This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Fce > Fce Reading – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Fce Reading Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Question 51 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 2. I hope the weather ..... soon. We want to go to the beach! A) Clear up. B) Cleared. C) Clears up. D) Dear up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clears up. 3. Interrupting and trying to embarrass a performer: A) Heckling. B) Stunt. C) In vain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heckling. 4. What is the meaning of whizz? A) Go quickly. B) Go at a medium pace. C) Go slowly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go quickly. 5. Before the Colombian ..... (INDEPENDENT) A) Independable. B) Independence. C) Independently. D) Independance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independence. 6. 'to cower' means: A) To sit down. B) To lie down. C) To sing loudly. D) To crouch down in fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To crouch down in fear. 7. He realised that the dolphins had been ..... a lot of noise. A) Making. B) Doing. C) Having. D) Trying. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Making. 8. How was the bus ..... to work today? A) Trip. B) Tour. C) Ride. D) Journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Journey. 9. We need food, water, air, energy, medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to ..... us fed, comfortable, healthy and active A) Hold. B) Maintain. C) Stay. D) Keep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Keep. 10. Scientists have ..... an interesting discovery. A) Made. B) Done. C) Had. D) Found. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made. 11. What should be used to answer the exam? A) Marker. B) Pen. C) Color. D) Pencil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pencil. 12. I have been ..... the computer since this morning. A) On. B) In. C) From. D) To. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On. 13. What's the opposite of 'deep'? A) Short. B) Shallow. C) Mellow. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shallow. 14. ..... an eye to the little child please! A) Take. B) Keep. C) Give. D) Get. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Keep. 15. In Part 1 (Multiple-choice cloze) you practise A) Vocabulary. B) Grammar and vocabulary. C) Vocabulary-idioms, collocations, shades of meaning, phrasal verbs, fixed phrases etc. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vocabulary-idioms, collocations, shades of meaning, phrasal verbs, fixed phrases etc. 16. Cupper must be ..... until redness, before it can be melted. A) Hot. B) Heat. C) Heated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heated. 17. A year between leaving school and starting university A) Demanding. B) A gap year. C) Rewarding. D) Shift work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A gap year. 18. ..... friends called us yesterday and asked if we'd like to visit them next month A) My. B) Your. C) Our. D) Ours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Our. 19. Nowadays entertainment for children is much more widely ..... A) Available. B) Convenient. C) Applicable. D) Free. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Available. 20. John ..... eaten lunch before his colleague arrived. A) Has. B) Have. C) Had. D) Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Had. 21. ..... 'what I had let myself into' means: A) What situation I had put myself in. B) What place I had visited. C) What opportunity I had created. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What situation I had put myself in. 22. A skilful or impressive example of something A) A masterpiece. B) Defiance. C) Lead singer. D) Growl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A masterpiece. 23. The object which Les and Linda saw ..... A) Was travelling at the same speed as a train. B) Made two different sounds. C) Was made of metal and diamonds. D) Was on fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Made two different sounds. 24. How many sentences do you need to choose? A) 6. B) 7. C) 8. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 25. Why did people in Paris in 1896 shout and jump out of their seats? A) They thought there was a fire in the theatre. B) They believed the train on screen was real. C) The film suddenly became very loud. D) The seats collapsed during the show. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They believed the train on screen was real. 26. There are many stories of dolphins appearing to ..... with humans. A) Cooperate. B) Benefit. C) Assist. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooperate. 27. Try all ..... in the gaps before deciding A) The contexts. B) The meanings. C) The options. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The options. 28. Which of the following sentences best sums up the writer's views? (p.11) A) Aliens have visited our planet. B) All UFO sightings can be explained scientifically. C) Alien life forms may exist. D) Most UFOs are practical jokes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alien life forms may exist. 29. When sound was first added to movies, audiences were not impressed mainly because they ..... A) Preferred watching movies as a social event where they could talk. B) Didn't understand the language in films. C) Thought the actors' voices were too loud. D) Wanted movies to become shorter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preferred watching movies as a social event where they could talk. 30. Why is it a good tip to leave the multiple choice exercise till later? A) Because it's better to leave the most difficult part for the end. B) Because it isn't the most efficient way. C) Because if you run out of time you can quickly choose and maybe get a lucky point. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because if you run out of time you can quickly choose and maybe get a lucky point. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesFce Reading Quiz 1Fce Reading Quiz 2Fce Reading Quiz 3Fce Reading Quiz 4Fce Reading Quiz 5Fce Reading Quiz 6Fce Reading Quiz 7Fce Reading Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books