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TEST 14. 8 A 9 C
10 C 11 A 12 A
13 C
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Woman: Well, good evening everyone. I’ve come
along to talk to you about my painting. It was just a hobby but it’s really
more than that now. I used to paint in the evenings after work, but now I
work four days a week instead of five. That means I spend Friday, Saturday
and Sunday on my painting. I have pictures in local exhibitions at least once
a month. I’d
love to give up my job and spend all my time painting, but I work with
computers and I earn more that way! I do make some money from selling my
pictures, enough to pay for all my paint, brushes and paper and a few art
lessons. I’d love to go to art college full-time for three years, but I’ve
got all the rent on my flat to pay and a car to run. I
first became interested in art when I was at primary school. I used to go out
with some paper and a few pencils during break time and draw anything I saw:
houses, gardens, people. Then at secondary school we had art classes twice a
week, and I learnt how to use chalk and then different kinds of paint: water
colours, oils and so on. Those
classes were really useful for me, and ever since then I’ve had lessons of
some kind. I’ve attended evening classes and been on what they call painting
‘holidays’, where you go out into the countryside and paint during the day
and then sit and discuss your work with a teacher and the other artists after
dinner. Those holidays are great; you learn so much talking to other people
studying with you. I’ve
enjoyed painting in lots of different countries. I’ve been to Morocco and
painted desert scenes with beautiful sunrises. I’ve been to Greece and Spain
and painted pictures of the local people working in the fields near their
homes. My favourite place is still Scotland. I love walking in the Scottish
mountains, and there are so many different birds to see, especially in
spring. Well,
I’m going to finish now by showing you a video of the places I’ve visited.
After that there’ll be a chance to relax with a cup of coffee and then there’ll
be time for some questions. Oh, and I’ve got some information about my next
art exhibition for you. It’s going to be at the Queen’s Gallery. Now, if
someone would turn off the lights … |
Người
phụ nữ: Vâng, chào buổi tối mọi người. Tôi đến để nói chuyện với bạn về bức
tranh của tôi. Đó chỉ là một sở thích nhưng bây giờ nó thực sự còn hơn thế nữa.
Tôi thường vẽ vào buổi tối sau giờ làm việc, nhưng bây giờ tôi làm việc bốn
ngày một tuần thay vì năm ngày. Điều đó có nghĩa là tôi dành thứ sáu, thứ bảy
và chủ nhật cho bức tranh của mình. Tôi có tranh ở các cuộc triển lãm địa
phương ít nhất mỗi tháng một lần. Tôi
rất muốn từ bỏ công việc của mình và dành toàn bộ thời gian cho việc vẽ
tranh, nhưng tôi làm việc với máy tính và tôi kiếm được nhiều tiền hơn bằng
cách đó! Tôi kiếm được một số tiền từ việc bán tranh của mình, đủ để trả tiền
sơn, bút vẽ, giấy và một vài bài học nghệ thuật. Tôi muốn theo học toàn thời
gian tại trường đại học nghệ thuật trong ba năm, nhưng tôi phải trả hết tiền
thuê căn hộ và một chiếc ô tô để chạy. Lần
đầu tiên tôi quan tâm đến nghệ thuật là khi còn học tiểu học. Tôi thường ra
ngoài với vài tờ giấy và vài cây bút chì trong giờ giải lao và vẽ bất cứ thứ
gì tôi thấy: nhà cửa, vườn tược, con người. Sau đó, ở trường cấp hai, chúng
tôi có lớp học nghệ thuật hai lần một tuần, và tôi học cách sử dụng phấn và
sau đó là các loại sơn khác nhau: màu nước, sơn dầu, v.v. Những
lớp học đó thực sự hữu ích với tôi và kể từ đó tôi đã có được những bài học
nào đó. Tôi đã tham gia các lớp học buổi tối và tham gia cái mà người ta gọi
là 'nghỉ lễ' hội họa, nơi bạn đi về vùng nông thôn và vẽ vào ban ngày, sau đó
ngồi thảo luận về công việc của mình với giáo viên và các nghệ sĩ khác sau bữa
tối. Những ngày nghỉ đó thật tuyệt vời; bạn học được rất nhiều điều khi nói
chuyện với những người khác đang học cùng bạn. Tôi
thích vẽ tranh ở nhiều quốc gia khác nhau. Tôi đã đến Maroc và vẽ cảnh sa mạc
với cảnh bình minh tuyệt đẹp. Tôi đã đến Hy Lạp và Tây Ban Nha và vẽ những bức
tranh về người dân địa phương đang làm việc trên cánh đồng gần nhà của họ.
