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Miss Hong Lien
Part 1: Reading
Exercise 1: Read the text below. For each question, decide if it is "True" or "False"
My working day starts very early. From Monday to Friday I get up at half past three and I
have a shower and a cup of coffee. I usually leave the house at ten past four because the car
always arrives a few minutes early. I get to the studio at about five o'clock and start work. My
programme Good Morning Britain starts at seven o'clock and finishes at nine o'clock. Then I
leave the studio at a quarter past ten. After that, I go shopping and visit some friends. I get
home at three o'clock. A woman helps me with the housework and the ironing. I read a
newspaper and do some work.
Then my husband gets home at half past five in the evening and I cook dinner. We stay at
home in the evening. We don't go out because I go to bed very early. We usually watch
television and then I go to bed at half past eight, I'm usually asleep by nine o'clock.
I think my job is very interesting but I don't like getting up very early.
1. She is a television journalist.
2. She drives her car to work.
3. She goes home after the programme finishes.
4. She is in the house alone till her husband arrives home.
5. She goes to bed early during the week.
6. She works with her husband.
7. She likes everything about her job.
Exercise 2: Read this mixedup hotel dialogue. Then, in the boxes, put the numbers in the
correct order.
1.
Just a single, please.
2.
Yes, of course. We take Visa and Access. Could you sign the register, please?
3.
Just this one bag.
4.
No, just a signature. Do you have any luggage?
5.
Here's your key. Your room number is 655.
6.
Good evening. Can I help you?
7.
It's actually across the street next to the bank. I hope you enjoy your stay.
8.
A shower. How much is the room?
9.
Thank you. Goodnight.
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10.
No, thanks. Just breakfast, please. Can I pay by credit card?
11.
Of course. A single room or a double?
12.
Yes, sure. Do you need my address, too?
13.
Oh, one more thing. Where is the hotel car park?
14.
Now, do you want a room with a bath or a shower?
Miss Hong Lien
15.$85 for the room and that includes breakfast. Would you like to have dinner in the hotel?
16.
Yes, please. Could I have a room for the night?
Your Answer:
Exercise 3: Read the following letter. For each gap, add a correct sentence from the list of
missing sentences below.
Dear Jane,
Thank you for your last letter (1)_____.I am happy that you have decided to start learning
French like me. If you want, we can go on holiday together next summer to France and then
(2)______. When I come to visit you in London in the spring, we can talk together in French if
you want.
Yesterday, I returned from my short holiday camping in Scotland. I went with Melissa, my
friend that you met (3)_____. Do you remember her? We stayed in her tent in a campsite near
Edinburgh but the weather was terrible for (4)______ we were there. It rained every day and
everything was so wet and (5)_____. But while I was there I saw a lot of interesting places and
we visited a lot of castles (6)_____. One day, we hired a boat and went out onto a lake which
was near the campsite. It rained all day (7)_____ decided to go for a swim in the lake and that
was wonderful.
I am starting my new job tomorrow in the library near my house. (8)_____ and he helped
me to find a job for every Saturday morning. I work from nine o'clock in the morning until one
o'clock in the afternoon. It is very useful for me (9)_____in a library when I finish university.
How is your job at the supermarket? Please tell me what you are (10)____.
I am going to do my French homework now! Au revoir.
Kate
The sentences.
1. and other historical places
4. doing this month
2. we can practice our French together
5. but me and Melissa
3. the whole four days
6. which I received last Saturday
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7. we were so cold
9. the last time you were here
8. My uncle works there
10. because I want to work
Part 2: Listening
Exercise 1: A cinema's recorded message giving information about movies and times of
screening
1. What type of film is on Screen 1
5. Which screen is showing a love story
horror/thriller
2
romance
3
scifi
4
2. Which screen has an animated film
6. Where is the director of 'Streetmatch' from
1
England
2
France
3
Spain
4
USA
3. What time does the first film start
7. What time does the last film start
2.00
11.45
3.00
11.55
4.00
12.45
4. If you arrive at the cinema at 7.10, when is
8. How much does it cost for a mother and
the next film
father with 3 children (aged 16, 14 and 9) to see
7.25
a film
7.45
21.50
7.55
22.50
23.50
24.50
Exercise 2: A rock star talks about her daily routine. Listen and put the words from the
table into her itinerary. There are four extra phrases you don't need to use. Then listen
again to check.
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lunch
with my friends
a coffee
to eat in a restaurant
to bed
until about midday
my newspaper
my email
a pastry and a coffee
to relax
arrive
the internet
with the music
do some shopping first
Elisa's Diary
7.00: I get up.
8.00: Check ______________________________________
9.00: Use _____________________________________
10.00: Have _____________________________ in a cafe and
read ________________________________________
11.00: My car arrives to take me to the studio.
12.00: Drink ____________________________with other members of the group. Then start
work.
1.00 2.00: Recording in the studio.
3.00: Eat____________________________________
4.00 6.00: Help the rest of the group ____________________________________________
7.00: ______________________________ home.
9.00 10.00: Go out _______________________________________
11.00: Go ___________________________________________________
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Exercise 3: A girl talks about her new Spanish class. Listen to the mp3 file and put 13
words into each space. Then listen again to check.
1. Susan's teacher is a 35year old from the city of ___________________
2. There are about ____________ students in the class.
3. The lessons are in the local _____________________________
4. The best student in the class is a_____________________________________ girl called
Miko.
5. The student James wants to go to _____________________________________ next year.
6. Most of the students come from _____________________________________
7. One of Susan's classmates is a friend of ___________________________________________
8. In today's lesson, they learned how to ask someone's name and
some _____________________
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