FCE first book 2 test 5 uoe

The Norwegian town of Rjukan lies along the floor of a narrow valley, (0) ......... by sheer mountains.

• closed

• contained

• surrounded

• shut

Because of its location, the town, with its 3,400 (1) ........., has in the past lived in shadow for half the year.

• totals

• populations

• numbers

• inhabitants

During the day, from late September to mid-March, the town gets no direct natural sunlight at all. Its residents all agreed this (2) ......... that the town was incredibly depressing during the winter months.

• meant

• explained

• showed

• made

However, that all changed in 2013 with the (3) ......... of a system of mirrors whose design Martin Anderson, an artist,

• ending

• conclusion

• completion

• results

A system of mirrors whose design Martin Anderson, an artist, had first (4) ......... up with some 12 years earlier.

• brought

• come

• caught

• got

With financial (5) ......... from the local government and from several prominent business people,

• budget

• cost

• expense

• investment

Anderson’s idea became a (6) ......... .

• reality

• truth

• principle

• practicality

Today, high on the mountain opposite the town, (7) ......... three large solar-powered, computer-controlled mirrors

• find

• sit

• stay

• hold

three large solarpowered, computer-controlled mirrors (8) ......... the precise movement of the sun across the

winter sky, reflecting its rays onto the town’s market square and flooding it in bright sunlight

• passing

• following

• proceeding

• continuing

The homing instinct is what makes certain animals, birds and fish return (0) ......... the place they consider home.