Inglés B2 — FCE / ICFES

Use of English

Dos tipos de ejercicio del FCE B2 e ICFES Saber 11: cloze de opción múltiple y formación de palabras.

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Lee el texto y elige la palabra (A, B, C o D) que mejor completa cada hueco numerado.

Connectors: instead of · despite · within · in order to · towards · unless · although

Text A — Repair Cafés

Repair cafés are free community workshops where trained volunteers help people fix broken objects (1) throwing them away. The movement started in Amsterdam and has grown (2) word of mouth into a global phenomenon with thousands of venues. (3) the rise of throwaway consumer culture, these spaces promote a very different attitude to everyday objects. Visitors bring damaged items such as clothing, electronics, and bicycles, and leave (4) a few hours with them fully restored. (5) keeping skills alive in the community, volunteers share their expertise with people of all ages. The workshops represent a significant step (6) a more circular economy. (7) you visit a repair café, you cannot fully appreciate how satisfying it is to restore something that seemed beyond saving. (8) no specialist knowledge is needed to attend, these events welcome anyone who is curious about how things work.

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💡 FCE Tip: Para conectores (despite, unless, regardless of…), fíjate en la estructura que sigue: sustantivo/gerundio → despite / in spite of / regardless of; cláusula completa → although / even though / unless. Para phrasal verbs, cada partícula cambia el significado completamente: look after ≠ look into ≠ look out for. Apréndelos como unidad léxica, no palabra por palabra.