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Pavlova

Pavlova is a dessert that takes its name after (1)____________ Anna Pavlova.
It is believed that the dessert had been created to celebrate Pavlova’s tour of Australia
and (2)___________ in the 1920s.One of the common festive meals the dessert is served
at is (3) __________Professor Helen Leach, a culinary anthropologist at the University of
Otago in New Zealand, has researched the dessert and compiled a series of cookbooks
containing (4) ___________Pavlova recipes. Some sources point at Bert Sachse as the
original creator of the dish at the Esplanade Hotel in (5)___________ in 1935.Matthew
Evans from The Sydney Morning Herald said that (6)___________ about the pavlova’s
origins is not likely to be found.The process of making Pavlova involves (7)
___________ into a thick mass, with other ingredients such as sugar and vinegar added
later.(8)___________ is where raspberry topping seems to be the most popular one.
Ready-to-be-made pavlovas can be bought, that require little effort to make and only
need both (9) ____________ added to them. New Zealand’s national museum, Te Papa,
made (10)___________ in February 1999 memorable by creating the largest pavlova in
existence, called ‘Pavzilla’.

Practice test 19

PART A: LISTENING (10 points)

Question 1: Listen and circle correct anwer A, B or C.  (5.0 points)

1. What is Dan’s favorite  subject?

          A. English                      B. Maths                        C. PE

2. When does Jenny have her history class?

          A. Monday                    B. Wednesday                C. Friday

3. What is in Kate’s pencil case?

          A. rubber                       B. a ruler                        C. a pencil

4. How old is John?

          A. 14                              B. 40                              C. 4

5. Which middle school is Sam at?

          A. Green                        B. Merton                      C. Hill

Question 2: Listen and complete the blanks (5.0 points)

Condo for sale in Florida $175,000

                   Condo 1,200 sp. ft

                   (1)____________bedrooms,

                   Two modern(2)____________

                   30 ft x(3)________________ft swimming pool

                   Beautiful(4)________________

                   Contact:(5)________________@ house.com.

I.  Which word is differently pronounced ? Circle the letter A, B, C or D   ( 1 point ) :

II. Choose the best  by circling the corresponding  letter A or  B, C, D  ( 2.5 points ) :

1. I sometimes stay .................. bed until lunchtime.

3. Please .................. the radio, it’s too noisy.

A. slow down                B. turn down                 C. put down                  D. let down

4.  .................. to swim across a flooded river.

A. Dangerous                                    C. Very dangerous is

B. There has danger                          D. It’s dangerous

5. Every car ........ a number at the back and front.

A. is having                   B. have                 C. has                            D. are having

6. The singers were at the microphone at the time of the broadcast.  ....................... .

A. It was a successful broadcast                 C. It was a charity broadcast

B. It was an education broadcast                D. It was a live broadcast

7. Good morning Susan. This is my sister, Emily.         ................................... .

          A. What do you do?                          B. How do you do?

          C. What do you like?                         D. Don't I meet you?

8.  ...........................  , Sir?                - Fruit salad, please.

          A. What would you like for dessert   B. What dessert you would like

          C. How would you like for dessert    D. How dessert would like

9. Could you tell me.................. to get to the bank?

10.You did very..................in your study.

11. Wait a minute I want to .................. a picture of you and the baby.

12. Airmail is much ................... than surface mail.

  A. expensive      B. very expensive C. more expensive           D. most expensive

13. No one can make me .........  my mind ?

14. What are you cooking in that saucepan ? It ............. good ?

15. This is my book and ......................... .

          A. that are yours                              B. those are your

          C. that are your                                D. those are yours

16. Lan's got dark hair, but ..................... is fair.

          A. his brother's hair                          B. his brother hairs

          C. his brother hair                            D. his brother hair's

17. What's your birthday, Ann ?         - It's ........................ .

          A. on the thirty-one of July              B. on the thirty-first of July

          C. on July the thirty-one                   D. in July the thirty-first

18. Tommy is a better swimmer than Tony.

          A. No one can swim as well as Tommy and Tony.

          B. Tommy is the best swimmer of all, apart from Tony.

          C. Tony can’t swim so well as Tommy.

          D, Tony can’t be better than Tommy.

