English Practise
Virginia Evans - Jenny Dooley - Chavdar Zdravchev
Test A: Listening Comprehension
PART 1
Directions: You will hear a text twice. Before you listen to the recording, read the statements below. As you listen to the recording for the first time, look at the statements, but DO NOT take any notes! As you listen to the recording for the second time, you are allowed to mark the statements as true or false (T/F).
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Lissi looks after elderly people in London. Lissi lives in a very small house of her own. Part of Lissi’s job is to do some housework. Lissi has never been to London before. She finds London quite an exciting city. Lissi didn’t find the agency she chose on the Internet. To become an au pair, one is interviewed by an agency. Lissi is pleased with and fond of the family she works for. A girl Lissi knows had a much better family than hers. You have to be fluent in English to start working as an au pair.
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Test A: Reading Comprehension
PART 2: Task 1
Directions: Read the text below. Then, read the questions that follow it and circle the letter of the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
I am sometimes amazed at my own children, the way they get angry if they have to do the dishes twice in one week, the way they act over small bumps and cuts. As a mum, I’ve had to teach myself to admire bloody baby teeth and clean the dirt from scraped knees. However, in my mind, my mother’s voice and that of my grandmother still come into my head. “Oh for goodness sake, you aren’t hurt!” they used to say. For a moment, I want to tell this new generation about my little brother calmly spitting out a
Test A: Listening Comprehension
PART 1
Directions: You will hear a text twice. Before you listen to the recording, read the statements below. As you listen to the recording for the first time, look at the statements, but DO NOT take any notes! As you listen to the recording for the second time, you are allowed to mark the statements as true or false (T/F).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Lissi looks after elderly people in London. Lissi lives in a very small house of her own. Part of Lissi’s job is to do some housework. Lissi has never been to London before. She finds London quite an exciting city. Lissi didn’t find the agency she chose on the Internet. To become an au pair, one is interviewed by an agency. Lissi is pleased with and fond of the family she works for. A girl Lissi knows had a much better family than hers. You have to be fluent in English to start working as an au pair.
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Test A: Reading Comprehension
PART 2: Task 1
Directions: Read the text below. Then, read the questions that follow it and circle the letter of the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
I am sometimes amazed at my own children, the way they get angry if they have to do the dishes twice in one week, the way they act over small bumps and cuts. As a mum, I’ve had to teach myself to admire bloody baby teeth and clean the dirt from scraped knees. However, in my mind, my mother’s voice and that of my grandmother still come into my head. “Oh for goodness sake, you aren’t hurt!” they used to say. For a moment, I want to tell this new generation about my little brother calmly spitting out a