PET – Reading – How to do part 3

WHAT IS IN PART 3
4-option multiple choice – Part 3 is a longer text consisting of five questions. For each question, you are asked to choose the best answer from four options A, B, C or D.

For part 1 and 2, you read to understand the information given in the text. In part 3, you will read for the writer’s opinions and attitude, and general ideas.


HOW TO DO THE TEST
Note:
All the questions appear in order of the text and they ask you about some detailed information excluding Question 15. It tests your understanding about main ideas, or the author’s opinion and attitude. For the question 15, you have to understand the whole text to answer.


Step 1:
Read the first question. Underline key words. Don’t read the answer.

Step 2:
Scan the Text from the beginning to look for the key words or expressions with similar meaning or synonyms of the key words which you have just underlined from the questions.

Step 3:
Read around the key words in the text to find the ideas that answer the question.

Step 4:
Underline the answer ideas. Then read the four options. Eliminate the ones that are different from the answer ideas.

Step 5:
Choose the correct one.
Compare them the last time to make sure you have choose the best answer.

Note:
If the Questions is not a real questions, it is a complex sentence, you have to read all the four options, and underline the key words

Ex:
When Vicky first started cycling
A. she had a very good coach.
B. her parents gave her helpful advice.
C. she could get to a race track easily.
D. her brother gave her a great bike.

The next step is to scan for the these keys words or synonyms in the text.


How to do the Question 15
again, you have to understand what the article talks about in order to make that decision.

Eliminating the wrong options one by one is the best way. They wrong options always include something that doesn’t appear or isn’t mentioned in the text.


Cyclist Vicy Harmiston

Reporter Mark Lewis writes about Vicky Harmiston, who has had a successful career as a track cyclist – a cyclist who races on special race tracks.

When Vicky Harmiston was a child, her parents gave her and her brother Jamie the freedom to decide what they did in their spare time. Vicky chose to do lots of different sports. She was a good swimmer, and the coach at the swimming club she went to thought she might be good enough to become a champion. But the club was a long way from her home so it was  difficult for her to fit in the training around her schooolwork. When they were teenagers, Jamie, who loved cycling, bought himself a special track-racing bike and started taking part in competitions. Vicky thought it looked very exciting and decided to try it for herself. She says that was the best decision she ever made. Soon she was cycling every day and doing really well. The track was near her school, which meant it was no problem for her to attend training sessions after school every day.

Vicky went on to have a successful career in track cycling and won several competitions. Then, when she was 28, she retired from competitive cycling. Vicky told me: ‘For years i’d loved winning competitions but i began to get a bit tired of the whole thing – and when the excitement stops, there’s no point. Luckily, I went on to have a new career.’

Vicky got a job with a charity called CycleZone. ‘We work with young people who have never enjoyed sport,’ she says. ‘The first thing we do is teach them to ride a bike. We want them to learn to believe in themselves  and their own abilities. CycleZone does a great job, and it gets young people together so they’re part of a wider group.’

The charity uses celebrities to advertise the work they do. Vicky says, ‘I know some people aren’t sure whether the support of a celebrity is always positive for a charity. They say the celebrities are only doing it to push themselves forward, which prevents the public from seeing the real work of the charity. But if famous singers and actors, for example, can help, I think they should.’


11. When Vicky first started cycling

A. she had a very good coach.
B. her parents gave her helpful advice.
C. she could get to a race track easily.
D. her brother gave her a great bike.

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Following the steps above, we easily find
– A. good coach wasn’t mentioned in the text. It seemed that “she tried it for herself”
– B. her parents didn’t any advice.
– D. her brother bought a bike for himself, not for her.

– The best choise is B. because it said “the track was near her school and it was no problem for her to attend training sessions after every school.”

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12. Why does Vicky say she stopped cycle racing?
A. She felt she was too old to do it.
B. She was becoming bored with it.
C. She had won everything she wanted.
D. She was preparing for a new career.

13. What does the charity CycleZone do for young people?
A. It teaches them how to do track racing.
B. It supports those who have talent.
C. It offers them the chance to try a variety of sports.
D. It helps them become more confident.

14. According to Vicky, some people believe that celebrities can
A. take attention away from what a charity does.
B. help people understand a charity’s work.
C. make the public care less about a charity.
D. encourage more people to become involved with a charity.

15. What would Vicky say on her blog?

A

B

C

D

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