Reading Task 1
For questions 1 - 12, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.
The internet bus
In the desert areas that surround Tucson city, USA, students spend hundreds of hours on yellow buses each year getting to and from their schools. But when mobile internet equipment was (1)on a yellow school bus, the bored, often noisy, teens were (2)into quiet, studious individuals.
District officials got the idea during (3)drives on school business to Phoenix, two hours each way, when they acknowledged that, when they went in pairs, one person could drive and the other could work using a laptop and a wireless card. They (5) if internet access on a school bus could (6) students' academic productivity, too.
But the idea for what students call 'the internet bus' really (7)shape when the district's chief information officer looked across an article about having internet access in cars. He thought, 'What if you could put that in a bus?'
The officials have been delighted to see the (9) of homework getting done, morning and evening, as the internet bus (10)up and drops off students along the 70-minute drive.
Despite some students spend their time playing games or visiting social networking sites, most students do make use their travel time to study.
1. A installed B set C included D structured
2. A replaced B exchanged C switched D transformed
3. A extraordinary B occasional C exceptional D few
4. A thought B imagined C suspected D wondered
5. A increase B enlarge C rise D heighten
6. A formed B took C held D did
7. A total B amount C number D measure
8. A brings B picks C rides D catches
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Writing
Task 2. Present your ideas on the topic “Virtual Reality: Fantasy books and films”.
The following questions will help you organise your essay.
1. Do you like reading fantasy books or watching fantasy films? Why? Give evidence to support your answer.
2. What was the last fantasy book you read? Describe what happened in the book.
3. What was the last fantasy film you watched? Describe it.
4. Do you think people enjoy reading or watching fantasy films? Why?
