FCE Use of English Part 1, Test 12 - Photo album, with answer keys and explanations

FCE Use of English Part 1, Photo Album

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 out  В away C up D off

Photo Album

Last month, I was doing some spring cleaning at my family’s house. They had moved 0 _____ to live further away from the city centre and allowed me to stay here until I buy a place of my own. By 1 , I stumbled upon an old book that looked very much like a photo album.

The curiousity got the better of me, so I sat down to find out what was inside. 2 through the pages, I found lots of things – old photos, folded pieces of paper, even an 3 credit card with a name I didn’t know.

One photo in particular caught my interest. It was taken just before I was about to leave for college. The photographer did a good job 4 the bittersweet mood that was in the room that night. My mother’s 5 of uncertainty still makes me feel a bit uneasy. In the picture, father seems to be less nervous, but the way he stands really gives 6 how he felt then – sad to see me leave.

Another thing I found there was a note from my younger cousin, who was only 5 years old at the 7 . In it, there was an awkwardly written message that 8 me luck and in which she also hoped I would write home often.

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