworm treatments. Abandoned babies aze also common, B Since Barty’s arrival Mrs Little has been tostermother to hundreds of sick, injured, and abandoned bats, ‘Most of the tiny creatures whieh arrive at the Comvall Bat Hospital, sec up in (wo spare bedrooms of her terraced home, are pipistrelles, Britain's smallest and commonest type of hat. Others include noetules, natterers, greater horseshoes and long-eared. “Bats are such social ercatures, they thrive on the warmth and companionship of humans,” says Mes Little, “The natural movement of the chest and the comfort of the heartbeat makes an ideal nesting place. Pve also had bats whieh loved to nestle in my hair and others that would hang on to my hoop cartings while Twent about my work? D The sickest patients live in smal glass enges which line the room. The more robust hang from bamboo screens or bebind pictures, an occasional scufiling sound being the only hint of their presence during Gaylight hours. At night the flyers emerge to eirele and swoop around the room, building up their strength prior to release, E Eleven years ago her love affair with bats began in eamest when she found a large cluster ina. church ‘while on a camping holiday in Wales. On her return home, she contacted the local bat group and was given an abandoned baby bat to nurse back to health, 2. Find descriptive words and phrases from the article to write under the headings below. When you find examples of collocation, write the whole collocation rather than just the individual word. Tne} Penica loud: purring’ nabarestoving a gertle stroke Vocabulary Collocation 1 Read the continuation of the article about Mrs Little. Use the words inthe box: to complete the article accorded amount —atatime closed cut down declined deep-rooted endangered gentle gently huge local mixture primal scary sociable swooping tiny tragedy wipe out Despite the fact that fifteen British bat species were a. proteetion status in 1981, they are still among the most (2). of all creatures."The population has (3) eevee BY 66 per cont in the past ten years because of the use of chemicals and the destruction of roasts as barns are converted, forests (4) and mines (3) ne . These (6) . oy (P) sre (8) creatures are often regarded with a). (10) of fear, hatred and T ean understand suspicion, people's prejudices, says Mrs Little (11) wre . stoking Apple Blossom, a badly-injured baby pipistrelle found! hanging ‘on a milk boule holder at a (12) farm. “I's probably due to (13) . Bats are mysterious, suddenly (14) out of the dark and disappearing just as 4 can be (15) But itis a (as) » that they are so misunderstood and ave being killed in such a7) numbers. They are fike us in many ways, They're warm-blooded, make wonderful mothers, have one baby (18) .. and suckle their young. They also do an enormou (19) srmnninesnnnnne OF $oOd ~ One pipistrelle ean eat 3,000 midges in a night. In one area of Mexico they used bats to (20) .. malaria PE omen ahmedWriting 1 Read through the following and write a description about yourself, a Think of something interesting or untisual that you do or would like to do. Think about how you would describe this to someone else 'b How’can your description be divided into different vocabulary areas as you did in Reading exercise 2? Make three or four headings and write words or phrases to go under each heading, ¢ Decide how many paragraphs you need for your description to be about 250 words long. What will you put in each paragraph? Make a plan. d Write your first draft, © Check it through or give it to another student to check. £ Write your final draft. Grammar Conditionals 1 Match the two halves of these sentences. 1 If you go to Sydney, If the red light is flashing on your camera, If you wanted to get someone's If only you'd got here earlier, TfT were you, If you happen to see ‘Tom, If you want to watch the news, Should these symptoms persist, tention in a crowded room, eNauRen a turn on the TV. b it means the battery is low. ¢ Td buy the bigger suitcase. you would have seen the most amazing thing. ¢ would you tell him P've gone home? f you'll ove the harbour and the Opera House & goand see your doctor. h what would you doz 2. How else could you say this? 6 GETTING TO KNOW You Example: If you happen to be going into town, could you drop me off at the station? YF you are. going into town, could you drop me off at tre. station? a Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me. b Ifyou would turn to page ten of the report, you will find a summary of the proposal ¢ Had it not been for the Marketing manager's foresight, the company would have been in difficulties by now. d Open the window if it will make you feel cooler. € If Lhappen to see Jane at the sports chab, ll ask her where she bought her racket. 