In a previous CPE-exam there was a Key Word Transformation -question: Nobody could have predicted how quickly the rumour would spread. SPEED The .. could not have been predicted. The right answer was: The speed at which the rumour spread could not

Thanks, Gordon! Philosophical differences would be too suble to be tested in this type of test (the CPE), so I'll buy your explanation about thoughtlessness being more natural.

Hi, Doctor: The EEG, it's showing deItoid entrainment .( Delta wave synchronization? ) I searched Google for this phrase, and found it only in this post. They're in phase . Synchronized? Probably. Clive

Lionel: What is it? What's happening? Doctor: The EEG, it's showing deItoid entrainment .( Delta wave synchronization? ) They're in phase . Synchronized? Lionel: You're nervous. Why? Doctor: Subject is in deep. We've never been

I agree with Tanit. The ability to grasp cohesion and coherence is not so easy to be estimated. I'm Russian and if in my language some kind of that exams take place, sometimes it's not possible to distinguish unambigously in words why the

Regardless of whether these exams asses knowledge of English, I wouldn't mind passing CPE..one day ;) In my country, that is Poland, mainly Cambridge exams are respected and recoginized by employers.

I read the book, it was ok.  Keeps you interested and all, good entertainment but full of factual errors.  (check the wikipedia section)  I'm Canadian so the whole Nasa has a secret base in my country infuriated me through the entire novel.

I don't share your opinion, as I don't think you can find questions unrelated that have "little to do with the language knowledge", as you put it. Well, everybody is entitled to have his/her own oppinion. I appreciate that.

Hi, That's a thought-provoking post! I don't share your opinion, as I don't think you can find questions unrelated that have "little to do with the language knowledge", as you put it. Let's take the exercise you mention,

RConard thank you for checking that. It's just a piece from CPE Test, that's why I'm concerning about words nearby slashes and the choice I have made about them which contradicts with their answers. Thank you anyway. You have a few