I. Reading Comprehension

Abschlussprüfung der 10. Klasse an Werkrealschulen in Baden-Württemberg
Englisch – Übungsaufgabe 2
I. Reading Comprehension
25 Punkte
Part 1 – Signs, sayings and e-mails
6 Punkte
What do the signs, sayings or e-mails say?
Mark A, B or C.
Example:
We don’t sell beer or any alcoholic
beverages after 1:00 a.m.
A
No meal without a drink.
B
You can drink beer up to 1 a.m.
C
You can drink beer after 1 a.m. onwards.
Message for passengers:
A
Passengers can check in now.
The plane is delayed for 40
minutes. Please stay in the
check-in area until boarding
starts.
B
The plane will arrive in 40 minutes.
C
The check-in will take 40 minutes.
These seats
must be vacated for
seniors and disabled
persons.
A
Seniors need a ticket to take a seat.
B
Seniors can sit here.
C
Disabled persons are on vacation here.
10 min PARKING
PICK UP – DROP OFF
A
You are only allowed to park for 10 min.
B
You mustn’t leave the car for 10 min.
C
It’s a car park for a short picnic.
A
Sam wants to book the dinner.
B
The tickets can be bought on the internet.
C
Leo wants to invite Sam to dinner.
Thank you!
1.
2.
3.
Driver must remain
in the vehicle.
4.
TO: Sam
FROM: Leo
There are still 2 tickets
available. What about booking
the candle light dinner online?
Please mail back a.s.a.p.
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Englisch – Übungsaufgabe 2
5.
Leslie has green fingers.
6.
A bad worker always
blames his tools.
(saying)
A
Leslie doesn’t like gardening.
B
Leslie is good at gardening.
C
Leslie is good at cooking.
A
A bad worker must try harder.
B
You can’t work with bad tools.
C
A bad worker always says it’s not his fault
when something goes wrong.
Part 2 – Text
7 Punkte
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.
Mark A, B, C or D.
Schools in Britain
In Britain there are three
_________________________________
(7) types of school for children aged between
11 and 16 or 18: grammar, comprehensive and independent schools. More __________________________ (8)
85 per cent of the children in Britain attend a comprehensive school. Independent schools are
private schools which you have to pay for. There are about 2,500 of these in the United Kingdom, and they ___________________________ (9) attended by about 6 per cent of British children. Grammar
schools, which were first
_________________________________
days non-paying schools. Today pupils
(10) to teach Latin to young boys, are nowa-
_________________________________
(11) simply take a test to deter-
mine their academic intelligence.
In the afternoon pupils can do lots of activities: There are sports, computer or theatre clubs, for
example. Therefore the school building is
_________________________________
(12) ever empty in the early
evening.
At the age of 16 about two thirds of the pupils leave school and get jobs and apprenticeships.
Earning your _________________________________ (13) money is an important step in everybody’s life.
A
B
C
D
7.
a lot
different
variant
difficult
8.
than
that
as
then
9.
will
have
are
can
10.
grounded
founded
visited
found
11.
must
needn’t
mustn’t
had to
12.
hard
hardly
almost
rare
13.
some
one
alone
own
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