Fast Track to FCE Tests

80 Pages·4.853 MB·English

by  Sunderland P.

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First Published 2004
ISBN 0 582 77723 2
Set in 10pt Frutiger
Printed in Spain by Graficas Estella
Contents
Unit 1 test 4
Unit 2 test 8
Unit 3 test 12
Unit 4 test 16
Progress test 1 (Units 1-4) 20
Unit 5 test 27
Unit 6 test 31
Unit 7 test 35
Unit 8 test 39
Answer key i-viii
Progress test 2 (Units 5-8) 43
Unit 9 test 50
Unit 10 test 54
Unit 11 test 58
Unit 12 test 62
Progress test 3 (Units 9-12) 66
Each unit test is designed to cover the language areas in the corresponding unit of
Fast Track to FCE Coursebook, using the exact format of Paper3 of the First
Certificate in English examination. There are three Progress tests, after Unit4 , 8 and
12 and these test the language from the previous four units. In addition to Paper3
tasks, the Progress tests also include reading and writing tasks from Paper1 and 2 of
the exam.
This test booklet includes an eight page pull-out answer key in the middle. We
recommend using the test booklet as follows: hand out a test booklet to each
student together with a photocopy of the answer sheets supplied with the answer
key. Tell students to mark their answers on the answer sheets only, not in the test
booklet. After you have administered the test and checked the answers, collect the
test booklets back in from your students. You can re-use them with another class, or
the following year.
Unit 1 Test
PART 1: For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits
each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Lexical cloze
Example:
0 A lends B passes C spends D puts
COULD COMPUTER GAMES BE GOOD FOR
YOU AFTER ALL?
In Britain, the average young person now (0) more money on games each year than
on going to the cinema or renting videos. But is this (1) a bad thing? For years,
newspaper reports have been (2) that children who spend too much time playing
computer games become unsociable, bad-tempered, even violent as a (3) But new
research, (4) out in both Europe and the USA, suggests that the opposite may be
(5)
Indeed, playing some of the more complicated games may help people of all ages to
(6) certain skills. Researchers claim that this is because the games (7) the brain
work harder in certain ways, like (8) sounds and movements quickly and identifying
what they are. The fact that people play the games repeatedly, (9) that they get a
lot of practice in these skills which are therefore (10) to become highly developed.
Social skills may benefit too. Researchers in Chicago think that fans of first-person
shooter games (11) Counterstrike are better than non-players when it (12) to
building trust and co-operation, and that this (13) them to make good friendships
and become strong members of their communities. So rather than (14) up
computer games, perhaps young people (15) to spend more time on them?
1 A necessarily B certainly C fully D nearly
2 A speaking B informing C telling D saying
3 A product B result C reason D conclusion
4 A worked B thought C turned D carried
5 A exact B true C fact D precise
6 A repair B advance C improve D amend
7 A make B force C push D keep
8 A realising B noticing C imagining D solving
9 A means B asks C brings D causes
10 A surely B probable C likely D possible
11 A in order to B such as C due to D as well as
12 A requires B goes C involves D comes
13 A supports B helps C shows D serves
14 A giving B ending C taking D stopping
15 A bound B should C due D need
UNIT 1 Test
For questions 16-30, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
PART 2:
space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning( 0).
Structural cloze
Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
FILM PROPS
The word 'prop' is used to describe any of (0) various objects that actors carry
and use during the making of a film. The idea of actually collecting these objects as a
hobby (16) a relatively new one. It all started (17) one Hollywood studio
decided to sell off many of its old props in a famous sale in 1971. Since (18) , the
keenest movie fans, as well as having (19) own copy of a favourite film on DVD
or video, (20) started to collect some of the actual items that the actors use
(21) screen.
(22) a result, some items are now worth quite a lot of money. (23)
example, a pair of shoes which Madonna wore in the film Evita would cost around £500.
But the most valuable props are from classic old films (24) Casablanca or Gone
with the Wind. When these films (25) made over fifty years ago, most of the
props were thrown (26) once the filming was over, and so very little survives.
