VERA 8 – Reading – 1

Susie Shoe

Read the text carefully. Tick ( ✓) the correct answer (a, b, c or d). Sue sells sushi. The sushi that she sells, she sells in seashells. Susie Shoe likes the sushi in the seashells that Sue sells. What type of text is this?

An expensive lesson

Read the text. Choose the statement that is correct (a, b, c or d).
I like going shopping in the sales. You can always get cheap clothes then. Last year I got a pair of jeans for half price and I also bought four T-shirts. But I was angry about two of the T-shirts. When I got home one of them had a small hole in it and the other one was too small. The T-shirts were all the same so I had only tried one of them on. My mum said that I shouldn’t buy things in the sales because they always have something wrong with them. Maybe she’s right. I didn’t save any money with the T-shirts, did I? I might go to the sales again this year but I’ll look at the clothes very carefully this time and try everything on. The story is a warning about …

The Metro Centre Read the text. Are the statements true, false or not given? Tick ( ✓) the correct box. The Metro Centre is a very big inside shopping centre in Gateshead, which is near Newcastle. The Metro Centre is very busy all the time. There are many car parks and you can get buses to it, too. Inside the Metro Centre there are hundreds of shops. Some are small but others are large department stores.

There are also many restaurants and other places to get something to eat, such as beef burgers, pizzas or sandwiches.

There are also many activities for children to do there.

You get very tired walking around all the shops and you can never see everything in one day.

Working for a youth magazine, you have to find a good title for an article about rap star Tommy Genesis. Read the article and tick the title that sums up the text best.

 “I don’t want to tell anyone how to think with my music – it’s just my way of getting across my views and feelings,” says Vancouver, Canada-based Tommy Genesis of her unapologetically blunt lyrics about rebellion, sexuality, and female empowerment. “I want people to hear my songs and not think, ʽOh, she’s a girl who’s rappingʼ, but just, ʽThis is rap musicʼ. Feminism is when you’re not defined by your gender.” Tommy, originally trained in classical piano, jammed with emo bands before forming the rap duo Moan with a friend. “That was the first time I got a crazy adrenaline rush from performing,” she remembers. In 2015 Tommy joined Awful Records, and she has since released an album, World Vision. World Vision 2 is on the way. Though her lyrics – and outfits – can be provocative, Tommy is less concerned with raising eyebrows than consciousness. “Ultimately the message I want to send as an artist is love each other, and love yourself,” she reveals.

Text: Rap Star. 12/21/2017. Teen Vogue November 2016 USA: https://archive.org/stream/Teen_Vogue_November_2016_USA/Teen_Vogue_November_2016_USA_djvu.txt 

The Airport
He was running late. Very late! That was the last flight and he didn’t want to spend
the night at the airport. He ran as fast as he could. There were only thirty minutes
left. When he reached the gate his panic turned to a smile – his flight was delayed.
How did the man feel when he found out that his flight was late?

Read the texts (0 to 6) and match them with the signs (a to i). You may use each letter only once. There are two more signs than you need. There is an example at the beginning (0).

Annie’s house isn’t easy to find. She’s written how to get there for her visitors. Match what she has written to the picture below.

You must keep on the main road until the hotel.

Annie’s house isn’t easy to find. She’s written how to get there for her visitors. Match what she has written to the picture below.

This is a very small road so be careful; you are not allowed to go very fast.

Annie’s house isn’t easy to find. She’s written how to get there for her visitors. Match what she has written to the picture below.

You can park your car where the telephone box is. The path to my house is next to it.

Annie’s house isn’t easy to find. She’s written how to get there for her visitors. Match what she has written to the picture below.

Follow the path for about 500 metres through the field and you‘ 11 find my house. Please don’t scare the bull.