Listening 1

Listen to Text 1“THE EIGHT O’CLOCK NEWS” and answer the questions.

1. What happened in Mandanga last night? _______________________________

2. What did the rebels attack? _______________________________

3. Who did they shoot? _______________________________

4. What did they burn? _______________________________

5. Did they bomb the capital? _______________________________

6. What did the USA do? _______________________________

Listening 2

Listen to Text 2 and correct the false statements.

1. The police are looking for seven climbers. ___________________________

2. They left yesterday evening to climb Everest. ___________________________

3. It began to snow heavily. ___________________________

4. The police didn’t send out a search party. ___________________________

5. The climbers were found easily. ___________________________

Listening 3

Listen to Text 3 and fill in the gaps.

The Queen _________ a new hospital in London today. She _________ all the doctors and nurses, and _____________ to the first patients. The Queen ___________ a yellow dress and a green hat.

Listening 4

Listen to Text 4 and correct the mistakes.

and next, football. This morning at Wembley Stadium, Germany played against Wales. Wales lost by two goals to nil. The German captain broke his leg. The Welsh team played badly. Jack Evans scored one goal for Wales.

1. ____________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________

3. ____________________________________________

4. ____________________________________________

5. ____________________________________________

6. ____________________________________________

7. ____________________________________________

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