Cae Excercises

Part 1
For questions 1 – 12, 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).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
0 A
0
A

expressed

B

C

B

directed

C

indicated

D

guided

D

What we know about music and the brain
Work on the human brain has (0) …….. how differentparts are centres of activity for different skills,
feelings, perceptions and so on.

It has also been shown that the left and right halves, or

hemispheres, of the brain are (1) …….. for different functions. While language is processed in the left,
or analytical hemisphere, music is processed in the right, or emotional hemisphere. (2) …….. of
music like tone, pitch and melody are all probablyprocessed in different parts of the brain. Some
features of musical experience are processed not just in the auditory parts of the brain, but in the
visual ones. We don’t yet fully understand the (3) …….. of this.

The tempo of music seems to be (4) …….. related to its emotional impact, with fast music often
(5) …….. as happier and slower music as sadder. It is the same with the majorbiological rhythm of
the body: our heart (6) …….. quickens when we’re happy, but slows when we’re sad. Military music
may have (7) …….. from attempts to get us ready for (8) …….. by using fast drumming to (9) ……..
our hearts into beating faster. Music is perhaps one of the most complex experiences the brain
(10) …….. with and it has become an absolutely (11) …….. part of our rituals and ceremonies.It has
power beyond language to (12) …….. mood and co-ordinate our emotional states.

1

A

amenable

B

dependable

C

responsible

D

reliable

2

A

Views

B

Aspects

C

Factors

D

Pieces

3

A

expectations

B

implications

C

assumptions

D

propositions

4

A

surely

B

plainly

C

evidently

D

directly

5

Afelt

B

endured

C

encountered

D

touched

6

A

pulse

B

speed

C

pace

D

rate

7

A

evolved

B

extended

C

advanced

D

elevated

8

A

battle

B

fight

C

quarrel

D

struggle

9

A

activate

B

motivate

C

stimulate

D

animate

10

A

manages

B

copes

C

bears

D

holds

11A

vital

B

important

C

compulsory

D

dominant

12

A

notify

B

report

C

associate

D

communicate

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Part 2
For questions 13 – 27, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only
one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Write your answers I N CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answersheet.
Example:

0

BY
Mosquitoes

According to the World Health Organisation, malaria, a disease spread (0) ........ mosquitoes, affects
millions of people every year. Everyone knows how irritating the noise made by a mosquito,
(13) …….. by a painful reaction to its bite, can be. It is astonishing that so (14) …….. is known about
why mosquitoes are drawn to or driven away from people, given(15) …….. level of distress and
disease caused by these insects. We know that the most effective chemical (16) …….. protecting
people against mosquitoes is diethyltoluamide, commonly shortened (17) …….. deet. (18) …….. deet
works well, it has some serious drawbacks: it can damage clothes and some people are allergic to it.

Scientists know that mosquitoes find some people more attractivethan others, but they do not know
(19) …….. this should be. They also know that people vary in (20) …….. reactions to mosquito bites.
One person has a painful swelling while (21) …….. who is bitten by the same mosquito (22) ……..
hardly notice.

Scientists have (23) …….. discovered the reason for this, but they have carried

(24) …….. experiments to show that mosquitoes are attracted to, or...