CAMBRIDGE ACADEMIC EXAMS PREPARATION : PET

FCE

2014

By Ayhan Dinc

PART I: READING
A) 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 first
Grand 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 the
Toro 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 said
he owed a lot of his success to his father, saying: "First of all a big thanks
to my father, who has always been by my side, day and night, year after

year."

1. What is the minimum driving age

in

6. How did the team boss feel

about Max

most countries around the world?

signing for the team?

a) 20

a) enthusiastic

b) 18

b) good

c) 17

c) positive

d) 16

d) optimistic

2. What is the name of the team

Max is

7. What does the boss feel Max

has?

joining?

a) great eyesight

a) Renault

b) big muscles

b) Mercedes

c) mental strength

c) Ferrari

d) courage

d) Toro Rosso

8. What will the team have to give

to

3. Where will Max make his debut?

Max?

a) Australia

a) a competitive car

b) Hungary

b) a big bonus

c) Singapore

c) a special uniform

d) Bahrain
4. When did Max first want to be a
racing
driver?

9. What was one of the jobs of

Max's
father?

a) three years ago

a) F1 driver

b) in 2008

b) engineer

c) when he was 7
d)
when
Schumacher

d) time for school homework

he

met

Michael

5. What did Max say has come

true?

c) airplane pilot
d) sports reporter
10. Where did Max say his father
had

a) a promise

always been?

b) his dream

a) in other countries

c) a prediction

b) at work

d) reality

c) in a race car
d) by his side

B) Read the text and match the words.

1. countries

____

a. head

2. another

____

b. next to

3. alongside
4. debut
5. opportunity
6. boss

____
____
____
____

c. profession
d. chance
e. equip
f. nations

7. consider

____

g. ex-

8. provide

____

h. introduction

9. career

____

i. believe

10. former

____

j. a further

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

1. The legal driving age in most world countries is 16.

T / F/NM

2. Max will be 17 when he makes his Formula 1 debut.

T / F/NM

3. The previous record for the youngest driver was 18 years

and 25 days.
T / F/NM
4. Max wanted to enter Formula 1 when he was seven years old.

T / F/NM

5. The boss of the racing team said Max is the most

skilled young driver.
F/NM

T/

6. The boss believes Max has the mental strength

to race successfully.
F/NM

T/

7. Max's father was a successful motorbike racer.

T / F/NM

8. Max said he owed a lot of his success to his father.

F/NM

T/

9. Toro-Rosso boss is willing to hire a new young pilot

T / F/NM

10. Toro-Rosso Team believes the young driver will be a

one of the champion drivers like Hamilton
F/NM

T/

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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* Safety is the First!*