Unit 4 READING Basic

1 Read the text. Choose the correct answers to complete 1 a café b haunted c skeleton d tunnel
the sentences. 2 a shoes b clothes c watch d screen
3 a haunted b shark c jewellery d experience
Shop, eat and have fun 4 a screen b tunnel c ice rink d scared
5 a watch b shoes c tunnel d skeleton
The Dubai Mall in the United Arab Emirates is the
6 a jewellery b haunted c dinosaur d shark
largest shopping centre in the world. There are more
than 1,300 shops that sell clothes, shoes, watches, 7 a ice rink b screen c tunnel d cinema
jewellery and many other things. Eighty million 8 a watch b scared c large d thousand
people visit the Dubai Mall every year. They come to 9 a screen b skeleton c jewellery d scared
do shopping but also to eat in one of 200 restaurants
and cafés, or to spend their free time. 3 Read the text again. Match the questions to the
answers.
In the Dubai Mall there’s a cinema with 22 screens, an
Olympic-sized ice rink and a 155-million-year-old 1 g How many people visit the a 24 metres
dinosaur skeleton, which is almost 8 metres high and Dubai Mall every year? b 155 million years
24 metres long. One of the biggest attractions is the 2 How many shops are there c More than 1,300
Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo where you can see in the Dubai Mall? d 22
thousands of different sea animals, and walk very e 200
3 How many screens are
close to sharks in a special shark tunnel. Fans of
there in the cinema? f Almost 8 metres
virtual reality enjoy spending time in the VR Park. If
you like to feel scared, you should visit Hysteria, an 4 How many restaurants g 80 million
extreme haunted attraction experience. and cafés are there?
5 How old is the dinosaur
1 Eighty million people … skeleton?
a visit the Dubai Mall every year. 6 How tall is the skeleton?
b buy clothes and jewellery in the shopping centres 7 How long is the skeleton?
in the United Arab Emirates every year.
4 Read the text again and answer the questions. Write
c go the cinema in the Dubai Mall.
complete sentences.
2 The Dubai Mall … 1 Where is the Dubai Mall?
a is the most famous shopping centre in the world. It’s in the United Arab Emirates.
b is bigger than other shopping centres in the world.
2 What place should you visit in the Dubai Mall if you
c is the best place to spend free time in Dubai.
like sports?
3 In the Dubai Mall … 
a you can play VR games and go to the cinema.
3 What place should you visit in the Dubai Mall if you
b you can see hundreds of dinosaur skeletons.
like animals?
c you can swim with sharks in a special pool.

2 Look at the pictures. Choose the correct words. 4 What place should you visit in the Dubai Mall if you
like playing computer games?
1 2 3

5 What place should you visit in the Dubai Mall if you
like to be scared?


4 5 6

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Unit 4 READING Standard

1 Read the text. Choose the correct answers to complete 1 I’m s c a r e d of spiders.
the sentences. 2 Let’s watch this film in the cinema. It’s better to see it
on a big s .
Shop, eat and have fun 3 Nina doesn’t wear any j
The Dubai Mall in the United Arab Emirates is the except for one ring.
largest shopping centre in the world. There are more 4 Cars can go through a t in the
than 1,300 shops that sell clothes, shoes, watches,
mountain.
jewellery and many other things. Eighty million
people visit the Dubai Mall every year. They come to 5 There is a model of a human s in
do shopping but also to eat in one of 200 restaurants the biology classroom.
and cafés, or to spend their free time.
6 In this film a s attacks two men when they
In the Dubai Mall there’s a cinema with 22 screens, an are sailing to an island.
Olympic-sized ice rink and a 155-million-year-old
dinosaur skeleton, which is almost 8 metres high and 3 Read the answers. Write the questions using
24 metres long. One of the biggest attractions is the information from the text.
Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo where you can see 1 How many people visit the Dubai Mall every year?
thousands of different sea animals, and walk very 80 million.
close to sharks in a special shark tunnel. Fans of
virtual reality enjoy spending time in the VR Park. If 2 
you like to feel scared, you should visit Hysteria, an In the United Arab Emirates.
extreme haunted attraction experience. 3 
More than 1,300.
1 Eighty million people …
4 
a visit the Dubai Mall every year.
155 million years old.
b buy clothes and jewellery in the shopping centres
in the United Arab Emirates every year. 5 
c go the cinema in the Dubai Mall. Thousands of sea animals.

2 The Dubai Mall … 6 

a is the most famous shopping centre in the world. Fans of virtual reality.
b is bigger than other shopping centres in the world. 7 
c is the best place to spend free time in Dubai. You should visit Hysteria.
3 In the Dubai Mall … 4 Read the text again and answer the questions. Write
a you can play VR games and go to the cinema. complete sentences.
b you can see hundreds of dinosaur skeletons. 1 Where is the Dubai Mall?
c you can swim with sharks in a special pool. It’s in the United Arab Emirates.
2 Look at the pictures. Complete the words in the 2 What place should you visit in the Dubai Mall if you
sentences. like sports?

1 2
3 What place should you visit in the Dubai Mall if you
like animals?

4 What place should you visit in the Dubai Mall if you
like playing computer games?
3 4 
5 What place should you visit in the Dubai Mall if you
like to be scared?


5 6

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Unit 4 READING Challenge

1 Read the text. Choose the correct answers to complete 7 In this film a attacks two men
the sentences. when they are sailing to an island.
8 People say that this house is , but
Shop, eat and have fun I’m not afraid. I don’t believe in ghosts.
The Dubai Mall in the United Arab Emirates is the 9 I never wear a , so I use my phone
largest shopping centre in the world. There are more to check what time it is.
than 1,300 shops that sell clothes, shoes, watches,
jewellery and many other things. Eighty million 3 Read the message on a travel forum and write a
people visit the Dubai Mall every year. They come to reply. Write at least six sentences.
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you like to feel scared, you should visit Hysteria, an
extreme haunted attraction experience.

1 Eighty million people … 
a visit the Dubai Mall every year. 
b buy clothes and jewellery in the shopping centres 
in the United Arab Emirates every year. 
c go the cinema in the Dubai Mall.

2 The Dubai Mall … 
a is the most famous shopping centre in the world.

b is bigger than other shopping centres in the world.

c is the best place to spend free time in Dubai.

3 In the Dubai Mall …
a you can play VR games and go to the cinema. 4 Read the text again and answer the questions. Write
b you can see hundreds of dinosaur skeletons. complete sentences.
c you can swim with sharks in a special pool. 1 Where is the Dubai Mall?
It’s in the United Arab Emirates.
2 Complete the sentences using words from
2 What place should you visit in the Dubai Mall if you
the text.
like sports?
1 When people are afraid of something, they’re

scared of this thing.
3 What place should you visit in the Dubai Mall if you
2 You can buy rings, earrings and bracelets in a
like animals?
shop.

3 In a cinema, people watch films on a
4 What place should you visit in the Dubai Mall if you
big .
like playing computer games?
4 In winter, we often go to an in

the park.
5 What place should you visit in the Dubai Mall if you
5 Cars don’t have to go around the mountain. They can
like to be scared?
go through a in the mountain.

6 There’s a model of a human in
the biology classroom. We use it to learn what bones
we have.

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