Aptis Reading Parts 1 & 3 – Key

Aptis Reading Part 1

Dear Karen,
My sister is going to have a / the / - party on Saturday on Saturday because / or / but she
has just finished her exams.
Everybody is going to bring some food to eat and it / they’re / there will be fruit juice and
lemonade to drink. A / The / Much music will be good too. My sister has got lots / lot /
many of CDs and one of her friends has a guitar and will sing a few songs.
My sister lives in Station Street, near the cinema and the party will start at nine o’clock.
Will / Must / Shall we go together? Please phone me this evening when you get home.
Kisses
Marie
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Dear Mrs Grant.
Thank you very much for letting me staying / stayed / stay with you in Oxford. I was / had
/ enjoyed a lovely time.
Now, my friends and I are in a camping holiday. There / They / It are only eight tents on
the camp-site and every day we visit a different place. Yesterday we walked to a small
town and went / did / bought some shopping. Last night it rained or / so / but today it is
sunny.
Tomorrow, we are going to go fishing. I hope we catch / buy / grab a lot of fish!
I will write again soon.
Yours
Ali
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Dear Jane,
I’m sitting at / in / on the beach at the moment. Soon, I’m going to have a swim.
I arrived here three days ago / behind / back with my family. We will be on holiday
together here for two weeks. It’s a beautiful place. The beach is very near the / a / - hotel.
The sea isn’t cold and there are many interesting places for / to / that visit. Yesterday we
walked to a village in the mountains. I did / took / made lots of photographs. It’s a
pleasure / waste / pity that you didn’t come with us.
Love
Peter
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Hi Gabriella,
You’re from the island of Sicily, aren’t you? I really need you that / to / for help me with my
homework! I went to the library yesterday to buy / find / look for a book because I need
some information for / on / of Sicily. I couldn’t find a / some / any good books there, just
an old map! Can I ask you a few questions?
First, how / what / where big is the island? When did it become part of Italy? I would like
to know one more thing. Farmers grow lemons there, but are / do / should they grow
other fruit too?
Please email me your answers as soon as possible!
Thanks,
Heidi
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Hi Paul,
I’m sending this email for / to / from you from France! I’m having an excellent time here in
Lyon and learning plenty / lot / many of new words on my language course.
I’m staying with a great family. There are two teenager / teens / teenage boys and one of
them has got a computer in his room. I can / should / have to send you an email every
day if you like. They’ve also got a pool in the garden and after college I often do / go / play
swimming.
How / What / When’s everything at home? Write to me soon.
Kenny

Aptis Reading Part 2

Jahan Begum: 1A – 2C – 3B – 4H – 5F – 6E – 7G – 8D
Penelope Cruz: 1A – 2G – 3D – 4F – 5C – 6E – 7B
Harland Sanders: 1A – 2E – 3B – 4G – 5C – 6F – 7D
 Aptis Reading Part 3
Honey
Honey is a sweet liquid made by bees. It consists of waters and sugars. Bees may travel
as far as seventy-five thousand kilometres and visit over two million flowers to produce
just half a kilo of honey. The colour and flavour of honey depend on the type of flower
visited. In fact, there are more than three hundred varieties of honey.
The light-coloured ones are generally milder in flavor than darker honey.
In ancient times, honey was the main sweet food, as sugar was very rare. Honey was of
great value to the ancient Egyptians, who used it as payment.
Today, honey is produced and eaten in every part of the world. Research suggests that it
prevents tiredness and improves athletic performance. However, honey is not just food – it
can be taken for sore throats and is used in many skin and hair-care products.

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Money
What is money? The pound, the dollar, or the euro are actually just like a gram or
kilometer. The difference is that you can exchange money for something else. A ten-
pound note may buy a book, a huge box of sweets, or a couple of cinema tickets. But the
note itself is only a printed piece of paper which costs almost nothing to make. Thousands
of years ago, people didn’t have money as we know it. There were no banks or even
shops. In those days, Mr. Green the farmer exchanged the corn he had grown for Mr.
Hive’s honey. This was an exchange between two people, each of whom had something
that the other wanted. But in time, most societies invented their own ‘currencies’ so that
people could exchange more. The different currencies began to join together, which was
why today everyone uses the same currency in their country.

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The First Woman Scientist
Hypatia was born in Alexandria, in Egypt, in 370 A.D. For many centuries she was the
only woman scientist to have a place in history books.
Hypatia’s father was director of Alexandria University, and he made sure his daughter had
the best education available. This was unusual, as most women then had few
opportunities to study.
After studying in Athens and Rome, Hypatia returned to Alexandria where she began
teaching mathematics. She soon became famous for her knowledge of new ideas.
 We have no copies of her books, but we know that she wrote several important
mathematical works. Hypatia was also interested in technology and invented several
scientific tools to help with her work.
At the time many rulers were afraid of science, and anyone connected with it was in
danger. One day in March 415, Hypatia was attacked in the street and killed.

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Learning to make a perfect pizza
According to European Pizza-Makers’ Association, making a good pizza is not a
straightforward skill to learn. The ingredients seem very simple: flour, yeast, water and a
bit of salt. However, water and flour can easily turn into a rather unappetizing gluey mix,
and anyone who has eaten a poor quality pizza will know how bad it can make your
stomach feel.
‘In Italy, 70 per cent of pizza makers could improve on their product, not to mention all the
pizza makers around the world who provide uneatable meals’, says Antonio Primiceri, the
Association’s founder. He has now started a pizza school in an attempt to save the
reputation of this traditional dish. As part of an intensive course, the students at Mr
Primiceri’s school are taught to avoid common mistakes, produce a good basic mixture,
add a tasty topping and cook the pizza properly. ‘Test the finished pizza by breaking the
crust’, advises Mr Primiceri. ‘If the soft part inside the pizza is white, clean and dry, it’s a
good pizza. If it is not like this, the pizza will upset your stomach. You will feel
uncomfortably full and also thirsty.’

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London’s Tower Bridge
Many tourists have visited Tower Bridge. It is the only bridge over the river Thames that
can open and lets ships pass under it. Tower Bridge was built in 1894 and still uses the
same machines to lift up the two halves of the bridge. In earlier times, the river was much
busier than now and the bridge had to open over a thousand times a year. Today, it only
opens twice a week.
In 1952, a big red bus was in the middle of the bridge when it started to open. The driver
only just got to the other side in time! Of course, now there are lights at each end and the
traffic must wait for them to go green.

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Famous Explorer
Captain James Cook is remembered today for being one of Britain’s most famous
explorers of the 18th century. Cook was unlike most other explorers of the same period as
he did not come from a wealthy family and had to work hard to achieve his position in life.
He was lucky to be noticed by his father’s employer, who saw that he was a bright boy and
paid for him to attend the village school. At sixteen, he started work in a shop in a fishing
village, and this was a turning point in his life. He developed an interest in the sea and
eventually joined the Royal Navy in order to see more of the world.
Cook was fascinated by sailing, astronomy and the production of maps and quickly
became an expert in these subjects. He was also one of the first to realise that the scurvy,
an illness often suffered by sailors, could be prevented by careful attention to diet. It was
during his voyage to the Pacific Ocean that Cook made his historic landing in Australia and
the major discovery that New Zealand was two separate islands. He became a national
hero and still remains one today.

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