FCE. Paper 1. Reading and Use of English. (1 hour 15 minutes)

FCE. Paper 1. Reading and Use of English. (1 hour 15 minutes)

Part 1

For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, Cor D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Akeep out of Вput up with Cmiss out on Dstand up for

Planes can make it rain

Living next to an airport has always meant having to 0_B____ the noise of planes landing and taking off. Now it seems that 1_____ residents also have bad weather, according to a 2_____ published study.

The scientists looked at satellite 3_____ of clouds above airports, and also studied

computer models of the way clouds behave. What they found was that as a plane flies through a very cold cloud, the air behind it expands and then cools 4_____ rapidly. This sudden drop in temperature, 5_____ with the hole formed in the cloud where the plane has passed through, can increase the 6_____ of rain or snow on the ground.

In the case of major airports, with hundreds of flights every day, this can have a

significant 7_____ on weather patterns up to 100 kilometres away. The researchers point out, however, that aircraft passing through clouds are 8_____ to affect the global climate.

1 Aneighbouring Bclose Clocal Dsurrounded

2 Alately Brecently Clastly Dfreshly

3 Aimages Bfigures Caspects Dportraits

4 Atotally Bextremely Centirely Dperfectly

5 Ajoined Battached Ccomposed Dcombined

6 Aforecasts Bcertainties Cchances Dopportunities

7 Aresult Binfluence Cconsequence Dimpression

8 Adoubtful Bunsure Cunlikely Dimprobable

Part 2

For questions 9-16, 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). In the exam, write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERSon the separate answer sheet.

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