FCE Use of English 2 part 1.doc

FCE Use of English 2

Part One: Multiple Choice Cloze

For Questions 1-15, read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.  

Example: (0) A bank B border C shore D coast

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.