FCE Reading and Use of English

FCE Reading and Use of English (Exit)
Part One: Multiple Choice Cloze

For Questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which
answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
Example: (0) A say B TELL C speak D announce

Write the Perfect Crime Novel
Most people are born with the natural ability to (0) ... stories, but only
a rare few have the determination to become professional authors,
and even fewer have the joy of seeing their novels top the (1) ... of
bestselling books. Some of the world's famous crime writers have
achieved the (2) ... success of all. Who can deny the appeal of famous
detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot? Even if
you haven't read the (3) ... books you will have seen them in films or
on the TV.
If you have an ambition to become the next Agatha Christie what
should you do? The best starting (4) ... is to read lots of examples of
crime fiction written by good authors. You will need a notebook to
carry around with you or, even better, some loose (5) ... of paper that
you can (6) ... notes on and then file into a folder. After all, the most
everyday situation - for example, watching a woman get (7) ... a train -
may be the inspiration for your first bestseller.
Like any good recipe you have to know the main (8) ... of a successful
novel. These are: an original story, strong characters and a memorable
setting.
1A queue B list C row D line

2A largest B greatest C highest D prime
3A first B initial C early D original
4A spot B tip C point D mark
5A strips B sheets C layers D pieces
complet
6A B do C fill D make
e
7 A out B down C off D from
ingredient
8 A parts B C pieces D sections
s
Part Two: Open Cloze

For Questions 1-8, read the text below and think of the word
which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.
Example: 0 - your
Too Good to be True
Some say you can do it in seven days, others promise success in 24

hours, or you may prefer to take (0) ... time and do it in 5 weeks. What
are we talking about? Believe it (1) ... not, these periods (2) ... time
refer to language learning courses that promise excellent results in
less time (3) ... it takes to say 'Bonjour'!
However, the advertisements of these companies are not necessarily
the best guide and if you don't know what to look for in a good course
you could be left with little (4) ... than a large bill.
A complaint was recently made to a consumer rights group against
WhizzLearn Systems, a language school chain, and the company has
been forced to remove its claim that its technique is ten times better
than any (5) ... method. The Managing Director of WhizzLearn Systems
said (6) "... we still believe our claim is true, we are willing to change
our advert. But the fact remains, if you spend 3 hours per day for 5
weeks on our language course you will soon be speaking the language.
What we (7) ... have done was to make (8) ... clearer in the advert."
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Part Three: Word Formation

For Questions 1 - 8 Read the text below. Use the word given in
CAPITALS at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the
space in the same line.
Example: (0) CRITICISM
Dress Code
UK companies have received (0) ... from CRITIC

a business forum for what their report refers to as
a rather narrow-minded attitude towards the dress
code for office workers. This follows a case in
which a male (1) ... working in the post room of a EMPLOY
large company in the United Kingdom received a
(2) ... for wearing jeans to work. SUSPEND
Whilst the report accepts that there is a need for
people dealing with (3) ... to look well dressed, CUSTOM
it questions whether employees who work behind
the scenes necessarily need to dress formally.
The authors of the report made a (4) ... between COMPARE
the UK and other European nations where
employers seem (5) ... about the need for their CONCERN
workers to wear smart clothes in the office.
Their (6) ... is based on research that claims ARGUE
workers are far more (7) ... when they have the PRODUCT
(8) ... to dress in a way that they feel most FREE
comfortable in.
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FCE Reading and Use of English (Exit)

Part One: Multiple Choice Cloze

Example: (0) A say B TELL C speak D announce

1A queue B list C row D line

Part Two: Open Cloze

Too Good to be True

Some say you can do it in seven days, others promise success in 24

© COPYRIGHT Flo-Joe 2008. All rights reserved.

FCE Reading and Use of English (Exit)

Part Three: Word Formation

Example: (0) CRITICISM

UK companies have received (0) ... from CRITIC

© COPYRIGHT Flo-Joe 2008. All rights reserved.

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