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Listening Comprehension Test for 8th Form Students
Dinosaur Hunters (after Kate
McMullan)
Jim Jensen is a famous dinosaur hunter. He has been
hunting dinosaurs for years and years. Once he discovered a dinosaur with a
third eye in the middle of its forehead. Another time he discovered the biggest
dinosaur ever. He is the best dinosaur hunter there is. That’s why he’s called
Dinosaur Jim.
Of course, dinosaurs don’t live on the earth anymore.
The last ones disappeared about sixty-five million years ago. So how can
Dinosaur Jim hunt dinosaurs if there are not around?
To find out, imagine it is 140 million years ago. The
oceans are warm and shallow. The weather is always sunny and dry. Lush green
ferns and palm like trees grow everywhere. Dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes
roam the earth.
Some of the dinosaurs are no bigger than a chicken.
Others are taller than a six-storey building. Some have horns and spikes.
Others have duck bills and bird feet. There are no people yet. It is the middle
of the Mesozoic Era. It is the age of reptiles.
Picture a huge Brontosaurus walking to a lake. Its
footsteps echo like thunder through the forest. This Brontosaurus is old and
weak. It takes a last drink from the lake. Then it falls on its side in the
mud. It is dead.
In time the soft flesh of the dead Brontosaurus rots
away. But the hard bones sink deep into the mud. The mud protects the bones.
They do not rot away.
For millions of years the bones lie under the ground.
Rain falls. It seeps down through the ground, dissolving minerals in the rocks.
The rainwater carries the minerals along as it trickles down, down to the
bones.
Like all bones, the Brontosaurus bones are filled with
holes too small to see. The rainwater seeps into these holes. The water
evaporates. But the minerals in the water stay and harden in the bones. Little
by little what once was a bone turn to stone. The bones of the Brontosaurus are
now stone fossils.
Earthquakes rattle these fossil bones around.
Volcanoes erupt and bury the bones under layer of lava. Glaciers drag tons of
ice and snow over the bones. Oceans flow over the land. Their currents lay tons
of sand and broken shell over the bones. The weight presses on the mud around
the bones. Slowly the weight turns the mud around the bones to stone too.
Listening Comprehension test for 8th Form
Students Assignments
Task 1.On your answer sheet circle (+) if the
statement is true, (-) if the statement is false.
1. Dinosaurs
lived in warm oceans.
2. Dinosaurs are
of different size.
3. Dinosaur
hunter lived in the Mesozoic Era.
4. Dinosaur
hunter looks for bones.
5. Brontosaurus
was no bigger than a chicken.
6. Dinosaurs are
reptiles.
7. The
Dinosaur’s bones have a lot of holes.
8. The rains
bring minerals to the ancient bones.
9. The
Dinosaur’s bones are stones now.
Task 2. On your answer sheet circle the correct letter
A, B, C, or D.
11. The dinosaur
hunter was called…
(A) Dinosaur Jim. (B) Dinosaur John. (C) Dinosaur Jam. (D) Dinosaur Jill
12. The
dinosaurs disappeared…
(A) 65 million years ago. (B) 60 million years ago.
(C) 140 million years ago. (D) 145 million years ago.
13. In the age
of reptiles the dinosaurs…
(A) roamed the earth. (B) swam in the
shallow oceans.
(C) lived alongside with people. (D) disappeared.
14. In times
when the dinosaurs lived…
(A) It often rained. (B) The weather
was sunny.
(C) There were many hunters. (D) the oceans were deep.
15. What
protected the brontosaurus bones?
(A) ground
(B) lake (C ) mud (D) air
16. The
Brontosaurus bones are filled with…
(A) minerals.
(B) holes (C)
rainwater (D) sand
17. What once
was a bone turns to…
(A) layer of sand.
(B) stone fossil. (C )
glaciers. (D) mud.
18. A dinosaur
hunter studies…
(A) the earth’s shifts. (B)
earthquakes
(C) plants and animals from the past. (D) how to dig out fossils.
19. Dinosaur Jim
figures out everything about…
(A) fossilized bones. (B) hunters. (C )
mountains (D) the weather in
Mesozoic Era.
