Reading Part 1 Questions 1-5 For each question, choose the correct answer. Lenais 7 iggesting that Marta travels into town without her. lta | wort be re80y timo 0 oaten tha usinto town wat you, 90!" geta there wth Mum B offering Marta a lift into town instead of catching the bus. instead. 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The people below are all doing school geography projects and want to find a website to help them. On the opposite page there are descriptions of eight geography websites. Decide which website would be the most suitable for the people below. Sandra wants to learn more about what Planet Earth is actually made of, and how 6 much of it is covered by water. She'd also like online advice about how to organise her work, Miranda wants to learn about some of the famous tourist sites in the world, and 7 why they have become famous. She'd like to play games on the website to help her remember the information. 2 Forhis project, Billy needs to find out about the biggest mountains in the world, 8 and the kind of animals living near them. He'd also like to see videos of the locations he's studying. 3 ‘Anna wants to learn about the biggest land areas of the world, and get key facts about their geography. She'd also like advice on how to improve her map-teading skills. Kristofer’s country has very cold winters, so he’s interested in how other people in cold countries deal with their environment. He'd like to share his experiences online with teenagers there. Reading PartGeoview website has fantastic videos of animals in ging locations, and information about how ‘manage to live there. There are also helpful fon understanding geographical information, ‘as maps and diagrams of the Earth and its 6. Users can also share information about links to follow. Geography.com is website has interesting maps and details ut places that have become famous tourist tinations in different countries, and also je famous geographical features around the Jd, such as the biggest mountains and rivers. re are also online tips available on how to arch information for projects. Planet Zoom sure how to understand the information included on maps? 'sa step-by-step guide to using them The site alsohas and puzzles about all the continents, including Africa, ‘and Europe, and important details about them, such as irhuge size, and their mountain ranges, rivers and climate. Geolnfo countries in the world have the coldest winters, the st mountains or the most unusual animals? Check knowledge with some fantastic geography puzzles games. And the photos on this site also show people's ay lives in very diferent climate conditions. Geography websites 8 Geographical This website has lots of maps, quizzes and advice, to check your knowledge of what you've studied ~and remind you of anything you've forgotten! ‘There's a brilliant section about popular places in many different countries, which attract large numbers of visitors, with background historical details about the reasons these places are now so wall known. D Goworld How do people live in places with very high or low temperatures in different seasons? Find out how people Codapt tothe climate they live in, how it afects their lives and what they do to slay worm or keep cool, as necessary. You can olso upload your own stories about life in extteme temperatures in your country. F Worldwide This website has lots of beautiful photos, maps and film clips to help you learn more about some of the highest - and coldest peaks on the planet. You'll find plenty of amazing facts about them, together with details of the wildlife that makes its home in the surrounding areas. H Geowatch Whats underneath the ground we walt on? Youll find maps and diagrams her to tll you - including what you'd see inside the planet if you cut iin half There's information, too, about parts of the world that aren land, but actually oceans and seas, and help on researching and presenting project informationReading Part 3 Questions 11-15 For each question, choose the correct answer. Cross-country skiing in Sweden by Jenna Walton, aged 15 Last year, Mum ond | wanted to try a winter sport called cross-country skiing — fravelling on skis across the countryside. And pictures of one area in Sweden, with people skiing along through forests on wonderful white snow, persuaded us that destination was @ good choice. We hadn't done much skiing, though, so weren't sure how difficul cross-country skiing was, compared with skiing fast down steep mountains, But we signed up to join a group of people, of all ages, plus a guide. We'd read about the place we went to before we left, co we knew it was close to where Sweden ends and Norway starts. And our family knew we couldn't text home, as there was no internet connection — and actually, it was relaxing to be far from anywhere, or anyone. What we hadn't realised was that from there, we'd be able to see amazing coloured lighs in the sky, which appeared at certain times of year, called the Northern Lights - what o sight! (On our first day there, | hated getting up in the dark, but it meant I saw the sun come up over the forest, 50 | was glod I did. And sunshine was forecast for the week, | was delighted to hear! But the real problem was my 15kg rucksack, full of food and clothes - | had no idea it would weigh that much. Anyway, we skied for hours cross mainly flat snow. Having special ight skis was supposed fo help us climb the few hills there were — although | sill couldn't do it! Finally we stopped for the night. I wasn’t until we'd reached our hut that our guide mentioned we'd just crossed a frozen loke to get there — but nothing surprised us by that point! Anyway, he gave us all jobs to do ~ culling fire wood and cooking food ~ and soon we were having dinner, made from whatever food we'd brought ~a strange mix, but it tasted delicious. And everywhere was so peaceful outside that none of us stayed cowake long. Mum and | want fo iry another winter sports trp, maybe snowboarding. But we'll probably end up just as exhausted os we were ofter this trip! HE Reading PartJenna and her mum decided to go cross-country skiing in Sweden because ‘A they wanted a change from mountain skiing holidays. B they'd heard the sport would be easier than skiing down hills. C they'd meta group of people who wanted to go, too. D they founda place there that they were keen to visit. After their arrival, what did they discover about where they were staying? A Itwasn't far from the border with another country. B They could get great views of a spectacular natural event. © _Itwasat a point where they couldn’t use technology. D They weren't near local people or their homes. How did Jenna feel