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C2 Proficiency VIP Practice Exam
C2 — The Cambridge C2 Proficiency (CPE), issued by Cambridge Assessment English, is the world's highest-level English language certification; the full exam comprises four papers (Reading & Use of English, Writing, Listening, and Speaking) totalling approximately 3.5 hours, with a minimum passing scaled score of 180/230 (roughly 60%, Grade C).
49
Questions
90m
Time Limit
60.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 49👑 VIP
Read the following extract and answer the question below. 'The wholesale demolition of historic urban quarters in favour of glass-and-steel developments has frequently been justified on economic grounds, yet the long-term social costs — the displacement of established communities, the erosion of collective memory, the severing of neighbourhood ties built over generations — rarely feature in developers' cost-benefit analyses. City planners who champion such schemes often find themselves defending decisions that, with the benefit of hindsight, appear myopic at best and callous at worst.' The writer's attitude toward urban planners who support large-scale demolition is best described as:
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