20. The text
primarily discusses…
(A) a monster in stone. (B) Jim Jensen. (C ) Mesozoic Era. (D) Brontosaurus.
Holiday Choice
Over 300 million people take holiday abroad every
year, and a recent survey has shown that they would rather cut back spending on
food and clothing than spend less on holidays. Choosing the ideal holiday is
not always easy, but in this day and age there is a wide range of choice, and
you should be able to find something to suit your taste and pocket.
Some people like planning their holiday independently,
while others prefer to book a package. It depends on where you are going, how
much money you have and whether you are travelling alone or with friends or
family.
The obvious advantage of a package holiday is that
it’s simple to organize. You book the holiday through a travel agent, and transport,
insurance and accommodation are all arranged for you. All you have to do is pay
the bill. If you take an independent holiday, on the other hand, you can spend
a lot of time and a small fortune checking complicated timetables, chasing
cheap flights, and trying to make hotel booking in a language you can’t even
speak. What is more, package holidays are often incredibly cheap. For the price
of a suit, you can have a fortnight in a foreign resort, including
accommodation, meals and air travel. A similar independent holiday, however,
can work out much more expensive.
Yet the advantages of planning you holiday yourself
are considerable. You are free to choose exactly where and when you want to go,
how you want to travel, and how long you want to stay. You can avoid the large
resorts, whereas holiday - makers on package tours are often trapped among
crowds of other tourists. You can eat the food of the region at reasonable
prices in local restaurants, while they are served with “international” dishes
and chips with everything. Besides, although package holidays are usually
extremely good value for money, they are not always cheaper. If you are willing
to take a little trouble, you may be able to save money by fixing up a foreign
holiday yourself.
All things considered, I would prefer to plan my
holiday independently. In my view, it is safer to do it yourself.
Listening Comprehension Test
for 9th Form Students
Assignments
Task 1. On your answer sheet circle (+) if the
statement is true, (-) if the statement is false.
1. People prefer to spend their holidays
abroad.
2. People prefer
to reduce their spending on food than on holiday.
3. It is only a
travel agent who can choose a place for holiday for any holiday maker.
4. In case of an
organized holiday people book a package.
5. Both
organized and independent holiday planning have advantaged and disadvantages.
6. A travel
agent is responsible for a package holiday.
7. An organized
holiday-maker must speak a foreign language.
8. An individual
holiday - maker has no right to choose an expensive resort.
9. Package
holidays are usually cheaper than individual ones.
10. Package
holiday is the synonym to holiday abroad.
Task 2. On your answer sheet circle the correct letter
A, B, C, or D.
11. People
prefer to have a holiday…
(A) where they can eat food they like. (B) where they can wear clothes
they like.
(C) with other people of their age. (D) that they can
afford.
12. To choose a
place for a holiday…
(A) is not an easy job.(B) one must consult another
holiday-maker.
(C)one must buy a map. (D) one must have enough
money.
3. The choice of
holiday depends on everything EXCEPT…
(A) where you want to go. (B) what weather is like today.
(C) who you want to go with. (D) what means of
transport you prefer.
4. If you plan
your holiday independently,…
(A) you don’t organize it. (B) you organize it
thoroughly.
(C) you organize it secretly. (D) you organize it
yourself.
5. An organized
holiday…
(A) takes you a week or two.
(B)is booked through a travel agent.
(C) is controlled by your boss.
(D) is arranged by your relatives.
6. If you take
an independent holiday, you may…
(A) be a lucky person.
(B) not feel fine.
(C) spend a lot of money making arrangements.
(D) have to run after planes.
7. Package
holidays…
(A) demand the pay for the rent.
(B) are not always cheaper than independent holidays.
(C) are more expensive than independent ones.
(D) never end.
8. Planning the
holidays on one’s own…
(A) is incredibly boring.
(B) has some advantages.
(C) is preferable for retired people.
(D) takes much time.
9. An
independent holiday-maker…
(A) may choose the term of his staying at a place.
(B) is forced to eat food of the region.
(C) never avoids large resorts.
(D) has no problems.
10. Planning
holidays independently is safer because…
(A) you return home reasonably satisfied.
(B) you are classified as a tourist.
