Test 4 Paper 3 Part 1 (Use of English) FCE Practice Test Plus 1

FCE Practice Test Plus 1

Use of English

Test 4 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

WHALES

How far would you travel for a good meal? If you were a humpback whale, the (0) _____ would be five thousand miles. These large sea animals travel at least that far from their winter home off the (1) _____ of Columbia to their summer (2) _____ areas off Antarctica. The distance covered by some types of whale is amazing, especially when you (3) _____ their enormous size. The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever (4) _____ and it can weigh as much as thirty elephants. It (5) _____ as no surprise, therefore, to hear that ancient folk legends tell of sailors (6) _____ these creatures for islands. The more we (7) _____ about whales, the more wonderful they seem. Some species can (8) _____ their breath for more than an hour and dive to a (9) _____ of over 2000 metres. They use a system of sounds (10) _____ as echo-location to find the fish they eat and they have further sounds to keep in (11) _____ with each other. The noises they (12) _____ can travel hundreds of miles under water. Some species seems to sing complicated songs which (13) _____ of a number of separate themes, sung in a specific order which can (14) _____ up to half an hour or more. If you ever get the (15) _____ to see of of these great creatures in the wild, you will understand why they have inspired so many legends.

1	A	beach	B	coast	C	seaside	D	ground
2	A	feeding	B	dining	C	eating	D	chewing
3	A	view	B	think	C	consider	D	believe
4	A	been	B	stayed	C	born	D	lived
5	A	gift	B	comes	C	goes	D	seems
6	A	supposing	B	mixing	C	confusing	D	mistaking
7	A	find out	B	look out	C	show up	D	turn up
8	A	store	B	keep	C	hold	D	save
9	A	depth	B	length	C	width	D	breadth
10	A	called	B	known	C	referred	D	named
11	A	reach	B	touch	C	call	D	range
12	A	provide	B	propose	C	process	D	produce
13	A	consist	B	compose	C	include	D	involve
14	A	long	B	last	C	play	D	give
15	A	break	B	choice	C	chance	D	luck

ANSWER KEY

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