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    This document is a summary of an FCE Reading and Use of English Practice Test 1. It includes a sample reading comprehension passage with gaps to be filled, followed by a second passage with gaps to be filled with single words. It concludes with a third passage containing lines with gaps to be filled using words formed from capitalized words at the end of each line. The document provides test takers with practice material to prepare for the FCE exam through simulated exam questions.

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    FCE Reading and Use of English Practice Test 1

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    New, online version of this test :: Answer Keys :: Vocabulary

    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 bright  В fair  C keen  D sharp

    Messages from the Stone Age


    The incredible pre-historic Chauvet cave art in France is painted in 0 _____ colours and
    dates back to a period around thirty thousand years ago when early humans first started
    to create rock art. Although various 1 _____ of this art have been found in caves in
    Western Europe, very few people have seen the art at Chauvet because it is located 2
    _____ inside an inaccessible underground cave system. Those who have seen it say that
    it is very impressive, showing animals 3 _____ horses, rhinos and cows, and that the
    artwork is good enough to 4 _____ modern compositions.

    The first scientists to 5 _____ the Chauvet paintings missed some other important 6
    _____ however. The walls of the cave are also marked with a series of lines and symbols,
    that were initially 7 _____ as insignificant. But recent research has suggested that these
    marks may represent humankind’s first steps towards the development of writing, which
    is 8 _____ people to rethink their ideas about when written communication first started.

    1 A illustrations B models C cases D examples

    2 A deep B thick C long D dense

    3 A by means of B apart from C as well as D such as

    4 A rival B compare C compete D oppose

    5 A arrive B reach C meet D know

    6 A instances B matters C details D issues


    7 A believed B regarded C thought D agreed

    8 A resulting B having C making D causing

    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: ARE

    Swimming with seals


    The UK is home to half the world’s population of grey seals and there 0 _____ many local
    boat trips offering sightseeing tours out to the islands and sandbanks 9 _____ the
    animals are most regularly found.

    But if you really want to get close 10 _____ the seals and understand something about
    their way of life, then you need to go on an underwater seal-watching trip. On these trips,
    you have the chance to go over the side of the boat and, equipped 11 _____ a wetsuit,
    mask and snorkel, spend time in the water alongside the animals.

    Seals are extremely inquisitive creatures and, once you’re in the water, they will swim
    past you trying to work 12 _____ who you are and 13 _____ you’re doing there. 14 _____
    they can appear shy at first, seals soon 15 _____ used to you being in the water, and will
    come and play around you. Young pups especially like to 16 _____ contact with divers,
    and often use their teeth, gently biting masks, fins and cameras out of curiosity. It can be
    a thrilling experience.

    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: HEALTHY

    Brain games
    According to experts, doing puzzles keeps our brains fit and 0 0.HEALTH

    _____ As well as gaining 17 _____ from finding the correct answer to 17.SATISFY

    a difficult problem, we give our brains a good workout in the process. 18.SUCCESS

    To help us do this, all sorts of handheld ‘brain games’ are now 19.COVER

    available in the shops, and the most 18_____ games have sold in 20.SOLVE

    their millions. 21.IMPROVE

    22.SCIENCE

    What’s more, people 19 _____ that the more they play the games, the 23.PERFORM

    easier it is to find a 20 _____ to the problems posed. They see this as 24.CERTAIN


    proof that there has been an 21 _____ in the power of their brains.
    Unfortunately, however, this may be a false impression.

    Some 22 _____ argue that the brain gets better at any task the more
    often it is repeated. In other words, the improvement in the 23 _____
    of the brain is something that happens naturally. So although these
    brain games are obviously fun to play, it remains 24 _____ whether
    they are actually helping to boost brainpower or not.

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