FCE TEST 1 Paper 3 Part 1 19 PAPER 3 USE OF ENGLISH 45 minutes Part 1 Read the text and the test questions. Before you answer the test questions, go on to the Further Practice and Guidance pages which follow. For questions 1-12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 = Athreat = Brisk = C danger DD warning iD A B C OD a om oO Polar bears Polar bears are in (0) .. .. of dying out. (1) some other endangered animals, it’s not hunters that are the problem, it’s climate change. Since 1979, the ice cap at the Arctic Circle where the polar bears live has (2).............in size by about 30 per cent. The temperature in the Arctic has slowly been (3). and this is (4) ... .. the sea ice to melt, endangering the polar bears’ home. The polar bears’ main (5) of food are the different types of seal found in the Arctic. They catch them by waiting next to the air holes the seals have (6) in the ice. (7) ............. the bears are very strong swimmers, they could never catch seals in the water. This means that the bears (8) ... do rely on the ice to hunt. Polar bears also need sea ice to travel. They can (9) a huge territory and oftuao Segue une part of the ice to another. They have been (10) ... . to swim up to 100km, but when there is less ice, they may have to swim further and this can (11) .. .. fatal to the bears. A number of bears have drowned in the last few years and scientists believe that it is because they were not able to (12) more sea ice before they became too tired and couldn’t swim any further.20 Paper 3 Part 1 FCE TEST 1 10 n 2 A A A Opposite B cut B lifting B resulting B sources B placed B Even B really B pass B learnt B prove B achieve B Compared gaining turning means set Although properly extend noticed happen land Unlike shortened advancing causing origins brought As surely cover known come Different lost rising creating materials made Despite fully spread experienced end reachFURTHER PRACTICE AND GUIDANCE Paper 3 Part 1 21 WHAT'S TESTED ‘The questions in Part 1 of the Use of English Paper test you mainly on vocabulary. Questions may focus on any of the following: the meaning of single words: which choice has the correct meaning in the context. completing phrases: which choice goes together with the other words to form a phrase (eg a collocation, a fixed phrase, an idiom or a phrasal verb). Jexico-grammatical features: which choice has the correct meaning and fits grammatically (eg, which choice goes with a given preposition or verb form, which linking word or phrase fits). Begin by reading through the whole text to find out what it is about and what it contains. This will help you to know the context for the questions. Look carefully at what comes both before and after each gap so that you can decide on the meaning of the choice that correctly fills each gap. If there is more than one gap in a sentence, read the whole sentence very carefully so that you are clear about the context and meaning of each choice that correctly fills each gap. Look for any grammatical elements that come before or after a gap (prepositions, verb forms, etc). It is possible that more than one choice fits correctly because of its meaning, but only one choice is also grammatically correct. The following exercises will help you to choose the correct answer to each question in the test. When you have completed each exercise, check your answers and then choose your answer for the question in the test. In each exercise, choose which of the four options fits into each of the four sentences. (The question numbers below relate to the questions in the test and the options below are the same as those for that question in the test.) 1A B c D 2A B c D 3A B c D aa B c D This programme is any other programme on TV at the moment. opposite Tknow that I’m quite lucky, toa lot of other people. are My opinion on this subject is the of yours. unlike Our house is . . from the others in the road. ray Sean has .. alot of weight and looks quite thin now. = ‘These trousers need to be — they're too long for me. reduced ‘The number of unemployed peopl considerably last month. _| shortened Ive. . a few words from the paragraph because it’s too long. poet Im.. . a lot of knowledge on this course. : ‘The level of the water was fast. gaining People were their children onto their shoulders so that they advancing could see. rising Technology is all the time. ‘The management is currently ..alot ofnew jobs at the company. Fesulting Pressure at work is her to become quite depressed. turning The new manager is the company into a very successful one. cae Economic problems are ina lot of ob losses.22 Paper 3 Part 1 FURTHER PRACTICE AND GUIDANCE 5 A Whatare the used in making this product? eoeacenl B_ Weneed to find more .. of income to increase our profit. means Trams and bikes are the most popula .. of transport in this city. origins D ‘T'vebeen learning about the of the sport of rugby. oa 6 A Shecarefully each piece of furniture around the room. eine B_ I've just cleaned that window and you've already amark onit, ay © When he'd finished cooking, he .. the food to the table. brought D Somebody the building on fire during the night. ce A. the weather wasn’t very good, we had an enjoyable day. a B.. aving very little money, they're quite happy. Although c. . Iwas feeling very tired, I went to bed early, As D. Georgia was angry, and she doesn’t usually get angry. Beet 