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CAE Mock Test 1: public seating, drinking fountains and adult learning
CAE Mock Test 1 is a free, complete C1 Advanced mock exam about public seating, drinking fountains and adult learning, with all four papers and 86 marked questions. You read “What an empty stage can offer”, hear Nadia, Mina Cole and Jalen Reed, write an essay about adult learning and compare photos of concentration and advice.
- Free, no sign-up to start
- Layout modelled on the computer-based exam
- Estimated Cambridge English Scale score
Reading3,226 words
Audio40:19
Voices10
Photos6
The four papers of Mock Test 1
| Paper | Time | In this mock | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAE Reading and Use of English Test 1 | 90 min | “The social life of a bench” (Part 1, 153 words) · “Returning to an unfinished idea” (Part 2, 157 words) · “Mapping the shade” (Part 3, 143 words) · six transformations (Part 4) · “What an empty stage can offer” (Part 5, an article, 747 words) · “What should a sound archive preserve?” (Part 6, four extracts from articles, 590 words) · “A workshop that does not stay put” (Part 7, an article, 834 words) · “Learning to make feedback useful” (Part 8, an article, 602 words) | 56 questions, 3,226 words |
| CAE Writing Test 1 | 90 min | Essay on adult learning (Question 1) · proposal (Question 2) · report (Question 3) · review (Question 4) | 2 tasks, 220–260 words each |
| CAE Listening Test 1 | ≈ 40 min | Three conversations (Part 1, 9:00) · Nadia: drinking fountains (Part 2, 9:07) · Mina Cole and Jalen Reed: festival spaces (Part 3, 12:20) · shared projects (Part 4, 9:38) | 30 questions, 40:19 audio |
| CAE Speaking Test 1 | 15 min | Photos about concentration and advice (Part 2), then a discussion about community projects (Parts 3 and 4) | 15 recorded answers |
Mock Test 1 at a glance
- Topics
- public seating, returning to creative ideas, urban shade surveys, stage design with limited materials, sound archives, portable workshop services, giving useful feedback, public drinking fountains, temporary festival spaces and taking responsibility.
- Speaking photos
- A woman carefully fitting a small wooden joint at a workbench; A chess player considering a move while an opponent waits; Two dancers rehearsing a balanced movement in a bright studio; Two adults examining a loose chair joint in a repair workshop; Two walkers consulting a map at a fork in a countryside path; Three adults arranging shapes on a small garden model.
- People in the texts
- Part 6 writers: Dr Amina Vos, Professor Tomas Wei, Dr Saira Linton and Professor Gabriel Neri; Part 8: Mara, Joel, Priya and Evan.
- Reading load
- 3,226 words, within Cambridge’s 3,000–3,500.
- Audio
- 40 min 19 s (both hearings); 10 voices: 7 British, 1 New Zealand, 1 Australian and 1 Canadian.
- Blind check
- 86/86 answers in the blind check matched the key.
- Review
- 8 changes: 2 extra accepted answers, 6 rewordings.
- Mini mock
- C1 Advanced Mini Mock 1 (about 24 minutes) reuses “The social life of a bench”, “Mapping the shade”, the transformations and Listening Part 1.
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