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Tip! Look at A-D after you read what the text says. Follow the exam instructions, using the advice to
Otherwise you may be misled by the wrong answers. help you.
'ou are going to read an extract from a novel. For questions 1-8 on page 68 choose the answer
A. B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the text.
The sun was shining and Clare felt like doing sort of chat, but it was pleasantly relaxing. In the middle
something active. She’d had enough for the moment of the afternoon, they stopped at an old farmhouse for
of living in the past. What she really wanted was some coffee and apple cake. There were lots of other skiers,
skiing if she could get herself organised. She walked some of them also chatting with their teachers, doing
into the ski school office and within ten minutes had the same. Clare felt as if she belonged - something about 40
arranged a private class for the whole afternoon. One of being part of a group, all with a shared interest, she
the ski teachers would meet her at the ski lift station at supposed. It was a pleasant feeling she’d not had for a
the end of the village at midday. The ski hire shop next long time.
door rented her some skis and boots and she carried Bruno said hello to a few people, and went over to
them back to the hotel. There she changed into some talk to one of the waiters. Clare took the opportunity to
more or less suitable clothes and took the hotel’s electric study him a little. Up until now, she’d just been skiing
taxi down to the lift station. She was a bit early and had behind a man in a red ski suit, so it was interesting to see
time to look around, and get nervous. She hadn’t skied that he was quite tall, with curly brown hair and eyes to
for about ten years, though she’d been quite good at that match. From the colour of his face he looked as if he’d
time. Everyone said it was like riding a bike - you didn't spent his whole life in the open air. She guessed he was
forget how to do it. She stood there looking up at the about forty.
mountains, trying to remember what to do. ‘Are you in Zermatt long, Clare?’ asked Bruno, after
‘Madame Newton?’ he’d been sitting with her a few minutes.
‘Yes,’ she said. And there was her ski teacher, looking ‘Only a few days, probably. Just a short break to get
exactly like all the other ski teachers she remembered - away from everything at home,’ replied Clare. She didn’t
sun-tanned and totally self-confident. feel like explaining the real reason. People looked at her
Half an hour later all thoughts of Ulrich Grunwalder differently when they knew. ‘But I’d like to do some more
and Edward Crowe had disappeared as she skied behind skiing. Would you be able to do anything tomorrow?’
Bruno and concentrated on staying on her feet. ‘I think so. But you’ll have to book it through the Ski
‘Upper body still, make your legs do the work, School office. I can’t arrange anything with you directly,’
Madame,’ shouted Bruno over his shoulder. said Bruno, putting on his gloves and standing up. ‘Come
on. Let’s do a bit more now.’
‘Call me Clare, please,’ she said.
‘OK. Lean forward a bit more, Clare. That’s it. Good. ‘Great,’ replied Clare.
You are remembering now, eh?’ After another hour, Clare said, ‘Time to stop, I think.’
‘Yeah, l a m . . . slowly. It’s great. I’d forgotten what Bruno agreed. ‘You should have a sauna tonight. It’ll
31 an amazing buzz skiing gives you.’ They skied down help your body relax. Not so stiff tomorrow, you know.’
some different runs with Bruno being wonderfully Clare didn’t care how stiff she was going to be
encouraging, and she really did begin to feel confident on tomorrow. She hadn’t felt quite as good as this for
the skis. Going up in the lifts, Clare and Bruno chatted months - full of fresh air, physically tired but in her mind
—just the usual ‘where are you from, what do you do’ - alive. Happy! Yes, that was how she felt!
Reading Part 1
Test 2 Exam practice I 67
jjp i Underline the key words in the stem. Then look for expressions in the text that
mean the same or the opposite.
7 How did Clare feel when they finished skiing for the day?
A interested only in how she was at that time
B delighted to find out how good a skier she was
C sure that she would not be stiff the next day
D keen to start skiing again immediately