(C) you depend on nobody.
(D) you have to break a booking.
Listening Comprehension Test for 10th Form
Students
You’ll Never Know (after
Alan Maley)
His thoughts were interrupted by the flight
announcement. He picked up his bag and filed through to the waiting aircraft.
The rest of his trip to Paris was a blur of activity. His discussions with
Sandfurth weresuccessful and he returned home late the next evening to his tiny
basement flat in Bayswater. He felt exhausted.
Next morning he went in late. Immediately Fergus
called for a report on his trip. It was mid-afternoon before he returned to his
office. There were two messages on his machine. Both were musical! “Lithuanians
and Let’s do it, let’s do it, let’s fall in love” , was the first. The second
was “You’ll never know…” again. He now felt sure it was some kind of joke. It
couldn’t possibly be serious. He knew it could not be anyone in the office: Daphne
was too trendy; Fiona was too serious; Cindy was too young.
The next two weeks passed normally. About once a week
he would find a new message on his machine:” I’ve never loved like this
before…”,”…with just a look. Could we have been in love once before? Is now the
time? It seems that I know you so well”. He began to realize that this was no
joke. Someone was really trying to tell him that he was loved. But who? Who
would go to all the trouble?
Two days later he returned to the office in the late afternoon
after lunch with a very difficult, unpleasant author. It was a fine May day. He
had walked back to clear the disagreeable memory of the man from his mind. The
air was full of the perfumes of spring flowers. On his machine he found two
messages. The first was the well-known “You’ll never know”. The second was,
“Meet me on the corner. I’ll be waiting there.” The second message had been
recorded tree times, as if it was specially important.
Cindy had already gone. Daphne put her head round the
door to say good night. She seemed to be looking for an excuse to stay but he
did not look up. “See you then. I’m just going for a quick drink at the wine
bar”, she said hesitating. She left. Fiona was still working in her office at
the end of the corridor. He needed to check on a detail in a letter from a
difficult author. As he was opening his door, she emerged from there. He asked
for the information, which she gave him. “I wonder if that satisfy him?” he
asked. She looked at him with her green eyes. They looked so full of feelings
in the evening light. “You’ll never know probably”, she said looking at him
intensely, and walked down the stairs.
He suddenly realized what she had said. It was Fiona.
She was the one! He grabbed his things, ran downstairs and caught up with her
as she reached the corner. Yes, the corner. “Meet me on the corner”, the song
rang in his ears. He clumsily invited her to have a glass of wine with him at
the corner wine bar. They did not see Daphne sitting in the corner when they
came in. She quickly got up and left by the side entrance. That was it really.
They realized quickly that they were “made for each other” as song might put
it. Within six months they were married.
Listening Comprehension Test
for 10th Form Students
Assignments
Task 1.On your answer sheet circle (+) if the
statement is true, (-) if the statement is false.
1. He returned
back home very tired and the trip was quite fruitful.
2. His dwelling
was miserable because he was poor.
3. He didn’t
prepare a report on the trip because he was very busy.
4. He decided
not to think about the phone messages because he considered them a joke.
5. He thought
that none of his colleagues could have sent him the messages received on his
return after the trip.
6. It was the
spring that impelled to speak and sing about love.
7. The messages
received on a fine may day were of not so important for him.
8. One of the
young ladies tried to make some hints about the appointment on the corner.
9. He suspected
both Daphne and Fiona sending him the love messages on a fine spring day.
10. Fiona’s and
his love story was dramatic.
Task 2. On your answer sheet circle the correct letter
A, B, C, or D.
11. He was on
the way to…
(A) the airport.
(B) a big city. (C ) some
distant town. (D) the country.
12. What is true
about the narrator?
(A) He worked in a bank. (B) He worked on his own.
(C ) He had a senior colleague. (D) He worked with a difficult
author.
13. The
situation in the office…
(A) enjoyed to
him. (B) often
troubled him lately.
(C ) always interested him. (D) brought him success.
14. The phone
messages…
(A) repeated
regularly (B) were very rare. (C) were all the same. (D) were amusing.
15. He could not
ignore the phone messages because…
(A) it was pleasant to listen to them.
(B) they were very important.