(27) days, film studios usually keep everything, and you can buy less important
props quite easily over the internet. If you're interested in this hobby,
(28) , you need to make sure that (29) you are buying is the real thing,
because fakes are worth nothing (30) all.
For questions 31-40, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to
PART 3:
the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must
Key word
use between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0).
transformations
Example:
0 Two years ago, Maria started learning German.
for
Maria two years.
The space can be filled by the words 'has been learning German for' so you write:
Write only the missing words on the separate answer sheet.
31 We've arranged to go and see the art exhibition on Saturday.
going
We see the art exhibition on Saturday.
32 The opening night of the new film will probably attract a lot of people.
likely
The opening night of the new film a lot of people.
UNIT 1 Test
33 It was the sculpture that interested Tom most at the exhibition.
found
Tom interesting part of the exhibition.
34 According to the programme, the play starts at 7.30 p.m.
due
The play at 7.30 p.m.
35 Denise will certainly be late because she didn't leave home unti7l o'clock.
bound
Denise because she didn't leave home until
7 o'clock.
36 I'm sure you'll be amused by the latest James Bond film.
find
I'm sure latest James Bond film amusing.
37 We very rarely go to the cinema these days.
hardly
We the cinema these days.
38 Would the idea of going to a concert appeal to you?
feel
How would going to a concert?
39 My sister thinks that Hugh Grant is wonderful.
fan
My sister of Hugh Grant.
40 There is both pop and jazz music on the programme.
well
The programme includes jazz pop music.
P A RT 4: For questions 41-55, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the
lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct,
Error correction
put a tick ( ) by the number on the separate answer sheet. If a line has a word which
should not be there, write the word on the separate answer sheet. There are two
examples at the beginning (0 and 00).
Examples:
UNIT 1 Test
0 When I first left art college, I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted
00 to do. In the end, I decided for to try and become a cartoonist,
41 because of I have always been quite good at cartoons, and you don't
42 need expensive things like as a studio or lots of equipment. I drew
43 my cartoons in a sketchbook the first, then worked on final versions
44 which I sent them to various magazines and newspapers. None of
45 them was particularly interested. So I got a job as a guide in an art gallery
46 because I needed the much money. That was a good move. As well as
47 meeting lots of people involved in the arts, I was able to see how
48 ordinary members of the public reacted than to the things on display.
49 As a result of the experience I gained at the gallery, and I decided
50 to become a sculptor. It hasn't been easy, and I am still doing
51 part-time work due to support myself, but next week my first
52 one-man show is opening at the gallery in where I used to work.
53 I'm going to go back to my old job for a week, showing people
54 round the exhibition. It will be interesting to see how can people
55 react because I won't have give away the fact that I'm the artist!
PART 5: For questions 56-65, 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. There is an example at
Word formation
the beginning (0).
Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
PEGGY GUGGENHEIM (1898-1979)
If you are interested in modern art, (0) if you live in SPECIAL
southern Europe or the USA, you will almost (1) be familiar CERTAIN
with the name Guggenheim. For the modern art (2) in EXHIBIT
museums bearing that name are among the most (3) in the IMPRESS
world. But Peggy Guggenheim, the (4) heiress whose WEALTH
(5) these museums were built to house, was not herself COLLECT
an artist. Her great strength was her (6) to recognise creative ABLE
genius in others and to (7) it by buying and displaying their COURAGE
work. Although Peggy took (8) from top art critics, she also ADVISE
followed her own taste. She found modern art (9) and so EXCITE
spent her money on that rather than other forms of (10) ENTERTAIN
UNIT 1 Test
Unit 2 Test
PART 1: For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits
each space. There is an example at the beginning( 0).
Lexical cloze
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
0 A done B held C taken D supported
DOG RACE IN ALASKA
Every winter in Alaska a race is (0) But this is no ordinary race. Teams of dogs pull
wooden sleds along the snow and ice. A single driver is in (1) of each team, and
stands on the sled. This race is (2) as the Iditarod, and runs from the town of
Anchorage to the village of Nome, a journey of more than 1,600 kilometres. It usually
(3) the dogs ten days to (4) the course.
