FC Practice Test 12 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 advantage B benefit C profit D gain
THE PERFORMING ARTS
In the past, British children were frequently encouraged to try out their performing skills for the (0) …. of adults. They did this by reading aloud, acting or (1) …. a musical instrument. As they (2) …. up they were taken to public places of entertainment - the theatre, opera, circus or ballet.
They looked forward to these (3) …. with great (4) …. and would remember and discuss what they had seen for many weeks afterwards. But nowadays television and computers (5) …. an endless stream of easily (6) …. entertainment, and children quickly accept these marvellous (7) …. as a very ordinary part of their everyday lives. For many children, the sense of witnessing a very (8) …. live performance is gone forever.
But all is not lost. The (9) …. of a TV set may have encouraged a very lazy response from (10) …. in their own homes, but the (11) …. of those with ambitions to become performing artists themselves does not seem to have been at all diminished. And live performances in public are still relatively (12) …., albeit with an older, more specialist audience.
A controlling
A developed
A circumstances
A sensation
A supply
A applicable
A designs
A special
A attendance
A spectators
A want
A famous
B handling
B grew
B occasions
B action
B send
B convenient
B inventions
B peculiar
B presence
B onlookers
B appeal
B favourite
C doing
C advanced
C incidents
C thrill
C stock
C available
C exhibits
C specific
C being
C viewers
C pressure
C popular
D playing
D brought
D situations
D excitement
D store
D free
D appearances
D particular
D company
D listeners
D desire
D approved
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: one
SWIMMING
Swimming is generally considered to be (0) ..one.... of the best ways of exercising the whole body without risk of injury. According to health experts, it can also ease back pain and even reduce blood pressure. There is only one problem: to enjoy all the benefits of swimming, you (13) ….. to do it properly. (14) ….. you visited your local swimming pool and just watched, you might be surprised to see (15) ….. badly many people swim. Poor technique may result from a number of factors including anxiety, the swimmer's lack (16) ….. body awareness, or just a concern about (17) ….. their hair wet. What's (18) ….. swimming techniques do not always improve with practice. (19) ….. the contrary, once people have fallen (20) ….. bad habits, they tend to be stuck with them.
But help is at hand. For all those keen to learn to swim properly, and so (21) ….. advantage of all the health benefits, there is now something known as the Shaw Method, developed by a former competitive swimmer, Steven Shaw. Shaw encourages people to think about their swimming technique and to concentrate on things 22) ….. breathing correctly and making (23) ….. that arm and leg movements work together (24) ….. than against each other.
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: irregular
AUSTRALIA
For years, Australia has had an (0) irregular pattern of population REGULAR
distribution, with more people living in towns and cities in (25) ………. COAST
areas, especially the east and south-east, than in the interior of the country. Since the 1940s, the population has become still more
(26) ………. distributed with a significant rise in the number of people EVENLY
living in these cities.
Cities are now the (27) ………. centres of the country. An important ECONOMY
element in their (28) ………. has been the number of people from Europe GROW
and Asia emigrating to Australia, especially in the second half of the
twentieth century. The new (29) ………. decided to stay in the cities ARRIVE
because (30) ………. was easy to find there. Today, the population of EMPLOY
Australia includes people who originally came from over 150 countries.
At one time, what made the (31) ………. of people in Australia's cities so CONCENTRATE
(32) ………. was the country's dependence on the export of agricultural REMARK
produce - indeed, the country's economy was founded on the production of
wheat and wool. This has since changed, not only with increased (33) ………. INDUSTRY
activity, but also with the rapid (34) ………. of tourist and recreational EXPAND
facilities. Tourism is now Australia's largest export industry.
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 …should have your house… redecorated.
Write the missing words IN CAPITAL LETTERS in the answer boxes provided.
35 I regret not contacting Brian when I was in Dublin.
TOUCH
I wish that I……………………………………………………………….. Brian when I was in Dublin.
36 In my opinion, these two kinds of music are completely different from each other.
COMPARISON
In my opinion, there is……………………………………………………………….. these two kinds of music.
37 I don't know why Sarah left the party so suddenly.
MADE
I don't know……………………………………………………………….. the party so suddenly.
38 Could you look after my cat while I'm away on holiday?
CARE
Would you mind……………………………………………………………….. my cat while I'm away on holiday?
39 We discussed the problem but nobody had a solution.
CAME
We discussed the problem but……………………………………………………………….. with a solution.
40 Claire was not allowed to stay out late when she lived at home with her parents.
LET
Claire's parents……………………………………………………………….. stay out late when she lived at
home.
41 I arrived late because I missed the 10.30 train.
TURNED
If I'd caught the 10.30 train, I……………………………………………………………….. time.
42 Floods meant rescue workers could not get through to the village.
PREVENTED
Rescue workers……………………………………………………………….. through to the village by floods.