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Reading Test N°2
Reading Test N°2
An airport departures
board
Read an airport departures board to practise and improve your reading skills.
Before reading
Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.
Preparation task
Match the cities (1–8) with the countries (a–h).
Cities Countries
New Zealand
1. ……
f Beijing
b. The Netherlands
2. ……
d Buenos
Aires c. Mexico
3. ……
e Los d. Argentina
Angeles e. The United States of America
b
4. …… f. China
Amsterdam g. Russia
c Mexico City
5. …… h. The Republic of Korea
h Seoul
6. ……
a
7. ……
Christchurch
g Moscow
8. ……
a.
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Reading text: An airport departures board
DEPARTURES
Tasks
Task 1
Match the phrases with the sentences.
Departed
1. The plane isn’t here now. ………………………………
Delayed
2. The plane is late. ………………………………
Cancelled
3. The plane is not going to leave. ………………………………
Boarding
4. You can get on the plane now. ………………………………
5. The plane is leaving very soon. ………………………………
Final call
Gate change
6. You need to go to a different place to get on the plane. ………………………………
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Task 2
Circle the best answer.
a. Yes b.
X No c. If you’re quick
a. Gate five
X b. Gate fifteen c. Gate fifty
Discussion
How often do you travel by plane? Which countries would you like to visit?
To take me in the countries that I am going to visit. I would like to visit Mexico, Argentina, Russia,
America and Japan.
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