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TEST 1-FCE-2015_TB_•TEST1pp4-21-NEW-TB-NEW-Layout.qxd 28/2/2014 4:05 µµ Page 67 31. What does ‘strides’ mean in line 3, column 1? 31. The correct answer is C. If you stride somewhere, you walk there with quick, long steps. It is not B because “leaps” A. brooms means to jump high in the air over a long distance, which B. leaps would be unusual in the context. It is not A as “brooms” are brushes used to sweep the floor. If you “yell”, you shout Practice T C. steps loudly, either in anger, pain or excitement; he is not shouting D. yells but rather walking. 32. The correct answer is A. Line 8, column 1: “Nobody 32. When Philip is shown around the school, it is much here yet, said Mr. Watson”. The room into which he is A. mostly empty. shown is described as long and bare, so for this reason B. bright and cheerful. wouldn’t be B. The text describes areas of the school as est 1 “vast”, “long” and “large”; the opposite of cramped or small. C. small and cramped. For this reason, it can’t be C. As students are only just D. full of noise and activity. starting to return to the empty school, it can neither be noisy nor be full of activity as D suggests. 33. Why were the children afraid of Mr. Watson? 33. The correct answer is A. Lines 22-23, column 1: “The A. He was very loud. headmaster glared amicably at the two children, filling them with fear by the roar of his voice”. It isn’t B as the text B. He was angry with them. says he looked “amicably”, which means in a friendly way. C. He was unkind to them. For the same reason it can’t be C either. The headmaster is said to have roared - to have made a very loud sound. It D. He was very big and powerful. doesn’t mention whether he is big and powerful (ruling out D), but we can assume he has a loud and strong voice. 34. What does ‘his tormentor’ in line 22 column 2 refer to? 34. The correct answer is B. His tormentor is Venning who A. Phillip’s club foot teased Philip with jokes, pressured him to see his foot and B. the boy called Venning then kicked him in the leg. The text says that he was nurs- 22 ing his foot when a third boy arrived and Venning, his tor- C. the third boy to arrive mentor, left. For this reason the answer can’t be either A, C 24 D. the pain in Philip’s shin or D. 35. The correct answer is C. Lines 23-25, column 2: “...he 35. Why does Philip become hot and uncomfortable noticed that the pair were talking about him, and he felt when the boys talked about his foot? they were looking at his feet. He grew hot and uncomfort- A. It was summertime. able”. He grew hot and bothered because he felt awkward and self-conscious that people were talking about his foot. B. He had been beaten. For this reason the answers can’t be A, B or D. C. He was embarrassed. 36. The correct answer is B. Lines 37-40, column 2: “The D. He felt left out. boy looked down quickly and reddened. Philip saw that he felt he had asked an unseemly question. He was too shy to 36. How do the boys who interact with Philip directly apologise and looked at Philip awkwardly”. This boy was embarrassed while Venning had been curious. It isn’t A as react to his club foot? the subject of the foot keeps coming up in conversation. 37 A. They pay it little attention. The boys show little sympathy, so C is incorrect, but neither do they react as if it is something terrible and disgusting, B. They are curious or embarrassed. so choice D is also incorrect. C. They are polite and sympathetic. D. They are disgusted by it. 67