Nơi yêu thích của tôi vẫn là Scotland. Tôi thích đi dạo trên những ngọn núi ở
Scotland và có rất nhiều loài chim khác nhau để ngắm nhìn, đặc biệt là vào
mùa xuân. Chà,
bây giờ tôi sẽ kết thúc bằng cách cho bạn xem video về những địa điểm tôi đã
ghé thăm. Sau đó sẽ có cơ hội thư giãn với một tách cà phê và sẽ có thời gian
cho một số câu hỏi. Ồ, và tôi có một số thông tin về triển lãm nghệ thuật tiếp
theo dành cho bạn. Nó sẽ ở Phòng trưng bày của Nữ hoàng. Bây giờ, nếu ai đó tắt
đèn… |
TEST 13
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16 (the) April
(Hotel) 17 Leith 18 10.20 / ten twenty /
twenty past ten 19 (the/a/Ian’s)
book 20 Tuesday Audioscript Ian: Hello, could I
speak to Diana, please? Woman: She’s not in at
the moment. Can I take a message? Ian: Yes, please.
Tell her that Ian called from Head Office and we’ve booked her into the April
Hotel for two nights. Woman: Which hotel? Ian: The April. You
know, like the month. Woman: Oh, yes. Ian: I’m sure she’ll
like it. It’s on Leith Street. Woman: Could you spell
that? Ian: L E I T H.
Leith Street. Woman: OK, I’ve got
that. Ian: Now, she knows
where the meeting will be, but she doesn’t know the time. Tell her it will
begin at twenty past ten and finish at four thirty. Woman: Right. Ian: And could you
tell her to take the book with her? She’ll know which one. I’m sure she’s
finished reading it. Woman: OK – anything
else? Ian: Oh yes – please
tell her I’ll take her to the factory on Tuesday and she can speak to Mr
Brown on Wednesday morning. Woman: All right, I’ll
make sure she gets the message. Ian: Thanks very
much. |
21 7.30 (p.m. / pm) /
19.30 / seven thirty / half past seven (at night) 22 North 23 3rd
/ (the) third (of) / 3 / 03 24 T(-) / t(-) / tee
shirt 25 12 / twelve (pounds) Audioscript Man: Thank you for
phoning Park Zoo. The zoo is open from Monday to Saturday from nine in the
morning to seven thirty at night and on Sundays from ten to five. You can
stay in the zoo for one hour after closing time. The zoo is north of the city
centre and you should take the train to North Station. It is a five-minute
walk from there. We have many interesting
animals for you to see. But please note the elephant house won’t be open on
the third of May. I’m sorry, but you can’t see the elephants that day. When you come, make sure you
visit the zoo shop. There you can buy books, postcards and T-shirts. Everyone
will want to wear a zoo T-shirt! An adult tickets costs ten
pounds, a children’s ticket five pounds and a family ticket twelve pounds. We
hope you enjoy your visit to the zoo. |
TEST 14
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16 Brierley 17 (the)
9(th) / ninth (of) 18 March 19 365 / three hundred and
sixty-five (pounds) 20 train Audioscript Woman: Good morning.
John Locke Travel Service. Can I help you? Man: Yes. I’d like
to go to the United States, to New York. Woman: Certainly.
Could I have your name please, sir? Man: Brierley.
