Final Reading test Semester 2

For questions 1–7, read the letters from an advice website for teenagers and choose the correct answer (A, B or C).

Dear Polly

Last night I went to bed at 9 o’clock after watching TV with my parents. Two hours later I was still awake. I didn’t feel sleepy so I got up, had another energy drink and continued watching TV. My parents were already in bed. I didn’t fall asleep until 2 am! I don’t want to stay up late, I just can’t go to sleep. What’s the matter with me?

Cameron, 15

Dear Cameron

Teenagers need more sleep than adults (nine hours per night, one more than adults) but less than children (twelve hours). Scientists think that teenagers are getting less sleep than before. Energy drinks can be part of the problem. They contain lots of sugar and calories, which give you energy. Did you know that one small can contains about 110 calories? That’s equal to eating two large apples or a large banana. One small can contains nearly all of the sugar (nearly seven small spoons – 27 grams) you should eat in a whole day (32g)! It’s less than a can of cola, but compares badly with the 12g in a banana and 10g per apple. This of course is bad for your weight and your teeth!

Energy drinks are also often full of caffeine. You find caffeine in tea and coffee and it makes you feel more awake. It can also make you feel nervous, give you stomach aches and headaches, reduce your feelings of sleepiness and can even cause problems with your heart.

So my advice is not to stay up late until you feel sleepy, but go to bed early. Reduce the number of energy drinks you have, or why not give them up completely? This will help your teeth and your weight as well, if that’s a problem for you. Definitely don’t have any after lunchtime, because the caffeine takes several hours to leave your body.

Polly

 When did Cameron’s parents go to bed?

Dear Polly

Last night I went to bed at 9 o’clock after watching TV with my parents. Two hours later I was still awake. I didn’t feel sleepy so I got up, had another energy drink and continued watching TV. My parents were already in bed. I didn’t fall asleep until 2 am! I don’t want to stay up late, I just can’t go to sleep. What’s the matter with me?

Cameron, 15

Dear Cameron

Teenagers need more sleep than adults (nine hours per night, one more than adults) but less than children (twelve hours). Scientists think that teenagers are getting less sleep than before. Energy drinks can be part of the problem. They contain lots of sugar and calories, which give you energy. Did you know that one small can contains about 110 calories? That’s equal to eating two large apples or a large banana. One small can contains nearly all of the sugar (nearly seven small spoons – 27 grams) you should eat in a whole day (32g)! It’s less than a can of cola, but compares badly with the 12g in a banana and 10g per apple. This of course is bad for your weight and your teeth!

Energy drinks are also often full of caffeine. You find caffeine in tea and coffee and it makes you feel more awake. It can also make you feel nervous, give you stomach aches and headaches, reduce your feelings of sleepiness and can even cause problems with your heart.

So my advice is not to stay up late until you feel sleepy, but go to bed early. Reduce the number of energy drinks you have, or why not give them up completely? This will help your teeth and your weight as well, if that’s a problem for you. Definitely don’t have any after lunchtime, because the caffeine takes several hours to leave your body.

Polly

Cameron first went to sleep at......

Dear Polly

Last night I went to bed at 9 o’clock after watching TV with my parents. Two hours later I was still awake. I didn’t feel sleepy so I got up, had another energy drink and continued watching TV. My parents were already in bed. I didn’t fall asleep until 2 am! I don’t want to stay up late, I just can’t go to sleep. What’s the matter with me?

Cameron, 15

Dear Cameron

Teenagers need more sleep than adults (nine hours per night, one more than adults) but less than children (twelve hours). Scientists think that teenagers are getting less sleep than before. Energy drinks can be part of the problem. They contain lots of sugar and calories, which give you energy. Did you know that one small can contains about 110 calories? That’s equal to eating two large apples or a large banana. One small can contains nearly all of the sugar (nearly seven small spoons – 27 grams) you should eat in a whole day (32g)! It’s less than a can of cola, but compares badly with the 12g in a banana and 10g per apple. This of course is bad for your weight and your teeth!

Energy drinks are also often full of caffeine. You find caffeine in tea and coffee and it makes you feel more awake. It can also make you feel nervous, give you stomach aches and headaches, reduce your feelings of sleepiness and can even cause problems with your heart.