's 800K page 190Keeping in touch Writing Informal letter 1 The underlined parts of this informal letter are written in inappropriate language. Rewrite the underlined parts in informal Janguage so that they are appropriate to the style of the letter. Dear IMiss Anne: 1b was 2a. great pleasure to mect you while | was on holiday in Ireland. It was lucky that we were staying in the same. ‘guest house in the same village. | Struly hope that the weather continued to be very pleasant after | left. | ; remember you had another week's holiday, didm't you? Did You manage to Spurchase some beautiful Waterford. crystal lass 6a iad Your’ interion? Do you remember the day we rented. a car and drove along the south coast? 7lt is my osinion that dhe further west You go, the more. beautiful ib ts. Those smal torns on the coast axe really gorgeous with thelr brightiy-coloured. houses and. friendly pubs. SPlease find enclosed the photographs we took tnhen we were in Kinsale. | hope you like them Please keep them as | have had. these copies made for you. Now tha | have Sretumed. to my employment | am very busy and do not have a lot of free time but my memories of my Holiday Msupport me, | try to study a Ube. English every day and do some exercises but sometimes 11] do nob relurn from work unl 830 pm. 1 would. be delighted. to hear from you. Ib would. be lovely 4a keep in touch and who knows, perhaps we will meet again on another holiday. | 13took forward. to your prompe reply 14Yours sincerely Moly Pesan oReading f 1 In many newspapers and magazines you can find letters with questions from readers who have a problem. They write to an adviser at the newspaper or magne Here are two letters written to different publications. / a = —_ QUESTION... For about 4 year Ihave had trouble strongest tenvion in the body and is ‘with my Achilles tendon, where I aifached to the most powertl nuscie experience a buraing sensation group, tho cal, but, ‘whenever I play football ot tennis, 1 has @ ‘tumed down my doctors offer of a 2 Seen eee Sorold injection a | ws tld here be slo ways: ee enough ‘without putiig pressure on the on an an en | Tve just added @ CD burner to my PG hoping to create party-mix CDs. However, so far I've had only limited success. My compilations play perfectly in my PC CD player and my car, but not in my home stereo. What could be wrong? It’s most likely an issue with the CD media - that is, the discs you've recorded on. Thy a selection of other brands and grades, such as gold and platinum. If nothing works, there’s an off-chance your home stereo might need tweaking, Sometimes the laser reader gets a little out of whack, making it especially sensitive to imperfect discs. If this ‘were the case, though, you'd probably find the odd setatched CD would cause problems too. Fixing it usually involves taking off the case and turning a serew, 90 it's no big deal eith i For more information on creating CDs, see the CDR FAQ at __Intp://wweiedefag.org ada el2 Read the question in A. Ifyou analyse the content of this question, you will find it is organised in this way: * Description of the problem * Advice received to date + reason for rejection of some advice © Specific que 3. Read the question in B. It is organised in this way: © Description of what has been done and purpose * Description of result/problem * Question 4 Analyse the organisation of the answers to the questions in the same way by summarising each stage of the reply. 5. The replies from the newspapers are written in very different styles. How would you describe the style of Reply A and the style of Reply B? Give some examples of vocabulary and grammatical structures which exemplify the style of the reply. Grammar Prepositions 1 In question A of the Reading there are examples of yerbs followed by certain prepositions, for example, attached to, depend on, and examples of prepositional phrases, for example, to be of benefit. Complete these sentences with an appropriate preposition. a The rumours of take-over have given rise widespread discontent among the worker bb There are three main canciidates the running for the job. ¢ ‘The contaminated meat has been declared unfit _- human consumption. d We decided not to share a flat because her lifestyle is incompatible enone mine, © Members of the public were picked random in the street and asked their views on the matter £ The charity is making every effort to keep pace the demand for food and shelter in the disaster area. g This equipment is particularly sensitive _-movement; even the slightest movement in the building will render it inoperable. h Itwas left the deep regret that we lage where we had lived all ou lives. terms of value for money, this is the best hi-fi you can get. j Jane seems to have got herself aterrible muddle with the figures, k The other football team seemed to be resigned Josing and did not make much effort in the second half. 1 stonnssonn fairness to the organisers, it ‘wasn’t their