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Key Listening
Comprehension Test for 9th Form Students
Tape script
Believe it or not.
Now, I am going to tell you
a story and I swear every word of it it is true. Three years ago I started to
feel very sick. I had terrible headaches, I felt tired all the time, and all my
body ached. In the end I went to hospital and had some tests. Well, when they
told me the news…I couldn’t believe it. They said I had a rare bone disease,
and there was nothing they could do. They said that within just a few months I
would be in a wheelchair – for the rest of my life.
Well, I decided I wouldn’t
give up without the fight. I’ve always been interested in alternative medicine,
so when a friend told me about stories he’d heard of a kind of witchdoctor in Indonesia Indonesia
When I got to Jakarta
That’s the name of the
witchdoctor my friend told me about. Then a small boy –he must have been seven
or eight – took my hand and led me out of the village and further up into the
mountains. For two days we walked. I was in terrible pain the whole time……but I
was determined to go on. Eventually we reached a small hut and I could see a
strange man standing outside. He was short, and covered in mud or something
like that. He smiled and took me into his hut. I didn’t say anything – he just
seems to know why I was there.
Well……..in the hut it was really dark but I
could see lots of bowls all around, each full of some kind of herb or plant or
something. He told me to lie down and he put his hands on my head and started
to sing. All of a sudden I felt a great energy come into me. He did this for
maybe half an hour and then he gave me something to drink. I don’t know what it
was. It was a thick brown liquid and it smelled awful, But I still drank it.
Well, to cut the long story short, I stayed
there for a week. Every day the witchdoctor did the same thing, and I drank the
same liquid. After a week the boy came back. I felt so good I almost ran back
to Jakarta
Listening Comprehension Test for 9th
Form Students
I.
You will hear the text. On your answer sheet
put T if the statement is true, F if it is false.
1. Three years ago I had terrible headaches and
all my body ached.
2. The doctors said I had a rare head disease,
and there was nothing they could do.
3. I decided I wouldn’t give up without the
fight.
4. The doctor advised me use alternative
medicine.
5. The
witchdoctor lived in a tiny village.
6. When I reached the hut I saw a witchdoctor
and told him about my disease.
7. The
witchdoctor was a tall man and covered in mud or something like that.
8. Every
day the witchdoctor gave me the same liquid.
9. I spent a week with a witchdoctor.
10. When I got home I went back to the same
hospital and had no tests because I was healthy.
II.
Choose the
right ending to the sentences.
1. The
doctors said that within just a few
months I would be in a wheelchair –
A) for
the rest of my life B) for several
months
C) for
several years D) for an
uncertain period of time
2. I sold my house, said goodbye to my friends
and .
A) went to Indonesia B) flew to Indonesia
C) drove to Indonesia D) sailed to Indonesia
3. When I got to Jakarta
A)
a train and
then two buses B)
a train and then a bus
C) two trains and then two buses D) two trains and then a bus
4. I was
……but I was determined to go on.
A) nervous the whole time B) happy all the
whole time
C) exhausted the whole
time D) in
terrible pain the whole time
A) and I couldn’t' see
anything B) but I
could see lots of bowls all around
C) but I could see lots of
stones all around D) but I could see
the witchdoctor
6. The
witchdoctor told me to lie down and he put his hands on my head and
................................
A) started to sing B)
started to talk
C) started to ask me D) started
to message
7. The witchdoctor gave me ..................to
drink..
A) a clear liquid B)
a thick brown liquid
C) a thick dark
liquid
D) a thick clear liquid
8. Every day the witchdoctor did the same thing,
and ....................................
A)
I drank different liquids B) I drank the same liquid
C)
I took different medicines D) I took the same medicine
Directions:
In this Test you will read
five texts. Each text is followed by 7 – 15 tasks. You should do the tasks
following a text on the basis of what is stated or implied in that text. For
each task you will choose the best possible answer and mark your choice on the
Answer Sheet.
