Reading Part 1 Questions 1-5 For each question, choose the correct answer. Petey [LL] From: [is Evans To: ‘Allstudents Could everyone involved in the school performance for parents tomorrow please meet in the hall at 4 p.m, today for the final practice? sco) ofl Mrs Evans wants to check who is taking part in the performance this afternoon. Mrs Evans wants everyone to practise their performance again before the audience sees it. Mrs Evans is letting students know that parents are coming to the practice tomorrow. Ifyou need bread during your visit, it’s available for sale inside the shop. Feeding the birds on the lake is not allowed unless you have special permission. Visitors are encouraged not to give the birds anything apart from proper bird food. Reading PartLucy I discovered when | got home that one of ny new earings was missing from my ee. Can you remember wich shop we got them rom? It get another par - they waren’ expanse. dade ‘Art Room closed ~ heating probioms. ‘See Mr Jamies inRoom B16 ‘to check where your art lessons willbe. Reading Part 1 ‘A Tim must decide whether he’s well enough to swim after his injury. B_ Tim's mum doesn’t think Tim is fit and ready to go swimming yet. Timneeds to inform his swimming coach that he's injured his leg. Jade wants Lucy to A tell Jade if she knows where a missing item is B accompany Jade on a shopping trip into town. € help Jade to replace something she’s lost. A Art classes will be in Room B16 as the Art Room is too cold, B_Tofind out which room to go to for art lessons, ask Mr James. Mr James is taking all art lessons ur are fixed, problems in the Art RoomReading Part 2 Questions 6-10 For each question, choose the correct answer. The people below all want to find a beach to go to at the weekend. On the opposite page there are descriptions of eight beaches. Decide which beach would be the most suitable for the people below. Neil and his family want a beach that’s close to a car park and offers several other activities U apart from spending time in the sea. They'd also like a picnic area near the beach. a Jack and Henry can swim well, so they'd like opportunities for distance swimming with t dad. Their mum wants to go riding on the beach, and also buy snacks for everyone there. 5 Salma and Katia want to go somewhere they can try watersports for the first time. Their mum wants a beach with warm water, and organised activities suitable for their small sister. 7 ‘Anna and her family would like to do some sunbathing, but also have a long walk along the: coast. Anna also wants to try doing some sand sculptures. Sylvie's family want a beach suitable for Sylvie’s small sister to go swimming, as she’s only 10 just learned. Sylvie wants somewhere with various organised games and activities, where she can meet other people her age. Reading PartHolly Bay café here serves delicious meals and fiches! The water's calm in the bay, perfect ppeople wanting to swim across it ~ around Jon! However, it's very deep, s0 is only suitable ‘strong swimmers. There are often sand artists , and horses for hire to take you along the Barmouth Beach beach often has displays of animals and ~ skilfully made from sand, which you also learn how to do. I’s also the perfect for lying in the sun — or why not explore beach paths on foot for an hour or two? The 4 are fantastic. Minton Strand sea here offers safe swimming and sailing, even for but theres stil plenty to do when you want a from sunbathing. A teenagers’ beech club offers sports scyce rides, volleyball and beach chess ~ great for everyone {to know each other! Silver Sands beach has a sea temperature slightly higher than coastal areas, and with its gentle waves it's perfect for There's plenty to do, too, with play leaders offering to entertain younger ones, and surfing and sailing avall evel, including beginners. The snack bar is nt, to. Part 2 Beaches B Franscombe This beach is popular with families with young children and people who aren't strong swimmers, ‘as the water is warm and not deep. Bring your own, food to the picnic area, or try the great snacks at the café. However, the nearest car park is quite a walk away. D Westley Beach There are distance swimming, sailing ond surfing sessions for people of all levels, and the beach is lso famous for sculptures made of sand, which artists display every weekend! I's easly reached from the car pork through a lovely wood, which you can explore on foot when it gots canlar F ‘South Beach This beautiful beach offers safe swimming, And When you fancy a change from sunbathing or watersports, there's a funfair nearby, and beautiful gardens to walk through, with tables end chairs where you can eat your own food. Leave your car by the gardens, and youll be on the beach almost immediately 4 Maple Sands ‘Akiltskeen on horses love this beach, wth its daly riding sessions. At certainties, the sea leaves warm-water pools on the beach pesfect for children to playin, but the water further out is deeper, for mare challenging swiming. Ad the teenagers beach cub offers group atts Ike making sand sauptures~ seat for making new friends!Reading Part 3 Questions 11-15 For each question, choose the correct answer. Our school newspaper by Michael Williams. Some years ago, our head teacher, Mrs Waters, decided to start a school newspaper, and get as many students as possible to take on the job of producing it ~ and parents, too, She felt the newspaper would help them learn more about school life, through articles on things like sports achievements and arts projects, which not all students know about if they're not taking part. Students took the whole thing very seriously — and we now have a prize-winning newspaper! Some of my friends joined the newspaper team immediately and enjoyed it. Td always loved creative writing and drawing cartoons, which I thought would be perfect in the newspaper, so I signed up. My dad, who's a journalist, was pleated —he thought chat even though I warn keen on a job like hie, che newspaper would be a great opportunity for ime. And he was right ~ I loved it! Dad often came along to give advice, which was popular with the students. It was, difficult sometimes, if he was busy, but he learned a lot about the school that way. My first job was writing a report about a sports event — a writing style 1d never attempred before. But Dad reminded ime i was similar in some ways to writing a story ~ getting information in the right order. Once I'd understood that, there was no stopping me — and after my first efforts, I developed quite a professional style, which was brilliant. Sometimes the ream couldnt use what I'd written, of my cartoons, for whatever reason, but I didn’ mind, And sometimes it was hard to finish stuff on time, but I usually gor there T'm now one of the editors ~ we decide what goes into the newspaper, so our names no longer appear in print. And it's stressful sometimes as we dontt have much time, but we try to manage that properly. We also correct mistakes in people’ articles, which we all had to get used to, but we were soon doing it without chinking ~ and in our own schoolwork, to0.