Aptis training material

Harland Sanders was born in the USA in 1890, but his childhood wasn’t a happy one. 
B 
That was when he first learned to cook.
C 
Over the next nine years Harland developed his secret chicken recipe that made him 
famous.
D 
Sanders continued to work for KFC as a public spokesman and visited restaurants all 
over the world until he died in 1980, aged 90.
E 
His father died when he was four and his mother had to find a job to support the 
family, so Harland stayed at home to look after his younger brother and sister.
F 
In the 1950s he decided to close down his restaurant and sold the secret recipe to 
other businesses one of which became Kentucky Fried Chicken.
G 
He left home when he was twelve and he had a number of different jobs, including 
being a service station manager in Corbin, Kentucky, where he cooked for hungry 
travellers.
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(text adapted from 
http://www.ronford.net/ui/kfc3/townsquare/colonel/colhistory1.htm
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APTIS TRAINING MATERIAL
8 
Task 3 
Read the text and match each space (12-18) with one word from the box below. Write the 
letters (A-K) on the Answer Sheet. The answer to question 00 is given on your answer paper as 
an example (L). You will not need to find five of the words.
A Hong Kong hotel has sold individual 00 to be used as homes. It's one of the ways 12 are 
trying to cope with soaring housing prices, which are among the highest in the world. The 
hotel suites are cheaper than apartments in Hong Kong. Hundreds of people 13 up for hours to 
buy a unit at the Apex Horizon Hotel this week. It's not clear whether investors can legally live 
in the suites but buyers are still eager. The hotel was able to sell all 360 of its suites in two 
days - a sign there is a 14 for 
affordable 
housing. Hong Kong's low 15 rate has 
attracted hordes of mainland Chinese investors. It pushed home prices to record highs last 
year. Flats 16 an average of US$14,000 per square metre in central locations. Many residents 
feel they can no longer 17 to buy apartments. 
Hong Kong people cope by renting makeshift homes on rooftops, while others move into so-
called cage homes - hutches made from wire-mesh, stacked on top of each other in a tiny 
room. The government's efforts to cool down 18 prices have not worked. So Hong Kong 
residents have to be creative in finding space to live. 
(text adapted from 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2013/02/130225_witn_hotel_home.shtml
) 
Your answers: 
00 = L 
A 
queued
12 =
B 
interest 
13 
= 
C 
afford 
14 
= 
D 
spend
15 =
E 
residents 
16 
= 
F 
investors 
17 
= 
G 
property 
18 
= 
H save 
I lined 
J cost 
K demand 
L rooms 

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