Listening comprehension test for 9th form students

The Lady With the Pet Dog (Anton Chekhov)

Listening Comprehension 1

Listen to the story and decide which of these statements are true and which of them are

false. Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet.

Make sure you know these words:

Sleighs – санчата, Frost- мороз, Immerse- занурюватися.

1. Mother would light the lamp in the mornings.

2. It is easy for one to draw ones breath on the cold winter morning of the first snow.

3. The old limes and birches look dark and gloomy and cause one to long for the mountains and sea.

4. Gurov was a native of Yalta but was living in Moscow during the winter.

5. Gurov walked along Perovka without gloves or hat.

6. Gurov greatly enjoyed reading magazines.

7. Gurov mostly like to read the Moscow newspapers.

8. He dreaded entertaining lawyers and actors.

9. He liked to play cards with a professor at the physicians' club.

10. He liked his meat and picked cabbage prepared Ukrainian style.

Stop! wait for the second reading of the text

Listening Comprehension 2.

Questions (circle the correct letter A, B, С or D )

11. The winter morning routine in Gurov's home was:

A) start the stove, feed the children breakfast and get them ready for school, light the lamps.

В) pump the water, feed the dog, and milk the cows.

С) start the stove, feed the chicken, and gather the eggs.

D) boil water, feed the chickens, and light the stove.

12. When the first snow falls the:

A) children go ice skating.

В) old people hide indoors.

С) Sleighs come out.

D) the children throw snowball at each other.

13. This season brings back memories of:

A) mother making delicious soups

В) ones youth.

С) ones birth

D) pain and bitterness

14. In this season what kind of trees are closer to ones heart?

A) fir.

В) small.

С) cypress and palms.

D) limes and birches.

15. Where is Gurov from?

A) Moscow.

B) Saint Petersburg.

C) Yalta.

D) Kyiv.

16. Hearing the ringing bells caused him to:

A) remember the charm of places recently visited.

B) painfully remember his youth.

C) forget the charm of places recently visited.

D) pleasantly, remember his youth.

17. He preferred to read newspapers from

A) Moscow only.

B) place other than Moscow.

C) the US A.

D) Paris, France.

18. Не longed for

A) his fur coat: and warm gloves.

B) a walk along Perovka Street.

C) formal diners.

D) morecontact with his wife.

19 He was flattered when he entertained

A) the homeless and hungry.

B) little children.

C) judges and criminals.

D) lawyers and actors.

20. His favorite dish might be

A ) stewed meat and pickled cabbage, Moscow style.

В) varenyki and salad.

С) boiled potatoes and stewed cabbage.

D) pelmeni and bread.

Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet.

Listening Text: 9^th Form

БЛАНК ДЛЯ ВІДПОВІДЕЙ

The Lady With the Pet Dog (Anton Chekhov)

КОД РОБОТИ

Listening Comprehension 1

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T

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T

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Listening Comprehension 2

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D

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D