2025年FCE真题练习

FCE 真题练习（一） PAPER1 READING（1hour）Part1 The horse raceWhen the telephone rang on Friday evening and Rachel’s Kevin Huzzard， her mouth suddenly dried up with excitement。 ‘Got a ride for you tomorrow in the race at Chesterfield ，'Kevin said。‘Oh great, is it Catch Boy？ He’s a great horse。’‘No sorry 。Bryn’s down to ride him. This is a race for amateur riders. The horse is called Hay Days, trained by Billy Allaway. Seems this is a nice sort of a horse but he likes to do things his way。 He’s been in a couple of race and took off like rocket， but finished near the back。 He ran out of energy most likely. The thinking is he might settle down for a rider like you。 OK？’‘Yes, of course， thanks，’ said Rachel。‘Good。 Well， it’ll be useful experience for you。 Just be there early。’It was a long time before Rachel got off to sleep. The initial disappointment that she was not to ride Catch Boy quickly gave to excitement。 Hay Days, she decided， was rather a happy name for a horse。 As she was riding against fellow amateurs, the competition shouldn't be so severe。 If she made mistakes perhaps they wouldn't be as noticeable as they would in a race dominated by professional male riders。Her father, on hearing the news, had even offered to drive to Chesterfield to support her。 Rachel, though grateful that her father had at long last accepted her ambitions, thought that it wasn't a good idea 。 If she had a fall or made a disastrous error of judgement, she didn’t want any member of her family to observe it.The following morning was moist and misty and Rachel's first fear was that racing at Chesterfield might be abandoned because of fog。 She listened to w...