Cambridge - PET Test 1 Reading
Cambridge - PET Test 1 Reading
Cambridge - PET Test 1 Reading
Reading Part 1
Questions 1 - 5
Look at the text in each question.
What does it say?
Mark the correct letter A, B or C on your answer sheet.
Example:
Answer:
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ADD YOUR NAME TO THE B If you find your name on this list, you can
LIST IF YOU WANT TO go on the trip.
GO ON THE TRIP
C The list shows who is allowed to go on the
trip.
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Test 2
Listening Part 4
Questions 6 - 1 0
The teenagers below all want to attend a summer camp in the UK.
On the opposite page there are descriptions of eight summer camps for young people.
Decide which summer camp would be the most suitable for the following people.
For questions 6 - 10, mark the correct letter (A - H) on your answer sheet.
Nina and Peta would like to learn acting and singing skills. They'd
also like to try a new sport. They're happy to share a room with
each other, but not with other people.
Benny and Tomas are very keen on science and would love to spend
a week with teenagers who share their interest. They'd also like to
be able to go swimming and watch films to relax.
Jean-Pierre loves going camping and reading books about spies. He's
looking for a holiday where he can share these interests and also
spend time in the open air with other teenagers.
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Summer camps
Learn English w h e r e English children also If you choose to attend a week's training
g o for their holidays. W i t h ActionCamp, at Special Agents' Camp, you will learn
you'll s p e n d four m o r n i n g s a w e e k learning how to use codes for secret messages, make-
English, using g r a d e d tasks a n d g a m e s a n d up and acting skills for undercover work,
acting out everyday situations. The rest of judo to protect yourself from enemies, and
y o u r t i m e y o u take part in t e a m sports a n d outdoor survival skills such as making fires,
other o u t d o o r activities. You'll stay w i t h climbing and mountain biking, necessary for
a friendly family who'll entertain y o u at chasing or escaping. Sleep under the stars in
weekends. well-equipped tents.
W i t h its s a n d y b e a c h , p r i v a t e c i n e m a ,
All Rounders offers two activities each day. a n d c o m f o r t a b l e hostel a c c o m m o d a t i o n ,
Spend each morning doing football, horse Stake House is ideal for h o l i d a y f u n .
riding, tennis, singing or English lessons O u r special-interest c a m p s i n c l u d e film-
and in the afternoon try trips to the cinema, making, using the purpose-built studio,
theatre or the seaside. Or go walking in the a n d i n v e n t o r s ' school, w h e r e q u a l i f i e d
beautiful countryside around the campsite. a n d enthusiastic teachers h e l p y o u
choose a n d c o m p l e t e c r a z y e n g i n e e r i n g
projects or original e x p e r i m e n t s in
c h e m i s t r y a n d physics.
A t Summerfun you stay at the home of a On our Sports for All programme you focus
local family with another student in a double on three sports a week, staying in a hostel.
room. Y o u take part in exciting sports and You spend mornings on your chosen sport,
water sports as well as other activities and afternoons are divided between two
including music, dance, singing and drama. others. We offer tennis, golf, swimming, horse
Enjoy the beach and all the fun offered by riding, basketball, badminton, squash, water
being in a lively city by the sea. polo and wall climbing.
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Testl
Reading Part 3
Questions 11 - 20
Look at the sentences below about fish farming in Tobago.
Read the text on the opposite page to decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect.
If it is correct, mark A on your answer sheet.
If it is not correct, mark B on your answer sheet.
13 The school programme aims to encourage more local people to eat fish.
15 The children are learning about a fish which lives in fresh water.
17 The students are trying out different kinds of food for their fish.
18 Mr Peters would like the school project to influence people all over Tobago.
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Test 2
Listening Part 4
Questions 21 - 25
Read the text below and answer the questions opposite.
For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
There's an old saying in the theatre world a way to encourage the players when they
'Never work with children or animals'. are about to play the regional champions,
It's a great pity that Harold Greymont has who haven't been beaten for three seasons.
never heard this piece of advice, or if he His unusual methods are surprisingly
has come across it, that he didn't pay more successful and by the middle of the season
attention to it. It's not so much that The the team has done much better than
Hockey Dad is a bad film, although I can't anyone expected.
find many reasons for saying it's a good
one. It's more that it makes me angry. The
Unfortunately, there's trouble waiting
thing that annoys me is that Greymont is
because the real team manager (who is
a brilliant actor. Anyone who saw him in
an unpopular local businessman) is very
Romeo and Juliet on the stage in New York
jealous of him. But, surprise, surprise, the
knows that. So what's he doing in this kind
team's school friends find a way to solve
of nonsense?
his problems. I won't say how, as it's the
only part of the film that's even slightly
It's a story about a shy, small-town bank original or amusing. If you see it, you'll be
clerk who is temporarily mistaken for the annoyed with me for telling you. But my
manager of the unsuccessful hockey team advice is, when it comes to a cinema near
at his son's primary school. He has to find you - go and play hockey instead.
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B
A quiet man discovers an A father succeeds in earning his
unexpected talent for hockey son's respect in spite of the fact
and is surprised when he he's no good at sport.
becomes a star player.
C D
A bank clerk finds a way to help A businessman realises that
a school sports team improve spending money doesn't always
their performance. bring success in the world of
sport.
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Test 2
Listening Part 4
Questions 26 - 35
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
Example:
0 A both B neither C also D yet
Running shoes
Running is now very popular with teenagers in many countries (0)
as a sport and as a way of keeping fit. (26) if you only run twice
a week, you (27) to wear good shoes. (28) is a lot of
choice in running shoes, so decide how (29) you can afford to pay
for your shoes, then find a pair that fits you (30) Be prepared
to (31) different sizes in different shoes. If you wear adult shoes,
remember that women's are made narrower (32) men's and,
although most girls and women will find a woman's shoe which suits them,
there is no reason (33) they shouldn't wear a man's shoe. The
same is true for men and boys - (34) a woman's shoe fits you
better, then wear it. If you (35) a mistake and buy the wrong
shoes, you may do serious damage to your feet.
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34 A since B because C so D if
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