Exam practice: Reading 5

Unit 1 3 3
1 C  ​2 C  ​3 B  ​4 D  ​5 A  ​6 B   1 They have all had a positive impact on
B2 First Part 7 7​ C  ​8 D British society./They are real people who
are no longer alive.  
1 ​2 the British public  
c
Unit 3 ​3 several independent specialists and the
2 committee/Banknote Character Advisory
B2 First Part 6 Committee  
1 degree  ​2 coursework  ​3 scholarship  ​
4 tutorial  ​5 postgraduate  ​6 facilities 1 ​4 Whether a figure will be meaningful
3 b to the average person and has a
1 D  ​2 B  ​3 A  ​4 C  ​5 A  ​6 D  ​7 B  ​ 2 positive image.  
8 A  ​9 C  ​10 B 1 c  ​2 d  ​
3 a  ​4 g  ​5 b  ​6 e  ​7 f ​5 the Governor of the Bank of England  ​
6 Because of his important/innovative
3
work in the fields of computer science and
B2 First Part 3 1 F  ​2 G  ​3 B  ​4 D  ​5 A  ​6 C
artificial intelligence.  
1 ​7 Not much of one, because the UK is
c
B2 First Part 4 moving towards a cashless society.
2 1 4
1 f  ​2 a  ​3 d  ​4 e  ​5 g  ​6 h   a 1 respect/thank/pay tribute to/celebrate  ​
7​ b  ​8 c 2 group/team/board/panel  
2
​ vast/detailed/substantial/a large
3
3 1 board  ​2 lift  ​3 off-peak  ​4 commute  ​
amount of  
1 valuable/invaluable  ​2 employment  ​ 5 disagree  ​6 incorrect
​4 innovative/groundbreaking  ​
3 disadvantages  ​4 professional  ​ 3 5 uncommon/unusual
5 management/managers  ​6 undecided  ​ 1 he is/he’s/he feels incapable of doing  ​
7 undergraduate  ​8 expectations 2 once we’ve/we have taken  
​ rather not go/drive/travel  
3 B2 First Part 1
​ always travels off-peak/during quiet
4 1
Unit 2 times/at quiet times   b
​5 won’t/will not have finished   2
​6 was not as/so expensive as
Open comprehension 1 about around  ​2 for on  
​ allowing allowance  
3
1 ​ over out  ​5 in for
4
b Unit 4 3
2 1 B  ​2 A  ​3 C  ​4 D  ​5 B  ​6 A  ​7 D  ​
1 work job  ​2 write sign  ​3 makes does  ​ B2 First Part 5 8 C
4 for of  ​5 up down  ​ 6 pay salary
3 1
1 Employers want experience, but new a
graduates haven’t had the chance to 2 Unit 6
get any.   1 psychologist  ​2 introverted  ​
​2 Because he got work experience while 3 assistant  ​4 live wire  ​5 wallflower  ​ True/False
he was at school.   6 loyal 1
​3 Because it shows you are motivated and 3 a
good at working in a team.   1 C  ​2 D  ​3 A  ​4 B  ​5 D  ​6 A 2
​4 How to get products to the customer
quickly and carefully.   1 cough  ​2 health  ​3 dizzy  ​
B2 First Part 2 4 symptom  ​5 remedy  ​6 shape
​5 Use the opportunity to make contacts
and look out for permanent jobs in 1 3
the company.   c 1 F – … they’d probably have raised their
​6 You might have to do similar tasks in a eyebrows in disbelief.  
2
job, e.g. write a report.   ​2 T – Unless you’d had this gadget, you
1 g  ​2 a  ​
3 f  ​4 h  ​5 b  ​6 d  ​7 c  ​
​7 Optimistic because the writer says, might not have become the picture of
8 e
‘nothing will stop you!’ health so rapidly.  
3 ​3 F – If we didn’t have this constant
4 1 a  ​2 to  ​3 are/’re  ​4 the  ​
1 tackle a problem   reminder, it would be easy to fall into bad
5 although/while  ​6 this/that/such  ​ habits and neglect our health.  
​ 2 get your foot in the door  ​ 7 why  ​8 less/not
3 transferable   ​4 T – Then you check the distance online
​ 4 reference   and discover it isn’t as far as your device
​ 5 handy hints recorded. How would you feel? Probably,
Unit 5 not so happy suddenly.  
​5 F – How long will it be before
B2 First Part 1 technology reaches the stage where this
Open comprehension
1 data can be accessed by unauthorised
1 companies?  
c
c ​6 T – For me, the pros outweigh the cons.
2
2
1 b  ​2 f  ​3 e  ​4 a  ​5 c  ​6 d
1 out  ​2 leg  ​3 out  ​4 note  ​5 belt  ​
6 budget

