For B2 Reading Part 5, this an exercise about Cycling to India at an upper intermediate level of English which focuses on reading for detail, opinion, tone, purpose, main idea and the implication of the ideal. It is practice for Part 5 of the Reading and Use of English section of the Cambridge B2 First Exam.
B2 First Reading Part 5 (Cycling to India)
For B2 First Reading Part 5, you are going to read an article about cycling to India. This text describes Danny Bent’s incredible journey alone by bike across India. This exercise consists of a text with multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are four options and you have to choose one of them.
Cycling to India When I was 11, during a junior school leavers' assembly in front of all the mums and dads, my headmistress asked my class what they wanted to do when they left school. Footballer, doctor, film star, politician, came the replies. My answer? "I want to cycle around the world and raise money for charity." A big cheer resounded around the school hall. "So cool." Little did they know that 20 years later, I would be setting off on a 9,000-mile journey to India. On my own. Carrying everything I needed on my steel-framed bicycle, affectionately known as "Shirley". I would like to say it was planned to the nth degree and that everything ran like clockwork. In reality, I was arrested twice, chased by wild dogs, beaten and wined and dined by the mafia and attacked by bandits. On my last day, I was cycling through the Bandipur wildlife park in southern India. My flowery bike wasn't great camouflage and startled a number of elephants as I passed. They decided to charge. The advice is "if an elephant charges you, stand your ground, and bow your head to show respect." What tosh! With 30 tonnes of muscle and bone crashing towards me, destroying small trees and making the ground vibrate under my feet, there was no way I was standing firm. I dropped my bike into third gear and floored it. Another time I ran out of food and water in the desert and was woken one morning to find maggots in my hair and beard. Yet the greatest memories are of so many wonderful people I met in every country, who invited me into their homes to celebrate local festivals, play music, dance, sing, eat, and share each other's cultures, beliefs, history and ways of life. After six months' cycling, I rolled into Chembakolli, a tiny village, my final destination. It was my 31st birthday – 20 years since I had first dreamed up the idea. I was greeted by a carnival of people playing the drums, singing, cheering, and waving banners saying "Happy birthday". All I could do was crouch down and cry tears of joy. I'd cycled 9,000 miles from England to India. I'd lived my dream. Daniel Bent, 31, teacher, Essex
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B2 First Use of English and Reading Section
You need to be able to understand a range of texts, including how they are organised and the opinions and attitudes expressed in them. The texts will be from sources familiar to you such as magazines, articles, fiction and advertisements, but targeted at the interests of students. Students’ use of English will be tested by tasks which show how well they can control their grammar and vocabulary.
- Use of English Part 1
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For this part, you practice vocabulary by using words with similar meanings, collocations, linking phrases, phrasal verbs, etc.
For this part, you practice grammar and vocabulary.
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For this part, you practice how to understand the details of a text, including opinions and attitudes.
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In this part you talk to the examiner about yourself and your life, e.g. your name, school, interests and future plans.
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