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FCE - CAE Reading and Use of English Paper - Part 7 Gapped Text
In this part, you will be tested on your ability to follow text development and to understand how texts are structured.
Part 7 consists of a long text which has had six paragraphs (FCE/ CAE) or seven paragraphs (CPE) of equal length removed and placed in jumbled order after the text, together with a seventh (FCE/CAE) or eight (CPE) paragraph which does not fit in any of the gaps. The text is usually from non-fiction sources (including journalism). This part tests comprehension of text structure, cohesion, coherence, and global meaning.
This document contains a distilled list of the most common clue words that usually come up in the gapped text exercise of the Reading paper of the Cambridge English exams.
Having done well over 500 gapped text exercises in the last few months, while studying this task thoroughly, I've put together a list of the clue words and expressions that frequently come up at this part of the Reading test. You can download this cheat sheet here.
Just look out for these words at the beginning and at the end of the paragraphs as well as before and after the gaps and you will see your scores skyrocket.
