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CAMBRIDGE
FCE
FIRST CERTIFICATE IN ENGLISH
PAPER 3 SAMPLE PAPERS
English as a
Foreign Language
EXAMINATIONS, CERTIFICATES & DIPLOMAS
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Part 1
For Questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each
space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Mark your answers on the separate answer sheet .
Example:
0A bank
B
border
C
shore
D
coast
0
A
B
C
D
THE LONDON TEA TRADE
The London Tea Trade Centre is on the north (0) ..... of the River Thames. It is the centre of an
industry of (1) ..... importance in the (2) ..... lives of the British. Tea is without (3) ..... the British
national drink: every man, woman and child over ten years of age has (4) ..... average over four
cups a day or some 1500 cups annually. Some thirty per cent of the world’s exports of tea makes
its (5) ..... to London. Britain is (6) ..... the largest importer of tea in the world.
Samples of the vast amounts of tea brought into the country to (7) ..... the national thirst go to the
London Tea Trade Centre, where they are tasted by (8) ..... professional tea tasters before being
sold at each week’s tea sale. It is fascinating to see them at (9) ..... . Over a hundred samples are
(10) ..... in a line on long tables. Teas are generally tasted with milk, (11) ..... that is how the
majority in Britain drink their tea. The tasters move down the line with surprising (12) ..... , tasting
each sample from a spoon and deciding what is a (13) ..... price for each tea.
The types of tea that are popular in Britain are (14) ..... inexpensive but they are of a very high
quality. The best are delicate (15) ..... of numerous teas from different sources and countries of
origin.
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1A high
B
wide
C
great
D
large
2A common
B
typical
C
everyday
D
usual
3A doubt
B
dispute
C
disbelief
D
uncertainty
4A for
B
by
C
at
D
on
5A route
B
way
C
direction
D
journey
6A considerably
B
by far
C
largely
D
by much
7A satisfy
B
match
C
answer
D
serve
8A effective
B
skilled
C
developed
D
handy
9A action
B
operation
C
practice
D
work
10 A
composed
B
put up
C
settled
D
laid out
11 A
out of
B
since
C
so
D
owing to
12 A
speed
B
hurry
C
rush
D
dash
13 A
fine
B
right
C
fair
D
deserved
14 A
roughly
B
comparatively C
slightly
D
approximately
15 A
mixtures
B
associations
C
unions
D
gatherings
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Part 2
For Questions 16-30 , read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use
only one word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Write your answers on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
0
DEPARTMENT STORES
In 1846 an Irish immigrant in New York named Alexander Stewart opened a business called the
Marble Dry-Goods Palace. By (0) .......... so, he gave the world something completely new - the
department store. Before this, no-one (16) .......... tried to bring together such a wide range of
goods (17) .......... a single roof. The business did very (18) .......... . It expanded rapidly and soon
had (19) .......... staff of two thousand. For Stewart even that was not enough, (20) .......... . In 1862
he moved to an eight-storey building nearby, (21) .......... he renamed A.T. Stewart’s Cast-Iron
Palace. It was, (22) .......... for many years would remain, the largest shop in the world.
Others followed Stewart’s example and soon there were stores (23) .......... his in many major cities
in the United States. We don’t (24) .......... when people started calling them department stores. The
expression wasn’t used in print (25) .......... 1893, when it appeared in Harper’s magazine, but the
way that it is used there (26) .......... it clear that it was already widely understood.
(27) .......... is certain is that department stores completely changed the shopping experience for
millions of people. They offered not only an enormous range of goods, (28) .......... also levels of
comfort, luxury and excitement previously unknown to customers. Almost from the start they had
restaurants, toilets and many (29) .......... facilities, so (30) .......... was no need to go elsewhere for
anything.
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Part 3
For Questions 31-40 , complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and
five words, including the word given. There is an example at the beginning (0) .
Write only the missing words on the separate answer sheet.
Example:
0 My brother is too young to drive a car.
not
My brother ...................................................... drive a car.
The gap can be filled by the words ‘is not old enough to’ so you write:
0
31 Why are you interested in taking up a new hobby?
want
Why .................................……………… up a new hobby?
32 ‘Have you seen my gloves anywhere, Eric?’ asked Mrs Noble.
seen
Mrs Noble asked Eric .................................……………… her gloves anywhere.
33 Suzanne was too excited to sleep.
that
Suzanne was .................................……………… not sleep.
34 Robert has not had a job for two years.
out
Robert has .................................……………… for two years.
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