TEXT
1
Read the article and choose
the best word (a, b, c or d), according to the text
A love of traveling
For Nigel Portman, a love of travelling began
with what’s (0) …….. a ‘gap year’. In common with many other British teenagers,
he chose to take a year out before (1) …….. to study for his degree. After
doing various jobs to (2) …….. some money, he left home to gain some experience
of life in different cultures, visiting America
and Asia . The more adventurous the young
person, the (3) …….. the challenge they are likely to (4) …….. themselves for
the gap year, and for some, like Nigel, it can (5) …….. in a thirst for
adventure.
Now
that his university course has (6) …….. to an end, Nigel is just about to leave
on a three-year trip that will take him (7) …….. around the world. What’s more,
he plans to make the whole journey using only means of transport which are (8)
…….. by natural energy. In other words, he’ll be (9) …….. mostly on bicycles
and his own legs; and when there’s an ocean to cross, he won’t be taking a (10)
…….. cut by climbing aboard a plane, he’ll be joining the crew of a sailing
ship (11) …….. .
As
well as doing some mountain climbing and other outdoor pursuits along the way,
Nigel hopes to (12) …….. on to the people he meets the environmental message
that lies behind the whole idea.
1 A settling down B getting up C
taking over D holding back
2 A achieve B raise C
advance D win
3 A stronger B wider C
greater D
deeper
4 A put B set C aim D place
5 A result B lead C cause D
create
6 A come B turned C
reached D brought
7 A just B complete C whole D right
8 A pulled B charged C
forced D
powered
9 A relying B using C
attempting D trying
10 A quick B short C
brief D
swift
11 A anyway B alike C
instead D
otherwise
12 A leave B
keep C
pass D give
TEXT
2
For questions
56-65, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each
line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an
example at the beginning (0).
Example: 0
ability
COMPUTERS THAT PLAY GAMES
Computers have had the (0) ability
to play chess for many ABLE
years now, and their (56) ...............in games against the best
PERFORM
players in the world has shown steady (57)..............However,
IMPROVE
it will be years
before the designers of computer games
machines can beat
their (58)… challenge yet – the ancient BIG
board game called
Go.
The playing area is (59)
...............larger than in CONSIDERABLE
chess and there are far more pieces, so that the (60)...........of
COMBINE
moves is almost (61).............The game involves planning so
END
many moves ahead that even the
(62) ........calculations of the IMPRESS
fastest modern computers are (63) ...........to deal with the SUFFICIENT
problems of the game. In a recent (64) .........for computer Go
COMPETE
machines, the best
machine beat all its computer rivals,
but
lost (65)
........to three young schoolchildren, so there
is HEAVY
obviously still a
lot of work to do!
TEXT 3
Read the following.
You must choose which of the titles A-G match the numbers 1-6. There is one
extra title.
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A.
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INFORMATION
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B.
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TRANSPORT
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C.
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PEOPLE
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D.
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CLIMATE
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E.
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TELEVISION
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F.
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FOOD
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G.
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RADIO
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1.
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2.
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Most buses in big cities in
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3.
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Irish farmhouse cheeses are
very popular gift items. Other products to delight tourists are Irish salmon, netted in autumn, oysters and hand-made chocolates.
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4.
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The best place to learn how
to get a room in a hotel, change money, and much more is your nearest Tourist
office. In
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5.
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6.
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It is impossible
to make any statement about the characteristics of the Irish, but they are
known for their humour, hospitality, kindness.
The Irish know how to have a
good time and very often they get enjoyment in the pub to the accompaniment
of Irish folk music.
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TEXT
4
Read the story and choose the
best answer А8 – А14 according to the
text,
During the baking hot months of the summer
holidays my mother and I used to escape to one of the scattered lakes north of Prince Albert
The last summer before we returned to England
My boyfriend Don worked in Saskatoon, but the
lake was ''his place'' – the strange and beautiful wilderness drew him with an
obsessive urgency, so I suspected it was not to see me that he got on his
motor-cycle as many Fridays as he possibly could, and drove three hundred-odd
miles along the pitted prairie roads to spend the weekends at our place.
