Text 1

Directions: Read what some students’ diets are like and answer the questions below. There is one sentence
that is not needed.

WHAT’S YOUR DIET LIKE?

A I eat normally – not too many fatty foods or sweets and I try to eat some fruit every day.

B I buy everything fresh. I don’t eat foods grown by farmers that use lots of chemicals, and I don’t buy things that have
lots of packaging. I shop at the local butcher’s and greengrocer’s rather than the supermarket.

C I don’t want to get fat. I check how many calories there are in things. I never eat between meals, and I usually eat salads.
If I get thirsty, I drink a glass of water.

D I eat whatever I like. My favourite foods are chocolate, crisps, pizza and chips. I don’t like cooking, so I usually buy
frozen goods or get a takeaway.

E I’m not very adventurous when it comes to food. I usually have cereal or toast for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch and
then, for dinner, it’s usually meat and potatoes.

F I can’t eat any dairy products like milk or cheese. Even when I was a child, I didn’t drink milk. I have to be careful about
what I eat so that I don’t get ill, but …

Which student:
1 eats a lot of junk food? ............................
2 has a balanced diet? ............................
3 can’t eat something for health reasons? ............................
4 is careful about their weight? ............................
5 eats healthily and thinks about the environment? ............................

Text 2
Directions: Read the text below. Then, read the questions that follow it and circle the letter of the correct
answer (A, B or C).
LOVE MATCH
I had never been to a football match with my own father. He was disabled and was bed-ridden
during most of my childhood. So I had always had this image that if I had ever had a son, we'd go to a
football game together, hand in hand.
By eight, my son was a passionate supporter. He would write out his own lists of goals and records
in his horrible handwriting. He would go to bed reading his Spurs books and programmes, falling
asleep with them on his little chin. He only lives three streets away now and we still talk about football
all the time. This is because football is not just a game that begins and ends. Football is a passion for
life, cutting across all ages, all classes, and all backgrounds.
As a parent, it's hard to share interests with your children and find common ground. However, with
football, there are no generation gaps. You can discuss the match, any match, with the very old or the
very young, and your opinion will be listened to.
I used to ring my father-in-law, who died at 96, every Saturday at 5:30pm after Sports Reports for
decades just to discuss how Carlisle United had got on. It was our point of contact, what we had in
common. Yes, I know a pretty superficial point of contact, but is going on about shopping, babies or
relationships really all that more meaningful?
My son rings me after he has seen a match on television or at half-time on his mobile, if he's at a
match without me. He might be indulging me as I indulged my father-in-law, but that doesn’t bother
me.
Football has replaced the zoo as the half-day a week treat for divorced fathers. You also see middleclass,
middle-aged fathers suddenly acquiring an interest in football, which they never had before, as a
way of establishing a relationship with their children whom they've hardly talked to for 20 years
because they were so busy in their careers.

6 The author has had an interest in football since the age of eight.
A True
B False
C No information in the text
7 The author believes that football is for all ages.
A True
B False
C No information in the text
8 The author’s son still calls him to talk about football.
A True
B False
C No information in the text
9 Middle-aged fathers have always been fascinated with football.
A True
B False
C No information in the text
10 Most people are too busy to play football.
A True
B False
C No information in the text

Text 3
Directions: Read the text below. Then, read the questions that follow it and circle the letter of the
correct answer (A, B, C or D).
I am sometimes amazed at my own children, the way they get angry if they have to do the dishes twice in one week, the
way they act over small bumps and cuts. As a mum, I’ve had to teach myself to admire bloody baby teeth and clean the
dirt from scraped knees. However, in my mind, my mother’s voice and that of my grandmother still come into my head.
“Oh for goodness sake, you aren’t hurt!” they used to say. For a moment, I want to tell this new generation about my little
brother calmly spitting out a handful of tooth pieces and going back in to grab the biggest cow in the barn. I want to tell
my children how tough I was, falling asleep at the table with hands so sore that I couldn’t hold a fork, or about their
grandmother, who cut off three of her fingers on a piece of farm equipment but finished the job before she came in to get
help. For a moment, I’m terrified I’ll make a mistake and tell them to get tough.
Like my parents and grandparents, I was born and trained to live on a farm. I could rope horses and ride a tractor as well
as my brother, but being female, I also learned to bake bread and can vegetables, and keep my opinions to myself when
others were talking. When an unmarried neighbour asked me out when I was fifteen, my parents were proud and hopeful.
Though he was twelve years older than I was, his other numbers were very promising. He and his father had over fifteen
hundred cows on 36,000 acres of land.

11 The text is probably…

A a newspaper advertisement.
B a television commercial.
C an extract from a book.
D a magazine article.
12 The author is thinking about her childhood because…
A she is comparing herself to her children.
B her children asked her about it.
C she misses her family members.
D she worries her children are weak.
13 From the text we know that the author...
A didn’t like her childhood.
B had a terrible mother and father.
C has not changed over the years.
D had a difficult childhood.
14 “Oh for goodness sake, you aren’t hurt!” is similar in meaning to…
A “I am happy you didn’t hurt yourself.”
B “You should have hurt yourself.”
C “I regret you didn’t hurt yourself.”
D “You can’t have hurt yourself.”

Directions: Mark the following statements as true or false (T/F).

15 The author gets angry with her children’s behaviour. ..............................

16 The author’s brother is younger than she is. ..............................
17 The mother worked hard when she was young. ..............................
18 The author did both farm work and housework. ..............................
19 The author did not speak when men were around. ..............................
20 The man who wanted to date the author was poor. ..............................