Cambridge A2 Key Reading practice test 1

Questions 1 to 6 For each question, choose the correct answer.

Text message

Hi Sam, I can't come running this Tuesday morning because I've got an early meeting at work. Could we go on Thursday evening instead? Next Tuesday at 7 is fine as usual. Mark

Notice

Westbrook Library Please return all laptops to a member of staff at the front desk. Do not leave laptops in the book return box.

Label

Hillside Farm Apple Juice You can keep the unopened bottle in a cupboard. When you have opened it, keep it in the fridge and drink it in the next 3 days.

Email

From: Helen Carter, Office Manager To: All staff Sorry, there are no more places on Friday's computer course. If you'd still like to go, put your name on the list at reception. We'll phone you if someone can't come.

Notice

Pennyworth Gifts We are closed for our summer holiday from 10 to 24 August. You can still order from our website, but we will post all orders when we are back on 25 August.

Note

Priya, a parcel came for you this morning. I've got it. I'm going out at 5, so knock on my door before then. After that, I'll leave it with Mrs Green at number 12. Tom

1. What does the text say?

A) Mark can't run on Tuesday morning this week and wants to go at another time

B) Mark wants to stop going running with Sam on Tuesdays

C) Mark wants to move their run to Tuesday evening

2. What does the text say?

A) You can get a laptop from the book return box

B) You must ask at the front desk before you use a laptop

C) You should give laptops back at the desk, not put them in the box

3. What does the text say?

A) You must keep this in the fridge before you open it

B) After you open this, you should finish it in three days

C) You can keep this outside the fridge for three days

4. What does the text say?

A) You may get a place on Friday's course if someone else can't go

B) There are still some places on Friday's course

C) Reception will phone everyone about a new course

5. What does the text say?

A) The shop will send online orders during the holiday

B) You can't order online until the shop opens again

C) You can order online, but you will get your things after the holiday

6. What does the text say?

A) Tom will bring Priya's parcel to her at 5 o'clock

B) Priya can get her parcel from Tom before 5 o'clock

C) Mrs Green took Priya's parcel this morning

Questions 7 to 13 For each question, choose the correct answer.

Student helpers

Priya I've been a helper for two years. I usually meet students in the café in the college library. Sometimes I help them make a study plan for their exams. The hardest thing for me is the evening. When I get home, I often keep thinking about the people I talked to that day, and it isn't easy to stop. But the work has changed me in a good way. I've got a part-time job in a shop, and now I feel much more confident when I speak to customers. Next year I'm going to teach the training course for new helpers. Owen In my first year at college, I felt very worried about everything, so I went to the student support team myself. They really helped me, and that's why I became a helper. I study computing, and I did my training course last month. Before my first meeting with a student, I was really nervous, but it went very well. We meet in a quiet room on the second floor. People think helpers give lots of advice, but students don't usually want that from me. Listening to them is the most important thing. Grace A friend told me about the team, and I joined last autumn. In my first few weeks I didn't like the work at all, and I almost stopped. Now I love it! I often go for a walk with a student in the park next to the college, because some people find it easier to talk outside. Students often like my ideas for things to do at the weekend, like cooking or going to the cinema. I'm leaving college next summer, so I've got lots of exams this year and it's hard to find time for everything. After that I want to study nursing.

7. Who got help from the student team before becoming a helper?

A) Priya

B) Owen

C) Grace

8. Who says it can be hard to stop thinking about other students' problems at home?

A) Priya

B) Owen

C) Grace

9. Who sometimes meets students outside the college building?

A) Priya

B) Owen

C) Grace

10. Who is going to train new helpers next year?

A) Priya

B) Owen

C) Grace

11. Who thinks listening is more important than giving advice?

A) Priya

B) Owen

C) Grace

12. Who did not enjoy being a helper at first?

A) Priya

B) Owen

C) Grace

13. Who says being a helper has helped in another part of their life?

A) Priya

B) Owen

C) Grace

Questions 14 to 18 For each question, choose the correct answer.

