FCE Practice Test Plus 1 Test 2 Paper 3 Use of English Part I

FCE Practice Test Plus 1

Test 2 Paper 3 Use of English

Part I

For Questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0) Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet Example
0	A	become	B	turned	C	appeared	D	succeeded

POLAR ADVENTURER

In March 1999, Amyr Klink, a Brazilian yachtsman and polar adventurer, (0) _______ the first man to circle Antarctica while staying south of 50 degrees latitude. He (1) _______ the most dangerous sea route in the world. Klink was already (2) _______ known because in 1984 he had rowed across the Atlantic in a small boat. The book which he wrote, based on his (3) _______ on that trip, had by then (4) _______ millions of copies. For his polar adventure, Klink built his (5) _______ boat. He (6) _______ off in 1998 from South Georgia and he arrived back there 88 days later - although he (7) _______ eleven of those days on dry land in Antarctica. He did not stop there out of (8) _______ , but because he wanted to see the Antarctic Peninsula. Klink knew that his (9) _______ would be dangerous. On the way he had to be careful to (10) _______ huge floating blocks of ice. These icebergs, as they are called, were everywhere and (11) _______ one of them would have been a disaster. As Klink knew that any rescue mission would have been impossible in the rough seas, he did not (12) _______ to take a life-boat. When he sailed into (13) _______ winds 750 miles south of Tasmania, he met waves that were twenty-five metres high. This meant staying awake most of the time. He only managed to sleep tor twenty minute (14) _______ at a stretch. But he succeeded in the end, (15) _______ all the difficulties that he had to face.

1	A	went	B	took	C	had	D	made
2	A	really	B	widely	C	broadly	D	thoroughly
3	A	events	B	incidents	C	happenings	D	experiences
4	A	sold	B	printed	C	bought	D	produced
5	A	proper	B	individual	C	own	D	single
6	A	set	B	put	C	left	D	got
7	A	passed	B	lived	C	spent	D	remained
8	A	necessity	B	demand	C	urgency	D	requirement
9	A	excursion	B	tour	C	voyage	D	cruise
10	A	expect	B	avoid	C	escape	D	refuse
11	A	crashing	B	breaking	C	knocking	D	hitting
12	A	consider	B	mind	C	bother	D	accept
13	A	fast	B	strong	C	heavy	D	hard
14	A	periods	B	times	C	occasions	D	lengths
15	A	as far as	B	apart from	C	according to	D	in spite ot

ANSWER KEY

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
B	B	D	A	C	A	C	A	C	B	D	C	B	A	D