FORMULARI FCE FOR SCHOOLS

FCE FOR SCHOOLS LEVEL TEST

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Name Surname

IMPORTANT

If you are under 18 years old, please write your mother's or father's EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER.

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Phone number(Obligatori)

Reading and Use of English

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

There have been countless stories of dolphins appearing to (0) __co-operate____ with humans. But a recent incident has convinced a group of lifeguards that some dolphins were (1) ______ attempting to help them – by protecting them from a shark! The lifeguards were on a training exercise in the sea when the dolphins swam towards them at considerable (2) ______, then circled them repeatedly, hitting the surface of the water with their fins. At first, the swimmers were puzzled by the dolphins’ (3) ______, but then began to fear they’d swum too close to some baby dolphins by (4) ______ them. Suddenly, one of the lifeguards spotted a small shark some way off. He realised that the dolphins had been (5) ______ a lot of noise and causing general chaos in order to (6) ______ the shark away. And to his relief, they (7) ______ in doing so, because the shark soon disappeared. However, the dolphins insisted on staying until a colleague’s boat safely (8) ______ the swimmers. What an experience!

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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).

We all know that water is essential for our health, and that we should drink as (0) ____much__ of it as possible. Yet in (9) ______ of this, many of us still don’t drink enough, so bottled water is a good way of (10) ______ sure we drink clean water while we’re on the move. Unfortunately though, the manufacture of all those plastic bottles can result in a lot of waste, (11) ______ to the amount of oil required, It’s actually (12) ______ equivalent of keeping a million cars on the road for a year! Also, if empty bottles are (13) ______ properly disposed of, they can cause a major pollution hazard. However, there are steps we can take to improve the situation. For example, very (14) ______ of the plastic bottles we use get recycled. So (15) ______ of throwing them in the bin, we should send them to a recycling center where the plastics can be re-used. And in many countries now, the water (16) ______ comes straight from the tap is perfectly clean and safe to drink so perhaps many of us don’t need to buy bottled water at all.