So my advice is not to stay up late until you feel sleepy, but go to bed early. Reduce the number of energy drinks you have, or why not give them up completely? This will help your teeth and your weight as well, if that’s a problem for you. Definitely don’t have any after lunchtime, because the caffeine takes several hours to leave your body.

Polly

How much sleep do adults need?

Dear Polly

Last night I went to bed at 9 o’clock after watching TV with my parents. Two hours later I was still awake. I didn’t feel sleepy so I got up, had another energy drink and continued watching TV. My parents were already in bed. I didn’t fall asleep until 2 am! I don’t want to stay up late, I just can’t go to sleep. What’s the matter with me?

Cameron, 15

Dear Cameron

Teenagers need more sleep than adults (nine hours per night, one more than adults) but less than children (twelve hours). Scientists think that teenagers are getting less sleep than before. Energy drinks can be part of the problem. They contain lots of sugar and calories, which give you energy. Did you know that one small can contains about 110 calories? That’s equal to eating two large apples or a large banana. One small can contains nearly all of the sugar (nearly seven small spoons – 27 grams) you should eat in a whole day (32g)! It’s less than a can of cola, but compares badly with the 12g in a banana and 10g per apple. This of course is bad for your weight and your teeth!

Energy drinks are also often full of caffeine. You find caffeine in tea and coffee and it makes you feel more awake. It can also make you feel nervous, give you stomach aches and headaches, reduce your feelings of sleepiness and can even cause problems with your heart.

So my advice is not to stay up late until you feel sleepy, but go to bed early. Reduce the number of energy drinks you have, or why not give them up completely? This will help your teeth and your weight as well, if that’s a problem for you. Definitely don’t have any after lunchtime, because the caffeine takes several hours to leave your body.

Polly

A small can of energy drink has the same number of calories as.......

Dear Polly

Last night I went to bed at 9 o’clock after watching TV with my parents. Two hours later I was still awake. I didn’t feel sleepy so I got up, had another energy drink and continued watching TV. My parents were already in bed. I didn’t fall asleep until 2 am! I don’t want to stay up late, I just can’t go to sleep. What’s the matter with me?

Cameron, 15

Dear Cameron

Teenagers need more sleep than adults (nine hours per night, one more than adults) but less than children (twelve hours). Scientists think that teenagers are getting less sleep than before. Energy drinks can be part of the problem. They contain lots of sugar and calories, which give you energy. Did you know that one small can contains about 110 calories? That’s equal to eating two large apples or a large banana. One small can contains nearly all of the sugar (nearly seven small spoons – 27 grams) you should eat in a whole day (32g)! It’s less than a can of cola, but compares badly with the 12g in a banana and 10g per apple. This of course is bad for your weight and your teeth!

Energy drinks are also often full of caffeine. You find caffeine in tea and coffee and it makes you feel more awake. It can also make you feel nervous, give you stomach aches and headaches, reduce your feelings of sleepiness and can even cause problems with your heart.

So my advice is not to stay up late until you feel sleepy, but go to bed early. Reduce the number of energy drinks you have, or why not give them up completely? This will help your teeth and your weight as well, if that’s a problem for you. Definitely don’t have any after lunchtime, because the caffeine takes several hours to leave your body.

Polly

How much sugar is it OK to eat in one day?

Dear Polly

Last night I went to bed at 9 o’clock after watching TV with my parents. Two hours later I was still awake. I didn’t feel sleepy so I got up, had another energy drink and continued watching TV. My parents were already in bed. I didn’t fall asleep until 2 am! I don’t want to stay up late, I just can’t go to sleep. What’s the matter with me?

Cameron, 15

Dear Cameron

Teenagers need more sleep than adults (nine hours per night, one more than adults) but less than children (twelve hours). Scientists think that teenagers are getting less sleep than before. Energy drinks can be part of the problem. They contain lots of sugar and calories, which give you energy. Did you know that one small can contains about 110 calories? That’s equal to eating two large apples or a large banana. One small can contains nearly all of the sugar (nearly seven small spoons – 27 grams) you should eat in a whole day (32g)! It’s less than a can of cola, but compares badly with the 12g in a banana and 10g per apple. This of course is bad for your weight and your teeth!

