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ANSWER KEY
READING COMPREHENSION TESTS
Lucy and Barbara
1. John is Lucy's brother / He is Lucy's brother
2. They live in Wales
3. Yes, they have
4. Yes, they do
5. They like pop music
6. They go to the cinema
7. No, they aren't
8. Yes, he has
9. They walk five kilometres every day
10. They cycle in the morning and they walk in the afternoon
Stuart
1. He finishes at 8 o'clock in the evening
2. He's 25 years old
3. Yes, he has
4. It has got two tall trees
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5. He is a shop assistant
6. Yes, he does
7. He lives in a small town next to London
8. It has got one bathroom
9. It's blue and brown
10. He is Stuart's friend
Rachel
1. Yes, she is
2. No, she hasn't
3. Yes, she does
4. Yes, she does
5. Yes, she is
6. Yes, she does
7. Yes, she did
8. No, she didn't
9. Yes, she did
10. She went to a famous disco
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Artificial Intelligence
1. He created an incredible boy robot
2. Because he can love
3. He lived with some human parents
4. He was in hospital in a coma
5. Yes, he did
6. Yes, he was
7. No, he didn't
8. No, he didn't
9. Yes, they were
10. The main actor was Haley Joel Osment
Christina Aguilera
1. She is an international superstar
2. She was born in New York
3. She started her professional career in 1992
4. Yes, she did
5. She was eight years old
6. She plans to act in films
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7. It was Christina Aguilera
8. She was twelve years old
9. Her father was from Ecuador and her mother was from Ireland
10. Yes, it was
Mike and Andy
1. It was over on Christmas Day
2. They were on a plane and they had an accident
3. They had the accident in the Andes mountains in Chile
4. No, they didn't
5. It was very cold and windy. There was a lot of snow, too
6. No, they didn't
7. Yes, they did
8. They made a fire at night
9. They came to a road and they arrived in a small town
10. They wore sunglasses
WRITING TESTS
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• John and Susan
John and Susan are students. They are twelve years old. They go to school five days a week.
From Monday to Friday they get up at eight o'clock in the morning. They have cornflakes and milk
for breakfast at quarter past eight. They go to school at half past eight. Then at half past twelve they have lunch
in the canteen at school. They go back home at four o'clock in the afternoon.
They do their homework at five in the afternoon. They go to bed at nine o'clock.
• Julia
Julia is a secretary. She is 26 years old. She works in an office five days a week.
She gets up at 7.30 in the morning. Then she has orange juice and biscuits for breakfast.
At quarter past eight she goes to work. She has lunch in a restaurant at half past one.
She goes back home at half past six and at seven o'clock in the evening she has dinner.
Finally, at half past ten she goes to bed.
• Steve
Steve is a schoolboy. He is fourteen years old. He's from Australia.
He gets up at six o'clock in the morning and at 7.30 he goes to school by bus. He has lunch at school at 12 o'clock.
He goes back home at four in the afternoon and at half past four he does his homework.
At 6 o'clock he has evening classes. He goes to bed at 9.30.
• Andy
Andy gets up early in the morning. Then he takes a shower. After that he gets dressed.
Then he combs his hair. After that he has breakfast at 8.15. Then he goes to school at quarter to nine.
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At 4 o'clock he goes back home. He has dinner at 7 in the evening. He watches TVat 7.30. He goes to bed at nine
o'clock.
• Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley was a famous rock star. He was American. He was very popular in the 1950s and 1960s.
His family was quite poor but they gave him a guitar. He had many hit songs, such as 'Hound dog' and 'Love me
tender'.
He was in the army in Germany. He acted in 33 films but many people preferred to listen to his music.
He died on August, 16th, 1977. When he died, he was 42 years old.
• George Blackburn
George Blackburn was born in New York in 1960 and he died in a car accident in 1995.
He was a very famous pop star in America. His first song was 'Love'.
In 1978 his family moved to London. He didn't like London.
When he was nineteen years old he met an English girl, Barbara. They got married in 1982 in London.
George and Barbara had two children. When he died, Barbara moved to New York.
