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MINISTERIO
DEL INTERIOR
GUARDIA CIVIL
Jefatura de Enseanza
APPENDIX I
How stressed are you?

Professor Parker, a stress expert from the University of London, looks at two
peoples typical day and tries to help
Joan works as a vet in London and lives with her son George, aged 9.
6.30 I get up and I make Georges sandwiches. Then I do some housework. Then I wake up George and make his breakfast.
Im always in a hurry and I dont have time for breakfast at home.
8.00 We walk to school because the bus is expensive. Then I walk six miles to work.
9.00 I have a sandwich for breakfast in the canteen, and then I star work. I like my job but I dont earn much money.
17.00 I finish work and I go to pick up George at 17.30. We go shopping.
18.30 I cook dinner and help George with his homework. After dinner I do more housework or answer e-mails until 21.00. I dont
go out in the evening because a babysitter is very expensive.
21.00 George goes to bed and I read him a story. Then I go to bed Im really tired!
READING COMPRENHENSION
1.
2.
3.
How old is George?

a. George is 9 years old.
b. George are 9 years old.
c. She has 9 years old.
d. He have 9 years old.
Where does Joan work?
a. Joan works as a vet in London.
b. She works in Manchester.
c. Joan work in London.
d. He works in London.
Joan is
a. A lawyer
b. A teacher
4.
5.
c. A vet
d. A journalist
What does she do at 9.00?
a. She has a sandwich for breakfast.
b. She finishes work.
c. She cooks dinner.
d. She reads her son a story.
Jane does some housework
a. At 8.00.
b. At 6.30 and 18.30 after dinner.
c. At 21.00 when George goes to bed.
d. At 17.00.
SPEAKING ACTIVITY
- What do you usually do at the academy?
- What do you do at the weekend?
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The City and the Country

David: Why do you like living in the big city?
Maria: There are many things that are better than living in the country!
David: Can you give me some examples?
Maria: Well, it certainly is more interesting than the country. There is so much more to do and see!
David: Yes, but the city is more dangerous than the country.
Maria: That's true. People in the city aren't as open and friendly as those in the countryside.
David: I'm sure that the country is more relaxed, too!
Maria: Yes, the city is busier than the country. However, the country is much slower than the city.
David: I think that's a good thing!
Maria: Oh, I don't. The country is so slow and boring! It's much more boring than the city.
David: How about the cost of living? Is the country cheaper than the city?
Maria: Oh, yes. The city is more expensive than the country.
David: Life in the country is also much healthier than in the city.
Maria: Yes, it's cleaner and less dangerous in the country. But, the city is so much more exciting. It's faster, crazier and funnier
than the country.
David: I think YOU are crazy for moving to the city.
Maria: Well, I'm young now. Maybe when I'm married and have children I'll move back to the country.
True or False
-
Maria thinks life in the city is more interesting than life in the country.
The people in the countryside aren't as open as the people in the city.
David says that the city is less dangerous than the country.
The country is quieter than the city.
The country is healthier than the city
Maria thinks the city is more fun than the country.
The city isn't as expensive as the country.
David thinks Maria is crazy for leaving the country.
Maria says she might move back to the country when she is married and has children.
1.
2.
3.
4.
David lives in
a. The town
b. A house
c. The country
d. The sea
David thinks that the city is
a. Dangerous
b. Relaxed
c. Slower
d. Cheaper
Maria prefers
a. The relax of the country.
b. The friendly people of the country.
c. The crazy life of the town.
d. The dangerous atmosphere of the city.
Maria will move back to the country when
a. She finds a job

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6.
b. She is married
c. She is stressed
d. She needs food
Maria thinks
a. That the country is more relaxed.
b. She will move back to the country when
shes married and have children.
c. David is crazy for moving to the city.
d. The city is not busier than the country.
Choose the right sentence.
a. Maria will move back to the country when
shes married and has children.
b. David says the country is more
expensive than the country.
c. People are more friendly in the country.
d. The city is cleaner and healthier than the
country.
What's in Your Office?

David: I've got a new office now
Maria: That's great! Congratulations.
David: I'll need a desk and some cabinets. How many cabinets are there in your office?
Maria: I think there are four cabinets in my office.
David: And do you have any furniture in your office? I mean other than the chair at your desk.
Maria: Oh yes, I've got a sofa and two comfortable armchairs.
David: Are there any tables in your office?
Maria: Yes, I've got a table in front of the sofa.
David: Is there a computer in your office?
Maria: Oh yes, I keep a laptop on my desk next to the phone.
David: Are there any flowers or plants in your office?
Maria: Yes, there are a few plants near the window.
David: Where's your sofa?
Maria: The sofa is in front of the window, between the two armchairs.
David: Thanks a lot for your help Maria. This gives me a good idea of how to arrange my office.
Maria: My pleasure. Good luck with your decorating!
David has just received a new job.
Maria keeps a computer next to her telephone.
a.
True
a.
True
b.
False
b.
False
c.
Doesnt say
c.
Doesnt say
David is sure he will need some cabinets in his new office.

a.
True
b.
False
c.
Doesnt say
Maria thinks it is a good idea to have comfortable furniture

in an office.
a.
True
b.
False
c.
Doesnt say
David is surprised that Maria keeps coffee on her table.

a.
True
b.
False
c.
Doesnt say

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A NORMAL DAY
Rob is a bank manager and Jessica is a doctor in a large hospital. Rob gets up at 7:30 am and has a shower. He
leaves home at 8:30 and goes to work by train. He arrives at the bank at 9:00.
Jessica gets up at 9:30 because she doesnt start work until 1:00 in the afternoon. She catches the bus to the
hospital at 12:15 h
Rob finishes work at 5:30 pm and goes shopping in a supermarket near the bank. Then he goes home and cooks the
dinner. He eats alone in the kitchen at 7:00 and then he usually watches TV in the living room until Jessica arrives
home at 10:00. She often has her dinner in front of the television. Rob goes to bed at 11:00, but Jessica usually goes
to bed a bit later.
1. What does Rob do?

a) He is an engineer
b) He is a student
c) He is a doctor
d) He works in a bank
2. Where does Jessica work?
a) She works in a supermarket
b) She works in a bank
c) She works in a hospital
d) She works in a restaurant
3. Choose the correct sentence
a) Rob gets up at 8:30 am
b) Rob goes to work by car
c) Rob gets to work at 9:00 am
d) Rob arrives home at 8:00 pm
4. Choose the correct sentence
a) Jessica cooks the dinner
b) Rob cooks the dinner
c) Rob and Jessica cook the dinner
d) Nobody cooks the dinner
5. When does Jessica start work?
a) She begins very early in the morning
b) She begins in the afternoon
c) She begins in the evening
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TIME TO TWITTER
Every year there is a new internet phenomenon: email, Google, Messenger, Wikipedia, YouTube, Myspace
and Facebook. The latest sensation is Twitter. It is very popular in the United States, Britain and Japan.
Twitter is a social networking system like MySpace and Facebook. The difference is that you write messages with a
maximum of 140 characters. In your message you answer one simple question: What are you doing now?
Twitter is popular with normal people, but it is also popular with celebrities who use it as a blog. Barack Obama,
John McCain, Gordon Brown and Britney Spears all like Twitter. The simple format makes Twitter easy to use from a
mobile phone.
A twitter message is called a tweet. Tweet is literally the sound of a small bird: the symbol on the twitter website is a
bird on a tree. The word twitter also refers to the sound of birds singing.
Twitter is the new digital activity and it is replacing chat as the most important form of communication. Will Twitter
replace Facebook? Who knows. According to the British newspaper The Financial Times, last year Facebook offered
to buy Twitter for $500 million. Twitter said no.
Are theses sentences true or false? Correct those that are false:
Twitter is very popular in the United States, Spain and Japan.

Twitter is a social networking system like Messenger and YouTube.
In Twitter, you write messages with a maximum of 140 characters.
Twitter is only popular with normal people.
You can use Twitter from a mobile phone.
Tweet is the sound of a small dog.
The symbol on the Twitter website is a bird flying.
The word Twitter also refers to the sound of birds singing.
Chat is the most important form of communication.
Twitter will replace Facebook.
1. Find in the text a word with the following definition: a group of connected pages on the World Wide Web
containing information on a particular subject.
a. website
b. messages
c. tweet
d. bird
2. Find in the text an opposite for analog.
a. symbol
b. digital
c. system
d. tree

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Shopping centres
centres
People in the western world spend a lot of time in shopping centres.
Shopping centres are consumer paradises. They are climate-controlled, with wide arcades, fountains, plants and
escalators.
Every type of shop can be found and, for the hungry shoppers who often drive long distances, fast-food shops are
available. Even exquisite restaurants have opened in shopping centres.
Of course, no shopping centre today is complete without a cinema, showing several films simultaneously. Cinemas at
shopping centres were initially to keep youngsters busy while their parents went shopping. In the past, some
shopping centres did no show adult films for this reason.
Gradually, the shopping centre became the place for family meetings, with or without shopping. Families go there just
to spend time together away from home.
1. Questions
a. What type of activities can you do in a shopping centre?
b. Why do families go to shopping centres?
2. True or False?
a. Shopping centres have become a social place, unrelated to shopping. b. A shopping centre is
useable in all weathers.
c. You can only see childrens films in a shopping centre.
d. You can only eat fast food in a shopping centre.
3. Vocabulary
a. Give an opposite for past (line 8): ____________________
b. Find in the text a synonym for young person: _________________
c. Write a word from the text which matches the following definition: very
elegant or expensive. ________________________
4. Speaking
a. Do you like spending time at shopping centres? Why?
b. Shopping centres are bad because they make people consume too much and spend too much money
buying unnecessary things.

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Nasreddin and the Smell of Soup

One day, a poor man, who had only one piece of bread to eat, was walking past a restaurant. There was a large pot of soup on
the table. The poor man held his bread over the soup, so the steam from the soup went into the bread, and gave it a good
smell. Then he ate the bread.
The restaurant owner was very angry at this, and he asked the man for money, in exchange for the steam from the soup. The
poor man had no money, so the restaurant owner took him to Nasreddin, who was a judge at that time. Nasreddin thought
about the case for a little while.
Then he took some money from his pocket. He held the coins next to the restaurant owner's ear, and shook them, so that they
made a jingling noise.
"What was that?" asked the restaurant owner.
"That was payment for you," answered Nasreddin.
"What do you mean? That was just the sound of coins!" protested the restaurant owner.
"The sound of the coins is payment for the smell of the soup," answered Nasreddin. "Now go back to your restaurant."
ACCORDING TO THE TEXT, ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
What food did the poor man have?

a. Soup
b. Bread
c. Nothing
What kind of food did he see in the restaurant?
a. Bread
b. Meat
c. Soup
Why did he hold the bread over the soup?
a. So the steam from the soup would go into the bread.
b. So he could warm his hand.
c. So the restaurant owner would get angry.
Why did the restaurant owner take the poor man to Nasreddin?
a. Because Nasreddin was a judge.
b. So that Nasreddin could pay for the soup.
c. Because Nasreddin was the man's relative.
What did Nasreddin do with the coins?
a. He gave them to the restaurant owner.
b. He made a noise with them.
c. He gave them to the poor man.
What was the payment for the smell of the soup?
a. the sound of Money
b. a few coins
c. there was no payment

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THE EURO
The European Union is not quite the same since the 1st of January 2002, when the new currency, the euro,
came into use in most European countries. Now, for example, an Italian can buy a coffee in Paris with a euro
coin that has a picture of a harp in it.
The design of the notes are the same in every country. They show bridges and buildings or just windows
and doorways on them, but these structures do not represent any existing monuments. All of these pictures
were invented by artists to avoid problems between nations if they showed real ones.
The windows and doorways symbolize a united European community and the bridges are symbolic of
communication and the rest of the world. A circle of stars can also be seen on the notes. These stars
represent the number of member states in the union.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER
1. The euro came into use ...
a) in all the European countries since the 1st of January 2002
b) in almost all the European countries since the 1st of January 2001
c) in most European countries since the 1st of January 2002
d) in most European countries until the 1st of January 2002
2. A euro coin has a picture of
a) a cup of coffee in it
b) a harp in it
c) a monument in it
d) buildings and bridges
3. The design of the notes
a) were invented by artists to avoid problems
b) are different in every country
c) has a harp in it
d) werent invented by artists to avoid problems
4. A united European community is symbolized by
a) bridges
b) a circle of stars
c) doorways
d) the windows and doorways
5. A circle of stars...
a) cant be seen on the notes
b) can be seen on the coins
c) can be seen on the notes
d) symbolizes a united European community

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THE LIBRARIAN
A young man hurried into his town library. He went up to one of the old librarians and said to her eagerly, Do
you remember that you persuaded me to borrow a book about Greek history a week ago?
Yes, thats right, answered the librarian.
Do you remember the name of the book? the young man asked.
The librarian felt very proud, because she was always trying to get young people to take out books about Greek
history, and she rarely found one who was willing to accept her suggestions.
Yes, she answered. Do you want to take it out again? Did you think that it was interesting?
No, of course not, said the young man, but when I was taking it home, I met a girl on the bus, and I wrote
her telephone number in the book. I want to telephone her, so please may I look at the book again?
1. Answer the following questions using your own words.
a. What had the librarian done a week before the story?
b. Who were rarely willing to read the books she suggested?
2. Are the following statements True or False?
a. The book the young man borrowed was written in Greek: _______________
b. The man liked this book very much: _______________
3. Find a word or expression in the text which, in context, is similar in meaning to:
a. Came near: _______________
b. Induced: _______________
4. Choose a, b or c in each question below. Only one choice is correct.

1. The librarian was
a. a young man.
b. an old man.
c. a woman.
2. The librarian
a. convinced the man to take a book about history.
b. dissuaded the man to take a book about history.
c. convinced the man to take a book .
3. According to the librarian
a. only a few people were interested in this topic.
b. many people were interested in this topic.
c. nearly no one was interested in this topic.
4. The young man used the book
a. to find a girlfriend.
b. to read on the bus.
c. to write a number.
5. Composition (100-150): How much do you read? If so, what kind of books do you like?

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New Driving Laws for Teens

There are new laws for teenage drivers. Some parents do not know about these new laws. It is very important that everyone
learns about and understands these new laws.
A teenage girl died in a car crash. She was a passenger in a car. The driver of the car was 16 years old. There were two other
passengers in the car who were also hurt.
The accident reminded some people of how important the new laws are for teenage drivers. The laws were written to hopefully
save lives. Maybe the teenage girl would still be alive if the law was followed.
The new law states that teen drivers cannot have passengers in their car who are under the age of 20 unless there is another
licensed driver over the age of 25 in the car too. The law also states that teenagers cannot drive between the hours of 11 p.m.
and 5 a.m. These laws need to be followed for the first year that a teen driver has his license.
Some students said that they know about the laws but do not obey them. They want to drive with their friends. Some teenagers
are breaking the law by driving with friends in their cars.
There are some exceptions to the new driving laws. Teens can drive their brothers and sisters to school. They can also drive
during off-limits hours because of work or medical reasons. They need to keep a note in their car stating why they need to drive.
Many more teenagers die in car crashes than adults. New laws were made to help keep young drivers safer. If the laws are
going to work they will need to be followed.
1. It is important to know the new laws for...
a. Teenage drivers
b. Teenage drivers parents
c. Everyone
2. What happened in the accident?
a. Three people were hurt.
b. Two people were hurt and a girl died.
c. Three people died.
3. Did the girl follow the law?
a. Yes, she did.
b. No, she didnt.
c. We dont know.
4. The new law is for...
a. Everybody.
b. Everybody who has a driver license.
c. Everybody who has a driver license in their first year.
5. The exceptions of the new law are:
a. They can drive to take their sisters or brothers to school and because of work and medical reasons.
b. Only to take their brothers or sisters to school.
c. Only to for work and medial reasons.

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The UN Building
The United Nations building is located in east Manhattan, New York. This area is an international zone, with its own security
force, fire department and post service.
The UN headquarters consists of four main buildings. The fourth building the Dag Hammarskjold Library was added in
1961 at the southwest corner and is used by UN staff, delegations from member states and members of various missions. The
General Assembly Hall is the largest room at HQ. More than 1,800 people can sit inside to discuss international problems and
work for peace and treaties between nations.
On the eastern side of the main entrance, there is a beautiful blue window, designed by Marc Chagall. Visitors can also see
the Japanese Peace Bell inside its typical Japanese house made of wood. This was given to the UN by Japan in 1954 and is
made from coins collected by children from 60 different countries.
Outside, you can see the flags of many different colours one for each member state. They are placed in alphabetical order
(in English!). So the first flag is Afghanistan and the last one represents Zimbabwe.
1.-The UN building is located
a) east of Manhattan .
b) on the east side of Manhattan.
c) in four buildings.
d) inside the Dag Hammarskjold Library.
2. - The UN library can be used by
a) all visitors.
b) tourists.
c) UN staff only.
d) only certain people, including UN staff.
3. - Marc Chagalls window is
a) opposite the east entrance.
b) next to the Japanese Bell.
c) in the southwest corner.
d) on one side of the main entrance.
4. - The Japanese Peace Bell
a) is made of wood.
b) was made by children.
c) is made from coins.
d) was made by 60 different countries.
5. - Which country has its flag at the UN nearest to the one from Afghanistan?
a) India.
b) USA.
c) Pakistan.
d) Argentina.

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Going shopping
Mrs Smith is going shopping with her son. They are looking for a present for Mr Smith's birthday. Mrs Smith wants to buy him a new
camera and Tom wants to buy him a jumper.
They drive to the department store on the high street. Mrs Smith uses the escalator to go to the Electrical Department on the third
floor and Tom takes the stairs up to the Men's Clothing Department on the first floor.
When she gets to the Electrical Department she finds that cameras are sold in the Photography Department on the ground floor.
She takes the elevator down and asks the sales assistant there for some help. She doesn't know much about cameras and needs
some advice. He recommends an automatic camera by Olympus, but it is too expensive. She asks him if he has anything a little
cheaper and he tells her about a special offer on the Pentax range. It still seems expensive so she thanks the assistant and decides
to shop around first.
Meanwhile, Tom is looking at the jumpers. He only has 10 to spend so he can't afford most of them. He sees his mother and they
decide to go to the smaller shops round the corner.
1.
How does Mrs Smith get around the store?

a) She takes the elevator up and the escalator down.
b) She walks up the stairs and takes the elevator down.
c) She walks up and down the stairs.
d) She takes the escalator up and the elevator down.
2. Where are the cameras sold?
a) The Electrical Department.
b) The Photography Department.
c) The Mens Clothing Department.
3. Where do Mrs Smith and Tom go after the department store?
a) To the bakery round the corner.
b) To the shops round the corner.
c) To the supermarket round the corner.
4. Mrs Smith went into town alone.
a) True
b) False
5. Were they looking for a Christmas present?
a) Yes
b) No
6. Did they walk to the shops?
a) Yes
b) No
7. What department does Mrs Smith go to first?
a) The Mens Clothing Department
b) The Photography Department
c) The Electrical Department
8. Can Mrs Smith afford the Olympus camera?
a) Yes
b) No
9. How much does Tom have to spend?
a) 15
b) 20
c) 10
10. What department does Tom go to?
a) The Womens Clothing Department
b) The mens Clothing Department
c) The Photography Department

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What Were You Doing?

Betsy: I telephoned you yesterday afternoon but you didn't answer? Where were you?
Brian: I was in another room when you called. I didn't hear the phone ringing until it was too late.
Betsy: What were you working on?
Brian: I was photocopying a report that I needed to send to a client. What were you doing when you telephoned?
Betsy: I was looking for Tom and couldn't find him. Do you know where he was?
Brian: Tom was driving to a meeting.
Betsy: Oh, I see. What did you do yesterday?
Brian: I met the representatives from Driver's in the morning. In the afternoon, I worked on the report and was just finishing
when you telephoned. What did you do?
Betsy: Well, at 9 I had a meeting with Ms Anderson. After that, I did some research.
Brian: Sounds like a boring day!
Betsy: Yes, I don't really like doing research. But it needs to be done.
Brian: I agree with you on that, no research - no business!
Betsy: Tell me about the report. What do you think of it?
Brian: I think the report is a good. Tom believes it's good, too.
Betsy: I know thatery report you write is excellent.
Brian: Thank you Betsy, you are always a good friend
What was Brian doing when Betsy telephoned?
He was photocopying a report.

He was having a coffee-break.
He was at a meeting.
What was Betsy doing when she telephoned Brian?
He worked on the report.

He drove to a meeting.
He met representatives from Driver's.
When did Betsy have a meeting with Ms Anderson?
this afternoon
yesterday afternoon
She was writing a report.
yesterday morning
She was looking for Tom.

She was planning a meeting.
What did Brian do yesterday morning?
Betsy thinks Brian does excellent work.
true
false
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THE CLERK
A young lady who was on holiday in Brighton went into a bank to collect some money which had
been sent there for her from the town in which she lived.
The clerk in the Brighton bank did not know her, so he said What proof have you got that you are
really the lady who should collect this money?
The young lady looked worried for a few moments and said, I dont think Ive brought any proof
with me, but then she suddenly looked happy again. She opened her bag, took a photograph of herself out of
it and showed it to the clerk. Heres something, she said.
The clerk looked at the photograph carefully and then looked at the young lady.
Yes, thats you, he said, and paid the money to her without any more trouble.
a. Where did the young lady have to collect her money from?
b. Why did the bank clerk want her to show proof that she was the one whom the money was for?

a. The girl proved that she should have the money. _______________
b. The girl was from Brighton. _______________
a. Believe: _______________
b. Not happy: _______________

1. The girl on holidays
a. needed some money.
b. didnt need any money.
c. had lost some money.
2. The clerk wanted the girl

a. to ask her if she was cheating.
b. to prove him that she was not cheating.
c. to prove him that she was cheating.
3. We know that the girl had
a. one picture of herself in her bag.
b. several pictures of herself in her bag.
c. no pictures of herself in her bag.
4. The clerk was
a. a clever man
b. an intelligent man.
c. a silly man.
5. Composition (100-150 words). Can a beautiful person get all that he/she wants?

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APPENDIX II

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Is a man still a child when hes 30?

Children usually live with their parents- but until what age? 20? 25?
Stephen Richardson, a social psychologist, studies the lifestyles of young people in Britain and the USA. He
says that today many young people live at home when they are 25 or more. They are happy to live with their parents,
go out at night, and spend their money on mobile phones and clothes. Its not only university students, but also
young people who have jobs and earn money.
In many other European countries children leave home later. In Italy, for example, 30% of men and 18% of
women between 30 and 34 live with their parents. This week in Naples a judge decided that Giuseppe Andreoli, aged
70, must pay 750 a month to his ex-wife for their son Marco. Marco lives with his mother- but hes not a child, hes a
30-year-old lawyer!
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
What does Stephen Richardson do?

a. He is a psychologist.
b. He is a teacher.
c. He is a journalist.
d. He is a social psychologist.
In which countries does he study the lifestyles of young people?
a. In Britain and Spain.
b. In USA and Japan.
c. In Germany and Italy.
d. In Britain and USA.
Young people spend their money on
a. Universities and pubs.
b. Phones and parties.
c. Music and concerts.
d. Mobile phones and clothes.
What does Marco do?
a. He is a university teacher.
b. He is a judge.
c. He is a sale assistant.
d. He is a lawyer.
Choose the right answer.
a. In Britain 30% of men and 18% of women between 30 and 34 live with their parents.
b. Giuseppe Andreoli must pay 750 a month to ex-wife for their son Marco.
c. Marco doesnt live with his mother.
d. Richardson says many young people who live at home when they are 25 or more arent happy to live with
their parents.

