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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, photocopying, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers.  \nThis book is not meant to be changed in any way.  \nISBN 978-1-4715-8966-9  \nAcknowledgements  \nAuthors’Acknowledgements  \nWe would like to thank all the staff at Express Publishing who have contributed their skills to producing this book. Thanks for their support and patience are due in particular to: Megan Lawton (Editor in Chief), Mary Swan and Sean Todd (senior editors); Michael Sadler and Steve Miller (editorial assistants); Richard White (senior production controller); the Express design team;Warehouse (recording producers); and Kevin Harris, Kimberly Baker, Stephen Gibbs and Christine Little.We would also like to thank those institutions and teachers who piloted the manuscript, and whose comments and feedback were invaluable in the production of the book.  \nB1 Preliminary answer sheets have been reproduced by permission of Cambridge Assessment English © copyright UCLES 2019.  \nEvery effort has been made to trace all the copyright holders. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.  \nStudent’s Book  \nPeter Fullagar Jenny Dooley  \nIntroduction  \nIn B1 Preliminary, all four language skills are tested in four papers, as shown below.  \nPAPER 1  \nReading (32 marks – 45 mins)  \nThis paper has six tasks with a total of 32 questions. Part 1 –Three-option multiple choice (5 marks) Five short texts with one question each.  \nTest focus: reading short realistic texts (notices, messages and any other short texts) for the main message.  \nPart 2 – Multiple matching (5 marks)  \nFive descriptions of people to be matched to eight short texts on the same topic.  \nTest focus: reading for detail.  \nPart 3 – Four-option multiple choice (5 marks) One long text followed by five questions.  \nTest focus: reading for detail, gist, inference and global meaning, as well as writer’s attitude and opinion.  \nPart 4 – Gapped text (5 marks)  \nOne long text from which five sentences have been removed. 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