READING 10-11TH GRADE TERM I

 Read the texts. Match the writers (Katie, Ben, Gareth and Davina) with the questions (1–5). There is one extra question.

Young entrepreneurs

How do you become a successful entrepreneur while you’re still at school? Four young people explain how they did it.

Katie Bradley, 14        The chef

I’ve always eaten cakes, but when I learned to make them I realised how unhealthy many of them were. So I wanted to find a way to make healthy cakes, without much sugar. Instead of lots of sugar, I used more fruit and healthy kinds of low-sugar chocolate. The results were amazing – they were delicious, and also good for you. My mum encouraged me to start selling them at our local market, and I came up with the name ‘Katie’s cakes’. I was surprised at how popular they were! Now I’ve been contacted by a big supermarket. They’re keen to sell my products, so I’m really excited!

Ben Stewart, 15          The blogger

I love writing, so one day my teacher suggested I started a blog. But there are lots of blogs on the internet, and I wanted my blog to be different. Then I had a great idea. I'm really interested in shopping, and I also know more about money than most teenagers: you know, how to earn it and how to save it. So I started a shopping and money blog for teenagers. I give people advice about shopping − and if they have money problems, I tell them the best thing to do. I started the website a year ago, and it's grown and grown. Thousands of people visit my blog now, and I make money from adverts on the blog. I’ve had lots of great messages from people too. One person said that I had changed their life. That’s awesome!

Gareth Jones, 13        The website designer

I’ve had a computer since I was six years old, so I’ve grown up with I.T. I use websites all the time to help me with my homework. But in the past I often couldn’t find the answers to simple questions very quickly. I realised that many teenagers were probably having the same problem. So I came up with an idea for a new website. It's designed to help people with their homework, and it's already become very popular. It's for young people and written by young people too. It doesn’t cost anything to use the website, but I have advertisements on there so I’m making a lot of money. It’s brilliant!

Davina Richards, 16  The online seller

When I was twelve years old, I wanted to go on a school trip. But my mum said that she wouldn’t pay for it − I could only go on the trip if I paid for it myself. So I needed to sell something and make money. My mum showed me how to use eBay, and I looked through my old CDs, books and gadgets and decided which ones to sell. I made £100 in the first few days, and after that I couldn’t stop. Now I’ve got an online shop. I buy things to sell in my shop, and my friends and I make things to sell online too.

Which person …

      1   had an idea because they were having trouble with something?              

Read the texts. Match the writers (Katie, Ben, Gareth and Davina) with the questions (1–5). There is one extra question.

Young entrepreneurs

How do you become a successful entrepreneur while you’re still at school? Four young people explain how they did it.

Katie Bradley, 14        The chef

I’ve always eaten cakes, but when I learned to make them I realised how unhealthy many of them were. So I wanted to find a way to make healthy cakes, without much sugar. Instead of lots of sugar, I used more fruit and healthy kinds of low-sugar chocolate. The results were amazing – they were delicious, and also good for you. My mum encouraged me to start selling them at our local market, and I came up with the name ‘Katie’s cakes’. I was surprised at how popular they were! Now I’ve been contacted by a big supermarket. They’re keen to sell my products, so I’m really excited!

Ben Stewart, 15          The blogger

I love writing, so one day my teacher suggested I started a blog. But there are lots of blogs on the internet, and I wanted my blog to be different. Then I had a great idea. I'm really interested in shopping, and I also know more about money than most teenagers: you know, how to earn it and how to save it. So I started a shopping and money blog for teenagers. I give people advice about shopping − and if they have money problems, I tell them the best thing to do. I started the website a year ago, and it's grown and grown. Thousands of people visit my blog now, and I make money from adverts on the blog. I’ve had lots of great messages from people too. One person said that I had changed their life. That’s awesome!

Gareth Jones, 13        The website designer

I’ve had a computer since I was six years old, so I’ve grown up with I.T. I use websites all the time to help me with my homework. But in the past I often couldn’t find the answers to simple questions very quickly. I realised that many teenagers were probably having the same problem. So I came up with an idea for a new website. It's designed to help people with their homework, and it's already become very popular. It's for young people and written by young people too. It doesn’t cost anything to use the website, but I have advertisements on there so I’m making a lot of money. It’s brilliant!