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A Thief Regrets
I made a mistake!
Pan Aiying is a teacher in Shandong, China. One evening she is cycling home from work. Suddenly a thief on a motorbike pulls
alongside her. He grabs Pam's handbag and speeds away.
Pan is very upset. Inside the bag is a mobile phone and around 4,900 Yuan ($600 US). It's the money to pay her rent
When she tries calling her phone there's no answer. So Pan sends a text message.
You can keep the money if you really need it, she writes, but please return the other things to me. We all make mistakes.
No Reply
That message receives no reply. Nor do the other 20 messages Pan sends to her phone. I wont see my bag again,
she thinks sadly.
Three days later Pan has a happy surprise. She returns home from work to find her handbag outside the front door of
her home. Its all here! she cries. My money, my phone everything! Inside the bag theres also a letter. Its from the thief:
Dear Pan
Im very sorry for stealing your bag. Please forgive me.
I read your messages and they made me rethink my life. Even though I did you harm, you still tried to help me.
I made a mistake but I want to change. I want to become a good person like you
True or false?
-
The thief is a teacher in Shandong.

Inside the bag is a mobile phone and some money.
The thief was driving a car.
Pan sends only one message.
The thief wants to become a good person.
1.
Choose the right sentence.

a. She has around 600 yuan inside the bag.
b. The thief sends pan a text message.
c. The money she has in the bag is the money to pay her rent.
d. Pan sends the thief around 30 messsages.
Answer the questions:

-
What do you think? Did the thief really change?
Should the thief go to prison? Why/Why not?

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Robotic dog could be everyones favourite pet

Imagine a pet that wont wet the carpet, doesnt have to be fed and never attacks the postman.
Meet Aibo, the robotic dog who obeys by remote control. Invented by the Japanese electronics giant Sony, Aibo will appeal
to everyone whos always wanted a dog, but doesnt have the time or the inclination to take it for a walk.
Aibo is just like a real dog he loves to play with toys and recognises his owners voice. Hes about the size of a chihuaha
a tiny dog not much bigger than a football- and when he is happy he has been programmed to wag his tail.
As well as sitting and begging. Aibo will also dance, bark through his electronic voice box and lie down to sleep. He has
been specially designed to judge distances, so that he wont bump into walls.
The little computer pet is already on sale in Japan, where sales have been very good, a spokesman for Sony said. Aibo
might even take over from the amazingly popular cyberpets, like Tamagotchis, with appeared on the market a few years ago.
Aibo is much more real than a Tamagotchi, Sonys spokesman said. You can really connect with him hes not just a mini
screen on the face of a key ring.
Aibo will soon be available in the United States, and Sony hopes to sell him in this country by Christmas. He doesnt come
cheap one metal mutt plus remote control will set you back about 1,400.
But think of it this way: you wont have to spend a penny on dog food.
1. Whats Aibo?
a) A robotic dog who wets the carpet.
b) A robotic dog who obeys by remote control.
c) A robotic dog who attacks the postman.
2. What does Aibo love?
a) To play with his owner.
b) To play with toys.
c) To play with other dogs.
3. Aibo is
a) Much less real tan a Tamagotchi.
b) As real as a Tamagotchi.
c) Much more real tan a Tamagotchi.
4. The Little computer pet is
a) Already on sale in Japan.
b) Not on sale in Japan.
c) Already on sale in USA.
5. Are these sentences true or false?
a) Aibo was invented by Sony.
b) You must take Aibo for a walk.
c) Aibo recognises his owners voice.
d) Aibo can wail his tail.
e) Aibo can play football.
f) Aibo is cheap.
g) Aibo needs dog food.
6. Would you like to have a robotic pet?
7. What do you prefer, a robotic pet or a real pet? Why?

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Next stop: Mars

People have been walking on the surface of Mars for more than a century, in fantasy. Now, however, the possibility is so
real that many people think the question is not whether humans will go to Mars, but when they will go, how they will get there
and who will go first.
Although there is growing agreement that reaching Mars will be some kind of multinational effort, a prosperous nation, like
the United States, seems capable of such an achievement by itself. For the US it is a political priority. The cost of the project
has been estimated at $60 billion, about double the price of the Apollo Moon project.
Of all the other planets in the solar system, Mars is the most like Earth. With about half the Earths diameter, with one third
of the gravity and only one percent of the atmosphere, space vehicles have found that Mars hides an important amount of water
under its surface and in its frozen poles. While Venus is closer, with an average temperature of about 850 degrees, it is hostile.
From the presence of water and a relatively moderate climate comes another powerful attraction. The fascination with Mars
centres around the issue of life. Mars is key to answering that critical question: is there life somewhere other than on Earth?
A) Answer the following questions according to the information given in the text. Use your own words:
B) Are these statements true or false? Justify your answers with words or phrases from the text:
C) Find in the text the word which has the following definition:
a plan for work or activity of any kind (noun)
D) Find in the text one opposite for friendly (adjective):
E) Speaking:

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Carnival safety success

This years Notting Hill Carnival, Europes biggest street festival, is being acclaimed as the best ever. Despite the
cloudy skies, the carnival brought the streets to life in its own unique way with record numbers and little reported
crime.
After the two murders in 2000, several changes were made. Firstly, the route for the carnival was changed to
avoid the narrowest streets in Notting Hill, a residential area with many small roads. Secondly, the carnival
organisers provided more stewards and they received better training. Finally, the organisers ensured that the ending
time, 9 p.m., was closely observed.
Following these changes, Carnival 2002 saw more than a million people party in the streets of Notting Hill. More
than 3,000 people dressed in spectacular colourful costumes and paraded and danced through the streets.
Apart from the carnival parade, the local area was filled with sound systems pumping out music of all different
kinds Samba, Soca, Reggae and Rap music being the most common.
Police yesterday said that 56 arrests were made over the weekend, which included 30 arrest for pick-pocketing
and three for robbery. The chairman of the Notting Hill Carnival Trust, Chris Mullard, said yesterday, I hope people
will now see the carnival for what it is; a wonderful opportunity to project the multiculturalism that is metropolitan
London.
1. QUESTIONS
a. What was the problem in 2000?
b. Which changes did the authorities make so that the Carnival was safe?
2. Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE?

a. In Europe, there is a bigger festival than Notting Hill Carnival. b. The carnival parade
was different this year.
c. Many activities continued till midnight.
d. The carnival represents only one group or community in London.
3. Choose the correct definitions for the following words. There is an extra one.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Something that plays music in a public place.

A place where many people live.
To take action about something.
Stealing from someones pockets.
Walked in a public procession.
Someone who helps control a big event.
Residential area
Steward
Paraded
Sound system
Pick-pocketing
4. Speaking
a. Do you like being in crowded places like a Carnival or a procession?
b. Knowing different cultural traditions enriches our own culture. What is your
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and its second largest city, after Glasgow. Edinburgh is 45 miles away from Glasgow, 15
from Livingston and 100 miles from Carlisle and Aberdeen.
It is in the south-east of Scotland, on the east coast of Scotland's "Central Belt", on the south shore of the Firth of Forth, on the
North Sea and, because of its rugged setting and vast collection of Medieval and Georgian architecture including numerous
stone tenements, it is one of the most dramatic cities in Europe.
It forms the City of Edinburgh council area; the city council area includes urban Edinburgh and a 30sq mile rural area.
It has been the capital of Scotland since 1437 (replacing Scone) and is the seat of the Scottish Parliament. The city was one of
the major centres of the Enlightenment, led by the University of Edinburgh, gaining the nickname Athens of the North. The Old
Town and New Town districts of Edinburgh were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995. There are over 4,500 listed
buildings within the city. In the census of 2001, Edinburgh had a total resident population of 448,624.
Edinburgh is well-known for the annual Edinburgh Festival, a collection of official and independent festivals held annually over
about four weeks from early August. The number of visitors attracted to Edinburgh for the Festival, is roughly equal to the
settled population of the city. The most famous of these events are the Edinburgh Fringe (the largest performing arts festival in
the world), the Edinburgh International Festival, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, and the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Other notable events include the Hogmanay street party (31 December), Burns Night (25 January), St. Andrew's Day
(November 30), and the Beltane celebrations (30 April).
The city is one of Europe's major tourist destinations, attracting roughly 13 million visitors a year, and is the second most visited
tourist destination in the United Kingdom, after London.
1. Glasgow is 45km away from Edinburgh.
5. Edinburgh is not as visited as London.
True.
True.
False.
False.
We don't know.
We don't know.
2. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland since...

1437.
1995.
We don't know.
3. The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is not very popular.
True.
False.
We don't know.
4. The largest festival in the world is the Edinburgh Film
Festival.
True.
False.
We don't know.

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Illegal music fans ready to pay

Computer-literate music fans who illegally share songs and films over the Internet also spend a lot more on CDs than
those who do not, according to a study published last January.
The study shows that downloading tracks without permission makes young people enthusiastic buyers of singles and
albums online.
Illegal downloading has become a big issue. And the music industry is blaming the swapping of pirated tracks for
losing a lot of money. The study, which included almost 1000 music fans who own computers as well as mobile
phones, shows that those who regularly download or share unlicensed music also spend a lot of money on legal,
downloads through official sites. The spokesman of a famous record company said that it was quite interesting to
see that music fans who break the piracy laws are also good customers. Still all companies agree to stick to their
hard line against those who break copyright by trading songs illegally
1. TRUE or FALSE?
Sharing music files on the Internet is against the law.
The music industry does not have anything against pirates.
Most young people do not want to pay for their music files.
T
T
T
F
F
F
2. According to a study published last January...

a) downloading tracks without permission makes old people enthusiastic buyers of singles and albums in shops.
b) music fans who legally share songs and films over the Internet also spend a lot more on CDs than those who do not.
c) downloading tracks with permission makes young people enthusiastic sellers of singles and albums online.
d) downloading tracks without permission makes young people enthusiastic buyers of singles and albums online.
3. That music fans who regularly download or share unlicensed music...
a) also spend a lot of money on legal, downloads through official sites.
b) dont spend much money on legal, downloads through official sites.
c) are also enthusiastic buyers of singles and albums in shops.
d) are very bad customers
4. The spokesman of a famous record company said:
a) legal downloading has become a big issue
b) music fans who break the piracy laws are also good customers
c) music fans who break the piracy laws are also good costumes
d) the study included more than 1000 music fans who own computers as well as mobile phones
5. All companies agree to stick to their hard line
a) against those who break copyright by trading songs legally
b) in favour of those who break copyright by trading songs illegally
c) against music fans who spend a lot on CDs
a) against those who break copyright by trading songs illegally

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CROSSROADS
As one approaches some crossroads, one comes to a sign which says that drivers have to stop when they come
to the main road ahead. At other crossroads, drivers have to go slow, but they do not actually have to stop (unless, of
course, there is something coming along the main road); and at still others, they do not have either to stop or to go slow,
because they are themselves on the main road.
Mr. Williams, who was always a very careful driver, was driving home from work one evening when he came to a
crossroads. It had a Slow sign, so he slowed down when he came to the main road, looked both ways to see that
nothing was coming, and then drove across without stopping completely.
At once he heard a police whistle, so he pulled in to the side of the road and stopped. A policeman walked over to
him with a notebook and pencil in his hand and said, You didnt stop at the crossing.
But the sign there doesnt say Stop, answered Mr Williams. It just says Slow, and I did go slow.
The policeman looked around him, and a look of surprise came over his face. Then he put his notebook and
pencil away, scratched his head and said, Well, Ill be blowed I am in the wrong street!
1. Answer the following questions using your own words but taking into account the information in the text.
a. When do you have to stop when you reach a crossroads?
b. What happens when you are on the main road?
2. Ate the following statements True or False? Identify the part of the text that supports your answer by copying
the exact passage.
a. Stop signs can be found at every crossroads:
b. Mr Williams was a distracted driver:
c. Mr. Williams stopped completely before crossing the main road:

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3. Find a synonym for each of the four words from the six options.
CROSSROADS
AHEAD
SLOW DOWN
WHISTLE
NOTEBOOK
a. Reduce speed:
b: In front:
c: Rub your skin with your nails:
d: Place where two roads meet:
SCRATCH
4. Choose a, b, or c in each question below. Only one choice is correct.

1. At a crossroads, you reduce your cars speed when
a. there is s stop sign. b. there is a
slow sign.
c. you are on the main road.
2. When Mr Williams heard the police whistle
a. he sped up and disappeared.
b. he stopped the car at one side of the road. c. he ignored the
whistle and went on driving.
3. The police stopped Mr Williams because
a. there was a stop sign that Mr Williams ignored.
b. the police was not sure whether Mr Williams had a driving licence.
c. the police thought that he was a t a different crossroads with a stop sign on it.
5. Composition (130-150 words): Will you get a driving licence when you turn eighteen?

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THE HUNTER
A certain hunter had found a piece of forest where there were plenty of animals to hunt. The only trouble was that the place
was very difficult to get to.
He returned from his first visit to the place in late autumn, and could not get back until the snows melted in the following spring.
Then he went to the pilot of a small plane, who earned his living by carrying hunters over parts of the country where there were
no roads and no railways, and asked him to take him back to his favourite piece of forest.
The pilot did not know the place, so the hunter showed it to him on the map. But there is nowhere to land there, man! said the
pilot. I have flown over that part of the country on my way to other places, and I know that we cant land anywhere between this
river and these mountains.
I thought you were a wonderful pilot, said the hunter. Some of my friends said you could land a plane on a postage stamp.
Thats right, answered the pilot. I can land a plane where nobody else can. But I tell you there is nowhere to land in the place
you are talking about.
And what if I tell you that another pilot did land me there last spring? said the hunter.
Is that true? asked the pilot.
Yes, it is. I swear it.
Well, this pilot could not let himself be beaten by another, so he agreed to take the hunter.
When they reached the place, the hunter pointed out a small spot without trees in the middle of the forest, with a steep rise at
one end. The pilot thought that there was not enough room to land there, but the hunter said that the other pilot had done so the
year before, so down went the plane. When it came to the rise, it turned right over onto its back. As the hunter climbed out, he
smiled happily and said, Yes, that is exactly how the other pilot managed it last time.
1. The pilot did not want to take the hunter to his hunting place because...
a. he did not know where it was.
b. he was not a good pilot.
c. he knew there was not enough place to land the plane.
2. The hunter hired a pilot because...
a. the place was isolated.
b. the place could be reached faster by plane.
c. the hunter did not like cars.
3. The pilot landed the plane...
a. because he found a good place to do so.
b. but he had an accident when he did so.
c. although he nearly crashed the plane.
4. Choose the correct sentence:
a. The pilot crashed the plane.
b. The pilot landed without a problem.
c. The pilot landed in spite of the lack of room there.
5. How does the pilot earn his living?
a. By taking hunters to remote places.
b. By taking hunters to places where there are roads and railways.
c. By taking people to lakes and mountains.
6. Composition (80-100 words): What is your opinion about hunting?

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The house of the future

Just imagine a house which cleaned itself, where robots prepared the meals, did the ironing, washed the dishes, did the dusting
and all the DIY. The house of the future will be built indoors and under big domes and surrounded by lots of trees and plants.
The house itself will be any style or size you want and, as it will be inside, you will need only a little energy to heat it. Much of
the power will come from solar panels in the dome -- a round roof.
Forget the front door keys, your door will be opened with a voice activated computer which will also act as a 24-hour security
guard and servant. He will pay bills, order food, book your holidays and even help you with the crossword! Having a party?
Make the living room bigger by pressing a button and moving the walls. When your guests leave, change them back again.
There will be plenty of room for fun, too. The leisure room will be an entrance into a world of adventure. If you get bored,
simulators will provide any experience from skiing to parachuting to canoeing. Love it or hate it, the house of the future is on its
way.
1.a)
b)
c)
d)
All houses will have __________

garages
dishes
irons
robots
a)
b)
c)
d)
The house of the future will be __________

outdoors
smaller than now
without any plants or trees
more economical
a)
b)
c)
d)
Who is He (line 8) according to the text?

A computer
A security guard
A servant
A neighbour
a)
b)
c)
d)
For parties, you can __________

rent a room
go parachuting
alternate room size
hire a robot
a)
b)
c)
d)
The last sentence means __________

If you love it, you can have it
If you don't want it, you don't have to accept it
It will not come for a long time
It is definitely going to come
2.-
3.-
4.-
5.-

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Friendship
Quotes about friendship:
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
Some friends come into our lives for just a short time. Others come and stay forever. Think about your closest friends. How long have you
known each other? Some people say that their spouse or family member is their best friend. Others say they have known their closest
friends for many years. And some great friends haven't known each other all that long, but knew right away that there was a connection, or
bond, between them. Could it be that there is a twin spirit out there for each of us?
What turns a stranger or acquaintance into a friend? Do you know right away if you are going to like someone? Some people think that any
stranger can become a friend if they spend enough time together. That may be true for some people. But one thing most of us agree on is
that true friendships seem to happen when people have something in common. Perhaps we see a part of ourselves in our friends. Maybe
seeing the good in them helps us to see the good in us as well.
1. Your husband or wife cannot be your best friend.
True
False
2. Many friends feel a connection when they first meet.
True
False
3. Every person definitely has a twin spirit.
True
False
4. A stranger is the same as an acquaintance.
True
False
5. A stranger is the same as a friend.
True
False
6. Most friends have similar likes and dislikes.
True
False
Vocabulary activity
1. spouse
2. bond
3. twin spirit
4. stranger
5. acquaintance
6. right away
7. in common
a) immediately
b) connection, something that makes two things stick together
c) things that you like or dislike are the same
d) someone you don't know at all
e) someone you don't know very well
f) husband or wife
g) someone very similar to you

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Accomodation
My first order of business when I moved to New York was to find accommodation. I needed to find a place to rent as soon as
possible. My first choice was to get an apartment. Unfortunately, I quickly found out that the only area I could afford was an
hour's subway ride from downtown. I then decided to look for a studio in a neighborhood closer to work. I spoke with a number
of landlords, but wasn't able to find anything. Then, I decided to go to a real estate agent for help. The agent was very helpful,
but the fee was a full month's rent! I agreed and the agent showed me a few places. The first was in the basement and had very
bad lighting. The next place was a furnished studio that was very cluttered. The last place was on a quiet block with parking in
the back. I signed the lease immediately.
It's important to get your _____ settled immediately when you arrive in a new town.
1. Studio
2. accomodation
3. landlord
_____ are generally more expensive than studios to rent.
1. Apartments
2. Rooms
3. Accommodation
If you work _____, it's best to get a place that's not too far away.
1. at home
2. downtown
3. outdoors
Make sure you can _____ an apartment before you sign the lease.
1. Permit
2. Allow
3. afford
If you are looking for nightlife, don't live in the _____.
1. Downtown
2. Suburbs
3. studio
Make sure to get to know your _____ in the city as quickly as possible.
1. Neighborhood
2. Local
3. region
My friend Jack tries to avoid the _____ at the end of each month!
1. Landmaster
2. Landlord
3. renter
If you can't find a place on your own, you'll have to go to a _____ agent.
1. Home
2. real estate
3. showing
Unfortunately, agents' _____ can be very high in this city.
1. Tickets
2. Fees
3. fares

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Officers
Before the last war, officers in the navy had a lot more freedom when their ship was in port than they have
nowadays. They were expected to lead a busy social life, and to take an active part in sport ashore. It was therefore
rather difficult for them to find time to do all their other duties.
Usually, all the officers in a ship used to have a regular meeting together once a week to receive orders from
their captain, make reports and discuss any business that had to be discussed, such as who should represent the ship in
the next football match.
One such meeting was being held on board a ship one day, and after the regular business had been
completed, the time came to discuss the date of the next meeting. Friday of the next week was suggested, and so was
Monday of the week after, but both of them interfered with somebodys arrangements for the weekend, and in the end
it was generally agreed that the meeting should be held on Wednesday, as this would be the least likely day to interfere
with anybodys convenience, since it was right in the middle of the week.
As the officers were leaving, however, one of them was heard to say, Wednesday is the worst day, because it
interferes with two weekends!
1. Answer the following questions using your own words but taking into account the information in the text.
a. What happened before the war when a ship was in a port?
2. Did the officers have to make reports? When?
3. Are the following statements True or False? Identify the part of the text that supports your answer by copying
the exact passage.
a. The officers did not have time to do all their tasks:
b. The officers received orders from the lieutenant when they had a meeting:
c. The meetings were held ashore:
4. Find a synonym for each of the four words below from these six options.
NOWADAYS
LEAD
ASHORE
THEREFORE
REPORT
1. At present:
2. Plan:
3. Description of an event or situation:
4. Live:

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1. One of the things that the officers discussed at the weekly meetings was
a. who should stay on board.
b. who should have the permission to phone home. c. who should play
in the next football game.
2. On one of the meetings, the last thing that the officers discussed was
a. the date of the following meeting. b. regular
business.
c. if the officers should play other sports than football.
3. According to one officer, Wednesday was not a good day to meet because
a. it interfered with everybodys arrangements.
b. it interfered with the previous and the following weekend. c. it interfered with the
football match.
5. Composition (80-100 words): Do you have any meetings with other people or friends? Why? Why not?

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Brotherly love?
Adidas and Puma have been two of the biggest names in sports shoe manufacturing for over half a century.
Since 1928 they have supplied shoes for Olympic athletes, World Cup-winning football heroes, Muhammad Ali, hip hop
stars and rock musicians famous all over the world. But the story of these two companies begins in one house in the town of
Herzogenaurach, Germany.
Adolph and Rudolph Dassler were the sons of a shoemaker. They loved sport but complained that they could never find
comfortable shoes to play in. Rudolph always said, You cannot play sports wearing shoes that youd walk around town with.
So they started making their own. In 1920 Adolph made the first pair of athletics shoes with spikes, produced on the Dasslers
kitchen table.
On 1st July 1924 they formed a shoe company, Dassler Brother Ltd. The company became successful and it provided the
shoes for Germanys athletes at the 1928 and 1932 Olympic Games.
But in 1948 the brothers argued. No one knows exactly what happened but family members have suggested that the
argument was about money or women. The result was that Adolph left the company. His nickname was Adi, and using this and
the first three letters of the family name, Dassler, he founded Adidas.
Rudolph relocated across the River Aurach and founded his own company too. At first he wanted to call it Ruda, but
eventually he called it Puma, after the wild cat. The famous Puma logo of the jumping cat has survived until now.
After the big split of 1948 Adolph and Rudolph never spoke to each other again and since then their companies have
been in competition. Both companies were for many years the market leaders, though Adidas has always been more successful
than Puma. In the 1970s new American companies Nike and Reebok arrived to rival them.
The terrible family argument should really be forgotten, but ever since it happened, over fifty years ago, the town has
been split into two. Even now, some Adidas employees and Puma employees dont talk to each other.
1.
2.
3.
In 1924
a.
Adolph and Rudolph Dassler created

Adidas.
b.
Adolph and Rudolph Dassler founded

Puma.
c.
Adolph and Rudolph formed a shoe

company.
d.
Adolph and Rudolph founded a shoe

company.
4.
5.
Why did they argue?

a.
Because Adolph left the company.
b.
Because Rudolph didnt want to live in

Germany.
c.
Nobody knows what happened.
d.
They argued about women.
True or false:
a.
The Dasslers father was a sportsman.
b.
The brothers first made sports shoes at

home.
c.
They argued about the shoes.
d.
They decided to start their own companies.
e.
Puma sells more shoes than Adidas.
f.
People in the town have now forgotten the

argument.
When did they form Dessler Brother Ltd. Company?

a.
After the big split of 1948.
b.
On the second of July 1928.
c.
From 1928 until 1932.
d.
On the first of July 1924.
Who founded Puma?

a.
Adolph Dessler.
b.
Rudolph Dessler.
c.
River Aurach.
d.
Ruda Aurach.

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Answer the questions.

a.
What is the name of the two brothers?
b.
In what year did they split?
c.
What happened to the people in the town?
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IS SEEING BELIEVING?
The popular expression, seeing is believing, means if we see something, we will usually believe its real. But can we always
believe what we see?
There are many ways our eyes can fool us, for example, optical illusions. Magicians rely on optical illusions for their tricks. We
know the tricks arent real, but even if we watched very carefully, the magician would manage to fool us.
And then there are mirages. Travellers lost in a desert are often victims of these. Tired and thirsty, they see trees and water in
the distance. But when they get closer, everything cruelly disappears. These travellers arent dreaming. If they took a
photograph of the mirage, it would appear in the picture too. So whats happening? A mirage occurs when one layer of air
meets another layer of air at a different temperature. The difference in temperature makes the light bend and creates a picture
of another place.
One of the most famous mirages in history occurred in1897 in Alaska. Explorers saw a city above a glacier. One person later
said, We could clearly see houses, streets and trees. Some people believe the explorers saw a picture of a city 2,000
kilometres away!
So, seeing isnt always believing. But isnt it amazing to see how our eyes can deceive us?
Questions:
What makes us see a mirage?
What two phenomena are examples of ways our eyes fool us?
Match A to B to complete the sentences.
B
A
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
An optical illusion
Travellers in the desert
A mirage
Photographs
Explorers in Alaska
1.
Choose the wrong sentence.

a. Magicians rely on optical illusions for their tricks.
b. Travellers lost in a desert are often victims of mirages.
c. In 1897 in Alaska, some explorers saw houses, streets and trees.
d. If travellers took a photograph of a mirage it doesnt appear in the picture.
Answer the questions:
a. What did the explorers see in the mirage?
b. What are the main factors that cause the appearance of mirages in the desert?
2.