fautt that the meeting was so poorly attended. m I don’t think this passport photo does justice your good looks. n 0 difficult to decide wthe best course of action in this complex situation. © The family has run into financial problems and they have had to dispens the services of the butler. @ =} s:v00w's 000% page 190 KEEPING IN TOUCH 9The real you Reading 1 You are going to read about Pippa Smith, who is a trainee solicitor, Read Pippa’s replies to the interviewer's questions. Next to each number 1-6 write the interviewer's question, in 2000 was The average annual salary in Bri £21,000, Think that's good? Think it's bad? Think you could live on it? Pippa Smith, 24, trainee solicitor does. Oliver Burkeman finds out what she thinks. 1 a - | have wanted 10 be a lawyer for 2 long, long time, but | didn’t always think | would want to be a solicitor. Until my fist year in university | wanted to be a baristr, but even then | could see it is a very financially insecure occupation, As a solicitor you are rmore stable because you're somebody's employee 2 - sien | work in employment law. I get in at about 9.15 in the ‘morning, but there isn't really @ typical pattem after that: | can never plan or structure my day because | work atthe whim of the people in the department, 3 en > 11d enjoy my jot changes everyday and thet isa gest deal of interaction wit the rest ofthe team — whichis another good reason not to be a barrister When our werk involves employees who are subjecttodscinary action because oftheir conduc things can get quite high-profile too. 4 7 ‘sa trainee, you don’t have complete control over specific cases and files | have lots of responsibly, though ~ drafting letters, faxes and clauses, and amending contacts. There's alot of attending meetings too. As a trainee you don’t contribute all that much at these but you do take word-for-word attendance notes, which can be abit boring and is @ nightmare because you can never get everything down. The money is enough to ive on. I'm lucky, mind you, becouse | live at hore andl so | don't have to pay tent. | have one major holiday a year and a few weekends any as wel. > | enjoy working in London —| think you get high-quality dients | and] like the after-work socialising mentality which | don't | think exists everywhere — but I'm prety sure it would be a struggle to afford to do the things | want to do if had to pay for my own place here, PMs ce)Vocabulary 1 Whats the difference betwe a a barrister and a solicitor? b a teacher and a lecturer? ¢ a playwright and an author? 4 a film producer anda film director? © aconductor and a composer (of music)? £ a police constable and a traffic warden? 2. Explain the phrase I work at the whim of the ‘people in the department. Give two other examples of the use of whim in addition to 10 be at the whim of 3 There are many other phrases with the same pattern fo he at the... of, Match phrases 1-6 to their definitions af. to be at the beck and call of someone, to be at the mercy of someone to be at the discretion of someone to be at the peak of something to be at the forefront of something to be at the crossroads of something aun someone has complete power over you to be at an important and uncertain stage to be in the most noticeable position always willing and able to do whatever someone asks enge € it depends on the decision of someone £ the highest, strongest or best position 4 Find two examples of words with the suffix ee in the interview. Give examples of other words with this suffix. I's quite unusual for words in English to end with a double vowel. Give examples of ‘words ending in 00. 5 The interview contains vocabulary connected with Pippa’s job as a solicitor. Extend your ‘legal’ vocabulary by naming: a five people you might see in a law court. b five types of crime. ¢ five types of punishment. 6 Explain the term mittd you in paragraph 5. Grammar I wish, Pd rather, If only, I's time 1. You are going to read some sentences about Joel’s work as a nurse. Rewrite each sentence starting with the words given to express Joel's wishes and opinions, @ Most people don't have a healthy diet. TWh sscacoi b have to work shifts T wish © Isa busy day. Tony I should have studied to bea doctor, only € Td like to do some specialist training so that 1 could earn more money. Wstime .... £ My superiors don’t support me. I wish .. 