PET Reading Part 1 Practice Test

Questions 1-5
Look at the text in each question.
What does it say?
Click the letter next to the correct explanation - A, B or C.
Question 1: What does Karen want Steve to do?

A Think about what they can have for dinner.

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B)Buy something for dinner.
C)Prepare the dinner.
A Order the cinema tickets.
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B)Meet after work to go to the cinema.
C)Collect the tickets.

A This car park is for people who use the shop.

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B)No parking here.
C)Anyone can park here.
A The lift is only for employees.
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B)The lift isn't working.
C)Ask someone if you need help with the lift.
What does this person need to do?

A The cafe is where the builders eat.

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B)The cafe will still be open while building work is being done.
C)Students will be told when the cafe is open.

Read the article about two sisters.

Are the sentences Right or Wrong?
If there is not enough information to answer Right or
Wrong, choose Doesnt say.
Something very strange happened to Tamara. She
never knew she had a twin sister until she started
university!
Tamara was born in Mexico. Her parents could not look
after her so she went to live with a family in Manhattan,
USA.
When Tamara was twenty years old, she started
university in Long Island. She enjoyed her university
life. But one day she was walking home from class,
and a student smiled at her. Hello Adriana! said the
student. Im not Adriana, said Tamara.
This happened to Tamara again and again. People
Tamara didnt know kept calling her Adriana. It was
very strange. One day, when a woman called her
Adriana, Tamara asked Why do you keep calling me
Adriana?
The woman replied, You look like my friend Adriana.
You have the same face and the same hair. Is Adriana
your sister? Tamara said that she did not have a sister
called Adriana. But she was interested in this girl
Adriana. Finally she asked someone for Adrianas
email address.
When Tamara wrote to Adriana, she found out that
they both had the same birthday, they looked the same
and both of them were from Mexico.When Tamara
went to live with the family in Manhattan, Adriana
moved to Long Island to live with a family there. It had
to be true! Adriana and Tamara were twin sisters!

between May and October. However, different parts of

the country have very different weather.
The east coast is hotter and
wetter, with up to 4000mm of
rainfall per year. In the rainy
season, there are strong
winds, and these can cause a
lot of damage. Avoid visiting
eastern Madagascar between
January and March because
the weather can make road
travel very difficult. The dry
season is cooler and more
pleasant.
The high, central part of the country is much drier and
cooler. About 1,400 mm of rain falls in the rainy
season, with some thunderstorms, but the summer is
usually sunny and dry, but it can be cold, especially in
the mornings, with freezing showers, and it may snow
in mountain areas above 2,400m, and even stay there
for several days.
1

Tamara and her sister were both born in Mexico.

Right

Right
3

Right

Doesnt say

Wrong

Doesnt say

Adriana wrote to Tamara first.

Wrong

Doesnt say

Adriana always knew she had a twin sister.

Right

Madagascar When to go

Wrong

People called Tamara Adriana many times.

Right

Madagascar has two seasons, a warm, wet season

from November to April, and a cooler dry season

Doesnt say

2
Tamaras parents moved from Mexico to
Manhattan.

Read about the climate in Madagascar on a travel

website. Then choose true or false.

Wrong

Wrong

Doesnt say

Adriana is Tamaras only sister.

Right
7

Doesnt say

Adriana was a student at Long Island University.

Right

Wrong

Wrong

Doesnt say

Adriana had only recently arrived in Long Island.

Right

Wrong

Doesnt say

1 Madagascar has four seasons: spring, summer,

autumn and winter.
2 There is more rain in January than in June.
3 The wet season is colder than the dry season.
4 It hardly ever rains in central Madagascar.
5 The wettest part of the island is the east.
6 January-March is a good time to visit eastern
Madagascar.
7 The centre of Madagascar is the coldest part.
8 Snow sometimes falls in Madagascar.