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APTIS TRAINING

MATERIAL

Aptis

Reading

(25

Questions

-

30

minutes)

Task I

Choose one

word

{A,

B

or

C)

for

each

space

and write

the letter on

the

paper.

The

first

one

{0)

is

done

for

you

as

an example

with the answer

A

marked

on

your

answer

paper.

Dear Sir,

My son,

Kevin,

left 0)

A two

months ago

and

now he

is looking

for his first 1)-.

The

problem

is that companies

always

2)-

they

want

people

with

experience,

but

how can

he

get

experience

if no one

gives

him a

job?

He

reads

the

3)-

in

the

paper

every

day, but

there

is

nothing

for

people

like him.

Today he's

4)-

some

gardening

for

our

neighbours

to 5)-

a bit of

money, but

he needs a

realjob.

Mr. G Carter

EXAMPLE

0 Aschool

Bhome

Cme

1 Awork Bjob

CoccuPation

2

Asay Btell

Cask

3

,A news

B text

C

adverts

4 Amaking

Bhaving

Cdoing

5

Aearn Bget

Cspend

B

A

C

C

A

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Task

2

Order

the sentences

(B-G)

below

to

make

a story.

Write

your

answers

on the

answer

paper

(Questions

6-L1).

The first

sentence

of the story

(A)

is

given

for

you

on

the

answer

paper

as an example.

A Harland

Sanders was

born

in

the

USA

in

1890,

but his childhood wasn't

a happy

one.

B

That was

when he first learned

to cook.

C

Over the next nine

years

Harland developed

his

secret

chicken recipe

that

made him

famous.

D

Sanders

continued

to

work

for

KFC

as

a

public spokesman and visited

restaurants

all

over the world

until he died in 1980,

aged 90.

E His father

died when

he

was

four

and his mother

had

to

find

a

job

to

support

the

family, so Harland

stayed

at

home

to

look

after

his

younger

brother

and

sister.

F

ln the 1950s he decided

to close down his restaurant

and sold

the secret recipe

to

other

businesses

one of

which

became

Kentucky

Fried

Chicken.

G He left

home when he was

twelve and he had

a number

of

different

jobs,

including

being

a service

station manager in Corbin, Kentucky,

where

he

cooked

for

hungry

travellers.

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e)

11)

10)

0)

A

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G

B

F

C

D

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Task

3

Read the

text and

match each space

{12-18}with

one

word

from the

box

below.

Write the

Ietters

(A-K)

on

the Answer

Sheet.

The

answer

to

question

00

is

given

on

your

answer

paper

as

an example

(L).

You will not

need

to

find five

of

the

words.

A

Hong Kong

hotel

has

sold

individual

fi

to be used

as

homes.

lt's

one

of

the ways 12

are

trying

to

cope

with

soaring housing

prices,

which are among

the

highest

in

the

world.

The

hotel

suites

are cheaper

than

apartments

in

Hong

Kong. Hundreds of

people

13 up

for hours to

buy

a

unit at the

Apex

Horizon

Hotelthis

week. It's

not

clear

whether

investors

can

legally

live

in

the

suites but

buyers

are still

eager. The

hotel was able

to

sell

all

360

of

its

suites

in

two

days

- a

sign there

is

a

ltt for affordable

housing. Hong

Kong's

low 15

rate

has

attracted

hordes of

mainland Chinese

investors.

lt

pushed

home

prices

ts

record

highs last

year.

Flats

16 an average

of US$14000

per

square

metre in central

locations.

Many residents

feel they can

no

longer

17 to

buy

apartments.

Hong Kong

people

cope

by renting

makeshift

homes on

rooftops, while others

move

into so-

called cage

homes

-

hutches

made

from wire-mesh, stacked

on

top of each

other in

a tiny

room.

The

government's

efforts to cool

down

18

prices

have

not worked.

So Hong

Kong

residents

have to be

creative

in finding space

to

live.

(text

adapted

from

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B

c

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

queued

interest

afford

spend

residents

investors

property

save

lined

cost

demand

rooms

Your answers:

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A

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B

C

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Task

4

Read

the

text below.

Match the

headings A-H

to the

paragraphs

0-5

(Questions

19-23).

Write

your

answers

(A-H)on

the

paper.

There 3 headings

you

don't

need.

The answer

to

Paragraph 0

is

given

on the

answer

paper

as an

example

(J).

Domestic specialties

for

the

whole

country

The

current

pizza

varieties

The reason

why we can't

take

it home from

the supermarket

No

pizza

is

complete

without

cheese

You

can

be

thankful

for

the

poor

Where it comes

from

Tasty

for all the

family

Tribute

to the

First

Lady

Nothing compares

to the original

Your answers:

0)

I

1e)

20)

2t)

22)

23)

0.

