TEST 7 PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISH Part 2 FCE PRACTICE TESTS (with key)

 

FCE PRACTICE TESTS (with key) TEST 7 PAPER 3: USE OF ENGLISH Part 2 (QUESTION 13-24)

 

For questions 13-24, read the text below and think of the word that best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. World Music Day The idea (0)..........World Music Day or Fete de la Musique began in France (13)........... the 1980s but has quickly spread across the globe and is now celebrated (14)..........21st June in over 120 countries. (15)..........American musician, Joel Cohen, who was working for a French radio station, first came up (16)..........the idea for a music festival that everyone could enjoy and take (17)........... in. He suggested an all-night music festival (18)..........celebrate the summer solstice (the longest day). The French minister for culture liked the idea and it first became reality in June 1982. The main idea behind the festival is that music is (19)..........great way to bring people together regardless of their nationality, ethnic and cultural background or age. It (20)..........extremely popular, particularly because all the events were free. Today the event is celebrated in cities (21)..........far apart as Potsdam and Osaka, New York and Sydney. The day does not only involve individual musicians but also orchestras, cultural organisations, and schools. The best thing (22)..........the festival is that musicians are encouraged to perform outside the usual music venues and concert halls. Whole towns (23)..........turned into huge outdoor concerts. And every kind of music is on offer. You can hear classical music, jazz bands, rock groups, pop bands, folk music and singer-songwriters all in (24)..........same place, and all for free.

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