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FCE2 Test 8 exam review

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    Questions from Reading and Use of English
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  • If you get lost and have to spend the night outside in a frozen landscape, then digging a snow hole to provide _____ with warmth and shelter is a good idea.
    YOURSELF
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  • The snow hole works on the same principle __ the igloos built by Inuit people out of ice.
    AS
  •  20
  • Snow-holing has now developed ____ an adventure sport.
    INTO
  •  20
  • Experience of winter hillwalking is also essential in _____ to be accepted onto the course.
    ORDER
  •  20
  • You also work in a team, and ____ it in turns to dig out the hole. It is ___ something you can do alone.
    TAKE; NOT / HARDLY
  •  25
  • ________ to people who have tried it, a snow hole is surprisingly comfortable.
    ACCORDING
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  • Having constructed your snow hole, you settle ____ for the night and wake up to absolute silence.
    DOWN / IN
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  • People living in cloudy countries had to wait for the development of the mechanical clock before they could tell the time with any degree of ________. (ACCURATE)
    ACCURACY
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  • The first clocks were sundials using the _____ (LONG) of the Sun's shadow to mark the passing of the day. This worked well in sunny countries but was _________ (APPROPRIATE) for places where the sky was often cloudy.
    LENGTH; INAPPROPRIATE
  •  25
  • Christina had never visited Venice before. FIRST. It was ....... to Venice.
    CHRISTINA'S FIRST VISIT
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  • It isn't really worth trying to fly the kite when there's no wind. HARDLY. It ...... fly the kite when there's no wind.
    IS HARDLY WORTH TRYING TO
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  • Dancing was an activity that David had never wanted to do. APPEALED. Dancing was an activity that ...... David.
    HAD NEVER APPEALED TO
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  • No matter how hard he tried, Victor couldn't open the box. VERY. Even ....... , Victor couldn't open the box.
    THOUGH / IF HE TRIED VERY HARD
  •  25
  • It was all that REMAINED / RECALLED / RESUMED / REPEATED of an industry that once employed a large EXTENT / NUMBER / DEGREE / AMOUNT of people.
    REMAINED; NUMBER
  •  15
  • Local producers are now providing material for use in a RANGE / CHOICE / MIXTURE / PICK of fashional handbags, hats and furnishings.
    RANGE
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