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a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
also show mirages.

is something magicians use in their tricks.
saw a mirage of a city.
often see mirages.
is a picture of a different place.
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a world-wide volunteer organization founded entirely by subscriptions and donations. It is totally
independent of any government, political faction, ideology, economic interest or religious creed.
The organization works for the release of `Prisoners of Conscience'- men, women and children imprisoned anywhere for their
beliefs, colour, sex, ethnic origin, language or religion. It also seeks fair and immediate trial for all political prisoners detained
without charge, and opposes torture and the degrading treatment of prisoners. It is also against the death penalty for all types of
crime.
Amnesty works by collecting information. When it has proof that a person is a `Prisoner of Conscience, that person's case is
handed over to a local group. The local groups are ordinary individuals who believe in Amnesty's work. They send letters to
governments, embassies, leading newspapers and the prisoner's family and friends. They also collect signatures and raise
money to send medicine, food and clothing to the prisoners and their families. These volunteers use their freedom of speech to
win the same freedom for their adopted prisoner.
Paradoxically, Amnesty International is an organization that will only be satisfied when it has become redundant.
1. What are the aims of Amnesty International?
2. How do Amnesty's local groups operate?
3. Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)?

a) Amnesty International follows a religious creed.
b) Amnesty International fights for the release of any prisoner who opposes violence.
4. Choose a, b, or c, in each question below.
1. Amnesty International is supported ...
a) by people with left-wing views.
b) in part by government assistance.
c) by people who give money or subscribe to the organization.
2. Amnesty gathers information ...
a) to determine if someone is a `Prisoner of Conscience'.
b) to support its local groups.
c) for the `Prisoners of Conscience.
3. The local groups are composed of ...
a) representatives from governments, embassies, leading newspapers, etc.
b) special people who know the prisoners and their families.
c) normal people who have the same views as Amnesty International.
4. Amnesty International will go on working until
a) many `Prisoners of Conscience' are released from prison.
b) its work becomes unnecessary.
c) the `Prisoners of Conscience' are redundant.
5. Composition (100-150 words approximately). Choose one of the following topics.
1. Discuss the different points of view on the death penalty
2. Would you like to join Amnesty International? Explain why / why not.

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THE RUNNING OF THE BULLS

Dating back to the Middle Ages, the festival of San Fermn is one of the most famous celebrations in Spain. The festival was not
held on 7th July 1590 for the simple reason that it did not exist. Initially, it was celebrated on October 10th, but in 1591 the people
of Pamplona, tired of having their homage to their patron saint ruined by bad weather, decided to transfer the fiesta to July.
The fact is, though, Saint Fermn himself was not exactly a party-goer. According to tradition, his father, senator Firmo, was a
Roman officer stationed in Pamplona. San Fermn was converted to Christianity by a French priest, and he became bishop of
Amiens, and later he was the 1st Bishop of Pamplona.
The religious celebration is in perfect harmony with the cult of the bull and the cult of Bacchus, the god of wine. The
Sanfermines is an absolute and radical festival in which the people of Pamplona play the leading part, but in which outsiders
feel immediately at home. The most famous aspect of the celebration is the running of the bulls. For nine days Pamplona
becomes the world capital of happiness, with music in the streets, thousands of people dressed in white and red, and lots of
eating, drinking and dancing until the body drops, thats why Pamplona is known as the lawless city. It is worth a visit, but
caution is recommended, however, as every year between 200 and 300 people are injured during the running of the bulls,
although most injuries are not serious. Since 1910, 14 people have been killed in Pamplona.
1- The festival of San Fermn has been celebrated since ____

a) 7th July 1590.
b) 7th July 1591.
c) 10th October 1591.
d) Roman times.
2- Who was San Fermn?
a) A party-goer.
b) A Roman officer.
c) A French priest.
d) A bishop.
3- Why did the people of Pamplona change the festival to July?
a) Because the weather was better.
b) Because the patron saint liked July.
c) Because it didnt exist.
d) Because they were very tired in October.
4- According to the text, ___________
a) only the people in Pamplona celebrate San Fermn.
b) people from outside Pamplona have a house there.
c) both foreigners and people of Pamplona take part in the festival.
d) the celebration is only religious.
5- Pamplona is known as the lawless city because _____
a) lots of people take part in the running of the bulls.
b) it is full of people eating, drinking and having fun.
c) many people are injured during the run.
d) people are dressed in white and red.

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The big bottle

In Spanish cities, at night, crowds of young people wander the streets in search of a party, meeting their friends and stopping to
drink. When a large mass of people get together, a party spontaneously breaks out. This phenomenon, translated into English as booze-up
or binge-drinking, is perceived by local governments as a social problem because it is impossible to predict where it will take place and
because drinkers are as young as 12.
In addition, now it has become fashionable to compete for the biggest national drinking party, as cities from Mlaga to Madrid to
Madrid and Barcelona to Bilbao try to outdo one another by organizing the largest gathering. Word is spread by e-mail and text messages,
and teenagers crowd into city centres, armed with bottles of soft drinks generously mixed with alcohol.
City councils are very cautious about calling in the police for fear that drunken youths will turn to violence. The Government has
tried to introduce emergency legislation but his is unlikely to have much impact, because, across Spain, regional authorities have set
different minimum ages to buy alcohol.
Despite Spains reputation for civilised Mediterranean drinking habits, the big bottle leaves city centres full of rubbish, and
residents, who have been kept up all nigh, furious. Under-age drinkers claim that his way they can enjoy a night out for as little as 6 euros a
night, whereas bars are too expensive.
1. Answer the following questions according to the information given in the text. Use your own words:
2. Are these statements true or false? Justify your answers with the precise words or phrases from the text:
3. Find in the text the word which has the following definition:
To walk around without a particular destination (verb)
4. Give on opposite for BREAK (verb):
5. Find in the text one synonym for LITTER (noun):

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HOLLYWOOD STARS
Hollywood invented the modern star. In the golden years of Hollywood, the film companies produced film after film
starring a particular actor or actress. The films were accompanied by huge publicity campaigns so that, regardless of
whether the star could act or not, he or she became famous overnight and a well-known name throughout the world. A
star in Hollywood meant an exceptional human being. The publicity people dreamed up an image for each star; they
exaggerated their good qualities and concealed anything unfavourable. Stars were marketed as being good looking,
heroic, happy, beautiful and rich people who enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle. People looked up to them and treated as gods.
People were fooled by publicity campaigns. These stars were not super humans. They were ordinary people like you and
me. Many of Hollywoods stars were average actor and actress. There was so much advertising for each movie that the
public were hypnotised and believe that these stars were in fact superior.
1. Answering the following questions:

a. What did Hollywood mean by the term star?
b. How was the life of the stars marketed?
2. Are these statements TRUE or FALSE?

a. Hollywood produced most films without any publicity at all.
b. A hollywood star was a synonym of an extraordinary person
c. People believed in the image of the stars that Hollywood created.
3. Find words or phrases in the text that mean the same as these given. a. To perform in a theatre
play or a film.
b. Very expensive, beautiful and comfortable.
c. To be in a sleep-like state in which your thoughts and actions can be influenced
by others suggestions.
4. Speaking
a. Brief summary of a film you have seen recently.
b. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a Hollywood star.

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Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper is a pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer (or killers) active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel
area and adjacent districts of London in the second half of 1888. The name is taken from a letter to the Central News Agency by
someone claiming to be the murderer, published at the time of the killings. Although many theories have been advanced, Jack
the Ripper's identity may never be proven.
The legends surrounding the Ripper murders have become a complex muddle of genuine historical research, freewheeling
conspiracy theory and dubious folklore. The lack of a confirmed identity for the killer has allowed subsequent authors, historians
and mostly amateur sleuthsdubbed Ripperologiststo point their fingers at a wide variety of candidates. Newspapers, whose
circulation had been growing during this era, bestowed widespread and enduring notoriety on the killer due to the savagery of
the murders and the failure of police to effect a capture, with the Ripper sometimes escaping discovery by mere minutes.
Victims were women earning income as casual prostitutes. Typical Ripper murders were perpetrated in a public or semi-public
place; the victim's throat was cut, after which the cadaver was subjected to abdominal and sometimes other mutilations such as
those found in lust murder. Many now believe that the victims were first strangled in order to silence them. Due to the nature of
the wounds on some presumed Ripper victims, several of whom had internal organs removed, it has been proposed that the
killer had a degree of surgical or medical skill, or was perhaps a butcher, although this point, like most of the beliefs about the
killer and facts in the case, is in dispute.
1. The murders were committed in 1888.

True.
False.
We don't know.
False.
We don't know.
4. The killer may have had medical skills.

True.
2. The name was taken from a letter received by the

Central News Agency.
True.
False.
We don't know.
3. The killer was never identified.
True.

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False.
We don't know.
5. The killer may have been a butcher.
True.
False.
We don't know.
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ANTI
ANTISMOKING LAW IN SPAIN
The Junta de Andalucia has moved ahead and fined the Marbella restaurant El Asador de Guadalmina for defying the
new anti-smoking legislation.
The infraction has been declared to be 'very serious' meaning that the restaurant owner now faces a fine which would
range between 10,001 and 600,000 for failing to meet the General Health Law, and an additional fine from the local
Marbella Town Hall which would be for not adhering to the Anti-smoking Law and would range between 601 and 10,000 .
It comes after he was given official notice by the Junta some days ago to remove his posters and to stop smoking on the
premises. That notification gave him 15 days to comply.
The owner of the restaurant, Jos Eugenio Arias, has meanwhile denounced two local policemen who were identifying
smokers inside the establishment, and says he may create a members gastronomic society as a way of getting round the
law.
Meanwhile a restaurant owner in Valencia has joined the 'rebellion' against the new anti-smoking legislation and also
placed a poster saying that he has decided to allow smoking in his establishment.
Rodrigo Arroyo claims that customer numbers have been down by 60% since the no-smoking ban came into effect on
January 2. He is angry because he spent 35,000 two years ago on building reforms to create an area for smokers under
the previous regulations, which is now useless.
He joins the restaurant in Marbella, another in Castelln, and a bar in Cabra, Crdoba, in making a stand against the new
law.
Health Minister, Leire Pajn, has commented that the anti-tobacco law is being complied with, despite several 'rebel' bar
owners. She said the law has 'absolute social and political consensus'.
1. What has the Junta de Andalucia done?
a) It has denounced two local policemen.
b) It has fined a Marbella restaurant for carrying
out the new anti-smoking legislation.
c) It has rewarded a Marbella restaurant for
defying the new anti-smoking legislation.
d) It has fined a Marbella restaurant for defying
the new anti-smoking legislation.
2. The restaurant owner...
a) has adhered to the Anti-smoking law too late.
b) has removed his posters of its own accord.
c) faces a fine which would range between 1,001
and 60,000 for failing to meet the General Health
Law.
d) faces a fine for failing to meet the General
Health Law, and an additional fine from the local
Marbella Town Hall which would be for not
adhering to the Anti-smoking Law .
3. The owner, Jose Eugenio Arias...
a) has paid the fine.
b) says that this law has 'absolute social and
political consensus'.

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c) has denounced two local policemen who were

identifying smokers inside the restaurant.
d) is angry because he spent 35,000 two years
ago on building reforms to create an area for smokers.
4. According to the text, where is being made a
stand against the new law?
a) In the Marbella Town Hall.
b) A restaurant in Marbella, another in Castelln,
and a cinema in Cabra.
c) A disco in Marbella, a coffee-shop in Castelln,
and a bar in Cabra, Crdoba.
d) A bar in Cabra, a restaurant in Marbella and
another in Castelln.
5. According to the Spanish Health Minister...
a) the law has 'absolute social and political
consensus'.
b) an additional fine from the local Castelln
Town Hall would range between 601 and 10,000 .
c) the anti-tobacco law is not being complied with,
despite several 'rebel' bar owners.
d) is angry because she spent 35,000 two years
ago on building reforms.
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Young soldiers
Some young soldiers who had recently joined the army were being trained in modern ways of fighting,
and one of the things they were shown was how an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy and take his weapon
away from him. First one of their two instructors took a knife away from the other, using only his bare hands; and then he
took a rifle away from him in the same way.
After the lesson, and before they went on to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves, the two
instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they had understood what they had been shown. One of
the questions was this: Well, you now know what an unarmed man can do against a man with a rifle. Imagine that you
arte guarding a bridge at night, and that you have a rifle. Suddenly you see an unarmed enemy soldier coming towards
you. What will you do?
The young soldier who had to answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds before he
answered, and then said, Well, after what I have just seen, I think that the first thing I would do would be to get rid of
my rifle as quickly as I could so that the unarmed enemy couldnt take it from me and kill me with it!
QUESTIONS
1. Answer the following questions using your own words but taking into account the information in the text. (2
points)
a. What does the new fighting method consist of?
b. What kind of soldiers was being instructed?
2. Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Identify the part of the text that supports your answer by
copying the exact words. (1.5 points)
a. An instructor showed a soldier how to beat another one:
b. The instructors asked the soldiers questions after they had practised on their own:
c. One of the questions referred to solving a problem while guarding a bridge:

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3. Find a synonym for each of the words below from the six options. (1 point)
TRICK
WEAPON
BARE
Empty, without tools:

To be free of an unpleasant thing:
AGAINST
TOWARDS
TO GET RID OF
Cheat:
In opposition to:

1. The instructors were teaching the soldiers
a. how to use weapons.
b. how to manage without weapons.
c. how to beat the enemy barehanded.
2. The soldiers practised
a. before being instructed. b. while being
instructed. c. after being instructed.
3. The young soldier told the instructor that
a. the important thing was to be brave.
b. the important thing was to save your life. c. the important thing
was to have a gun.
5. Composition (80-100 words) Should all countries have an army? Why? Why not?

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SOUNDS
A few minutes ago, walking back from lunch, I started to cross the street when I heard the sound of a coin dropping. It wasn't
much but, as I turned, my eyes caught the heads of several other people turning too. A woman had dropped what appeared to
be a dime.
The tinkling sound of a coin dropping on pavement is an attention-getter. It can be nothing more than a penny. Whatever the
coin is, no one ignores the sound of it. It got me thinking about sounds again.
We are besieged by so many sounds that attract the most attention. People in New York City seldom turn to look when a fire
engine, a police car or an ambulance comes screaming along the street.
When I'm in New York, I'm a New Yorker. I don't turn either. Like the natives. I hardly hear a siren there.
At home in my little town in Connecticut, it's different. The distant wail of a police car, an emergency vehicle or a fire siren brings
me to my feet if I'm seated and brings me to the window if I'm in bed.
It's the quietest sounds that have most effect on us, not the loudest. In the middle of the night, I can hear a dripping tap a
hundred yards away through three closed doors. I've been hearing little creaking noises and sounds which my imagination turns
into footsteps in the middle of the night for twenty-five years in our house. How come I never hear those sounds in the daytime?
I'm quite clear in my mind what the good sounds are and what the bad sounds are.
I've turned against whistling, for instance. I used to think of it as the mark of a happy worker but lately I've been associating the
whistler with a nervous person making compulsive noises.
The tapping, tapping, tapping of my typewriter as the keys hit the paper is a lovely sound to me. I often like the sound of what I
write better than the looks of it.
1. The sound of a coin dropping makes people ...
A. think of money.
B. look at each other.
C. pay attention to it.
D. stop crossing the street.
2. People in New York ...
A. don't care about emergencies.
B. are used to sirens.
C. are attracted by sounds.
D. don't hear loud noises.
3. The writer ...
A. sleeps next to the window.
B. has lived in Connecticut for a long time
C. believes in ghosts.
D. is interested in fire engines.

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4. How does the author relate to sounds at night?

A. He imagines sounds that do not exist.
B. He exaggerates quiet sounds.
C. He thinks taps should be turned off.
D. He believes it's rather quiet at night.
5. He dislikes whistling because ...
A. he is tired of it.
B. he used to be happier.
C. it reminds him of tense people.
D. he doesn't like workers.
6. What kind of sound does he find pleasant?
A. tinkling sound of a coin dropping
B. clinking sound of keys
C. tapping of his typewriter
D. creaking sounds
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GUCCI
Gucci is considered one of the most famous fashion brands in the world. The Gucci story started in 1921, when Guccio Gucci
opened a small leather-goods shop in Florence. In 1938, Gucci expanded and a boutique was opened in Rome. Gucci had five
sons and one daughter. After he died in 1953, his son Aldo, inventor of the famous GG logo, started the transformation of the
family business into a global brand, opening the companys first boutique in New York.
Money brought family problems with fights and arguments. Disputes about inheritances, stock holdings, and day-to-day
operations of the stores often divided the family. Aldo and his brother Rodolfo wanted to limit Gucci products to Gucci shops;
Aldos son Paolo decided otherwise, and soon the Gucci logo was on everything from headscarves to key rings. Gucci
remained one of the luxury goods establishments in the world until the late 1970s, but the family fights brought the company
almost to bankruptcy.
These days the Gucci brand stands for high-quality handbags, well-crafted shoes, elegant fashion, perfumes, and even
wallpaper. Gucci has long been recognized as a symbol of prestige and remains an important part of the fashion industry. With
both classic and new creations, Gucci can be enjoyed by both men and women.
1a)
b)
c)
d)
Gucci was started ______

by Guccio Gucci in 1921
by Aldo Gucci in 1921.
by Guccio Gucci in 1938.
in Rome in 1938.
2a)
b)
c)
d)
Who invented the GG logo?

Guccio
Aldo
Rodolfo
Paolo
3a)
b)
c)
d)
The Gucci family ______

had a very good relationship.
had family difficulties.
were bankrupt.
inherited many stores.
4a)
b)
c)
d)
Nowadays Gucci ______

is an unsuccessful business.
is a well-known fashion brand.
is a small leather shop.
is a famous boutique in Rome.
5a)
b)
c)
d)
What is not true about Gucci?

It is an Italian fashion and leather goods brand.
Guccis products are a symbol of status and charm.
Its one of the world's most influential fashion houses.
Gucci is only dedicated to the design of elegant clothing, bags and shoes.

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Fire in Colorado
Firefighters have had a hard time putting out a big fire near Boulder, Colorado.
It took firefighters a long time to control the fire. It was very windy. One firefighter said that the winds can blow the fire out of the
area very easily.
The fire destroyed 65 homes. During the worst part of the fire, people were asked to leave their homes. Police were worried that
the empty homes might be looted. They checked every car going in and out of the fire area.
One family returned to their home to find that only a small part of it had been hurt by the blaze. They felt very lucky to be able to
repair the damage. The fire had come so close to their house that the girl had to run out with only her teddy bear.
Another family lost only their outdoor toilet. Their cabin had no indoor plumbing so their outhouse was in the yard. They were
thankful their home was not burned down.
1. Their cabin had no indoor _____ so their outhouse was
in the yard.
a.
b.
c.
d.
doors
water
walls
plumbing -
d.
plumbing
6. The fire had come so close to their house that a girl

could only take _____.
a.
b.
c.
her new pants

her dog
her teddy bear -
2. One family returned to their home to find _____.

7. Because of high winds, the fire could easily_________.
a.
b.
their whole house had burned down

only a small part of it had been hurt by the
blaze c.
only the garage and bedrooms were burned
down
3. When homes were empty, police checked every car
coming and going into the area to check for _____.
a.
things that have been looted from the houses

-
b.
c.
things that had been burned

things that needed to be fixed
4. With the homes empty, police were afraid that they might
be _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
burned
looted flooded
dried
a.
b.
c.
d.
be put out.
be controlled.
burn itself out.
be blown out of the area. -
8. Because of high winds, it took firefighters a long time to

_____.
a.
b.
c.
get to each house

control the fire leave their homes
9. During the worst part of the fire, people were asked to

_____.
a.
b.
c.
put water on the fire

leave their homes help fight the fire
10. _____have had a hard time putting out a big fire in

Boulder, Colorado.
5. They felt very lucky to be able to repair the _____.

a.
b.
c.
damage trees
outhouse

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a.
b.
c.
d.
Policemen
Firemen Meter maids
Home owners
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British food best in the world

A British restaurant that serves bacon and egg ice cream has been voted the best place in the world to eat in Restaurant
magazines list of The Worlds 50 Best Restaurants. The Fat Duck restaurant, which was runner-up last year, claimed the
coveted top spot. Owner and head chef Heston Blumenthal opened his restaurant ten years ago and soon developed a
reputation for highly experimental and unorthodox dishes. The menu includes leather, oak and tobacco chocolates, sardine
on toast sorbet, snail porridge, and mousse dipped in liquid nitrogen. He is self-taught and has pioneered the art of
molecular gastronomy - experiments with chemistry, physics, food and flavour that result in unique and unusual taste
combinations. Nearly 600 international restaurant owners, chefs and journalists participated in the poll to rank the best
restaurants worldwide. A further thirteen British restaurants made it onto the elite eateries list, four in the top ten. This gives
the home of fish and chips an unusual reputation as a culinary paradise. Britain is infamous for its bland and uninspiring
food, which is scoffed at by the more sophisticated palates of its French neighbours. However, it seems the tide is turning:
France had only eight restaurants in the top fifty and London was named in March by Gourmet magazine as the Gourmet
Capital of the World. Ella Johnston, editor of Restaurant magazine, said British people are now becoming more adventurous
eaters.
QUESTIONS
a. Did Blumenthal go to a cooking school in the past?
b. How does Blumenthal get these original tastes?

a. The head chef studied at a French cooking school: _______________
b. All the judges that participated in the poll were British: _______________
a. Tasteless: _______________
b. Prized: _______________
1. Last year, the restaurant mentioned in the text was voted
a. in the third position.
b. in the second position. c. in the first
position.
2. Tobacco is important in this restaurant because
a. you can smoke it. b. you can eat
it.
c. you can chew it.
3. Great Britain has always been famous for
a. its bad food. b. its good food.
c. its good cuisine.
4. Ella Johnston is a a. journalist. b. cook
c. customer.
4. Composition (80-100 words) Do you have healthy eating habits?
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POLICE SITUATIONS
1. IDENTIFICATION
1. IDENTIFICACIN
Officer
Good morning, Sir. Your passport, please.
Agente
Citizen
Yes, of course. Here you are.
Ciudadano Claro, aqu lo tiene.
Officer
Whats your name and surname?
Agente
Citizen
My full name is Kevin Smith.
Ciudadano Mi nombre completo es Kevin Smith.
Officer
Whats your nationality?
Agente
Citizen
Im American.
Ciudadano Soy americano.
Officer
Whats your date of birth?
Agente
Citizen
I was born on April, 21st, 1982.
Ciudadano Nac el 21 de abril de 1982.
Officer
Whats your place of birth?
Agente
Citizen
I was born in Boston.
Ciudadano Nac en Boston.
Officer
Whats your address in your country?
Agente
Citizen
Its 4, 5th Avenue, Boston.
Ciudadano Es el nmero 4, de la 5 Avenida, Boston.
Officer
And in Spain, whats your address here?
Agente
Citizen
Im staying at the Ritz Hotel, room 207, here

in Madrid.
Ciudadano Me alojo en el Hotel Ritz, habitacin 207,

aqu en Madrid.
Officer
What is the reason of your visit?
Agente
Citizen
Im visiting the Prado Museum, but whats

happening officer?, anything wrong?
Ciudadano Voy a visitar el Museo del Prado, pero qu

ocurre agente?, algo va mal?
Officer
Dont worry, just routine security measures.

