Ascentis Reading, L1, Practice Paper B

The main point of the text is to tell you about...

• working in a hospital.

• becoming a paramedic.

• driving an ambulance.

• life at university.

Give one text feature which suggests that it is a newspaper article. (Don't use any capital letters, hyphens, or spaces.)

Students spend a considerable time with an ambulance crew, as well as attending lectures and studying.

Which of these phrases below could replace the word considerable in this

sentence?

• not very much

• quite a lot of

• a little

• some

What is the main purpose of this text?

• to warn

• to persuade

• to debate

• to instruct

In which order should the paragraph headings be?

A. Where whales and dolphins live

B. How whales communicate

C. The eating habits of whales

D. The physical characteristics of whales

E. The life cycle of whales

Just write the numbers as you did on your exam paper but separate each with a space, include the number 1, and don't use any punctuation (e.g. 1 3 5 2 4).

Write (in order) the three three stages of a whale's life cycle. (Separate each with a single space. No punctuation or capitals.) These correspond with the following age brackets:

a. birth to one year

b. one year to six years

c. six to thirteen years

What type of text is this?

• informative

• imaginative

• persuasive

• discursive

What are the last two factors mentioned in the text that can influence a whale’s diet. Just write the two factors separated by the word and. There is no need for capital letters or punctuation.

In which order do these ideas appear in the text?

a) Consider how much time you may need

b) Think about behaviour of the pet

c) Check effects on family health

d) Planning for a sick pet

• A 1st, B 2nd, C 3rd, D 4th

• A 1st, B 4th, C 2nd, D 3rd

• A 1st, B 4th, C 3rd, D 2nd

• A 1st, B 3rd, C 4th, D 2nd

• A 1st, B 2nd, C 4th, D 3rd

Which of these language features shows that the text is instructing you to do something?

• passive

• past tense

• imperatives

• complex sentences