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FCE Reading and Use of English

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Part One: Multiple Choice Cloze For Questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. Example: () ! situation " place C position # site Eniron!ental Concerns Earth is the onl$ "#$ %%% &e 'no& of in the unierse that can support human life% "1$ %%% "1$ %%% human actiities are ma'ing the planet less fit to lie on% !s the &estern &orld "%$ %%% "%$ %%% on consuming t&othirds of the &orld*s resources &hile half of the &orld*s population do so "&$ %%% "&$ %%% to sta$ alie &e are rapidl$ destro$ing the er$ resource &e h ae +$ &hich all people can surie and prosper% Eer$&here Eer$&here fertile soil is "'$ %%% "'$ %%% +uilt on or &ashed into the sea% Rene&a+le resources are exploited so much t hat the$ &ill neer +e a+le to recoer completel$% ,e ,e discharge pollutants into the atmosphere &ithout an$ thought of the conse-uences% !s a "($ %%% "($ %%% the planet*s a+ilit$ to support people is +eing reduced at the er$ time &hen rising human num+ers and consumption are ")$ %%% ")$ %%% increasingl$ hea$ demands on it% .he Earth*s natural resources are there for us to use% ,e need food/ &ater/ air/ energ$/ medicines/ &armth/ shelter and minerals to "*$ %%% "*$ %%% us fed/ comforta+le/ health$ and actie% 0f &e are sensi+le in ho& &e use the resources the$ &ill "8$ %%% "8$ %%% indefinitel$% "ut if &e use them &astefull$ and excessiel$ the$ &ill soon run out and eer$one e er$one &ill suffer% 1 4 5 7 8 9  ;

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Part .&o: Open Cloze Read the follo&ing extract from a +rochure giing adice on ta'ing an examination% For -uestions 1;/ t$pe the &ord &hich +est fits in each space% Use onl$ one &ord in each space% () to

Exa! +ips ,hen the da$ comes gie $ourself plent$ of time "#$ %%% do eer$thing: hae +rea'fast +ut don*t drin' "1$ %%% much< go to the toilet< arrie on time/ +ut not too earl$ or $ou &ill find $ourself getting more and more nerous &hile $ou &ait to start% 0n the exam/ calm "%$ %%% do&n +$ +reathing deepl$ and thin'ing positiel$% Read the exam -uestions carefull$ and underline all of the 'e$ instruction &ords "&$ %%% indicate ho& the -uestions should +e ans&ered% 0f possi+le start &ith the ones "'$ %%% can do easil$ to gie $ou confidence% Remem+er &hat $ou*e learnt from practising -uestions and doing moc' exams preiousl$ and plan $our use of time% #on*t panic "($ %%% eer$one around $ou seems to start &riting furiousl$ straight a&a$ and don*t +e tempted to follo& their example% Finall$/ after the exam/ don*t 6oin in a discussion a+out ")$ %%% eer$one else did/ "*$ %%% $ou &ant to frighten $ourself/ and drain $our selfconfidence for the next exam% !+oe "8$ %%%/ remem+er that exams are not designed to catch $ou out/ +ut to find out &hat $ou 'no&/ &hat $ou understand and &hat $ou can do%

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Part .hree: ,ord Formation ead the text and then write the correct for! of the word in CA+A/0 to co!plete the aps. +here is an exa!ple at the beinnin. Example:  natural

Food roduction 0n the nottoodistant past farm animals &ere a+le to lie () %%% lies in &hat &e &ould no& term *freerange* conditions% 2uch farming methods ho&eer/ (&ere not a+le to suppl$ the rapidl$ gro&ing (1) %%% of the &orld and the increasing demands on food (4) %%% 0n order to cope &ith this rising demand/ factor$ farming methods &ere introduced along &ith the (5) %%% of geneticall$ engineered (7) %%% hormones/ &hich resulted in a massie increase in food production% Ao&eer/ these deelopments in the use of factor$ farming and drug (8) %%% hae led to a &idespread feeling that animals are +eing caused a lot of distress and that the -ualit$ of the food itself suffers as a conse-uence% Certainl$/ man$ people (9) %%% &ith the idea of 'eeping animals in one +uilding for their entire () %%% and argue that more emphasis should +e gien to (;) %%% farming methods%

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Part Four: *e$* ,ord .ransformation For 2uestions 1-), co!plete the second sentence so that it has a si!ilar !eanin to the first sentence, usin the word ien. Do not chane the word ien. 3ou !ust use between two and fie words, includin the word ien.

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Most people are +orn &ith the natural a+ilit$ to "#$ %%% stories/ +ut onl$ a rare fe& hae 8% #o $ou and $our +rother hae the same loo's the determination to +ecome professional authors/ and e en fe&er hae the 6o$ of li5e seeing their noels top the "1$ %%% of +estselling +oo's% 2ome of the &orld*s famous #oes %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% $ou crime &riters hae achieed the "%$ %%% success of all% ,ho can den$ the appeal o f famous detecties li'e 2herloc' Aolmes/ Miss Marple or Aercule Poirot Een if $ou 9% .hatGs the garage &here 0 left m$ car last &ee'% haen*t read the "&$ %%% +oo's $ou &ill hae seen them in films or on the .?% repaired 0f $ou hae an am+ition to +ecome the next !gatha Christie &hat should $ou do .he +est starting "'$ %%% is to read lots of examples of crime fiction &ritten +$ good authors% 3ou &ill need a note+oo' to carr$ around &ith $ou or/ een +etter/ some loose "($ %%% of paper that $ou can ")$ %%% notes on and then file into a folder% !fter all/ the most FCE Reading (Exit) eer$da$ situationand  for Use example/ &atching a &oman get "*$ %%% a train  ma$ +e the of English inspiration for $our first +estseller% >i'e an$ good 0recipe $ou hae to 'no& the main "8$ %%% of a successful noel% .hese .hatGs &here &ent %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% last &ee'% are: an original stor$/ strong characters and a memora+le setting% 1 ! -ueue " list C ro& Part One: Multiple Choice Cloze

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