We apologize for any inconvenience.
Agente
Thank you, Sir. Here is your passport. Move

on, please.

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Buenos das, seor. Su pasaporte por favor.

Cul es su nombre y apellidos?
Cul es su nacionalidad?
Cul es su fecha de nacimiento?
Cul es su lugar de nacimiento?
Cul es su direccin en su pas?
Y en Espaa, cul es su direccin aqu?
Cul es el motivo de su visita?
No se preocupe, son simples medidas de

seguridad. Disculpe las molestias.
Gracias caballero, aqu tiene su pasaporte,
contine, por favor.
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2. GIVING DIRECTIONS
2. INDICAR DIRECCIONES
Excuse me, officer. How can I go to

Prncipe de Vergara Street?
Good morning. Go straight ahead and take
the first street on the right. Then go ahead
and take the second street on the left.
The first street on the right and the second
on the left?
Exactly.
----Good morning, officer. Can you tell me
wheres a chemists?
Good morning. Go ahead and turn the first
street on the right, then turn the third on the
left. Walk about 20 metres and its on the
left, in front of the bank, next to the bakers.
Thank you very much.
Youre welcome.
----Excuse me, Id like to visit Reina Sofa
Museum, how can I get to it?
Its a bit difficult to get there . You should
take the underground or a taxi. Theres a
taxi rank over there.
Is a tube station far from here ?
No, there is one some 100 metres.
Go straight ahead and take the second turn
on the left. At the middle of the street you
will find Pacfico tube station.
Thank you, sir.
Not at all.
Ciudadano Disculpe, Agente. Cmo puedo ir a la

Calle Prncipe de Vergara?
Agente
Buenos das, siga recto y coja la primera
calle a la derecha. Luego siga recto y coja
la segunda a la izquierda.
Ciudadano La primera a la derecha y la segunda a la
izquierda?
Agente
Exactamente.
----Ciudadano Buenos das, Agente. Podra decirme
dnde hay una farmacia?
Agente
Buenos das. Siga recto y gire en la primera
calle a la derecha, luego gire en la tercera a
la izquierda. Camine unos 20 metros y est
a la izquierda, delante del banco, junto a la
panadera.
Ciudadano Muchas gracias.
Agente
De nada.
----Ciudadano Perdone, me gustara visitar el Museo
Reina Sofa, cmo puedo llegar?
Agente
Es difcil llegar all. Debera coger el metro
o un taxi. Hay una parada de taxi all.
Ciudadano Queda lejos una boca de metro?
Agente
No, hay una a unos 100 metros. Siga recto
y gire en la primera calle a la izquierda. En
la mitad de la calle encontrar la estacin
Pacfico.
Ciudadano Gracias seor.
Agente
De nada.

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Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
3. THE ARREST 1
3. LA DETENCIN 1
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Officer
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Officer
Officer
Officer
Alto Guardia Civil!,

Whats the matter? I dont understand
you.
Freeze, Guardia Civil! Dont move! show
me your hands!
Ok.
Do you carry any weapon, knife or
dangerous object?
No, I carry nothing.
Raise your T-shirt so that I can see your
waist and keep turning about yourself.
Raise your trouser leg.
Do you carry anything in your pockets?
Some money, my wallet and a lighter.
Nothing else.
Empty your pockets and put the objects
on the floor.
Turn around. Hands back.
Im going to handcuff you. Youre under
arrest accused of
Im going to frisk you.
Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Agente
Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Agente
Agente
Agente
Alto Guardia Civil!

Qu ocurre? No le entiendo.
No se mueva! enseme las manos!
De acuerdo.
Lleva algn arma, cuchillo u objeto
peligroso?
No, no llevo nada.
Levntese la camiseta para que pueda
ver la cintura y vaya girando sobre s
mismo.
Levntese la pernera del pantaln.
Lleva algo en los bolsillos?
Dinero, mi cartera y un encendedor.
Nada ms.
Vace los bolsillos y deposite los objetos
en el suelo.
Vulvase y ponga las manos atrs.
Le voy a esposar. Queda detenido por
Voy a cachearle.
LA DETENCIN 2
THE ARREST 2
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Alto Guardia Civil!

Whats the matter?
Dont move! Show me your hands!
Dont want to.
dangerous object?
Whats it to you? Im off.
Listen! We dont want to do it by force,
please collaborate. Were going to arrest
you.
If you dare catch me.
You are under arrest accused of

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Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Alto Guardia Civil!

Qu pasa?
No se mueva! enseme sus manos!
No me da la gana.
peligroso?
Y a ti qu te importa? Me voy!
Escuche! No queremos usar la fuerza,
por favor colabore. Vamos a detenerle.
Si sois capaces venid a por m.
Queda detenido por
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4. NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS
According to what is laid down in the article 520 of the
Spanish Criminal Procedure Law, we proceed to notify you
that you are under arrest for an alleged crime of ________,
as well as about the rights that you have, which basically
are:
4. LECTURA DE DERECHOS
Segn lo establecido en el artculo 520 de la Ley de
Enjuiciamiento Criminal, procedemos a notificarle que est
detenido por un presunto delito de ________, as como los
derechos que le asisten, que son:
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Not to make any statement if you dont want, not

to answer to any of the questions asked to you, or
to declare that you will only testify before the
Judge.
Not to make any statement against yourself and
not to declare yourself guilty.
To nominate a lawyer and to request his/her
attendance during the statement and your
recognition of identity. Otherwise, a lawyer, at the
States expenses, will be nominated to assist you.
To provide the name of the person whom you
wish to inform about your arrest and the place
where you are under custody.
As a foreigner, you have the right to have your
Consulate informed about these facts and to be
assisted by an interpreter (without charge).
To be examined by a forensic doctor or any other
clerk of the Public Administrations.

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Derecho a guardar silencio no declarando si no

quiere, a no contestar alguna o algunas de las
preguntas que le formulen, o a manifestar que
slo declarar ante el Juez.
Derecho a no declarar contra s mismo y a no
confesarse culpable.
Derecho a designar Abogado y a solicitar su
presencia para que asista a las diligencias
policiales y judiciales de declaracin e intervenga
en todo reconocimiento de identidad de que sea
objeto. Si el detenido o preso no designara
Abogado, se proceder a la designacin de oficio.
Derecho a que se ponga en conocimiento del
familiar o persona que desee, el hecho de la
detencin y el lugar de custodia en que se halle
en cada momento.
Los extranjeros tendrn derecho a que las
circunstancias anteriores se comuniquen a la
Oficina Consular de su pas, y a ser asistido
gratuitamente por un intrprete (sin coste alguno),
cuando se trate de extranjero que no comprenda
o no hable el castellano.
Derecho a ser reconocido por el Mdico forense o
su sustituto legal y, en su defecto, por el de la
Institucin en que se encuentre, o por cualquier
otro dependiente del Estado o de otras
Administraciones Pblicas.
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5. REPORTING A CRIME
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Guardia Civil, good morning. How may I help

you?
Good morning. Im calling to report a
robbery.
Tell me who has been robbed and the
address.
In my house last night. I dont know how it
happened. My wife, my children and I woke
up this morning to find that we have been
robbed of all our valuable property and two
cars
Calm down, please Sir. We are sending a
patrol team to you at this moment. I would
want you to give me all the possible details.
I live in Moratalaz housing estate. My
neighbours had alerted me that there have
been some robberies going on in the area,
but I did not think that they can rob a house
with the owners at home.
We have received many reports like yours in
the last months. Could you say exactly what
did they rob from your house?
At first sight, weve noticed they have taken
some 2000 from a safe box that has been
forced, apart from some jewellery, credit
cards and our two cars, a BMW and an allterrain Nissan.
Thank you very much, could you give the
plate numbers of both vehicles?
Of course, 1234BBB is the one of the BMW
and 5678CCC the one of the Nissan.
Are you the holder?
Yes, I am.
Everyone is ok?
Yes, we are, except from the nervousness
for the robbery.
I have taken note of everything. In a few
minutes two agents will be in your house.
Please, dont touch anything.
Thank you very much, I will be waiting here
then.

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5. DENUNCIAR UN DELITO
Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Ciudadano
Agente
Ciudadano
Guardia Civil, buenos das, en qu puedo

ayudarle?
Buenos das, llamo para denunciar un robo.
Dgame a quin han robado y la direccin.
En mi casa anoche. No s cmo ha
sucedido. Mi mujer, mis hijos y yo nos
despertamos esta maana y descubrimos
que nos haban robado todos nuestros
objetos de valor y dos coches.
Tranquilcese por favor caballero. Estamos
mandando una patrulla a su casa en este
momento. Me gustara que diese todos los
detalles posibles.
Vivo en el barrio de Moratalaz. Mis vecinos
me han alertado de que ha habido robos en
esta zona, pero no crea que pudieran robar
una casa con los dueos dentro.
Hemos recibido varias denuncias como la
suya en los ltimos meses. Puede
precisarme qu le han robado?
En principio hemos visto que se han llevado
unos 2000 de una caja fuerte que han
forzado, adems varias joyas, las tarjetas de
crdito y nuestros dos coches, un BMW y un
Nissan todo terreno.
Muchas gracias,, puede facilitar las
matrculas de los vehculos?.
Por supuesto, la del BMW es 1234BBB y la
del Nissan 5678CCC.
Es usted el titular?
S.
Entiendo que nadie ha sufrido daos?
No gracias, estamos bien, salvo los nervios
por el robo.
He tomado nota de todo. En unos minutos
dos agentes se personaran en su casa. Por
favor no toque nada del domicilio.
Muchas gracias, esperar aqu entonces.
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6. POLICE ROADBLOCK 1
Officer
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Good evening!. Please, stop the car on

the verge, stop the engine, and put the
keys on the dashboard.
Would you be so mind as to hand over
your driving license? The occupants of
the vehicle must hand
over their identity card.
Of course, whats the matter?.
Thank you. Dont worry. Wait a minute
please.
We apologise for the wait. I hand back
your papers.
Thank you very much.
Thank you. When I point it you must join
traffic.

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6. CONTROL POLICIAL 1
Agente
Buenas noches. Por favor detenga el

vehculo en el arcn, pare el motor y
ponga las llaves en el salpicadero.
Es tan amable de darme su permiso de

conducir? Los ocupantes del vehculo
deben entregarme su documento de
identidad.
Ciudadano Por supuesto, ha ocurrido algo?.
Agente
Gracias, no se preocupe. Esperen un
momento.
Agente
Disculpen la espera. Les devuelvo su
documentacin.
Ciudadano Muchas gracias.
Agente
Gracias a ustedes. Cuando le indique se
incorporan a la circulacin.
Agente
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POLICE ROADBLOCK 2
Officer
Officer
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Officer
Officer
Officer
Good evening. Stop the vehicle on the

verge, please.
Stop the engine and put the keys on the
dashboard, please.
Would you be so mind as to hand over
your driving license? The occupants of
the vehicle must hand over their identity
card.
Youre always bothering us instead of
arresting criminals.
Thank you. Dont worry. Wait a minute.
Sorry for the wait. Get out of the car.
Dont want to!
Get out of the car, please. Dont force us
to do it by force.
Youre always threatening!
dangerous object?
Of course not!
Do you carry any forbidden substance?
No.
Place your belongings on the vehicle.
Whats that in your packet of cigarettes?
I dont know. It isnt mine.
It seems like drug. And what about these
pills?
I have no idea. They arent mine neither.
I inform you youll be reported according
to Public Security Law.
Im going to frisk you.
Place yourself in front of the vehicle,
where it is pointed by my colleague.
The drivers companion must get out of
the car, please

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CONTROL POLICIAL 2
Buenas noches. Por favor detenga el
vehculo en el arcn.
Agente
Pare el motor y ponga las llaves en el
salpicadero.
Agente
Es tan amable de darme su permiso de
conducir? Los ocupantes del vehculo
deben entregarme su documento de
identidad.
Ciudadano Siempre molestando a los mismos en
lugar de detener delincuentes.
Agente
Gracias. No se preocupe. Esperen un
momento.
Agente
Disculpen la espera. Baje del vehculo.
Ciudadano No quiero!
Agente
Por favor, baje del vehculo y no nos
obligue a utilizar la fuerza.
Ciudadano Siempre amenazando!
Agente
peligroso?
Ciudadano Por supuesto que no.
Agente
Lleva alguna sustancia prohibida?
Ciudadano No.
Agente
Deposite los objetos encima del vehculo.
Agente
Y eso que lleva en el paquete de
tabaco?
Ciudadano No s lo que es, no es mo.
Agente
Parece droga. Y estas pastillas qu
son?
Ciudadano No tengo ni idea. Tampoco son mas.
Agente
Le informo que va a ser denunciado a la
Ley de Seguridad Ciudadana.
Agente
Le voy a cachear.
Agente
Colquese delante del vehculo, donde le
indique mi compaero.
Agente
Por favor, el acompaante del conductor
que baje del vehculo
Agente
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7. REPORTING A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Citizen
Officer
Good evening, Guardia Civil.

Good evening, Im calling to report a traffic
accident.
Could you tell me where has it happened?
It was at kilometre 25 of La Corua road
heading Madrid.
Could you describe what has happened?
A car that was going in the opposite direction
at high speed leaped across the road divider
and collided with a truck.
Is there anyone injured?
The driver of the car has very serious injuries
and is trapped in the car. The truck driver is,
however, okay. There is another vehicle
involved, but its damage is minor.
Are the vehicles blocking traffic?
Yes, both lanes to Madrid are closed and there
are many stopped vehicles.
Did you inform the emergency services?
Yes.
Ok, weve already reported it. In few minutes
some personnel from the Traffic Team will
arrive, the fire brigade is also on the way.
Could you tell me your name a identity
number?
Yes, Manuel Rodrguez Lpez, 41.567.123
Thank you very much for you collaboration.

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7. INFORMAR DE UN ACCIDENTE
Agente
Buenas tardes, Guardia Civil.
Ciudadano Buenas tardes, llamo para informar de un
accidente de trfico.
Agente
Puede decirme dnde ha ocurrido?
Ciudadano En el kilmetro 25 de la Carretera de La
Corua en direccin Madrid.
Agente
Puede describir lo que ha pasado?
Ciudadano Un coche que circulaba en direccin
contraria a gran velocidad salt por encima
de la mediana y colision con un camin.
Agente
Hay heridos?
Ciudadano El conductor del coche tiene heridas graves
y est atrapado en el coche. El conductor
del camin, sin embargo, est bien. Hay otro
vehculo involucrado, pero los daos son
mnimos.
Agente
Estn los vehculos obstaculizando la
circulacin?
Ciudadano S, los dos carriles sentido Madrid estn
cortados y hay muchos vehculos parados.
Agente
Ha llamado al servicio de emergencias?
Ciudadano S.
Agente
Est bien, ya hemos pasado aviso, en
breves instantes llegar personal de Trfico, el
equipo de bomberos est tambin de camino.
Puede decirme su nombre y su DNI?
Ciudadano S, Manuel Rodrguez Lpez, 41.567.123.
Agente Muchas gracias por su colaboracin.
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8. AT THE AIRPORT / CUSTOMS

Officer
Tourist
Officer
Tourist
Tourist
Officer
Tourist
Officer
Tourist
Officer
Tourist
Officer
Good morning Sir, can I see your

identity card or passport, please?
Of course, here you are.
How much baggage have you got?
Two cases and a handbag.
The plane is late, isnt it?
Im sorry, but I dont know. Please,
would you be so mind as to place
your metal belongings on the tray
and put it, together with your
baggage on the conveyor belt.
Right now.
Do you carry any sharp item or
any bottle containing liquids?
No, Ive already been informed
and Ive left it all at home.
Perfect, could you show me your
sponge bag?
Of course, but is there any
problem?
Nothing at all, we are just working.
If you dont mind, please get
through the security arch.
8. EN EL AEROPUERTO / ADUANA
Agente
Turista
Agente
Turista
Turista
Agente
Turista
Agente
Turista
Agente
Turista
Agente
Loudspeakers
Tourist
Officer
Would passengers for Iberia flight

4171 to Madrid please proceed to
gate number twelve.
Oh, thats my flight.
Thank you very much. We
apologize for any inconvenience.
Have a good trip!.
Megafona
Turista
Agente
Buenos das Seor, puede

mostrame su DNI o pasaporte,
por favor?
Por supuesto, aqu lo tiene.
Cunto equipaje lleva?
Dos maletas y un bolso de mano.
El avin va con retraso, no?
Lo siento, desconozco si tu avin
lleva retraso. Por favor, si es tan
amable deposite sobre la bandeja
todas las pertenencias que lleve
de metal y colquela junto a su
equipaje en la cinta.
Ahora mismo.
Lleva algn objeto punzante o
botes con lquido?
No, ya me haban informado de
las limitaciones y lo dej todo en
casa.
Perfecto, puede mostrarme el
neceser de su maleta?
Claro, pero es que hay algn
problema?
En absoluto, slo realizamos
nuestro trabajo. Si es tan amable
pase por el arco de seguridad.
Pasajeros del vuelo Iberia 4171 a
Madrid por favor puerta de
embarque doce.
Oh, se es mi vuelo.
Muchas gracias y disculpe las
molestias, que tenga buen viaje.
--------Customs Officer
Tourist
Customs Officer
Tourist
Customs Officer
Tourist
Customs Officer
Your passport, please.

Of course, here you are.
How long do you intend to stay in
Spain?
I intend to stay about two weeks,
Im here as a tourist.
Do you have anything to declare?
No, I dont.
Ok, enjoy your stay!

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Agente de Aduana Su pasaporte por favor.

Turista
Por supuesto, aqu lo tiene.
Agente de Aduana Cunto tiempo pretende
quedarse en Espaa?
Turista
Tengo intencin de estar sobre
dos semanas, vengo como turista.
Agente de Aduana Tiene algo que declarar?
Turista
No.
Agente de Aduana Ok, disfrute su estancia!
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INDEX
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
IDENTIFICATION
GIVING DIRECTIONS
THE ARREST
NOTIFICATION OF RIGHTS
REPORTING A CRIME
POLICE ROADBLOCK
REPORTING A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
AT THE AIRPORT / CUSTOMS
1. IDENTIFICACIN
2. INDICAR DIRECCIONES
3. LA DETENCIN
4. LECTURA DE DERECHOS
5. DENUNCIAR UN DELITO
6. CONTROL POLICIAL
7. INFORMAR DE UN ACCIDENTE
8. EN EL AEROPUERTO / ADUANA

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APPENDIX IV
(Selected material from www.english-guide.org)

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1. INTRODUCTIONS
1. What is Roberts surname?
a. Hill
b. Chartrand
c. Pellowe
d. Kurume
2. What is Bills surname?
a. Hill
b. Chartrand
c. Pellowe
d. Kurume
3. What does Robert do?
a. He is a teacher at the University.
b. He is a student at the University.
c. He is an engineer.
d. It doesnt say.
4. What does Bill do?
a. He is a teacher at the University.
b. He is a student at the University.
c. He is an engineer.
d. It doesnt say.
5. Choose the right sentence.
a. Bill studies at Kinki University and Robert studies at Kurume University.
b. Bill studies at Kurume University and Robert studies at Kinki University.
c. Bill teaches at Kinki University and Robert teaches at Kurume University.
d. Bill teaches at Kurume University and Robert teaches at Kinki University.
2. WHAT KIND OF SPORTS DO YOU LIKE?
a. Robert has some tickets to the Hawks game.
b. Bill has some tickets to the Hawks game.
c. Robert has some tickets to the Yankees game.
d. Bill has some tickets to the Yankees game.
a. Robert doesnt like baseball.
b. Robert likes baseball.
3. Does Robert like sports?
a. Yes, of course, he likes baseball.
b. Yes, of course, he likes soccer.
c. No, he doesnt like sports.
d. It isnt said.
4. According to Bill
a. Baseball is the worlds most popular sport.
b. Baseball is the most popular sport in the US.
c. Soccer is the most popular sport in Europe.
d. Soccer is the worlds most popular sport.

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3. AFRICA
1. Choose the right option.
a. There are 43 countries in Africa and about 9 million people.
b. In Africa, there are 53 countries and about 900 million people.
c. There are 63 countries in Africa and about 90 million people.
d. There are 53 countries in Africa and about 90 million people.
2. In the North
a. it is tropical.
b. there are big plains.
c. there are deserts.
d. there is a desert called the Kalahari.
3. Africa is famous for wild animals
a. There are big herbivores such as giraffes, elephants and hippos.
b. There are big carnivores like lions and crocodiles.
c. A) and B) are true.
d. All the sentences are wrong.
4. There are a lot of natural resources in Africa
a. including oil and minerals, although it is also very poor. 380 million Africans are poor.
b. including gas and minerals, although it is also very poor. 3 million Africans are poor.
c. including minerals and petrol, although it is also very poor. 80 million Africans are poor.
d. including petrol, thats why it is so rich.
5. African language and culture
a. There are one thousand languages or more in Africa.
b. African culture is very rich.
c. African music is varied.
d. All the sentences are true.
4. PENLOPE CRUZ
1. Penelope Cruz
a. is in more than 14 films.
b. is in more than 40 films.
c. Vicky Christina Barcelona is one of her best films.
d. B) and C) are right.
2. Vicky Christina Barcelona
a. is about two young American women in Barcelona.
b. is directed by Woody Allen.
c. A) and B) are right.
d. is about two young American women in New York.
3. Penelopes family
a. her mothers name is Encarna and his fathers is Eduardo.
b. she has one brother and one sister.
c. her mother is a hairdresser and her father is a car mechanic.
d. all the sentences are true.
4. Some films with Penelope are
a. Captain Corellis Manolin.
b. No country for old men.
c. Mondays in the Sun.
d. Before Night Falls.
5. Javier Bardem
a. is in the film All the Pretty Horses.
b. is also an Oscar winner too.
c. is the son of a hairdresser and a car mechanic.
d. is in the film Belle Epoque.

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5. FAMILY IN CANADA
1. In which city do they live?
a. In Sidney.
b. In Ottawa.
c. In London.
d. In Toronto.
2. Who lives there?
a. His two cousins.
b. His aunt and uncle.
c. His grandmother.
d. All the answers are correct.
3. How old is his grandmother?
a. She is 68.
b. She is 66.
c. She is 86.
d. She is 36.
4. What is she like?
a. She is very sensitive and friendly.
b. She is very talkative and friendly.
c. She is very sensible and proud.
d. She is very mean and selfish.
5. Choose the right sentence about Richards grandmother.
a. Her name is Jane and he usually goes once a year to see her.
b. Her name is Mary and he usually goes once a month to see her.
c. Her name is Mary and he usually goes once a year to see her.
d. Her name is Jane and he usually goes twice a year to see her.
6. THE THREE BEARS

1. What kind of bears live in Alaska?
a. two kinds, the white bear and the black bear.
b. the brown bear.
c. three kinds, the white bear, the black bear and the brown bear.
d. the white bear.
2. White bears
a. live on the ice and nearly always eat meat.
b. normally live in forests. They eat a lot of plants and love honey.
c. nearly always live in the mountains. They love blackberries, blueberries and huckleberries.
d. attack humans.
3. Brown bears
d. attack humans.
4. Black bears
d. attack humans.
5. Choose the right answer.
a. If you meet a black bear, you shout at him until he goes away.
b. If you meet a brown bear in the forest, you lie down and play dead.
c. When you go camping, put your food and rubbish in special containers.
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7. WHERE DO YOU USUALLY GO?

