B1 Practice Test 1
KGL Contest in English
B1
Time: 60 minutes
Instructions
Read each part carefully.
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Part 1 - Reading
Questions 1-5
Click on the gap and choose the correct word
Guess the Country
This country is the first on the planet to see a new day. The capital is home to world-class movie-making. The scenery is fascinating. It has the (1) lake in the world where you can see up to 80 metres deep. This country has a small human population. In fact, the human population is only about 5% and the rest are animals. The country is also famous for its sheep: there are nine sheep for every one person living there. But, interestingly, there are (2) snakes in this country. None.
It is also home to the kea, the cheekiest bird on earth. The kea is known for (3) windscreen wipers off cars and eating the strips of rubber around windows and doors. In fact, many tourists suffer damage to their car
rentals (4) to this little bird.
Although it is a small-looking country, it has the ninth longest coastline in the world, with a length of 15,134 km. No matter where you are, you are (5) more than 128 km from the sea.
It also has the longest name of any place in the English-speaking world. It’s the name of a hill, and it’s 85 letters long: Taumatawhakatangihangaoauauotameteaturipukakapikimaungah-oronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
And finally, it’s the country where most of The Lord of the Rings films were made.
Have you guessed it yet? That’s right. We’re talking about New Zealand.
Part 2 - Reading
Questions 6-15
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Part 3 - Reading
Questions 16-20
Read the text and answer the questions. Choose A, B, C or D
Cool things plants can do
We have to spend a lot of time finding, buying, cooking and eating our food. What would it be like to be able to make our own food like plants do? To answer that question we need to understand that plants are producers. Producers make their own food, and this is what makes plants special. Living animals are not producers but consumers; this means they have to eat to get energy or they will die.
Plants make their own food using light and this is called photosynthesis. They use light from the sun, water and carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is the gas we exhale when we breathe out. The result of this chemical process is sugar for the plant to ‘eat’. Another result of photosynthesis is that the plant gives off water and oxygen into the air. All animals need to breathe in oxygen, so this is one good reason to protect plant life on earth.
People and plants make perfect partners. Plants use the carbon dioxide that we breathe out, and we use the oxygen that plants ‘breathe’ out. Imagine what would happen if there weren’t enough plants on earth!
Conservation projects around the world try to protect our natural resources, including many kinds of plants. Our quality of life and the quality of the air we breathe depends upon our green plant partners.
However, there are a few plants that live as parasites. These plants live by feeding off other plants. They cannot photosynthesize; instead, they attach to the roots of another plant and get their energy for survival from that plant.
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Part 4 - Reading
Questions 21-25
Read reviews A–D and answer the questions. Write A, B, C or D
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The Lion King Recent Reviews
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A Great show - pity about the interruptions! The seats were great, and the theatre was one of the best we have been to. The performance was perfect, and the costumes were great (loved the giraffes!). Unfortunately, people kept on arriving 10-30 minutes after the performance had started, and staff were showing them to their seats. We felt this was not right. The tickets are clear: ‘Please be seated 5 minutes prior to performance.’ If you are late, they should not let you in until the break. We were very angry about that. Also, the noise made by people eating their snacks during the performance was very annoying. We came to see the performance, not to listen to people eating their potato crisps. Despite that, we enjoyed the show. I have to say this theatre is one of the best as the seats have plenty of legroom, but do take a cushion with you as we found the seats very hard – especially when you are sitting for over two hours! |
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B Such a shame! I have many good memories of going to see The Lion King with my family, so I decided to take my nephew to see it. He was so excited because we had waited for four months to get tickets. Finally the day came, and we were on our way to see it! But what I remembered as a show full of colour, energy and passion was now completely different. It seemed to have no life left in it. The actors appeared exhausted and bored, and some of them forgot their lines and couldn’t remember what to say next. My nephew was also disappointed, and I think it is such a shame that a show like this is dying. I would not recommend the show to anyone, and I think there are far better theatre shows which will give you a better experience. |
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C Just not worth it! The show started well with ‘Circle of Life’ sung mainly by Rafiki (who has an amazing voice). Then it went downhill fast with forgettable, boring songs and a boring story. There were some parts which a child might find interesting, but most of the children I saw just looked really bored. By the end of the first half, some of the people were just looking at their mobile phones although the rules say that all phones must be switched off. We would never consider taking the children to this show again. Of course, we were also shocked at the price of the tickets and felt it was a waste of money. |
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D Road closed but not by The Lion King I paid for my family of 5 to see the Lion King for my daughter’s 21st birthday. It was in June, and on that day they decided to close the roads for a bike race. We had no way of getting to the theatre or to a car park nearby as the road was completely blocked. My daughter and one of my sons got out of the car and walked all the way to the theatre. They were late and only arrived for the second half of the show. The rest of us tried hard to find somewhere to leave the car, but this only happened after they opened the road again. When we got to the theatre, we were told that the show would end in ten minutes. Can’t really say much about the show but they should have warned us that the road would close. Of course, we never got our money back, and the tickets were not cheap. |
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Part 5 - Reading
Questions 26-35
Complete the sentences about Michael Jordan. Choose A, B, C or D
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Part 6 - Reading
Questions 36-40
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