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Tanit Posted 18 years ago
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Shopping malls (Selective cloze, FCE)

This quiz is part of a past paper, which means it appeared in a real exam (in June 2004). It’s Part 1 (Selective cloze) of Paper 3 (Use of English) of the ESOL First Certificate in English (FCE) of the University of Cambridge, taken approximately at the upper-intermediate level.

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I got one wrong but I scored 14 out of 16 - I don't know why! " Both options seem acceptable to me.

  • I got one wrong but I scored 14 out of 16 - I don't know why!
  • " Both options seem acceptable to me.
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I got one wrong but I scored 14 out of 16 - I don't know why!

I wrote:

"He emphasized on using building designs that he knew people would feel comfortable with...."

The answer here is "He insisted..."

Both options seem acceptable to me.
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It is the word 'on' that forces the answer 'insisted [on]' rather than 'emphasized'. 'Emphasized' would have been a better sentence but the word 'on' eliminated that choice.
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That's not true!!

They are not both the same. I have alredy taken all the generals exams and I have done FCE as well. This is a very difficult situation because each answers show a similarity to the other one and to the context. For most of the candidates this is such unfair but that's not true. There is always a different in each word if it is a well done exam. You should read a lot of t

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