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Part 1

Questions 1 – 5 4

A It is essential to have more actors

For each question, choose the correct answer.
even if they haven’t acted before.

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B It is important for all actors to have
A
All campers must reserve a place in advance. training before being involved in the
play.

B
Groups bigger than four are not
C It is necessary to find a new director to
allowed on this site.
train the actors.

C
Groups of more than three should
contact the campsite before arriving. 5

A Students must write detailed notes

on this week’s experiment.
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A
Those who don’t pay punctually
won’t be able to go to Oxford. B Students should check that their
work last term was done accurately.

B
There are very few places left on the
Oxford trip. C Students need to look at previous work
while doing an experiment.

C
This is the last chance for
students to register for the
Oxford trip.

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A
You must have signed permission to
take part in sports day.

B
You have to limit the number of
sports day races you take part in.

C
You need to write your name here
to get more information about
sports day.

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 Part 2 Cycling Courses
Questions 6 – 10 A Two Wheels Good! B On Your Bike!
Mountains! Rivers! Forests! Can’t ride a bike yet, but really
For each question, choose the correct want to? Don’t worry. Our
answer. Our ‘off-road’ course offers you
beginners-only group (4-10
the chance to get out of the
pupils per group) is just what
The young people below all want to do a cycling course during their city. You’ll need very good
you’re looking for. Excellent
school holidays. On the opposite page there are descriptions of eight cycling skills and confidence.
You will be with others of the teaching in safe surroundings.
cycling courses. Makes learning to cycle fun,
same ability. Expert advice on
keeping your bike in good exciting and easy.
Mondays 9.00 am–11.00 am and
condition also included. Thursdays 2.00 pm–4.00 pm.
Nancy is fourteen and cycles quite well. She needs to Mondays 2.00 pm–6.00 pm or Fridays
3.00 pm–7.00 pm.
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busy city roads. She’s only free at the weekends.

C Fun and Games D Pedal Power

Do you want some adventure? Find A course for able cyclists. We
out how to do ‘wheelies’ (riding on one specialise in teaching riders of
wheel), ‘rampers’ (cycling off low all ages how to manage
Markus is an excellent cyclist and he wants the walls), ‘spins’ and much more… We difficult situations in heavy
excitement of riding on countryside and woodland offer a secure practice ground, traffic in towns and cities. We
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tracks. He’d also like to learn more about looking after excellent trainers and loads of fun guarantee that by the end of
his bike. He can’t attend a morning course. equipment. Wear suitable clothes. the course, no roundabout or
Only for advanced cyclists. crossroads will worry you!
(Age 11–12)
Saturdays 1.00 pm–4.00 pm.

Ellie is nine and knows how to ride her bike, but isn’t
8 confident about starting and stopping. She’d love to
meet other cyclists with a similar ability and have fun E Cycling 4 U F Bike Doctors
Not a beginner, but need plenty of Have you been doing too many tricks on
practice? This course offers practical
help with the basics of balancing and
your bike? Taken it up mountains and
using your brakes safely. You’ll be in a through rivers? Then it probably needs
group of pupils of the same level. some tender loving care. Bike Doctors
Improve your cycling skills and enjoy teach you to maintain and repair your
Leo can’t cycle yet, and wants to learn on his own with yourself at the same time! Open to all bike. (Some basic equipment required.)
children up to the age of ten.
the teacher. He’d prefer a course with sessions twice a Ages 11-19 Tuesdays 9.00 am–12.00 pm or
9 Sundays 10.00 am–12.00 pm.
week. He’d also like some practical information about Wednesdays 3.00 pm–6.00 pm.
cycling clothes and equipment.

G Safety First H Setting Out

We teach cycling safety for the city A course for absolute beginners
Josh is eleven and a skilled cyclist. He’s keen to learn to centre and country lane biker. We’ll needing one-to-one instruction to
10 do exciting cycling tricks in a safe environment. He’d teach you the skills you need to deal get off to a perfect start. We
like to be with people of a similar age. with all the vehicles using our busy also give advice on helmets,
roads. All ages welcome from 10+. lights, what to wear and much
more. A fantastic introduction to
cycling! Mondays and Tuesdays
9.00 am–11.00 am.

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 Part 3 11 Harry thinks he said that he was going to be a tennis champion
in order to
Questions 11 – 15
A please his parents.
For each question, choose the correct answer. B get some attention.
C annoy his older brother.
D persuade people that he was serious.