4 Tope my son will find a less stressful job. Vd rather. h [have too many patients to look after. Ifonly .. Ishould have moved to a smaller town last year; it'sa pity [didn't Iwish J. Lihink it’s better to go to work by bus becau its less stressful than driving, Pd rather UDENT’s 800% page 190 RalAsking questions 2 These are a student's replies to his teacher’s questions about himself. Write the questions. | Tin from Barcelona ii dn my spare time 1 do as much sport as possible. IP's really important to me that I keep fit. 1 foursd when Iwas soudying a lot that ie was really relaxing 10 g0 out and play tennis or go siwitmting for an hour or so. After that it sort of cleared my mind and I was refreshed ready to start revising again for my exams. What Pd really lke to do is ‘get a job in an international company. I speak French as well as English and of course Spanish, so my idea! job ‘would be one where I can use all those languages. I don't ‘want thera fo go rusty was born and brought up there Well, we live right in the centre so what I realy lke about living there is the fact that everything is right on my doorstep. fT want to go to a films, meet friends in a café or whatever, its easy to get there. Of course, i's busy a bit noisy ar times, but like that, I think Barcelona has a very special atmnosphere. Some people say its the architecture, all those Gaudi buildings and others say ifs the people, We're Catalans avid quite a bit different front people in other parts of Spain. 2} * : < b( I've got a younger brother who's still at secondary school. Then there's my mum, she’s a nurse but she only works part time and my dad works as a Iager heb iw firm. Everyone in my family is always really busy but I think that’s Bae Wig a together, for example at the weekends, we have lots to tatk about because we've all been doing very different and interesting things. 1 graduated froin university just a few months cago. F was studying Business Administration So then I decided to do an English course and 10 enter for the CAE exams because I think i'l be really helpful to have an English language qualification when I'm job hunting, Pca)English in Use Part 1 Acting on instructions 1. Read this article from a hi-fi magazine which gives instructions on how to buy a hi-fi For questions 1-12, decide w > The best judge of your Ideat hi-fi is you yourself, ‘Trust your ears, > Independent hi-fi shops tend to have knowledgeable sail who are willing to spend time helping you choose: Most have demonstration facilities book these by phone so the equipmont you want is teady ‘wiien you arrive. > Dont ignore retailers that lack dem rooms, but higck whether theres another (1). that has them, Or ean you try equipment at home? ‘Multiple chains can offer good prices and some have reasonable demonstration @) > Unauthorised dealers are best)... = they may be getting the products from a Wie party which ean cause problems later for servicing. Check ads for ‘Authorised Dealers, or phone the manufacturer! distributor 19 check You'l find phone numbers just before the Buying Guide, Shops adverising membership of BADA (the British Audio Dealers Association) (8) --tertain standards of conduct. > Extended warranties can make (6) : ‘but are sometimes a complete waste of money. Cheek carefully that the (7) ‘conditions and price are realistic. 1A branch B offshoot 2 A abilities B faculties 3. A eluded B avoided 4 A remote B third 5 A stay B hold 6 Ameaning _B significance 7 A terms B concessions 8 A grazed B scraped 9 A embody B cover 10 A traps B hazards 1 A mail B post 2 A scoops B occasions STOP, LOOK, essential pre-purchase reading BUG (oc AYO eee ‘word best fits each space. LISTEN > {Ex demo! models.can save money if the units ‘mere (8) occ uum OF briefly used In-store, ‘but beware retailers asing the ters to ® »-feturned or substandard kit, > When a product sat a ridiculously low price, check that its covered by a manufacturer’ full UX ‘warranty. Grey imports (imported through unofficial channels) ean appear good value, but have (10) ‘with warranties, voltages and servicing, They can also sound different Pay by credit card, particularly for an. ‘order ~ youll get automatic: Insurance for goods over £100. > Dont buy fom white vans offering remarkable speaker (13) ‘They're rubbish. € section D chain € facilities D aptitudes € evaded D dodged € neutral D second © attach D adhere C sense D reason € points D clauses € defaced D scratched C comprehend comprise € pitfalls D snares € printed D standing € snips D bargains ACTING ON INSTRUCTIONS 13Reading 1 Axecipe is a set of instructions on how to prepare a dish. What do you call the two parts of the recipe? Roasted Tomato Soup Serves 2-4 For the soup For the croutons 7008 ripe red tomatoes 4 mediuin slices (50 g) | dessertspoon (apptox) extra. ciabatta bread virgin olive of! 1 tablespoon olive oil | fat clove of garlic, chopped 1 packet basil leaves | medium (100g) potato 423 mil boiling water 2 extra tablespoons olive oil | teaspoon balsamic vinegar Salt and pepper Pretheat oven to gas mark 5, 190°C ef as she romans: by pouring ang wae oe he then eave them for ‘one nue exile draining them and slipping the skins of (protect your hands sta loth they ae ao hoo), Now sce each orn in half and arrange in haves. on) the roasting tray, cut side uppermost, then season with salt and pepper sprinkle «fev ‘drops