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Exam practice: Reading 5
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1 track  ​2 monitor  ​3 exhaustion  ​ Unit 8 1 T - Most people find little more than
4 data  ​5 assistance flowery wallpaper and vintage flooring
B2 First Part 5 when they decide to make improvements
B2 First Part 4 to their house.  
1
​2 F - Soon after moving into their new
1 c
house, they found a code in one of their
1 T  ​2 F  ​3 T 2 kitchen cabinets.  
2 1 earthquake  ​2 blizzard  ​3 apologise  ​ ​3 F – Until this day, not one of them has
1 broken  ​2 dizziness  ​3 injure  ​ 4 relief  ​5 belong  ​6 Torrential been successful.  
4 treatment  ​5 stiff  ​
6 prescription 3 ​4 F - If he hadn’t, he would be a wealthy
3 1 B  ​2 C  ​3 A  ​4 B  ​5 C  ​6 D man now!  
1 wish I hadn’t broken  ​ ​5 T - the maps themselves are considered
2 in case he   B2 First Part 2 to be of value: some estimate $6,000.  ​
​ Dad hadn’t done stretches/hadn’t
3 6 F – Upon further examination, they
1 found the same kind of beautiful gold
stretched  
a and silver writing on all four walls.
​4 you don’t/won’t sleep well  
​5 unless your cough gets better   2 4
​6 I would have got 1 d  ​2 f  ​3 h  ​4 b  ​5 g  ​6 a   1 hid/lost/missed  
7​ c  ​8 e ​ dark/dull/unpolished/matt  ​
2
3 3 unknown/ordinary/unimportant/
Unit 7 1 have  ​2 by  ​3 through/across/over  ​ insignificant  
4 Although  ​5 What  ​6 of/from   ​4 building/putting up/constructing  ​
Open comprehension 7​ are  ​8 Due/Thanks 5 decrease/shrink/reduce/make small(er)
1
b Unit 9 B2 First Part 3
2 1
1 cliffhanger  ​2 predictable  ​3 sequels  ​ B2 First Part 6 a
4 inspiring  ​5 thrillers  ​
6 hilarious
1 2
3
b 1 g  ​2 c  ​3 f  ​4 a  ​5 b  ​6 e  ​7 h  ​8 d
1 Because it’s unclear how it fits into
2 3
traditional fiction.  
​2 the Internet   1 wire wireless  ​2 up in   1 careless  ​2 colourful  ​3 knowledge  ​
​3 Several successful films have been ​ copy back  ​4 watersafe waterproof  ​
3 4 broken  ​5 unaware  ​6 difference  ​
based on fanfiction.   5 loader charger  ​6 land phone landline 7 recommendation  ​8 naturally
​4 They are set in different time periods.  ​ 3
5 There are a wide range of writing abilities.   1 C  ​2 G  ​3 E  ​4 B  ​5 F  ​6 D
​6 To change the original ending because
they don’t like it or to develop the B2 First Part 1
characters further in a new story.  
​7 She writes fanfiction only because she 1
loves it, not for money.   a
​8 Their opinion doesn’t matter to 2
the writer. 1 scroll  ​2 operating system  ​3 stream  ​
4 4 eco-friendly  ​5 key in  ​6 virus  ​
1 harder/trickier  ​2 befriend   7 durable  ​ 8 run on
​ put pen to paper  
3 3
​ didn’t (quite) make the grade
4 1 D  ​2 A  ​3 B  ​4 D  ​5 C  ​6 B  
7​ B  ​8 C
B2 First Part 3
1
1 F  ​2 T  ​3 T Unit 10
2
1 sell-out  ​2 ending  ​3 plot  ​4 vinyl  ​ True/False
5 stunning  ​6 realistic 1
3 b
1 considered  ​2 appearance  ​ 2
3 popularity  ​4 putting  ​5 promotional  ​ 1 press  ​2 topics  ​3 headlines  ​
6 poorly  ​7 performances  ​8 receiving 4 bulletin  ​
5 forecast  ​6 events

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