about the long trips through the snow on skis? ‘A surprised she had to carry such a heavy bag B__ pleased about the weight of the skis she was given glad that going uphill wasn’t as hard as she'd thought D worried the good weather they were having wouldn't last Regarding their accommodation, Jenna says everyone A had difficulties getting to sleep there. B was unhappy at the quality of the food. C had to help out with all the housework, D was shocked to hear details of their journey there. What would Jenna text toa friend about her trip? A | one reason we chose this trip was that. e we thought we'd be among loads of trees, The people in our group were really friendly - which we love - but that hasn't happened but they were all Mum's age and older, really sofar. c I'm not used to getting out of bed so early Mum and | have agreed that although the trip todo things! But it was worth it, as the was great, we might attempt something less sunrise was wonderful. tiring on our next winter holiday. Reading Part 3Reading Part 4 Questions 16-20 Five sentences have been removed from the text below. For each question, choose the correct answer. There are three extra sentences which you do not need to use. The giant piano A young man in New Zealand recently became famous for making one of the largest pianos ever. ‘Adrian Mann, who now works as a professional piano builder, started building the piano when he was just 16 years old, and made many of the parts for it himself. The piano is 5.7 metres long and is very heavy. And the keyboard actually has keys that are a metre in length. [16 But despite this difference in size, the instrument can still be played perfectly, thanks to Adrian's hard work TF __|/In fact, the whole thing started when Adrian became interested in the materials used for the wires inside the piano. These create the notes when they're hit. ‘And he found that if the wires were really long, he could get an amazing sound. From there, he went con to build the whole piono The instrument was kept inside a church in his town for some time, before Adrian decided it was time to transfer the huge piano from the church to his workshop. [HII] So in the end, the fire service had to come and help take the instrument to its new home. Since the move, a lot of piano players have visited Adrian fo try out the piano. But Adrian says that when they arrive, some people aren't very positive about the piano I9]__| Bvt actually, it always performs brilliantly. They soon discover that the piano can play a wide range of music, just like any normal piano, There's been so much interest in Adrian‘s piano that he could probably start making and selling others just like it. [ZO] So, at the moment, he has no plans to make any more. En Reading PartHowever, he put a lot of work into his original model. It’s so big, you could imagine actually lying down inside it! So what gave Adrian the idea to create such a huge piano? ‘They expect that the instrument won't sound very gobd. But things weren't always that simple. That's much larger than on a normal-sized piano. Most of them were surprised by the wonderful result. But he soon found he couldn't move it out on his own. jing Part 4 rootsReading Part 5 Questions 21-26 For each question, choose the correct answer. became very (25)... Clever birds The wild birds known as ravens are thought to be very clever. In fact, they can solve some quite (21) problems, especially when they're trying to get food. For example, one bird was filmed taking a box of nuts tools to (24) from a bird table and (22) Scientists also (23).. it onto the ground, so that it would break and the bird could eat the nuts inside! that the birds could actually use stones as ~-smsmw Out Simple tasks, So in an experiment, they taught five birds to use a tool to open a box with food inside. The birds soon, at doing this. So for the next experiment, the birds were given a small (26)... of tools to choose from. They always picked the tool that scientists had given them for the first task. And hours later, they could still remember which tool they'd used! 21 A expert 22 23 24 25 26 A A letting noticed take ‘experienced group complicated C heavy confused falling © dropping leaving advised © watched studied carry make check intelligent € correct keen total ¢ amount number Reading PartReading Part 6 ions 27-32 each question, write the correct word. ‘one word for each gap. My thoughts on how to write by Sarah Beecham ‘Welcome to my blog! That's for anyone who's new and, AS (27) nnn-nnne Visited this site before! But if you (28)... like sharing ideas about creative writing and how to do it, seen some of my blogs, then you'll know ‘At the moment, I'm sitting at my desk in my room, 9)... do most of my writing. | love writing stories, but not every day. Illoften update my diary or ymething, too ~ and this blog, (30)............ Course ! But | have a notebook of things | would like to include in ‘my writing and new words | like the sound of. ‘But | recently discovered the most important thing is just to (31)... going once you've started writing. 1b (32) .-n--nsnn~ doesn’t matter how bad your writings at the beginning, because you can always go back make improvements. In fact, that’s the part | enjoy most! perce |Writing Part 1 You must answer this question. Write your answer in about 100 words on the answer sheet. Question 1 Read this email from your English-speaking friend Corey and the notes you have made. From: Core) Subject: [Science festival Hi !'ve got our tickets for the science festival this Saturday! Great! ‘My cousin said that we can pick you up on the way there ‘or we could meet at the front entrance. What would be best for you? Beet For the two main activities, we've got to decide if we want to build a robot or watch the Discovering Dinosaurs film because they're happening at the same time. | think the film would be more interesting - don't you? Don't forget to bring a bit of pocket money with you singe we'll be there all day. Do you think we should bring anything else? Tell Corey. Suggest Bye, Corey Write your email to Corey using all the notes. Writing PartSam Writing Part 2 ‘one of these questions. your answer in about 100 words on the answer sheet. a this notice on an international English website for young people. FESTIVALS an aril tolling us about that you or your family brate. When does the festival place, and what happens? What do you lke about it? est articles answering these ‘questions willbe published ‘ext mont. your article. tion 3 English teacher has asked you to write a story. Your story must begin with this sentence: friend and | arrived at school yesterday morning, we saw something incredible! your story.