TOEIC CLASS April 7, 2014

LISTENING ENTRANCE TEST

Once upon a time, there lived a king and a (1)_______, who had no children. They were so sorry about having no children that I cannot tell you how (2)_______ they were. At last, however, after many years, the Queen had a (3)________. There was a very fine christening for the baby (4)_______. The King and Queen looked throughout the kingdom for fairies to be her godmothers, and they found (5)________ fairies. Each fairy godmother was to give the princess a (6)_________, as was the custom of fairies in those days. In this way, the Princess had all the perfections imaginable. After the christening ceremony was over, the whole party returned to the Kings (7)_________, where there was prepared a great feast for the seven fairy god-mothers. There was placed before each one of them a magnificent case of gold, in which there were a spoon, knife, and fork, all of pure gold set with (8)_________ and rubies. But as everyone was sitting down at the table, they saw a very old fairy, whom they had not invited, because she had not left the tower where she lived for over (9)________ years, and she was believed to be either dead or under an evil spell. The King ordered could not give her a case of (10)________ as the others had, because they had only made for the seven fairies. The old Fairy felt insulted and muttered some threats between her (11)_______. One of the young fairies who sat by her, overheard how she grumbled; and, guessing that she might give the little Princess an (12)_______ gift, went, as soon as they rose from table, and hid behind the curtains. In the meanwhile all the fairies began to give their gifts to the Princess. The (13)________ wished that she should be the most beautiful

Editor: Vu Phuong Thao

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person in the world; the next, that she should have the (14)_______ of an angel; the third, that she should have a wonderful (15)________ in everything she did; the fourth, that she should (16)________ perfectly well; the fifth, that she should sing like a nightingale; and the sixth, that she should play all kinds of (17)________ to the utmost perfection. The old Fairys turn came next, and shaking her (18)_______ more with spite than anger, she said that one day the Princess would have her hand pricked by a needle on a spinning wheel and that she would (19)________ of the wound. This terrible gift made the whole company tremble, and everybody (20)_______ to cry. At this very instant the young Fairy came out from behind the curtains, and spoke these words aloud.

Editor: Vu Phuong Thao