There

are not

too

many nations

that can say

their

national dish

has become

an international

phenomenon.

ltaly has

two

such

dishes,

pasta

and

of course

pizza.

ln America

pizza

usually

falls into

two

categories:

thick and

cheesy Chicago

style or

thin and

traditional

New

York

pizza.

ln ltaly

pizza

also

falls

into two distinct

categories:

ltalian

pizza

and the

rest of

the

world.

lt

might seem silly

considering

the

basic

ingredients,

but one

taste of a

true

ltalian

pizza

and

that's

it.

You

will

never

feel the

same

about this

simple

and

delicious

food

again.

L. ln its basic'seasoned

flatbread'form,

pizza

has a long

history

in

the

Mediterranean.

Several

cultures

including the Greeks

ate

a flatbread

rnade

from flour and water.

The

dough

would

be cooked by

placing

it

on

a

hot stone

and then seasoned

with

herbs.

The Greeks called

this early

pizza

"plankuntos" and

it

was basically

used as

an edible

plate

when

eating stews or

thick broth.

lt was not

yet

what we

would

call

pizza

today.

These

early

pizzas

were eaten

from

Rome to

Egypt to

Babylon and

were

praised

by the ancient

historians

Herodotus

and Cato the

Elder.

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2. The

introduction

of

tomatoes

to

ltalian

cuisine

in

the

18th and early

19th centuries

finally

Bave

us

the

true

modern

ltalian

pizza.

Even though

tomatoes

reached

ltaly

by

the

1530s

it

was

widely thought

that they

were

poisonous

and

were

grown

only

for

decoration.

However, the

innovative

(and

probably

starving)

peasants

of

Naples started

using

the

supposedly

deadly

fruit

in many

of

their

foods,

including their

early

pizzas.

Since

that

fateful

day

when

peasants

first

used

tomatoes,

the

world of

ltalian

cuisine

would

never be

the

same,

however,

it

took some

time

for

the

rest

of

society to accept this

crude

peasant

food.

Once

members

of

the

local aristocracy

tried

pizza

they

couldn't

get

enough

of

it, which

by

this

time

was being sold

on

the

streets

of

Naples

for

every

meal.

3.

As pizza

popularity

increased,

street

vendors

gave

way

to

actual

shops

where

people

could

order

a

custom

pizza

with many different

toppings.

By

1830

the

"Antica

Pizzeria

Port'Alba"

of

Naples

had

become

the

first true

pizzeria

and this

venerable

institution

is

still

producing

masterpieces.

The

popular

pizza

Margherita

owes

its

name

to ltaly's

Queen

Margherita

who

in 1889

visited

the

Pizzeria Brandi

in

Naples.

The

Pizzaioli

(pizza

maker) on

duty that

day, created

a

pizza

for the

Queen

that

contained

the

three

colours

of

the

new

Italian

flag. The red

of

tomato,

white

of

the

mozzarella

and

fresh

green

basil was

a

hit with

the

Queen

and the

rest of

the

world.

Neapolitan

style

pizza

had

now

spread

throughout

ltaly.

4. The

Pizza Margherita

may

have

set

the

standard,

but there

are numerous

popular

varieties

of

pizza

made

in

ltaly today.

Pizza

from

a

pizzeria is

the

recognized

round

shape,

made to

order

and

always cooked in

a

wool fired

oven.

Regional

ltalian varieties

are

always

worth

trying

such

as

Pizza

Marinara,

a

traditional

Neapolitan

from

the south of

ltaly

is

a

pizza

that

has

oregano,

anchovies and

lots

of

garlic.

Pizza Napoli:

tomato

mozzarella and

anchovies.

Capricciosa:

a

topping

of

mushrooms,

prosciutto,

artichoke

hearts, olives and

a

boiled

egg.

Pizza Pugliese makes

use

of

the

local capers and

olives

of

the area

while

Pizza Veronese

from

the north of

ltaly has

mushrooms and tender

Prosciutto crudo.

Pizzas from

the ltalian

island of

Sicily

can have numerous

toppings

ranging

from

green

olives, seafood,

hard-boiled

eggs

and

peas.

5.

One

thing

to

keep

in mind when ordering

pizza

in

an

ltalian

pizzeria

is

that the product

is

personal

size.

Each

person

at

a

table

should

order

their own

individual

pizza

-

one

bite

will

explain

why. ln certain

areas

outside

ltaly, there

are

a

few

Piazzioli

who

keep

to their

homeland

traditions

as

best

they

can with the

ingredients

they

have,

but

it

really

isn't

the

same. ln

the

end there

is no

going

back

once

you

try a

real

ltalian

pizza,

no

delivery or

frozen

product

will

ever

stimulate

your

taste

buds the

way

a

real

ltalian

pizza

will

Adapted

from the

article of Justin

Demetri, lifeinitaly.com,

TELC Angol Vizsgafeladatok)

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