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Succeed in A2 Key Reading

PART 4 Questions 19-24

For each question, choose the correct answer.

The Olympic Games

Every four years, 200 or more countries send their best athletes to (19)............. part in the Olympic Games.
Millions of people from all around the world (20)............... the Olympic Games on television. The Olympic
Games began more than 2,000 years (21)............. . The modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece, in 1896.

The number of sports played at the Olympics (22)............... from year to year. Some of the most popular
Summer Olympic sports are swimming, cycling, volleyball and horse riding. The Winter Olympic sports
include ice hockey, (23)............... and ski jumping.

Personal and team (24)............... is the most important part of the Olympics. There is no prize money.

Reading Part 4 Exam Tips
19. A. try B. take C. turn
● Look through the text quickly to find out
20. A. watch B. visit C. look what it is about.
21. A. since B. ago C. past ● You will need to choose the correct answer
from similar words e.g. time, size, area or
22. A. becomes B. improves C. changes space. They will also all be the same Part
of Speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, preposi-
23. A. windsurfing B. snowboarding C. sailing tions, etc.)

24. A. business B. rest C. success ● Look at each question, read the whole
sentence and then choose the correct word.
● After you have chosen the correct answer,
check the two other answers and make
sure that they are wrong.

● When you have chosen all the answers, read
the whole text again to make sure that it is
correct.
PART 5 Questions 25-30

For each question, write the correct answer. Write ONE word for each gap.

From: John

To: Sally

going
my
I’m on holiday with (0)................ parents in Bali. The weather is great. I’m (25).................. to play beach
has
volleyball later. It is really nice here. The hotel is big and it (26).................. got a large swimming pool.
lots
I have taken (27)..................... of photographs which I will show you when I return home. It’s such
as
a
(28).................. shame you couldn’t come with us. I think you’ll like this place (29).................. well.
here
Wish you were (30)..................... .

Love,
John

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