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LEVEL C2 DURATION:
LISTENING 35 MINUTES
LISTENING
WRITING WRITING
2 HOURS AND
READING AND USE READING
30 MINUTES
USE
EXAM PAPER - JUNE 2018
INSTRUCTIONS:
Page 1
LISTENING SECTION 1
CEF C2
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.
Mark your answers on the separate Answer Sheet.
Down with the flu The high school diary
1. From what you hear, you understand that 6. Jessica is positive about
A. Chris didn’t have to hand in his A. where her high school diary
should
assignment due to his being ill. have been.
B. despite being ill, Chris decided to B. the fact that Jason took her
high
attend the class. school diary.
C. Chris’s throat started hurting while he C. misplacing her diary after
her
was taking a shower. graduation ceremony.
A new television Household chores
2. What excites Thomas most about his new 7. From what you hear, you
understand that
television is A. the couple’s kids usually
pick up their
A. the size of the screen. things themselves.
B. the relatively low cost. B. neither parent is annoyed by
the way
C. the depth of the screen image. their kids behave.
C. the father suggests a way to
improve
A night out at the cinema the kids’ behaviour.
3. Stephanie and Harry agree that
Going to Oxford
A. ads at the cinema are a waste of time.
8. What is TRUE according to what
you hear?
B. it is good to be at the cinema early to
see the trailers. A. Sam thinks travelling to
Oxford is
C. they need to leave home 30 minutes going to be a hassle.
before the film starts. B. A return ticket might cost
more than
two single tickets.
A bad joke C. Irene will be travelling to
Oxford with
4. Paulina complains to Mark because Sam.
A. Mark doesn’t know how to tell a joke. A baby monitor
B. she found Mark’s humour offensive.
9. What is FALSE according to what
you hear?
C. her supervisor doesn’t share Mark’s
sense of humour. A. Lukas seems concerned about
the cost
of the baby monitor.
A heavy work schedule B. Chloe and Lukas have never
owned a
5. Henry says he is certain that Kate baby monitor before.
A. is going to miss some of the deadlines C. The new monitor cannot work
unless it
for her projects. has an Internet connection.
B. has a fear of confronting problems at A bank robbery
work. 10. Anna tells Max that
C. is able to recognise and deal with
A. there were a lot of people
at the bank
difficulties.
during the robbery.
B. she videoed the whole
robbery on her
mobile phone.
C. she was too preoccupied to
notice the
robbery happening.
Page 2
LISTENING SECTION 2
CEF C2
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.
Mark your answers on the separate Answer Sheet.
Page 3
LISTENING SECTION 3
CEF C2
Listen to an extract from a radio talk about The importance of outdoor play. 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.
Mark your answers on the separate Answer sheet.
25. From what you hear, you understand that these days, children
A. often confuse the real world with the virtual one.
B. are usually too busy studying to play outdoors.
C. tend to be over-reliant on technology.
Now turn to Writing, Section 1, Task 1. Open your Writing Booklet and listen to the
instructions. You have 1 minute to open your Writing Booklet.
Page 4
WRITING SECTION 1
CEF C2
Task 1
Listen to the extract from the radio talk again. USE the space provided in the
Writing
Booklet to take notes. You can use the information from the recording and the notes
you have taken to write an Essay about the importance of outdoor play.
Page 5
WRITING SECTION 1 CEF
C2
Write your Essay on the following topic in the space provided in the Writing
Booklet.
You can use the notes you have taken. You may add any other relevant information
you
wish.
Page 6
WRITING SECTION 2
CEF C2
Choose ONE of the following WRITING TASKS. Use the points below each TASK. You
may add your own points if you wish.
Write your TASK in the space provided in the Writing Booklet in 250-300 words.
Task 2
Some people believe that having a set daily routine is boring and stifling
whereas others find it comforting. In your opinion, what are the advantages
and disadvantages of having a set daily routine? Support your views.
OR
Task 3
It is common that teenagers idolise celebrities. Do you think that celebrities
should be role models to teenagers or not? Support your views.
OR
Task 4
Some people consider themselves fortunate to have close neighbours. In
your opinion, what are the advantages and disadvantages of having close
neighbours?
Advantages Disadvantages
• can ask for help • may not have privacy
• can create lasting friendships • may be demanding
• can feel safer • may be forced to socialise
Page 7
READING AND USE SECTION 1
CEF C2
Read the text below about Space Exploration and then answer the questions that
follow.
For questions 1-9, choose the best answer (A, B or C).
Mark your answers on the separate Answer Sheet.
Space Exploration
Page 8
READING AND USE SECTION 1
CEF C2
5. From what you read, you understand that Yuri Gagarin made history because he
A. had a vision of people living in space.
B. was the youngest cosmonaut in the 1960s.
C. became the first person to travel into outer space.
Page 9
READING AND USE SECTION 2
CEF C2
Video Games
Passage A
Page 11
READING AND USE SECTION 3
CEF C2
21. Unsatisfied with the job’s pay and benefits, she is likely ……… by the end of
the month.
