Cambridge Flyers 2020 Test 42 - Reading & Writing

12/18/2020 8:48:00 AM

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

a swan a journalist wings 
a spoon a belt a museum
shorts a pilot a bicycle 
a chemist's a uniform a rucksack
a camel jam pyjamas

Example: This person writes the news for newspapers or TV. a journalist

You go to this place to buy medicine.

Birds have these to help them to fly.

You use this to eat soup out of a bowl. It is usually made of metal.

This is a bag that you carry on your back.

This big animal usually lives in the desert.

This person flies a plane.

Clothes you must wear for school or work.

You wear this at the top of your trousers.

You go to this place in a town or city to see interesting old things.

This big bird is usually white or black and it can swim.

Vicky's cousin, George, is a firefighter. Vicky is asking George questions about his new job. What does George 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. Because we need people there 24 hours a day.

B. I was so excited!

C. It's OK. It's a new building and we always keep it clean.

D. I love it! It's very exciting! (example)

E. You're welcome, Vicky.

F. No problem! I can tell you a story.

G. There are 30 firefighters at the moment.

H. Well, no, but we can eat and sleep there.

Vicky: So tell me about your new job. Do you like being a firefighter?

George: D

Vicky: What about the fire station? Is it nice?

George:

Vicky: How many people work there?

George:

Vicky: That's a lot! Why do you need so many?

George:

Vicky: Wow! Does this mean that you live at the fire station?

George:

Vicky: Your job is hard! Thank you for keeping everyone safe, George!

George:

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

month | friendly | use | empty | collect | suddenly | day | instead | keep | poor


Last month, when William was playing football in the park with his dad, an enormous dog appeared. The dog was very and wanted to play. "Why are you here by yourself?" William asked the dog. "Let's take it home," said Dad. "I think someone has lost it. We might need to the dog for a few days. Let's try to find out where it lives."

William took a picture of the dog. "I'll my computer to make some posters," he said. He wrote "Is this your dog?" on them, with the picture, and his dad's phone number. Then he put the posters on trees in the streets near his house. The next day, a woman phoned. The dog was hers. When she came to it, William felt sad.

A few weeks later, William's father walked into the house. He was carrying a puppy. "That dog we found had puppies," said Dad. "So I got one for you!"

Now choose the best name for this story:

(Adapted from A2 FLYER 3)

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

Actors

The job of an actor is a job that many people dream about. Every day we on the radio and TV about the exciting times famous actors. We read about their big houses, fast cars and expensive clothes. Magazines are full of photos of actors parties and restaurants. It looks fun and easy to act but for many actors, it's a job.

Lots of actors acting when they are children. Many actors get first job in the theatre. If actor is good, he or she might get a job on a TV program or in a film. Only a actors get rich and famous. Many actors do not have a lot of money and often to have a second job.

For these people being a famous actor is important than money.

(Adapted from Flyer Test Plus)

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

One winter afternoon

Sophia and her parents live outside the city where Sophia goes to school. The car journey between Sophia's house and her school usually takes forty-five minutes.

One afternoon last winter, Mum went to take Sophia home from school. The sky was full of dark clouds and Mum looked a bit worried. "Hurry, Sophia!" she said. "It's going to snow!" Sophia quickly got into the car.

They were driving past the city center post office when the snow came. Suddenly, everything went white! Mum drove more slowly, but at King's Square, she couldn't see the road, so she had to stop the car. "Let's walk to Uncle Frank's," she said. "His apartment is very near here."

They started walking. It was difficult to walk in the snow, but they got to Uncle Frank's apartment building and took the lift to the third floor. He opened the door of his apartment, smiled and said, "Come in!"

Soon, they were warm and dry, and Uncle Frank gave them some lovely hot soup. Later, he went out on the balcony and called, "Look, Sophia!" She went to stand next to him. It wasn't snowing now, but there was deep snow on the city below and everything looked beautiful. "Wow! What a wonderful, white, winter world!" said Sophia.

(Adapted from A2 FLYER MINI TRAINER)

When Mum went to get Sophia, the sky had lots of .

Mum felt about the weather when she saw that it was going to snow.

Mum and Sophia were near the in the city centre when it started to snow.

Uncle Frank's isn't far from King's Square.

Walking in the snow was .

Uncle Frank lives on of the building.

Sophia and Uncle Frank stood on the of his apartment and looked at the snow.

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

Dear Paul,

I won a competition at my school! I'm very excited because it's the first competition I ever won. It was a spelling competition. The children in my class have to spell lots difficult words and our teacher wrote our names and how many words we could spell on a piece of paper. I spelled the words, so I won!

The teacher said I could have a video game, but I don't know to choose!

I liked the competition. Spelling is my best subject because my mum gave a dictionary for Christmas. See you! 

Love from Kim

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