Luyen thi FCE use of Language

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>USE OF LANGUAGE Film Review - 'Tiger claw' Twenty years ago Bruce Lee inspired a kind of film which has 2.. 1.. popular everywhere in the world. since - the kung-fu movie. Tiger claw is another kung-fu film, 4.. likely to be a classic. I don't mean to say that 5.. 3.. this one is not. is anything particularly wrong with this movie as a. of amusement for an evening, but viewers are likely to forget about it as soon as they walk out. of the cinema. The plot is rather simple - girl is kidnapped by villian, boy rescues her after a series of car chases, shootings, 6.. and, of 7.. lots of violent hand-to-hand combat. It all happens in Hong Kong, which is the scene for the other five kung-fu films made by director Hu Dekawu. Some of the special. effects are very good, while for the scene teeth. So. 12.. 10.. 8.. are just ridiculous. If you want to. 9.. what I mean, look. the hero destroys an armoured car by using just a cigarette. 11.. and his. you go to see this film? Well, if you like this sort of thing, you will probably think it worth. 13.. five pounds for. If not, I suggest. 15.. 14.. you stay at home and see what is on the TV.. your money for the new Spielberg movie coming out next month!. Answers Your answers might be different but still correct. If you are not sure, check with a teacher.. Top of Form 1. become 4.there 7. also 10. where 13. spending. 2.ever 5. form 8. others 11 lighter 14. that. 3. though/but 6. course 9. see 12. should 15. save. Codes. Making and breaking codes has long been The first codes often were used for military information would be on it.. 5.. 4.. 1.. of the practical applications of pure mathematics.. 2.. , so that even if a courier. 3.. captured, his. to the enemy. The ancient Spartans used a long strip of skin with writing. when this skin was wrapped around a stick of the right size could the message be read.. Later Julius Caesar protected his communications in Gaul the Gauls could not understand - a trick frontier, where Greek was also. 8.. 7.. 6.. writing his messages in Greek, which. was used again by Englishmen on India's north west ..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> The most by. 10.. 9.. basic codes are called substitution codes, where one letter of the alphabet is replaced 11.. symbol. Although more sophisticated codes have been. , today's commonest 12.. code is the PIN, or personal identity number. Today PINs are used by all of us in 13.. our bank accounts,. 14.. mobile phones and to. 15.. life, to. on to internet accounts.. Answers Your answers might be different but still correct. If you are not sure, check with a teacher. 1. one 2. purposes 3. was 4. useless 5. Only 6. by 7. which 8. unknown 9. common 10. another 11. developed 12. daily 13. see 14. use 15. log Choose the words on the answer form below which best fit the gaps in this text.Then click on the button on the answer page next to that word. If you change your mind, you can click another button.. Erasmus. One of the greatest thinkers and writers of the Renaissance was the ..1.. scholar Desiderius Erasmus.. FCE Use of English part 1 test1 Answer sheet A. B. C. D. 1.. Dutchman. Holland. Dutch. Hollow. 2.. spot. situation. time. part. 3.. have. were. still. now. 4.. doing. made. making. did. 5.. of. in. that. having. 6.. to. from. away. into. 7.. Even. But. Despite. Though. 8.. who. he. they. which. 9.. bitterly. angry. loudly. most. 10.. as. by. of. for. 11.. while. in. during. for. 12.. had. been. looked. grown. He visited most countries of Europe and won the friendship ..10.. leading scholars of his time. Erasmus wrote his Encomium moriae ..11.. a stay in England. While in the city of Cambridge, he criticised the beer as being too weak, but he seems to have ..12.. an admirer of English girls.. 13.. the one. being. to be. as one. 14.. be. to be. being. been. 15.. then. when. in. at. Erasmus saw the Latin language ..13.. of the things which could help to bring unity to. Answers. Erasmus lived in a troubled ..2.. . The medieval idea of feudalism was in decline, and new ideas ..3.. being developed. At the same time, the corruption of the church was ..4.. people restless and confused. In an era of growing fanaticism and violence Erasmus was a voice ..5.. calm and moderation. With Europe splitting ..6.. different religious factions, he tried to maintain peace and unity. ..7.. Erasmus was a powerful critic of the corruption of the church, he did not reject the past. We have records of his arguments with Martin Luther, the leader of those ..8.. wanted a complete change. However, Erasmus’ appeals for reason and tolerance were not heard in the increasingly ..9.. religious debate..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> Europe. In 1516 he published a new Latin translation of the New Testament. This work caused him ..14.. recognised as one of the greatest writers of his generation. He died in 1536 ..15.. the age of seventy.. 1. C 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. D 7. D 8. A 9. B 10.C 11.C 12.B 13.D 14.B 15.D. Choose the words on the answer form below which best fit the gaps in this text.Then click on the button on the answer page next to that word. If you change your mind, you can click another button.. Early European Dolls. Dolls have ..1.. as children’s playthings for thousands of years. However, they were ..2.. manufactured as toys in large numbers in Germany in the ..3.. century. The centres of the industry were factories at Nuremberg, Augsburg, and Sonneberg. The dolls were primitive and ..4.. of wood, clay, rags, and wax. They were dressed in clothes to ..5.. German women of the time. Soon factories in England, France, Holland, and Italy, as well as Germany, began ..6.. dolls dressed in fashions ..7.. of their respective countries. Another ..8.. of doll, "lady" dolls, were extremely expensive and elegant, and were used as gifts ..9.. the aristocracy. These dolls, and the "fashion" dolls, which were later manufactured in Paris, have remained popular ..10.. since. Such dolls were often used to model the latest clothing trends and were sent from one country to another to show off the latest fashions. Today they are prized collector’s ..11.. By the 17th century, however, ..12.. dolls began to appear, made of cloth or leather, and these were very ..13.. as toys for both boys and girls. There were several improvements in manufacturing. Dolls’ heads became more realistic, and new materials were used. ..14.. in the 18th century manufacturers developed soft leather which ..15.. like human skin,. and this was used in the more expensive dolls. Dolls began to look, feel, and move more like humans.. FCE Use of English part 1 test1 Answer sheet A. B. C. D. 1.. existed. been. used. sported. 2.. initially. factored. first. final. 3.. recent. fifteenth. fifteen. fiveteen. 4.. fabricated. construction. fabric. made. 5.. resemblance. be as. look like. appear. 6.. production. produce. producing. produced. 7.. clothes. typical. those. famous. 8.. brand. make. breed. type. 9.. among. for. to. with. 10.. also. for. ever. until. 11.. dolls. things. prizes. items. 12.. latest. cloth. then. simpler. 13.. adapted. suitable. useful. utilised. 14.. Soon. But. Early. When. 15.. resembled. fits. covering. felt. Answers 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. D 9. A 10.C 11.D 12.D 13.B 14.C 15.D.

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