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B2 Use of English
B2 Use of English
What is Genealogy
Genealogy is a (0) ........ of history. It concerns family history, (1) ........ than the national or world
history studied at school. It doesn't merely involve drawing a family tree, however - tracing your
family history can also (2) ........ in learning about your roots and identity. The Internet enables
millions of people worldwide to (3) ........ information about their family history, without
great (4) ........ .
People who research their family history often (5) ........ that it's a fascinating hobby
which (6) ........ a lot about where they come from and whether they have famous ancestors.
According to a survey involving 900 people who had researched their family history, the chances
of discovering a celebrity in your past are one in ten. The survey also concluded that the (7) ........
back you follow your family line, the more likely you are to find a relation who was much
wealthier than you are. However, the vast majority of people who (8) ........ in the survey
discovered they were better off than their ancestors.
(Source: FCE Handbook. Reproduced with permission from Cambridge English)
Questions
ANSWERS: 1.b 2.c 3.b 4. d 5. c 6. A 7.d 8.b
Cambridge B2 First (FCE) Practice Test
I work (0) ... a motorbike stunt rider - that is, I do tricks on my motorbike at shows. The Le Mans
racetrack in France was (1) ........ I first saw some guys doing motorbike stunts. I'd never seen
anyone riding a motorbike using just the back wheel before and I was (2) ........ impressed I went
straight home and taught (3) ........ to do the same. It wasn't very long before I began to earn my
living at shows performing my own motorbike stunts.
I have a degree (4) ........ mechanical engineering; this helps me to look at the physics (5) ........ lies
behind each stunt. In addition to being responsible for design changes to the motorbike, I have
to work (6) ........ every stunt I do. People often think that my work is very dangerous, but,
apart (7) ........ some minor mechanical problem happening occasionally during a stunt, nothing
ever goes wrong. I never feel in (8) ........ kind of danger because I'm very experienced.
(Source: FCE Handbook. Reproduced with permission from Cambridge English)
Questions
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An Incredible Vegetable
Garlic, a member of the Lilliaceae family which also includes onions, is (0) ........ (COMMON) used
in cooking all around the world. China is currently the largest (1) ........ (PRODUCT) of garlic, which
is particularly associated with the dishes of northern Africa and southern Europe. It is native to
central Asia and has long had a history as a health-giving food, used both to prevent and
cure (2) ......... (ILL) In ancient Egypt, workers building the pyramids were given garlic to keep
them strong, while Olympic athletes in Greece ate it to increase their resistance to infection. The
forefather of antibiotic medicine, Louis Pasteur, claimed garlic was as (3) ........ (EFFECT) as
penicillin in treating infections. Modern-day (4) ........ (SCIENCE) have proved that garlic can
indeed kill bacteria and even some viruses, so it can be very useful for people who have coughs
and colds. In (5) ........ (ADD), some doctors believe that garlic can reduce blood (6) ........ (PRESS)
The only (7) ........ (ADVANTAGE) to this truly amazing food is that the strong and rather (8) ........
(SPICE) smell of garlic is not the most pleasant!
Questions
1) PRODUCT
2) ILL
3) EFFECT
4) SCIENCE
5) ADD
6) PRESS
7) ADVANTAGE
8) SPICE
Answers:
1) producer
2) illness
3) effective
4) scientists
5) addition
6) pressure
7) disadvantage
8) spicy
Cambridge B2 First (FCE) Practice Test
Answer not CALL off /you did not CALL off / you didn't CALL off / we did not CALL off
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."
Answers:
7. Could/should 8. It