The Iditarod is usually run in extremely difficult weather (5) Daytime temperatures
(6) from zero to minus 40 degrees. Visibility is often very poor, so drivers never allow
themselves to become (7) from their team of dogs. Indeed, the drivers (8) almost
entirely on the dogs for their survival. Each year a considerable (9) of competitors
have to (10) from the race owing to exhaustion or coldness, and sometimes even the
dogs get ill or injured.
The (11) of the race goes back many years to a time when some medicine needed to
be taken to Nome, a very remote village. (12) particularly severe weather, the only
(13) to send the medicine from Anchorage was using a group of husky dogs.
Happily, the medicine was delivered just in time to (14) lives. Alaskans celebrate the
heroic journey with the Iditarod, which (15) the same route across the frozen interior
of Alaska.
1 A responsibility B charge C direction D care
2 A called B referred C named D known
3 A lasts B makes C gives D takes
4 A end B complete C fulfil D conclude
5 A conditions B situations C backgrounds D circumstances
6 A spread B stretch C range D differ
7 A separated B divided C split D broken
8 A rest B depend C expect D trust
9 A amount B sum C total D number
10 A retire B pull C remove D draw
11 A basis B cause C origin D reason
12 A Because of B However C Although D Providing that
13 A manner B process C way D aim
14 A free B guard C rescue D save
15 A follows B goes C accompanies D does
UNIT 2 Test
For questions 16-30, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each
PART 2:
space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning( 0).
Structural cloze
Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
I RESCUE PEOPLE AT SEA
I've been captain of the lifeboat at Portland Bay( 0) the north of England for over
thirty years now. In my time, I've rescued fishermen with broken-down boats, swimmers
who have (16) swept out to sea and once even a pilot (17) helicopter had
developed engine failure. That particular rescue was (18) the national TV news!
I've always been mad about the sea, and about the lifeboat. My father and his
grandfather before him were both volunteers on the lifeboat, (19) I'm the first
one in the family to (20) made captain. This means I work full time (21)
the lifeboat station. The rest of the crew are volunteers who work in other jobs locally.
When the alarm goes, to signal a call-out, the crew members must drop whatever they
are (22) and report for duty immediately - we can be out on the water within a
(23) minutes of the alarm sounding.
The coastline here can be (24) of the worst places in England. (25) the
wind's in the east, the waves can be huge - great lumps of water as hard as concrete -
and (26) are a lot of rocks just beneath the surface of the water, which
(27) it a dangerous place for shipping. But the sea feels (28) home for me
- it's (29) I belong, in spite (30) its dangers.
For questions 31-40, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to
PART 3:
the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must
Key word
use between two and five words, including the word given. Here is an example (0).
transformations
Example:
0 Two years ago, Maria started learning German.
for
Maria two years.
The space can be filled by the words 'has been learning German for' so you write:
Write only the missing words on the separate answer sheet.
UNIT 2 Test
31 Shackleton's leadership probably saved his men's lives.
would
Without Shackleton's leadership, his men died.
32 There were a large number of applicants for the expedition to the North Pole.
applied
Many go on the expedition to the North Pole.
33 Angela de Clerk was the first woman ever to climb the northern side of the
mountain.
had
Before Angela de Clerk, no woman the
northern side of the mountain.
34 It was the engineer's responsibility to make sure all the doors were closed.
responsible
The engineer sure all the doors were closed.
35 I expected caving to be more frightening than it actually was.
not
Caving as I had I had expected.
36 I found abseiling down a cliff terrifying.
terrified
I I abseiled down a cliff.
37 The instructor told us that a diver needs to be physically fit.
important
The instructor told us that physical for a diver.
38 I had always wanted to try skiing.
go
I had always wanted to have skiing.
39 The teacher explained everything clearly and precisely.
were
The teacher's and precise.
40 Dipak found the archery difficult on the adventure weekend.
difficulties
Dipak the archery on the adventure weekend.
For questions 41-55, read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the
PART 4:
lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct,
Error correction
put a tick ( ) by the number on the separate answer sheet. If a line has a word
which should not be there, write the word on the separate answer sheet. There are
two examples at the beginning (0 and 00).
Examples
UNIT 2 Test