Play to win 12 How did Harry feel after his first important competition?
16-year-old Harry Moore writes about his hobby, tennis.
A confused about his defeat.
My parents have always loved tennis and they’re members of a tennis club. My older B proud to be a member of the winning team.
brother was really good at it and they supported him – taking him to lessons all the C ashamed of the way he treated another player.
time. So I guess when I announced that I wanted to be a tennis champion when I grew
up I just intended for them to notice me. My mother laughed. She knew I couldn’t
possibly be serious, I was just a 4-year-old kid! 13 What does Harry try to remember when he’s on
the court?
Later, I joined the club’s junior coaching group and eventually took part in my first
A Don’t let the other player surprise you.
proper contest, confident that my team would do well. We won, which was fantastic,
B Follow your game plan.
but I wasn’t so successful. I didn’t even want to be in the team photo because I didn’t
C Respect the other player.
feel I deserved to be. When my coach asked what happened in my final match, I didn’t
know what to say. I couldn’t believe I’d lost – I knew I was the better player. But every
time I attacked, the other player defended brilliantly. I couldn’t explain the result.
14 What does Harry say about his behaviour in
tournaments?
After that, I decided to listen more carefully to my coach because he had lots of tips. I
realised that you need the right attitude to be a winner. On court I have a plan but
A He broke his racket once when he was angry.
sometimes the other guy will do something unexpected so I’ll change it. If I lose a
B He stays away from players who behave badly.
point, I do my best to forget it and find a way to win the next one.
C He tries to keep calm during the game.
At tournaments, it’s impossible to avoid players who explode in anger. Lots of players
can be negative – including myself sometimes. Once I got so angry that I nearly broke
my racket! But my coach has helped me develop ways to control those feelings. After 15 What might a sports journalist write about
Harry now?
all, the judges have a hard job and you just have to accept their decisions.
A B
My coach demands that I train in the gym to make sure I’m strong right to the end of a Harry has really grown up
Harry needs to believe in his
tournament. I’m getting good results: my shots are more accurate and I’m beginning since his first tournament and
own abilities and stop
discovered that tennis is a
to realise that with hard work there’s a chance that I could be a champion one day. depending on good luck when
battle of minds not just
he plays.
rackets.

C D
Harry could be a great player
Harry looked exhausted when
but he needs to find a coach
he finished his last match so
to take him all the way to the
maybe he should think about
big competitions.
working out.

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 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.

Planting trees
by Mark Rotheram, aged 13

This spring, our teacher suggested we should get involved in a green project and plant
some trees around the school. Everyone thought it was a great idea, so we started A So we tried to avoid areas where students were very active.
looking online for the best trees to buy. 16 x If we wanted them to grow properly,
they had to be the right type – but there were so many different ones available! So B However, our parents did offer to help with the digging!
our teacher suggested that we should look for trees that grew naturally in our part of
the world. 17 They’d also be more suitable for C That could mean the tree had a disease.

the wildlife here.

D But we soon found that choosing trees was quite complicated.

Then we had to think about the best place for planting the trees. We learnt that trees
E It can be quite good for young trees, though.
are happiest where they have room to grow, with plenty of space for their branches.
The trees might get damaged close to the school playgrounds, for example. 18
F We knew they’d get as much pleasure from them as we had.
Finally, we found a quiet
corner close to the school garden – perfect!
G But at least we were doing it in the right season.

Once we’d planted the trees, we knew we had to look after them carefully. We all took
H That way, the trees would be used to local conditions.
turns to check the leaves regularly and make sure they had no strange spots
or marks on them.
19 And we decided to check the following spring in case the leaves turned
yellow too soon, as that could also mean the tree was sick.

We all knew that we wouldn’t be at the school anymore by the time the trees grew
tall, and that was a bit sad. But we’d planted the trees to benefit not only the

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 Part 5

Questions 21 – 26

For each question, choose the correct

answer.

This car runs on chocolate!

Scientists have built a 300kph racing car that uses chocolate as a fuel! The project is
(21) ………… to show how car-making could (22) environmentally friendly. The car
21 A intended B wished C decided D insisted
meets all racing car
(23)................apart from its fuel. This is a mixture of waste chocolate and vegetable oil,
and such
‘biofuels’ are not (24)...........in the sport yet. It has to be mixed with normal fuel so that all
parts
of the car keep working.

Carrots and other root vegetables were used to make some parts inside and outside
the car. Even the mirrors are made from potatoes! The sides of the car (25) a
mixture of natural
22 A develop B move C become D arrive
materials from plants as well as other recycled materials.

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Questions 27 – 32

For each question, write the correct

answer. Write one word for each gap.

Our new skatepark!

by Jack Fletcher

Is there a great skatepark in your town? We’ve now got the (27). fantastic skatepark ever,
and it’s all because of my friends and me!

Our old skatepark was full of broken equipment, so none of us ever went there. But
we all agreed that (28) we had a better skatepark in our town, we’d use it. And
teenagers might come
(29)................other towns to join us, too.

So I set up an online questionnaire to find out (30).....local people wanted. I asked them
whether we should improve our old skatepark (31).....build a completely new one. People
voted to build a new one.

Then we held some events to get money to pay for it. In the end we collected half the
cost, and the local council paid the rest. It (32) finally finished last month. So come
and try it – you’ll have

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