B1 PET: Reading

Practice Test 3

Part 1

Questions 1 – 5
For each question, choose the correct answer.

1. A Tom wants Claire to get a concert ticket for him.

B Tom can’t go to the concert and wants Claire to use
his ticket.
C Tom will get Claire a ticket unless she tells him
not
to.

2. A You can get the money you paid for Thursday’s

trip
from the office .

B If you haven't paid for Thursday’s trip, you should go

to the office.

C The trip which was cancelled will now take place on

Thursday.

3. A Luke is offering to collect the computer from the

shop for his mother.

B Luke’s mother needs to collect her computer from

the shop by 5.30 today.

C Luke’s mother should decide today if she can

fetch
her computer from the shop.
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4. A Use either entrance if you want to buy a bicycle.

B Use the side entrance if your bicycle needs

mending.

C Use the side entrance if the front entrance is closed.

5. Bella thinks

A she has found Stefan’s hat.

B Stefan has taken her hat.

C Stefan has lost his homework.

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Part 2
Questions 6 – 10
For each question, choose the correct answer.

The people below all want to watch a TV programme.

On the next page there are descriptions of eight TV programmes.
Decide which programme would be the most suitable for the following people.

6. Ivan and Anna like to keep up to date with what’s happening in the
world and enjoy seeing interviews with politicians and other people.
They prefer to watch programmes which last about 30 minutes. C

7. Fatima likes watching comedy programmes which last about half an

hour.
She enjoys watching a series where she can follow what the
characters are doing from one episode to another. G H

8. Rosa enjoys pop music and films and wants to watch interviews with
popular celebrities. She likes programmes which are a mixture of
interviews and live music. D

9. Grace is interested in travelling and she likes watching documentaries

about different parts of the world. She especially enjoys programmes
which show animals and birds. F

10. William is keen on general knowledge and likes watching quizzes to see
how many questions he can answer. He prefers those which have
questions on lots of different subjects. B
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A Find out about the life of jazz musician,
Bert Randall, in this hour-long
documentary which shows him
performing live concerts during his life.
There are interviews with members of his
family and people he worked with.
B This is the weekly chance to try to get a
better score than the celebrities in the
Studio, who range from pop musicians to
politicians. As usual Billie Flannagan
spends a half hour asking the two teams
the questions. They need to be experts
in a wide range of topics from music to
animals to international news.
C Find out about the latest news, both
international and local, with Aaron Willis
every day between 6.00 and 6.30 in the
evening. His interviews with those in the
news, whether they are politicians or
journalists, always get to the point of a
story.
D Every Saturday evening between 8.30
and 9.30, Kevin Connery presents an
hour of fun and entertainment. As usual
in the new series, there is music and
chat with well-known stars from the world
of film, music or comedy. Each guest is
interviewed and then one of them
performs their latest song live.
E There are three half-hour episodes of the
popular soap South Street on our TVs
every week. There's lots going on this
week when Cathy returns from her trip
round the world to find Felicity has
moved into her flat and all Cathy’s things
have disappeared. She is not pleased
and shows her feelings.
F Robert Burroughs first visited the
Amazon rainforest 40 years ago. Since
then, he has travelled all around the
world showing us amazing scenery,
animals and different ways of living. Now
he returns with a series about the
Amazon and we see again the amazing
wildlife of this beautiful area.
G On the Way is a short comedy film made
30 years ago. The actors were unknown
at the time but they have since become
famous. The main character, Zak,
decides to travel to India but he takes a
variety of animals with him on the
journey. They soon become a
problem.
H Joel and Charlie return for another series
of The Shop. They work in a
supermarket where things seem to go
wrong every day. This series should be
as funny as the last, with a new manager
in the shop and some unexpected events
in each 30-minute programme.
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Part 3
Questions 11 – 15
For each question, choose the correct answer.

A hotel under the sea

Want to sleep under the sea? The company Planet Ocean has plans for an exciting
underwater hotel, which they hope to build in locations all over the world.

The hotel won’t be large, with only 12 guest rooms, plus a restaurant. Guests will get to the
hotel in a lift – so no diving or getting wet! The hotel will float 10 metres under the ocean,
although it will be attached to the sea bed to prevent it from moving too far.
Because it won’t be very deep under the water, the sun will shine down and provide light.
Guests will get great close-up views of the fish and other sea creatures, which won’t be
bothered by the hotel and so won’t make any effort to avoid it.

The hotel’s design, with clear plastic walls, means guests will be able to see the sea and all
the creatures that live there around, above and below them in their rooms.
They will almost get the feeling that they are swimming in the ocean. The luxury rooms will
have a shower, TV and even the internet. The restaurant will serve high-quality meals. As
you might expect, Planet Ocean want to encourage people to eat less fish, so guests won’t
find any on the menu. What’s more surprising is that the atmosphere will be silent, so guests
will have to imagine the sound of the ocean around them.

The hotel won’t be cheap to build
especially proud of the fact that it
course, but it will produce its own,
hope some sea creatures will build
benefits to the underwater world.
and it won’t be cheap to stay in. But the designers are
will be environmentally friendly. It will use electricity, of
and won’t disturb ocean life at all. In fact, the designers
their homes on parts of the building, which will bring real

Planet Ocean’s future designs include a moving hotel. It perhaps sounds like this will work in
the same way as a cruise ship, but this is not the case. In fact, rather than moving between
continents and countries, it will stay within a single country’s waters, but only occasionally
change positions around its coast.

11 What do we learn about the hotel?

A Guests will have to swim down to get to it.
B Its lights will shine into the sea so guests can see the fish.
C It will only have a small number of rooms.
D Fish and other sea creatures will be scared of it.
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12 What might guests find strange about staying at the hotel?

A swimming from their rooms into the ocean
B having ocean life in their room
C enjoying a meal of freshly caught fish
D being unable to hear the ocean

13 What is the best thing about the hotel, according to the designers?
A It won’t cost much to build.
B It won’t use much electricity.
C It won’t cause any damage to the environment.
D Fish and other sea creatures won’t come very close to it.

14 Planet Ocean’s moving hotel will

A rarely move from one site to another.
B travel between various countries.
C be similar to a type of cruise ship.
D remain close to the coast of each continent.

15 What might a guest in this hotel say?

A It’s very expensive, but the facilities

are quite basic and the windows are
too small to see outside.

B
It’s great to stay in such a
beautiful hotel that is also good
for the planet.

C Seeing the fish up close is amazing,

but it’s a shame that the hotel
disturbs sea life.

D It’s a great idea, and I love the fact

that it can move around and travel to
different locations.