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FCE Use of English

*****Part 1 For questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space !here is an exa"ple at the be#innin# ($) %xa"ple& $ A far B distant C re"ote D distinct TWO CREATURES OF THE PAST- MAMMOTHS AND MASTODONS
!he elephant has so"e ($) B relati'es called "a""oths, which li'ed in the (tone A#e )ore than 15,$$$ *ears a#o people paintedpictures of the" on ca'e walls !hen, astonishin#l*, in 1+,,, a "an wal-in# alon# the ban-s of the .i'er /ena in (iberia (1) 0000 a startlin# disco'er* 1eerin# into a wall of ice, he could (2) 0000 see the shape of a "assi'e, hair* "a""oth, apparentl* (3) 0000 at hi" 4e i""ediatel* ran (5) 0000 in terror, but se'eral da*s later he (5) 0000 the coura#e to return and cut the "a""oth6s tus-s 7 its two enor"ous teeth 7 out of the ice to sell the" )a""oth tus-s are the bi##est teeth of an* -nown creature, so"e (8) 0000 a len#th of fi'e "etres !hese tus-s were (+) 0000 to #ood use, protectin# the "a""oths6 *oun# fro" other ani"als, and brushin# awa* snow !o "ost of us, "a""oths are probabl* the "ost (9) 0000 of the elephant6s extinct relati'es, but thousands of *ears earlier, in the woodlands of eastern :orth A"erica, li'ed another of the elephant6s relati'es called the "astodon /i-e "a""oths, "astodons "a* also ha'e had a hair* coat, but (,) 0000 "a""oths "ainl* ate #rass on the plains, "astodons (1$) 0000 to eat twi#s and lea'es ;e do not -now wh* "astodons (11) 0000 extinct 4owe'er, co"puter studies of the decrease in "a""oth (12) 0000 su##est that it was a particular (13) 0000 of o'erhuntin# b* hu"ans, and (15) 0000 in the cli"ate at that ti"e which (15) 0000 to their disappearance

*****Part 2 For questions 18-3$, read the text below and thin- of the word which best fits each space <se onl* one word in each space !here is an exa"ple at the be#innin# ($) %xa"ple& $ since
DEVELOPMENTS IN UNDERWATER DIVIN

1eople ha'e been di'in# without "echanical aids ($) since

ancient ti"es =n those

da*s, di'ers "ainl* went underwater to search (18) 0000000000 pearls or spon#es >arious wa*s of suppl*in# di'ers with air, and so per"ittin# the" to sta* underwater for lon# periods of ti"e, ha'e beentried for well (1+) 0000000000 Alexander the ?reat (19) 0000000000 0000000000 per"itted di'ers to breathe underwater =t was not (21) 0000000000 the be#innin# of the 19th centur* that "ore ad'anced equip"ent was de'eloped =n 1+1+, the first practical di'in# "achine, or @di'in# bell6 (22) 0000000000 it was called, was in'ented !his was a s"allwooden roo" with an open botto", #lass windows at the top to (23) 0000000000 in li#ht, and a suppl* of air co"in# throu#h leather tubes (o"ethin# si"ilar, "ade of steel, is (25) 0000000000 use toda* for underwater wor-, (25) 0000000000 as buildin# the foundations of brid#es 4owe'er, (28) 0000000000 di'ers want to "o'e freel* underwater, the* require a suit %arl* suits were "ade up (2+) 0000000000 a leather Aac-et with a "etal hel"et o'er the head into which air was pu"ped down fro" the surface throu#h tubes Di'ers #ained e'en (29) 0000000000 freedo" of "o'e"ent when the* could (2,) 0000000000 c*linders *****Part ! For questions 31-35, co"plete the second sentence so that it has a si"ilar "eanin# to the first sentence, usin# the word #i'en Do not chan#e the word #i'en Bou "ust use between two and fi'e words, includin# the word #i'en !here is an exa"ple at the be#innin# ($) %xa"ple& $ Bou "ust do exactl* what the "ana#er tells *ou Answer& 31 )* dau#hter re#rets spendin# all her sa'in#s on that car 32 !he* are extendin# this "otorwa* b* 1$$ -ilo"etres s$% &%in' s$()*d "arr# Bou "ust carr* out the "ana#er6s instructions exactl* rid of these tubes and carr* (3$) 0000000000 own air with the" in two thousand *ears said to ha'e #one underwater in an earl* (1,)

