FCE Practice Test Plus 1 Test 2 Paper 3 Use of English Part 2 (GOOD AT LANGUAGES)

FCE Practice Test Plus 1

Test 2 Paper 3 Use of English

Part 2

For Questions 16-30, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0) Write your answers on the separate answer sheet Example

 

GOOD AT LANGUAGES

At school, Sarah Biggs says she was very bad (O) _______ languages. Now she speaks English, Spanish and Italian and works (16) _______ a bilingual secretary in a travel company in England.(17) _______ several foreign languages at work is not easy, but for Sarah, and other multi-lingual secretaries(18) _______ her, it is all standard practice. Sarah comes from Spain, (19) _______ time spent abroad after college (20) _______ she attended school and college. But it was encouraged her interest in languages. In her job, Sarah has (21) _______ great deal more responsibility than the title of secretary would suggest. She stresses the importance of (22) _______ fluent in Spanish because part of her job is dealing (23) _______ customers from Latin America. (24) _______ such clients come from abroad, she has to translate everything (25) _______ say into English. She is given (26) _______ time for preparation at all, so this aspect of her job is one of the (27) _______ difficult. It is important for Sarah to be up-to-date with changes (28) _______ her own language, so she reads Spanish newspapers and books looking for new additions to (29) _______ vocabulary. Sarah says she (30) _______ not give up this job even if they offered her a better salary in another company.

 

ANSWER KEY

16	as
17	Using/ Speaking
18	like
19	where
20	which/that
21	a
22	being
23	with
24	When
25	they
26	no
27	most
28	in
29	her
30	would