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FCE - the papers from December 2008

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Reading Paper

What's in the FCE Reading paper?

The FCE Reading paper has different types of text and questions. In one part, you may have to read one long text or two or more shorter, related texts.

Summary

Time allowed:
1 hour
Number of parts:
3
Number of questions:
30
Marks:
20% of total
Lengths of texts:
550-700 words per text: about 2,000 words to read in total.
Texts may be from:
newspapers and magazine articles, reports, fiction, advertisements, letters, messages, informational material (e.g. brochures, guides, manuals, etc.)





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