The woman who reads your messages

Lots of people in the town of Kelmouth listen to Kelmouth Radio, and many of them send messages to the small local station. Priya Shah is the person who reads them. For five years, Priya presented the morning programme. Now she works in a quiet office behind the studio, and her job is to read and reply to everything that listeners send. When someone asks to hear a song, she gives the request to Daniel. He and his team decide which music goes into each programme. Listeners can write an email, call the station or fill in a form on its website. Most people send emails, but Priya prefers phone calls. 'A call can take a long time,' she says, 'but I love them. I can hear in someone's voice if they're happy or angry.' Priya reads every single message and tries to reply within two days. Friends often say that angry messages must be difficult for her. 'Not really,' she says. 'They often tell us something useful.' Last spring the station moved its jazz programme from Sunday evening to midnight. Lots of listeners wrote to complain, so the station put it back on Sunday evening. On Priya's desk there is a letter from last winter. Mrs Joan Hale, who is ninety-one, wrote it by hand. Since she moved to a new flat, the afternoon programme helps her feel less lonely. Priya has never met Mrs Hale, but she keeps the letter there. 'When I read it, I remember that radio really matters to people,' she says. So what would Priya like listeners to do? 'Please keep sending us messages,' she says. 'Even a few lines help. It doesn't matter if you email, phone or use the website form. And we want to hear about the good things and the bad things.'

14. What does Priya do at Kelmouth Radio now?

A) She presents the morning programme

B) She answers messages from listeners

C) She chooses the music for the programmes

15. Priya likes phone calls best because

A) she can hear how the person feels

B) they are quicker than emails

C) most listeners contact the station that way

16. What does Priya think about angry messages?

A) She tries not to read them

B) They can help the station to improve

C) She should answer them before other messages

17. Priya keeps a letter on her desk because

A) it came from a listener she knows well

B) it was written by hand

C) it makes her feel her work is important

18. What does Priya want listeners to do?

A) tell the station what they think, even in a few words

B) phone the station instead of writing

C) contact the station only when they have a problem

Questions 19 to 24 For each question, choose the correct answer.

Batteries and the weather

On a very cold day, your phone can suddenly (19) ........ off, even when the battery was full in the morning. This happens because batteries (20) ........ on chemicals inside them, and these move more slowly when the temperature goes down. Very hot weather can (21) ........ be bad for batteries, because it can damage them. Scientists are now (22) ........ on new kinds of batteries that can keep going in very cold or very hot places. One day, batteries like these could help people who travel to the Moon, where the nights are very cold and the days are very hot. Until then, there are some easy ways to (23) ........ care of your phone in winter. For example, (24) ........ it in a pocket close to your body, not at the bottom of your bag. It will stay warmer there and work for longer.

19. On a very cold day, your phone can suddenly (19) ........ off, even when the battery was full in the morning.

A) close

B) turn

C) put

20. This happens because batteries (20) ........ on chemicals inside them, and these move more slowly when the temperature goes down.

A) need

B) use

C) depend

21. Very hot weather can (21) ........ be bad for batteries, because it can damage them.

A) also

B) too

C) either

22. Scientists are now (22) ........ on new kinds of batteries that can keep going in very cold or very hot places.

A) working

B) doing

C) making

23. Until then, there are some easy ways to (23) ........ care of your phone in winter.

A) have

B) give

C) take

24. For example, (24) ........ it in a pocket close to your body, not at the bottom of your bag.

A) stay

B) keep

C) stand

Questions 25to30 For each question, write the correct answer. Write one word for each gap.

A prize for Mrs Carter

From: Ellie To: Paul Hi Paul, Do you remember Mrs Carter, our old music teacher? Yesterday the town gave her a prize for her work. She taught at our school for more than forty years! There was a party at the town hall and a lot of her old students came. In her speech, she said it was the best day of her life. I took some photos, but they are not very good. The town is going to put her name on the new music room next month. Let me know if you want to come and see it with me or not. Love, Ellie

25. Do you remember Mrs Carter, (0) ........ old music teacher? Yesterday the town gave her a prize for her work. She taught at our school {{25}} more than forty years!

26. There was a party at the town hall and {{26}} lot of her old students came. In her speech, she said it was the best day {{27}} her life. I took some photos, {{28}} they are not very good.

27. There was a party at the town hall and {{26}} lot of her old students came. In her speech, she said it was the best day {{27}} her life. I took some photos, {{28}} they are not very good.

28. There was a party at the town hall and {{26}} lot of her old students came. In her speech, she said it was the best day {{27}} her life. I took some photos, {{28}} they are not very good.

29. The town {{29}} going to put her name on the new music room next month. Let me know {{30}} you want to come and see it with me or not.

30. The town {{29}} going to put her name on the new music room next month. Let me know {{30}} you want to come and see it with me or not.