A2 Key for Schools (KET) Reading & Writing Part 4 Test – School Trips & Excursions 8
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Test 1
Questions 19-24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
A Trip to the Train Station
Many schools take their students on a trip to a large train station. It is a very busy place, with hundreds of people coming and going. Before getting on a train, everyone must buy their (19)…………… so they are allowed to travel.
Next, they look at a big screen to find out where their train is. Trains arrive at long areas next to the tracks called (20)…………… . While the students are (21)…………… for their train, they usually stand together and talk quietly. It is important to stay safe and not go near the edge.
When the train finally arrives, everyone finds a seat. Modern trains can travel very (22)…………… , so the journey is usually short. For many students, (23)…………… by train is a lot of fun. They love looking out of the window and watching the countryside go (24)…………… .
19 A tickets B bills C stamps
20 A platforms B floors C roads
21 A waiting B staying C resting
22 A fast B high C loud
23 A travelling B driving C sailing
24 A past B away C out
Answer Key & Explanations
19 A (tickets): This tests broader context. A ticket is the specific piece of paper you must 'buy' to be 'allowed to travel'. 'Bills' are for paying money you owe (like at a restaurant), and 'stamps' are for sending letters.
20 A (platforms): This fits the semantic meaning of the specific place where trains stop in a station. 'Floors' are inside regular buildings, and 'roads' are for cars and buses, not trains.
21 A (waiting): 'Waiting for' is a strong grammatical collocation. While 'staying' and 'resting' are things you can do at a station, they do not collocate with the preposition 'for' in this context of anticipating a train's arrival.
22 A (fast): This fits the semantic meaning of a train moving quickly, which makes the journey 'short'. 'High' refers to vertical distance (like a plane), and 'loud' describes sound, not speed.
23 A (travelling): 'Travelling by train' is a fixed, everyday collocation. You 'drive' a car and 'sail' a boat, but passengers 'travel' by train.
24 A (past): This fits the phrase-level meaning of movement. When you look out of a moving train, the scenery goes 'past' you. 'Go away' means to leave a place permanently, and 'go out' means to exit a building.
Test 2
Questions 19-24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
A Trip to the Airport
Going on a school trip to an airport is an exciting day for many teenagers. When students arrive, they usually walk into a very (19)…………… building where passengers wait. You can see families carrying a lot of heavy (20)…………… before they go to their flight.
Next, the teachers take the class to a special window. Teenagers love to spend time (21)…………… everything that happens outside. It is amazing to see how fast the large (22)…………… travel along the ground. A few seconds later, they leave the earth and fly high up into the (23)…………… .
During the tour, students also learn about the people who work at the airport. You can ask the pilots questions and (24)…………… out how they fly such amazing machines. It is always a fantastic trip!
19 A big B tall C long
20 A luggage B tickets C passports
21 A watching B looking C seeing
22 A planes B buses C boats
23 A sky B space C moon
24 A find B look C search
Answer Key & Explanations
19 A (big): 'Big' is the correct adjective to describe the overall size and volume of an airport building. 'Tall' implies vertical height only, and 'long' implies distance, which do not accurately describe the vast space of a terminal.
20 A (luggage): 'Luggage' logically fits the broader context of families carrying something 'heavy' before a flight. Passengers do carry 'tickets' and 'passports', but these are small paper items, not heavy objects.
21 A (watching): 'Watching' correctly describes the action of paying attention to moving things over time. 'Looking' requires the preposition 'at' (looking at everything), and 'seeing' is a state or involuntary action, not a deliberate, continuous activity.
22 A (planes): 'Planes' perfectly fits the phrase-level context because the very next sentence describes the vehicles leaving the earth and flying. 'Buses' and 'boats' cannot fly.
23 A (sky): 'Sky' is the correct semantic fit for where airplanes travel after leaving the ground. Airplanes do not travel far enough to enter 'space' or reach the 'moon'.
24 A (find): 'Find out' is a fixed collocation (phrasal verb) that means to discover or learn new information. 'Look out' means to be careful, and the verb 'search' does not collocate with 'out' in this way.
Test 3
Questions 19-24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
A River Boat Trip
Going on a boat trip with the school is a very exciting day. It is a wonderful way to spend a day on the (19)…………… and learn about nature. When you get on the boat, the teachers show you where to go. Most students prefer (20)…………… at the front of the boat because they want to get the best view.
The journey down the river is usually quite (21)…………… so that everyone has enough time to look at the trees and birds. Sometimes, the boat travels under a dark stone (22)…………… before it turns around.
During the trip, pupils love (23)…………… all the different fish and animals that live near the river. Before they go home, students always (24)…………… lots of photos to show their parents. It is always a brilliant day out.
19 A water B ground C floor
20 A sitting B resting C sleeping
21 A slow B late C old
22 A bridge B street C farm
23 A seeing B looking C meeting
24 A take B make C do
Answer Key & Explanations
19 A (water): This fits the broader context and collocation. When you are on a river boat trip, you spend the day on the "water." The "ground" is dry land, and a "floor" is the surface inside a room.
20 A (sitting): This is the correct semantic fit. Students want to get a good view, so they choose to sit at the front. "Resting" and "sleeping" do not make sense if their goal is to look at the scenery.
21 A (slow): This fits the semantic meaning of the sentence. A "slow" journey gives people time to look at things. "Late" describes time rather than travel speed, and "old" does not fit the context at all.
22 A (bridge): This fits the broader geographical context. A river boat travels under a bridge. It cannot travel under a street or a farm.
23 A (seeing): This fits the phrase-level grammar and meaning. You can directly say "seeing animals," whereas the verb "looking" requires the preposition "at" (looking at animals). We do not "meet" wild fish or animals.
24 A (take): This forms the very common A2 collocation "take photos." In English, we do not use the verbs "make" or "do" with photographs.