Rosalie Kerr Livres

A set of five practice tests for the Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English exam, revised to take account of the requirements from December 1999. The authors' close involvement in the CAE enables students to practice exam questions which genuinely replicate the real test papers. Each reading text is taken from a different source, giving students experience in coping with a wide variety of authentic material. Photocopiable answer sheets give students the opportunity to practise transferring their answers from the test paper, reducing the risk of making mistakes under pressure. Teachers and students can also learn about the marking scheme in the With Answers edition through detailed notes and real examples of students' compositions.

For fifty years after Dr Watson's death, a packet of papers, written by the doctor himself, lay hidden in a locked box. The papers contained an extraordinary report of the case of Jack the Ripper and the horrible murders in the East End of London in 1888. The detective, of course, was the great Sherlock Holmes - but why was the report kept hidden for so long ?

The police at the 87th Precinct hate kidnappers. And these kidnappers are stupid, too. They took the wrong boy - the chauffeur's son instead of the son of the rich tycoon, Douglas King. And they want a ransom of $500,000. A lot of money. But it's not too much to pay for a little boy's life, is it?

Patrick Aldermann, an accountant with a company that makes toilets, is passionate about his roses, which he prunes ruthlessly, 'deadheading' any blossoms a minute past their prime so as to make space for the younger blooms. Not much of a gardener, Dalziel views Patrick as a strong contender for the title of Most Boring Man in Yorkshire. Pascoe, though, has noticed that senior executives at the toilet company 'gentlemen, you might say, just a minute past their prime' have an unlucky habit of dying. And when they do, it's all but inevitably Patrick who, like a lucky young bloom, is poised to take their place.

Depuis 3 jours, le blizzard immobilise la grande ville américaine et menace de paralyser l'aéroport, immense, ultra-moderne, et pourtant déjà insuffisant pour le trafic. C'est en vain que le directeur, Mel Bakersfeld, redoutant une catastrophe, réclame du secours : pas de crédits, "débrouillez-vous", ce qu'il fait, épaulé par les uns, entravé par les autres. Il peut compter sur un chef d'équipe, pittoresque, véritable force de la nature, et sur une femme, dont l'attachement profond et la vive intelligence lui sont d'un précieux secours. Il doit se méfier d'un pilote de ligne qui ne le porte pas dans son coeur, craindre pour son frère, contrôleur-radar traumatisé pour avoir autrefois provoqué une collision aérienne. Il lui faudra encore affronter l'avocat hargneux des riverains exaspérés par le vacarme des appareils. Devra-t-il craindre aussi ce petit homme bizarre, porteur d'une mallette, qui s'embarque. à bord d'un long-courrier ? Un suspense à la Hitchcock, des situations tragiques, émouvantes, "en l'espace d'une seule nuit... En toile de fond, de ce roman passionnant, l'aéroport, organisme monstrueux animé de sa vie propre, avec ses secrets.

"Oh, how delightful it is to fall in love for the first time! How exciting to go to your first dance when you are a girl of eighteen! But life can also be hard and cruel, if you are young and inexperienced and travelling alone across Europe ... or if you are a child from the wrong social class ... or a singer without work and the rent to be paid. Set in Europe and New Zealand, these nine stories by Katherine Mansfield dig deep beneath the appearances of life to show us the causes of human happiness and despair." Publisher description

When James and Matthew spent the weekend with Henry Tillotson in 1954, they took an instant liking to the country house that Henry had inherited from his father. His wife was a bit odd though - she never seemed to get out of bed. Gossip suggested that Henry had inherited her as well.

In 1944 Henry Tillotson brings his new wife, Mararet, home to his farmhouse in the English countryside. Margaret is a strange, unpleasant woman, determined, it seems, to make Henry's life miserable. 'Poor Henry!' say his friends, as they visit at weekends and holidays. 'What an awful life he has!' But Henry is not at all the sad and disappointed man we might expect him to be. He manages to enjoy life, and indeed, has quite a lot of fun, one way and another ... Mary Wesley's story takes a sharp but light-hearted look at love, sex, and marriage - and the things people will do to get what they want

Contains five complete practice tests for the Cambridge First Certificate in English. This edition contains details about the mark schemes for Papers 2 and 5, together with sample student answers for Paper 2, full tapescripts and keys.

A set of five practice tests for the new Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English exam. The authors' close involvement in the CAE enables students to practice examination questions which genuinely replicate the real test papers.

BEC practice tests are available at preliminary, vantage and higher levels and reflect the ALTE (Association of Language Testers in Europe) level system. They cover the four language skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking, and, with the revisions, now incorporate certain features of the CEIBT exams, and reflect developments in other exams such as PET, FCE and CAE.