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Reading Exam Guide

READING Part Three READING Part Four

What is the task What is the task
In this part of the exam you will be given a longer text; for In Part 4 of the reading test you have to read a short text
example, a newspaper or magazine article. There are five with six numbered spaces. Then you will be given three
multiple-choice questions with three options, A, B and C. words to choose from (A, B or C) to find the correct word to
The questions will follow the same order as the information fill the space. These words will be testing your vocabulary
in the text. rather than your grammar skills. Quite often, they will be
similar in meaning, or they will look similar, so you should be
How to do the task
You should first skim (quickly read) the text to find out the careful when you choose your answer.
topic and the general meaning. Then read the text a second How to do the task
time more carefully. Look at each question and compare each First of all, you should quickly read the text (this is called
possible answer with the text before choosing one. skimming) to find out the topic and the general meaning.
Then you should check your choice of answer carefully with Then look at the six questions, by reading the whole sentence
the text again. When you are happy with your answer, check to choose the correct word to complete the gap.
the other two answers and decide why they are wrong. After choosing an answer, you need to check the other three
options and decide why they are wrong.
Let’s practise! Once all the gaps are completed, you should read the whole
For each question, choose the correct answer. text again, to make sure it makes sense. Remember some of
the words might seem similar in meaning so you must check
A Family of doctors your answers carefully.

The Anderson family have been doctors for over Let’s practise!
seventy years. Diane Anderson is the youngest For each question choose the correct answer.
of the family to become a doctor. Both of her
parents are heart doctors, but Diane decided
that she wanted to help children and so she Paul Cezanne
worked in a children’s hospital for nearly ten
years. However, a year ago, Diane made a big Paul Cezanne was born on 19 January 1839,
decision to stop working in hospitals and to in France. His father, Louis Auguste Cezanne,
work as a local doctor in the countryside. There (1) ……… a bank that was successful all through
are only 500 people living in the area so it is very the artist’s life. This meant that Cezanne had
quiet. So what made Diane make such a big enough money to be an artist and he didn’t
change in her life? Well, Diane herself became
very ill for a few months and she couldn’t work. have to choose a different (2) …………. .
She then understood how people feel when they His mother, Anne Elisabeth, loved life and
are ill, which made her better at her job.
she was very interesting. So, it was from his
mother that Cezanne learned to enjoy life.

1. What kind of doctor is Diane now?
1. A. borrowed B. owned C. earned
A. heart doctor
B. village doctor 2. A. career B. appointment C. company
C. doctor for children

Analysis and justification
2. What happened after Diane was sick?
A. She became a better doctor. 1. A. borrow: use or have something, but then return it.
B. She thought about moving to another country. e.g. He borrowed money from the bank.
B. own: to have something that is yours.
C. She wanted to stop being a doctor.
e.g. He owned a bank. (correct answer)
Analysis and justification C. earn: to get money or something because you have
1. A. is not correct as Diane’s parents are heart doctors; worked to get it. e.g. He earned a lot of money working
not her. B. is correct as she decided to ‘work as a local at the bank.
doctor in the countryside.’ C. is not correct as she used 2. A. career: a job (that you do for years) - correct answer
to be a doctor for children, but she changed her job. e.g. He has a successful career as an artist.
2. A. is correct as after she had been very ill, ‘She then B. appointment: a time that you have to meet someone
understood how people feel when they are ill, which or go somewhere
made her better at her job.’ B. is not correct as she e.g. I have an appointment with the doctor at 3 o’clock.
moved to the countryside, not to another country. C. company: a business
C. is not correct because she is still a doctor, but she is e.g. I work for a large international company in Paris.
just a different type of doctor now.
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