(C) the intrigued him.
(D) they were sent by his friend.
16. One day
somebody sent him…
(A) a very short message. (B) three messages. (C) a rhymed message. (D) a memo.
17. He ran after
Fiona because…
(A) she invited him to meet on the corner.
(B) he invited her to meet on the corner.
(C) he thought she invited him to meet on the corner.
(D) they had an appointment on the corner.
18. They
realized their feelings for each other…
(A) while discussing the details of the letter.
(B) while listening to the song.
(C) having met at the corner.
(D) at the corner bar.
19. Daphne left
the bar because she…
(A) did not want to see them.
(B) did not want them to see her.
(C) was in a hurry.
(D) hated him and Fiona.
20. Who was the
message actually sent by?
Listening Comprehension Test for 11th Form
Students
Marie Smith
Beyond the town of Cordova, on Prince William Sound in
south-western Alaska, the Copper River delta branches out in silt and swamp
into the gulf. Marie Smith, growing up there, knew there was a particular word
in Eyak, her language, for the silky, gummy mud that squished between her toes.
The driftwood she found on the shore, acquired a different name if it had a
proper shape and was not a broken, tangled mass. If she got lost among the flat
winding creeks her panicky thoughts were not of north, south, east or west, but
of ‘upriver’, ‘downriver’, ‘downstream’ and the tribes, Eskimo and Tlingit, who
lived on either side. And if they asked her name it was not Marie but rather an
Eyak word meaning ‘ a sound that calls people from afar’.
Upriver out of town stretched the taiga, rising
steadily to the Chugach Mountains and covered with black spruce. The spruce was
an Eyak dictionary in itself, from lis, the neat conical tree, to its wiry
root, useful for baskets; from its blue - green. Flattened needles, which could
be brewed for beer or tea, to sihx, its resin, from which came pitch to make
canoes watertight. The Eayk were fishermen who, thousands of years before, were
thought to have crossed the Bering Strait in their boats. Marie’s father still
fished for a living, as did most of the men in Cordova. While the neighboring
Athapaskan tribes, who had crossed the strait on snowshoes, had dozens of terms
for the condition of ice and snow, Eyak vocabulary was rich with particular
words for black abalone, red abalone, ribbon weed and tubular kelp, drag nets
and dipping nets and different sizes of rope. One word, demexch, meant a soft
and treacherous spot in the ice over a body of water: a bad place to walk on,
but possibly a good one to squat beside with a fishing line or a spear.
This universe of words and observations was already
fading when Marie was young. In 1933 there were 38 Eyak - speakers left, and
white people with their grim faces and instructive microphones, as they always
appeared to her, were already coming to sweep up the remnants of the language.
At home her mother donned a kushsl, or apron, to make cakes in a round mixing
bowl; but at school ‘barbarous’ Eyak was forbidden. It went unheard, too, in
the salmon factory where Marie worked after fourth grade, canning in industrial
quantities the noble fish her people had hunted with respect, naming not only
every part of it but the separate stems and shoots of the red salmonberries
they ate with the dried roe.
As the spoken language died, so did the stories of
tricky Creator - Raven and the magical loon, of giant animals and tiny
homunculi with fish - spears no bigger than a matchstick. People forgot why
‘hat’ was the same word as ‘hammer’, or
why the word for a leaf was also the word for a feather, as though trees
and birds shared one organic life. They lost the sense that grouped apples,
beads and pills together as round, foreign, possibly deceiving things. They
neglected the superstitions that kept fish and animals separate, and would not
let fish-skin and animal hide be sewn in the same coat; and they could not remember exactly why they
built little wooden huts over gravestones, as if to give more comfortable
shelter to the dead.
Mrs. Smith herself seemed cavalier about the language
for a time. She married a white man, William Smith, and brought up nine
children, telling them odd Eyak words but finding they were not interested.
Eyak became a language for talking either to herself, or to God. Only when her
last surviving older sister died, in the 1990s, did she realize that she was
the last of the line. From that moment she became an activist, a tiny figure
with a determined jaw and a colorful beaded hat, campaigning to stop
clear-cutting in the forest (where Eyak split-log lodges decayed among the
blueberries) and to get Eyak bones decently buried. She was the chief of her
nation, as well as its only full-blooded member.
