Reading

Part 2
Questions 1 – 5

Look at the text in each question. What does it

say?
Mark the correct letter A, B or C on your answer sheet.

Example:

1 A Andy would prefer to go sailing with Julia on

Saturday rather than on Sunday.

B Andy can go sailing with Julia on Friday if she’s not free

on Saturday.

C Andy wants to go sailing with Julia on both Saturday and

Sunday if possible.

0 A BC
Answer:

2 The note tells Sarah

A she can buy new games now at a special price.

B can get new and used games in the current sale.

C can sell her used games to the shop.

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 3 The advertisement says
per week –generally Monday and Wednesday, but this could change in future. Own trans
A the babysitter should call Sue about weekly transport to
her house.

B the jobs the babysitter is responsible for will change each

week.

C the babysitter might work on different days each week.

4 A The shop is closed during some weekdays in

Due to staff
holidays, shop closes
early on weekdays
during August;
Saturdays as normal.
August due to holidays.
B The shop’s opening hours are different on Monday to
Friday in August.
C The shop is closing at different times at weekends in
August.

hanging
5 rooms Place personal items
A Ifin
staff lockers.
find items on the floor, they will put
them away in a locker.
Staff will remove anything on floor.

B You must only leave belongings in the areas provided.

C Lockers are regularly checked by staff.

6 A You should take all food to the special picnic

Museum Café These tables are for customers only.
area.
Follow signs for picnic areas.
B You can eat picnics in this section of the café.

C You may sit here if you buy something from the café.

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Read this article about a famous Chinese woman who plays music.
Are sentences 6-12 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)?

If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

For questions 6-12, mark A, B or C on the answer sheet

Chinese Music in an English Village

Yang Jing usually plays her music in big halls

in places like New York and Paris. Yang plays
an old Chinese musical instrument called a pipa.
She has been famous in China since 1986. Now
she is 34 years old and the best pipa player in
the world. She usually gets $3000 each time
she plays.

A businessman called Peter Bloxham saw Yang
playing in China when he was on a business
trip. Peter comes from Cheswardine, a village in
England. After the show, he talked to Yang. He
told her that his village needed to repair their
old village hall, so Yang agreed to play there.
“You can use all the ticket money for your
hall,” she said. “You needn’t pay me anything.”
Last week, Yang arrived in Cheswardine for her
show. She said: “I usually stay in big hotels
where everything is fast and busy, so it is lovely
to stay in a small place where everyone has time
to talk to me and be so nice. I don’t suppose
there are many people in this place who have
seen or heard a pipa before. I hope they will
like my music.”

Item 0. example item Yang Jing has played in New York

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
Item 6 Yang became famous when she was 34.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
Item 7. Yang often plays with other people.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
Item 8. Peter Bloxham went to China to see Yang play.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
Item 9. Yang will not earn any money in Cheswardine.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
Item 10 Yang is staying in Cheswardine with Peter and his family.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
Item 11. Yang thinks Peter’s village is a friendly place.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
Item 12. Everyone in Cheswardine knows Yang’s music.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

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 PORTRAITS: HARRY POTTER

HARRY HERMIONE

RON GINNY

DRACO LUNA
 SEVERUS MINERVA

RUBEUS LORD
 PORTRAITS: HARRY POTTER

EXERCISE 1: Match the characters with the corresponding description.

His name is DRACO

He is a boy.

He has got short straight blond hair.

He has got big blue eyes.

He has got an oval face.

Her name is GINNY

She is a girl.

She has got long straight red hair.

She has got big blue eyes.

She has got a square face.

 Who is it?

His name is HARRY

He is a boy.

He has got short straight brown hair.

He has got big blue eyes.

He has got an oval face.

He wears glasses.

Who is
Her name is HERMIONE

She is a girl.

She has got long wavy brown

hair. She has got big brown eyes.

She has got an oval face.

His name is LORD

He is a man.

He is bald.

He has got red and green eyes.

He has got a long face.

He has got a flat nose.

 Who is it?

Her name is LUNA

She is a girl.

She has got long wavy blond

hair. She has got big grey eyes.

She has got a round face.

Who is it?

Her name is MINERVA

She is a woman.

She has got long wavy grey

hair. She has got big blue eyes.

She has got an oval face.

She wears a hat.

His name is RON

He is a boy.

He has got short wavy red hair.

He has got small blue eyes.

He has got a round face.

He has got freckles.

 His name is RUBEUS

He is a man.

He has got long frizzy dark

hair. He has got small brown

eyes.

He has got a square face.

He has got a long beard.

His name is SEVERUS

He is a man.

He has got shoulder-length wavy black

hair. He has got small brown eyes.

He has got an oval face.