FCE Reading and Use of English Practice Test 7 Printable

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Part 1
For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer ( А, В, C or D) best fits each
gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Example:

A well В much C lots D far

Space junk
The Space Age began 0 _____ over half a century ago, and ever since then the area just 1
_____ the Earth’s atmosphere has been filling up with all kinds of man-made objects that
have become 2 _____ as ‘space junk’. The items up there 3 _____ from old satellites and
parts of rockets to hundreds of thousands of pieces smaller than one centimetre, all of
them travelling at extremely 4 _____ speed. Over the last five years, the number of such
objects in space is 5 _____ to have risen by 50 per cent, and this has 6 _____ increased the
risk of damage to working satellites or space vehicles with crews on board.

International agreement has therefore now been 7 _____ on limiting the amount of new
space junk. Scientists have also 8 _____ some interesting suggestions for tidying up space.
These include using laser beams, giant nets and even an enormous umbrella-like device
to collect tiny bits of junk.

1 A along B away C out D beyond

2 A referred B known C called D named

3 A include B enclose C cover D range

4 A high B rapid C light D fast

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 5 A assessed B supposed C estimated D regarded

6 A largely B greatly C importantly D absolutely

7 A arrived B reached C finished D closed

8 A caught up with B put up with C come up with D kept up with

Part 2
For questions 9-16, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use
only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). In the exam, write your
answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on tho separate answer sheet.

Example: TO

Chewing gum
We still tend 0 _____ think chewing gum is a fairly recent invention, even 9 _____ there is
evidence it was used 5,000 years ago in Finland. The Ancient Greeks also chewed gum, as
10 _____the Aztecs in Mexico during the sixteenth century. As far as we know, however, it
wasn’t 11 _____ 1869 that chewing gum became popular in its present form, 12 _____ a
New York inventor called Thomas Adams first had the idea of adding flavour to it.

Nowadays, of course, it is chewed around the world, 13 _____ the fact that it continues to
be regarded by some 14 _____ an unpleasant habit. Unfortunately, far too many people
drop used gum onto the pavement, 15 _____ it remains for some time because it is
extremely difficult to remove once it has stuck to the surface. On the other hand, those
16 _____ favour of chewing gum claim it helps them relax, improves their concentration,
and helps keep their teeth clean.

Part 3
For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of
the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the
beginning (0).
In the exam, write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet.

Example: EMBARRASSMENT

Remembering people’s names

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 Most of us have suffered the 0 _____ of forgetting someone’s 0.EMBARRASS
name. Often we fail to pay attention when 17 _____ are made, 17.INTRODUCE
but later on in the conversation we don’t want to appear 18 18.POLITE
_____ by asking them what their name is. 19.COME
20.OBSERVE
Fortunately, there are some simple ways you can 19 _____ this 21.CHARACTER
problem. One is to improve your powers of 20 _____. Practise 22.VARY
studying faces in public places, making a mental note of 23.VISION
physical 21 _____ such as high foreheads or narrow eyebrows. 24.SURE
You’ll be surprised what a wide 22 _____ of shapes and sizes
people’s features have. Then, when you first meet someone,
remember them as ‘Laura with the small nose’, for example.

With surnames, make 23 _____ associations. For instance,

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