Davina Richards, 16  The online seller

When I was twelve years old, I wanted to go on a school trip. But my mum said that she wouldn’t pay for it − I could only go on the trip if I paid for it myself. So I needed to sell something and make money. My mum showed me how to use eBay, and I looked through my old CDs, books and gadgets and decided which ones to sell. I made £100 in the first few days, and after that I couldn’t stop. Now I’ve got an online shop. I buy things to sell in my shop, and my friends and I make things to sell online too.

Which person …

had problems with money?

Read the texts. Match the writers (Katie, Ben, Gareth and Davina) with the questions (1–5). There is one extra question.

Young entrepreneurs

How do you become a successful entrepreneur while you’re still at school? Four young people explain how they did it.

Katie Bradley, 14        The chef

I’ve always eaten cakes, but when I learned to make them I realised how unhealthy many of them were. So I wanted to find a way to make healthy cakes, without much sugar. Instead of lots of sugar, I used more fruit and healthy kinds of low-sugar chocolate. The results were amazing – they were delicious, and also good for you. My mum encouraged me to start selling them at our local market, and I came up with the name ‘Katie’s cakes’. I was surprised at how popular they were! Now I’ve been contacted by a big supermarket. They’re keen to sell my products, so I’m really excited!

Ben Stewart, 15          The blogger

I love writing, so one day my teacher suggested I started a blog. But there are lots of blogs on the internet, and I wanted my blog to be different. Then I had a great idea. I'm really interested in shopping, and I also know more about money than most teenagers: you know, how to earn it and how to save it. So I started a shopping and money blog for teenagers. I give people advice about shopping − and if they have money problems, I tell them the best thing to do. I started the website a year ago, and it's grown and grown. Thousands of people visit my blog now, and I make money from adverts on the blog. I’ve had lots of great messages from people too. One person said that I had changed their life. That’s awesome!

Gareth Jones, 13        The website designer

I’ve had a computer since I was six years old, so I’ve grown up with I.T. I use websites all the time to help me with my homework. But in the past I often couldn’t find the answers to simple questions very quickly. I realised that many teenagers were probably having the same problem. So I came up with an idea for a new website. It's designed to help people with their homework, and it's already become very popular. It's for young people and written by young people too. It doesn’t cost anything to use the website, but I have advertisements on there so I’m making a lot of money. It’s brilliant!

Davina Richards, 16  The online seller

When I was twelve years old, I wanted to go on a school trip. But my mum said that she wouldn’t pay for it − I could only go on the trip if I paid for it myself. So I needed to sell something and make money. My mum showed me how to use eBay, and I looked through my old CDs, books and gadgets and decided which ones to sell. I made £100 in the first few days, and after that I couldn’t stop. Now I’ve got an online shop. I buy things to sell in my shop, and my friends and I make things to sell online too.

Which person …

started by selling some of his/her old things? 

Read the texts. Match the writers (Katie, Ben, Gareth and Davina) with the questions (1–5). There is one extra question.

Young entrepreneurs

How do you become a successful entrepreneur while you’re still at school? Four young people explain how they did it.

Katie Bradley, 14        The chef

I’ve always eaten cakes, but when I learned to make them I realised how unhealthy many of them were. So I wanted to find a way to make healthy cakes, without much sugar. Instead of lots of sugar, I used more fruit and healthy kinds of low-sugar chocolate. The results were amazing – they were delicious, and also good for you. My mum encouraged me to start selling them at our local market, and I came up with the name ‘Katie’s cakes’. I was surprised at how popular they were! Now I’ve been contacted by a big supermarket. They’re keen to sell my products, so I’m really excited!

Ben Stewart, 15          The blogger

I love writing, so one day my teacher suggested I started a blog. But there are lots of blogs on the internet, and I wanted my blog to be different. Then I had a great idea. I'm really interested in shopping, and I also know more about money than most teenagers: you know, how to earn it and how to save it. So I started a shopping and money blog for teenagers. I give people advice about shopping − and if they have money problems, I tell them the best thing to do. I started the website a year ago, and it's grown and grown. Thousands of people visit my blog now, and I make money from adverts on the blog. I’ve had lots of great messages from people too. One person said that I had changed their life. That’s awesome!

