Reading Practice Test 5 [B1]

Part 1

 – 5 questions –

For each question, choose the correct answer.

1.

2. What is Pete doing?

3.

4. George wants Rosie to

5.

Part 2

 – 5 questions –

For each question, choose the correct answer.

The people below all want to find a suitable hotel.
Look at the descriptions of eight hotels.
Decide which hotel would be most suitable for each person.

Part 3

– 5 questions –

Read the text and questions below. For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D.

TO THE MOON

In 1969, three people in a tiny spaceship made history with a trip the world will never forget. NASA officials selected Michael Collins, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong. The first manned lunar landing mission was called Apollo 11, and their destination was the Moon. Tens of thousands of people worked on the Apollo project to send those men to the Moon. The project, also known as the Apollo program, took ten years of preparation. The first Apollo flight was a disaster because the spacecraft caught fire on the ground. But NASA continued with the Apollo program. During future space missions, the astronauts practised flying their space crafts. They also performed the tasks they needed to know so that they were able to fly to the Moon and land on it. On the Apollo 8 mission, the astronauts flew around the Moon ten times. They were almost ready for the first Moon landing. The rocket that carried the spacecraft and the astronauts into orbit around the Moon was called the Saturn 5. It blasted through space at a speed of at least 25,000 miles an hour. Even at that speed, it took 3 days, 3 hours, and 49 minutes to reach the Moon. The Apollo 11 mission used a lunar module designed only for landing on the Moon. It was called the “Eagle.” On July 20, 1969, the Eagle landed on the Moon’s desolate surface. Only two astronauts stepped on the Moon that day. Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin followed about twenty minutes later. The astronauts set up a TV camera, and the whole world watched the landing on TV. Michael Collins waited for them in the spacecraft and orbited the Moon. His job was to take care of the spacecraft that would take them back home. He had to make sure nothing happened to it!

1. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing the text?

2. Which Apollo mission took the first astronauts to land on the Moon?

3. How did the “Eagle” arrive at the Moon?

4. How many astronauts walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969?

5. What can a reader find out from the text?

Part 4

-5 questions-

Five sentences have been removed from the text below. For each question (1-5), choose the correct answer (A-H).
There are three extra sentences which you do not need to use.

Part 5

– 6 questions –

Read the text below and choose the correct word (A, B, C or D) for each space.

Elephants

When you think about the (1) … of an elephant, do you think of their massive trunks, beautiful ivory tusks, large flapping ears, or just their immense size? As you may already know, elephants are the largest land animals in the world today. (2) … part of their anatomy is helpful to the elephant to survive in their environment. But it is the elephant’s trunk that is the (3) … important to them.

Because their trunk has over 40,000 muscles, it allows the elephant to move it in many different positions. It gives them the ability to grasp and (4) … up objects. Elephants are known for their strong trunks. In (5) …, they could uproot large trees from the ground if they needed to. Elephants have an excellent sense of smell, but they also use their trunks for many other purposes, such as breathing, drinking, eating, showing affection. Even though an elephant has a total of 24 sharp teeth, they only (6) … to use two or three of these teeth.

(1) …

(2) …

(3) …

(4) …

(5) …

(6) …

Part 6

-6 questions-

For each question, write the correct answer. Use only one word in each gap.