PART 2 PAPER 3 TEST 1 (USE OF ENGLISH) CERTIFICATE IN ADVANCED ENGLISH 1

 

CERTIFICATE IN ADVANCED ENGLISH 1 TEST 1 PAPER 3 (USE OF ENGLISH)

 

PART 2 For questions 13-27, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). WEATHER IN ANTARCTICA The most extreme weather conditions experienced in Antarctica are associated (0)____________ blizzards. These are simply strong winds with falling snow (13)____________, more commonly, snow that is picked up and pushed along the ground by the wind. Blizzards may last for days at (14)____________time, and in some cases it can be almost impossible for people to see. It is not unusual (15)____________objects only about a metre or (16)____________away to become unrecognisable. Scientists doing research in the area (17)____________then confined to their tents or caravans. We think of blizzards (18)____________extremely cold, while in fact temperatures in the Antarctic are usually higher than normal (19)____________a blizzard. Major blizzards of several days in length occur more frequently in some locations than in others. (20)____________may be eight or ten such blizzards in any particular place (21)____________an annual basis. They often cause considerable damage, so that any scientific buildings or equipment constructed in this region must be specially made to give as (22)____________protection as possible. If the weather is fine, visibility in Antarctica is usually excellent because of the clear air and the absence of dust and smoke. (23)____________this means is that people often greatly underestimate the distance of objects and features of the landscape. Also, very large features (24)____________as mountains may appear to be above the horizon, or even upside (25)____________. These 'mirages', (26)____________are just tricks played by the eyes in certain conditions, have led to explorers in the Antarctic making many errors (27)____________judgement.

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