Gareth Jones, 13        The website designer

I’ve had a computer since I was six years old, so I’ve grown up with I.T. I use websites all the time to help me with my homework. But in the past I often couldn’t find the answers to simple questions very quickly. I realised that many teenagers were probably having the same problem. So I came up with an idea for a new website. It's designed to help people with their homework, and it's already become very popular. It's for young people and written by young people too. It doesn’t cost anything to use the website, but I have advertisements on there so I’m making a lot of money. It’s brilliant!

Davina Richards, 16  The online seller

When I was twelve years old, I wanted to go on a school trip. But my mum said that she wouldn’t pay for it − I could only go on the trip if I paid for it myself. So I needed to sell something and make money. My mum showed me how to use eBay, and I looked through my old CDs, books and gadgets and decided which ones to sell. I made £100 in the first few days, and after that I couldn’t stop. Now I’ve got an online shop. I buy things to sell in my shop, and my friends and I make things to sell online too.

Which person …

gives free advice to people?

Read the texts. Match the writers (Katie, Ben, Gareth and Davina) with the questions (1–5). There is one extra question.

Young entrepreneurs

How do you become a successful entrepreneur while you’re still at school? Four young people explain how they did it.

Katie Bradley, 14        The chef

I’ve always eaten cakes, but when I learned to make them I realised how unhealthy many of them were. So I wanted to find a way to make healthy cakes, without much sugar. Instead of lots of sugar, I used more fruit and healthy kinds of low-sugar chocolate. The results were amazing – they were delicious, and also good for you. My mum encouraged me to start selling them at our local market, and I came up with the name ‘Katie’s cakes’. I was surprised at how popular they were! Now I’ve been contacted by a big supermarket. They’re keen to sell my products, so I’m really excited!

Ben Stewart, 15          The blogger

I love writing, so one day my teacher suggested I started a blog. But there are lots of blogs on the internet, and I wanted my blog to be different. Then I had a great idea. I'm really interested in shopping, and I also know more about money than most teenagers: you know, how to earn it and how to save it. So I started a shopping and money blog for teenagers. I give people advice about shopping − and if they have money problems, I tell them the best thing to do. I started the website a year ago, and it's grown and grown. Thousands of people visit my blog now, and I make money from adverts on the blog. I’ve had lots of great messages from people too. One person said that I had changed their life. That’s awesome!

Gareth Jones, 13        The website designer

I’ve had a computer since I was six years old, so I’ve grown up with I.T. I use websites all the time to help me with my homework. But in the past I often couldn’t find the answers to simple questions very quickly. I realised that many teenagers were probably having the same problem. So I came up with an idea for a new website. It's designed to help people with their homework, and it's already become very popular. It's for young people and written by young people too. It doesn’t cost anything to use the website, but I have advertisements on there so I’m making a lot of money. It’s brilliant!

Davina Richards, 16  The online seller

When I was twelve years old, I wanted to go on a school trip. But my mum said that she wouldn’t pay for it − I could only go on the trip if I paid for it myself. So I needed to sell something and make money. My mum showed me how to use eBay, and I looked through my old CDs, books and gadgets and decided which ones to sell. I made £100 in the first few days, and after that I couldn’t stop. Now I’ve got an online shop. I buy things to sell in my shop, and my friends and I make things to sell online too.

Which person …

made something in a different way? 

  Read the text. Match the missing sentences A–F with the gaps 1–5. There is one sentence that you do not need.

The story of bread

If you had bread for breakfast today, a slice of toast, or perhaps a croissant, you are certainly not alone. 1____ No matter where you travel, you will probably find a culture that has its own type of bread.

The story of bread goes back a long way – in fact, about 10,000 years. 2____ However, they discovered that they could use rocks to crush the hard grains from some plants, which we know today as wheat, to make a rough powder, or flour. They mixed the flour with water, put the mixture on flat stones and waited for the bread to bake.

