2021-22 S2 T2 Reading B - QAB (2nd Draft)
2021-22 S2 T2 Reading B - QAB (2nd Draft)
2021-22 S2 T2 Reading B - QAB (2nd Draft)
STEPHEN’S COLLEGE
Question-Answer Book
Instructions to Students:
Body modification is the practice of changing your body using non-natural means. Daniel (1) _______ by
getting a tattoo. He liked the experience so much that he couldn’t stop and now his body (2) _______ with
them. He (3) _______ get some on his face too. Daniel also has piercings in his ears and nose. He (4) _______
his lips and eyebrows _______. He feels that he can’t control his hobby, and is constantly searching
for more ways to modify his body. ‘I just don’t know (5) _______ to stop,’ he admits. Further piercings
can start an infection. Daniel also thinks that his future could be at stake: ‘People already look at me strangely.
Alice is a hoarder. This means that she collects and keeps things that she doesn’t need, from old newspapers
to broken furniture. It’s quite possible that her flat (7) _______ full. Even now, it’s very difficult for her to
walk around. Many people love to collect items of value, but the urge to collect can become overwhelming.
Then they can become hoarders. Alice says that she wants to stop hoarding, but she can’t bear to throw
anything away. ‘These things are my life,’ she says. ‘I feel deeply attached to them and I love being around
them.’ As the piles of belongings get higher, they (8) _______ and injure her.
Many people (9) _______ work and are happy to leave as soon as the work day ends. However, a few
people enjoy work so much that it (10) _______ the rest of their lives. Jane, a lawyer, says, ‘It’s very
probable that (11) _______ work 320 hours this month. There’s always more work and if I (12) _______ it,
I lie awake thinking about it.’ Some people may think that working hard is a good thing. However, there’s a
very small chance that overwork will make Jane ill. The constant stress and lack of rest sometimes (13)
_______ high blood pressure. ‘My doctor told me there’s a good chance that I will have a breakdown,’ says
Jane. Her company (14) _______ her two weeks off to relax, but she says she will use the time to study for
an extra qualification.
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Section B ‘be (not) used to’ and ‘used to/did not use to’ (12 marks)
You found a crashed alien spaceship when you went hiking in the countryside. Inside the spaceship, you
discovered an alien’s travel log, You are trying to read it but some of the words are unclear. Complete the
travel log with ‘be (not) used to’ and ‘used to/did not use to’.
I am so sick of being trapped in this spaceship! When I was young, I (1) _______________ dream
about leaving home on a spaceship. I (2) _______________ think that it would be so cool to travel
through the galaxy and visit all the fantastic planets. Now that I (3) ____________ it though, I have to
say that space travel is rather disappointing. Back then when I was at my home planet, I (4)
_______________ dine in starred restaurants every day. Now, I have to live on space sludge and
rehydrated water, which I (5) _______________ put into my mouth. And I don’t think I will ever (6)
_______________ living on our own because we are a highly social species. Worse still, my robotic
pet dog (8) _______________ the poor environment here when we first arrived and it passed away.
The environment of Hadesia forced me to leave. Then, there was the Blargon Clash. I accidentally
landed my ship on a planet called Blargon because my spaceship was running out of fuel. I begged the
Blargon aliens to refill my ship for me, but they just looked at me in astonishment and ignored me. It
seemed that they (9) _______________ seeing foreign spaceships because they were all trying to take
photos of me and my ship. It didn’t look right to me because when I was younger I (10)
_______________ watch military documentaries about the Blargons. Blargon was supposed to be one
of the most advanced planets in the galaxy. So why were they so surprised at discovering an exotic
visitor? That’s when I realized that the documentaries I (11) _______________ watch were about the
(12) _______________ the idea of a spaceship needing fuel. They had never even seen a spaceship
before!
12 November 2159
chat with my pet dog every day play all day with my master and sit around
enter a weightlifting competition and win looking cute
easily stop the occurrence of extreme weather events
find out the winning lottery numbers travel into the future to see what life is like
help them deal with the issues in their lives there
fight crime like superhero zoom over the city looking for bad guys
Alison: OK, let’s play a game. Answer my questions about fantasy, and don’t be afraid to use your
imagination! What would you do if you had magical powers?
Alison: Interesting. What if you could fly? What would you do?
You: (2)___________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Alison: I see. What if you could see into the future? What would you do then?
You: (3)___________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
You: (4)___________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________.
Alison: Hmm, I see. What if you had the power to communicate with animals?
You: (5)__________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.
Alison: Right. What would you do if you had the power to control the weather?
1. Paris is one of the world’s top tourist destination, and all visitors to Paris
2. must seeing the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, and, a few kilometres out of the city,
3. the Palace of Versailles. Royal residences lie scattering across France, but the
4. grandest of all is Louis XIV’s at Versailles. Building started in 1664 and continues
5. for many years. Louis moving his court there in 1682 and his successors continued
7. The palace was away from Paris so the common people could not disturb of the
8. king, and all the nobles had to spent a lot of time at court. This prevented them
9. from plotting against king in the countryside. The cost of living at court also
10. meant they were always short of money. The palace rules were very strictness
11. and there were ceremonies all the time. Everyone were kept very busy basically
END OF PART A
PART B VOCABULARY
Section 1 (9 marks)
Read the following passage and fill in the blanks using the words or phrases in the box below. Each word or
phrase can only be used ONCE.
Far away on a (1) _________________, behind iron gates is a factory that churns out
environmentally-friendly, (2) _________________ clothes for people of all ages. No one has seen
anyone go in or come out of this factory. People who have tried to enter it have simply (3)
_________________, never to be seen again. There has long been rumours about what goes on
inside this factory. Some people have said the factory is run by a (4) _________________ with
magical powers. Others say all the missing children in the world are here, (5) ________________in
But the clothes that come out of the factory are magnificent. They are made from organic cotton and
are extremely comfortable to wear. Needless to say, they are seen as (6) _________________ and
are (7) _________________. Surprisingly, once you own these clothes, it is impossible to
(8) _________________ them. Even if you throw them, you’ll find them back in your wardrobe as
good as new. Moreover, you can only buy these fashionable clothes from one
Section 2 (12
marks)
Read the following passage and fill in the blanks using the words or phrases in the box below. Each word or
phrase can only be used ONCE.
Tej was a (1) _________________________ who was always hooked on her phone. She was forever
taking selfies and (2) _________________________ on Instagram. Once, she dropped her phone and
was forced to buy a cheap one to replace the old one, and that is when
As soon as Tej received the phone by parcel, the light bulbs burst in the bedroom leaving the room in
complete darkness. The door slammed shut behind her and she (4) _________________________
ran to the door trying to open it, phone in hand. The phone gave off a (5)
__________________________ glow and started ringing. As soon as Tej picked up, the line got (6)
__________________________ and she couldn’t hear anything. Tej never once suspected her phone
In the following weeks, Tej became more and more (8) ________________________ her phone. She
felt an overwhelming (9) __________________________ take selfies with the sky as her
background. Soon, she noticed that the clouds in her selfies had formed into numbers, the more
recent the picture, the smaller the number – it was like a countdown.
Incidentally, she met a friend who had the same phone as hers. She secretly
(10) _________________________ through his photos to find that his latest sky selfie had the
number ‘1’ on it. The next day she heard that this friend, who had been (11)
_________________________, had died under mysterious circumstances. Tej then realized that the
longer she had this phone, she was (12) _________________________ being killed too. She had to
END OF PART B
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