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01-10-Key SiMPLY - Justifications READING 09/06/2019 15:14 Page 2

Explanations for the Answers

of the Reading Questions

Test 1 incorrect because although it will rain a lot, he doesn’t
say it is going to be cold.
10.C A is incorrect as he says “I don’t need to take my pass-
Reading port.” B is incorrect as he doesn’t say that he is going
PART 1 - Questions 1-6 to another country or that he will need his passport.
C is correct as he says he will take his passport.
1.A A is correct because John sends a message to Peter
and he says: “can I borrow your bicycle tomorrow?”. 11.A A is correct as he says “you can sometimes see dolphins”.
B is incorrect as he is going on a mountain so he will
B is incorrect as John has already visited his uncle, “I
left my bike at my uncle’s house.” C is incorrect because not be near the sea. C is incorrect as he is going to a
forest not the sea.
John asks Peter to lend him his bike (Peter’s bike) not
his uncle’s. “From: John To: Peter New Message: 12.C A is incorrect because he doesn’t say that he is going
on a plane. B is incorrect because he says “I will go on
Please can I borrow your bicycle tomorrow?”.
2.B A is incorrect: “If the gate is closed, please ring the bell.” a helicopter again” so he must have flown before. C is
correct as he says “This will be the first time I go on an
B is correct: “All visitors must see the receptionist before
airplane.”
going into the school building.” C is incorrect as there 13.B A is incorrect as he says “I’m going to the beach with
is no mention in the text about closing the school gate.
3.C A is incorrect: “Hi James, I’m going to the cinema with both my parents.” B is correct because he is going on
holiday with his uncle and aunt. C is incorrect because
my brother this evening to see the new Disney film. Do
you want to come with us? Andrew” So, probably James he is going with his father and brother.
hasn’t seen the new Disney film yet. Also he must tell PART 3 - Questions 14-18
Andrew if he wants to see the film together not why 14.B A is incorrect as every six months they have heavy rain
he likes it. B is incorrect because James has only to
answer if he wants to go to the cinema with Andrew and floods so they have too much water. B is correct:
“Twice a year, there are heavy rainstorms in Bangladesh
and his brother; not to invite someone else. C is correct:
“Hi James, … Do you want to come with us? Let me know. which cover the area in deep water. This leaves millions
of people without clean water, electricity and other
Andrew”
4.B A is incorrect: “Students must turn off their smart important things.” C is incorrect: “It becomes difficult
for children to go to schools and for those schools to
phones”, not give them to their teacher. Only “noisy
phones will be taken by the teacher.” B is correct: keep their doors open.” It doesn’t say anything about
cleaning the schools that stay open and boat schools
“Students must turn off their smart phones before
are used instead.
going into the classroom.” So we understand that 15.C A is incorrect as it doesn’t say anything about how
students cannot use their phones in the classroom. C is
incorrect: “Students must turn off their smart phones much homework they have to do. B is incorrect as
their parents don’t have to buy a boat. The schools are
… Any noisy phones will be taken by the teacher.” So
students not the teacher must turn off their smart on boats. C is correct as they do not have electricity in
their homes.
phones.
5.A A is correct: “The course … will run for four weeks.” 16.A A is correct: “They built houses, health centres and
schools that move around on top of the water.” B is
One month has four weeks so the course will last for
about a month. B is incorrect: “All students of both incorrect, the only libraries are on the school boats.
C is incorrect, as the schools do not have electricity so
years are welcome.” C is incorrect: There is no mention
the doctors couldn’t use them.
in the text about how many times a week the cooking 17.C A is incorrect as the health centres are just for people
class will take place.
6.C A is incorrect: “Please DO NOT touch or give food to to see a doctor. B is incorrect: they can go on the
school boats which are on the river. There is no electri-
the animals. They are very dangerous.” It’s dangerous
for the children to give food to the animals. There is no city at the side of the river. C is correct as the school
boats use the sun to allow the computers to work.
mention if the children can eat food at the zoo. B is
incorrect: “Always stay with your teacher.” The notice 18.B A is incorrect because the writer doesn’t talk about the
first day at school but about the boat schools in general.
encourages children to be with their teacher during
their visit at the zoo. We don’t know where they will B is correct because for most people the idea of a
school on a boat is very unusual. C is incorrect as the
stay after their visit. C is correct: “Please DO NOT
touch or give food to the animals. They are very article isn’t about just one school and how good it is, it
is about how the people make boat schools when a
dangerous.”
place has too much water to use the usual schools.
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7.C A is incorrect as Andrew says it will be very hot and he 19.A Fashions change all the time. ‘All the time’ is a phrase,
won’t need an umbrella. B is incorrect as there will be it means without stopping.
a lot of snow on the ground but it won’t be raining so 20.B Up until the nineteenth century, for example, it was
he won’t need an umbrella. C is correct as “it rains a quite normal to dress boys in girls’ clothes. The word
lot in the area” he is going to. ‘dress’ here is a verb, and it means to ‘put clothes on
8.A A is correct as he says, “I like my blue towel, it’s my yourself or someone else’.
favourite colour.” B is incorrect because although he 21.A Usually, parents allowed boys to wear trousers after
says “I will take my favourite blue scarf and gloves” it their eighth birthday. Before they were eight years old
doesn’t mean that blue is his favourite colour. It is the their parents didn’t let the boys wear trousers, so they
scarf and gloves that are his favourite. C is incorrect wore dresses.
because he says he will take his blue raincoat but he 22.B When boys from poorer families started wearing
doesn’t say it is his favourite colour. trousers, they often started work soon after. Soon is
9.B A is incorrect because he says “It will be very hot” an adverb and it means ‘after a short period of time’.
(during the day). He might need a sweater at night. B The boys first started wearing trousers and then (soon)
is correct as “It will be very cold all the time.” C is started working.
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