Cambridge English - Tips for FCE Reading and Writing PDF
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Tips for FCE Reading and Writing Bob Obee Sibiu and Bucharest 2012 Reading Format of Paper 1 (Reading) Part 1 a text followed by 8 multiple choice questions Part 2 gapped text task with 7 sentences removed from a base text Part 3 one text or several short texts - multiple matching questions FCE Reading Part 1 One text with multiple-choice questions (gist, attitude, opinion, detail, main idea, text organisation features etc.) Part 2 Gapped text with sentences removed (text structure, cohesion and coherence) Part 3 Multiple matching (specific information,detail opinion and attitude) Multiple-choice elimination I shifted uncomfortably inside my best suit and eased a finger inside the tight white collar. It was hot in the little bus and I had taken a seat on the wrong side where the summer sun beat on the windows. It was a strange outfit for the weather, but a few miles ahead my future employer might be waiting for me and I had to make a good impression. There was a lot depending on this interview. Many friends who had qualified with me were unemployed or working in shops or as labourers in the shipyards. So many that I had almost given up hope of any future for myself as a veterinary surgeon. 1 As he travelled, the writer regretted his choice of A B clothes. C career. D means of transport. Part 1: testing focus /question spread 1 detail 5 opinion 2 purpose 6 detail (inference) 3 main point 7 lexical meaning 4 main point 8 gist Reading Part 2 How things fit together … Question 9: option D Mrs Hart was one of four theatre lovers chosen to judge all new drama productions l ast year. They were part of a panel that also included five professional theatre critics. Question 11: option G Being a judge was hard work, though. In one week alone, her duties involved her r eviewing as many as seven plays. ‘But I never got sick of it. Even the plays I didn’t like always had some redeeming qualities.’ Question 13: option B In this situation, there is surely a danger o f the professional critics dominating the discussions. ‘That didn’t happen at all. It was all very civilised and friendly.’
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