[ sill put off calling people outside school for comments on stuf, but I gucss ie’ all good experience — atleast, that's what Dad says! Reading Part:Michael's head teacher wanted to start a student newspaper to A provide an activity for students not interested in sport or art. B make students feel more confident about taking part in something. C keep students better informed about what was happening at school. D__ givestudents the experience of being responsible for something. Michael decided to join the newspaper because ‘A he had ideas about some work he could do for it. B__ hewas considering a career in journalism. C _hisfriends had encouraged him to do so. D _ heliked the idea of being part of a team. When Michael first started working on the newspaper, he was, ‘A disappointed when his stories sometimes weren't used. B_ delighted at the way his writing skills improved. € pleased to find he could make use of his art skills. worried he'd be late completing some of his writing. What does Michael say about his role on the newspaper now? ‘A He feels uncomfortable about correcting other students’ work. B _ Hestill needs to improve the way he manages his time. € _ He'shappier to handle making telephone calls to others. D He's become better at making articles more accurate. What would Michael's dad say about the newspaper? Iwas surprised at how keen Michael was to get involved he's never shown that much interest in writing before. Michael would never admit it, but I know he’s proud to see his name in the newspaper these days - and | am, too! jing Part 3 2 | occasionally had problems finding the time tohelp out at Michael's school, but the students really seemed to like my suggestions. It's been great to finally find out about life at the school through reading the newspaper. | didn't really know much about it before.Reading Part 4 Questions 16-20 Five sentences have been removed from the text below. For each question, choose the correct answer. There are three extra sentences which you do not need to use. Anew way of making electricity Ever since the 19th century, when people were developing different ways of creating electricity, companies have looked for improved ways of producing power, using cleaner and more efficient methods. Now a UK company called Pavegen has been working ‘on technology that could be widely used in the future to produce electricity. [BI] The company has developed a special type of flocr, made of square files. Underneath each square, there's a system that can produce a certain amount of electricity very cheaply — from the energy created every time someone steps on it] The creator of the floor, Laurence Kemball-Cook, came up with the idea when he was a student, and did some work experience with an energy company. The company asked him to investigate ways of providing street lighting in city centres, using energy from the sun to produce electricity. [EJ One reason was that many city centres don’t get enough sunlight, because of all the tall buildings. Then he thought of a better plan. The right technology could be used to convert this energy into electricity — right under y y ig) people's feet! The design of the floor is actually extremely effective. [HIST] And the reason is that a lot of energy is produced simply because of the large numbers of people walking across the floor. In fact, the special squares are already in place in several locations with high numbers of pedestrians. These include big department stores and also an airport. The flooring can have other uses too, such as recording how many people visit a shopping centre at particular times. [20] | For example, shop owners in the centre would be interested in knowing ct which times of days they have the highest customer numbers. So the next time you visit a big shopping centre, have a careful look at the floor that you're walking across! Reading PertBut that isn’t the end of the story. This kind of information is very useful for certain people. Why not use the energy created by pedestrians instead? ‘However, one big problem could be cost. ‘And it’s actually based on a simple idea. This is especially true when it's been used in very busy areas. But it soon became clear that this might not work. This new system should work even better.Reading Part 5 Questions 21-26 For each question, choose the correct answer. Colouring books Many people probably used to spend time adding colour to pictures in colouring books when they were children. However, once people get older, very few of them continue with the hobby. Instead, they (21) monn their crayons away in the cupboard forever. However, psychology researchers now think that even for adults, (22) uum» aS little as ten minutes a day colouring pictures inthis way can bring huge (23)... For example, some people say that it improves their (24) a. --for a while by making them feel more cheerful and generally calmer. One reason for this may be that other activities (25)..........with art, such as drawing or painting, can actually be quite stressful, especially if you don’t feel very successful att. But adding colour to a picture that’s already drawn for you (26)... only a low level of skill, so you can relax rather than becoming anxious about it 21 A leave B set © give D put 22 A taking B completing © spending D filling 23 A benefits B interests © favours D uses 24 A character B_ mood © condition D mind 25 A connected B joined © compared D_ attached 26 A depends B calls © lacks D requires Reading Part!Reading Part 6 ions 27-32 ‘each question, write the correct word. ‘one word for each gap. Hikarina, ‘Guess what! I've finally joined the local girls’ football team in my town! As you know, it's something I've wanted t0 do (27) nucnnnnnn ages, $0 I'm glad I've finally signed up. {think my parents were a bit surprised, though, as Vd never really taken very (28)... interest in ‘sport, but after watching a women’s football match on TY, | just knew it was forme. {ve attended football training every Week (29) ..nm--» then, and last Saturday | played in my first match. It ‘was really exciting! And (30) ...0- Of the best things was that | actually scored a goal! We didn’t goon to win the match, but our coach was still really pleased with our performance. ‘Our next match is on 25%. You're not on holiday with your parents then, (31) you? So why don't you ‘come along and watch? It would (32) ....m great to see you! Samantha ding Part 6