A. Announcement.
Look at this timetable. Now listen to the airport announcement and correct the timetable.
Original Timetable:
Frankfurt/Main — LH302 — 09:15
Amsterdam — BA314 — 09:30
Rome — AI411 — 09:50
Wiesbaden — BA356 — 10:10
Corrected Timetable:
— LH302 —
— BA314 —
— AI411 —
— BA356 —
B. Telephone Message.
Look at this message. Listen to the phone message on the tape and correct the information.
Message: Meet John on the north side of Waterloo Bridge at 6:30.
Correction: Meet at at
A. Changes.
1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) for each of the following questions.
(1) Which of the following topics is not covered in the conversation?
a. Unemployment.
b. Number of new airports.
c. Number of aeroplane passengers.
(2) Why have there been changes at the airport?
a. Because aeroplane passengers have increased.
b. Because helicopter passengers have increased.
c. Because of the discovery of oil.
2. Fill in the blanks with Arabic numerals and symbols according to what you hear on the tape. Please use "," to divide the long numbers.
(1) Since 1978 the population has increased to about .
(2) Unemployment rate in 1978 was about . Now it is about .
(3) Since 1978 the number of aeroplane passengers has increased from to . And the number of helicopter passengers has increased from to .
B. Bus Conductor Wins Fortune on Pools.
1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) for each of the following questions.
(1) Who is being talked about?
a. Roy Edwards.
b. Roy Woods.
c. Stan Woods.
(2) What does he do?
a. He is a bus conductor.
b. He is a bus driver.
c. He is a taxi driver.
(3) Why was he worried about money last week?
a. Because he had borrowed 20 pounds from his landlady.
b. Because he did not have enough money to buy food for the family.
c. Because he did not have enough money to pay for his rent.
(4) How did he suddenly become rich?
a. He won 12,000 pounds on the football pools last Saturday.
b. He won 120,000 pounds on the football pools last Saturday.
c. He received a 120,000-pound inheritance last week.
(5) What happened last night?
a. He was interviewed in a megazine.
b. He was interviewed on the radio.
c. He was interviewed on television.
(6) When is he going to finish working at his present job?
a. The end of this week.
b. Early next week.
c. The end of next week.
(7) Where does his family live at present?
a. In a furnished flat.
b. In an unfurnished flat.
c. In a rented house.
(8) What is his wife going to do?
a. She is going to buy her own car.
b. She is going to take driving lessons.
c. She is going to sell her old Ford.
2. Fill in the blanks according to what you hear on the tape.
—Mr. Woods, are you going to your job on the ?
—Yes, I'm going to finish the week.
—And what other have you got?
—Well, I'm going to .
—Have you got now?
—No, no, we live in .
—Have you got ?
—Yes, I've got , but I'm going to buy .
C. Cooking.
1. Complete the list of ingredients and quantities.
a. lean beef steak — 350 grams
b. —
c. soy sauce —
d. —
e. — 1/2 teaspoon
f. —
g. —
h. — 1 tablespoon
i. chicken stock/water —
j. —
2. Make notes of the various stages of the cooking process.
(1) Put the beef in of refrigerator for minutes.
(2) Cut beef into — inches long.
(3) Put beef in a bowl, add , soy sauce, , sesame oil, , and well.
(4) Let slices for minutes.
(5) Shred the finely.
(6) Heat a wok or large frying pan, add the .
(7) When it is very hot, the beef for minutes.
(8) Remove the beef, wipe the wok or pan clean, and it.
(9) Add , stir-fry the for seconds.
(10) Add stock or and .
(11) Return the to the , and well.
(12) Turn the mixture onto a and at once.
D. How to Use a Camera.
1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) for each of the following questions.
(1) What is the purpose of Julie's visit to Bob's house?
a. To show him her new camera.
b. To ask Bob to show her how the camera works.
c. To give Bob a camera as his birthday present.
(2) Which of the following statements may not be true of Bob?
a. He is a good photographer.
b. He is a friend of Julie's.
c. He is Julie's husband.
2. Identification. Match each verb in Column I with the nouns in Column II according to the instructions that Bob gives to Julie.
Column I
(1) close (2) push (3) open (4) look through
(5) put ... in the compartment (6) press (7) buy (8) press
Column II
(a) a film (b) the viewfinder (c) the button (d) the film compartment
(e) the compartment (f) the lever (g) the release (h) a film cartridge
Answer: (1) — ; (2) — ; (3) — ; (4) — ;
(5) — ; (6) — ; (7) — ; (8) — .
3. Rearrange Bob's instructions according to the proper order.
(1) Buy a film.
(2) .
(3) .
(4) .
(5) Close the film compartment.
(6) .
(7) .
(8) Press the button.
E. Monologue.
1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) to complete each of the following statements.
(1) This monologue takes place _________.
a. on the street
b. in a taxi
c. in a hotel
(2) The speaker is complaining about ___________.
a. the coffee and the breakfast
b. the hot and sticky weather
c. a tricky taxi-driver
(3) She is talking to __________.
a. the taxi driver
b. another customer in the hotel
c. a hotel maid
(4) The monologue takes place __________.
a. in the morning
b. in the evening
c. at night
2. True or False Questions.
(1) This is the first time the speaker comes to this city.
(2) The woman has come to the city by plane.
(3) She arrived in the city at about eleven o'clock the previous morning.
(4) The woman didn't expect the car to be air-conditioned.
(5) The driver drove for quite some time before they reached the woman's hotel.
(6) Since the taxi driver told the woman his car had been Registered, the woman copied down the special registration number and made a note of his licence plate.
(7) When the woman said "I don't suppose," she meant that she didn't believe that it wouldn't have made any difference whether she had made a note of the licence plate or not.
(8) The hotel actually stood opposite to the station.
Dictation.