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

FCE Practice Test Plus 1

Use of English

Test 3 Paper 3 Part 1

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

SINGING FOR A MUSICAL LIFE

According to a group called The Voices Foundation, everyone has a singing voice (0) ………. A speaking voice somewhere inside them. This, they say, should be encouraged from an early (1) ………. because it provides the best, and the cheapest, (2) ………. on which to build an understanding of music. (3) ………. the Foundation's ideas, lies the teaching of the Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly. He observed that song can (4) ………. a key part of the relationship between mother and child almost from birth. This is especially (5) ………. of more traditional societies, like those of West Africa, where some small children are (6) ………. to sing literally hundreds of songs, all of which have been learnt by (7) ………. But many modem children first (8) ………. to an understanding of music when they learn to play an instrument, and (9) ………. some teaching of the theory of music is usually a part of this, their relationship with the music on the (10) ………. is often a mechanical one. The (11) ………. of the Voices Foundation is that a natural (12) ………. for rhythm, harmony and musical structure, the very (13) ………. we appreciate in the greatest musicians, can only be achieved through the exploration of music with the voice from the start. The foundation has, therefore, (14) ………. itself the task of developing a singing-centred musical education programme that could (15) ………. junior pupils all over the world.

1	A	start	B	life	C	time	D	age
2	A	ground	B	basis	C	root	D	plot
3	A	Behind	B	Beneath	C	Besides	D	between
4	A	grow	B	do	C	form	D	make
5	A	fact	B	true	C	real	D	actual
6	A	able	B	expert	C	skilled	D	fit
7	A	repeat	B	heart	C	memory	D	mind
8	A	come	B	reach	C	go	D	arrive
9	A	however	B	despite	C	although	D	whether
10	A	lines	B	notes	C	book	D	page
11	A	rule	B	certainty	C	trust	D	belief
12	A	awareness	B	touch	C	grasp	D	feeling
13	A	degrees	B	qualities	C	measures	D	practices
14	A	left	B	set	C	put	D	cut
15	A	benefit	B	favour	C	gain	D	profit

ANSWER KEY

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