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CPE 2016 Restaurant Review Sample

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Van Gogh Kitchen I was recently invited to have dinner in one of the best Italian restaurants in Hong Kong: Van Gogh Kitchen, which is situated on the second floor of a multi-storey building in the busy Nathan Road. What makes this restaurant so special is its unique decoration, inspired on Van Gogh´s works of art. For example, the main room has been styled to resemble “Night Cafe”; the 1888 oil painting which depics a red-walled cosy cafe with a huge billiard table in the middle of the place. The menu offers a wide range of appetizers and main courses, all italian and mouth-watering. As starters, I chose to eat the “scallop carpaccio crab meat temple” and the “wild mushroom soup”, while my friend ordered “baked p olenta” served with spicy sausage s and cannellini beans. For the main dishes, we ordered the chef’s specialty “chilled Australia lamb shoulder rack”. T he food was delicious and perfect in color, flavor and taste. This superb 5-star- meal was perfectly crowned with Tirami

CPE Exam Sample Article 2016

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Question You are looking through the alumni newsletter of a school that you once attended and you see the following announcement: What are your best and worst school memories? Write in and tell us and we will publish the most interesting articles in our next newsletter. Write the article for the editor of the alumni newsletter. (around 280 - 320 words) The best days of my life An average person goes to school for at least 13 years. That time gives us a lot from where to choose from . I have myself a never-ending collection of sad and cheerful school memories. Let me embark in a flashback adventure and share some of them with you: When I think of my worst memor y, the first thing that pops into my mind is the first day of school. I was about five years old and back then children were not sent to kindergartens, so this was my very first time alone. I can still see in my head this image of my parents “abandoning me”, leaving me behind with this stranger fat lady and a bunc
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The task comes from a book called "Succeed in Cambridge English: Proficiency" by Andrew Betsis, Sean Haughton and Lawrence Mamas published by GLOBAL ELT. Essay on technology, young prople and communication nowadays. Technology is the fastest-growing field of our time. Nevertheless, there does not seem to be much middle ground when discussing its advantages and disadvantages for young people. The first passage critiques the high dependency of youngsters on technology and expounds ways in which it harms them. The second one praises it, showing us the other side of the coin, high level of interaction among people, awareness of worl-wide events and 24-hour availability of information. Three main ideas are explored throughout the first text: first of all, juveniles being so addicted to computer-type technology which allegedly prevents them from expressing themselves properly. Secondly, the immense amount of time they weekly spend online (playing games or writing posts on social n