Hello, 

Here is a reading test. 

Read the text about Visiting Ikea in Russia. Fill in the gaps with the words given. There is ONE WORD you do not need to use. (0) is an example.

a) journey  (EXAMPLE)
b) a big door
c) a car park
d) a room
e) a seat
f) chairs
g) coffee
h) flat
i) free
j) my sweatshirt
k) the building
l) very cold

VISITING IKEA IN RUSSIA 

Our (0)_JOURNEY_______ started in a minibus to the city of Moscow underground
station. It was not raining, but it was (1)________ and there was ice on the
street. In the open area behind the station we could see about 30 people
waiting for a bus to the IKEA shop. This particular bus is unusual for two
reasons – it is (2)________ and there is only one bus a day.
We got onto the bus and it drove over the bridge across the River Neva and
out of the city. We saw the big yellow letters IKEA on a blue background from
far away; they are on a sign that is higher than the trees. The same design is
on the side of (3)________, a very big blue box with (4)________ all around it.
We got out of the bus and walked along a special route to the entrance with a
roof over it. We went into the shop through (5)________ that turned like a
wheel. About ten people can walk inside one section of the wheel. IKEA shops
are very popular everywhere in the world, and they are made to serve very
large numbers of people.
Most places in Russia have (6)________ where you can leave your coat. On
this day there were too many people, so only children could leave their coats. I
had a heavy coat and they said that I should leave it in the room and carry only
(7)________. If you have a child aged 3 to 6 you can leave him or her in a
playroom (usually for two hours or just one hour on busy days). They give
parents a piece of paper with the time of collection because some of them
forget their children there! I don’t know what people with dogs do.
The first place we went was up the stairs to the café. Here everything is selfservice.

You take a tray and ask people to serve you food, for example
traditional Swedish meatballs. If you want (8)________, tea or a fizzy drink you
pay for a cup and afterwards you fill it from a machine. While you eat and drink
you can study the catalogue. They say that 160 million copies of the catalogue
are printed all round the world. When I lived in Spain, they delivered a copy to
each (9)________. People who want to buy a lot of things can take a big yellow
plastic bag to put the products in. There are also two different types of trolley.
The big one has (10)________ for a small child and a place to hang the big
yellow bag.

Answer key

1. very cold – 2. free – 3. the building – 4. chairs – 5. a big door – 6. a room – 7. my sweatshirt – 8. coffee – 9. flat – 10. a seat