PET For Schools 1
TEST 2
Paper 1 READING AND WRITING TEST
READING
Part
3
Questions
11-20
Look at the sentences below about a metal
sculpture of a giraffe and its artist, Tom Bennett.
Read the text on the opposite page to
decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect.
If it is correct, mark A on your answer sheet.
If it is not correct, mark B on your answer sheet.
11
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The headmaster
wrote the artist to ask about buying the sculpture for the school.
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12
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The school got
the giraffe sculpture free of charge.
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13
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The schoolchildren were looking forward
to the arrival of the giraffe.
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14
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The artist Tom
Bennett started making metal objects while he was working at a university.
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15
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Tom thinks that he did an excellent
drawing on his first day at school.
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16
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Tom only made
one metal bicycle for himself and his wife.
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17
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Tom changed one of his metal sculptures
into a different animal while he was making it.
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18
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Tom says that
his lion sculpture was very popular with small children.
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19
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Tom intends his animal sculptures to
appear realistic.
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20
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The pupils of
Grangetown High have decided on a name for their giraffe sculpture.
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Metal giraffe
arrives at school!
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The pupils of Grangetown
High have been busy getting to know their newest and tallest classmate – a 7-metre-tall
giraffe outside the school.
The giraffe is a huge metal
sculpture made by a local artist. The school’s headmaster noticed the
sculpture in the artist’s garden as he drove past one day, and thought it
would be perfect for his school. ‘I knew everyone would love it,’ he said, ‘because
our basketball team is known as the Grangetown Giraffes, and they wear
giraffes on their shirts. So I asked them to write a letter to the artist, asking
how much it would cost to buy the giraffe. He was very kind and git it ready
to deliver in six weeks – all for nothing! He arranged for it to arrive one Sunday
morning, so that the pupils would see it when they got to school on the
Monday – at that stage they had no idea that we were getting it.’
The artist, Tom Bennett,
was university professor of chemistry before he retired in 2006 and only took
up metalwork, a couple of years ago. But he has always been a keen artist. ‘I’ve
always drawn pictures,’ he said. ‘I can even remember doing it on my first
day at school – I drew a horse. I wanted it to be the best horse picture
ever, but I don’t think I succeeded!’
Tom’s first project using
metal was a bicycle for two that he and his wife could go cycling on
together. ‘It was the most uncomfortable bike ever cheated,’ admits Tom, ‘so I
gave up making bicycles and went into sculpture instead.’
‘The metal sculpture I ever
did was a lion, which now also lives at school. It started out as a cat, but
it just didn’t look right, so I made it into a lion and put it in my front
garden. It soon began to attract attention from passers-by. Some small
children wouldn’t walk past the lion unless they could have a turn sitting
and playing on its back. I think children feel that my sculptures look like
actual live animals, and that’s what I want.’
Meanwhile the pupils at
Grangetown High are very happy with their new classmate. ‘We’re going to hold
a competition to give it proper name,’ said one girl. ‘Everyone likes the
expression on its face, so perhaps that will give us some ideas.’
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ANSWER KEY
11
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B
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12
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A
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13
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B
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14
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B
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15
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B
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16
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A
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17
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A
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18
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A
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19
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A
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20
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B
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