She drank too much, but gave it up; she smoked too
much, coughing her way through interviews in a room full of statuettes of the
Pillsbury Doughboy, in which she said her spirit would live when she was dead.
Most outsiders were told to buzz of. But one scholar, Michael Krauss of the
University of Alaska at Fairbanks, shoed such love for Eyak, stakingly
recording its every suffix and prefix and glottal stop and nasalization, that
she worked happily with him to compile a grammar and a dictionary; and
Elizabeth Kolbert of the new York was allowed to talk when she brought fresh
halibut as a tribute. Without those two visitors almost nothing would have been
known of her.
As a child she had longed to be a pilot, flying
boat-planes between the islands of the Sound. An impossible dream, she was
told, because she was a girl. As an old woman, she sais she believed that Eyak
might be resurrected in the future. Just as impossible, scoffed the experts; in
an age where perhaps half the planet’s languages will disappear over the next
century, killed by urban migration or the Internet or the triumphal march of
English, Eyak has no chance. For Mrs. Smith, however, the death of Eyak meant
the not-to-be-imagined disappearance of the world.
Listening Comprehension Test for 11th Form
Students Assignments
Task 1.On your answer sheet circle (+) if the
statement is true, (-) if the statement is false.
1. The Eyak
lived in south-western Alaska.
2. Marie’s
father worked as a fisherman.
3. In 1933,
there were only forty-eight Eyak speakers left.
4. After fifth
grade, Marie stated working in a salmon-canning factory.
5. In Eyak, the
word for ‘leaf’ is the same as the word for ‘feather’.
6. In Eyak
superstition, small wooden huts were built over the graves of the dead.
7. At her death,
Marie Smith was the only remaining full-blooded member of her tribe.
8. Marie
believed that her spirit would continue living in statues of the Pillsbury
Doughboy.
9. Michael
Krauss was allowed to visit Marie because he brought her fresh halibut.
10. Over the
next century, perhaps a quarter of the world’s languages will disappear.
Task 2. On your answer sheet circle the correct letter
A, B, C, or D.
11. Marie’s Eyak
name means…
(A) ‘the girl who runs east and west’.
(B) ‘lost amongst the creeks’.
(C) ‘ a sound that calls people from afar’.
(D) ‘ a movement upstream’.
12. The Eyak
used the needles of the black spruce tree to…
(A) make tar to cover the outside of their boats. (B)
weave baskets.
(C) brew beer and tea.
(D) sew fishing nets.
13. The Eyak
tribe came to Alaska…
(A) to find good fishing.
(B) by crossing
the Bering Strait in boats.
(C)with Eskimo people.
(D) by walking across the Bering Strait in snowshoes.
14. Judging by
their language, we know that the most important thing to Eyak people was…
(A) apples and beads. (B) snow and ice.
(C) fish and rope. (D) leaves and feathers.
15. As a child,
Marie thought that white people had… faces.
(A) intrusive
(B) grim (C) smiling (D) barbarous
16. As the Eyak
language died, which of the following was NOT forgotten?
(A) The story of the Creator-Raven.
(B) Why the word for hat is the same as hammer.
(C) Why every part of every fish had a name.
(D) The superstition that kept fish and animals
separate.
17. Marie
realized that she and her language were important only…
(A) when her elder sister died.
(B) after her children told her they did not want to
learn Eyak.
(C) because of the visitors that came.
(D) when she became chief of the Eyak nation.
18. In her old
age, which of these things did Marie NOT do?
(A) become an activist for the proper burial of Eyak
bones.
(B) fight against clear-cutting in forest.
(C) help create an Eyak dictionary.
(D) become a designer of colorful, beaded Eyak hats.
19. Marie was
told it was impossible to become a pilot because…
(A) allEyak people are fishermen.
(B) she was a girl.
(C) no one spoke the Eyak language.
(D) her English was not very good.
20. The reason
for the Eyak language’s disappearance is that…
(A) Marie died.
(B) it was considered to be ‘barbarous’.
(C) English speakers forbade the language from
schools.
(D) all of the above.