These first breads were hard and flat and they probably didn’t taste very nice, but gradually, the recipe for bread improved. The ancient Egyptians, for example, discovered how to make fermented dough: they added ingredients to make the mixture rise, so that it became lighter and tasted better. 3____ In the same way, different cultures developed their own recipes, using local ingredients and suiting it to their traditions.

The technology for baking bread also improved. The first ovens were made of clay and a wood fire burned inside them. 4____ By the time the oven had cooled, the bread was baked. At first, bread was made in people’s homes. Then, in the Middle Ages, people started to take their bread mixtures to local bakeries to be baked. These bakeries had large brick ovens which were heated by wood or coal. Today, of course, most of the world’s bread is baked in large factories and is then transported to where it is sold.

Most people can easily go to a supermarket or a baker’s shop to buy bread when they need it. 5____ In France in the 18th century, for example, there was very little bread in the shops and its price was high. Angry people rioted in the streets and Marie Antoinette famously said, ‘Let them eat cake.’ Bread is an emotional issue. It’s mentioned in ancient books, prayers, and proverbs of many different cultures. In many places it’s seen as one of the most important foods, and is central to many cultures in ways that other foods are not.

The correct sentence to gap 1 is...

 Read the text. Match the missing sentences A–F with the gaps 1–5. There is one sentence that you do not need.

The story of bread

If you had bread for breakfast today, a slice of toast, or perhaps a croissant, you are certainly not alone. 1____ No matter where you travel, you will probably find a culture that has its own type of bread.

The story of bread goes back a long way – in fact, about 10,000 years. 2____ However, they discovered that they could use rocks to crush the hard grains from some plants, which we know today as wheat, to make a rough powder, or flour. They mixed the flour with water, put the mixture on flat stones and waited for the bread to bake.

These first breads were hard and flat and they probably didn’t taste very nice, but gradually, the recipe for bread improved. The ancient Egyptians, for example, discovered how to make fermented dough: they added ingredients to make the mixture rise, so that it became lighter and tasted better. 3____ In the same way, different cultures developed their own recipes, using local ingredients and suiting it to their traditions.

The technology for baking bread also improved. The first ovens were made of clay and a wood fire burned inside them. 4____ By the time the oven had cooled, the bread was baked. At first, bread was made in people’s homes. Then, in the Middle Ages, people started to take their bread mixtures to local bakeries to be baked. These bakeries had large brick ovens which were heated by wood or coal. Today, of course, most of the world’s bread is baked in large factories and is then transported to where it is sold.

Most people can easily go to a supermarket or a baker’s shop to buy bread when they need it. 5____ In France in the 18th century, for example, there was very little bread in the shops and its price was high. Angry people rioted in the streets and Marie Antoinette famously said, ‘Let them eat cake.’ Bread is an emotional issue. It’s mentioned in ancient books, prayers, and proverbs of many different cultures. In many places it’s seen as one of the most important foods, and is central to many cultures in ways that other foods are not.

The correct sentence to gap 2 is...

Read the text. Match the missing sentences A–F with the gaps 1–5. There is one sentence that you do not need.

The story of bread

If you had bread for breakfast today, a slice of toast, or perhaps a croissant, you are certainly not alone. 1____ No matter where you travel, you will probably find a culture that has its own type of bread.

The story of bread goes back a long way – in fact, about 10,000 years. 2____ However, they discovered that they could use rocks to crush the hard grains from some plants, which we know today as wheat, to make a rough powder, or flour. They mixed the flour with water, put the mixture on flat stones and waited for the bread to bake.

These first breads were hard and flat and they probably didn’t taste very nice, but gradually, the recipe for bread improved. The ancient Egyptians, for example, discovered how to make fermented dough: they added ingredients to make the mixture rise, so that it became lighter and tasted better. 3____ In the same way, different cultures developed their own recipes, using local ingredients and suiting it to their traditions.

The technology for baking bread also improved. The first ovens were made of clay and a wood fire burned inside them. 4____ By the time the oven had cooled, the bread was baked. At first, bread was made in people’s homes. Then, in the Middle Ages, people started to take their bread mixtures to local bakeries to be baked. These bakeries had large brick ovens which were heated by wood or coal. Today, of course, most of the world’s bread is baked in large factories and is then transported to where it is sold.

