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

 

FCE PRACTICE TESTS (with key) TEST 3 PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISH Part 3 (Question 25-34)

 

For questions 25-34 read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Advertising for work An out of work (0 )..........was seen advertising his services on a placard ACCOUNT outside a busy London station last week. This (25) .......... tactic is USUAL reminiscent of scenes from New York’s Wall Street during the great   (26)..........of the 1930s. Daniel Bell decided to try this drastic approach DEPRESS after months of looking for a job using more (27) ......... methods. He TRADITION said he had sent out hundreds of CVs and applied to over 70 different   jobs but only had five interviews, none of which were (28)............Now SUCCESS he says he has nothing to lose and hopes to impress prospective   (29)..........with his initiative. EMPLOY He plans to stand outside the station with his sign during the rush hour   and giving out business cards for as long as it takes to get a job. After   just two days he had received three (30)..........to attend interviews so INVITE the plan seems to be working. He admits, however, that his (31).......... PRESENT has received mixed (32)............‘Most people seem embarrassed and REACT try to look the other way, while others (33) .......... think I am being CLEAR ridiculous and more than one person openly pointed and laughed at me.   I don’t care though,’ he says, ‘they might find (34) .......... being made THEM redundant by the end of the month. It feels good to be doing something   positive.

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