TEST 5 PAPER 1: READING Part 3 FCE PRACTICE TESTS (with key)

 

FCE PRACTICE TESTS (with key) TEST 5 PAPER 1: READING Part 3 (QUESTION S 16-30)

 

You are going to read an article in which five people talk about when they have been in very bad weather conditions. For questions 16-30 choose from the people (A-E). The people may be chosen more than once. When more than one answer is required they may be given in any order. Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Which person or people: followed the advice some other people gave them?       16   did not follow the advice they were given?       17   would act differently if they were in the same situation again?       18   still likes a certain type of weather despite a bad experience in the past? 19     20   lost something they owned in bad weather?       21   wore extra clothes to protect themselves from bad weather conditions? 22     23   was alone when they experienced the bad weather conditions? 24     25   were not in the place where they usually live when they experienced the bad weather?                                                                                                     26._________           27     28   does not like a certain type of weather because of their bad experience?       29   couldn’t see where they were because of the bad weather conditions?       30     A Dave in Oxford I love it when it rains. I love being indoors and hearing the rain outside and watching it through the window. I even enjoy walking in the rain, but there was one time when I very nearly got swept away by the rain. It was what is called a flash flood. It had been raining hard all day and I was on my way home from work on my bike. There’s a river near my house and it had been in danger of flooding for a number of days. Sandbags had been put in place to build up a protective barrier and prevent it from breaking its banks, however, it wasn’t enough. The water level reached a point where it simply overflowed and in a matter of seconds the country lane I was cycling along became a small river of fast-running water. I was dragged off my bike by the water and pulled about 10 metres down the road. I managed to grab onto the branch of a tree and get myself out of the water. My bike was not so lucky and it disappeared from sight. B Jada in St Lucia I don’t like the wind: it reminds me of when I was in a hurricane on holiday one year. I was only young and on holiday with my parents and it was the middle of summer. We'd been on the beach all day in glorious sunshine when suddenly the sky began to get very dark. Lots of people started leaving the beach and told us we should do the same No one seemed to be panicking but there was definitely a sense of urgency. When we got back to the hotel they told us it would be better to stay downstairs in the lounge room and that if we had to go to our rooms we should not go anywhere near the balcony and keep all the doors and windows shut. So we stayed in the hotel restaurant and listened to the wind and the rain outside. We couldn’t see anything because all the shutters were closed. The most frightening thing was looking outside in the morning after the storm had passed. The hotel garden was devastated; two small trees had been knocked down and many others had branches broken off. It was terrible. C Lauren in Sydney The strangest thing I’ve ever seen is a dust storm. I woke up and looked outside and everything was red. It was really weird; there was an eerie orange fog, just like something out of a science fiction film about an alien invasion or something. I was quite scared being on my own and turned the TV on to find out what was going on and that’s when I found it was a dust storm and not the end of the world. I felt calmer after that. Apparently it was caused by a combination of very dry weather and strong winds. They were recommending people stay inside as there had been reports of people suffering breathing problems but I had to go to work so I just wrapped a scarf around my face and went out in it. It didn’t last long and started to clear by the middle of the afternoon but it caused a lot of disruption; they had to cancel lots of flights and ferries. D Daniel in Tunisia The weather I really like is when it’s warm and sunny; a perfect summers’ day. Sitting in the garden in the sunshine makes me very happy. However, the sun in the Sahara Desert is a whole different matter. I was on holiday with friends in Tunisia and as part of our tour we were taken on a camel ride through the desert. I don’t think it was a terribly well organised tour as we ended up in the desert at about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, almost the hottest time of the day. We were given plenty of protective clothing and we were only in the desert for about 40 minutes but even then you get quite a good sense of just how hot and barren it can be in the desert. The dunes look endless and there is absolutely nothing in sight except sand and sky and the heat is very intense and there is no escape from it. E Ryan in New York I love the winter, blue skies and really cold temperatures and snow. I love going for walks in the cold weather but one year on holiday in New York I had quite a frightening experience in the snow. My girlfriend and I were on holiday and when it started snowing we thought it was wonderful. We were quite a long way from our hotel and being young and naive we thought it would be fun to walk in the snow. We weren’t very well-dressed for the weather and had completely under-estimated how much it was going to snow. Within about ten minutes we could no longer see where we were going and it was impossible to tell where the road was. It was dangerous. It was a proper blizzard and very disorientating. All we could see was white. We got back to the hotel eventually but if I found myself in a situation like that again I think I would be much more sensible: I’d stay in the warm until the snow had passed.

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