Cambridge Flyers 2020 Test 46 - Reading & Writing

Look and read. Choose the correct words from the box.

Example: Bees make this sweet food, which some people put in their tea. honey

You often need this to open the door to your house.

People sometimes use this if they don't have a car. The driver takes them where they want to go.

These are soft and people put them on their sofas or beds.

These are usually made of wood or plastic. You hold two in one hand to eat rice or noodles.

This has two wheels. You should wear a helmet when you ride this.

You must be careful if you use this to make hot food because it can burn you.

If you are very ill and you need to go to the hospital quickly, you can go in this.

You can use strawberries or other fruit to make this food. You can have it on bread with butter.

This is a kind of road where you can drive fast.

Many people like this for breakfast, and use a bowl and spoon to eat it with milk.

Robert is talking to his friend, Harry. What does Harry say? Read the conversation and choose the best answer. Write a letter (A-H) for each question. You do not need to use all the letters.

A. Yes, he was very brave.

B. Whales are bigger than sharks.

C. Yes, I’d like that too!

D. I don’t know. It’s difficult to choose.

E. Yes, I did. (Example)

F. That’s wonderful!

G. No, I hate them so I didn’t watch that part.

H. Oh, yes. It was great.

Robert: Did you see that TV programme about the most dangerous animals in the world?

Harry: E

Robert: Did you like it?

Harry: 11.1

Robert: Did you see the part about the octopus?

Harry: 11.2

Robert: Which part did you like best?

Harry: 11.3

Robert: Did you see the man who swam with sharks?

Harry: 11.4

Robert: I'd like to swim with dolphins.

Harry: 11.5

Read the text. Choose the correct word from the box to fill in each blank.

Last Saturday, Emma and David visited a farm with their mum. They arrived early in the morning and first they went to see the chickens.
"Look at the eggs," said Emma. "I can see four."
"I'm 12.1 now. I want to eat some eggs," said David. Then they went to see the cows.
"Look at all the 12.2 that they have made!" said Emma.
"Amazing! I'm thirsty now. I want to drink some milk," said David.
"You're always hungry and thirsty, David!" said Mum. "Let's have our picnic now then."
They 12.3 sandwiches and drank two bottles of milk. 
"Amazing! I’m happy now!" said David.
After lunch, David went for a 12.4 on an enormous horse and Emma 12.5 with some black and white puppies. Then the children gave some bread to the ducks in the river.
"What an excellent day!" said the children.

Now choose the best name for this story: 12.6David is always hungryAn excellent ride on a horseA great visit to a farm.

(Adapted from A2 flyers Three practice tests)

Read the text and choose the best answer to fill in the blanks.

Could you be an astronaut?

You may be one of the many young people who want to travel into space. So 13.1havearedo you the right kind of person to be an astronaut?

First, you must be very sure that this is the job you want because astronauts have to study and work hard 13.2foratin many years before they are ready to go into space. You must like and be good at science and engineering because 13.3allbothevery astronauts have to study these subjects.

13.4IfSoOr you want to be an astronaut, you also have to be strong. You can't get ill because there aren't 13.5aanysome hospitals to go to!

Of course, astronauts should not be afraid of flying! Many of them have 13.6workedworkingwork as pilots before they start learning to be astronauts.

To do this job, you also need to speak 13.7mostmoremany than one language because astronauts work with people 13.8onfromto lots of different countries.

It is also important that astronauts are friendly and they should enjoy 13.9beingbebeen with other people. This is because the people in a spaceship have to live and work together in such 13.10theaan small space. 

(Adapted from A2 FLYER MINI TRAINER)

Read the story. Write some words to complete the sentences about the story. You can use 1, 2, 3 or 4 words.

At the bank

My name's Tony and I'm a photographer. I work for a big newspaper in the city. Yesterday morning I was going to a hotel in town to take some pictures of famous singers. I was walking past the bank and I suddenly decided to go in because I needed to get some money to buy lunch later.

But when I was inside I knew something was wrong. There was a man wearing a black sweater. I couldn't see his face but he was holding a big plastic bag. A woman was putting money into it. I knew then that he was stealing the money so I shouted "Stop that right now!" He turned round and I took his picture. He was very surprised! He just dropped the money and then, before I could catch him, he ran out of the bank. Everyone said they thought I was very brave and they thanked me.

Then a policeman arrived and asked me lots of questions. Someone told him that I had a picture of the man. But the policeman asked, "Why did you take his picture?" and said it was a dangerous thing to do. I felt stupid. Then the policeman took my camera away so I didn't get my photos of famous people that day!

(Adapted from YLE Tests Flyers)

Tony went into the bank because he wanted to for lunch.

Tony when he walked into the bank.

Tony saw a man who had in his hands.

The man looked when Tony took his picture.

Before he ran away, the man .

Everyone in the bank told Tony that he was .

The policeman took Tony's camera away so he couldn't take pictures of .

Read the letter and write the missing words. Write ONE word in each blank.

We've had a wonderful day today! My sister and I woke 21.1 early and went to the funfair at the park. It was amazing! There were music and games everywhere we looked. When we 21.2 hungry, Dad took us to our favorite 21.3 for pizza. We put olives on it and it was delicious! But that's not all! 21.4 we were there, we met my sister's favourite singer. She was sitting at the table next to ours.

She let us take a photo with her and then gave us two tickets to her concert next month. We're really excited 21.5 it!

(Adapted from SKILL BUILDER FLYER 2)

Look at the three pictures. Write about this story. Write 20 or more words.