HS2 2019 unit1 p7 act3

Listening 1

You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer (A, B or C)

1)   [A, B, C]

2)   [A, B, C]

3)   [A, B, C]

4)   [A, B, C]

5)   [A, B, C]

6)   [A, B, C]

7)   [A, B, C]

8)   [A, B, C]

Listening 2

You will hear 5 different people talking about a demonstration. For speakers 1-5 choose from the list (A-F) which statement applies to each person, There is 1 extra letter which you do not need to use.

A. Thus person did not expect what happened.

B. This person was proved right.

C. This person was prevented from doing their shopping.

D. This person was curious to see what would happen.

E. This person was very embarrassed.

F. This person needed some assistance.

Speaker 1  

Speaker 2  

Speaker 3  

Speaker 4  

Speaker 5  

Reading 1

Match choices (A—H) to (1—5). There are three choices you don't need to use.

A restaurant

В cinema

C tour

D services

E exhibition

F shopping

G pastime

H sightseeing

1)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

2)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

3)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

4)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

5)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]

Reading 2

Read the text below. For questions (1–5) choose the correct answer (A, B, C, or D).

SAILING INTO HISTORY

On Dec. 7, 1998, at 17 years old, Jesse departed from Melbourne, Australia on his boat Lionheart to attempt to become the youngest person to sail solo and nonstop around the world. He sailed south of New Zealand, through the South Pacific, around South America, north on the Atlantic, back south east Africa, through the Indian Ocean and back to Melbourne.

Even as a young child, Jesse had been an adventurer who travelled all over Europe and Asia with his parents. Born in Munich, Germany in 1981 he moved to Australia with his family when he was only two years old. They moved close to a rainforest in Cow Bay, about 3,500 km north of Melbourne, where they built a small house with no electricity or running water. Jesse grew up at the beach enjoying the outdoors to its fullest.

At 14, he sailed for the first time with his father and brother, Beau. It was after this trip that he began to dream about sailing around the world. But first, Jesse catamaraned from Cairns to Cape York, then he and his brother kayaked in the rivers of Papua, New Guinea. From there, he went on to join a yacht crew to sail from Belize to Tahiti.

Jesse’s family played an important role. “I was made to believe I could do anything,” he says. Although, he says, there were others that were not so encouraging, “People that I looked up to, respected and trusted told me I couldn’t.” However, through perseverance and belief in himself he was able to do what many told him was impossible. On Oct. 31, 1999, more than 10 months after he set sail, Jesse Martin went down in history as the youngest person to sail around the world solo, nonstop and unassisted.

Jesse remained on dry land only long enough to document his voyage in a book called Lionheart: A Journey of the Human Spirit, and to plan his next adventure. He is now off on what has been named “The Journey of Kijana,” a two year around the world excursion crewed by five young people. At one point on his solo trip, as Jesse overcame the obstacles that faced him, he says, “I started thinking not of what I could do after this trip, but more like what I couldn’t do! Yeeeehaaaaa!!”

1)   [A, B, C, D]

2)   [A, B, C, D]

3)   [A, B, C, D]

4)   [A, B, C, D]

5)   [A, B, C, D]

Reading 3

Read the text below. Choose from (A–H) the one which best fits each of (1–6). There are two choices you do not need to use.

Tiny Mayor

Robert Tufts is like many other 4-year-old boys: he likes fishing, sticks and day-care. But he is different from his peers in at least one significant respect: (1)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H] when he was only three.

Dorset, a community of between 20 and 30 people, is known for its annual Taste of Dorset festival, (2)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]. There are no qualifications to become the Mayor of Dorset, any residency or age is accepted. Anyone can enter the mayoral race, (3)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H].

Bobby won last year and his ceremonial role as head of the town has turned him into a national sensation. His mom said “He was so excited and told everyone that (4)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]. My son’s duties are casual – mostly it’s just going to day-care and chatting with the girls. But he loves meeting and greeting people,” she said.

Bobby’s run as mayor has been well received, and he has a strong backing for a second term. “I do a good job of being it,” Bobby Tufts said by phone from day-care today when asked (5)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]. Among his favourite mayoral activities are eating ice cream, petting dogs and eating at the Dorset house.

“He is running a fierce re-election campaign, (6)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H] because he is so cute”, said Kathleen Schmidt, the owner of the Dorset La Pasta Eatery.

A why he wanted to be re-elected

B as long as he or she pays the $1 entrance fee

C during which the new mayor is appointed

D as soon as he becomes mayor

E and most of us are pushing for Robert

F he became mayor of tiny Dorset, Minnesota

G when the community greeted him

H he was going to remain mayor forever