CAE - the papers from December 2008
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THE CAE PAPERS FROM DECEMBER 2008
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Reading Paper
What's in the CAE Reading paper?
The CAE Reading paper has different types of text and questions. In one part, you may have to read one long text or two or more shorter, related texts.
Summary
- Time allowed:
- 1 hour 15 minutes
- Number of parts:
- 4
- Number of questions:
- 34
- Marks:
- 20% of total
- Lengths of texts:
- 550-850 words per text: about 3,000 words to read in total.
- Texts may be from:
- newspapers and magazines, journals, books (fiction and non-fiction), promotional and informational materials.