of di'in# "achine, and Aristotle tal-ed about apparatus (2$) 0000000000

)* dau#hter wishes 0000000000000000000000 all her sa'in#s on that car !his "otorwa* 00000000000000000000000000000000 1$$ -ilo"etres 33 =t was a "ista-e for the co"pan* to install the new co"puter s*ste" !he co"pan* 0000000000000000000000000 the new co"puter s*ste"

35 ;e "ended the roof to pre'ent the birds fro" "a-in#nests in it ;e "ended the roof 0000000000000000000000 not "a-e nests in it 35 =6" afraid = don6t ha'e ti"e to #o shoppin# this "ornin# t((

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=6" afraid 00000000000000000000000000000 to #o shoppin# this "ornin# 38 )atthew can6t be sure that Alex will help hi" if so"ethin# #oes wron# 3+ B* the ti"e we arri'ed at the theatre, nearl* all the seats had been ta-en 39 1auline isn6t tr*in# to sol'e her financial proble"s at all %++(rt ,ind -(rt$ r%*# $ard*# )atthew can6t 00000000000000000000000000000 hi" if so"ethin# #oes wron# !here 000000000000000000000000000000 left b* the ti"e we arri'ed at the theatre 1auline is 00000000000000000000000000000000 sol'e her financial proble"s 3, =6d rather *ou "ade less noise 7 =6" tr*in# to #et so"e wor- done 5$ = shouldn6t bother to clean the windows toda* because it6s #oin# to rain ;ould 0000000000000000000000000 "uch noiseC =6" tr*in# to #et so"e wor- done =t 000000000000000000000000000000 the windows toda* because it6s #oin# to rain *****Part . For questions 38-5$, read the text below and loo- carefull* at each line (o"e of the lines are correct, and so"e ha'e a word which should not be there =f a line is correct put a (D) b* the nu"ber =f a line has a word which should not be there, write the word !here are two exa"ples at the be#innin# ($ and $$) %xa"ple& $ D $$ been WHERE I REW UP

$ ;hen = was *oun#, = li'ed in a place called Coro"andel in $$ :ew Eealand = was been ta-en there b* "* parents when = was a few 38 wee-s old, and li'ed there until = was fourteen*ears = still thin3+ of that period as the happiest ti"e of "* life )* life was "uch 39 unco"plicated then and Coro"andel was a "a#icalplace =t 3, had been a bus* #old-"inin# town, but that was lon# before 5$ "* fa"il* ha'e arri'ed B* then it had beco"e a'er* run-down 51 place )* father was a doctor, and people wouldpa* to hi" 52 in sheep, pi#s, hens and, occasionall*, the pieces of #old 4e would 53 ha'e preferred pa*in# "one*, of course, but the* si"pl* didn6t ha'e 55 an* )* sister and = had no "an* cares at all ;e went to the 'illa#e 55 school, which to#ether was attended b* Aust twent* children of all a#es 58 Fut of school hours, we loo-ed after lots ani"als on the far"s 5+ around the town, althou#h we didn6t reall* ha'ea clue how 59 on# to do it Coro"andel is a lar#e and bus* tourist resort now, 5, but it was peaceful town when = was a child, and = would 5$ li-e doin# nothin# better than to #o bac- to reli'e "* "e"ories

*****Part / For questions 51-8$, read the text below <se the word #i'en in capitalsat the end of each line to for" a word that fits in the space in the sa"e line !here is an exa"ple at the be#innin# ($) %xa"ple& $ lo'er BREAD

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