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4. Jack is very fit and is planning a E. Fitness for all
challenging 200 km run. He wants to train at If you’re looking for a gentle, low-cost
least twice a week and would like some exercise class, Fitness for all offers exercises
personal training too. He wants to train to improve your strength and confidence
indoors and outdoors.. slowly. Our trainers are qualified to help with
5. Tara takes sport seriously. She plays individual problems and can give you extra
hockey and tennis and wants to improve her ideas to try outside the class. No equipment
skills and take part in competitions. She isn’t necessary. Classes: every Tuesday from 2 to
free from Monday to Friday. 4 p.m.
F. sport for all
Sport Classes This class is for people who want to take up a
A. Sport for life sport such as football or tennis for the first
Weekly sessions in seven different sports, time. It’s a great way to get fit in the fresh
including squash, tennis and basketball. Do air. Classes start with training exercises,
your favorite sport or try new ones each followed by a game or small tournament.
week. Classes take place on Thursdays 3–4 Classes: every Tuesday and Thursday, 6–8
p.m. and Sundays 2–3.30 p.m. in Green Park p.m. All equipment provided.
and in the Park Gym. We don’t believe in G. Rising stars
winners and losers, just in having fun! We believe sports are for winners! We offer
B. Top training training from professional sports coaches to
Our club offers individual training sessions help you become a more successful player.
in the gym, with a personal trainer. The class Choose from a range of team and racket
is ideal for people who enjoy training alone sports. Players are encouraged to join local
and are keen to improve their fitness, or and national leagues. Classes: every Saturday
people who have particular difficulties with and Sunday, or book an individual lesson
their fitness. Classes: every morning 9–11 with one of our trainers.
a.m. H. Go for it!
C. Active plus! This is a class for people who want to push
This is a great class for people who enjoy themselves so they can compete against other
playing sport with others in an informal way. people or themselves! Training takes place
Choose from a range of sports, including 5-a- every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
side football and hockey. Classes are on Classes involve a one-hour run in the park,
Saturdays from 9–11 a.m. We provide balls, followed by weight training in the gym.
hockey sticks, etc. and a monthly report on Individual coaching and advice on improving
how your fitness is improving. fitness at home are also available.
D. Water-cise!
Have fun and get fit at your local sports A) 1-C 2 -D 3-E 4-H 5-G
centre! Classes every Tuesday and Thursday B) 1-H 2 -D 3-E 4-A 5-G
from 6–8 p.m. No two classes are the same! C) 1-C 2 -B 3-E 4-H 5-A
We organize regular competitions and also D) 1-C 2 -D 3-H 4-F 5-G
offer individual fitness checks every month,
plus the chance to gain progress certificates.
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The Questions from 4 to 8 are related wasn’t sure about that, but they were actually
to the Passage below. luxury tents, within walking distance of some
famous rocks and other places we hoped to
Our Great Ocean Road Adventure visit. However, Dad also said the sounds of
My family and I recently went to Australia, wild creatures would help us sleep. That
to see my grandparents. But before we sounded worrying – until the “wild
visited them, we went sightseeing along the creatures” turned out to be frogs! So I was
Great Ocean Road, on the Australian coast. embarrassed by my fears – and kept awake
Dad had intended to drive, but even though by the frogs! But we had fun making meals
he was used to driving miles without getting together – we’d brought food, as we knew
exhausted, he then read on the website that there would be nowhere to eat.
the road wouldn't be an easy drive, with a In fact, this whole trip was fantastic!
number of sharp bends. Anyway, we thought
he deserved to enjoy the fantastic views too, 4. Donna’s Dad decided not to drive the
which he couldn't do as our driver. So Great Ocean Road himself because
instead, we persuaded him to book discount A) he realized he wouldn’t enjoy the views
bus tickets and off we went. as much.
Our first stop was where wild kangaroos B) he thought it would be too tiring for him.
lived - and Dad and I were taking a walk C) he discovered the bus would be a cheaper
when a big one appeared! For a moment, it option.
seemed to consider coming towards us, D) he found out the route was very
which made me slightly nervous - but then it challenging.
went off along the road, stopping to check if
we were following. Although it was with us a 5. When Donna saw a kangaroo along the
while, I was so excited I didn't even manage route, she was
to pull out my camera. Then it looked back A) worried that it might approach her.
once more, and went off into the bushes. B) amazed at the size of it.
That wasn't the only wildlife we saw. I C) sad that it didn’t stay with them long.
thought it unlikely we'd see Australia's D) disappointed that she had forgotten her
famous koala bears during our short visit, as camera.
