Bài test trình độ KET - Reading & Writing

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Go to the first floor if you want to _____.

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Why does Mrs Monmouth write this email?

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Sam is asking Katie _____.

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The purpose of School Festival of Books is to _____.

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Advice on doing homework

Damian, 13

I don't mind doing homework, especially when I play some jazz (and not pop) on my phone. When I do, I'm able to think more carefully about what I'm doing. Sometimes I really enjoy doing my homework, especially when it's maths and I understand it well. Or when one of my classmates comes to my place and we study together. I find it's best if I let my parents and sister know I'm busy so they don't come into my room and spend all evening talking to me!

Louis, 11

When I started doing my homework in my room every morning, it wasn't a great success. I always found something more interesting to do! But these days, I don't have the same problem. I just go to my room in the evening, switch on the light, sit down at my desk and do it. I do love music, but if l put my MP3 player on, I start to think about the song and not the homework! So I don't listen while I work. It’s the same problem if my mum or dad put music on in the next room. I turn my mobile off or put it away before I start. That helps too.

Jackson, 14

I usually do most of my homework before I go to bed. And then I do a bit more as soon as I wake up. I've always found it easy to do that. I'II maybe look at my German vocabulary for five minutes before breakfast. I tell my friends at school: "If you want to do your homework well, make sure your room is nice and bright. Otherwise, you'll fall asleep!"

Which person says it's better not to look at his phone while he's doing his homework?

Which person sometimes does homework with a friend?

Which person tells his family when he is working?

Which person says that there must be enough light in his room so he can work?

Which person thinks that listening to music helps with homework?

Which person works in the morning and evening?

Which person says it's easier to do homework now than it was before?

Read the following passage then choose the best answer to each question below.

A wonderful year

Ben Jones talks about his year of travel before studying at university.

I always knew I wanted to spend a year traveling before university. I wanted to see the world, improve my skiing, make new friends from other countries and, more than anything, try lots of things I've never done before.

The first place I visited was France. I've always loved the French language and I wanted to study it. Then, while I was there, I became interested in French food. I took some cooking lessons at a farmhouse in the French countryside and learned to make lots of lovely dishes.

Next, I visited Australia. My cousins live near the river in Sydney, so I had somewhere to stay. To begin with, we spent a lot of time sailing in their boat. But then I got a job in a hotel. It was great - the customers and staff were so friendly.

My last country was Japan, where I learned to become a skiing teacher. I planned to do a three-week course. But when I got there, I saw that I wasn't actually that good, so I changed to a seven-week one. The course was amazing and afterward, I got a job with a skiing company.

The other teachers were very friendly and on our days off, we did activities like snowboarding. One weekend we even did winter camping. That was quite interesting, but it was cold, so I can't say I slept well! Anyway, we're all planning to meet up soon and I can't wait.

(Adapted from A2 KEY FOR SCHOOL 1)

What did Ben want to do during the year after he left school?

Why did Ben go to France?

Where did Ben live when he was in Australia?

Why did Ben change his course in Japan?

What does Ben say about winter camping?

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Wivenhoe hotel 

Wivenhoe is a beautiful hotel in the countryside, with many rooms and an excellent restaurant. However, there is a big 19.1differencevarietychange between Wivenhoe and other hotels. Firstly, Wivenhoe is part of a university, and secondly, its staff is all teenagers. 

In fact, Wivenhoe is a hotel school for young people who are 19.2knowingexplaininghoping to get jobs in the hotel or restaurant 19.3careerworkbusiness. The students learn by helping staff in a real hotel, while their teachers 19.4lookwatchsee them carefully. They do everything, from making beds and cleaning bathrooms to preparing menus and 19.5callingansweringspeaking the telephone. 

Some British people may think that a hotel run by students is a rather strange idea, but many visitors say that Wivenhoe is the best hotel they have ever 19.6goneenteredstayed at.

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A school trip to the theatre

Last week, everyone in my class went on a trip to the theatre. We travelled there 20.1 coach. The theatre is about 10 kilometers away from school, so it was much 20.2 far to walk. The play was Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. In fact, it's probably the 20.3 famous of all the plays that Shakespeare wrote. We've studied it at school, so I knew 20.4 it is about. It's a love story, but it's also the saddest play I 20.5 ever seen. In the end, several 20.6 the people in my class were crying. But I loved it!

Your friend has asked you to go swimming tomorrow evening. You can't go.

Write a note to your friend. Say:

• why you can't go
• when and where you can meet your friend on another day

Write 25 words or more.

Look at the three pictures. Write the story shown in the pictures. Write 35 words or more. Write the story on your answer sheet.