Most people can easily go to a supermarket or a baker’s shop to buy bread when they need it. 5____ In France in the 18th century, for example, there was very little bread in the shops and its price was high. Angry people rioted in the streets and Marie Antoinette famously said, ‘Let them eat cake.’ Bread is an emotional issue. It’s mentioned in ancient books, prayers, and proverbs of many different cultures. In many places it’s seen as one of the most important foods, and is central to many cultures in ways that other foods are not.

The correct sentence to gap 3 is...

Read the text. Match the missing sentences A–F with the gaps 1–5. There is one sentence that you do not need.

The story of bread

If you had bread for breakfast today, a slice of toast, or perhaps a croissant, you are certainly not alone. 1____ No matter where you travel, you will probably find a culture that has its own type of bread.

The story of bread goes back a long way – in fact, about 10,000 years. 2____ However, they discovered that they could use rocks to crush the hard grains from some plants, which we know today as wheat, to make a rough powder, or flour. They mixed the flour with water, put the mixture on flat stones and waited for the bread to bake.

These first breads were hard and flat and they probably didn’t taste very nice, but gradually, the recipe for bread improved. The ancient Egyptians, for example, discovered how to make fermented dough: they added ingredients to make the mixture rise, so that it became lighter and tasted better. 3____ In the same way, different cultures developed their own recipes, using local ingredients and suiting it to their traditions.

The technology for baking bread also improved. The first ovens were made of clay and a wood fire burned inside them. 4____ By the time the oven had cooled, the bread was baked. At first, bread was made in people’s homes. Then, in the Middle Ages, people started to take their bread mixtures to local bakeries to be baked. These bakeries had large brick ovens which were heated by wood or coal. Today, of course, most of the world’s bread is baked in large factories and is then transported to where it is sold.

Most people can easily go to a supermarket or a baker’s shop to buy bread when they need it. 5____ In France in the 18th century, for example, there was very little bread in the shops and its price was high. Angry people rioted in the streets and Marie Antoinette famously said, ‘Let them eat cake.’ Bread is an emotional issue. It’s mentioned in ancient books, prayers, and proverbs of many different cultures. In many places it’s seen as one of the most important foods, and is central to many cultures in ways that other foods are not.

The correct sentence to gap 4 is...

Read the text. Match the missing sentences A–F with the gaps 1–5. There is one sentence that you do not need.

The story of bread

If you had bread for breakfast today, a slice of toast, or perhaps a croissant, you are certainly not alone. 1____ No matter where you travel, you will probably find a culture that has its own type of bread.

The story of bread goes back a long way – in fact, about 10,000 years. 2____ However, they discovered that they could use rocks to crush the hard grains from some plants, which we know today as wheat, to make a rough powder, or flour. They mixed the flour with water, put the mixture on flat stones and waited for the bread to bake.

These first breads were hard and flat and they probably didn’t taste very nice, but gradually, the recipe for bread improved. The ancient Egyptians, for example, discovered how to make fermented dough: they added ingredients to make the mixture rise, so that it became lighter and tasted better. 3____ In the same way, different cultures developed their own recipes, using local ingredients and suiting it to their traditions.

The technology for baking bread also improved. The first ovens were made of clay and a wood fire burned inside them. 4____ By the time the oven had cooled, the bread was baked. At first, bread was made in people’s homes. Then, in the Middle Ages, people started to take their bread mixtures to local bakeries to be baked. These bakeries had large brick ovens which were heated by wood or coal. Today, of course, most of the world’s bread is baked in large factories and is then transported to where it is sold.

Most people can easily go to a supermarket or a baker’s shop to buy bread when they need it. 5____ In France in the 18th century, for example, there was very little bread in the shops and its price was high. Angry people rioted in the streets and Marie Antoinette famously said, ‘Let them eat cake.’ Bread is an emotional issue. It’s mentioned in ancient books, prayers, and proverbs of many different cultures. In many places it’s seen as one of the most important foods, and is central to many cultures in ways that other foods are not.

The correct sentence to gap 5 is...