ENGLISH CHAMPION 2017 ROUND 1 – GRADE 5 (Test 3)

Choose the correct answer to complete the conversations.
- Are you looking forward to your holiday?

- ____

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- Would you like some more dessert?

- _____

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- What time does it finish?

- _____

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- Would you like a cup of tea?

- _____

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- How often do you go hiking?

- _____

Read the passage and answer the questions below.

I was born in the United States but I have written several travel books about England. I lived there with my wife and four children for 20 years, but for the last three years, we have lived in the United States. Our children are now learning about life in the United States. I’m sure they will be happier because they have lived in two countries. I like Britain I want to return, but my daughter Felicity, is going to start college here soon, so it won’t be for another four years.

I have just been to England for six weeks to work on a radio programme about the English language and also to talk about the book I’ve just written. Most writers don’t like doing this; they don’t like traveling around the country, selling their book. I don’t mind it. I like visiting new places and meeting lots of people. It’s very different from the life I have in the United States when I’m writing. In England, people drove me around in big cars and I stayed in expensive hotels. It was good because I didn’t have to pay any bills. Everyone was kind to me and it was fun.

Bill returned to the United States after living in England for a long time.

Bill thinks it will be good for his children to live in more than one country.

Bill’s daughter didn’t want to go to college in England.

Bill has just visited England to finish writing his new book.

Bill has traveled to many different places in the United States.

It costs Bill a lot of money to travel around England for six weeks.

Read the passage and choose the best answer for the questions below. 

Fourteen-year-old Neil Atkins talks about working on a house-building project in the United States.

I got involved in the house-building project through my uncle Brian. We went to stay with him in the United States for six weeks during the summer holiday. He was helping out on the project and asked me to come along. At first, I wasn’t interested. I was enjoying watching lots of news channels on TV! But after a while, I got bored and went along to see what he was doing. I realized that what he was doing was really great!

He was helping out for an organization that builds houses for people who can’t usually afford them. Instead, the organization buys all the wood and bricks and things you need to build a house. It lends the family the tools and hires some guys who know what they’re doing. They also get people like my uncle, who aren’t builders but who just want to help out in the community, to do the more simple building jobs. The family eventually pay all the money back to the organization, but they can do this for many years, and it’s much cheaper than buying a new house.

I helped out with moving dirt and preparing tea. It was a bit disappointing that I wasn’t allowed to use the tools and do jobs like cutting wood and nailing things together. I understand why they do it, but I do design and technology at school so I know I could do it right. Some people had no idea how to use a hammer correctly! But if I go back next year, I’ll be able to do it, because I’ll be fifteen then.

Why was Neil’s uncle involved in the building project?

Which of the following is true about the building project?

Neil was surprised that _____

Neil will be able to use the tools next year because _____

What might Neil write in his diary about his experience?

Read the text and choose a correct answer to fill in the blank.

The circus, Cirque du Soleil, began in Montreal, Canada. It was started 21.1ofbyfrom the Canadian Guy Laliberté in 1984. When he left college, Laliberté traveled around Europe and earned money 21.2playingplaysplayed music in the streets. Not long after he returned home, he started Cirque with his friend, Daniel Gauthier. During the 1990s, Cirque grew quickly. It now does shows 21.3allsomeenough over the world and the number of people working for it has grown from 73 to 21.4moremostmuch than 3,500.

The Cirque does not have any animals, but there are music and dance and each show tells a story. One show, which is called Varian, is about a man who could fly. The show starts with him falling from the sky and tells the story of how he 21.5hasmustneed to learn to fly again.

Listen to Sue talking to her friend, Jim, about the new sports center. Choose the correct answer.