HS1 2019 unit 9 p152 act17

Listening 1

Listen to the text. For statements (7-11) choose true or false.

7. The man's wife made butter and sold it at the market.       [true, false]

8. The grocer was one of the man’s customers.       [true, false]

9. The grocer decided to find out if the man’s business was fair.       [true, false]

10. The poor man’s wife couldn’t be sure of the weight of the butter.       [true, false]

11. The story teaches us to measure things properly.       [true, false]

Listening 2

Look at six sentences for this part.

You will hear a conversation between a man, Marcus, and a woman, Cora, who work in the same office.

Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect.

20.     [YES, NO]

21.     [YES, NO]

22.     [YES, NO]

23.     [YES, NO]

24.     [YES, NO]

25.     [YES, NO]

Listening 3

You will hear a woman talking on the radio about a competition.

For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space.

14.       

15.     

16.      

17.           

18.    

19.          

Reading 1

Read the texts below. Match choices (A-H) to (1-6).

There are two choices you do not need to use.

Text 1

slum settlements - поселення в нетрях

values-цінності

to appreciate - цінувати

to celebrate - звеличувати, прославляти

byword - негативний приклад, символ

1)_   Rooked in the monolithic hierarchy of caste, poverty remains a harsh fact of life for around forty per cent of India’s inhabitants. No other nation on Earth has slum settlements on the scale of those in Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta.

2) _   Urban Australians celebrate the typical New World values of material self-improvement through hard work and hard play, with an easy-going vitality that visitors, especially Europens, often find refreshingly hedonistic.

3) _   Industrialized at lightning speed, Japan shed its feudal trappings to become the most powerful and outwardly aggressive country in Asia in a matter of decades.

4)_   After trekking and rural relaxation, most visitors want to head for the beach – the Thailand’s eatern and southern coasts are lined with gourgeous white-sand beaches, aquamarine seas and kaleidoscopic reefs. The most popular of these are the east coast backpackers’ resorts of Ko Samet and Ko Chang.

5) _   Brunei is more expensive than neighbouring Malaysia or even Singapore – hotel prices in the capital are at least double those in nearby Kota Kimabalu or Miri. Most travellers end up in Brunei either because of an enforced stopover on a Royal Brunei Airlines flight, or as a stepping stone to either Sabah or Sarawak.

6) _   The original Banana Republic, a byword for corruption and poverty, Honduras is all too often overlooked by foreign tourists. Many of those who do make it here head straight for the ruins of Copin, one of the finest Maya sites in the region.

In which place can tourists ___________?

A relax on the white-sand shores

B see the most powerful and industrialized country

C visit the ruins of Copin

D see slum settlements

E meet people appreciating typical New World values

F enjoy the land of volcanic islands

G find the life very expensive

H buy everything from perfume to furniture

Reading 2

sparsely peopled- рідко населена, малолюдна

to rival - змагатись, конкурувати

to alleviate - полегшити

1. _   “Unity in Diversity” was the slogan chosen when India celebrated fifty years of Independence in 1997. Walk the streets of any Indian city and you’ll rub shoulders with representatives of a multitude of castes and outcastes.

2. _   Thailand has become Asia’s primary holiday destination and is a useful and popular first stop on any overland journey through Southeast Asia. Though some cities and beach resorts are characterised by high-rises and neon lights, the typical Thai community is the traditional farming village: ninety percent of Thais still earn their living from the land.

3.   Japan lived in self-imposed isolation until 130 years ago. Anyone who’s eaten sushi or used a Sony Walkman feels they know something about this archipelago of some 6800 volcanic islands, and yet, from the moment you come to it you almost feel as if you’ve touched down on another planet.

4._   Australia is massive, and very sparsely peopled: in size it rivals the USA, yet its population is just over eighteen million. This is an ancient land, and often looks it. In contrast, its cities-most of which were founded as recently as the mid nineteenth century – express a youthful energy.

5. _   The tiny but thriving Islamic Sultanate of Brunei perches on the north-western coast of Borneo. Education and healthcare are free; houses cars and even pilgrimages to Mecca are subsidized; the average per capita salary is around USD 19,000. The explanation is simple: oil.

6.-   Honduras’s close alliance with the US has not alleviated the country’s acute social and economic problems. After Nicaragua, this is Latin America’s poorest nation.

Where can tourists ____?

A see traditional farming villages

B enjoy the land of volcanic islands

C meet people of different castes and outcastes

D see the country with average salary of USD 19,000

E see a country which is a large as America

F feel the problems with economics

G see the rooms being restored after the fire

H watch street actors and musicians