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Part Three: Reading Comprehension

There is a reading exercise in this part.

Read the text and then answer the five questions about the text.

Take your time to answer the questions.

Do not worry if you get some questions wrong.

1

Read the following text carefully.

Select the correct words to fill the gaps in the text.

My Amy is a motor mechanic. She works in a busy in the middle of the town, about five minutes' walk from home. She likes everything about the job, except for the fact that she can never seem to get completely at the end of the day. All the other , except for the supervisor, are men. She gets on with everyone very well, although she occasionally has trouble with the customers who think that, being a , she cannot be a mechanic. As it happens, she is considered by most of her workmates to be the best mechanic in the garage. Her Harry is the accountant and works at the company head office, which is just outside the town.

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2

Choose the correct statement

What Amy dislikes about working in the garage is that...

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b)
c)
d)

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3

Choose the correct statement

Which of the following statements about Amy is true?

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b)
c)
d)

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4

Choose the correct statement

Most of her co-workers think that Amy...

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b)
c)
d)

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5

Choose the correct statement

Which of the statements about Harry is true?

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b)
c)
d)

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6

Choose the correct statement

Which of these think that Amy cannot be a good mechanic?

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b)
c)
d)

Yes, that's correct.

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