FCE Reading and Use of English Practice Test 5


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Part 1

For questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer (А, В, C or D) best fits each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Example:

A intendedВ wondered C decided D failed

New Cycling Schemes

The County Council has 0 _____ to give a higher 1 to cycling and agreed a new strategy to guide the way ahead in East Sussex.

Cycling is a 2 , healthy and environmentally-friendly form of transport. It is intended to make it safer, more convenient and attractive, and to increase the 3 of journeys made by bicycle.

Cycling is being encouraged both for utility purposes (such as journeys to work, school and the shops) and for 4 trips for exercise and enjoyment, including longer trips by tourists.

Recent cycle schemes carried out in conjunction with District Councils and other bodies include the Brighton and Hove seafront route and the Cross Levels Way cycle route, in Eastbourne.

5 people will be consulted as the strategy is implemented. The County Council will work with local cycling and other groups, and a countywide Cycling Forum will be formed to 6 that all bodies concerned with cycling are in regular 7 .

The objectives of the Cycling Strategy are given in a leaflet, and a 8 of the full strategy document can be seen in County Council Public Libraries.

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