TEST 12

6 118   7 4/four   8 391   9 30/thirty   10 fish

Woman:   Welcome aboard! Before we begin our tour, let me tell you a few things about this beautiful city. Venice is built on a number of islands in the Adriatic Sea. No one knows the exact number, but we think there are 118. Between the islands there are 150 canals.

Today we are going to travel along the Grand Canal, the city’s busiest canal. It’s also the longest: almost four kilometres long! You won’t see any cars, of course, but there will be lots of different boats. We will pass under four bridges, but there are many more in the city. Venice has 391 bridges, and most of them are very beautiful. You should try and see some of them while you are here.

Our boat trip today will take about thirty minutes. We will go past many of the city’s famous churches, museums and palaces. We will even go past the fish market!

Now, please be seated and we will begin our tour … [fade]

 

 

 

 

TEST 13

6 first   7 80   8 64   9 24   10 notebook

Woman:   Welcome to the University Language Centre. I’d like to give you some basic information about our evening language classes.

We offer evening classes in English, Italian, French, Russian and Spanish. Classes are in the afternoons or evenings, and they start in the first week of October. Courses are six weeks long, so they end in the middle of November. The English courses are free, but the other language courses cost £80. If you want to learn more than one language, you get a 20% discount, so your second course will cost you just £64.

There are courses for beginners as well as for more advanced students. Most courses have lessons three times a week, but English courses have four lessons a week, so 24 lessons in total.

You don’t need to buy any books, but we suggest that all students should bring a notebook and a pen or pencil to classes. Now, any questions?

 

 

 

 

TEST 14.

6 4.45   7 15/fifteen   8 ticket

9 wallets   10 5819 236

Woman:   Good morning, everyone. My name’s Michaela and I’m going to give you some information about our trip today. It takes two hours to get to London, so that means that you will have from ten fifteen until quarter to five to look around the city. We have to leave at that time as the traffic gets very bad after five o’clock.

I know some of you want to go shopping, and the new Kings and Queens shopping centre on Bristol Street is now open. You can get a 15% discount in the shops there. I know it’s not as good as the 20% we got last year, but I think you’ll agree it’s better than nothing. The staff there just need to see your coach ticket and they’ll give you your discount.

Please be careful with your wallets and purses! The streets and shops are crowded on Saturdays, and that’s a chance for pickpockets to steal things. If you have any problems, my mobile number is 0777-5819-236. That’s 0777-5819-236.

 

 

 

 

TEST 15

6 December   7 12th October

8 colour   9 13   10 Rivers

Woman:   Last year’s school calendar was very popular. Because of this, we are going to make another one, ready for next year. (6) We hope to finish it by November, so that we can sell it in early December. We have decided to include drawings, rather than photos, in next year’s calendar. This is because we think it will be more interesting and less expensive to make.

If you would like to have your drawing in our calendar, you must enter it into our school competition. (7) The final date to enter the competition is October 12th. We hoped it would be October 20th, but we had to change the date as we need to print it by early November. We will choose a different drawing for each month and the best of all will be put on the front cover. The 12 inside pictures will be in black and white, and (8) the one on the front cover will be in colour. So (9) we need 13 pictures in total. (10) Please send your drawings to Mrs. Rivers. That’s R-I-V-E-R-S. She works in the geography department.

 

 

 

TEST 16

6 60   7 40   8 player   9 Saturday   10 7

 

Man:   As you all know, Mr. Snow is leaving next month, at the end of the spring term. Unfortunately he decided not to stay until next year. (6) He is now 60 years old and he would like to stop teaching before he is 65.

We know that he is popular with our students and we would like to buy him a leaving present. If we collect enough money, we can buy him something really nice. (7) We have already collected £60, but we need at least £40 more to make a total of £100. Someone suggested buying a clock, and someone else suggested a watch. But (8) we decided to buy him a nice DVD player instead, because he loves watching films! Your teachers will collect money for Mr. Snow in the school cafeteria after lessons, next Friday.

We finish lessons at midday, on Friday 15th April. (9) On Saturday 16th we will meet at school at around 5.30 pm to prepare for the party. (10) The party starts at 7 in the evening. Then a student will give him the present. I hope all our teachers and some parents will be there and of course, all of you!

 

 

 

TEST 17

6 14th June   7 library

8 Thursday   9 Pink   10 cycling

Man:   (6) We have changed the day of our sports day this year. This is because we want to include swimming events and our new swimming pool won’t be ready until June 4th. (6) The new date will be Friday, June 14th. I think this will be much better for everybody.

I hope that all of you will be interested in doing something for our sports day. (7) Please put your name on the events list, if you would like to take part. (7) The list will be put on the wall beside the library (8) until Thursday. (9) If you have any questions, Miss Pink, that’s P I N K, our sports teacher, will be available to answer them during lunch break, on Monday. We will have many of our usual events, such as a volleyball match and, of course, a football match. However, (10) this year we will also have one more new event. This is a cycling race in which teachers can take part. It will be at the end of the day, before prizes are given to the winners of each race.