FCE Reading and Use of English Test 2: mobile repairs, short diaries and sports photography
FCE Reading and Use of English Test 2 is a free B2 First practice paper: 52 questions in seven parts, timed at 75 minutes, with 2,221 words of text. You read about a travelling repair service, daily notes, food reuse, sports photography, an art exhibition and unexpected lessons from temporary work.
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What is in FCE Reading and Use of English Test 2
| Part | Task | Questions | What you read | Words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Multiple-choice cloze | 1–8 | “Repairs on the road” | 159 |
| 2 | Open cloze | 9–16 | “A few lines each evening” | 154 |
| 3 | Word formation | 17–24 | “A different kind of café” | 154 |
| 4 | Key word transformations | 25–30 | Six sentences to rewrite, 2–5 words each | — |
| 5 | Multiple choice | 31–36 | “Beyond the finish line”: an article about a young photographer. A local photographer explains where she looks for a picture. | 632 |
| 6 | Gapped text | 37–42 | “An exhibition behind the shop window”: an article about preparing an art exhibition. | 557 |
| 7 | Multiple matching | 43–52 | “More than a few weeks’ work”: an article in which four people describe an unexpected benefit of a temporary job. Lena (festival cloakroom), Oscar (office records), Mei (early bakery shift), Amir (packing orders). | 565 |
| Total | Within Cambridge’s 2,200–2,500 words (questions not counted) | 2,221 | ||
How the long texts begin
- Part 5: When nineteen-year-old Erin was asked to photograph a local athletics meeting, the organiser sent her a list of winners from the previous year. It was meant to be helpful: those athletes might do well again, so she could recognise them.
- Part 6: The empty shop had once sold shoes, but its owner was happy to lend it to a group of amateur artists for a fortnight. At their first meeting, everyone arrived with photographs of work they wanted to display.
Examples (0), shown answered in the test
Part 1
Every Tuesday, Ben (0) a repair service from a van parked in the square of a different village.
- runs
- moves
- drives
- travels
Answer: A, runs
Part 2
A short diary, (0) takes only a few minutes to write, can help you notice what makes one day different from another.
Answer: which
Part 3
A café in Mill Street is trying to reduce its (0) impact by making better use of food. ENVIRONMENT
Answer: environmental
Part 4
The journey took less time than we expected. LONG
The journey did not (0) we expected.
Answer: take as long as (4 words)
Marking and review notes
FCE Reading and Use of English marking
Reading (Parts 1, 5–7) is out of 42 and Use of English (Parts 2–4) out of 28; Part 4 gives up to 2 marks per question and spelling must be correct. 24/42 Reading is about 160. Scores are estimates.
From our review
Our reviewer found that Part 1 tests very frequent collocations and that several Part 4 transformations change only one point, so both parts sit at the easier end of B2.
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