TEST 1 PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISH Part 1 FCE PRACTICE TESTS (with key)

 

FCE PRACTICE TESTS (with key) TEST 1 PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISH Part 1 (questions 2-5)

 

For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, С or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: Desperate to go to school Truancy has become a (0 )..........problem in many schools in recent years. In an attempt to tackle this problem one school introduced a new scheme to (1 )..........students to attend as many classes as possible. Pupils who (2).....................a 100% attendance record throughout the whole academic year were (3) .......... with an all inclusive weekend school (4) ..........to an activity centre where they would be able to have a go at (5)..........activities such as climbing, abseiling and white water rafting. One student was so (6 )......... to qualify for this free weekend away that he even went to school with a broken wrist. He hurt his wrist when he fell (7 )..........his bike on the way to school but he was so worried about (8)..........his 100% attendance that he didn’t (9 )............ his teachers or parents until the school day had finished. He (10)......... admitted to his mother what had happened when she (11)...... ... that he was having difficulty eating his dinner and asked him what was wrong. She took him to hospital that night, where they put his arm in plaster and he was able to go back to school the  next day. Fortunately, he was fully (12)..........from his accident in time to go on the trip.   1 A suggest B force C encourage D make 2 A succeeded B made C achieved D realised 3 A rewarded B given C won D compensated 4 A holiday B trip C travel D excursion 5 A outside B outdoor C risk D danger 6 A interested B happy C excited D keen 7 A away B down C off D over 8 A filling B maintaining C guarding D succeeding 9 A tell B say C admit D explain 10 A lastly B actually C fortunately D eventually 11 A knew B aware C looked D noticed 12 A recovered B improved C repaired D fixed

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