FCE SPECIAL - Test 2 - Exam Practice - Reading and Use of En

Living next to an airport has always meant having to put up with the noise of planes landing and taking off. Now it seems that (1) .................. residents also have bad weather, according to a (2) .................. published study.

• 1 - neighbouring // 2 - lately

• 1 - close // 2 - lastly

• 1 - local // 2 - recently

• 1 - surrounded // 2 - freshly

The scientists looked at satellite (3) .................. of clouds above airports, and also studied computer models of the way clouds behave.

• images

• figures

• aspects

• portraits

What they found was that as a plane flies through a very cold cloud, the air behind it expands and then cools (4) .................. rapidly.

• totally

• extremely

• entirely

• perfectly

This sudden deep in temperature, (5) .................. with the hole formed in the cloud where the plane has passed through, can increase the (6) .................. of rain or snow on the ground.

• 5 - joined // 6 - forecasts

• 5 - attached // 6 - certainties

• 5 - composed // 6 - opportunities

• 5- combined // 6 - chances

In the case of major airports, with hundreds of flights every day, this can have a significant (7) .................. on weather patterns up to 100 kilometres away.

• result

• influence

• consequence

• impression

The researchers point out, however, that aircraft passing through clouds are (8) .................. to affect the global climate.

• doubtful

• unsure

• unlikely

• improbable