LISTENING EXERCISE BOOK 1 1 P a g e 2 P a g e Exercise 1 Listen to a school secretary talking to one of the teachers and All in the gaps in the table New Students Student 1 Name Nationality Age Job Student 2 Name Nationality Age Job Student 3 Name Nationality Age Job Celine 0 Poulain French 25 1 Manuel Garcia 2 32 Engineer Eva 3 Finnish 4 5 Exercise 2 Look at the brochure of a house for rent Listen and fill in the gaps Exercise 3 Listen to a conversation and decide if the statements are true T or false F 3 P a g e 1 Sarah is a teacher 2 She usually arrives at work at nine o clock 3 Sarah always brings a sandwich from home 4 She often has work to do in the evening 5 She never goes out during the week 6 Sarah doesn t work at weekends Exercise 4 Listen to the conversation and All in the gaps Exercise 5 Listen to the conversation and fill in the gaps in the table Exercise 6 Listen to Eve talking to a friend and match the people to their homes 4 P a g e Exercise 7 Listen to Carl talking to a friend about a fire in his block of flats Then match the people to their reactions as in the example Exercise 8 Listen to Dawn and Will talking about their plans for next week and mark the statements as true T or false F Exercise 9 Listen to the radio advert and fill in the gaps in the table below 5 P a g e Exercise 10 Listen to Katy talking about her friends to her American cousin What are their favorite free time activities Exercise 11 Listen to Paula talking to a friend about a shopping trip Which shop did each person go to Exercise 12 Listen to this interview on a school radio station Stephen a professional chef is talking about his job 0 When he was a child he wanted to be a B chef A football player C lawyer 6 P a g e A he tries new things all the time B he s doing what he loves C he never cooks at home 1 The best thing about his job is that 2 The worst thing about his job is A working late at night weekends 3 His most important rule is A kitchen hygiene 4 What food does he most like eating B the long hours C having to work at B hot food should be hot C service should be fast 5 To be a good chef the most important thing is to be B Indian C French A Asian A patient B hardworking C imaginative Exercise 13 Listen to Nuala talking to Sean about a recent travel experience For questions 1 5 tick A B or C 0 Nuala checked the bus times on A Thursday 1 Nuala s flight was at A 12 00 2 Nuala was too late to get A the metro to the city 3 Nuala A went to a hotel 4 During that night Nuala A watched TV B Sunday B 12 30 C Saturday C 7 00 B the bus to the airport C a taxi to the airport B went back to her friend s C stayed in the city B read magazines and newspapers C got a bit of sleep 5 Nuala waited at the airport for A five hours B four hours C nine hours Exercise 14 You will hear a doctor talking to his receptionist about the appointments Listen and complete questions 1 5 7 P a g e Exercise 15 You will hear a Park Keeper talking to visitors about safety regulations Listen and complete questions 1 5 Exercise 16 Listen to Alan talking to a friend about adopting an animal in a nature reserve Which animal did each person adopt 8 P a g e Exercise 17 Listen to Denise and Brian talking about their pets Mark the statements as true T or false F Exercise 18 Listen to Elaine talking about a technology course Which item did each person say they couldn t do without Exercise 19 Barbara writes for a travel guide Her editor is asking her to write a report about a hotel Listen to their conversation and mark the statements as true T or false F 9 P a g e Exercise 20 Listen to Dave talking to his mother about his holiday plans What did each of his friends advise him to take with him Exercise 21 Listen to the teacher talking to her class about life in ancient Egypt Then fill in the gaps in the table 10 P a g e Exercise 22 Listen to Luke talking to a friend and then match the people to the problems they have as in the example Exercise 23 Listen to a policewoman taking a witness s report and mark the statements as true T or false F 11 P a g e Exercise 24 Sam has decided to join his local sports club Listen to the conversation then complete his notes below Exercise 25 The leader of an environmental expedition is talking to the people going on the trip Listen and complete the information in the table 12 P a g e Exercise 26 Listen to Dan and Natalie trying to decide what to watch on TV then tick A B or C for each of the questions 0 The program Dan wants to watch later is A the news B a documentary C a film 1 They don t watch the football because A it has already started C Dan doesn t want to watch it 2 They discuss the soap opera because B Natalie doesn t enjoy sports programs A somebody told Dan that it was good B Natalie hasn t seen it before C Dan suggests watching it 3 The Frank Wilson quiz show starts at B 9 00 C 9 30 A 8 30 4 Natalie A has definitely watched the quiz show before B doesn t remember whether she s watched the quiz show before C doesn t like quiz shows in general 5 Natalie doesn t want to watch the news because A she wants to watch The Dating Show B she s not in a good mood C it s rarely about anything good Exercise 27 Listen to a science teacher talking about the life of Isaac Newton Then for each of the questions 1 5 choose the best answer A B or C as in the example 0 What does the speaker say about Einstein A He worked with Newton B Newton improved his theories C He lived more than 250 years after Newton 1 Newton was born in A 1462 B 1624 2 When he first went to university Newton studied B Mathematics A Law 3 The speaker says that Newton s most famous discovery A light B mechanics 4 Newton started thinking about gravity when he saw A an apple fall off a tree B a tree falling over sky 5 Newton …