Fce Use of English Uebungen Tests 98
Fce Use of English Uebungen Tests 98
CONKERS
The conker is a chestnut, the hard brown fruit of the chestnut tree. There are two types of chestnut:
the sweet chestnut which you can eat. In winter, they are sold, roasted, from barrows in the street.
And then there is the horse chestnut, which cannot be eaten. It is the horse chestnut, or conker,
which grows commonly in England.
The conker does, however, serve one useful purpose. It is collected in autumn by every small boy
in England. He dries it, bores a hole in it, and puts it on the end of a piece of string. He is then
ready to challenge another small boy to play conkers.
One of the boys holds his conker, at the end of his string, while the other boy strikes it by bringing his
conker down upon it as hard as he can. Then the positions are revised. The victor is the boy who
smashes the other's conker to pieces.
But in the city of Birmingham, conkers may come to an end. A member of the city government -
Councillor Florence Pickersgill - is worried about the number of children injured while out gathering
conkers from chestnut trees. She has asked that all chestnut trees in the city be treated so that they
cannot bear conkers. A chemical firm has been approached. They will drill small holes in the trees,
and then insert an anti-conker pill in each hole.
There has been a lot of opposition to the scheme. Mrs Joan Whippitt, mother of eight children, said,
"Councillor Pickersgill must be crazy. The city of Birmingham has long refused to provide a family
planning service for its citizens. Now it has been decided that the only completely free birth-control
service is to be offered to trees."
A B C D
She (19)....................... them useful information, (20)....................... as the telephone numbers of the
golf and tennis clubs (21)....................... the filthy rich (22)....................... to be found. She advises
them on (23)....................... to wear at a croquet match. She instructs them (24)....................... the
basic etiquette of dealing (25)....................... servants: "Always address the chauffeur
(26)....................... his surname."
(27)....................... homework, her students study the Wall Street Journal. She trains them to walk
(28)....................... straight backs, and to keep their arms (29)....................... their sides. She also
advises them to confirm (30)....................... his chequebook stubs that their target millionaire really
does have the money he appears to have.
36. He was sorry he had asked the bank to lend him the money.
wished
He .............................. asked the bank to lend him the money.
39. Heavy smokers are more likely to suffer serious illness than non-smokers.
runs
A heavy smoker .............................. serious illness than a non-smoker.
40. Even though she knew she had to get up early, Mary still went to the disco.
despite
Mary still went to the disco .......................... that she had to get up early.
HOUSE SITTING
44. If you leave your house empty for any much time longer than two weeks,
47. Squatters are homeless and penniless, and they take over "empty" houses.
48. They make life difficult for people who are away on their business
51. This new job describes someone person who is paid to live in a house
54. and perhaps also feed the pets and to water the flowers.
The (56).................................... was made that the British Academy of Film and Television had
awarded the prize for the Best TV Drama Series to something called Prime Suspect. Immediately,
four out of the seven members of the jury (57).................................... They said they had in fact
voted for a rival series, (58).................................... GBH. By and large, the British are not terribly
good at advanced mathematics, but this is (59)....................................
A film critic told a similar story about a country where a film (60).................................... was held.
He was on the jury to make the selections for prizes. He was approached by a man who had a film
in the (61).................................... This producer offered him £3,000 to make sure that his film won
the main prize. Rather than take the money, the critic mentioned the matter to the
(62).................................... of the festival. He was shocked. He said, "This is most
(63).................................... It is (64).................................... simply (65)...................................
I shall speak to this man. The going rate for the main prize is at least £5.000."
56. announce
57. agree
58. title
59. ridicule
60. festive
61. compete
62. preside
63. reason
64. outrage
65. scandal
EXAMINATION EXERCISES: FIRST CERTIFICATE TEST 000
PAPER 3: USAGE
ANSWER SHEET
PART 1: Vocabulary 28. with 51. person
65. scandalous
PART 2: Grammar
NOTE: YOUR SCORE
To be certain of an A grade in this
16. how PART 4: Correction paper, you need to score 80%; for
a B grade, 70%; and for a passing
17. in C grade, 60%.
24. in 47.
26. by 49.