1. Where does Robert usually go on vacation?
a. he usually goes to Canada in the winter.
b. he usually goes to Japan in summer.
c. he usually goes to Canada in the summer.
d. all the sentences are wrong.
2. Where is Robert at the moment?
a. in Canada
b. in Japan
c. in Australia
d. in Europe
3. In the winter vacation
a. Robert likes to stay in Japan.
b. Robert likes to stay in Canada.
4. At Christmas
a. he wants to stay in Japan because Canada is too cold.
b. he wants to stay in Canada although it is too cold.
c. he wants to go on vacation.
8. MEERKATS
1. Where do meerkats live?
a. in Australia.
b. Un the US
c. In Britain.
d. In underground cities in Botswana and South Africa.
2. What do meerkats eat?
a. insects.
b. plants
c. eggs and snakes.
d. all the options are true.
3. Meerkat parents
a. teach their children to run into the tunnels.
b. teach their children how to eat scorpions.
c. teach their children how to go out.
d. teach their children how to be babysitters.
4. When do meerkats have a celebration?
a. when the young leave the tunnels for the first time.
b. when they see a danger.
c. when the group hunts or plays.
d. when they start barking.
5. What is the name of the famous TV show about meerkats?
a. Kalahari.
b. Adventures of a real meerkat.
c. Meerkat Manison.
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9. MEXICAN FOOD
1. What is Diegos favourite food?
a. Pepper
b. tacos
c. chiles en nogada
d. fruit
2. Chiles
a. means pepper and is a traditional Mexican dish.
b. means fish
c. means fish with strawberries.
d. means cheese with onions.
3. Mexican flag
a. is blue and red.
b. is green, white and red.
c. is green
d. is blue, red and white.
4. Tacos
a. is like Mexican cheese.
b. is like Mexican fast food.
c. is like Mexican onions.
d. is like green sauce.
5. You can have tacos
a. only with cheese and onions.
b. with green pepper.
c. with cheese, with onions, with meat, with different sauces.
d. with tortillas.
10. HOW LONG ARE YOU STAYING?

1. Robert
a. is going to the US next week.
b. is going to Europe next week.
c. is going to Australia next week.
2. Where is he going?
a. To New York.
b. To Tampa, Florida.
c. To Washington.
d. To Tennesse.
3. What is he going to do there?
a. He is going to find a job.
b. He is going to a party.
c. He is going on vacation.
d. He is going to visit his family.
4. Who lives there?
a. his mother.
b. his sister.
c. his grandmother.
d. his father.
5. How long is he staying?
a. two weeks.
b. three weeks.
c. one week.
d. one month.

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11. WHAT ARE YOU READING?

1. What is Robert reading?
a. a poem.
b. a spy novel.
c. a historic novel.
d. a thriller
2. How is it?
a. Its not bad.
b. Its bad
c. Its good.
d. It doesnt say.
a. Robert is going to lend Bill the book.
b. Bill doesnt like reading.
c. Bill doesnt want to borrow the book.
d. Robert doesnt like the book.
12. I DONT KNOW HOW
1. Robert
a. wants to go to the stadium this afternoon.
b. wants to go to the park this evening.
c. wants to go to the art museum this afternoon.
d. wants to go to the art museum this evening.
2. In Fukuoka
a. there is no art museum.
b. there is only one art museum.
c. there are only two art museums.
d. there are a few art museums.
a. Robert wants to see the Napoleon exhibit.
b. Robert wants to see the Dali exhibit.
c. The Fukuoka City Art Museum is in Ohori Park.
d. A) and C) are right.
4. To get the Art Museum
a. take the subway to the Ohori Park station.
b. walk through the park.
c. take the subway to the Ohori Park station and walk through the park.
d. None of the above.
5. How long does it take to get there?
a. about one hour.
b. about ten minutes.
c. about half an hour.
d. about five minutes.

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13. WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

1. Where is Antonio from?
a. He is a native Californian.
b. He is from Arkansas.
c. He is from the Middle East.
d. He is from Los Angeles.
2. Where is Cora from?
a. She is a native Californian but she grew up in the Middle East.
b. She is a native from the Middle East.
c. She is originally from Arkansas.
d. She is from Los Angeles.
3. Coras parents
a. were doctors.
b. were teachers.
c. were in the military.
d. none of the above.
4. Antonio
a. spent some time in Jordan doing research for his company.
b. has lived in Los Angeles for over 10 years.
d. has lived in Arkansas for over two months.
5. Cora
a. was only 18 years old when her family moved away.
b. was only 8 years old when her family moved away.
c. was only 28 years old when her family moved away.
d. was only 6 years old when her family moved away.
14. MY LIFE IN THE UK

1. For her Christmas holiday in December
a. she went to a host family.
b. she went to a hotel.
c. she went to her grandmothers house.
d. she went to a friends house.
2. It her______ to get there, to York and then she stayed there
_____.
a. three hours / one week.
b. one or two hours / one year.
c. one or two hours / one week.
d. two hours / 14 years.
3. When she went back to Oxford
a. she had a chance to teach Cantonese.
b. she had a chance to teach in an English school.
c. she had a chance to teach in a Cantonese school.
d. she had a chance to teach in a Chinese school.
4. The kids
a. were about 15 years old and she taught them
English.
b. were about 14 years old and she taught them
Chinese.
c. were about 15 years old and she taught them
Japanese.
d. were about 14 years old and she taught them Italian.

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a. she lived with a host family.
b. she lived with few other students from the same
country.
c. she lived with few other students from different
countries.
d. she live with some friends from Hong Kong.
6. Every day
a. they went to parties.
b. they went to a cook school.
c. they went to supermarkets to buy clothes.
d. they went to supermarkets to buy food, drinks and
desserts.
7. They share a flat together, ______
a. they share kitchen, bathrooms and bedroom.
b. they share kitchen and bathrooms but have their
own sink and bedroom.
c. they share only kitchen but have their own bathroom,
sink and bedroom.
d. they share bedroom but have their own kitchen.
8. She still keeps in touch with all her friends in the UK, from
different countries like
a. Italy, Malaysia, Japan, UK and other countries.
b. Italy, Spain, China and the USA.
c. India, Germany and Spain.
d. France, Germany, Italy and Greece.
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15. RAFA NADAL

1. Rafa Nadal
a. was born on Majorca on 3 July 1986.
b. was born on Barcelona on 3 June 1986.
c. was born on Majorca on 3 June 1986.
d. was born on Majorca on 3 June 1996.
2. He started playing tennis
a. when he was 3.
b. when he was 14.
c. when he was 8.
d. when he was 6.
3. Why did Rafa stop playing football?
a. because he was right-handed.
b. because he needed more time for school.
c. because his uncle Tony said that.
d. because the federation reduce the financial help.
a. When he was 14, the Spanish federation wanted him to move to Barcelona.
b. His family didnt want this.
c. The Spanish federation decided to reduce the financial help for Rafas career.
5. Rafa won Wimbledon
a. in 2008, taking the title from Djokovic.
b. in 2008, taking the title from Roger Fereder.
c. in 2008, taking the title from John Mc Enroe.
d. in 2006, taking the title from Roger Federer.
16. HOW OFTEN DO YOU GO SKIING?

1. How was Roberts weekend?
a. It was awful, he went skiing.
b. It was great, he went skiing.
c. It was awful, he didnt go skiing.
d. It was great, he went sailing.
2. How was it?
a. It was fun.
b. It was boring.
c. It was interesting.
d. It was bored.
3. How often does Richard go skiing?
a. about every month.
b. about twice a month.
c. about once a week.
d. about once a month.
17. THE WEEKEND

1. Did Bill have a nice weekend?
a. Not bad, he went to the movies on Saturday night.
b. Very good, he went to the theatre on Saturday night.
c. Not good, he went to the movies on Sunday night.
d. Really good, he went to the theatre on Sunday morning.
2. What did he see?
a. He saw the new Superman movie.
b. He saw the new Harry Potter movie.
c. He saw the new James Bond movie.
d. He saw the new Scary movie.
3. Did he like it?
a. Yes, it was excellent.
b. No, it was awful.
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18. WHO DID YOU TALK TO?

1. Who did Robert talk to?
a. an old man from Thailand.
b. he cant remember his name, but he was sitting on the train.
c. a young man called James.
d. a child on the train.
2. What did he say?
a. He was a university student in Thailand.
b. He said he was from Japan and he was studying in Thailand.
c. He said he was from Thailand and he was studying in Japan.
d. He said he was a Japanese high school student.
3. Did the man enjoyed living in Japan?
a. Yes, he did.
b. No, he didnt.
4. Did he have chance to speak in English?
a. Yes, he did.
b. No, he didnt.
5. How was his English?
a. Not good.
b. Really bad.
c. Pretty good.
d. Not bad.
19. BRUCE LEE
1. Bruce Lee was born
a. in San Francisco.
b. in China.
c. in Hong Kong.
d. in Rome.
2. His father
a. was an aristocrat.
b. was an opera singer and an actor.
c. studied drama and philosophy.
3. His mother
a. was an aristocrat.
b. was an opera singer and an actor.
c. studied drama and philosophy.
4. At the age of 18
a. he returned to the US.
b. he studied drama and philosophy at the University of Washington.
c. he returned to Hong Kong.
d. A) and B) are right.
5. Back in Hong Kong
a. he made three very successful films with director Raymond Chow.
b. he opened his first martial arts school.
c. he taught his friends.
d. Warner Bros decided not to have a Chinese persona as the star of the series.

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20. JK ROWLING
1. JK Rowling
a. played Harry Potter films.
b. is the author of the books about Harry Potter.
c. played with Daniel Radcliffe.
2. At university
a. she studied Portuguese.
b. she was employed.
d. she studied French and the classics.
3. The first Harry Potter book was prepared
a. in the university.
b. in Portugal.
c. in the Nicolsons Caf in Edinburgh.
d. in France.
4. Alice
a. was the daughter of the publisher who agreed to publish the book.
b. was one of Harry Potter characters.
c. was JKs daughter.
d. was sad and cried a lot.
5. How many books did she write?
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6
d. 7
21. WASHING THE CAR

1. He pulled over and pair for a car was and a wax because
a. his car was dirty
b. he saw a group of teenagers.
c. he was driving down the road.
2. The students had
a. hoses.
b. buckets with soapy water.
c. sponges.
d. all the options are right.
3. After washing the car
a. they rinsed it and dried it with towels.
b. they vacuumed the interior and washed the windows.
d. they got each other wet.
4. At least, the windows
a. were broken.
b. were spotless.
c. were vacuumed.
d. were filled with soapy water.
5. Finally
a. they waxed and polished the car.
b. they inspected the washed car.
c. they do as well in their classes.
d. they need all the education the can get.

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22. PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND

1. Does Bill have any plans for this weekend?
a. He might go to the cinema.
b. He might watch a video at home.
c. He might go to the theatre.
d. He might go to meet some friends.
2. And Robert, does he have any plans for this weekend?
a. He is going to meet some friends.
b. He is going to the cinema.
c. He is going to watch a video at home.
d. He is going to the theatre.
3. Robert might go sailing.
a. if he buys a boat.
b. if the weather is nice.
c. if the weather is bad.
d. if his friend has a boat.
4. Does Robert have a sailboat?
a. Yes, he has one.
b. Yes, he has two.
c. No, but his friend has one.
d. No, and his friend neither.
23. CAR REPAIRED
1. The mechanic
a. has finished with the oil change.
b. has replaced the oil filter.
c. has replaced the wiper blades.
d. all the option are correct.
2. Sophias car has serious problems:
a. the transmission is leaking.
b. her shocks need to be replaced and she needs new brake pads.
c. the battery should be replaced.
3. Her tires
a. are in good conditions.
b. need to be rotated.
c. the mechanic suggest a wheel alignment.
4. Sophia bought the car
a. a year ago.
b. a month ago.
c. two months ago.
d. three months ago.
5. She bought it from
a. a car dealer.
b. the owner of the garage.
c. the mechanic.
d. a friend.

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24. REPORTING A STOLEN CAR

1. Where was the car stolen?
a. in a public parking.
b. outside of his apartment building.
c. in his garage.
d. in a supermarket.
2. In the form he has to put down
a. the make and model of the vehicle.
b. the year and the colour.
c. the license plate number.
3. If the car was stolen by some kids who wanted to take a joyride
a. they usually strip the car.
b. they usually sell their parts.
c. theyll abandon it.
4. If it was taken by professional car thieves
a. they usually strip the car.
b. they usually sell their parts to chop shops.
c. A) and B) are correct.
d. theyll abandon it.
5. The officer
a. will notify him if they have some news.
b. wishes for the best.
c. wants the car back after its been stripped.
d. wont launch an investigation.
.
25. SMARTPHONES
1. What is Jason unboxing?
a. a video camera.
b. his new smarthphone.
c. his new GPS
d. a keyboard.
2. It has
a. a high quality camera and video camera.
b. a great GPS program.
d. all the options are correct.
3. The touch-screen and the keyboard
a. are difficult to use.
b. are easy to use.
c. arent intuitive.
d. are designed by a child.
4. The smartphone
a. has a removable SIM car and is Bluetooth compatible.
b. can be used as an e-book reader and to download apps.
c. isnt expensive.

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26. FRESHWATER DOLPHINS

1. Freshwater dolphins
a. live only in rivers in South America.
b. live in rivers and estuaries in South America and Asia.
c. live only in estuaries in Asia.
d. live in estuaries in North America and Asia.
2. The Amazon(choose the wrong sentence).
a. is the longest river in the world.
b. is the second longest river in the world after the Nile.
c. the biggest freshwater dolphin and the most intelligent is in the Amazon.
d. freshwater dolphins rescue people when they fall out of their canoes.
3. The Mekong
a. flows from Laos to Cambodia.
b. it has one of the richest biodiversities.
c. there are only 50 Mekong dolphins alive.
d. all the sentences are right.
4. The Indus river
a. is the longest river on the planet.
b. dolphins in the Indus river need help to save them from pollution.
c. is the 39th longest river in the world.
d. is the 21st longest river in Pakistan.
5. China.
a. All the Yangtze River Dolphins are dead.
b. The Yangtze River is the longest river in the world.
c. The Yangtze River is not very polluted.
d. Chinese people can see their Yangtze dolphin.
6. Peru (Choose the right sentence).
a.The Peruvian Forest Police help dolphins.
b. they stop commercial fishing.
c. they stop logging.
d. there are not as many dolphins in Yarapa as 20 years ago.
7. Thailand.
a. Songhkla Lake is the largest natural lake in Thailand.
b. Songhkla Lake is the largest lake in the world.
c. Thai Marine and Coastal Resources Department protect the dolphins.
27. SAVE THE PLANET

1. GIY stands for
a. give it yourself.
b. grow it yourself.
c. grow it young.
d. good it yourself.
a. GIY cuts down your carbon footprint.
b. Carbon footprint is the quantity of CO2 you make go into the atmosphere.
c. To much CO2 causes global warming and climate change.
3. Vegetables you grow yourself
a. dont contain any chemicals.
b. contain a lot more minerals, nutrients and antioxidants than supermarket vegetables.
c. are the freshest and the tastiest.
4. Seeds
a. are a lot cheaper to buy than vegetables.
b. are expensive to buy.
c. are the most expensive vegetables.
d. are the most productive vegetables.
5. To GIY
a. you need a garden.
b. you can use pots on your balcony.
d. you need to get a lot of sun.
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TAPESCRIPTS
1. INTRODUCTIONS
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Hi, Im Robert Chartrand.

Hi. Im Bill Pellowe. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you, too. What do you do?
Im a university teacher. How about you?
Me too! What university do you teach at?
I teach at Kinki University, and you?
Oh, I teach at Kurume University.
2. WHAT KIND OF SPORTS DO YOU LIKE?

Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert, I have some tickets to the Hawks game. Do you want to go?
Not really, Bill. I don't like baseball.
Oh, do you like sports?
Yes, of course.
What kind of sports do you like?
I like soccer.
Well, that's the world's most popular sport.
3. AFRICA
There are 53 countries in Africa and about 900 million people. In the north, there are deserts and in the middle, where the
equator is, it is tropical. In the south, there are big plains and a desert called the Kalahari.
Africa is very famous for wild animals. There are very big herbivores such as giraffes, elephants and hippos and big
carnivores like lions and crocodiles. There are many national parks which are very popular with tourists.
There are a lot of natural resources in Africa including oil and minerals. Unfortunately, Africa is also very poor. Today, 380
million Africans are poor. Why?
There are one thousand languages or more in Africa so African culture is very rich. African music is very varied. One famous
musician is Ali Farke Tour from Mali. African dancing is wonderful and the clothes are beautiful and colourful.
Education and health care is very important for the future of Africa.
4. PENELOPE CRUZ
Penelope Cruz is a beautiful Spanish actress and Oscar winner. She is in more than 40 films and Vicky Christina Barcelona is
one of her best films. It is about two young American women in Barcelona and the director is Woody Allen from New York. It is a
brilliant film and is now available on DVD. Penelope Cruz is also a trained ballet dancer and is fluent in Spanish, French, Italian
and English. She is 1.63m tall. She is a vegetarian and her hobby is dominoes.
Penelopes family is from Alcobendas, near Madrid. Her mothers name is Encarna and she is a hairdresser. Her fathers
name is Eduardo and he is a car mechanic. Her brother is also called Eduardo and he is a singer. Her sister Monica is an
actress like Penelope and she is famous on TV in Spain.
More great films with Penelope Cruz are Captain Corellis Mandolin and All the Pretty Horses and in Spanish Belle Epoque
and All about my mother. Her next film is called Nine.
Penelopes friend is Javier Bardem and he is also a famous international film star. He is in the film Vicky Christina Barcelona
with Penelope and he is also an Oscar winner too. Javier is in more than 25 films. One of his best films is No country for old
men. His Oscar is for this film. He is 1.83m tall and his hobbies are painting and rugby.
Javier is the son of famous Spanish actress Pilar Bardem. His brother and sister are actors and his grandparents too. Other
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5. FAMILY IN CANADA
Richard:
Anna:
R:
A:
R:
A:
R:
A:
R:
A:
R:
A:
R:
A:
yes, my dads side of the family all live in Canada.

Really? Where do they live?
In Ottawa.
Oh right. Who lives there then?
My grandmother, my aunt and uncle and my two cousins.
How old is your grandmother?
Shes 86 now.
Wow.
Shes great. Shes very talkative and friendly, everyone loves her.
Whats her name?
Mary.
Do you go and see her a lot?
We usually go once a year.
Thats great. Id love to go to Canada.
6. THE THREE BEARS

Three kinds of bears live in Alaska. These are the white bear, the black bear and the brown bear.
White bears, or polar bears, usually live on the ice and nearly always eat meat, especially seals. They often catch seals by
waiting near their breathing holes in the ice. White bears always have a wash after meals.
Black bears normally live in forests. They eat a lot of plants and really love honey. Black bears sometimes steal nuts from
squirrels. A black bear can occasionally attack a moose. Black bears are very popular with people. Teddy bears come from
black bears and Winnie the Pooh too.
Brown bears, or grizzly bears, nearly always live in the mountains. Once a year, the brown bears go to the rivers and lakes to
catch salmon. Brown bears love blackberries, blueberries and huckleberries.
Bears rarely attack humans. White bears are very, very dangerous but there are not many people where they live. You must
never go near a white bear. If you meet a black bear, you shout at him until he goes away. However, if you meet a brown bear
in the forest, you lie down and play dead. It is very important not to confuse brown bears with black bears. Also, when you go
camping, you always put your food and rubbish in special containers so that the bears dont smell them.
7. WHERE DO YOU USUALLY GO?
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Where do you usually go on your vacation, Robert?

I usually go to Canada in the summer.
What about the winter vacation?
I like to stay here in Japan in the winter.
Don't you want to spend Christmas in Canada?
I do, but it's just too cold.
I know what you mean.
8. MEERKATS
Meerkats are small omnivorous mammals and they are from the mongoose family. They live in underground cities in
Botswana and South Africa. They live in groups of between twenty and fifty individuals. Each group has a king and a queen.
And adult meerkat weighs about three quarters of a kilo and is about 30cm long with a long tail. They have brown noses and
small ears which close when they dig tunnels. Their normal expression is friendly and thoughtful at the same time.
Meerkats mostly eat insects such as centipedes but also eat plants, eggs and snakes. Meerkats are friendly and very clever.
When the group hunts or plays, two meerkats watch for danger. They start barking when they see danger and all the meerkats
run into the tunnels. They have special cries which mean eagle and snake.
Meerkat parents teach their children how to eat scorpions and they sometimes have babysitters so they can go out. When the
young leave the tunnels for the first time, the whole group comes to celebrate the occasion.
There is now a famous TV series called Meerkat Manison. It is about the adventures of a real meerkat group in the Kalahari
Desert in Botswana. The show is very popular in Australia, the US and Britain and there are now three series to watch.
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9. MEXICAN FOOD
Rebecca:
So, Diego, I hear that Mexico has some really great food and that you love to cook. What's your
favourite food in Mexico?
Diego:
My favourite food in Mexico is chiles en nogada. Chiles means pepper and this is a very traditional
Mexican dish because our flag is green, white and red, so this plate, the peppers are green, and then
it has a white sauce on top of it and then it has a grain sort of fruit. It's a red fruit and it's representing
our flag so it's very... It's a very historical plate in Mexico. It's very famous.
Rebecca:
Oh, wow. I don't think we have anything like that in Australia. It'd be hard to get something that you'd
eat that's blue and red and white.
Diego:
Blue and red.
Rebecca:
Yeah. Maybe fish.
Diego:
Fish with strawberries.
Rebecca:
I don't think that would work.
Diego:
Yeah.
Rebecca:
So what about tacos? Do you eat them a lot?
Diego:
Yeah, we eat them a lot. Tacos is like Mexican fast food, so there's a lot of tacos stands in Mexico,
and you can have them in all sorts of ways: with cheese, with onions, with meat, with different
sauces, like green sauce, hot sauce, red sauce. Yeah.
Rebecca:
Do the tortillas... do they stand up or are they round ones that always fall over when you go to eat
them?
Diego:
They're the round ones and they're also soft so they're not corn chips.
Rebecca:
Like the ones we get.
Diego:
Yes.
Rebecca:
Not true Mexican.
10. HOW LONG ARE YOU STAYING?

Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Hi Robert! What's up?

I'm going to the U.S. next week.
Oh, really? I didn't know that. Where are you going?
I'm going to Tampa.
Where's that?
In Florida.
What are you going to do there?
I'm going to visit my family. My grandmother lives there.
That sounds nice. When are you leaving?
On Saturday March 11th.
How long are you staying?
A couple of weeks.
11. WHAT ARE YOU READING?

Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
What are you reading?

A spy novel.
How is it?
It's good. Do you want to borrow it when I'm finished?
Sure. Thanks.

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12. I DONT KNOW HOW

Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Hi Bill. What's happening?

Not much. How about you, Robert?
Well, actually, I want to go to the art museum this afternoon, but I don't know where it is. Do you
know where it is?
Which one? There are a few art museums in Fukuoka.
I want to see the Napoleon exhibit. Have you heard about it?
Ah, sure. That's the Fukuoka Cityl Art Museum. It's in Ohori Park.
So, how do I get there?
That's easy. Just take the subway to the Ohori Park station. Walk through the park, and it's there.
You can't miss it!
Do you mean that I have to walk to the other side of the park to get to the musem?
Yes, that's right. It doesn't take long. About ten minutes or so.
OK, I think I understand. Thanks.
You're welcome.
13. WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

Cora:
Antonio:
C:
A:
C:
A:
C:
A:
C:
A:
C:
A:
Hi, Im Cora.
Im Antonio. Nice to meet you.
Same here. Are you from around here?
No, Im originally from Arkansas. How about you?
Im a native Californian, but I grew up in the Middle East. My parents were in the military, so we
moved quiet a bit, but mainly around the Middle East.
Thats really interesting. I spent some time in Jordan myself a few years ago doing research for my
company. But Ive lived in Los Angeles for over 10 years and consider it my adopted hometown.
Isnt that funny? Even though I was born here, I only moved back here two months ago. Im sure you
know the city much better than I do.
Id be happy to show you around, to help you get reacquainted with LA.
I was only eight years old when my family moved away, so I have a lot of catching up to do.
Lets start next weekend. Ill show you some of the places where the locals like to hang out.
That sounds great. Is this how all Angelinos treat newcomers?
Absolutely! Im the citys one-man welcome wagon.
14. MY LIFE IN THE UK

I wanna to talk about my life in UK. I went to study in the UK a few years ago. The most exciting experience is that I went to
a host family for my Christmas holiday in December. I went there aloneon a train, it took me one or two hours to get there,
to York and then I stayed there for one week. This was the first time that I spent time with a UK family which I learnt a lot from
them. They treat me like a family member, they took me out to eat, to play and to see all the different interesting culture of
their region. On Christmas Day, they even bought me some presents to celebrate the Christmas.
When I went back to Oxford, which was the place that I stayed for that year, I had a chance to teach in a Chinese school
every Sunday. The kids are about 14 years old and I taught them Chinese. They were all very cute but they all speak (spoke)
in English. I spent lots of time to encourage them to speak in Cantonese.
During my study (studies) in the UK, I lived with few other students from different countries. They are very nice and we use
to cook on our own just like a big family. Every day we will go toevery day we went to supermarkets to buy food and drinks
and desserts. We cooked every dayI was not a good cook, normally I just put everything into oven. And Ive tried to bake a
cake before but failed and they all laughed at me. And every time when I bake a cake, they never taste it. We share a flat
together - we share kitchen, bathrooms but we do have our own sink and bedroom. The life in the UK is quite relaxing
besides study because you can explore more and do different activities at school or even some other extracurricular
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15. RAFA NADAL

Rafa Nadal was born on a Spanish island called Majorca on 3 Jun 1986 where his family lived. He started playing tennis when
he was three.
Although he is right-handed, he changed to playing left-handed when he was eight years old. He also really liked football but
stopped playing because he needed more time for school. His uncle Tony helped Rafa to become a professional.
When Rafa was 14, the Spanish tennis federation wanted Rafa to leave the island of Majorca and move to Barcelona.
However, his family didnt want this to the Spanish federation decided to reduce the financial help for Rafas career. This
decision by the Spanish federation of tennis was very stupid and very typical.
Rafa tried to win Wimbledon twice before talking the title from his friend Roger Federer in 2008. They played the longest
Wimbledon final ever and hero and former-champion John McEnroe called it the best tennis match in history.
In the same year, Rafa became the best player in the world.
16. HOW OFTEN DO YOU GO SKIING?
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
How was your weekend?