19. Christine finds it easy to make friends.

          A. It is easy to make friends to Christine

          B. Christine has no difficulty making friends.

          C. Christine has a lot of friends.

          D. Christine is fond of making friends.

20. She started learning English 3 years ago.

          A. She started learning English 3 years.

          B. She has learnt English for 3 years.

          C. She started learning English since 3 years.

          D. She learnt English since 3 years.

21. Walking a mile a day is good exercise.

A. It is good exercise for walking a mile a day.

B. It is good exercise walking a mile a day.

C. It is good exercise to walk a mile a day.

D. It is good exercise to walking a mile a day.

22. We / collect stamps.

          A. We likes collecting stamps           C. We like to colleting stamps

          B. We likes stamps collect                          D. We enjoy collecting stamps.

23. What time / you / work ?

          A. What time you work ?                           C. What time do you start work ?

          B. What time do you go work ?                 D. What time do you go to work ?

24. I / ski / the winter / sometimes.

          A. I ski the winter sometimes.           C. I sometimes go skiing in the winter.

B. I ski on winter sometimes.            D. I sometimes go to ski in winter.

25. He / weak / that job.

          A. He is too weak to do that job.                C. He doesn't week to do that job.

          B. He is weak doing that job.            D. He does that job weak.      

III. Give the correct tense or form of the verb in brackets  ( 1 point ) :

1. He couldn't make his motor bike (start ) ........   this morning.

2. I dislike (listen ) .........   to music while (do) ..........  my homework.

3. These tigers used (keep) ..........  in iron cages .

4. What you (do) ........  when I (phone) .........  you last night ?

5. When we entered his room, we (see) ..........  him (sleep) ............... in an armchair.

6. She said that her mother (not be) ...... very well, so she (can not) ......... go to the party.

IV. Identify the underlined word or phrase that must be changed  to make the sentence correct by circling the letter A or B, C, D  ( 1 point ) :

1. The new model  costs twice  more than  last  year’s model.

                                 A                    B             C       D

2. Her husband  hasn't done  anything at  home for  year.

                                  A                B              C              D

3. It's not  good for  healthy  to  smoke and to  drink wine.

                    A              B               C                    D

4. After said good bye to my parents, I went to school with my sister.

              A                    B                          C                     D

5. Sorry. I'm  very tired that I can't stay any longer .

      A               B                       C                 D

6. I used to getting up late when I was small.

         A            B           C      D

7. At first I found it strangely to drive on the left side of the road.

        A                 B      C             D

8. I will intend to go back home when I finish my education.

             A                    B                            C                 D

9. The phone rung while I was washing the dishes.

                A       B                       C                     D

10. Henry's friends told  themselves to put his coat on the rack in their hall.

                        A                    B                     C                                   D

V. Read the passage carefully . Then do the exercises below: ( 1.5 points ) : 

Why do people in many countries learn English  ?

               It is not difficult to answer this question. Students learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers learn it for their higher studies because some of their books are in English at the college or university. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers and magazines in English.

 1. The following statements are true ( T ) or false ( F ). Put T or F at the end of

           each statement :

               a/ English is learnt by people in many countries.                              .....

               b/ Students learn English because their parents make them.               .....

               c/ Teenagers learn English because they want to go abroad.                .....

               d/ Many adults learn English because it helps them in their work.       .....

               e/ Books are always in English at the college or university.               …..

2. Answer these questions:

               a. Why do students learn English at school ?

............................................................................................................................................

               b. What do you often do to improve your English ?

............................................................................................................................................

VI. Use the correct form of the word given in capitals at the end of each sentence (1p):

VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first . Use the word in  brackets  ( 2 points ) : 

1. Your shoes are as big as mine.                                            ( size )

          .............................................................................................................................

2. If you run a lot, you’ll be fitter.                                                    ( The )

          .............................................................................................................................

3. Could you tell me the way to the nearest Post office, please ?      ( mind )

          .............................................................................................................................. ?

4. She is too young to do that work.                                                 ( enough )

          ..............................................................................................................................

5. Who wrote that poem ?                                                                (  by )

          ..............................................................................................................................

6. Martin said to Susan : " Can you work on Saturday ? "               ( could )

          ..............................................................................................................................

7. When I was young , I regularly walked to school .                       ( used )

          ..............................................................................................................................

8. I’m very sorry I don’t remember your birthday.                          ( wish )

          ..............................................................................................................................

9. Yesterday’s work was easier than today’s .                                 ( difficult )

          ...............................................................................................................................

10. Hoa said " Would you like to join me for dinner, Mai ? "                    ( invited )

          ...............................................................................................................................

LISTENING PRACTICE TEST 8 – WEEK 11

Questions 1-10. Complete the notes. Use no more than three words for each answer.