I'd heard they were rare - but we weren't
disappointed at our next stop. In fact, we 6. Donna says that the koala bears they
discovered there were roughly six million in saw were
that area! Sadly, some gum trees they were in A) responsible for damage to the trees.
had very few leaves left, which people told B) even more attractive than people had told
us was because of the koalas, although I had her.
read that lack of water was actually the C) more common than she’d expected.
problem. Still, I guess they looked cute, and D) very skilled at hiding away from tourists.
were easy to find - we just followed the
tourists looking up into the trees! 7. What was Donna’s opinion of the place
Dad had booked a campsite for the night, where they stayed?
with ready-made tents – for an adventure! I
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A) She found it was less comfortable than D) buy some extra coffee
she’d hoped.
B) She liked the fact that it was convenient The Questions from 10 to 14 are
for sightseeing. related to the Passage below.
C) She enjoyed hearing the sounds of nature
as she slept. When I opened the first ‘Body Shop’ in 1976
D) She was disappointed there was no my only object was to earn enough to feed
restaurant nearby. my children. Today ‘The Body Shop’ is an
international company rapidly growing all
8. What might Donna write in her blog around the world. In the years since we
during the trip? began I have learned a lot. Much of what I
have learned will be found in this book, for I
believe that we, as a company, have
something worth saying about how to run a
A)
successful business without giving up what
we really believe in.
It’s not a normal business book, nor is it just
B) about my life. The message is that to succeed
in business you have to be different. Business
can be fun, a business can be run with love
and it can do well. In business, as in life, I
C)
need to enjoy myself, to have a feeling of
family and to feel excited by the unexpected.
I have always wanted the people who work
D) for ‘The Body Shop’ to feel the same way.
Now this book sends these ideas of mine out
into the world, makes them public. I’d like to
9. Choose the correct statement based on think there are no limits to our ‘family’, no
the message sent to Tara below. What limits to what can be done. I find that an
should Tara do? exciting thought. I hope you do, too.
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11. What would someone learn from this
text? A) Nearly half the population of the country
A) how to make a lot of money has the low level of Kazakh language.
B) how to write a book about business B) The percentage of respondents with the
C) what the writer’s family is like low level of Kazakh language in North
D) what the writer’s book is about Kazakhstan is higher than that of the rest
cities taken together.
12. How does the writer feel about the C) One-fourth of the respondents in Aktobe
business she runs? have the low level of Kazakh language.
A) She doesn’t care about success if her D) One-fifth of the population in East
children are fed. Kazakhstan have the low level of Kazakh
B) She just runs it for her own entertainment. knowledge.
C) It is not like any other company.
D) It is likely to become even more The Questions from 16 to 20 are
successful related to the Passage below.
13. What kind of workers does the writer My Job at a Summer Camp
like to employ? Every year I work at a summer camp for kids
A) workers who can explain her ideas and I really enjoy seeing the children do
B) workers who get on well with the public things they never thought they could do.
C) workers who have the same attitudes as Nearly all the kids know to swim and play
she does table tennis before they come, but things like
D) workers who have their own families rocks climbing are new experiences for most.
Some of them are very nervous, but after a
14. What kind of person does the writer bit of encouragement, they agree to try and
seem to be? they all get to the top in the end, which
A) She seems to be someone with strong makes them feel great.
opinions. The kids stay several weeks and some do
B) She doesn’t seem to be very confident. miss home. You might expect it to be the
C) She is mainly interested in making really young ones who feel like that the most
money. but it's actually the ten-to-thirteen-year-olds.
D) She sees running a business as just a job. We don't let them use their mobile phones all
the time. First, we tell them they can phone
15. Choose the correct statement home after lunch. Then when they ask again,
according to the statistics below. usually after dinner, we say it's a bit too late
to phone and suggest doing it the next day.
Most children are fine in a couple of days
and at the end of their stay, and thank us
because they have had a great time.
It's not just the children who get lonely. We
get parents who are on the phone the whole
time, asking how their child is getting on,
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which is quite unnecessary. Often their son
or daughter will be busy, playing games or 19. What does the writer think about some
doing something else, so we have to tell parents?
parents to ring back another time. A) They should visit their children instead of
Some kids arrive dressed in smart, designer, phoning them.
new clothes and they sometimes argue when B) They don't need to keep on phoning the
we tell them to change into something they camp.
won't mind getting dirty, but before long they C) They shouldn't allow their children to
realize what we mean. bring phones to camp.
D) They need to be reminded to phone their
16. What is the writer trying to do in this children
text?
A) describe how children make friends at a 20. Which of the following words is the
summer camp best alternative to the word “encourage”
B) suggest how parents should choose a in the first paragraph?
summer camp for children A) respond
C) explain what it is like for children at a B) invite
summer camp C) punish
D) advise children how to behave at a D) support
summer camp
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