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Tham khảo tài liệu 'focus on advanced english c.a.e part 33', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 14 TESTING TIMES Text Paper 1 Part 4 TASK MULTIPLE MATCHING 1 Answer questions 1-16 by referring to the magazine article on page 225 in which various writers are interviewed about their experience of examinations. For questions 1-16 answer by choosing from the list of writers A-D on the right below. Some of the choices may be required more than once. Note When more than one answer is required these may be given in any order. Which writer or writers . talks about school exams describes an oral exam found they minded more about an exam than they 1 . 3 . . 2 . 4 5 A Rose Tremain thought they would often realised how little they knew 6 . 7 . B Tim Willocks talks about how they prepared for an exam 8 . . 9 C A. S. Byatt looks back on an exam with pleasure 10 . mentions the value of exams 11 . revised for the wrong questions 12 . suggests that it s important to begin revising early 13 . mentions a strong feeling of fellowship with other students 14 . says that creative thought was discouraged at school 15 . . 16 D Patrick Gale GUESSING MEANING FROM CONTEXT 2 Find the following words and phrases in the first two sections of the text and think about the likely meaning. Then choose a suitable explanation from those on the right a-f . the knack steal a march off-pat taking the liberty cajoled bullied 1 2 3 4 5 6 a b c d e f persuaded by praise so that it can be repeated without thinking secretly gain an advantage persuaded by fear trick secret of success doing something without asking permission 3 Now say what you think the following expressions from Section D mean. 1 in one fell swoop 3 scrawled 2 shrug it off 4 in the flesh Discuss your ideas with another student and then check the words in a dictionary if necessary. 224 Testing Times It s that season of the year again Exam Time. Here four authors reflect on their own experiences of a ritual that everyone fears and no one forgets. A Rose Trema in Exams come early. Always earlier than you d expected. The knack is to see .