It was great. I went skiing.
How was it?
It was fun. Do you ski?
Yes.
You should come next time.
That sounds good. How often do you go skiing?
About once a month.
17. THE WEEKEND

Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Good morning, Bill. How are you today?

Good morning, Robert. I'm all right. How are you?
Pretty good. Did you have a nice weekend?
Not bad. I went to the movies on Saturday night.
Oh yeah? What did you see?
I saw the new Harry Potter movie.
Did you like it?
Yes, it was excellent!
18. WHO DID YOU TALK TO?

Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
I talked to someone interesting yesterday.

Who did you talk to?
I can't remember his name, but I was sitting on the train...
Yeah...
...and this young man started talking to me.
What did he say?
He said that he was from Thailand and he was studying here in Japan.
You mean he was a university student.
No, he was a high school student. He had a uniform on.
I see, so what did you talk about?
Well, he said that he enjoyed living in Japan, but he did not have much chance to speak in English.
How was his English?
Pretty good. So, he asked me if we could chat while sitting on the train.
That's interesting. It's not everyday that you meet a Thai student in Japan.
That's right.

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19. BRUCE LEE

Bruce Lee was the man who brought kung fu to the West with his famous film Enter the dragon.
Although Bruce Lee was born in Chinatown in San Francisco in 1940, his parents soon moved back to Hong Kong.
Unfortunately, the Japanese Imperial Army invaded Hong Kong shortly afterwards but the family survived.
His father Lee Hoi Chuon was a famous Cantonese opera singer and actor and his mother Grace was a wealthy aristocrat
from Hong Kong. In 1957 Lee fought and won the Hong Kong high school boxing championship and then became the Hong
Kong cha cha cha champion for 1958.
At the age of 18, he returned to the United States where his sister and brother lived. He studied drama and philosophy at the
University of Washington in Seattle. Then he opened his first martial arts school where he taught his friends Jun Fan Gung Fu.
Bruce Lee then had the original idea behind the very famous TV series Kung Fu but Warner Bros. decided not to have a
Chinese person as the star of the series. As a result, Bruce and wife and children caught a plane to Hong Kong.
Back in Hong Kong, Bruce immediately made three very successful films with director Raymond Chow called The Big Boss,
Fist of Fury and The Way of the Dragon. There is a very famous fight scene in The Way of the Dragon with Chuck Norris filmed
in the Colosseum in Rome where the gladiators fought. His last film was Enter the Dragon and was also a huge hit. The movie
has made more than 200 million US dollars.
Bruce Lee was a philosopher as well as a fighter and wrote a lot of books. He believed that all knowledge eventually became
self-knowledge.
20. JK ROWLING
J.K. Rowling is the author of the books about Harry Potter played by Daniel Radcliffe in the films.
At university J.K. studied French and the classics. Her fist husband was Portuguese but unfortunately the marriage was not a
success. After, she was a very sad and cried a lot. She was unemployed and poor.
J. K. prepared the first Harry Potter book in the Nicolsons Caf in Edinburgh. Then JK tried to find a publisher. She offered
her first book to twelve publishers in England but they didnt like it. Fortunately, a little girl called Alice enjoyed reading the first
chapter. She is the daughter of a publisher and he agreed to publish the book.
Six more books followed and the films of course. Now JK isnt sad or worried about money. In fact, her life is more magic than
Harry Potters!
21. WASHING THE CAR
I was driving down the road when I saw a group of teenagers holding up signs for a fundraising car wash for their school. My
car was very dirty, so I pulled over and paid for a car wash and a wax.
I think that the students had more enthusiasm than car washing skills. Yes, they had hoses, buckets filled with soapy water, and
sponges, but they seemed more interested in getting each other wet than in getting the dirt off the car. I kept wanting to jump up
and say, Hey, you missed a spot! but I didnt.
After washing the car, they rinsed it and dried it with towels. They also vacuumed the interior and washed the windows. At least
the windows were spotless. Finally, they waxed and polished the car, and were finished.
I went over to inspect the washed car. All I can say is Im glad this was a fundraiser to support their school. If these students do
as well in their classes as they did on my car, they need all the education they can get!
22. PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Bill:
Robert:
Do you have any plans for this weekend?

I don't know. I might watch a video at home. And you?
I'm going to meet some friends.
What are you going to do?
We might go sailing if the weather is nice.
Sailing, wow! Do you have a sailboat?
No, my friend has one. She goes sailing every weekend.

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23. CAR REPAIRED

Sophia:
Mechanic:
Sophia:
Mechanic:
Sophia:
Mechanic:
Sophia:
Mechanic:
Sophia:
Is my car ready?
Im finished with your oil change and I replaced the oil filter. Ive also replaced the wiper blades in
your windshield wipers. But Ive had a good look under your hood, and your car needs a lot of work.
Really?
Yes, you have some serious problems. I bet your engine is running really rough. Your transmission is
leaking, your shocks need to be replaced, and you need new brake pads. Your battery is very low
and it should be replaced, too.
I cant believe it.
Its true. Your tires need to be rotated, too, and I also suggest getting a wheel alignment.
Well, this is all a big surprise, especially since I just bought this used car a couple of months ago.
You did? Well, you got ripped off. Whoever sold you this car is a crook. Where did you buy it?
I bought it here! I bought this from the owner of this garage. He said that it was in tip-top shape!
24. REPORTING A STOLEN CAR

Kenji:
Officer:
Kenji:
Officer:
Kenji:
Officer:
Kenji:
Officer:
Kenji:
Officer:
Kenji:
Hello, my car was stolen and I want to report it.

Where was it when it was stolen?
It was parked outside of my apartment building. I went outside this morning to drive to work, and it
was gone.
Okay, you need to fill out this form. Put down the make and model of the vehicle, the year, and the
color. Youll also need the license plate number. Do you know the vehicles VIN number?
No, I dont.
Thats okay. Just fill it out and well launch an investigation.
What do you think the chances are that Ill recover my car?
Thats hard to say. If it was stolen by some kids who wanted to take a joyride, theyll abandon it
afterwards and you may get it back in one piece. If it was taken by professional car thieves, thats a
different story. They usually strip the cars of their parts and sell them to chop shops. You may not
want your car back after its been stripped.
Ill just have to wish for the best.
Well notify you if we have some news.
Thanks. In the meantime, Id better get used to hoofing it around town!
25. SMARTPHONES
Hitomi:
Jason:
Hitomi:
Jason:
Hitomi:
Jason:
Hitomi:
Jason:
Hitomi:
Jason:
What are you unboxing?

This is my new smartphone. It has every feature under the sun!
Every feature?
It has a high quality camera and video camera, and its a videophone. It has a great GPS program,
too. The touch- screen and the keyboard are easy to use and everything is so intuitive. Even a child
could use it.
Yeah, but a child couldnt afford the expensive price tag, right?
True enough, but it has a removable SIM card and is Bluetooth compatible. I can even use it as an ebook reader, and download apps for just about anything I want to do. No childs toy could do all of
those things.
Yes, thats true, but I have just one question.
What?
Can you make a telephone call on it?
A telephone call? You mean a regular phone call? Yes, I think so.
26. FRESHWATER DOLPHINS

Do you know about freshwater dolphins? Freshwater dolphins live in rivers and estuaries in South America and Asia.
Lets go to the Amazon.
The Amazon is the second longest river in the world. Only the Nile is longer than the Amazon. The Amazon dolphin is the
biggest freshwater dolphin and also the most intelligent. Their brains are 40% bigger than human brains. They like to play with
the indigenous people of the Amazon and also they rescue people when they fall out of their canoes. They are pink.
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Another South American freshwater dolphin is the River Plate dolphin. The estuary of this river is between Argentina and
Uruguay and it is the widest estuary in the world. These dolphins are smaller than the Amazon dolphins. However, their noses
are longer.
Lets go to the Mekong.
The Mekong river flows from Laos to Cambodia. It is the tenth longest river on the planet and has one of the richest
biodiversities. This means the number of different plants and animals living in one area. Very sadly, there are only 50 Mekong
dolphins alive. They are dying because of pollution from goldmines and because politicians are not doing anything to help.
Lets go to the Indus River
Special dolphins also live in the Indus River, which is the longest river in Pakistan and the 21st longest river in the world.
Similar dolphins live in the Ganges, which is the 39th longest river in the world. Both these dolphins need help from politicians to
save them from pollution.
Lets go to China.
The Yangtze River is the third longest river in the world but it is very polluted. All the beautiful Yangtze River Dolphins are now
dead. This is very sad for future generations of Chinese people who will never see their Yangtze dolphin.
Lets go to Peru.
There is some better news. In the Amazon, the Peruvian Forest Police help the pink dolphins. They stop logging, that means
cutting down trees, and they stop commercial fishing. There are now more dolphins in Yarapa than 20 years ago. It is very
important for Brazil to do the same.
And lets go to Thailand
to Songhkla Lake. Here the Thai Marine and Coastal Resources Department protect the dolphins living in the lake.
Songhkla Lake is the largest natural lake in Thailand.
The politicians in Brazil, Cambodia, India, Laos and Pakistan must do more to protect their beautiful freshwater dolphins.
27. SAVE THE PLANET
GIY stands for grow if yourself and is about a new fashion for growing your own food.
There are a lot of reasons why growing your own food is a good idea. GIY cuts down your carbon footprint. Your carbon
footprint is the quantity of carbon dioxide gas, or CO2 you make go into the atmosphere. Too much CO2 causes global warming
and climate change. Food in supermarkets travels a long way in ships and lorries which produce a lot of CO2. When you buy
food from a supermarket, you need to ask, how many food miles does it have?
Also, buying vegetables grown in heated greenhouses increase your carbon footprint a lot. If you buy as much food as you
can in season from your region, you help save the planet. If you grow as many vegetables as you can at home, then you are
helping a lot more because you use a lot less water.
Vegetables you grow yourself are also good for your body because they contain a lot more minerals, nutrients and
antioxidants than supermarket vegetables and they dont contain any chemicals such as fungicides, insecticides or chemical
fertilizers either. Your vegetables are also the freshest and the tastiest you can get. If you GIY, you learn a lot about plants and
farming and it can be very useful for teaching children about nature and where food comes from too.
How much money can you save? To begin with, seeds are a lot cheaper to buy than vegetables. Then, there are two ways to
save even more. Firstly, plant the most expensive vegetables such as leeks. Secondly, plant the most productive. One
courgette plant produces so many courgettes that you can give a lot of them to friends and neighbours, which makes you very
popular. Cucumbers, green beans, peas, raspberries, strawberries and of course tomatoes are great too and they are all very
easy to grow. Herbs are expensive to buy so you can never grow too much basil, mint, parsely, rosemary or thyme. Experts say
it is best to buy cheap vegetables like onions and potatoes directly from local farmers.
Dont worry if you dont have much space. To GIY, you dont even need a garden. You can use pots on your balcony for
growing aubergines, broad beans, peppers and tomatoes. Whats more, dont worry if your space doesnt get much sun. In that
case you can plant endives, lettuce, peas, radicchio and spinach.
Basically, growing your own vegetables is a win-win situation. Your are richer, you have a healthier planet, a healthier social
life and a healthier boy and mind.

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APPENDIX V
(Selected material from www.english-guide.org)

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28. DAILY SCHEDULE

1. What time does the man get up?
a. at around 5:00 a.m.
b. at around 6:00 a.m.
c. at 7:00 a.m.
d. at twenty to seven.
2. What time does he get off work?
a. at 7:00 a.m.
b. at around 5:00 oclock.
c. at around 6:30
d. at around 8:00.
3. What does he do with his family around 6:30 p.m.?
a. They read books together.
b. They play games.
c. They eat dinner.
d. They work on their website.
4. Until 10:00 oclock?
a. They watch TV or talk.
b. They clean the house.
c. They listen to music.
d. They read.
5. He thinks his wife
a. has a part-time job.
b. is a lucky woman.
c. takes piano lessons.
d. Has the toughest job.
29. RENTING AN APARTMENT

1. Which statement is NOT true about the apartment for
rent?
a. Its a two bedroom apartment.
b. It has a living room, dining room and kitchen.
c. It has two bathrooms.
d. It has one bathrooms.
2. The apartment is partially furnished with
a. a refrigerator.
b. his grandmothers old dishwasher.
d. a washer and a dryer.
3. The rent is
a. $900
b. $950
c. $50
d. $95
4. The rent includes
a. the phone bill.
b. gas and electricity.
d. water bill

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a. $400
b. $40
c. $14
d. $60
6. How close is the apartment to the university campus?
a. Its about nine blocks from campus.
b. Its about three blocks from campus.
c. Its about eight blocks from campus.
d. Its about six blocks from campus.
7. Are there parking spaces for tenants?
a. The apartment has two covered parking
spaces.
b. No, there arent any parking spaces.
c. The apartment has one covered parking space.
d. The apartment has three covered parking
spaces.
8. Are pets allowed?
a. Only small pets like a hamster.
b. Yes, they allow dogs.
c. Yes, they allow cats or snakes.
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30. TOBACCO
1. Tobacco smoke
a. contains about 400 chemicals, some of which
are harmful.
b. contains about 4,000 chemicals, some of which
are harmful, others deadly.
c. contains about 4,000 chemicals, all of them are
deadly.
d. contains about 400 chemicals, all of them are
harmful.
2. Some of the deadliest chemicals are:
a. Tar
b. Nicotine
c. Carbon monoxide.
d. all of them.
3. Tar
a. is a mixture of chemicals such as
formaldehyde, arsenic and cyanide.
b. can cause serious lung diseases.
c. is more addictive than heroine.
4. Nicotine
a. is more addictive than heroine.
b. it reaches the brain in about ten seconds.
c. one of its effects is a decreased heart rate.
d. all the sentences are wrong.
5. Carbon monoxide
a. isnt absorbed by red blood cells.
b. is a poisonous gas.
c. the red blood cells absorb the oxygen more
easily than the gas.
d. All the options are wrong.
a. Tomatoes and tobacco are members of the
same botanical family.
b. The USA is the largest producer.
c. Seeds and fertiliser are often provided by British
American Tobacco.
7. How many stages are there in processing?
a. 14.
b. 4
c. 5
d. 3
31. SKIN PROBLEMS

1. How long has Danny had the rash?
a. for about two weeks.
b. for about ten weeks.
c. for about three weeks.
d. It isnt said.
2. It started out
a. as an infection, then turned red.
b. as a blister, then it got itchy and turned red.
c. itchy, and then it turned red.
d. red and then it turned an infection.
3. Dannys mother hopes
a. it is not an infection.
b. it is not a blister.
c. it is not skin cancer.
d. it is not a mole.
4. In the doctors opinion, the bump on Dannys neck
a. is a mole.
b. looks like a birthmark.
c. looks like a scar.
d. is acne.
5. Dannys mother
a. had a really bad acne when she was his age.
b. has pimples.
c. has a wart.
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32. A BURGLARY
a. Somebody went into number 34 Bank Street.
b. Somebody went into number 3 Baker Street.
c. Somebody went into number 4 Bank Street.
d. All the options are right.
2. What was stolen?
a. a DVD player
b. only their television
c. their television and a computer.
d. A) and C) are right
3. What was the man doing at 3 oclock yesterday?
a. he was next door.
b. he was at home writing some emails.
c. he was next door writing some emails.
d. all the sentences are right
4. Choose the wrong sentence.
a. the man had the radio on.
b. he was listening to jazz music.
c. he had the radio on quite loud.
d. classical music helps him think.
5. Did the man hear anyone moving around next door?
a. he thinks he heard someone.
b. no, he didnt hear anyone.
c. no, but he heard some noise.
d. yes, he heard the radio.
33. A DREAM
1. Angela is talking about
a. a film
b. a book
c. a dream
d. a song
2. Where was she?
a. in Liverpool.
b. in Manchester
c. in Milan
d. In London
3. It was a ____.
a. Sunday
b. Monday
c. Wednesday
d. Saturday
a. the shops were closed but there were lots of people in the streets.
b. the shops were open and there were lots of people in the streets.
c. the shops were closed and there werent lots of people in the streets.
d. the shops were open and there werent lots of people in the streets.
5. Choose the wrong sentence.
a. it was an awful day but the sun was shining.
b. it was a beautiful day
c. the sun was shining
d. it was quite hot.
6. She____.
a. stopped to look at a dress.
b. stood there for a few minutes.
c. realized the mannequin was her.
d. all the sentences are correct.

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34. PRICEY CITIES

1. The story Jess was reading said that
a. Tokyo is the most expensive city to live in.
b. Tokyo and Osaka are the most expensive cities
to live in.
c. Osaka is the most expensive city to live in.
a. Tom now lives in Tokyo and admits it is really
expensive.
b. Tom used to live in Bangkok.
c. Tom used to live in Tokyo but now he lives in
Bangkok.
d. Tom now lives in Bangkok and admits it is really
expensive.
3. Toms apartment
a. is really small and the rent is a good deal.
b. is fantastic but the rent is really expensive.
c. is a lovely beautiful big apartment and the rent
is a good deal.
d. is famous all over the world.
4. Thai food
a. is cheap.
b. is available.
c. is famous all over the world.
d. all the options are right.
5. Choose the wrong option.
a. Tom likes to go shopping in Bangkok, theres a
lot of clothes, shoes and bags.
b. The prices are really low.
c. In Bangkok the most expensive thing is getting
a hair cut.
d. He doesnt go much for expensive hair cuts.
6. Jess has lived
a. in many European cities as London and Paris.
b. in three European cities: Budapest, Paris and
Madrid.
c. in Belgium.
7. French wine
a. was really cheap.
b. there was a big variety.
c. is really expensive.
35. OPIUM WARS

1. The Opium Wars
a. between the United States and China lasted from 1829 to 1890.
b. between the United Kingdom and China lasted from 1839 to 1860.
c. between the United States and China lasted from 1839 to 1860.
d. between the United Kingdom and China lasted from 1829 to 1890.
a. Britain imported from China but exported very little to it, so British paid in silver.
b. Britain imported silver from China in large quantities.
c. British imported hard drugs from China.
d. Britain exported porcelain, silk and tea to China.
a. in 1757 the British invaded Bengal.
b. in the 1830s the British exported more than 1,000 tons of opium to China every year.
c. in 1839, the Chinese Emperor appointed a new commissioner of Canton.
d. all the sentences are right.
4. In 1842
a. the Treaty of Nanjing was signed to negotiate peace.
b. the Chinese Emperor confiscated about 1,000 of the drug from the British.
c. Lin wrote to Queen Victoria.
d. the British attacked China.
5. The Second Opium War.
a. it started in 1842.
b. the British invaded Peking.
c. the Chinese invaded the British.
d. the Chinese destroyed the Imperial Royal Palace.

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36. THE VANISHING INVENTION

1. Professor Antonio Cervilla
a. discovered how to use water as a substitute for gas.
b. discovered how to substitute petrol by water.
c. discovered how to use water as a substitute for electricity.
2. His invention
a. requires electricity.
b. uses a molybdenum compound to break down petrol into hydrogen.
c. uses a molybdenum compound to break down water into hydrogen and oxygen.
d. is expensive.
3. Since this discovery
a. nothing more has been heard about this technology.
b. the invention has been carried out in many countries.
c. governments are interested in developing this invention.
4. Philipine inventor Daniel Dingel
a. developed a water-fuelled car.
b. was arrested at the age of 82
c. was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
5. If this technology were widely available
a. it would be a disaster for petrol station owners.
b. it would save the planet.
c. it would cause pollution.
37. CRISIS
1. Causes to the current global crisis.
a. Overproduction.
b. the Wall Street Crash
c. deregulation of the financial markets.
2. Hungry investors
a. began speculating on the price of food commodities.
b. began speculating on the price of petrol.
c. became very rich.
3. On January 24 2008
a. the Bank of England announced it had lost 7.2 billion dollars of its clients money from futures.
b. the French investment bank Socit Gnrale announced it had lost 7.2 billion dollars of its clients money from
futures.
c. Grupo Santander announced it had lost 7.2 billion dollars of its clients money from futures.
4. The White House has said that
a. the US deficit will rise to $2.8 trillion.
b. the US deficit will rise to $ 1.6 million in 2009.
c. by 2009 the US deficit will rise to $1.6 trillion.
d. the US deficit will rise to $150 in July.
5.The Bank of England
a. puts the cost of the global crisis at $2.8 trillion.
b. puts the cost of the global crisis at $1.6 trillion.
c. puts the cost of the global crisis at $1.8 million.
d. puts the cost of the global crisis at $2.8 million.

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38. NEW YORK TRAVEL

1. What time does the plane depart?
a. at 6:00 a.m.
b. at 7:30 a.m.
c. at 9:00 a.m.
d. at 3:00 p.m.
2. How will the group get to the hotel from the airport?
a. They will take taxis.
b. They will ride the subway.
c. They will be going by bus.
d. it isnt said.
3. They will go to Ellis Island and Liberty Island
a. by ferry.
b. by bus.
c. for about 45 minutes.
d. to see Times Square.
4. What is the group planning to do around Times Square for about an hour?
a. They're going to have lunch.
b. They will have time to do some shopping.
c. They will be having a tour of the area.
d. They will go jogging for about 45 minutes.
5. What are they going to do after dinner?
a. The group is going to watch a musical.
b. They will catch an exciting movie.
c. They will be attending a broadway play.
39. IF I WERE MAYOR

1. The first thing the speaker would do if he were mayor of his city
a. is pedestrianize the main shopping streets.
b. is pedestrianize the old part of town.
c. is reduce air pollution.
2. According to some studies in Germany
a. pedestrianization has a bad effect on hotels.
b. pedestrianization increases business of shops and restaurants.
c. pedestrianization revitalized the outskirts of the city.
3. The next thing he would do
a. is build bus stops.
b. is build a network of bike lanes.
c. is build safe places to park cars.
d. is that people can use public transport for free.
4. He would pass a law saying
a. that people must use bikes.
b. that all buildings must install solar panels and solar water heaters.
c. that animals mustnt move freely.
5. The last thing he would do
a. is create a green corridor for animals to move freely.
b. is to provide free electric vehicles.
c. is to be happy.
d. is to increase air and noise pollution.

