TEST 3 PAPER 1 PART 4 Cambridge Preliminary English Test 3

 

Cambridge Preliminary English Test 3 TEST 3 PAPER 1 READING AND WRITING TEST READING

 

PART 5 Questions 26-35 → Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. → For each question, mark the letter next to the correct answer – A, B, C or D – on your answer sheet.   MONEY What is money? The pound, the dollar or the euro are actually just (0)_________ a gram or a kilometre. The difference is that you can exchange money for something (26) _________. A ten pound note may buy a book, a huge bag of sweets, or a (27) _________ of cinema tickets. But the note itself is only a printed (28) _________ of paper which costs almost nothing to make. Thousands of years (29) _________, people didn’t have money as we know (30) _________. There were no banks (31) _________ even shops. In those days, Mr Green the farmer exchanged the corn he (32) _________ grown for Mr Hive’s honey. This was an exchange arranged between two (33) _________, each of whom had something that the other wanted. But in time, most societies invented their own ‘currencies’ (34) _________ that people could exchange more. The different currencies began to join together, which is why (35) _________ everyone uses the same currency in their country.   0 A like B as C similar D same 26 A other B else C another D apart 27 A couple B double C few D several 28 A slice B part C side D piece 29 A since B past C before D ago 30 A them B it C some D that 31 A or B neither C and D but 32 A did B was C had D has 33 A jobs B people C things D goods 34 A for B by C because D so 35 A tomorrow B today C recently D soon

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