CAMBRIDGE ACADEMIC EXAMS PREPARATION : PET FCE

2014 By Ayhan Dinc

PART I: READINGA) Read the text and answer the questions. 16-year-old joins F1 team as race driver In most countries around the world, 16-year-olds have to wait for another two years to be able to drive a car. Not so for 16-year-old Max Verstappen. He has just been signed up to drive for a Formula 1 racing team. He will become the youngest ever F1 driver when he races for the Toro Rosso team next year. He will be 17 when he takes part in his firstGrand Prix, alongside drivers like Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. The current record for the youngest F1 driver is 19 years and 125 days. Verstappen will make his debut at the Australian Grand Prix. He told reporters: "Ever since I was seven years old, Formula 1 has been my career goal, so this opportunity is truly a dream come true." The Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost was very enthusiastic about Max signing for his team. He said: "We are happy to welcome Max into theToro Rosso family. We consider Max to be one of the most skilled young drivers of the new generation and we believe he has the necessary maturity and mental strength to take on this challenge successfully." He added: "It will now be up to us to provide Max with a competitive car, which will enable him to have the best possible start to his Formula 1 career." Max is the son of the former F1 driver Jos Verstappen. He saidhe owed a lot of his success to his father, saying: "First of all a big thanksto my father, who has always been by my side, day and night, year afteryear."

1. What is the minimum driving age inmost countries around the world?a) 20b) 18c) 17d) 162. What is the name of the team Max isjoining?a) Renaultb) Mercedesc) Ferrarid) Toro Rosso3. Where will Max make his debut?a) Australiab) Hungaryc) Singapored) Bahrain4. When did Max first want to be a racingdriver?a) three years agob) in 2008c) when he was 7d) when he met Michael Schumacher5. What did Max say has come true?a) a promiseb) his dreamc) a predictiond) reality6. How did the team boss feel about Maxsigning for the team?a) enthusiasticb) goodc) positived) optimistic7. What does the boss feel Max has?a) great eyesightb) big musclesc) mental strengthd) courage8. What will the team have to give toMax?a) a competitive carb) a big bonusc) a special uniformd) time for school homework9. What was one of the jobs of Max'sfather?a) F1 driverb) engineerc) airplane pilotd) sports reporter10. Where did Max say his father hadalways been?a) in other countriesb) at workc) in a race card) by his side

B) Read the text and match the words.

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C) Read the text and answer the True / False questions. (T-True / F-False / NM-Not mentioned)

1. The legal driving age in most world countries is 16. T / F/NM2. Max will be 17 when he makes his Formula 1 debut. T / F/NM3. The previous record for the youngest driver was 18 years and 25 days. T / F/NM4. Max wanted to enter Formula 1 when he was seven years old. T / F/NM5. The boss of the racing team said Max is the most skilled young driver. T / F/NM6. The boss believes Max has the mental strength to race successfully. T / F/NM7. Max's father was a successful motorbike racer. T / F/NM8. Max said he owed a lot of his success to his father. T / F/NM9. Toro-Rosso boss is willing to hire a new young pilot T / F/NM10. Toro-Rosso Team believes the young driver will be aone of the champion drivers like Hamilton T / F/NM

D) Write about the the Traffic problems in Turkey. ( You can use the prompts which are given below and your paragraph should be between 60 to 75 words)car accident / traffic signs / death / drunken drivers / alcohol / bad drivers / pedestrians / orphant kids

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