UNIT 5 CONSOLIDATION 1 Use of English B2 for all exams

 

Use of English B2 for all exams UNIT 5 CONSOLIDATION 1

 

SECTION 1 (FCE format) PART 1 For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. There is an example at the beginning (0). PAST MEMORIES I was raised on a farm in a(n) (0)________ remote._________ village in the 1950s. The winter months were endless and everything was covered in snow. I was always (1)________________________ for the warmer weather to come. When spring (2)________________________ , everything came alive - flowers would bloom and the animals would come out of hibernation. I'd follow the bear tracks and search for them. Once, however, I (3)________________________ an angry mother bear who saw me (4)________________________ a threat. (5)_________________________ the sight of the bear I did what my father had told me. I stood still until she stopped growling and walked away. The trick was effective, but looking back now, I realise that the situation was (6)________________________ more serious than I thought at the time. By the age of twelve, I had lots of camping (7)________________________ , as I used to go camping with my dog on my school holidays. We would spend days (8)________________________ the forest, catching fish for dinner, (9)________________________ at the frogs and the (10)_________________________ of birds and the insects hopping up  and down on the surface of the water. Of course, this was possible only during the warm months. When autumn came, everything went quiet, which was quite (11)________________________ in those parts. It wasn't long (12)________________________ the animals disappeared, the birds flew south and the snow took over. The place became deserted once again.   1 A keen B eager C willing D enthusiastic 2 A approached B reached C appeared D arrived 3 A dealt with B came across C reached D found out 4 A like B as C same as D such as 5 A In B By C At D On 6 A very B quite C so D far 7 A qualification B skills C qualities D experience 8 A exploring B detecting C researching D investigating 9 A looking B noticing C watching D observing 10 A swarms B bunches C flocks D sets 11 A ordinary B usual C familiar D regular 12 A until B after C since D before PART 2 For questions 13-24, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0). BALLOONING Nowadays the (0 )__________ most_________ common balloon flights are usually for pleasure or sport, but did you know that ballooning began (13)________________________ a science in the 18th century? It all started in 1783, (14)________________________ the Montgolfier brothers were looking (15)________________________ the properties of smoke. What (16)________________________ their attention was the fact that smoke could make things rise. They experimented for a year or so (17)________________________ they were ready to show their invention to everyone. On their first attempt, they filled a silk bag (18)________________________ hot air from a fire. The balloon rose more than 1.5 km into the (19)________________________ . Five months later, in November 1783, history was made once more when the first flight carrying passengers left the ground. The volunteers took off from Paris and remained in the air for over twenty minutes. Soon afterwards, scientists all over Europe became interested (20) ________________________ the potential of ballooning, and it wasn't long before the activity became very popular. (21) ________________________ of enthusiastic fans also experimented with ballooning and contributed to its development. In the 19th century, gas balloons were used for many (22)________________________ purposes, the most important one being polar exploration. In the twentieth century, hot-air ballooning was re-introduced, due to a much improved propane burner. This has (23) ________________________ responsible for a whole new generation becoming interested in ballooning either for scientific (24) ________________________  sporting reasons.

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ANSWER KEY

A 1 B 2 D 3 B 4 B 5 C 6 D 7 D 8 A 9 A 10 C 11 B 12 D B 13 as 14 when 15 into 16 caught 17 until/ before 18 with 19 air/ sky 20 in 21 Lots 22 different 23 been 24 or