TASK A

TASK B

Read the text below and then answer questions 1-6 choosing in each case the answer (A, B,
C or D) which fits best.
Answer the questions 1-10 by referring to the article below. Choose from the list of 19th
Century American Presidents (A-D) for each question. For some of the questions, more
than one letter is required, in which case the two letters should be written, in alphabetical
order, with a hyphen between them, i.e. A-E.

Which of these 19th Century U.S Presidents (A-D):

You Scored 0 out of 8
This gives you a grade of E.

Question 1 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: cost of electricity is getting.

Question 2 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: an increase in unemployment.

Question 3 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: led to his resignation from.

Question 4 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: was unaware of the.

Question 5 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: keep out of it. also: keep out.

Question 6 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: baffled that he is unable. also:

baffled why he is unable

Question 7 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: contributed to his sacking. also:

contributed to his dismissal

Question 8 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: on the spur of the.

This gives you a grade of E.

Question 1 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: set her mind on. also: set her heart
on

Question 2 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: ever comes to light.

Question 3 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: nearly as good a.

Question 4 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: hardly any difference between.

also: hardly anything separating

Question 5 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: height has doubled.

Question 6 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: sooner had I arrived than.

Question 7 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: was virtually nobody. also: was
virtually no-one

Question 8 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: was no sign of the.

This gives you a grade of E.

Question 1 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: The narrator was sometimes

attracted to her.

Question 2 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: His family's car wasn't where it
should be.
Question 3 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: To warn others off the ladies'
property.

Question 4 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: It was probably instinctive.

Question 5 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: The frequency of the neighbor's

complaints.

Question 6 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: He drove the car even more into
his neighbor's property.

Exam Tip!

Reading Exam - Things To Do

1. If you have to fill in a paragraph, make sure that it doesn't only make grammatical

sense, but that the new paragraph makes sense in the context of the entire passage.

2. Keep a "map" of the text in your head. This may be just a few key ideas/sentences.

e.g. Dreams can be interpreted, people believed this hundreds of years ago, dreams

can be altered by what's happening in your life, dream analysis may help you. This

map of the reading passage will help you fill any gaps in it.

3. Don't reject any options without checking it against the text.

4. You Scored 0 out of 10
5. This gives you a grade of E.
6. Question 1 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: b.
7. Question 2 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: d.
8. Question 3 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: c.
9. Question 4 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: a-d.
10.Question 5 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: b.
11.Question 6 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: c-d.
12.Question 7 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: d.
13.Question 8 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: b.
14.Question 9 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: a.
15.Question 10 - Incorrect. Actual Answer was: b.

Exam Tip!
Reading Exam - Things Not To Do

1. Don't try to answer any questions without looking carefully at the text.

2. Don't waste too much time on a difficult reading exercise. Move on!

3. Don't presume that if you find a key word in both a question and the text, that you

have found the answer.