Form 8.Listening. Variant 1. The Second Semester.

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1,2) How does Jackie feel about her trip to Zanzibar?

Frank: I heard you took a trip to Zanzibar. How did you like it?

Jackie: Oh, wonderful beaches, warm sea, sunny weather... It was alright, but I got sick and tired of hotels and hotel food.

Frank: I can imagine. East or west, home is best.

1) How does Jackie feel about her trip to Zanzibar?  

a) She enjoyed it to the full.

b) She is fed up with hotels and hotel food.

c) She didn’t like the hotel where she stayed.

2) Frank…  

a) understands Jackie’s feelings.

b) can’t see the point in her complaints.

c) says how much he likes travelling.

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3) What can festival guests visit only at the weekend?

The Baltic Centre in Gateshead is holding a festival of Welsh culture from the 1th to 5th of June. An exhibition of photography is open daily and on some weekday evenings the Theatre has special events including plays and films. For those of you interested in literature, today Mr Higgins will read some of his favourite abstracts. On Saturday and Sunday, concerts of Welsh music will take place in the Town Hall.

3) What can festival guests visit only at the weekend?  

a) A photography exhibition.

b) Concerts of Welsh music.

c) Plays and films.

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4) Listen to the speaker talking about London.

I used to hear many people saying that they have visited the same place many times and I could never understand why they did that — there are lots of beautiful places in the world. But after I visited London, it became my number one place to visit. I‘d like to come there again and again. My next dream is to celebrate the start of a new year under my friend, Mr Big Ben!

4) Listen to the speaker talking about London. The speaker...  

a) likes visiting different places again and again.

b) doesn’t want to visit London one more time.

c) wants to see the New Year under Big Ben.

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5) What advice does the tour guide give to the tourists?

Today we are going to be taking a tram tour through the Rainforest National Park. Over there on the left there are two large crocodiles, right next to the fallen trees. You can get out your cameras and take pictures from here on the tram, but no, you can’t get off the tram to get any closer.

5) What advice does the tour guide give to the tourists?  

a) Not to get into the water.

b) To stay in the tram.

c) To go out of the tram and take pictures of crocodiles.

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6) Listen to the news report. Which of the following statements are true?

Three climbers, missing for thirty hours, have been found safe and well by a rescue team in Scotland. The three, two men and a woman, who are from York, were found early this morning. They are recovering in hospital, and as they say, are doing well.

6) Listen to the news report. Which of the following statements are true?  

a) The climbers were found in York.

b) Three climbers were one man and two women.

c) At the moment of the news report the climbers were in hospital.

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Mr Barton has a strange hobby. He borrows books from libraries and doesn’t bring them back. Until now he «forgot» to return more than 700 children’s books to five different libraries in the county. One of the librarians said about Mr Barton, «This is a man who loves books. He just can’t let go of them. He hasn’t stolen a single book. So what’s the crime?»

When he was asked why he didn’t return the books, Mr Barton said, «Well, how could I? They became family to me. I was afraid to return them, because I knew that kids or dogs would get hold of these books and chew them up, throw them around or tear pages.»

He continued, «Books are like people! They talk to you, they take care of you, and they enrich you with wisdom and humour and love. A book is my guest in my home. How could I kick it out? I repaired torn pages. I dusted them with a soft clean cloth. I turned their pages so they could breathe and get some fresh air. Every week I reorganised them on their shelves so they could meet new friends. My books are happy books. You could tell just by looking at them».

1) What is Mr Barton fond of borrowing?      

2) Does he bring a book back to the library?                

3) How many books for children did he «forget» to return to libraries?              

4) According to one of the librarians, what is Mr Barton’s attitude towards books?

He       them.

5) What did he repair in the books?

He repaired torn       .

6) Why did Mr Barton reorganise books on the shelves?

So they could meet new         .

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Presenter: With us in the studio this morning is Daisy Allen with the weather forecast. Hello, Daisy!

Forecaster: Hello, Kevin. The weather at the moment is rather warm and clear with temperatures about 25—26 degrees above zero. However, rain is expected later on across many parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland, quite heavy at times. In other parts of the UK, it will be another dry, sunny and hot day, but a few showers are possible across north-west Wales and northwestEngland in the evening.

For those of you planning outdoor activities tomorrow, you can expect fair skies for most of Saturday with temperatures about 30° C across most parts of England and Wales. But things might change by Saturday evening with a storm front moving in. We can expect light scattered showers for most of the United Kingdom bringing slightly cooler temperatures in the 20’s, but this rain should stop by mid Sunday morning. It will be partly cloudy for most of the morning, but these clouds should move out by mid-afternoon.

Well, we can expect a lot of fine sunny weather not as hot to come by Monday with risk of some rain.

Presenter: Thank you, Daisy. And now...

1) This text is...  

a) an interview with Daisy Allen.

b) a weather forecast.

c) a report about usual weather in the UK.

2) The text describes the weather…  

a) for today.

b) for a week.

c) for the weekend.

3) What was the weather like on Friday morning?  

a) Fair and humid.

b) Comfortable and cloudless.

c) Hot and partly cloudy.

4) What is Saturday evening’s weather forecast?  

a) Light rain over the entire country.

b) Heavy showers over the northern part.

c) Some rain in most parts of the country.

5) About what time should skies clear on Sunday?  

a) Around 10:00 a.m.

b) Around 3:00 p.m.

c) Around 6:00 p.m.

6) The weather forecast describes the weather…  

a) in England and Wales.

b) in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

c) in all the parts of the UK.