Listening Semester 1 form 10

Listen to the interview with Amy and decide if the statements 1–10 are true (T) or false (F).

Amy graduated from a cooking college.  

She taught cooking at school.  

Amy has lived in Cork for seven years.   

Amy compared cooking in a restaurant with cooking at home.  

The restaurant’s customers only include well-known people.  

When choosing a dish in a restaurant, Amy sometimes orders what other customers are eating.  

Amy doesn’t eat rabbit meat.  

She had a wonderful meal in a beautiful restaurant in France.  

She doesn’t like anything containing non-natural ingredients.  

In her restaurant, Amy cares about both the quality of the food and the atmosphere.  

Listen to two short recordings and for questions 1–4 circle the correct answer A–C.

The speaker’s son …    

A enjoyed playing computer games.

B suffered a lot of problems last year.

C listened to what his parents were telling him.

The speaker’s son …   

A has overcome his problem.

B has always been very ambitious.

C doesn’t care about his education.

In their teens, some people …  

A leave home.

B are moody and get easily excited.

C feel it is the most difficult period of their life.

According to the recording, most adults …  

A rarely look back on their youth.

B admit to taking drugs in their youth.

C have positive memories from their adolescence.

Listen to an interview with Mark, and complete the text with the missing words. Use no more than three words in each gap.

Mark was a rally driver in Le Mans and he              to take part and drive a car in Paris-Dakar. After about a year and         somebody phoned him and asked him to come to Paris the following week, in time                of the rally. So, Mark changed his plans, rearranged things and          for Paris. He had no time to prepare     the race, the team just had a short meeting and then, they set off. They were three in the team, and they spent long, long hours driving in             reading maps and trying to find their way to a far-away point. Unfortunately, their car             and they needed help. It took five days and nights for help to arrive. Luckily, the three men              together, despite the fact that they had        food and water. They knew, rescue       come!