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40. JACKIE CHAN

1. The British and the French
a. robbed and burnt the Chinese Imperial Summer Palace in Beijing.
b. smuggled 1000 tons of drugs.
c. protect the Chinese government.
d. destroyed Chinese military.
a. 1000 men were burned alive inside the palace.
b. 300 British troops carried out the massacre.
d. 300 men and women were burn and 3,500 British troops carried out the massacre.
3. The palace grounds,__________ were destroyed.
a. known as farmland.
b. know as the Garden of Perfect Brightness.
c. amazing zodiac water clock.
d. known as the Chinese zodiac.
4. The zodiac water clock
a. appeared in an auction at Christies in Paris.
b. consisted of twelve bronze statues representing the signs of the Chinese zodiac.
c. all these statues were robbed.
5. Billionaire Stanley Ho
a. is being helped to recover the twelve bronzes.
b. bought the horse for 6.3 million pounds.
d. bought the tiger, the monkey and the ox.
6. The rat and the rabbit
a. were bought by the Poly Art Museum.
b. had been in the possession of Yves Saint Laurent.
c. had been in the possession of Jackie Chan.
d. were bought by Victor Hugo.
41. PAELLA
1. There are
a. 12 kinds of paella.
b. dozens of kinds of paella.
c. only two kinds of paella.
d. 10 kinds of paella.
2. In Las Arenas beach
a. there are famous and reasonably priced restaurants by the sand.
b. you will need to be patients.
c. paellas are made individually.
d. All the options are right.
3. The Valencians consider the authentic paella
a. seafood paella.
b. the one from Las Arenas beach.
c. the one from Serra.
4. The authentic paella
a. is made with chicken, rabbit, snails, rosemary, butter beans and green beans.
b. is made with seafood.
c. take an hour to prepare.
d. take an hour and a half to prepare.
5. Arros amb caranc is
a. made with chicken and rabbit.
b. made with snails and beans.
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42. HOTEL RESERVATION

1. The man makes a reservation finally for which day?
a. March 20th
b. March 21st
c. March 22nd
2. What kind of room does the man prefer?
a. a non-smoking room
b. a smoking room
c. either one is okay
3. Why doesn't he want to reserve the suite?
a. It doesn't have a nice view.
b. It doesn't come with a sauna bath.

c. It's too expensive.
4. Including tax, how much is the man's room?
a. 80 dollars
b. 88 dollars
c. 96 dollars
5. How do you spell the man's name?
a. Maxner
b. Maexner
c. Mexner
43. INMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS

1. What is the purpose of the woman's visit?
a. business
b. pleasure
c. business and pleasure
2. Where will the woman stay during her trip?
a. at a friend's home
b. at a hotel
c. at a university dormitory
3. About how long will the woman be in the country?
a. one day
b. a week
c. more than four weeks
4. What things are in the woman's luggage?
a. clothing, computer, and books
b. CD player, clothing, and books
c. books, gifts and computer
5. What other piece of information do we learn about the
woman?
a. Her parents are on the same trip.
b. She enjoys traveling to different countries.
c. She was born in that country.
44. ALLERGIES
1. What are the speaker symptoms?
a. Hes sneezing all the time.
b. He has moles.
c. His eyes are itchy and watery.
2. When having a look at his nasal passages, the doctor considers
a. He is very congested.
b. He suffers from headaches.
c. He suffers from a skin illness.
3. Is he experiencing any shortness of breath?
a. No way.
b. His chest feels constricted and its hard to breathe.
c. No, just spots over his body.
4. What is the diagnosis?
a. He may be experiencing a severe allergy attack.
b. He is allergic to work.
c. He suffers from measles.
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45. BEING CONNECTED

1. How many times a day does Jess check his mail?
a. More than twelve times.
b. More than twenty times.
c. Twice a day.
d. Once a day.
a. Jess has millions of e-mails every day.
b. Jess is very impatient and hates waiting for responses.
d. Its necessary for him to check his e-mail.
3. How many times does Tom check his e-mail?
a. More than twelve times.
b. More than twenty times.
c. Twice a day.
d. Once a day.
4. Tom has accounts
a. at facebook
b. at my space
c. at hi5
d. All the options are true.
5. Why doesnt Tom log on?
a. because hasnt got enough time.
b. because he is very lazy.
c. because he is good at keeping in touch.
46. FLOWER POWER

1. There is a widespread belief that animals are not very intelligent
a. in Africa
b. in Western society
c. in Eastern society.
d. in our society.
2. Indigenous people
a. believe that animals are not very intelligent.
b. tend to be very intelligent.
c. tend to respect other living things.
d. tend to benefit from things.
3. The Sioux
a. used the roof of Echinacea to treat snakebites.
b. inhaled the smoke from the burning plant to cure headaches.
c. made tea from the dried leaves to treat sore throats.
d. All the sentences are correct.
4. In Germany
a. Echinacea is used to cure headaches.
b. Echinacea is used in almost 300 different products.
c. the Germans use Echinacea to avoid catching colds and flu.
a. 25% of prescription drugs come from plants.
b. the word drug means dried plant.
c. A) and B) are right
d. 35% of prescription drugs come from plants.

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47. LIVING ON MY OWN

1. Moving out to live on your own
a. is very common in Hong Kong.
b. is unusual in Hong Kong.
c. is cheap in Hong Kong.
d. is troublesome.
2. There are several reasons for people to live with their parents:
a. Hong Kongs rent is expensive.
b. The Chinese traditional value of family is that the parents are the ones who brought you up.
c. There are people who are dependent on their parents for food, clothing, etc.
3. The most important reason for independent living
a. is to save the travelling time to work.
b. is to save money.
c. is to invite friends to come up.
4. Some trade-offs in living on your own:
a. you have to keep visiting apartments.
b. you have to negotiate with the landlord about the price, furniture inclusion, etc.
c. you have to negotiate with your parents.
d. you have to pay electricity and gas.
5. For the speaker, moving out
a. makes it easier to balance between work, social life, study and family.
b. is really troublesome and it isnt worth.
c. is boring.
d. has been a disaster.
48. PLASTIC
1. The United Nations says
a. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch doubles the size of the USA.
b. there are now 18,000 pieces of plastic in every square kilometre of sea everywhere in the world.
c. there are now 18,000 pieces of plastic in every square kilometre of sea everywhere in the USA.
2. Plastic
a. does not biodegrade.
b. photo degrades into smaller particles which enter the food chain.
c. biodegrades.
a. 10% of all rubbish is plastic bags which take from 400 to 1000 years to degrade.
b. 4% of plastic bags are recycled.
c. 18% of the worlds oil production is for plastic.
4.The first country to rebel and ban plastic bags has been
a. China.
b. Botswana.
c. Bangladesh
d. Kenya
5. The inhabitants of Bundanoon in New South Wales
a. use special paper bin liners.
b. have banned plastic bottles from the town.
c. have banned plastic bags.
d. have banned shopping trolleys.

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49. VIDEO GAMES

1. Jake
a. admits he is addicted to video games.
b. says he is addicted to cards.
c. is addicted to dominoes.
2. Lindsay
a. doesnt like video games.
b. is not very good at video games.
c. thinks video games are fun.
3. In Jakes opinion
a. video games are not fun.
b. lately video games are complicated to control.
c. it is easy to control lately video games.
d. it is easy to understand how to play the game.
4. How often does a hard core gamer play?
a. every day, half an hour.
b. every two days, an hour or two.
c. every day, an hour or two.
d. every two days, half an hour.
5. How often does Jake play?
a. Every day, since he doesnt work.
b. there are lots of days he doesnt play at all, since he is working.
c. an hour or two a day.
50. LEARNING LANGUAGES

1. The speaker
a. has lived in many different countries.
b. has learned 5 or 6 different languages.
c. lives in Hong Kong.
2. Watching programs helped the speaker, for example:
a. the weather.
b. game shows.
d. the news.
3. The best practice the speaker ever had
a. was picking up the Spanish newspapers.
b. was talking to people in the street or in shops.
c. was taking a dictionary.
d. was watching TV.
4. It took the speaker______to develop a good level of Spanish.
a. ten years.
b. two years
c. a long time.
d. a short time.
5. The speaker didnt pick up on some expressions, in particular
a. colloquial expressions.
b. idioms.
c. conversations.

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TAPESCRIPTS
28. DAILY SCHEDULE

Woman:
So, what's your usual day like? You always seem so busy.
Man:
Well, I usually get up around 5:00 a.m. and work on the computer until 6:00 a.m.
Woman:
Why do you get up so early?
Man:
Well, I have to leave home at twenty to seven (6:40 a.m.) so I can catch a bus at 7:00 o'clock . It takes me
about twenty minutes to walk to the bus stop from my house.
Woman:
And what time do you get to work?
Man:
Uh, my bus takes about an hour to get there, but it stops right in front of my office.
Woman:
That's nice. And what time do you get off work?
Man:
Uh, around 5:00 o'clock. Then, we eat dinner around 6:30, and my wife and I read and play with the kids until
8:00 or so.
Woman:
So, when do you work on your website? You said one time that you create it at home?
Man:
Well, my wife and I often watch TV or talk until 10:00 o'clock. She then often reads while I work on my site,
and I sometimes stay up until the early hours of the morning, but I try to finish everything by one or two.
Woman:
And then you get up at 5:00 a.m.?
Man:
Well, yeah, but it's important to live a balanced life. I enjoy what I do, but you have to set aside time for the
family and yourself.
Woman:
I agree.
Man:
But I think my wife has the toughest job. She spends her whole day taking care of our family . . . taking the
kids to school, working in the garden, buying groceries, taking the kids to piano lessons . . . [Wow!] It's a fulltime job, but she enjoys what she does.
Woman:
Well, it sounds like you're a busy, but lucky man.
Man:
I think so too.
29. RENTING AN APARTMENT

Apartment Owner:
Caller:
Apartment Owner:
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Apartment Owner:
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Apartment Owner:
Caller:
Apartment Owner:
Caller:
Apartment Owner:
Caller:
Apartment Owner:
Apartment Owner:
Caller:
Caller:
Caller:
Hello.
Hi. I'm calling about the ad for the apartment found in today's newspaper.
Okay.
I'm kind of desperate, and I need something right away.
Okay. What would you like to know?
First of all, how big is it?
It's a two-bedroom apartment with a living room, dining room and kitchen, and one bathroom. There's
also a place for a washer and dryer.
Okay, and how old is the apartment complex?
Well, let's just say it has a lot of history. To be honest, my great grandfather built it during the 1920s,
but it's a very sturdy and sound structure.
Oh, and . . . so, is the apartment furnished at all?
Oh, yeah. The apartment is partially furnished with a refrigerator, stove, and my grandmother's old
dishwasher.
Your grandmother's old dishwasher? Okay. What's the rent?
It's $950 a month.
Whoa. That is a little steep for me.
But you could always split the cost with a roommate.
Perhaps. Does that include utilities?
Well, the rent includes gas and electricity, but not the phone bill. And the water pump is right out the
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Caller:
Apartment Owner:
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Apartment Owner:
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Apartment Owner:
Caller:
Apartment Owner:
Caller:
Apartment Owner:
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Apartment Owner:
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Water pump! [Yeah.] Oh, yeah. Well, can I rent month-to-month, or do I have to sign a lease for a
longer period of time?
We require a 6-month commitment for the apartment, and if you cancel the agreement anytime
during that period, hey . . . you lose your deposit.
Oh, and how much is the deposit?
It's $400, and, of course, this money is used to repair damage or general wear and tear on our
apartment, like the leaks in the old roof from last year's snow storm. Man, that was ugly. Plaster
falling down from the ceiling. And I didn't even know there was a rat's nest up there, but we got that
taken care of.
A what? Do I get my deposit back after I move out? That's assuming that I even move in.
Generally speaking, we return the deposit, minus a small fee for, you know, cleaning the apartment
for the next tenant, but if you trash the place, then don't expect to get anything back.
Okay. Oh, um . . . how close is the apartment to the university campus?
It's about eight blocks from campus, but you can catch a number of busses right out in front.
Oh, so, then, if there's a busy road out front, is it noisy?
Well, there are always trade-offs: it's a little noisy with the road outside and the airport behind you,
but the place is really convenient because there's a supermarket and shopping center right across
the street. Just keep the windows closed and a pair of ear plugs handy, and you'll be fine.
Okay, and one last question. Are there parking spaces for tenants?
Yeah. The apartment has two covered parking spaces, which are really convenient during certain
times of the year.
Uh . . . I don't know. Is it possible for me to drop by and visit the apartment tomorrow morning?
Sure, but just remember we rent the apartment on a first-come, first-serve basis, so there's no
guarantee it'll still be available then.
Okay. Thanks. Um . . . and where exactly is the apartment located?
It's one block west of the waste water treatment plant.
Ah . . . . Are pets allowed?
Well, you can keep small pets like a hamster in a small cage, but we don't allow larger animals like
dogs, cats, or snakes. Things like that.
Um, I have a rat . . .
You don't have anything like that, do you?
Well, I have a rat that I keep in a cage. Will that be okay?
Well, as long it doesn't escape, I guess that's okay.
And what's your name?
It's Norman. Norman Bates.
Alright, Mr. Bates. I'll see you tomorrow. Bye.
30. TOBACCO
Whats in a cigarette? Whats in a puff?
Tobacco smoke contains about 4,000 chemicals. Some of which are harmful, others deadly. Here are three of the deadliest.
Tar
Tar, a mixture of chemicals such as formaldehyde, arsenic and cyanide, can cause serious lung diseases. Seventy percent of
the tar from tobacco smoke remains in the smokers lungs.
Nicotine
Many people are unaware that nicotine is more addictive than heroine. A powerful and fast-acting drug, nicotine reaches the
brain in about seven seconds. One of the major effects of nicotine is an increased heart rate and blood pressure.
Carbon monoxide
Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas formed when a cigarette is lit. The red blood cells absorb the gas more easily than
oxygen, so up to fifteen percent of a smokers blood may be carrying carbon monoxide instead of oxygen. Breathing becomes
more difficult because the heart has to work harder to pump less oxygen around the body.
From seed to smoke
What do tomatoes and tobacco have in common? They are both a member of the same botanical family. Tobacco is grown in
more than one hundred countries with China being the largest producer, closely followed by the USA. Tobacco can grow well in
poorer soils so a typical farmer can expect a good income from planting this crop.
Seeds and fertiliser are often provided by British American Tobacco. The seeds are so small that they must be protected in
seedbeds for sixty days before transplanting to the field. Two weeks later, soil is carefully pushed up against the seedlings to
further protect them and help to develop a good root system. Finally, after a couple of months, the flowering plants and some of
the upper leaves are cut to allow more growth in the remaining leaves. The crop gradually grows towards the harvesting stage.
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Harvest
In most countries harvesting is done by hand. The farmer takes off a few leaves from the lower part of each plant. A typical
farmer can expect to harvest about 15,000 plants. This is quite a lot considering each plant contains around 22 leaves.
Curing
There are four main methods.
Air-cured tobacco is hung in unheated, ventilated barns until the tobacco dries and the tobacco leaf becomes a light to
medium brown colour.
Flue-cured tobacco is made when heat is introduced into a barn through pipes from a furnace outside. The leaves are heated
until they turn yellow.
Sun-cured tobacco leaves are hung out on racks and exposed to the suns rays. The direct heat turns the leaves a yellow to
orange colour.
For fire curing, wood is burnt under the tobacco leaves, which dries the tobacco and produces a smoky fragrance.
Processing
There are four stages in processing. Dirt is removed from the cured tobacco. The leaf is separated from the stem (a process
known as threshing). The moisture content is checked carefully. The processed tobacco is packed into 200kg cardboard boxes,
for shipping to manufacturing sites.
Manufacturing
At the factory, the matured tobacco is checked for quality and then carefully blended with other ingredients which are needed
for the brand recipe, such as flavourings.
Moisture content is crucial. Too dry and the tobacco leaf will crumble; too moist and it may spoil during storage. The blended
tobacco is treated with just the right amount of steam and water to make it supple, and then cut into the form in which it appears
in the cigarette. The cut tobacco is then given a quality check.
Cigarette making, once done entirely by hand, is today almost fully automated with the cut tobacco, cigarette paper and filters
continuously fed into the cigarette-making machines.
Packing machines put the cigarettes into the familiar brand packs, wrap the packs in protective film and group them into
cartons and cases. The completed cases, time-dated to ensure the freshest product possible, are then ready for distribution.
31. SKIN PROBLEMS

Mother:
Doctor:
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Mother:
Doctor, this is my son Danny. I brought him in so you could look at his rash.
Okay, Danny. Have a seat on the exam table. How long have you had the rash?
My son has had that rash for about two weeks. It started out as a blister, and then it got really itchy
and turned red. Could it be an infection?
Ill need to take a closer look at it first before I can tell you that.
I hope its not anything serious. I hope its not skin cancer!
Lets not get ahead of ourselves. Okay, lets take a look...
While youre at it, could you look at this bump on Dannys neck? I think its a mole.
That looks like a birthmark, but Ill take a look.
And could you look at this wart? If you remove it, will it leave a scar?
Im not sure it is a wart. Let me examine it first, and Ill tell you what treatment I recommend.
Oh, and Doctor, could you look at Dannys pimples? He just started getting them. I had really bad acne when I
was his age.
Is there anything else?
Well, since you asked...
32. A BURGLARY
Policeman
Man
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Good afternoon sir, sorry to disturb you but can I ask you some questions about yesterday?
Err, yes of course. What happened yesterday?
There was a burglary sir.
A burglary?
Yes, somebody went into number 34 Bank Street and stole their television, DVD player, and
computer.
Number 34, thats next door!
Yes, sir. What were you doing at 3 oclock yesterday afternoon.
At three oclock?I was at home, yes I was here. I was writing some emails.
Did you hear any noise next door?
No, nothing. I think I had the radio on. Yes, I was listening to classical music, it helps me think you
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Ah, classical music. So you didnt hear anyone moving around next door?
No, I didnt, oh dear, sorry officer.
33. A DREAM
I had a very strange dream last night. Where was I? Yes, it was Manchester. I dont know why but I was in
Manchester city centre. I was walking along the street on my own. I think it was a Saturday because the shops were
open and there were lots of people in the streets. It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining and it was quite hot.
Anyway, I stopped to look at a dress in a shop window. I stood there for a few minutes looking at this really fantastic
dress when I suddenly realized that the model, you know, the mannequin was actually me! I was looking at myself in
the shop window wearing the dress! Very strange!
34. PRICEY CITIES
Jess: So, Tom, I was reading in the newspaper this morning, and I noticed a story which said that Tokyo and Osaka are now
the most expensive cities to live in. I remember you told me you used to live in Tokyo. Was that your experience of living there?
Tom: That's right. Tokyo was really expensive. I am so pleased that now I live in Bangkok. Living here is fantastic. My
apartment - I have this lovely beautiful big apartment and the rent is a good deal. Thai food is famous all over the world and
actually when you come to Thailand, you realize how cheap the food is and how available it is. You can buy food - every kind of
food from any shop or restaurant - even on the street. They have street stalls where people cooking. They have people walking
up and down the street pushing carts full of food and it's all really cheap and delicious. I like to go shopping in Bangkok. There's
a lot of clothes and shoes and bags. The prices are really low and it's this lovely feeling being able to walk around and afford
things. Did you know in Tokyo the most surprising expensive thing was getting a hair cut. I don't go much for expensive hair
cuts and it used to kill me how much I had to pay just to get someone to chop off my scruffy locks. I know you've lived in Europe
mostly. What was your experience? What was the most expensive place in Europe?
Jess: Well, I've lived in three European cities: Budapest, Madrid and Paris and of the three Paris was definitely the most
expensive. The things that stands out in my mind as being the most expensive were beauty services. Things like hair cuts, hair
coloring, facials, waxing. I actually had to save and budget every month to make sure I was able to afford in Paris the things I
was used to getting without thinking about back home in Britain, but not every thing was expensive there. Beauty services were
and rent was but the wine, brilliant French wine, was really cheap and there was a huge variety, so in that way, I guess it
balanced itself out.
35. OPIUM WARS

The Opium Wars between the United Kingdom and China lasted from 1839 to 1860 and started because the Chinese
government wanted to stop the British from smuggling drugs into China.
From the mid-17th century, Britain imported porcelain, silk and tea from China in large quantities. Because Britain exported
very little to China, the British paid for these goods in silver.
Eventually, the British government decided to stop this trade deficit. They illegally transported hard drugs from India to China
and so created drug addicts in China. More and more Chinese people became addicted to opium and in 1729 the Chinese
government prohibited the sale and use of the drug.
In 1757 the British invaded Bengal and after that the British East India Company had the monopoly on opium production and
exportation. By the 1830s, the British exported more than a thousand tons of opium to China every year. In 1839, the Chinese
Emperor appointed a new commissioner of Canton called Lin Zexu. He confiscated about a thousand tons of the drug from the
British and destroyed it. Then he demanded that the British sign a treaty promising to stop dealing drugs to China. The British
rejected this proposal so Lin wrote to Queen Victoria to tell her about what was happening. Historians believe she never got the
letter.
Suddenly, the British attacked China with warships and an army. They captured Canton and destroyed a lot of Chinese boats
on the Yantse River. In 1842 the Treaty of Nanjing was signed to negotiate peace. However, the Chinese had to surrender
Hong Kong to the British.
The Second Opium War started when the Chinese authorities conducted a search of a British ship suspected of carrying
drugs. This time the British invaded Peking. They stole the art and treasures from the Imperial Summer Palace and annihilated
the beautiful buildings and gardens. The stolen objects included famous bronze statues from a fountain which have recently
appeared in the news. The destruction of the Imperial Royal Palace is considered a terrible tragedy even today.
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36. THE VANISHING INVENTION

In 1998, a Valencian professor made an amazing claim. Professor Antonio Cervilla discovered how to use water as a
substitute for petrol.
The scientist said that you could drive from Bilbao to Valencia on just half a litre of water. His invention uses a molybdenum
compound to break down water into hydrogen and oxygen. Unlike other methods, no electricity is required and the reaction
happens at atmospheric temperature.
This impressive technology is bases on the way plant enzymes break down water. The use of molybdenum is the perfect
choice because, although rare, it is cheap and found all around the planet.
Since the claims were made, nothing more has been heard about this fabulous technology. There is no explanation for the
disappearance anywhere on the internet, apart from a list of similar inventions which have also vanished. An inventor from the
Philipines called Daniel Dingel developed a water-fuelled car but was arrested at the age of 82 and sentenced to 20 years in
prison.
If this technology were to become widely available, it would prove disastrous for petrol station owners and would also save the
planet from the impending environmental catastrophes being caused by pollution.
37. CRISIS
After the Wall Street Crash in 1929, the US Congress passed a new law called the Glass-Steagall Act so that history could not
repeat itself. Fifty years later, Congress repealed or scrapped this law and consequently, history did repeat itself.
There are two principal causes to the current crisis. The first overproduction and the second is the deregulation of the financial
markets, which is, in fact, a direct result of the first cause, overproduction.
Since the Second World War, humans, in particular production engineers and economists, have become brilliant at
manufacturing high quality goods that people want to buy on a large scale. Engineers and economists have used both robotics
and the outsourcing of productions to parts of the world where the cost of labour is low. Fantastic products are made very
cheaply, sent all over the world in containers and sold at bargain prices. All this has happened in a highly competitive
environment.
This intense activity caused two important things to happen. The governments of manufacturing countries like China became
very rich and formed to now famous sovereign wealth funds with the objective of investing all this lovely capital. Investing in
industry was unattractive as profit margins were very slim. Investors wanted bigger profits. Strict banking regulations also made
life very difficult for investors. Secondly, all this liquidity caused a continued increase in the price of real estate, just like in the
1920s.
When the US Congress repealed the Glass-Steagall Act, investment banks and retail banks were able to work together again
for the first time in 50 years. Next, not to be left behind, the European financial sector lobbied the European Union, mostly in
secret, to liberate the European market. This deregulation put an end to transparency in the banking world. Hedge funds, whose
investments are carried out under the cover of darkness, mushroomed.
Simplicity was replaced by complexity and uncertain risk. Credit default swaps gave investors large payouts for loans gone
bad and futures, which are more like bets than investments, offered juicy returns.
Hungry investors then began speculating on the price of food commodities, especially rice and wheat and this was when we
saw the first signs of trouble. The price of wheat flour increased more than 25% due to speculation and the Sphagetti Riots
broke out in Italy. Petrol prices increased further and further still. Farmers complained that they could no afford to refuel their
tractors and truck drivers went on strike in Spain.
The world now had a stagnant real economy and a very busy financial sector. In the USA, the financial sector accounted for
40% of the nations total profits but less than 5% of the GNP.
On January 24 2008, the French investment bank Socit Gnrale announced that it had lost an astounding 7.2. billion
dollars of its clients money from futures went the wrong way.
Next, in the space of just 6 weeks, the price of a barrel of crude oil fell from $150 a barrel in July to less than fifty by October.
Then we found out about sub-prime loans. Investment banks and retail banks, working together, had lent vast quantities of
their clients money to high risk borrowers. This means borrowers who are likely to default on their home loans or mortgages
because of low incomes and job instability. And guess what? They defaulted, handed back the keys to the house and the banks
are now left with properties that nobody wants and whose value continues to fall. What a disaster!
After that, it was the turn of the hedge funds. Many banks, such as Grupo Santander, passed on investors money to hedge
funds who then passed the money on to Bernard Madoff.
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Governments have now spent billions of taxpayers money because of the mistakes mande by greedy and irresponsible
bankers and The White House has said that the US deficit will rise to $1.6 trillion in 2009. The Bank of England puts the cost of
the global crisis at $2.8 trillion but nobody really knows and nobody really knows what all this means for the future.
38. NEW YORK TRAVEL

