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Test 1 Exam practice Reading ¢ Part 1
Questions 1-5
Look at the text in each question
What does it say?
Mark the correct letter A, B or G on your answer sheet.
Example:
Hi Jon. Your friend Mark
(CTipt” Look carefully at each option - A,B or C—
NE before making your choice, Your answer must
match with what the short text says
Mum is texting Jon to
came toithethouse earifer A. tell him to contact his friend.
to see if you were in. Can
jou ring him back before ; ,
aaa hongtit He's ooing fa B remind him that it's football practice tonight.
football practice then.
mum © ask if he'll be home before 5.30.
1 A There are first-class music lessons in Room 452 tonight
after school
| AFTER-SCHOOL MUSIC LESSONS
| Beciwine AGAIN TONIGHT! B _{f you want to begin music lessons after school, go to
Room 452 tonight.
FIRST CLASSINROOM 452 - |
COME ALONG! || © Tobe the first to attend music classes in school, go to
_4 Room 452
2 A Students should book to see Highway at Film Club on
et [MSs students Friday
(a
This Friday, Film Club is showing |B You won't get into Film Club on Friday unless you take
the English film Highway, based some money.
on the book we are studying this
term. It's free — just turn up early . . .
to get a seat! © If you're in Mr Smiths class, i's @ good idea to attend
Film Club on Friday.
1 first elas ~ the fs oof he tm
12 | Test 1 Exam practice Reading Part 1Hi Jake,
I've just read some of
the book Ben lent me. He
couldn't put it down but
didn't finish it - | lost
interest. Have you read it?
sam
Michaela
John's party starts at 6
tonight, so Dad and | will
pick you up at 5:30.
Be ready!
shaz
LAKESIDE POOL
NON-SWIMMERS SHOULD STAY
IN THE SHALLOW END WHILE
WAVE MACHINE IS OPERATING
3 Who is wating fo whom? Vihat
‘about? Did Sam enjoy the book?
Winot about Ben? Has Joke rece
the book yet?
Reading Part 1
‘Sam is contacting Jake to
‘Asay he disagreed with Ben's opinion about the book.
Bask what he thought of Ben's book.
C tell him how good Ben's book was.
haz is texting Michaela to
A ask her for a lift to the party.
B explain the travel arrangements to the party.
© tell her what time she'll see her at the party.
While the wave machine is working
A people who can't swim should leave the water.
B people should go to shallow water to enjoy the waves.
© _ people shouldn't go into deeper water if they can’t swim.
Test 1 Exam practice | 13Reading Part 2
In this part you:
© read five descriptions of people and eight short texts on a variety
of subjects
@ match what each person requires with information in one of the
eight texts
Focus Reading for detail
1 Maria is looking for an e-friend. Read her email, then close your book and
{try to remember as much information as you can about her.
ive
HH My nae a Mer, ard ake to send my end emai
tnd ter reagh th pot and get some bal love gang
tothe poal ney tev, and | enoy other spi fo, bu | ind
feb HC vn RT dT NL
ck ry eh aa Pe cae
2 Look at the emails below from two girls called Katie and Jennie. Underline
information in the two texts which matches with information about Matia.
From) [Katie =
Hil |'m Katie and | spend a lot of my fee tims in the
town centre with my friends, buying clothes, I'm also in
‘my school's swimming and basketball teams, and I draws
alot of cartoons — | want to send some of them to be
published in the school magazine, but my teacher says.
I need more practice first. | heck my email and reply
every day, but I'm not good at weritng letters, I'm afraid
fomamifeme
Hetot'm called Jennie, and my hobby is making cartoons
‘out of my own artwork - I've already had some of them
jbublished in a teenage magazine! | ove sending long letters,
to fiends, and | email a lot. | spend the rest of my spare time
doing different watersports, which | really love. A lot of my
{riends go to the shopping mall every Saturday but I'm too
busy for that ~ and I'm not kan on it, anyway.
3. Which girt would Maria be more interested in writing to — Katie or
Jennie? Why? Compare the information you underlined with a partner.
4 What kind of person would you look for as an e-friend? What kind of
things would you say about yourself? Compare your ideas with a partner,
14 | Test 1 Training
(Remember!
(ees
Tip Read and underine the key
—— facts about each person
before you read the eight
short texts,
Knowing about synonyms
(words that mean the same
thing) and word families can
help in Part 2, 9, watersports:
wining, going io the poor,
saiing, windsuring,
Reading Part 2