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Practice Test 2 (FCE)

I. Multiple Choice: Chose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
1. This is the oldest building ........................ the village.
A. of B. by C. in D. to
2. These figures show a ........................ in the number of unemployed people in England
and Wales.
A. loss B. lessening C. reduction D. lowering
3. When you ..................... him, give him my best wishes.
A. will visit B. would visit C. visit D. have visited
4. My parents ........................ that they will move to the seaside when my father retires
next year.
A. think B. thinking C. will think D. thought
5. The doctor gave the patient .......................... examination to discover the cause of his
collapse.
A. a thorough B. a universal C. an exact D. a whole
6. ................... scientists have observed increased pollution in the water supply.
A. Late B. Later C. Latter D. Lately
7. The best rooms in the hotel ..................... the bay.
A. view B. regard C. overlook D. examine
8. There was a sudden loud .......................... which made everyone jump.
A. bang B. strike C. split D. stroke
9. She never says a word; she’s as ....................... as a mouse.
A. quiet B. small C. slight D. noiseless
10. After he had broken his leg, Henry could only go up and down stairs ...................
A. hardly B. in difficulties C. with difficulty D. hard
11. You will have to ........................ your holiday if you are too ill to travel.
A. call off B. cut down C. back out D. put aside
12. The guide walked so ........................ that most of the party could not keep up with him.
A. fast B. quick C. rapid D. lively
13. I tried ................... the bus, but I missed it.
A. catching B. catch C. to catch D. catch up
14. Surely David’s not going to drive, ......................... he?
A. does B. is C. isn’t D. will
15. I couldn’t resist having another slice of cake even ...................... I was supposed to be
losing weight.
A. although B. however C. otherwise D. though
16. She .......................... him of wanting to marry her for her money.
A. cursed B. accused C. blamed D. warned
17. Leave it in the oven until it .............................. brown.
A. turns B. colours C. blames D. cooks
18. At four o’clock Mr. Hutchinson still had some ............................... to do in the garden.
A. work B. job C. effort D. task
19. People demand higher wages because prices are ....................... all the time.
A. rising B. progressing C. growing D. exceeding
20. This wet weather has lasted for three weeks now; ........................... rained every single
day.
A. there has B. there was C. it has D. it was
21. This cloth ........................... very thin.
A. feels B. touches C. holds D. handles
22. I am sorry I opened your handbag but I ............................... it for mine.
A. mistook B. confused C. recognized D. imagined
23. The firemen brought several long ........................ to try to reach those trapped on the
roof.
A. ladders B. steps C. stairs D. staircases
24. .............................. amount of money can buy true friendship.
A. No B. Never C. None D. Not only
25. It sounds ......................... the situation is unlikely to improve.
A. as if B. how C. as D. so that

II. Cloze Development: Fill each of the numbered blanks with only one suitable word:
At sixteen Henry Vincent was separated from his family as a result of the war. He
wandered aimlessly from .......................... (1) country to another ......................... (2)
finally settling down in Australia, ............................. (3) he trained ........................... (4) an
electronics engineer. He established .............................. (5) own business but it called for
so much work that marriage was out of the ................................... (6).

His retirement suddenly ............................ (7) him realise ................................. (8) lonely
he was and he decided to ................................ (9) up a hobby. With his interest
......................... (10) electronics, amateur radio seemed a natural choice. He installed his
own equipment and obtained a license and his call sign, which is the set of letters and
numbers used to ......................... (11) oneself when making radio contact with other radio
amateurs all (12) ............................. the world.

Soon Henry had .................................... (13) great many contacts in far-off places. One in
particular was a man in California with .................................... (14) he had much in
common. One night the man in California .................................... (15) to mention the
village in Europe he ................................ (16) come from. Suddenly, Henry realised that
this man was in fact his younger brother, Peter. At first, the two brothers were at a
................................ (17) for words but then little by little they filled
..................................... (18) the details of their past lives and not ..................................
(19) afterwards Henry Vincent flew to California to ..................................... (20) reunited
with his brother.