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WorksheetsFCE SPECIAL - Test 2 - Exam Practice - Reading and Use of En
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