Sometimes he couldn't come, and the joy would go
out of everything until Monday, when I could start looking forward to Friday
again. He could never let us know in advance, as we were too far from
civilization to have a phone or even a telegraph service. Three hundred miles
in those conditions is quite a journey. Besides, Don was hard up, and sometimes
worked overtime at weekends.
One Friday night a storm broke out. I lay in bed
and listened to the thunder and the rain beating on the roof. Once I got up and
stood looking out over the treetops, shivering. I tried not to expect Don that
night hoping he would have enough sense to wait until the storm ended. Yet in
my frightened thoughts I couldn't help imagining Don fighting the storm. His
motorbike, which had always looked to me so heavy and solid, seemed in my
thoughts
frail enough to be blown onto its side by the
first gust that struck it. I thought of Don pinned under it, skidding, his face
pressed into the mud.
I crawled back into bed, trying to close my
throat against the tears. But when my mother, prompted by the deep sympathy and
understanding between us, came in to me, she kissed my cheek and found it wet.
"Don't get upset, Jane,'' she said softly.
''He may still come.''
When she had tucked me in and gone, I lay
thinking about Don, about the danger of the roads … you couldn't ride or walk
along them safely after heavy rain; your feet would slip from under you. The
roads in Northern Canada are not like the
friendly well-populated English ones, where there are always farmhouses within
walking distance and cars driving along them day and night.
It was hours later, that I suddenly realized the
sound of the roaring engine was real. The storm was dying. I lay absolutely
still, relief and pain fighting for ascendancy within me, each in itself
overwhelming enough to freeze the breath in my lungs as I heard Don's heavy
tired footsteps on the wooden stairs.
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A8
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The last summer was
particularly fascinating for Jane because she
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1)
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spent it in the magic
surroundings.
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2)
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had a lot of fun in the open
air.
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3)
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enjoyed unbelievable sunsets
by the lake.
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4)
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fell in love for the first
time.
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A9
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Jane believes that
love at fifteen is
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1)
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a sincere deep feeling.
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2)
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associated with doubts.
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3)
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full of reservations.
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4)
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connected with pretence.
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A10
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Don travelled three
hundred-odd miles every weekend because
he was
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1)
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desperate to see the author
before she left.
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2)
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fond of riding his
motorcycle.
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3)
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attracted by the beauty of
the lake.
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4)
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fond of spending weekends
with his friends.
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A11
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Sometimes
Don didn't come to see Jane and her mother on Friday because he
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1)
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thought they were too far
from civilization.
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2)
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had given up hope of seeing
the author.
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3)
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worked to make some extra
money.
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4)
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hated travelling in
exhausting conditions.
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A12
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Mother came into
Jane's room during the storm because she
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1)
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felt Jane was afraid of the
thunder.
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2)
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felt Jane was worried about
Don.
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3)
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heard Jane walking in the
room.
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4)
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heard Jane crying in her
bed.
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A13
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According to the
author the roads in Northern Canada were
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1)
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slippery.
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2)
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muddy.
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3)
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lonely.
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4)
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busy.
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A14
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“… relief and pain
fighting for ascendancy within me…” means that the author felt
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1)
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overwhelming pain.
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2)
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relief and pain alternately.
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3)
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relief as a prevailing
emotion.
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4)
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neither relief nor pain.
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TEXT
5
Read the text below and put
these events in order.
Silly Crime
a. Firemen go up on the roof.
b. Fuller calls the fire brigade
c. Police arrive and take him away.
d. Foster goes down chimney.
e. Foster goes to court.
f. Foster pulled out of chimney.
A burglar, who became trapped in a chimney for seven hours
after trying to break into a pub, had to be rescued by fire-fighters after a
delivery man heard his cries for help coming from a ventilation shaft.
Six feet tall Foster had crawled into the 18
inch wide shaft, armed
with screw drivers, pliers, a hammer, and chisel - believing it would
lead him straight to where cash was kept. He managed to wriggle down 12
feet of aluminium piping, before he became lodged in a bend.
Greengrocer Thomas Fuller heard noises when he
arrived at the King’s Head pub in Newcastle
Foster claimed he got stuck after trying to rescue a cat just after midnight. It
eventually took five fire-fighters to free him. The crew used extending ladders
to clamber onto the roof and
managed to lower a rope to the trapped man.
