FC Practice Test 6 II Name:_______________ score: _____%
Use of English
PART 1
For questions 1-12, read the text 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 A standard B degree C measure D ability
At Home Abroad
Every year thousands of people travel to Britain in order to improve their (0)… of English. For many, however, this can be (1)… experience due to the fact that it involves (2)… a strange school, staying in sometimes unpleasant accommodation and living in an (3)… culture.
One (4)… to these problems is the Homestay method. With this, students are each assigned a teacher (5)… to their language requirements and interests, who they then stay with throughout their course. As well as giving individual tuition, the teacher (6)… the student with information about what activities are available locally and (7)… them on trips.
The idea (8)… Homestay is for students to be totally immersed in English language and culture. Students get between ten and twenty hours of tuition a week and are also expected to (9)… the family's daily activities. The students speak English at all times and therefore learn how to use the language in everyday (10)… .
Homestay programmes usually (11)… for up to four weeks. Although costs are higher than of regular language schools, students can feel (12)… that they will be receiving top-class language teaching in a safe and pleasant environment.
1 |
A |
a sore |
B |
an aching |
C |
a hurtful |
D |
a painful |
2 |
A |
attending |
B |
going |
C |
studying |
D |
learning |
3 |
A |
unfamiliar |
B |
inexperienced |
C |
unaccustomed |
D |
unknown |
4 |
A |
reply |
B |
answer |
C |
key |
D |
reaction |
5 |
A |
right |
B |
proper |
C |
suited |
D |
correct |
6 |
A |
advises |
B |
provides |
C |
offers |
D |
suggests |
7 |
A |
goes |
B |
takes |
C |
brings |
D |
fetches |
8 |
A |
between |
B |
before |
C |
beside |
D |
behind |
9 |
A |
go along |
B |
join in |
C |
tie up |
D |
connect with |
10 |
A |
positions |
B |
parts |
C |
situations |
D |
backgrounds |
11 |
A |
stand |
B |
stay |
C |
last |
D |
remain |
12 |
A |
confident |
B |
reliable |
C |
self-assured |
D |
believed |
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 in the answer boxes provided.
Example: 0 which
Going Bananas
The banana, (0)…………………. is one of the most popular varieties of fruit in the world, originally (13)…………………. from Southeast Asia. One banana might seem the same as (14)………………….. to you, but there are actually hundreds of different varieties. And (15)………………….. rice, milk and wheat, they are the world's fourth most important food crop. Today, bananas are grown in more than 130 countries throughout the tropics and worldwide annual production totals (16)……………… incredible one hundred million tons. So (17)………………. out because that's a lot of skins to slip on!
Only a small proportion of bananas are grown (18)……………….. commercial farms for export to places (19)………………. as the USA and Europe. The (20)…………….. of the crop is grown on smaller privately owned farms (21)………………. local populations to enjoy.
Bananas are an important dietary source of carbohydrates and essential vitamins in the developing world. So much so (22)………………. in tropical Africa, Asia and America over half a billion people rely heavily on bananas to provide them (23)…………….. essential nutrition. In some parts of Africa, bananas are eaten with every meal. Most of the varieties that are eaten in the tropics are not the same as the (24)……………….. that appear on our supermarket shelves, however; they are more like a potato and are eaten cooked.
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 in the answer boxes provided.
Example: 0 reality
So you want to be Famous?
The rise of (0)……………… television is causing more and more REAL
teenagers to believe that they can become instantly
(25)………………… . According to a recent survey, young people FAME
find the idea of fame so (26)……….………. that almost one in ten ATTRACT
would give up their (27)………………… if they had the chance to EDUCATE
appear on TV.
I can see the (28)………………… . Students see young people just TEMPT
like themselves becoming stars on TV shows almost (29)…………. OVER
and believe that it is possible for them, too. As someone whose
parents always stressed the (30)…………………. of getting the best IMPORTANT
qualifications I could, however, I find this difficult to accept. Statistics
also show that leaving school without (31)………………….…… BASE
qualifications will leave young people more likely to be
(32)……………. or stuck in low-paid jobs. Apart from this, the EMPLOY
chances of achieving fame through television are thirty million to
one!
If making money is the main reason a young person wants fame,
surely a (33)……………… way of increasing your future earning GOOD
power is to get some (34)………………….. qualifications? USE
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. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example:
0 Your house needs redecorating.
SHOULD
You ………………….………………………………………………… redecorated.
Example: 0 should have your house
Write the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS in the answer boxes provided.
35 Kelly admitted that she was not in the mood to go out that night.
LIKE
Kelly admitted that she did not …………………………………………….. out that night.
36 My colleagues all disliked the way I talked to the boss.
APPROVED
None ………………………………………………………… the way I talked to the boss.
37 We were late due to an accident on the highway.
ON
We didn't arrive …………………………………………… an accident on the highway.
38 In my opinion, this model of car was the best one that he could have chosen.
MADE
In my opinion, he couldn't …………………………………………………. choice of car.
39 Rather than walk home, we took the subway.
FOOT
Instead ………………………………………………………………, we took the subway.
40 Although he tried very hard, he couldn't stop smoking.
EVEN
He couldn't give ……………………………………………………….. he tried very hard.
41 "Excuse me, can I borrow your pen?" asked Bill.
MIND
"Excuse me, ………………………………………… I borrowed your pen?" asked Bill.
42 Matthew was twenty-five before he took up acting professionally.
BECOME
Matthew did not ……………………………………………………… he was twenty-five.