olive ol on each one, followed by the chopped gir, then finally top each one with @ piece of basil leat (dipping the basil i oil first ro get a good coating). Now pop the whole lot into the oven and roast the tomatoes for 50 minutes to an hour or until che edges of the tomatoes ae slighty blackened (via happens in this process is thae the liquid inthe tomatoes evaporares. and concentrates. their flavour, as do the toasted edges) While the tomatoes are roasting. prepare the croutons by cutting the slices of bread into small cubes, then place them ina bow! with the olive oil and olive paste- ancl toss them to {eta good coating of both, ‘About 20 minutes before the end of the roasting time peel and chop the potato, place icin a saucepan with some sat 425ml boiling water and the tomato puree, then simmer for 20 minutes Patan mn isan ey wih a Purée of Basil and Olive Croutons 1 dessertspoon olive paste You'll aso need a shallow toasting ‘ray, about 33 om 330m 2. Read the recipe and group words under the following headings: When the tomatoes are ready, semove them from the oven but leave IC switched on. Now scrape the tomatoes and all their juices and crusty bits into a food processor (a spatula is best for this), chen add the contents of the saucepan and whizz everything to a thick purée, not t00 smooth. If you wane 0, you can sieve the pips out, but prefer to leave them in because | Tike the texture ee Plone a tee UNE ene creep nce ione ‘on a small baking tray and put them in the oven 0 bake for nett ee ‘of turning into cinders Just before serving. the soup, make the isi! purée by stripping the leaves into a mortar sprinkling with 2 teaspoon of salt, then bashing the eaves dow with the peste. Ietakes 41 minute oF nyo for 1¢20 collapse down and become a purée Then add the two tablespoons of olive oil and che balsamic ‘vinegar and stir well you make this well im advance, store i ina cup with cingfiln pressed on the surface it will keep its ‘colouir overnight. To serve the soup, pour it mto warmed serving bowls and rule the: basil purée on the surface to give it & marbled élfect, and finally sprinkle on the croutons,Writing 1 Write a recipe for your favourite dish to send to an English-speaking friend. Use the same format as the recipe on page 14. Vocabulary Prefixes 1 In the tomato soup recipe there was an example of the prefix overin overnight. Overis often used with verbs to mean t00 much, for example, overeat. But, what does over mean in the word overmight? 2. What do these words, which contain the prefix a overalls (plu. n.) F overscas (adj. adv.) b overarm (adj.) g oversight (n.) © overboard {adj.) hh overthrow (v.} d overcast (adj.) i overtone (n,) © overleaf (adv.) j overture (n.) 3 Inthe tomato soup recipe there was also an example of the suffix em in blacken. Enmeans inakeor become ‘more. Use verbs with the suffix en to complete these sentences. Put the verbs into an appropriate tense. a They are going to . the road as it has become too narrow for the volume of traffic which uses it. b We'll have to . want to keep up with him, © The paper came off the parcel when the string that had been tied round it We're all going to have to... our belts until your mother finds another job. € Tilhaveto this skirt; it’s too short to wear to work. £ As you grow older your spine by about two centimetres. .» the sauce by adding the pace if we g You can some flour. h The bank loan has greatly our financial position, i. They say that travel... the mind. J She stood up and. her crumpled clothes. Irregular plurals 4 In the recipe there is an example of an irregular plural, ‘halves. What is the plural of the following words? a leat bchild ¢ woman d person e series f fish g passer-by hh analysis i criterion j stimulus Grammar can, could, may, might 1 Match each sentence to the use of the modal verb. orde permission theoretical possibility ability req) negative certainty a I can speak four languages. ...2?Hity.. bb That can't be his brother He looks nothing like hit . © Could I take another copy of the hotel list for a friend of mine? . You can give Sarah a lift home while we clear up after the party. umn € Could you pass me the dictionary? £ Can this software be loaded on to any computer? 2. Complete the sentences with an appropriate modal verb can, could, may or might. Remember ‘to use the correct tense and negatives if necessary. a Carol... eat the meal Pd cooked because she's allergic to seafood. you use tinned tomatoes for this rei © He gone on holiday; I've just seen him in the city centre you help me with these boxes, please? That woman .. as P've never seen her, 'm not sure, mnennnnaee Be his wife but f Mysister be able to make it to the party but we're not sure, We've been waiting for an hours you let us know you'd be late. bea genuine diamond hit but its highly unlikely. Ors 1's BOOK page 191 RST a mb aa ee}