8 A Hedidn’tdo the job i was full of mistakes. really B The apartment was .. furnished, so we didn’t have to buy any properly furniture. ae cl did try hard, but I wasn’t able to do it. fully D You.. don’t intend to do such a stupid thing, do you? 9 A Thenewswill quickly and soon everyone will know what happened, a B_ She was enjoying herself in Paris and she decided to herstay there. | extend C We're going to.. a distance of about 1000km on our trip. cover D You.. the university as you drive along that road. spread 10 A recently that Mia seems a lot happier than she used to be. hal B_ Jack is an honest person but he’s been to tell lies occasionally. noticed Cc I've lot about the past from talking to my grandparents. known D_ The same feeling of shock was by everyone in the room. experienced 11 A How did this problem about? prove B She was worried about what was going to to her in that heppen dangerous situation. cae C The treatment is likely to successful and he will probably recover end completely. D_ He's very clever and he'll probably up with a very good job. 12 A_ Because of the delay, we didn’t our destination on time. Penierel B_ That insect is going to on our food in a moment. land C She's very happy because she’s managed to her ambition. get D Wehaveto to the airport two hours before our flight. pec Now check your answers to the questions in the test.FCE TEST 1 Paper 3 Part 2 23 Part 2 For questions 13-24, read the text below and think of the word which 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. Example: 0 BEEN Scientists explain excitement of children .» identified ‘The reason children become more excited than adults at receiving gifts has (0) .. by scientists. They found that the areas of the brain involved in processing rewards were far more active in younger people (13) ........... they received a prize. This explained why children found (a4) almost impossible to contain (15) xxcitement on birthdays. (16) team from the US National Institute of Mental Health used scans to study a7 .. Parts of the brain were stimulated when rewards (18) .... ..« presented to participants. Younger people showed more activity in key brain areas while they viewed a video game a9) received money. Dopamine, a chemical that carries messages between brain cells, is believed (20) act as a ‘currency’ in the brain’s reward processing areas, However, the brain’s dopamine system declines with age. The study suggested that this is (21) .. .. receiving presents feels less thrilling as people (22) older. ‘The scientists say that targeting these dopamine mechanisms may help in the development (23). .. ways of treating various disorders of the reward system, (24) .. as pathological gambling and drug addiction.24 Paper 3 Part 3 FCE TEST 1 Part 3 For questions 25-34, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0). Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. Example: 0 GLOBAL The ultimate challenge Do you have the mental and physical strength to enter the ultimate © .- race? If so, there is still time to apply for the free-to- GLOBE enter Land Rover G4 Challenge — the adventure of a (25) ... LIFE that combines off-road driving with kayaking, mountain biking, abseiling, climbing and orienteering across some of the most remote and extreme terrain in the world. The (26) . .. process is currently underway to choose one man SELECT and one woman to represent the UK in the competition. The (27) . SUCCEED applicants will form a two-strong British team which will then battle against teams from 17 other countries in this extremely (28) ... DEMAND three-week event in one of the most sparsely (29) ... countries POPULATION on the planet ~ Mongolia. A (30) .. of terrains including VARIOUS steppes mountains and the extreme climate of one of the world’s largest deserts, the Gobi, makes Mongolia the ultimate test. Race organizer John Edwards says: ‘Mongolia is a (31) . SPECTACLE country which will enable us to create a truly (32) . event. ORDINARY We have been working hard to find routes that will push the vehicles and the (33)... . to their limits.’ COMPETE If you're a very (34) . person and you think you're tough ADVENTURE enough, log on to the website as soon as possible!FCE TEST 1 Paper 3 Part 4 25 Part 4 For questions 35~42, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0). Example: 0 It took me a fairly long time to answer all my emails. QUITE Ispent . The gap can be filled with the words ‘quite a long time answering’, so you write: Example: 0 QUITE A LONG TIME ANSWERING ‘Write only the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS on the separate answer sheet. all my emails. 35. That's the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard! SUCH Ive... - tidiculous thing! 36 I didn’t think carefully enough about the situation. MORE Ishould .. . about the situation. 37 Gill hasn’t contacted me for weeks. HEARD Tlast ..., 38. He didn’t make a mistake when he played the song. WITHOUT He played the song . .. mistakes at all. 39 It’s possible that Jana can take you in her car. ABLE Jana might . a liftin her car. 40 lasked him to explain his behaviour. EXPLANATION lasked him his behaviour. 41 If we don’t leave before 8, we won't get there on time. SET We won't get there on time unless . 42. The assistant said that it was not possible for me to get a refund. GIVEN The assistant said that I couldn't + back.