Read the text and decide which answer (a, b or c) best fits each gap.

Section 1

Reading

1 Read the text and match the people with the sentences. Write James, Rania or Jessica.

1 He/She doesn’t like the weather being always the same. _____

2 In his/her country, it never snows. _____

3 He/She finds some kinds of weather exciting. _____

4 He/She likes rain because it makes things green. _____

5 He/She lives in a place where it is often rainy and cloudy. _____

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World weather

What’s the weather like where you live? Is it hot and sunny all the time? Or cloudy with mostly grey skies? We asked students from all over the world to tell us what the weather’s like where they live. Here are their answers.

James, 14, London

London is famous for its cloudy weather. The sky is usually full of clouds and quite grey, although sometimes we have nice weather, like in the spring. Then we have lots of rainy days and it’s nice because the rain makes everything green. Some people don’t like the weather here. They would like to have more sun and fewer clouds, but I like it.

Rania, 13, Egypt

In Egypt, the weather is usually hot. My family and I live near the sea, but we don’t have a lot of rain. In fact, most of my country is a desert. But there’s lots of water near the River Nile, and we use this water to wash and to grow fruit and vegetables. In the winter, it’s colder and often cloudy, but we never have snowy or frosty weather. Winter doesn’t last long, but at least it’s cool for a few months before it gets hot again!

Jessica, 15, California

It’s just like in films where I live – sunny weather all year. I know I should love it, but when the weather is sunny and warm every day, you get tired of it. It doesn’t rain a lot here, but we get thunderstorms sometimes. I’ve seen bright flashes of lightning before, followed by loud thunder. It’s quite exciting. The good thing about the weather in California is you can go to the beach almost every day.

Section 2

Vocabulary

Read the text and decide which answer (a, b or c) best fits each gap.

Melinda is quite popular at school. She’s very (0) a and she talks to lots of other students. She’s also very kind towards other people. She says ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ because she wants to be (1) _____. She’s a very (2) _____ person and is always smiling and laughing. She’s got two best friends, Donna and Patsy. She happily shares everything with them – she’s so (3) _____. She always looks at the good side of things and that’s because she’s (4) _____.

Her older sister Monica is very different. Monica is a bit (5) _____ and doesn’t make friends easily. She doesn’t always see the good side of things – she’s quite

(6) _____. She was (7) _____ when she was younger and used to play a lot of sport. She is (8) _____ around the house and cleans and does the cooking sometimes. She’s also very (9) _____ and draws the most amazing pictures. She always remembers to get Melinda a present for her birthday. She’s very (10) _____ like that.

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