KEY 3
I.
Listen to Kate interviewing Alex about his life in Spain. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F).
STATEMENTS
T
F
1.
Alex is fed up with his new life.
F
2.
The students at Alex’s school go to the park every lunch time.
T
3.
Alex is good at learning languages.
T
4.
Spanish people are really shy.
F
5.
Alex’s Spanish friends are good at football.
T
II.
Listen to the passage and fill in the blank the missing words.
Education has been the first priority of my life. And I think city life can offer a (1) ………GREAT
SUPPORT……… in terms of offering a vast choice of good institutions that one may like to choose for the
higher studies.
I like city life because of the (2) ………DIVERSITY……… of things you can do. For example, job
opportunities (3) ………ARE BETTER……… in the cities. So, if you are a city dweller, you don’t have to
leave your home in search of better (4) ………WORK OPPORTUNITIES……… You will able to earn the
livelihood and be by the side of your family simultaneously. This was probably the biggest reason I never
could go (5) ………AGAINST……… the city life.
III.Find the word which has a different stress from the other words.
1.
A. cognitive
B. abandon
C. emotion
D. important
2.
A. disappointed
B. preparation
C. adolescence
D. communicate
3.
A. pressure
B. convince
C. friendship
D. guidance
4.
A. adolescence
B. emergency
C. independence
D. disappoint
5.
A. cognitive
B. confident
C. frustrated
D. discipline
6.
A. adolescence
B. adulthood
C. cognitive
D. concentrate
7.
A. confident
B. delighted
C. depressed
D. embarrassed
8.
A. emergency
B. frustrated
C. independence
D. decision
9.
A. guidance
B. informed
C. childhood
D. pressure
10. A. adolescence
B. disappointed
C. independence
D. emotional
IV. Choose the best answer.
1.
We don’t know ……………… to put the sofa.
A.
Why
B. where
C. what
D. who
2.
No one could tell me………………to start the engine.
A.
How
B. what
C. why
D. whom
3.
The rules didn’t specify………………to speak to in case of emergency.
A.
What
B. when
C. who
D. why
4.
I had no idea………………to write my home paper about.
A.
Why
B. which
C. when
D. what
5.
I didn’t know………………to laugh or cry.
A.
Whether
B. if
C. who
D. which
6.
I was………………that you could stay.
A.
Embarrassed
B. delighted
C. tense
D. stressed
7.
We are confident in our………………of a full recovery.
A.
Belief
B. guess
C. expectation
D. wish
8.
To our great………………, it rained every day of the trip.
A.
Disappointment
B. happiness
C. excitement
D. dream
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