That’s B R I E R L E Y. Woman: Thank you. Now
when would you like to travel, Mr Brierley? Man: I have to be in
New York on the eleventh of December, so I’d like to leave on the ninth. Can
you do that? Woman: Certainly, sir,
and when do you want to return? Man: Three and a
half months later, on the thirtieth of March. I must be back here in April. Woman: OK. One moment,
Mr Brierley. I can book that for you now. Man: Good. How much
will it cost? Woman: Three hundred
and sixty-five pounds – that’s a special price for business travellers. Man: That’s fine. Woman: Will you drive
your car to the airport or go by taxi? Man: I’ll take the
train. Can you get me a ticket for that too? Woman: Yes, or course,
sir. Can you give me your credit card number … |
21 T(-) / t(-) / tee
shirt 22 Davey(‘)s(‘) 23 (the)
cinema 24 large 25 8.99 / eight (pounds)
(and) ninety-nine (p/pence) Audioscript Susanna: Hi, Mum. This
is Susanna. I know you’re going shopping this afternoon. Can you get
something for me? I need a white T-shirt for the school tennis match
tomorrow. We all have to wear white, and I haven’t got one. You can get them
in Davey’s – that’s D A V E Y S – it’s a new shop in the High Street. It’s
not far from the car park – you can go there before you go to the
supermarket. You know the cinema? Well, it’s next to that. It’s easy to find. There are three sizes –
small, medium and large. My old one was a small but I’m a lot bigger now, so
could you buy me a large one, please? I hope you can get it – I
can’t play in the match without it. It’s not expensive, it only costs eight
pounds ninety-nine. I’ll give you the money tonight. Thanks a lot, Mum. See you
later. Bye. |
TEST 15
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16 Café 17 12
/ twelve 18 5.99 / five (pounds) (and)
ninety-nine (p/pence) 19 Shirley 20 (the)
bank Audioscript Man: Can I help you? Woman: I’m looking for
the new Brad Smith video about a boy who works as a waiter. My daughter wants
it, but I don’t know the name. Man: Oh yes. It’s
called Blue Café. Woman: My daughter is
13. Is she old enough to watch it? Man: It’s for anyone
who is 12 or older, so she’ll be OK. Woman: I hope it’s not
too expensive. Some videos are nearly twenty pounds. Man: It’s five
pounds ninety-nine. We’re selling it at a special price today. Woman: Great. Can I
have one, please? Man: I’m sorry. I’ve
just sold the last one. You’ll have to go to our other shop. Woman: Oh dear.
Where’s that? Man: It’s in Shirley
Street. That’s S H I R L E Y. Woman: Oh, that’s
where the post office is, isn’t it? Man: Yes, the video
shop’s not far from there, just across the road from the bank. It’s only five
minutes from here. Woman: OK. Thanks for
your help. |
21 Teale 22 travel 23 hall 24 2.30 / 14.30 / two
thirty / half past two 25 3.85 / three (pounds)
(and) eighty-five (p/pence) Audioscript Man: Now listen
carefully, everybody. Here is some excellent news. Next Thursday a most
interesting visitor is going to come to talk to us. He is the astronaut Dr
Robert Teale, that’s T E A L E. I’m sure a lot of you have heard of him. He’s
very famous for his journeys into space. He’s going to talk to us
about space travel. Only he can tell us just what it’s like to travel round
the earth in a spaceship, past the moon and the stars. The whole school is going to
listen to Dr Teale. We will use the school hall because none of the
classrooms will be big enough. Classes will finish at twenty past two on
Thursday because the talk will start at half past. Don’t be late. If your parents would like to
hear Dr Teale, we have a few extra seats. The ticket price for them will be
three pounds eighty-five, but of course for students it is free. |
TEST
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16 September 17 Jarvis 18 78
/ seventy-eight (pounds) 19 223 23 bookshop
/ book shop Audioscript Woman: Westwood
English School. Man: Hello, I want
to ask about evening classes, please. Woman: Yes, they’re on
Thursdays. But this term will finish at the end of August. We’ll start again
on the twenty-second of September, but you can book your place now. Man: It’s for a
Chinese friend. He wants an easy class. Woman: Well, there’s a
two-hour class for beginners. Man: Mmm. My friend
would like something shorter. Woman: Well, we have a
fifty-minute speaking class. That would be good for him. The teacher is Miss
Jarvis. That’s J A R V I S. The students all like her. Man: How much does
that class cost? Woman: It’s seven
pounds fifty per class or if you pay for all twelve classes now, it’s only
seventy-eight pounds – it’s cheaper that way. Man: Right. Woman: Can your friend
come to the school soon and book his place? The address is two hundred and
twenty-three, Fitzroy Square. Man: Is that in the
centre of town? Woman: Well, it’s
about twenty minutes’ walk from the station. We’re just by the bookshop. Man: Right. Thank
you. Woman: Goodbye. |
21 9.30
/ 21.30 / nine thirty / half past nine 22 (the)
entrance 23 (the) lions 24 games 25 4.65
/ four (pounds) (and) sixty-five (p/pence) Audioscript Woman: Thank you for
calling Finchester Zoo. The zoo is open on six days and closed on Mondays.
