Reading and Listening – English

Part 1: Reading
Exercise 1: Read the text below. For each question, decide if it is "True" or "False"
My working day starts very early. From Monday to Friday I get up at half past three and I have a shower and a cup of coffee. I usually leave the house at ten past four because the car always arrives a few minutes early. I get to the studio at about five o'clock and start work. My programme Good Morning Britain starts at seven o'clock and finishes at nine o'clock. Then I leave the studio at a quarter past ten. After that, I go shopping and visit some friends. I get home at three o'clock. A woman helps me with the housework and the ironing. I read a newspaper and do some work.
Then my husband gets home at half past five in the evening and I cook dinner. We stay at home in the evening. We don't go out because I go to bed very early. We usually watch television and then I go to bed at half past eight, I'm usually asleep by nine o'clock.
I think my job is very interesting but I don't like getting up very early.
1. She is a television journalist.	
2. She drives her car to work.	
3. She goes home after the programme finishes.	
4. She is in the house alone till her husband arrives home.	
5. She goes to bed early during the week.	
6. She works with her husband.	
7. She likes everything about her job.	
Exercise 2: Read this mixed-up hotel dialogue. Then, in the boxes, put the numbers in the correct order.
Just a single, please.
Yes, of course. We take Visa and Access. Could you sign the register, please?
Just this one bag.
No, just a signature. Do you have any luggage?
Here's your key. Your room number is 655.
Good evening. Can I help you?
It's actually across the street next to the bank. I hope you enjoy your stay.
A shower. How much is the room?
Thank you. Goodnight.
No, thanks. Just breakfast, please. Can I pay by credit card?
Of course. A single room or a double?
Yes, sure. Do you need my address, too?
Oh, one more thing. Where is the hotel car park?
Now, do you want a room with a bath or a shower?
$85 for the room and that includes breakfast. Would you like to have dinner in the hotel?
Yes, please. Could I have a room for the night?
Your Answer: 	
Exercise 3: Read the following letter. For each gap, add a correct sentence from the list of missing sentences below.
Dear Jane, 
 Thank you for your last letter (1)_____.I am happy that you have decided to start learning French like me. If you want, we can go on holiday together next summer to France and then (2)______. When I come to visit you in London in the spring, we can talk together in French if you want. 
Yesterday, I returned from my short holiday camping in Scotland. I went with Melissa, my friend that you met (3)_____. Do you remember her? We stayed in her tent in a campsite near Edinburgh but the weather was terrible for (4)______ we were there. It rained every day and everything was so wet and (5)_____. But while I was there I saw a lot of interesting places and we visited a lot of castles (6)_____. One day, we hired a boat and went out onto a lake which was near the campsite. It rained all day (7)_____ decided to go for a swim in the lake and that was wonderful. 
I am starting my new job tomorrow in the library near my house. (8)_____ and he helped me to find a job for every Saturday morning. I work from nine o'clock in the morning until one o'clock in the afternoon. It is very useful for me (9)_____in a library when I finish university. How is your job at the supermarket? Please tell me what you are (10)____. 
I am going to do my French homework now! Au revoir.
Kate
The sentences. 
1. and other historical places
2. we can practice our French together
3. the whole four days
4. doing this month
5. but me and Melissa
 6. which I received last Saturday
 7. we were so cold
 8. My uncle works there
 9. the last time you were here
10. because I want to work
Part 2: Listening
Exercise 1: A cinema's recorded message giving information about movies and times of screening
1. What type of film is on Screen 1
    horror/thriller
    romance
    sci-fi
2. Which screen has an animated film
    1
    2
    3
    4
3. What time does the first film start
    2.00
    3.00
    4.00
4. If you arrive at the cinema at 7.10, when is the next film
    7.25
    7.45
    7.55
5. Which screen is showing a love story
    2
    3
    4
6. Where is the director of 'Streetmatch' from
    England
    France
    Spain
    USA
7. What time does the last film start
    11.45
    11.55
    12.45
8. How much does it cost for a mother and father with 3 children (aged 16, 14 and 9) to see a film
    21.50
    22.50
    23.50
    24.50
Exercise 2: A rock star talks about her daily routine. Listen and put the words from the table into her itinerary. There are four extra phrases you don't need to use. Then listen again to check.
lunch
a coffee
to bed
my newspaper
a pastry and a coffee
arrive
with the music
with my friends
to eat in a restaurant
until about midday
my e-mail
to relax
the internet
do some shopping first
Elisa's Diary
7.00: I get up.
8.00: Check ______________________________________
9.00: Use _____________________________________
10.00: Have _____________________________ in a cafe and read ________________________________________
11.00: My car arrives to take me to the studio.
12.00: Drink ____________________________with other members of the group. Then start work.
1.00 - 2.00: Recording in the studio.
3.00: Eat____________________________________
4.00 - 6.00: Help the rest of the group ____________________________________________
7.00: ______________________________ home.
9.00 - 10.00: Go out _______________________________________
11.00: Go ___________________________________________________
Exercise 3: A girl talks about her new Spanish class. Listen to the mp3 file and put 1-3 words into each space. Then listen again to check.
1. Susan's teacher is a 35-year old from the city of ___________________
2. There are about ____________ students in the class.
3. The lessons are in the local _____________________________
4. The best student in the class is a_____________________________________ girl called Miko.
5. The student James wants to go to _____________________________________ next year.
6. Most of the students come from _____________________________________
7. One of Susan's classmates is a friend of ___________________________________________
8. In today's lesson, they learned how to ask someone's name and some _____________________