A. she will resign
B. of her resigning
C. to have resigned
22. No examinee ……… to leave the exam room during the first hour of the allocated
time.
A. have been permitted
B. was allowed
C. is let
23. Listening to music ……… working is said to increase creativity and productivity.
A. during
B. while
C. on
24. Not only ……… the beaches but they also helped community members to recycle more
effectively.
A. the volunteers were to clean
B. did the volunteers clean
C. were the volunteer’s help in cleaning
25. Her boss is by far ……… person I have ever met in my life.
A. the most tactless
B. too tactless a
C. such a tactless
26. Due to ……… workloads, a lot of people are under a lot of pressure nowadays.
A. overwhelmingly
B. overwhelmed
C. overwhelming
27. Some people ……… when visitors drop in on them without calling first.
A. are hating
B. hate
C. hate it
Page 12
READING AND USE SECTION 3
CEF C2
28. The receptionist observed two strange men ……… the hotel lounge.
A. enter
B. were entering
C. to have entered
29. All the emails ……… to the manager yesterday were highly confidential.
A. to be sent
B. sending
C. sent
30. ……… the rent on time, the tenants received a warning letter from their
landlord.
A. Not having paid
B. As not paid
C. Not their paying
32. Though solutions to hunger and poverty ……… for decades now, there is still no
end to
suffering in sight.
A. were being explored
B. have been explored
C. are being explored
33. The rain is so rare in this area that there is ……… vegetation.
A. little
B. a few
C. hardly
34. Had he exercised regularly, he ……… much fitter and stronger now.
A. would have been
B. would be
C. will be
35. Our guide ……… us for dinner last night, but he came down with the flu.
A. might join
B. had joined
C. was to have joined
Page 13
READING AND USE SECTION 3 CEF
C2
36. If only he ………the courage to tell her the truth when they met last night!
A. had
B. would have
C. had had
37. There’s nothing interesting on TV. Why ……… a film at the cinema, instead?
A. not watch
B. are we not to watch
C. we don’t watch
39. The smell of fresh baked bread made his mouth ……… so much that couldn’t resist
buying a loaf.
A. to water
B. watering
C. water
40. Their wedding photographs ……… and the newly-weds are a little upset about it.
A. haven’t developed
B. have yet to be developed
C. are being developing
Page 14
READING AND USE SECTION 4
CEF C2
For questions 41-50, read the text below and use ONLY ONE word which best fits to
fill
in the gaps.
Mark your answers on the separate Answer Sheet.
Emotional Intelligence
Page 15
LRN LEVEL 3 CERTIFICATE IN ESOL
INTERNATIONAL (CEF C2)
LEVEL C2
SPEAKING
Duration: 16 to 18 minutes
EXAMINER’S INSTRUCTIONS
Speaking Exam Paper June 2018
Page 1
SPEAKING SECTION 1
CEF C2
Warm up Stage
Duration: 4 minutes
Examiner: In this part of the Test, I would like to ask you some questions about
yourselves.
The Examiner asks each Candidate one or more questions about the following topics.
• hobbies
• free time activities
• school / college
• job
• hometown or neighbourhood
• future plans
Page 2
SPEAKING SECTION 2
CEF C2
Examiner: In this part of the Test, each of you is going to talk for 2
minutes about the topic
you have already prepared for. After you have finished your talk,
I will ask you
some questions about what you have presented and then your partner
can express
his/her point of view on the same topic.
The Examiner shows each Candidate the list of topics and asks them which
one
they have prepared to talk about.
The Examiner asks both Candidates a question and prompts them to engage in a
conversation.
Interaction: 1-2 minutes
The Examiner asks both Candidates a question and prompts them to engage in a
conversation.
Interaction: 1-2 minutes
Page 3
SPEAKING SECTION 3
CEF C2
Duration: 6 minutes
Examiner: In this part of the Test, I will ask each of you to respond to a
question. You
may use the ideas given below the question and/or use your own ideas to
answer the question. Your partner will be asked to comment on what you
have said and express his/her point of view as well.
The Examiner must choose a question related to what each Candidate talked
about in Section 2 of the Test.
The Examiner tells each Candidate to look at the chosen question and the
points
below it. When the Candidate has finished talking about the question, the
Examiner asks the other Candidate to comment and express his/her point of
view.
Page 4
ANSWER KEY JUNE 2018 CEF C2
LISTENING
1. B 11. B 21. A
2. C 12. C 22. A
3. A 13. B 23. B
4. B 14. B 24. C
5. C 15. B 25. C
6. A 16. A
7. C 17. B
8. B 18. B
9. B 19. A
10. C 20. C