Speaking Comprehension for 8
Form Students
1. What extreme sport would you
most like to try?
* Describe the sport, including, including the
equipment required, uniform and rules.
* Why is it
considered an extreme sport?
* What dangers can exist when somebody does an extreme sports?
2. Wikipedia has quickly become
one of the largest online reference websites.
* How have you used Wikipedia
for school or free time?
* Which doyouthink is more
reliable and accurate information found in printed
encyclopedias or information
found online?Why?
* If you were writing a
Wikipedia page on something you know, what would be the
topic?
3. Books have a positive
influence on many people's lives.
* What childhood books influenced you the
most?
* What do you think are important elements of
a good story?
* If
you could be any character from literature, who would you be and why?
4. Describe your dream house
and why you want to live there.
* What does it look like?
* Where is it located?
* What things does it have?
5. What is the most important
quality a friend can have?
* Why is this quality so important?
* Do your closest friends have this quality?
Do you?
* How can you work to improve on this quality?
6. Imagine you are transported
to another or fantasy world.
*
What does your fantasy world look like?
* What makes it strange and interesting?
* How does it differ from our world?
7. What activities do you find
enjoyable when you are by yourself?
* Why is this activity so enjoyable to you?
* How often do you spend time by yourself? Do
you feel it is important to have time
alone? Why?
*
Have you ever been afraid to spend time by yourself?
8. Discuss your favorite actor
or actress.
* What plays, films or television shows have
you seen this person in?
* Explain why they are your favourite actor or
actress.
*
Compare this person with another actor or actress and explain your choice ..
9. Choose a favorite holiday.
* Explain why you like this holiday so much.
* Tell a story from your life that illustrates
what this holiday means to you.
* Explain how your family’s traditions are
typical, or not, for Ukraine
10. If you won the lottery and decide to take a trip
around the world, what countries and places would you visit?
* What would be your first and
final destinations? Why?
* Would you prefere to travel
alone or with other person?
* If you left Ukraine for a
long time, what things from your country would you miss the
most?
11. You can choose to have one
supernatural ability or gift.
* What do you choose?
* Why will you choose this? Will you use it to
help others, for personal gain, or for both?
*
How do you think others will treat you
because of your gift?
12. You are a famous author and
you have been asked to write a new book.
* What kind of fiction or non fiction would
your book be?
*
Who would be your readers? Why?
*
Summarize the plot of your new book.
13 Imagine that you are lost in the woods.
* What five things
would you like to have with you in your rucksack?
* If you could have one other person with you,
who would you choose and why? * What is the first thing you would do once
you got out of the woods?
14. You meet up with a friend who you haven’t seen
for several years.
* Tell him\ her about the events in your family and in your school that
have happened
since you last saw him\ her.
*
Tell your friend how your goals have changed. What do you want to become?
* Invite your friend to an event that is
coming up in the near future where he\she can see
some of your other
old friends.
15. Ukrainian teenages often
have responsibilities at school and at home.
* What are some of
your responsibilities at home? At shool?
* Discuss some of the
advantages and disadvantages of working hard at school and
at home.
* How does age affect
your responsibilities?
* How can you help him or her prepare for this
trip?
* What Ukrainian dishes will you make to give
your friends a taste of Ukrainian food?
* Where will you take him or her in your town?
What other towns would you like to visit
with your friend?
17. Tell us about the greatest
teacher you have ever had.
*
Why did you choose him or her?
*
How did he or she influence your life?
*
How can you use what he or she taught you to help others?
18. How important are
experiences, such as traveling or meeting people from different cultures, in
our education?
* Do you feel that there is enough experience
in your education?
* What do you feel has been your most
important experience so far in your life?
*
Is there anything you wish you have done, but didn’t? What is it? Why didn’t
you do it?
19. Do you think exercise should
be an important part of every person’s life?
* Do you play any
sports? Dance? Go jogging? Do you like exercise?
* Can you see any difference in the people
around you who do or do not exersise?
* What are the benefits of regular exercise?
20. Your school is having a
competition in which students are designing a new school uniform.
* What colors and styles would you choose?
* Why do you think
your design should be chosen?
* What are the
advantages and disadvantages of school uniforms?
