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Reading comprehension 3

1 Read the description of a bedroom and complete the text. Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.

I have got a small, but very cute and tidy bedroom. There aren’t many things in it. There is a
small, white (1) _____ in the corner of my room. I keep my favourite teddy bear on it. I don’t have
any posters on the walls, but there are two pictures above my bed. There is a desk in front of the
window and three (2) _____ below the desk. Next to the desk is a (3) _____ with some boxes, books
and photographs. I have a light brown (4) _____ in the middle of my room. As you can see, there is
no (5) _____ in my bedroom so I have to keep my clothes in my parents’ bedroom.

1 A lamp B pinboard C bed

2 A drawers B posters C curtains
3 A laptop B bookcase C bean bag
4 A TV B carpet C nightstand
5 A wardrobe B window C shelf
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2 a) Read the information about Tower Bridge and fill in the table below.

Interesting Facts about Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and it is one of the most
popular symbols of London. You can both walk and drive a car across the bridge. Two walkways
connect two bridge towers. It is the only drawbridge on the Thames that raises for tall ships to pass
through.
The start year of building the bridge is 1886 and the end year is 1894. The newspapers from that
period report that 432 workers are building the bridge. The framework for the towers and walkways
is made of over 70,000 tons of concrete and 11,000 tons of steel.
Tower Bridge is 244 metres long and each tower is 65 meters high. The first photographs show the
original chocolate brown colour of the bridge, while now it is red, white and blue.
Over 40,000 people use Tower Bridge every day. It usually opens two times a day, which is around
700 times a year. The bridge is free for all people. If you plan to walk across Tower Bridge, it takes
you no longer than 10 minutes.

City (1) __________________

End year of building (2) __________________
Length (3) __________________
Original colour (4) __________________
Number of people who use it daily (5) __________________

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b) Read the text about Tower Bridge again and circle true (T) or false (F).
1 You can only walk across the bridge. T/F
2 There are no other bridges on the Thames that rise for tall ships. T/F
3 Over 400 names are on the list of bridge builders. T/F
4 The towers are made of 11,000 tons of steel. T/F
5 It always opens two times a day. T/F
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3 a) Emma, Lucas, Jill and Kate talk about birthday parties. Read their stories and match the titles
with the names of children.

1 Camping makes the party ________________

2 Talk about luck ________________
3 The final surprise ________________
4 Like a film star ________________
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Birthday Parties

Emma: My birthday is on 9 April, so the weather is always fantastic. My parents usually take me and
three of my best friends to Disneyland in Paris and we spend an amazing weekend there. We have
so much fun that I sometimes even forget about my birthday presents. Only when I come home, I
remember that a birthday present from my parents is waiting for me in my bedroom.

Lucas: My favourite birthdays are when my dad organises carting for my whole class! First, we race
against each other in turns until we get to the finals when the two best drivers race against each
other. It usually happens that I race against my best friend. He really wants to win, but so do I!
I guess I am luckier and always get a faster go-cart. It is usually a close race, but I win fair and
square.

Jill: My birthday in on 15 July so I usually celebrate it outdoors. All my birthday parties are pretty
much the same. My friends come over, we eat pizza and cake, play some games, watch a movie and
then we camp in my backyard, which sometimes gets really loud because some girls try to scare the
others. In the morning, my mum makes us pancakes and they all go home.

Kate: I don’t like birthdays that much and I’m not excited about celebrating my birthday. But I do
love makeup! That’s why my mum is organising a special birthday party for me this year. I hope that
she finds a professional makeup artist to do makeup for me, my cousins and my friends so we can
dress up and go to the cinema looking like that.

b) Read about the birthday parties again and then decide who says what in the sentences below.

Who says...?
1 I don’t like celebrating my birthday. _______________
2 My birthday is in the spring. _______________
3 I usually spend birthdays with friends from class. _______________
4 We get breakfast at the end of my birthday party. _______________
5 The best part of my birthday is a competition. _______________
6 I want a special guest at my party this year. _______________

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