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CAE Mock Test 5: a reopened railway, audio description and newcomers
CAE Mock Test 5 is a free, complete C1 Advanced mock exam about a reopened railway, audio description and newcomers, with all four papers and 86 marked questions. You read “A plan with room to move”, hear Mara and Daniel, write an essay about newcomers to a place and compare photos of unfamiliar information and patience.
- Free, no sign-up to start
- Layout modelled on the computer-based exam
- Estimated Cambridge English Scale score
Reading3,281 words
Audio39:33
Voices9
Photos6
The four papers of Mock Test 5
| Paper | Time | In this mock | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAE Reading and Use of English Test 5 | 90 min | “The mark of a hand” (Part 1, 157 words) · “Progress on returning” (Part 2, 178 words) · “Seeds with a local history” (Part 3, 152 words) · six transformations (Part 4) · “A plan with room to move” (Part 5, an article, 709 words) · “What does breadth contribute?” (Part 6, four views, 558 words) · “A familiar journey, newly made” (Part 7, an article, 886 words) · “Finding a way into a city” (Part 8, about four ways of exploring unfamiliar cities, 641 words) | 56 questions, 3,281 words |
| CAE Writing Test 5 | 90 min | Essay on newcomers to a place (Question 1) · review (Question 2) · report (Question 3) · letter (Question 4) | 2 tasks, 220–260 words each |
| CAE Listening Test 5 | ≈ 40 min | Three conversations (Part 1, 9:56) · Mara: everyday journeys (Part 2, 7:07) · Daniel: audio description (Part 3, 12:21) · old objects (Part 4, 9:54) | 30 questions, 39:33 audio |
| CAE Speaking Test 5 | 15 min | Photos about unfamiliar information and patience (Part 2), then a discussion about shared places (Parts 3 and 4) | 15 recorded answers |
Mock Test 5 at a glance
- Topics
- handmade objects, returning to familiar activities, local seed collections, running and work, generalists and specialists, reopened railways, exploring cities, shared leadership, journey mapping, audio description, preserving old objects and live and studio recordings.
- Speaking photos
- Two travellers studying an unfamiliar folded map; A visitor examining an unfamiliar mechanical object in a museum; Three adults watching a demonstration of a folding structure; Two wildlife watchers waiting quietly at the edge of a meadow; A man carefully assembling a detailed model boat; A woman teaching a dog to wait before taking a toy.
- People in the texts
- Part 6 writers: Elena Voss, Jonah Price, Priya Sen and Marcus Bell; Part 8: Nico, Hana, Marta and Owen.
- Reading load
- 3,281 words, within Cambridge’s 3,000–3,500.
- Audio
- 39 min 33 s (both hearings); 9 voices: 7 British, 1 New Zealand and 1 Australian.
- Blind check
- 86/86 answers in the blind check matched the key.
- Review
- 4 changes: 2 extra accepted answers, 2 rewordings.
- Mini mock
- C1 Advanced Mini Mock 5 (about 24 minutes) reuses “The mark of a hand”, “Seeds with a local history”, the transformations and Listening Part 1.
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