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TEST 1-FCE-2015_TB_•TEST1pp4-21-NEW-TB-NEW-Layout.qxd 28/2/2014 4:05 µµ Page 69 FCE Practice Test 1 Paper 1 - Reading and Use of English A. There are few other ways to experience the total and utter freedom of flight. Practice T B. This is a strong nylon tape that is attached to the aircraft on one end, and to the release pin of the jumper's canopy on the other. C. I think my ears are still ringing from that mistake. est 1 D. Altitudes increased gradually, as did time in free-fall. E. It was a 40-second fall from 14,000 feet, right at sunset. F. What happened next was not good at all. G. My first experience is still very sharp in my memory. 37. The correct answer is B. The text speaks about a static line, 41. The correct answer is F. Another mistake is being described; how- used when the writer skydived. The gap must be filled by B as it ever, the gap here occurs in the middle of the explanation of what describes what a static line is. Other options can be eliminated as happened; the writer deployed the canopy, and a problem occurred; they do not explain what a static line actually is. that is, the bag wrapped around his/her leg. Although it could have been very dangerous i.e. “not good at all”, in the end it was ok. The 38. The correct answer is G. The subject of this paragraph is the key here is the flow of the narration of the fearful experience. Choice writer’s experience of his or her first jump. This choice has something C would disrupt the chronology, while choice F helps it to flow. to do with the first jump - the others may be eliminated. The “still” which appears after the gap suggests that this sentence will contra- 42. The correct answer is E. The correct choice must provide an alti- dict what comes before, so, choice G is most appropriate. The first tude since the gap is followed by “from this altitude”. Also, sunset is experience is a sharp memory, still, a bit of it is missing because of mentioned in choice E and echoed later in the paragraph. pure terror! 39. The correct answer is D. This paragraph describes a sequence of jumps involving increasing time in free fall, which is exactly the meaning put across by choice D. 40. The correct answer is C. The paragraph is talking about more advanced training, such as learning to go faster, and then describes a painful error that everyone makes “at least once”. Choice C describes the physical sensation of that mistake. It also fits because, several lines before, ear discomfort is mentioned, which is echoed again in choice C. Choice F may be eliminated because the gap occurs at the end of the description of the mistake, not in the middle as would be required for choice F. Choice G may be eliminated because at this point in the text the writer has quite a lot of experience. 69