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Hien Le Aptis - Aptis Real Tests APTIS READING TEST PART 1 Fill in the gaps in the text. o Hi Simon, How are things? I have a tennis 0) tournament tomorrow, I 1)  my racket two days ago and I need a good one to play the matches. Could I 2)  yours? I'll be very 3) and I'll give you back as soon as the tournament finishes. I can come to your house 4) if it's OK. Let me know if you 5)  Peter. 1. a) bought         b) found        c) broke 2. a) lend              b) borrow     c) try 3. a) mean            b) polite       c) careful 4. a) tonight        b) next day   c) then 5. a) think           b) know         c) agree PART 2 2.1 The sentences below are from a report. Put the sentences in the right order. The first sentence is done for you. a. This road is busy during the summer when tourists visit the area. b. This is why we think there should be more signs along the road. c. For this reason, it is easy for them to take the wrong turn and get lost. d. These visitors will improve our town's economy and local businesses. e. These will help visitors to find their way to our beautiful town. f. They don't know the road, because many of them are here for the first time. 2.2 The sentences below are from a report. Put the sentences in the right order. The first sentence is done for you. a. He loved reading all kinds of stories as a child at school. b. People liked it and he sold 3000 copies in just over a week c. While he was still a student he wrote several stories on his own
Hien Le Aptis - Aptis Real Tests d. He sold more and more books and was rich before he was twenty. e. He sent them to lots of publishing companies but they refused to publish them. f. So he decided to do it for himself and printed his first book of short stories in 2014. PART 3 Four people respond in the comment section of an online magazine article about the importance of money. Read their comments and answer the questions below. Money ● Person A It is important to keep money in perspective: you need some, but don’t need too much. Otherwise, you'll spend your whole life chasing the Almighty dollar and that’s not a healthy relationship to money that you want to have. Some people try to impress with how much money they have, but I see that as a character flaw. If you can help those less fortunate, do it, by all means but realize that just handing out money is usually not an effective way to improve their lives. ● Person B I think of money as a tool that helps you build your life. Like a tool you need to know how to use it. One of the problems with money is there are far more people who know how to use a saw or a hammer than there are who know how to use money. For instance, most people equate wealth to what you have. If you have a big house and fancy car you feel rich. ● Person C Money is something that can buy you everything in the world today. However, easy money makes you lose the opportunity to feel the joy of getting that after you’ve worked hard enough to earn it. Money is something that everyone needs unanimously. It ironically causes us to be united in our concordant need for it. Money is something that cannot buy you true happiness but not having any of it doesn’t give you that happiness either. ● Person D Money can buy most of the things but not all the things. When you don't have money, your supposed friends and relatives will not prefer to have you near them. However, if you have money, then they may feel jealous of you and find faults in you without any reason. Besides, having money has its limitations, you can buy expensive treatments, but not life. You can't buy respect, or admiration. However, money can help you to meet your day to day expenses.
Hien Le Aptis - Aptis Real Tests   Who thinks... ● Relations with friends are different if you are wealthy.  ● It is important to learn how you use your money.  ● You should help people who need it.  ● Money doesn't necessarily make you happy.  ● Some people feel rich just because of their possessions.  ● There are things that money can't buy.  ● The only objective of some people's lives is money.  PART 4 Read the passage quickly. Choose a heading for each numbered paragraph (1 – 7) from the drop-down box. There is one more heading than you need A. Ancient inhabitants B. An optimal Climate C. Rainforests on planet Earth D. Harmful species E. The future of rainforests F. A wide variety of fauna G. The need of special skills to survive H. The influence of humans Rainforests 1. Where can you find more animal species than anywhere else in the world? It’s not a zoo or the circus. It’s a very special type of ecosystem called a rainforest, and most rainforests can be found in tropical climates in the Southern Hemisphere. A “hemisphere” is a half of the earth, so the Northern Hemisphere is the northern half and the Southern Hemisphere is the southern half of Earth. They are divided by a line called the Equator. The Northern Hemisphere starts just above the equator and ends at the Arctic Circle. The Southern Hemisphere starts just below the Equator and ends at the South Pole in Antarctica.