The opening hours are from ten a.m. until it gets dark. This is half past
nine in the summer and four o’clock in the winter. There is a guided tour of the zoo every hour. Visitors for the
tour should wait at the entrance which is where the tour begins. Our guide
will meet you there. The tour finishes at the café. You should not feed the animals but you can watch when we give
them something to eat. Every day at two o’clock the lions are given their
food and the elephants get theirs at three o’clock. There is a shop in the zoo where you can buy books and games.
All the family will like playing these. There is also a café which sells
snacks. Tickets for adults cost six pounds eighty-five and children’s
tickets are four pounds sixty-five. A family ticket, for two adults and three
children, is eighteen pounds seventy-five. For more information … |
TEST
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16 7 / 7th / seventh
(September) 17 Saturday 18 JAGGARD 19 (11)
Park (Road) 20 photos / photograph(s) Audioscript Tony: Hello, is that
Sally? Sally: Yes? Tony: This is Tony
Bassett. We were at Romford School together. Sally: Oh hello, Tony!
I remember you well. Tony: There’s going
to be a party for the pupils in our year at Romford School. Sally: Oh – when will
it be? Tony: Well, we
started at that school on the fourth of September, but the party has to be on
the seventh – almost exactly ten years later. Sally: That’s a
Saturday, isn’t it? I know our first day at school was a Tuesday. Tony: That’s right.
Do you remember my sister, Margaret? It’s at her house. Sally: Oh yes … she
got married, didn’t she? Tony: Yes. She’s
Margaret Jaggard now. Sally: Is that J A
double G A R D? Tony: That’s right.
She lives in Park Road at number eleven, near the park entrance. Sally: That’ll be easy
to find. Can I bring something to eat or drink? Tony: There will be
enough food, but everybody’s going to bring some photos – we’ll enjoy looking
at them. Sally: I’ll put the
date in my diary. |
21 March 22 (The)
Visitor(s)(‘s)(s’) (Centre) 23 2.15 / 14.15 (p.m.) (in
the afternoon) / two fifteen / (a) quarter past two 24 (many different) toy(s)
(and books) 25 (£)4.25 / four pounds
(and) twenty(-)five (p/pence) Audioscript Sea World is not open at the
moment, but here is some information. We are open six days a week, from
Tuesday to Sunday, from nine a.m. until five thirty p.m. Visitors are welcome
from April to February, but we have to close in March for painting and
repairs. Every morning at eleven,
there is a short film about the sea. Go to the Visitor Centre to watch this.
The film is followed by a short talk about the different animals living in
the sea. The dolphin show begins at
two fifteen every afternoon, but to make sure we can start on time, we ask
everyone to be in their seats by two o’clock. The shop at Sea World is open
all day. Children will like the many different toys and books on sale there.
There is also a café, where you can get drinks and snacks. Adult tickets cost seven
pounds and tickets for children are four pounds twenty-five. There are
special prices for school groups. Thank you for calling Sea
World. |