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Test 1

Reading and Use of English Part 1 FCE for Schools

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).

Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet.

Example:
0 A reduction B lessening C cutback D cut

0 A B C D

Dying Dolphins

reduction
In the last twenty-five years, there has been a dramatic (0) .................... in the numbers of dolphins.

least
General overfishing is thought to be one of the causes at (1) ............ for one kind of dolphin, the
removed
porpoise. Porpoises have to find their food very, very quickly and if the fish are (2) ................ from
where they live, porpoises may simply not survive long enough to find food elsewhere.

invisible
Getting caught in fishermen’s nets which are believed to be (3) ................ to dolphins, seems to
be another cause of their diminishing numbers. Marks, cuts and ropes on the dead bodies of the
testify
dolphins being washed up on the beaches of Cornwall and France (4) ................ to the fact that
the dolphins must have been caught by fishing nets.
threat
Another serious (5) .............. to dolphin populations is waste and other substances found
floating
(6) ............... in the sea in great quantities. Consider the case of pesticides, for example.
digested
Such poisons are normally fat soluble, which means that they can be (7) ................ and
passed
stored in the bodies of dolphins. And then, in turn, they can be (8) ............ on to the young
through their mother’s milk.

1. A least B last C most D all

2. A separated B removed C divided D apart

3. A unseen B hidden C invisible D unknown

4. A swear B plead C witness D testify

5. A trouble B caution C warning D threat

6. A floating B swimming C sinking D dropping

7. A swollen B digested C eatable D leaked

8. A accepted B inherited C passed D handed
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