Energy drinks are also often full of caffeine. You find caffeine in tea and coffee and it makes you feel more awake. It can also make you feel nervous, give you stomach aches and headaches, reduce your feelings of sleepiness and can even cause problems with your heart.

So my advice is not to stay up late until you feel sleepy, but go to bed early. Reduce the number of energy drinks you have, or why not give them up completely? This will help your teeth and your weight as well, if that’s a problem for you. Definitely don’t have any after lunchtime, because the caffeine takes several hours to leave your body.

Polly

   One good thing about drinking caffeine is that.........

Dear Polly

Last night I went to bed at 9 o’clock after watching TV with my parents. Two hours later I was still awake. I didn’t feel sleepy so I got up, had another energy drink and continued watching TV. My parents were already in bed. I didn’t fall asleep until 2 am! I don’t want to stay up late, I just can’t go to sleep. What’s the matter with me?

Cameron, 15

Dear Cameron

Teenagers need more sleep than adults (nine hours per night, one more than adults) but less than children (twelve hours). Scientists think that teenagers are getting less sleep than before. Energy drinks can be part of the problem. They contain lots of sugar and calories, which give you energy. Did you know that one small can contains about 110 calories? That’s equal to eating two large apples or a large banana. One small can contains nearly all of the sugar (nearly seven small spoons – 27 grams) you should eat in a whole day (32g)! It’s less than a can of cola, but compares badly with the 12g in a banana and 10g per apple. This of course is bad for your weight and your teeth!

Energy drinks are also often full of caffeine. You find caffeine in tea and coffee and it makes you feel more awake. It can also make you feel nervous, give you stomach aches and headaches, reduce your feelings of sleepiness and can even cause problems with your heart.

So my advice is not to stay up late until you feel sleepy, but go to bed early. Reduce the number of energy drinks you have, or why not give them up completely? This will help your teeth and your weight as well, if that’s a problem for you. Definitely don’t have any after lunchtime, because the caffeine takes several hours to leave your body.

Polly

Polly says that Cameron should.......

3  For questions 1–7, complete the article about Amazon by choosing the correct sentence.

From garage to the biggest American shop: Amazon.

In 2015, Amazon became the biggest retailer (shop) in the US.       And it doesn’t even have any shops you can actually walk into. It makes all of its money through the internet.

¹_____. Bezos read a report about the future of selling products on the internet. ²_____. So Bezos created a list of five products that he could sell online: CDs, computers, computer software, DVDs, and books. ³_____. Bezos started the company in his garage!

He wanted a name for his company that began with ‘A’ so that it would appear early in alphabetical order on internet searches. ⁴_____. He chose this because it was ‘exotic and different’ and it was the biggest river in the world. ⁵_____. In its first two months of business, Amazon sold to all 50 states in the USA and over 45 countries. ⁶_____.

In the beginning, it specialised in only one product, books. ⁷           . It has about 88,400 employees worldwide and has sales of tens of billions of dollars every year.

1.For Question 1 Choose the correct sentence...

For questions 1–7, complete the article about Amazon by choosing the correct sentence.

From garage to the biggest American shop: Amazon.

In 2015, Amazon became the biggest retailer (shop) in the US.       And it doesn’t even have any shops you can actually walk into. It makes all of its money through the internet.

1_____. Bezos read a report about the future of selling products on the internet. 2_____. So Bezos created a list of five products that he could sell online: CDs, computers, computer software, DVDs, and books. 3_____. Bezos started the company in his garage!

He wanted a name for his company that began with ‘A’ so that it would appear early in alphabetical order on internet searches. 4_____. He chose this because it was ‘exotic and different’ and it was the biggest river in the world. 5_____. In its first two months of business, Amazon sold to all 50 states in the USA and over 45 countries. 6_____.

In the beginning, it specialised in only one product, books. 7           . It has about 88,400 employees worldwide and has sales of tens of billions of dollars every year.

For questions 2, choose the correct sentence.

For questions 1–7, complete the article about Amazon by choosing the correct sentence.

From garage to the biggest American shop: Amazon.

In 2015, Amazon became the biggest retailer (shop) in the US.       And it doesn’t even have any shops you can actually walk into. It makes all of its money through the internet.

