Exercise 1: Read the article about Sean Murphy. Are sentences 1-7 "Right" (A) or "Wrong"
(B)? If there is not enough information to answer "Right" (A) or “Wrong" (B), choose
"Doesn't say" (C). For questions 1-7, mark A, B or C on your answer sheet.
At home
Seen Murphy reads the late news on British television at 11 o'clock each evening.
"This is a good time for a new programme because we can report the early news from
America and the late news from Europe. I still arrive home before midnight because the journey
from the Television Centre to my home in north London only takes six minutes. My family are all
asleep when I get in, but I usually make a drink of hot milk and read a book for about an hour.
'I always get up to have breakfast with my three children before they catch the school bus.
Then I take the newspapers and go back to bed for a short time. Later on, I go for a swim-
Seen Murphy
newsreaders speand too much time sitting downt I sometimes go running. I've done the London
Marathon twice. That's a race of over 40 kilometresLGnished each time, but I wasn't among the
first!
I start work after lunch at two o'clock, when I go to my office. The rest of the day is spent
planning the programme, but I always try to go home for an hour to see my cvhildren before they go
to bed.
Example: 0. The late news begins at 11 o'clock every evening.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Doesn't say
I. Seen Murphy lives in London.
Right
C. Doesn't say
B. Wrong
2. Sean's wife gives him a hot drink when he arrives home after work.
Right
C. Doesn't say
B. Wrong
3. Seen takes his children to school in the morning.
B. Wrong
4. Seen likes to go swimming with his colleagues from work.
B. Wrong
Right
C. Doesn't say
Right
Doesn't say
5. Seen has won the London Marathon.
Right
B. Wrong
C. Doesn't say
6. Seen's working day begins in the afternoon.
Right
B. Wrong
C. Doesn't say
7. Seen usually leaves the office for an hour during the evening.
Right
Exercise 2: Read the desciptions of some holiday words. What is the word for each one? The
first letter is already there. There is one space for each other letter in the word. For questions
36-40, write the words on your answer sheet. (KET extra)
Example:
1. If you go on a camping holiday, you may sleep in this.
B. Wrong
C. Doesn't say
tent
2. This is where you lie in the sun and go swimming.
be as
3. You can pack all your holiday clothes in this.
4. Without this cannot go to some countries.
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