Okay, everyone. I want to review the first two days of our travel itinerary for the trip. Okay, yeah, please take out the paper
that I handed out earlier. Okay. Uh. First of all, we have been very fortunate to have been able to purchase discount tickets to
cover most of the transportation costs and scheduling (scheduled) activities. And I want to also thank the, uh, group of parents
who, uh, worked very hard in order to, uh, raise funding, uh, through different businesses in the community. I really appreciate
that.
Uh, let's see. Okay, everyone should meet at the airport at 6:00 a.m. This will give you time to check in and get through
security. Our plane departs at 9:00.
Uh, our plane arrives in New York at 3:00 p.m, and we will take a bus from the airport to the hotel. We've been able to get
great rates on this hotel because we're staying on a weekday instead of the weekend.
In the morning, for any of you who like to get exercise, we will be meeting in the lobby around 6:00 a.m. to go jogging around
Central Park for about 45 minutes, and we'll get back to the hotel about the time when the restaurant opens, so you'll enough
time to grab a quick breakfast before we leave the hotel at 8:00. We'll be taking a ferry ride to Ellis Island and then to Liberty
Island to visit the Statue of Liberty. I mean, this is something that you really can't miss, and later, we will go to Times Square
where you can have lunch on your own for about an hour from about 1 to 2.
Later in the afternoon, you have the choice of visiting the Empire State Building or the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Either one
of these is . . . are great, and we have some great, uh, group discounts. Uh, we will meet back at the hotel at 6:00 p.m., and
we'll have dinner at a very nice Italian restaurant downtown, and then we'll catch an exciting broadway musical around 8:30
p.m.
Uh, any questions?
39. IF I WERE MAYOR

If I were mayor of my city, the first thing I would o is pedestrianize the main shopping streets and also the old part of town.
Studies in Germany show that pedestrianization increases business in 80% of shops and in 60% of restaurants, although it
has a bad effect on hotels. In Copenhagen, pedestrianization had a very positive effect on society. People left their cars at
home, became more friendly with their fellow citizens and revitalized the centre of the Danish capital.
Another effect of pedestrianization is making the streets safer for children and old people and so I would provide more street
furniture and childrens areas. In the pdestrianized zones, it also causes a greater variety of shops to appear as well as markets
and performances by street artirts. Pedestrianization reduces air and noise pollution too.
To reduce air pollution even more, I would provide free parking for electric vehicles next to the city centre.
The next thing I would do is build a network of bike lanes all over the city, just like Mayor Enrique Pealoca in Bogota. Doing
this quadrupled the amount of people using bikes in Colombias capital. I would also integrate bus stops with safe places to park
bicycles. Intermodal passenger transport is absolutely vital to smooth flow and safety within a city and I think it is something
mayors and mayoresses everywhere need to study.
After that, I would introduce a community bicycle programme, similar to Paris and Barcelona. This means that people can use
public bikes for free and then leave them in a special stand. Paris now has public bike stands every 300 metres and more than
20,000 public bicycles.
When I finished that, I would pass a law saying that all buildings must install solar panels, solar water heaters and wind
turbines in order to reduce the citys carbon footprint.
The last thing I would do is create green corridors which allow animals to move freely between the city and the country without
being killed by cars.
I realise my programme would probably be very unpopular with a lot of people and I think I should lose the next election.
However, if I finished my programme to help make my city more environmentally-friendly, I would be happy.

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40. JACKIE CHAN

Less than 150 years ago, the magnificent Chinese Imperial Summer Palace is Beijing was robbed and burnt by the British and
the French. At the time, more than 1000 tons of hard drugs a year were smuggled into China by Britain, who used the military to
protect their drug trafficking interests from the Chinese government.
300 men and women were burned alive inside the palace. 3,500 British troops carried out the destruction and massacre.
Charles Gordon of the Royal Engineers took part. We went out, and after pillaging it, burned the whole place We got upward
of 48 pounds a piece prize money I have done well You can scarcely imagine the beauty and magnificence of the places
we burnt It as wretchedly demoralizing work for an army.
Many of the treasures were more than 3,500 years old.
The wonderful palace grounds, known as the Garden of Perfect Brightness, were destroyed so completely that the area was
used for farmland until the 1980s. Inside the garden, there was an amazing zodiac water clock. It consisted of twelve bronze
statues representing the signs of the Chinese zodiac. All these statues were robbed in the attack.
The Chinese Poly Art Museum is being helped by billionaire Stanley Ho to recover the twelve bronzes. He bought the horse
for 6.3 million pounds in 2007 and gave it to the museum. So far, the museum has recovered the tiger, the monkey and the ox,
as well as the horse of course.
In February 2009, the rabbit and the rat appeared in an auction at Christies in Paris. They had been in the possession of
French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent until his death. The price of the statues was estimated to be worth 8.8 million
pounds!
The Chinese government tried to stop the auction and the film star Jackie Chan was very angry. The statues were stole. It
was stealing yesterday and it is still stealing today. And now we are going to lose two more pieces of the clock to who-knowswho.
When the auction was held at Christies in Paris, the rabbit and the rat were sold for 13 million pounds! They were bought by
Cai Mingchao. But now Mr Mingchao says he will not pay for them.
The author of Les Miserables, the great French writer Victor Hugo, gave his opinion about the robbery and destruction of the
Chinese Imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860. Two robbers broke into a museum, destroying, robbing and burning. They
left together with their bags full of treasure and laughing. One robber is called France and the other Britain.
It is now March 2009 and the rabbit and the rat are still in France.
41. PAELLA
Getting from the airport to the centre of Valencia, which is where paella originally comes from is easy. You unpack and settle
into your downtown self-catering apartment and already you are thinking about paella, although no one has warned you that
ordering paella in the centre of Valencia is the equivalent to a culinary catastrophe. Other things you probably do not know are
that there are dozens of kinds of paella as well as the fact that for the best paellas you need to order in advance.
For a delicious seafood paella, take the metro to the Las Arenas beach where there is a row of famous and reasonably priced
restaurants right by the sand. Here you will not have to book ahead but you will need to be patient as real paellas are made
individually and take half and hour or so to prepare. While away your time munching tellinas or clams.
If you decide to rent a car, book a Valencian paella in Serra, which is a town up in the mountains, to savour what the
Valencians consider to be the authentic paella. It is made with chicken, rabbit, snails, rosemary, butter beans and green beans
and cooked over a log fire. You have to book though or your journey will be wasted. My favourite restaurant is La Balsa de San
Antonio, just out of town tucked into a bend in the mountain road by a small reservoir. Take advantage of having a car and drive
out to the fishing village of El Palmar by the lagoon. Order arros a banda or arros amb caranc, which is crab and rice stew along
with a serving of spicy eels with potatoes called all I pebre.
42. HOTEL RESERVATION

Hotel Clerk:
Hello. Sunnyside Inn. May I help you?
Man:
Yes, I'd like to reserve a room for two on the 21st of March.
Hotel Clerk:
Okay. Let me check our computer here for a moment. The 21st of May, right?
Man:
No. March, not May.

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Hotel Clerk:
Oh, sorry. Let me see here. Hmmm.
Man:
Are you all booked that night?
Hotel Clerk:
Well, we have one suite available, complete with a kitchenette and a sauna bath. And the view of the city is
great, too.
Man:
How much is that?
Hotel Clerk:
It's only $200 dollars, plus a 10% room tax.
Man:
Oh, that's a little too expensive for me. Do you have a cheaper room available either on the 20th or the 22nd?
Hotel Clerk:
Well, would you like a smoking or a non-smoking room?
Man:
Non-smoking, please.
Hotel Clerk:
Okay, we do have a few rooms available on the 20th; we're full on the 22nd, unless you want a smoking room.
Man:
Well, how much is the non-smoking room on the 20th?
Hotel Clerk:
$80 dollars, plus the 10% room tax.
Man:
Okay, that'll be fine.
Hotel Clerk:
All right. Could I have your name, please?
Man:
Yes. Bob Maexner.
Hotel Clerk:
How do you spell your last name, Mr. Maexner?
Man:
M-A-E-X-N-E-R.
Hotel Clerk:
Okay, Mr. Maexner, we look forward to seeing you on March 20th.
Man:
Okay. Goodbye.
43. INMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS

Customs Officer:
Woman:
Customs Officer:
Woman:
Customs Officer:
Woman:
Customs Officer:
Woman:
Customs
Woman:
Customs Officer:
Woman:
Customs Officer:
Woman:
Next. Uh, your passport please.

Okay.
Uh, what is the purpose of your visit?
I'm here to attend a teaching convention for the first part of my trip, and then I plan on touring the
capital for a few days.
And where will you be staying?
I'll be staying in a room at a hotel downtown for the entire week.
And uh, what do you have in your luggage?
Uh, well, just, just my personal belongings um, . . . clothes, a few books, and a CD player.
Officer: Okay. Uh, please open your bag.
Sure.
Okay . . . Everything's fine. [Great]. Uh, by the way, is this your first visit to the country?
Well, yes and no. Actually, I was born here when my parents were working in the capital many years
ago, but this is my first trip back since then.
Well, enjoy your trip.
Thanks.

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44. ALLERGIES
Victor:
Doctor:
Victor:
Doctor:
Victor:
Doctor:
Victor:
Doctor:
Victor:
Doctor:
Victor:
Doctor:
Victor:
Oh, doctor, youve got to help me!

Try to relax. What seems to be the problem?
Im sneezing all the time, and my eyes are itchy and watery.
Tilt your head back so I can take a look at your nasal passages. Youre very congested.
My sinuses are killing me! I have headaches all the time and nothing I do seems to help.
What is this on your skin?
I dont know. Ive had red spots all over my body.
They look like hives to me. Are you experiencing any shortness of breath?
Well, my chest feels constricted and its hard to breathe.
I think you may be experiencing a severe allergy attack. Im going to refer you to an allergist. What were you
doing right before you started experiencing these symptoms?
I started my first job.
That could be your problem.
I knew it! Im allergic to work!
45. BEING CONNECTED

Tom: Jess, usually when I see you, you're sitting at the computer checking your e-mail. How many times a day do you check it?
Jess: I honestly don't count, but many, many times. Definitely more than twenty times a day. It's not really necessary. It's not
like I have millions of e-mails coming into my account every day, but I'm very impatient and I hate waiting for responses or
waiting for something that I'm expecting so I'll check my e-mail so that I can receive it as soon as it's sent. How about you? Do
you check your e-mails often?
Tom: I suppose I check once a day, and if I have any mail, it will be one or two weeks before I reply to it. I'm really bad at
keeping in touch. I've got accounts at facebook and my space and hi5, all these social networking sites, but I almost never log
on and people .... I got a message the other day, a friend telling me, I'm a boring facebooker. It's official because I haven't
updated my profile in so long.
Jess: Why don't you? Is it that you haven't got enough time?
Tom: I have got so much free time. I think it's just because I'm very lazy. I take photos. I meet people. I do things. I just don't
feel the need to tell everyone about it at the end of the day. My family have kind of gotten used to it now. They know that I'll get
in contact they'll likely to see me in the next few months, or I'll get in contact if there's a birthday or a baby, but apart from that, I
really don't keep in touch very well.
Jess: Apart from e-mail, neither do I. I did join Facebook a couple of years ago when all of my friends did and everyone was
sending me links to join, and I created my profile, but to be honest, it's too much for me to have more than one thing to check
that many times a day, so usually I stick to e-mail for communication. Yes, I do check it a lot, but I think if I started checking
Facebook as regularly, I wouldn't have time to do the things I need to every day.
46. FLOWER POWER

In Western society there is a widespread belief that animals are not very intelligent. Indigenous peoples, on the other hand,
tend to have a lot of respect for other living things and this is often to their great benefit. Native Americans (or the Indians)
noticed that when elks, a kind of large deer, were sick, they looked for and ate a certain plant and quickly recovered. This pretty
plant is called the purple coneflower or Echinacea and is now on sale in every high street chemist all over Britain.
Melvin R. Gilmore was the first modern scientist to study how indigenous people use plants for medicine. He discovered that
the Native Americans use Echinacea for a lot of different health problems. The Sioux used the root to treat snakebites while
another tribe inhaled the smoke from the burning plant to cure headaches. The juice from the root was used to treat burns and
the Cheyenne made tea from the dried leaves to treat sore throats.
In more recent times, Echinacea has become very popular in Germany where it is used in nearly 300 different products, from
ointments for eczema and sunburn to pills for boosting the immune system. The Germans use it to avoid catching colds and flu.

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Did you know that 25% of prescription drugs come from plants? Incidently, the word drug means dried plant. Perhaps
Westerners should pay more attention to indigenous people and also to animals. They may be able to teach us a lot more about
staying healthy.
47. LIVING ON MY OWN

I wanna talk about my experience of moving out and living on my own. Moving out to live on your own is not very common in
Hong Kong. Many people still choose to live with their parents even though they have a decent job and theyre already at their
thirties. Many of them would stay with their parents until they get married. There are several reasons behind firstly, Hong
Kongs rent is expensive, many people would rather save up more money to purchase an apartment instead of renting one.
Secondly, the Chinese traditional value of family is that the parents are the ones who brought you up. When you become an
adult, you should also take good care of your parents and you should spend more time to be with them. And of course there are
people who are still dependent on their parents for food, clothing, household chores, etc.
When I tell people about the idea of moving out, many peoples reaction is like, what do your parents say? because they
assume the parents would not like their children to leave them. Well I dont know if my parents like it but I can tell you my
parents support and respect my decision. They think it is good for me to try and live on my own and then I would know it is the
best to stay with my family.
The most important reason for independent living is to save the travelling time to work. It used to take me one hour fifteen
minutes to travel to work from my previous living place. From my new apartment, it just takes me thirty minutes so I saved fortyfive minutes travelling time. I dont have to get up so early and I save two-third of my travelling cost. It does not only save my
time to travel for work but also from most of the places in Hong Kong. In addition, I gain my personal space and freedom by
independent living. I make my own decision all the time, I do not have to say whether I would go home for dinner, I can invite
my friends to come up and stay late.
Of course there are some trade-offs in living on your own. If you want to rent an apartment, there are lots of preparatory works
(work) to do. You have to keep visiting the apartments to search for your ideal one. You have to negotiate with the landlord
about the price, furniture inclusion, who is responsible for the maintenance of the furniture and equipments (equipment). My
experience was that after we moved into the apartment, it was not until the kitchen cupboard was soaked with water that we
found out there was water leakage in the kitchen sink.
Money is the main issue in living on your own. You have to be responsible for all the expenses, for example, the rent,
electricity, gas, water, telephone, internet bills, etc. Therefore youve got to be well prepared and save up for your bills. Although
I find my transportation time much shorter, the saved time is spent on other things, such as cooking and some other household
chores. I think preparing and cooking the food do occupy a significant portion of my time, therefore I always try to make simple
meals. On the other hand, I have to regularly tidy up my apartment and wash my clothes, so it doesnt really save much of my
time after all.
Now everything is settled down, Im getting used to my new life and I am enjoying it. I feel that moving out makes it easier for
me to strike a balance between my work, my social life, my study and my family. It may be troublesome but it may worth.
48. PLASTIC
Twelve years ago, oceanographer Captain Charlie Moore was skippering his yacht the Alguita in the North Pacific. He sailed
into a mass of floating plastic rubbish which took him and his crew a week to cross. This floating rubbish dump is now called the
Great Pacific Garbage Patch and doubles the size of the USA.
The United Nations says there are now 18,000 pieces of plastic in every square kilometre of sea everywhere in the world. A
walk along any beach will give you some idea of the seriousness of plastic pollution.
The trouble is, when we throw out plastic with the trash, the plastic doesnt go away. Plastic does not biodegrade. It photo
degrades into smaller and smaller particles which then enter the food chain. Plastics contain cancer-causing chemicals such as
vinyl chloride which travel along the food chain in increasing concentrations and end up in our fish and chips, along with
hormone disruptors such as bisphenol A.
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Scientists try to tell us that we are killing ourselves as well as other animals.
At least 200 species are, as I speak, being killed by plastic. Whales, dolphins, turtles and albatross confuse floating plastic,
especially shopping bags and six pack rings, with jellyfish. A dead Minke whale, washed up on a Normandy beach, was found
to have eaten plastic bags from supermarkets and had died a dreadful death.
8% of all the worlds oil production is for plastic. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, companies
manufacture 5 billion plastic bags a year. Of all the plastic produced annually, half is for packaging which gets thrown out with
the trash a few minutes after purchase. And 10% of all rubbish is plastic bags which take from 400 to 1000 years to degrade.
Less than one per cent of plastic bags are recycled and only 4% of all other plastic waste, the reason being it is simple too
expensive to do.
The same lobbies that work against electric vehicles and renewable energies, put governments under pressure not to act
against plastic pollution. This is because plastic represents 8% of all the worlds oil production. These lobbies, acting on behalf
of oil companies, represent an unsustainable approach to profit. To paraphrase the Cree Indian prophecy, only when we have
wiped everything out will we realise that money cannot be eaten.
Some countries have rebelled and banned plastic bags. And the first was brave Bangladesh. Then China took the same
decision and, according to CNN Asia, saves itself 37 million barrels of oil a year. Botswana, Canada, Israel, Kenya, Rwanda,
Singapore and South Africa have also banned plastic bags. Notice how many of the worlds richest countries are not on this list.
Its an absolute disgrace.
Alright, then. If we cant use plastic bags, how do we carry home the shopping? Take a back pack or a folding shopping
trolley. Change supermarket to one that provides biodegradable bags, made from potato starch for example. Use consumer
power.
What I need to find now, is a supermarket that sells biodegradable bin liners, otherwise I still end up using plastic. I recently
spent a week in New Zealand on my honeymoon and saw that everyone was using special paper bin liners. I wish we did
something similar here in Spain.
Think globally, act locally. A small Australian town is now one step ahead of the rest of the world. The inhabitants of
Bundanoon in New South Wales have banned plastic boggles from the town. We need to follow their example and eliminate
plastic from our lives, take care of the earth and vote for people we think will do the same.
49. VIDEO GAMES

Lindsay:
Jake:
Lindsay:
Jake:
Lindsay:
Jake:
Lindsay:
Jake:
Lindsay:
Jake:
Lindsay:
Jake:
Lindsay:
Jake:
Lindsay:
Jake:
Lindsay:
Jake:
Lindsay:
Jake:
So, since we are talking about technology, I have a question for you. Is there any gadget or technology that
you're really addicted to?
That would have to be video games. I have pretty much every video game console that was releases since
the late 80's.
Are you serious?
Yes. Every one of them.
Wow. I actually don't really like video games.
Why not? They're fun.
I don't know. I used to when I was a kid, but recently they just don't appeal to me... to sit in front and like, use
my thumb to press this thing to make it jump and I guess I'm just not very good at them.
Well, they're getting more and more involving now, it's kind of like having an interactive movie except you get
to be the main character in the movie.
Yeah, I guess. I need to get used to it. I'm really bad at them right now, so I'm just not comfortable with them.
Yeah, I know what you mean. One thing I've noticed a lot with games lately is that they're so complicated to
control that you have to be like a hard core gamer to even begin to understand how to play the game.
Do you think you're a hard core gamer?
I would have to say I am though I'm not exactly proud of it.
Oh, really. What constitutes a hard core gamer? How often do you play?
Pretty much, well, probably for most hard core gamers, it would be every day.
Every day. How many hours?
An hour or two, at the least.
OK, what about you? How often do you play every day?
Well, since, I'm working, there are lots of days when I don't play at all, and I would like to be able to play more.
OK, so one of your goals in life is to play more video games?
No, I wouldn't say that but it's a good way to relax and sometimes it's more fun than just watching TV when
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Lindsay:
Jake:
OK, so you play... try to play every day but sometimes you don't and then, are there any tips you can give me
to become a good video gamer?
Well, just the more you can play, the more better you'll get. I don't necessarily want to play more because as
you know there isn't really any reward for playing games more.
50. LEARNING LANGUAGES

I wanna talk about learning languages. Ive lived in many different countries, both in Western Europe, Middle East, and now
here in Hong Kong. And during all of that time, Ive learned five or six different languages, to one degree or another. I love
learning languages. Not only are they important when you move to a country, I just find them fascinating.
Before I came to Hong Kong, I lived in Barcelona Spain for ten years. And when I first arrived, the most important thing was
being able to communicate with people locally. I dont attend classes. I dont think Im particularly good in classes. I prefer to
learn by just talking to people, finding out what I need to say by looking at dictionaries and listening carefully.
Other things that helped me when I first moved to Spain, were watching the typical kinds of programs we see everyday on
channels around the world. For example the weather. This is great, because they always say the same things. So you can
really quickly hear the same words repeated again and again. And the pictures helped of course.
Other types of program that helped me learned Spanish quickly were things like game shows, where the same thing happens.
They have a catchphrase or a slogan that they repeat endlessly when contestants win or when they are called to compete.
As well as that, I used to pick up the Spanish newspapers. First of all, I just accepted that there was no way I was going to
understand anything but one or two words. But gradually, I found that I learned lots of new things about this. I was interested
because I wanted to know what was happening in the country I lived in. But, I also knew that I could learn a lot of language this
way. So I'd take a dictionary with me sometimes, or I'd notice a word and I'd ask other people what it meant.
Anyway, by far the best practice I ever had was just talking to people in the street, or in shops where I'd rehearse in my head
what I wanted to say beforehand, before I went in. Usually, I'd make a right mess of it first of all, but, after you get over the
embarrassment, its quite funny really. And people are very sympathetic and supporting in most cases.
It took me a long time to develop a good level of Spanish. I lived there for ten years, and I think Im very fluent now. But I think
for the first two years I was there, it was quite a struggle to hold a decent conversation. There were always lots of words or
expressions that I didnt pick up on. In particular with the colloquial expressions, idioms, that kind of thing, that people use in
everyday talk, but you dont necessarily see written down. I didnt find those very easy to learn at all. But it was a lot of fun. And
people as I said are really supporting when they know that you are genuinely interested in learning their language.

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How does Mrs Smith get around the store?

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What Were You Doing?

He was photocopying a report.

What was Betsy doing when she telephoned Brian?

He worked on the report.

She was writing a report.

She was looking for Tom.

What did Brian do yesterday morning?

Betsy thinks Brian does excellent work.

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2. Are the following statements True or False?

b. Not happy: _______________

4. Choose a, b or c in each question below. Only one choice is correct.

b. didnt need any money.

c. had lost some money.

2. The clerk wanted the girl

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Is a man still a child when hes 30?

What does Stephen Richardson do?

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The thief is a teacher in Shandong.

Choose the right sentence.

Answer the questions:

What do you think? Did the thief really change?

Should the thief go to prison? Why/Why not?

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Robotic dog could be everyones favourite pet

6. Would you like to have a robotic pet?

7. What do you prefer, a robotic pet or a real pet? Why?

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Next stop: Mars

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