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

FCE Practice Test Plus 1

Use of English

Test 3 Paper 3 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

THE BIRTH OF THE T-SHIRT

The T-shirt, or at least the T-shirt as we know it, (0) …….. born in the theatre. When Tennessee William's play A Streetcar Named Desire opened in New York in December 1947, a young actor (16) …….. Marlon Brando went (17) …….. stage wearing a (18) …….. of blue jeans and a bright, white, capped-sleeve T-shirt. It was the first time the T-shirt (19) …….. been seen publicly as anything (20) …….. an item of underwear and it set a fashion trend that was to last through (21) …….. the end of the century. The idea for the T-shirt came (22) …….. Brando himself. He had worn one at rehearsals for the play. The director was (23) …….. impressed by the look that was created that he asked Brando to wear the shirt in the play itself. Brando may have seen the shirt being advertised by the American company Sears Roebuck. They had decided to market the shirt (24) …….. a fashionable garment in its (25) …….. right, rather than just something to be worn (26) …….. warmth beneath a denim workshirt (27) …….. an army uniform. It was Brando, however, (28) …….. popularised it, especially with (29) …….. release of the film version of Streetcar in 1951. A short leather jacket completed the look that was to be ad opted (30) ……... teenage rebels in many countries for decades afterwards.

ANSWER KEY

16	named/called
17	on
18	pair
19	had
20	but/except
21	to/until
22	from
23	so
24	as
25	own
26	for
27	or
28	who
29	the
30	by