Reading and Writing Part 2

Questions 7-13
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Ala
Rod Ben
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Who doesn’t have a
7 A B C
favourite sport?
Who was very good at a
8 sport that was not their A B C
favourite?
9 Who had extra lessons in a A B C
 sport?
1 Who says their body size
A B C
0 helps them do a sport?
1 Who has enjoyed football
A B C
1 all their life?
1 Who likes to play with a
A B C
2 group of other people?
1 Who says they are good at
A B C
3 only one sport?
Talking about Sport
Alan
I started playing tennis when I was five years old, but I was never very
good at it. My parents really wanted me to do well and paid for me to have
lessons outside school, but I always preferred football. I’m good enough to
be in a top local team. With tennis, I could never hit the ball where I wanted
it to go – it was always too high or too far. Finally, my parents let me stop
going to tennis lessons and I’ve spent my time playing football since then.
Rod
My favourite sport has always been rugby. I’ve tried other sports and I was
good at tennis. I won a tennis competition at school and my sports teacher
told me that I was an excellent tennis player. But I didn’t enjoy it as much
as rugby because I like being part of a team. So I stopped playing tennis
when I was about thirteen. My teacher and parents thought I should
continue with it, but I preferred rugby.
Ben
I’ve always played a lot of sport. It’s an important part of my life, and since I
left school I do a wide variety of different types of sports – golf, rugby,
tennis and football. I’m quite good at all of them, but I can’t really say that I
enjoy one of them more than the others. I’m probably best at rugby
because I’m a big person, and it is hard to stop me when I’m running fast.
Answer
Reading and Writing Part 3

Questions 14-18
For each question, choose the correct answer.
A very clever family
The Smiths are possibly the cleverest family in the country, and now the
youngest member, ten-year-old Charlotte, has won a national spelling
competition to add to the family’s successes. Charlotte is the youngest ever
winner of the National Young Spelling Bee Competition – the youngest
winner before her was her older sister, Helen, who won it when she was
eleven.
Charlotte and Helen’s older brother, Mark, is also very clever. He finished
school early and went to university at the age of fifteen, three years before
most young people start their university studies. The children’s parents,
Charles and Vivien, are both teachers and say their children’s success
comes from working hard, playing hard and following strict rules about
homework and bedtimes.
‘Other people think that Charles and I don’t let the children have any time to
relax and play, and that we’re always making them do their homework. But
it’s not true!’ says Vivien. we have lots of fun time in the family. But there’s
a time for fun and there’s a time for work, and we make sure the children
understand that work comes before play.’
When Charlotte took part in the spelling competition the whole family,
including her grandparents, went to watch her. Helen took off a day from
school – the first day in her life that she missed going to school. ‘I felt bad
about missing school,’ Helen said, ‘but I think it was important to Charlotte
that I was there.’
14 Charlotte won the spelling competition
A after her sister.
B when she was eleven.
C when she was older than Helen.
15 Most people
A go to university early.
B are like Mark when they go to university.
C start university at the age of eighteen.
16 Charles and Vivien help their children by
A letting them relax and play any time they want.
B making them do their homework before they relax.
C not letting them have any time to relax and play.
17 When Charlotte won the competition,
A Helen missed it because she was at school.
B all the family were there, but not her grandparents.
C her brother, sister, parents and grandparents were watching.
18 Helen said that
A Charlotte wanted her to be at the competition.
 B Charlotte missed school for the competition.
C Charlotte thought competitions were more important than school.
Answer
Reading and Writing Part 4

Questions 19-24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
The History of Cars
Cars have a long and interesting history. It is difficult to (19) ……………
when the first car was made. Most people (20) …………… that it was made
by Karl Benz in 1885. Then in the early twentieth century, cars (21)
…………… widely available.
One of the first cars that it was (22) …………… for ordinary working people
to buy was the Model T Ford, made by Henry Ford in the USA. Henry Ford
found a way of making a large number of cars quickly and cheaply, and this
changed the way that people thought about how to manufacture things. By
1927, Ford had (23) …………… 15 million cars.
Today, car-making (24) …………… jobs to millions of workers. But the
world is changing, and the future of cars is far from clear.
19 A say B talk C believe
20 A allow B agree C arrive
21 A turned B started C became
22 A possible B general C ready
23 A sold B spent C shown
24 A has B wins C gives
Answer
Reading and Writing Part 5

Questions 25-30
For each question, write the correct answer.
Write ONE word for each gap.
Example: 0 a
From: Helen
To: Henry
Hi Henry,
I hope you’re well. I’m having (0) …………… birthday party next week and I
hope (25) …………… can come. It’s (26) …………… Friday evening from
8.00 p.m. until late. I’m having it (27) …………… home to keep things
simple. I’m asking everyone (28) …………… bring some food to share. Can
you bring something too? If so, (29) …………… me know what you will
bring. Then I can tell the others to bring (30) …………… different.
See you soon,
Helen