I. Listen to a small talk about Television and fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. ⇱
What do you think? Is television good or bad? I loved it when I was a (1) . My eyes were glued to the TV screen for hours and hours. I watched (2) and other kids’ shows non-stop. It was good at the time, but maybe I should have been (3) playing or doing something more useful. There’s a lot of (4) on TV. There are so many programmes that you watch just because you’re too lazy to do something useful. A lot of people (5) the TV and sit in front of it all day or all night. What a (6) ! I think television programmes are getting worse. Reality TV and celebrity chat shows are the worst. The only good things on TV nowadays is the (7) , live sport and comedy shows. Plus an interesting documentary or two.
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. ⇱
III. Odd one out. ⇱
IV. Choose the best answer. ⇱
V. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the passage. ⇱
People need to breathe. If they don’t breathe, they ___(28)___ die. But how clean is the air people breathe? If they breathe ___(29)___ air, they will have breathing problems. Plants and animals need ___(30)___ air too. A lot of the things in our lives create harmful gases and ___(31)___ the air dirty, like cars, motorbikes, and factories. Dirty air is called polluted air. Air pollution can also make our Earth warmer.
VI. Read the passage and choose True or False. ⇱
David lives in the countryside in Canada. He usually gets up early and does morning exercise with his bike. He rides around his area.
After breakfast, he takes a bus to school. He has lessons from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm. He often has lunch in the school canteen and then he has a short rest.
In the afternoon, he has lessons in the library or PE in the gym. After school, he often goes to the sports centre near his house and plays basketball or table tennis.
In the evening, he often does his homework. Sometimes he surfs the Internet for his school projects. He often goes to bed early.