1_____. Bezos read a report about the future of selling products on the internet. 2_____. So Bezos created a list of five products that he could sell online: CDs, computers, computer software, DVDs, and books. 3_____. Bezos started the company in his garage!

He wanted a name for his company that began with ‘A’ so that it would appear early in alphabetical order on internet searches. 4_____. He chose this because it was ‘exotic and different’ and it was the biggest river in the world. 5_____. In its first two months of business, Amazon sold to all 50 states in the USA and over 45 countries. 6_____.

In the beginning, it specialised in only one product, books. 7           . It has about 88,400 employees worldwide and has sales of tens of billions of dollars every year.

For questions 3, choose the correct sentence.

For questions 1–7, complete the article about Amazon by choosing the correct sentence.

From garage to the biggest American shop: Amazon.

In 2015, Amazon became the biggest retailer (shop) in the US.       And it doesn’t even have any shops you can actually walk into. It makes all of its money through the internet.

1_____. Bezos read a report about the future of selling products on the internet. 2_____. So Bezos created a list of five products that he could sell online: CDs, computers, computer software, DVDs, and books. 3_____. Bezos started the company in his garage!

He wanted a name for his company that began with ‘A’ so that it would appear early in alphabetical order on internet searches. 4_____. He chose this because it was ‘exotic and different’ and it was the biggest river in the world. 5_____. In its first two months of business, Amazon sold to all 50 states in the USA and over 45 countries. 6_____.

In the beginning, it specialised in only one product, books. 7           . It has about 88,400 employees worldwide and has sales of tens of billions of dollars every year.

For questions 4, choose the correct sentence.

From garage to the biggest American shop: Amazon.

In 2015, Amazon became the biggest retailer (shop) in the US.       And it doesn’t even have any shops you can actually walk into. It makes all of its money through the internet.

1_____. Bezos read a report about the future of selling products on the internet. 2_____. So Bezos created a list of five products that he could sell online: CDs, computers, computer software, DVDs, and books. 3_____. Bezos started the company in his garage!

He wanted a name for his company that began with ‘A’ so that it would appear early in alphabetical order on internet searches. 4_____. He chose this because it was ‘exotic and different’ and it was the biggest river in the world. 5_____. In its first two months of business, Amazon sold to all 50 states in the USA and over 45 countries. 6_____.

In the beginning, it specialised in only one product, books. 7           . It has about 88,400 employees worldwide and has sales of tens of billions of dollars every year.

For questions 5, choose the correct sentence.

From garage to the biggest American shop: Amazon.

In 2015, Amazon became the biggest retailer (shop) in the US.       And it doesn’t even have any shops you can actually walk into. It makes all of its money through the internet.

1_____. Bezos read a report about the future of selling products on the internet. 2_____. So Bezos created a list of five products that he could sell online: CDs, computers, computer software, DVDs, and books. 3_____. Bezos started the company in his garage!

He wanted a name for his company that began with ‘A’ so that it would appear early in alphabetical order on internet searches. 4_____. He chose this because it was ‘exotic and different’ and it was the biggest river in the world. 5_____. In its first two months of business, Amazon sold to all 50 states in the USA and over 45 countries. 6_____.

In the beginning, it specialised in only one product, books. 7           . It has about 88,400 employees worldwide and has sales of tens of billions of dollars every year.

For questions 6, choose the correct sentence.

From garage to the biggest American shop: Amazon.

In 2015, Amazon became the biggest retailer (shop) in the US.       And it doesn’t even have any shops you can actually walk into. It makes all of its money through the internet.

1_____. Bezos read a report about the future of selling products on the internet. 2_____. So Bezos created a list of five products that he could sell online: CDs, computers, computer software, DVDs, and books. 3_____. Bezos started the company in his garage!

He wanted a name for his company that began with ‘A’ so that it would appear early in alphabetical order on internet searches. 4_____. He chose this because it was ‘exotic and different’ and it was the biggest river in the world. 5_____. In its first two months of business, Amazon sold to all 50 states in the USA and over 45 countries. 6_____.

In the beginning, it specialised in only one product, books. 7           . It has about 88,400 employees worldwide and has sales of tens of billions of dollars every year.

For questions 7, choose the correct sentence.