Test 1 Tr. ing Reading and Use of English « P: © read along text © enswer six mubiplechoice questions ‘© choose your answer from four options (A, B, C or D) | | In this part your | | | Tip Before you answer the questions, a Read quickly through the section of the text below, and then cover the fed Gb) vOut tie xt pet text and try to tell your partner about it, in your own words. 2 general idea of what itis about. 'b Now try to answer the following questions in pairs about the person telling the story to check your understanding. 1 Who is Anna, do you think? 2. What oetivity was she planning to do? Who with? 3. How were they feeling? Why? 4. What were they slightly worried about? 5 What were they optimistic about? Anna’s Story I'd been learning to play the guitar for what seemed like years, without much success. So I'd wanted to go to see rook guitarist Jason perform for ages ~ and now he was coming to our town. My friends and | were all fans, s0 ‘thrilled just didn't go far enough to describe how we felt! Our town isn't particularly big or amazing, so ‘we couldn't quite believe he'd included it in his concert tour. But there it was, on the programme. So we spent the weeks before the Performance planning what we'd wear and how we'd get there ~ all the time hoping, of course, that our parents would say we were old | enough to go unaccompanied. But then it was an afternoon concert for under-18s, so we reckoned the chances were pretty good! 2a Read this question about the section of text that you have Just read. What was a surprise fo the writer about the concert? Read through the text again and underline the part which gives you the answer. 'b Now read the four options below. Which one is the closest to the answer you marked in the text? A that a wellknown musician would perform just for young people B that her parents hod given her permission to go that it would be held in such an uninteresting location D that the rock guitarist was performing alone Reading and Uso of English Part 5 Test 1 Training | 254a Read the next section of the text. Check your understanding by answering the following questions. Work with a partner. 1 How did they travel to the concert? 2 Whot were they wearing? 3) What was the weather like? 4. How did the weather affect them? The day of the concert finally came, so off we went to catch the bus in our carefully-chosen outfits ~ only to find halfway to the bus station that ‘we were caught in a sudden downpour of rain, so we didn’t look quite as good as we'd hoped. But then we were only an hour or so away ‘from finally seeing our musical hero perform live, so nothing could really dampen our spirits. We carried on nevertheless, finally taking our seats in the concert hall looking slightly wet, but with big smiles on our faces. Find the answer to the following question in the text. Underline the parts of the text which gave you the answer. What does the writer mean by nothing could really dampen our spirits? Compare your answer with your partner. Now look at the four options. Which one is closest in meaning to the answer that you underlined in the text? Why are the other three options wrong? ‘A Itwas impossible to foe! any worse than they did already. B They were disappointed thot the rain had soaked their clothes. C Even the weather couldn't spoil the way they felt D They were determined to look happy despite their appearance. 5 Now read the final section of the text. As you read, think about whether the \rter Is positive or negative about this part of her trip, or whether she has mixed feelings. Which words and expressions reveal how the writer feels? Finally, the longed-for moment came, our guitar hero walked out on stage - and we were astonished! He looked absolutely nothing like all the pictures we'd collected of him — in fact, we barely recognised But determined not to be put off, we just settled back into our seats and focused ‘on the music ~ and that certainly didn’t disappoint. All the hits were there, the skilful playing, and the vay he made the instrument sing s0 effortlessly, in just the way I'd always hoped to — but had always failed miserably. it was amazing, and after he'd left the stage we walked out of the concert without speaking, almost as if words would break the spell of what we'd just seen. 6 Now look at the question and options, and underline in the text where you find the answer. Why are the other options wrong? Compare your answers with your partner. How did the writer feel about the musician during the concert? “ sien of his incredible talent © disappointed that he played for only a shor! time amused by his extraordinary appearance surprise that he performed none of his recent composiions 26 | Testa Training Reading and Use of English Part 5cco eM +CUe cai: Reading and Use of English « Part 5 ng to read a short story by a boy called Dan, who is talking [Tip Make sure you know win is writing 1g Out with a group of friends. For questions 31-36, choose and what they are writing about er (A, B, C or D) which you think fits best according to the ae Merk your answers on the separate answer sheet. ail started when my friends and I booked some concert tickets to go and see Pulse, who we considered to be one of the coolest bands around, playing exactly our type of music. But before we ‘ent, one of our group suggested we should practise a few dance moves, like the ones the band was so ‘amous for. We were pretty sure everyone else in the audience would be doing exactly that, so we were keen to avoid turning up to the concert only to feel totally excluded, and reduced to the status of mere spectators in front of the stage. So, after a few hopeless altempts at home, we decided to try a dance stugio in the city centre, | set off early that morning ~ well, 11am, which is something | don't intend to repeat very often! I'd reluctantly got out of bed, got ready and rushed down to the studio where we'd be learning how :0 dance along to the kind of stuff that bands like Pulse are into, But | have to say, | wasn't exactly overfiowing with confidence when we arrived - I'd be the first to admit that | have two left feet when ‘comes to dancing, And, sadly, the friends | was going with were some way ahead of me at dancing, although the really aifted dancer in our group didn't actually show up in the end, walked Inte the dance studio where we'd be learning the moves, and instantly felt as if, instead rticipating in @ class, we'd somehow signed up to take part in some high-profile pop band's Geo which was to be expected actually. Luckily, our instructor appeared just then and told us ‘e shouldn't stress if we couldn't do the moves. Instead, we should just concentrate on enjoying it. nily it would be an amazing form of exercise and far more interesting than just spending hours on some boring hi-tech gym, ay. | was relieved to find that most of the other people in our class weren't anywhere near ming professional dancers either. That became pretty clear during the warm-up, when it was cbvlous some of them were even more uncoordinated than | was. Even so, that part of the class was of a shock to the system. I'd assumed we'd be doing some simple muscle-warming exercises ie | do at football practice, but evidently not. We were straight into some tough dances and exercises formed along to some rap music | hadn't heard before. ally we moved on to what we'd really come for - the kind of moves the band would be performing "2 concert, strutting across the stage like true stars. And after doing it for only a short time | really Segan to imagine I'd got the hang of it and would be looking pretty cool at the concert. Then | suddenly caught sight of myself in the studio mirrors, struggling and straining to keep up with the rest of the class, nd saw to my dismay that cool was actually the last thing I'd be looking! But never mind, yway, © cut a long story short, by the end of the session | really felt I'd got somewhere. Afterwards, ‘fiends anc | stepped out into the street, safe in the knowledge that even if we weren't going to be ing the concert crowds with our moves, at least we wouldn't be totally left out! Reading and Use of English Part § Test 1 Exam practice | 27