This document contains a reading comprehension test with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions about a passage on career options that utilize a strong sense of smell. The passage discusses careers in perfumery, winemaking, wine tasting, cooking, and sommelier work. It notes that these fields rely on well-developed senses of taste and smell. The comprehension questions test understanding of details from the passage.

1. Name: ..................................................... Mark: ....................
Reading 20 points
1 Read the text and tick (✓) the sentences T (true) or F (false). Then copy the
sentences that helped you decide. (10 points)
Have you got a good sense of smell? If you have, you may be able to use this
talent when choosing a career. Since people who have got a good sense of smell
usually have a strong sense of taste as well, they are able to choose from a wide
range of interesting professions.
If you’ve got a good sense of smell and are interested in chemistry, you could
consider becoming a perfumer. Perfumers use their sense of smell to create
perfumes and other scented products, including lipstick and cleaning products.
They choose from thousands of natural and artificial smells and combine them
in a lab to create something unique.
If you enjoy working outside as well as working in a lab, you might think about
pursuing a career as a winemaker. Like perfumery, winemaking is a mixture of
art and science. Winemakers can’t only rely on the chemistry that is involved in
winemaking, but they must also be very sensitive to flavour and smell. Their
nose helps them during the winemaking process and allows them to know
exactly when to move on to the next stage.
For those of you who prefer drinking wine to making it, the job of taster may be
more suitable. Companies who want to distribute a new wine have to know
whether it will be popular. That is why they employ tasters to assess the quality
of the wine. Based on the feedback that they get from the tasters, they decide
whether it is worthwhile investing in this particular product.
Chefs and sommeliers also rely on their senses of taste and smell. Chefs use
their sense of smell to help them decide whether a dish is ready and how much
of a particular flavouring they need to add. Sommeliers are responsible for
matching the dishes that the chefs create to an appropriate wine. They use their
sense of taste to find the perfect wine for every dish.
So, next time you are the only person to notice a bad smell in a room, don’t
complain. Your strong sense of smell may be the key to a very successful career.
T F
1. A good sense of smell and taste usually go together. ...... ......
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2. All the scents used by perfumers are man-made. ...... ......
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3. Winemaking and perfumery have got nothing in common. ...... ......
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4. Sommeliers help chefs to create their dishes. ...... ......
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5. It is not always an advantage to have a developed sense of smell. ...... ......
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2. 2 Complete the sentences. (10 points)
1. Perfumers must have a good sense of smell and .........................
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2. Lipstick and cleaning products are examples of ..........................
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3. Winemakers use their sense of smell in order to..........................
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4. Tasters are important to distribution companies because ............
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5. A chef needs a sense of smell in order to.....................................
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Vocabulary 20 points
1 Complete the words to match the definitions. (7 points)
1. not able to see: b … … … …
2. has got no smell: o … … … … … … … …
3. feeling cold: c … … … … …
4. a little wet: d … … …
5. very loud: d … … … … … … … …
6. not able to talk: m … … …
7. having a nice smell: s … … … … … …
2 Choose the correct answer. (5 points)
1. Speak louder – I’m a bit coarse / deaf / transparent.
2. The vet sniffed / tasted / stroked the dog to calm him down.
3. The shoes you lent me are too tight / bitter / bland to wear.
4. There are special signs at the shops for the hearing loss / sign language / visually impaired.
5. The sun is very bright / smooth / soft today, so take your sunglasses.
3 Complete the sentences with the words below. (8 points)
guide dog  hearing aid  perceived  sight  smell  touch  loose  tasteless
1. I didn’t drink the milk because it didn’t …………………… good.
2. A …………………… knows when to help his owner cross a street.
3. He …………………… the situation differently to me.
4. Nobody ate very much because the food was …………………… .
5. Since my aunt got a …………………… , she has been able to enjoy listening to music.
6. It’s a tragedy that the man lost his …………………… in an accident and can’t see.
7. When the weather is hot, I prefer to wear …………………… clothes.
8. There are special museums where children may …………………… all the objects.
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3. Grammar 30 points
1 Complete the sentences with the gerund or infinitive form of the verbs below. (8 points)
listen  take  lock  wait  meet  drive  bring  phone
1. I can’t stand …………………… in a long queue.
2. She isn’t old enough …………………… a car.
3. Alex and Chloe agreed …………………… us at the library.
4. …………………… to music helps me study better.
5. I need …………………… my parents before 10 o’clock.
6. Does Jack remember …………………… the door when he left the house?
7. Did you forget …………………… the map?
8. She felt better after …………………… the medicine.
2 Write sentences with the words below. Change the verbs to gerunds or infinitives
where needed. (12 points)
1. you / finish / eat / dinner / an hour ago / ?
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2. I / am / excited / about / go / to London / next month
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3. the prisoner / refused / reveal / his name
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4. my parents / enjoy / play / tennis / together
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5. they / stopped / rest / after / five kilometres
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6. Jessica / was / lucky / find / a job / quickly
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3 Choose the correct answer. (10 points)
Synesthesia is a condition where someone perceives two or more senses at the same
time. For a person with synesthesia, or a synesthete, 1.
to hear / hearing music may
involve sound, sight and taste. For example, Sean Day remembers 2.
to choose /
choosing discs according to the “colour” of the music when he was a child.
3.
To break / Breaking her leg caused Ingrid Carey 4.
to feel / feeling physical pain,
but she also “saw” the pain in orange and yellow. For many years, scientists have
refused 5.
to believe / believe that synesthesia is real. One reason is that they don’t
seem 6.
to understand / understanding why or how it happens. It’s also difficult
7.
to decide / deciding if someone is really a synesthete. Because of this, many
synesthetes don’t want 8.
to tell / telling people about their unusual ability. After
9.
to explain / explaining her condition, Carey says that most people think she’s crazy.
However, synesthete and musician Pharrell Williams said that he couldn’t imagine
10.
to live / living without this gift.
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4. Writing 10 points
Write a description of an event in your community that you took part in.
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