TEST 7

6 8.30   7 6   8 1   9 free   10 photo

Woman:   Welcome to the library. You will all come here a lot, so there’s some important information that you need to know.

First of all, the hours the library is open. During term time, the library is open 24 hours a day. But outside term time, it’s open from half past eight in the morning until seven o’clock in the evening.

Of course, you will want to take things out of the library. You can borrow different things, like magazines, CDs, books. You can take up to ten different things out of the library, but only six books at one time. But please be careful! If you return things late, you will have to pay a fine! The cost is two pounds a day for each book and one pound a day for other things. Library cards are free, but you need to fill in a form and give it in with a photo. If you lose your card, you can get a new one, but it will cost five pounds.

 

 

 

 

TEST 8

6 China   7 4/four   8 6/six   9 games   10 July

Jessica:   My name’s Jessica Chapman and I’d like to tell you about a job I did a few months ago. I worked as an online language teacher. I helped schoolchildren in China to learn English. I talked to them online using special software for two hours every Monday and Wednesday. My students were all young, eight to ten years old and about the same level. The groups I taught were small: three to six students in each lesson.

I had an interactive whiteboard on my screen that I could write and draw on. The students could see it on their screens, too. We played games, sang songs and had conversations.

I saw an advert for the job in January, and I applied immediately. A month later I got a reply, and I started working in July. I want to be a teacher in the future and this job gave me lots of experience. I really loved it, and I was sad when the job came to an end in September.

 

 

TEST 9

6 13   7 1,045   8 4/four   9 15/fifteen   10 quiet

Woman:   Now I’m going to give you some information about university flats. The first type is the cheapest. There are ten students in each flat. A room costs £95 per week. Each term is a different number of weeks. The first term is longer than the others. It’s 13 weeks, so it’s more expensive: one thousand two hundred and thirty-five pounds.

The second term costs nine hundred and fifty pounds, and the final term costs one thousand and forty-five pounds. The second type of flat is £110 a week and you share with three other students. In the first term, flats are available from the fifteenth of September until the twentieth of December. You can’t stay in the flats during the university holidays, but you can move back in on the fourth of January for the second term.

We have quiet time at night in student flats from Monday to Thursday between ten o’clock at night and half past six in the morning so students can study and sleep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEST 10

6 February   7 40,000   8 Park   9 died   10 1931

Man:   Thomas Alva Edison was a famous American inventor. He was born on 11th February, 1847, the seventh child of Samuel and Nancy Edison.

Thomas wasn’t a good student and he left school after only a few months. But he was interested in science and technology from an early age, and he spent hours reading scientific books and making things.

He moved to New York City in 1869, and he soon made a lot of money from his inventions – $40,000.

In 1871, he married Mary Stilwell, and in 1876, he opened a laboratory in a village called Menlo Park. A lot of people worked for him and helped him with his inventions. His first great invention there was the phonograph, a machine that could record and play sound. He also invented an electric light bulb that people could use at home. His inventions made him very rich.

His wife died in 1884, but he married again in 1886. He and his second wife moved to West Orange, in New Jersey. There, Edison built another big laboratory and factories. He worked there until he died on the 18 October 1931.

Now listen again.

 

 

 

 

 

TEST 11

6 12th   7 730   8 drinks   9 morning   10 beginners

Woman: Thanks for coming today and showing interest in the skiing trip. Now, I’m going to give you some details. This year we’re going to Italy.

The trip starts on the second of January and lasts for ten days, so we’ll be away until the twelfth of January. I’m pleased to say that this year trip will be a bit less expensive than last year, when it was £775. The price has come down £45 to £730, and that’s because the hotel is cheaper.

That price includes breakfast, the evening meal, the cost of renting skis and ski clothes, and the ski lifts. But you’ll need to pay for your own lunch. That’s not included, and drinks aren’t, either.

There are lessons every morning. The cost is included in the price of the holiday. If you’re a beginner, I strongly advise you to take these lessons so that you learn good skiing techniques. Right, are there any questions?