Foster was handed straight into the arms of two
police officers who were waiting to arrest him.
Fire station officer Dave Cotton told the court:
“The man was stuck 12 feet
down the narrow shaft and was out of sight. He was wedged down the bend.
“We lowered a rope down and told him to put his
foot in the loop and managed to slowly winch
him up,” added the fire officer. “He was shouting and swearing as he was
being brought up as his skin was scraping off his knuckles and other parts of
his body. It took about 40 minutes to get him out.”
Foster made a full admission when he was
questioned by police officers.
Judge Edward Luck told him: “You made a silly
attempt at a crime. You risked your
life getting out of that chimney and the lives of firemen.”
Speaking Comprehension Test for 9th Form
Students
Directions:
In
this Test you will select three task slips from those before you. After
selecting three choose one you feel you are most capable to speak about and
return the other two to the table face down. Then take about a minute to
collect your thoughts before you begin to speak on the topic. You may refer to
the topic as needed.
1. What are some
important festivals in your country?
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What kind of holiday it is.
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Where you should go for such a holiday.
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What kind of people is likely to like this holiday.
2. What is the difference between
shopping in Ukraine and
shopping in Great Britain
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Give reasons to support your answer.
3. How do movies or
television influence your behavior?
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Give reasons to support your answer.
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Do you think we should control television in some way?
4. Have you been collecting
for a long time?
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What items?
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Is it an interesting occupation?
5. What roles do our friends play in our
lives?
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Do they have positive or negative
influences?
·
What do you look for in a friend?
6. Some people think that they
can learn better by themselves than with a teacher. Others think that it is
always an advantage to have a teacher
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Which do you prefer?
7. You are awarded a 10-day
tour about Ukraine
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Give your reasons where to go.
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Present information on the place the city is situated.
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What historic events took place in it, places of
interest.
8. Which is more important for success: the
natural ability or hard work?
·
Explain your opinion.
9. Do you agree or
disagree with the following statement?
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Face-to
face communication is better than other types of communication, such as letters
e-mail or telephone calls.
10. Some people
prefer to spend most of their time alone; others like to be with friends most
of the time.
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What
do you prefer?
11. Some people
think that children should begin their formal education at a very early age and
should spend most of their time on school studies. Others believe that young children
should spend most of their time playing.
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Compare these two views.
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Which view do you agree with? Why?
12. Do you agree
with the following statement?
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Parents are the best teachers.
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Give reasons to support your answer.
13. Do you agree or
disagree with the following statement.
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Only people who earn a lot of money are successful.
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Explain
your opinion.
14. Do holidays
honor people or events?
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If you could create a new holiday, what person or
event would you honor?
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How would you want people to celebrate it?
15. Movies are
popular all over the world.
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What
makes them so popular? Explain your opinion.
16. The expression
“Never, never give up” means to keep trying and never stop working for your
goals.
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Do
you agree or disagree with this statement?
17. Do you agree or
disagree that a person should never make an important decision alone?
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Explain
your opinion and give reasons to support it.
18. Most people
enjoy travelling, but some things can spoil the impression of your journey.
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What are they?
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Can you give an example from your own experience?
19. “The progress
rules the world”
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Do you support this statement?
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Can we state that progress ruins the world?
20. Do you agree
that there is nothing that young people can teach older people?
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Are older people open to this kind of experience?
·
Use
specific reasons to support your position.
Writing Test for 9th Form Students
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You should use your own ideas, knowledge and experience and support
your arguments with relevant evidence. Write at least 250 words.
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1. As computers are being used more and more in
education, there will be soon no role for teachers in the classroom.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
2. In some countries children have very strict
rules of behavior, in other countries they are allowed to do almost anything
they want.
To what extent should children have to follow rules?
3. Some people regard work as the most important
thing in life and have little interest in anything else. Other people are more
enthusiastic about their hobbies and leisure interests than their jobs.
Discuss both these attitudes and give your own opinion.
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