Part 2: Cloze test

Swedish teenagers enjoy listening to music and (1). ………………out with friends, just like most children around the world. Everyone is (2). ………………………….to develop his or her own interests. Singing and playing a (3) ………………instrument are popular leisure activities. According to a government website, almost one in three Swedish children aged 13-15 play an instrument in their (4). ……………………time . Doing sports is also encouraged. 68 per cent 13-to-15-years-olds are members of sports club. Football is the (5). ………………… popular sport among both girls and boys. Then comes horse (6) ………………………..  for girls. Boys prefer football, swimming, and ice hockey.

Exercise 1- You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer (A, В or C). https://engexam.info/tag/fce-listening-practice-test/ 1. You hear a person talking about a recently constructed road. What do they think about the road? A. They believe it will make shopping trips longer. B They approve of it. C They are concerned about the environmental impact. 2. You hear someone talking about their education. What did they study? A.Medicine B. Fine arts C. Science 3. You hear a man talking to another person. Who is he talking to? A. a client B. a student C. a janitor 4. You hear a woman and her neighbour talking. What does the woman want her neighbour to do? A. look after a pet B. feed her child C. water her plants 5. You hear a woman planning to go to a beauty parlour. What is she doing there? A. getting her hair done B. having her nails done C. getting a massage

Ex 2. Change the following sentences into reported speech. 1. “I walked home after the event,” Tommy said. → 2. “Do you enjoy listening to music?” Binz asked her. → 3. Ricky wondered “ Should I help her with her test ?” → 4. He said to me “I haven’t finished my work”. → He told me that he hadn’t finished his work. 5. “I must go home to make the dinner”, said Suboi. → 6. ”Give him a smile, Misa” The photographer told her. → 7. “Keep silent and Don’t discuss this question now,” said my teacher to us. → My teacher told us keep silent and not to discuss this question then. 8. “If the weather is fine, I will go on a picnic with my friends,” she said. → 9. “I will be surprised if Sushi doesn’t pass the exam.”, our teacher said. →. 10. "Where should we go for our picnic?" she asked him. → She wanted to know

1.Nam did this test very well.=>this..... 2.Do they make these shoes in china? =>Are.... 3.They were at home because it rained. =>Because of.... 4.What book is your sister reading? => what book.... 5.Young people like listening to pop music.=>young people are fond... 6.This skirt is so small that my daughter can't wear it.=>this skirt is too.... 7.No country in the world is larger than Russia.=>Russia is the.... 8.That house belongs to Ms.Lan.=>Ms.lan is..... 9.Doing exercise regularly is neccessary.=>It is.....

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Audio link: https://clipchamp.com/watch/mzCV8frWIZV. You should use a note to write down your answer when listening, and copy the answers to this sheet at the end of the audio. You should hear the recording ONCE only, other attempts are just for checking the answers.

Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS: 

Welcome to this introductory lecture on the Celts. Who were the Celts? The Celts were an Indo-European group, that is, related linguistically to the Greeks, the Germanic (1)________, certain Italic groups and peoples of the Indian subcontinent. They arose in central Europe at the beginning of the first  millennium B.C. and were an iron using and horse rearing peoples. By the end of the first millennium B.C. their (2)_________ had spread up and down the Danube and Rhine, taking in Gaul, Ireland and Britain,  across central Europe, into northern Italy and northern Spain. Their roaming across Europe led some of the Celtic (3)________ to sack Rome in 390 B.C. creating a fear of the (4)________ that was to haunt Romans for hundreds of years to come.

The Celts are defined archaeologically by the type-sites of Hallstatt and La Tene, the former being taken to relate to an earlier phase of cultural (5)__________. Hallstatt, an ancient salt mining area, was excavated from (6)__________ by the Viennese Academy of Sciences and provided the first classification of the prehistoric Celts. In 1858, the (7)_______ of Lake Neuchatel in Switzerland sunk to a low level, revealing a large prehistoric settlement with a huge number of surviving (8)_________. The nearby town of La Tene gave its name to the second phase of Celtic cultural development. However, please note that these phases overlap through time, and are (9)_________ according to geographical area. Let’s look at each of these, taking the Hallstatt first.
Hallstatt culture is characterized in 4 stages. A & B were during the late Bronze Age, from about 1200 to 700 BC; C was in the Early Iron Age, from about 700-600 BC; D was from about 600 to 475 BC. The Hallstatt culture spanned central Europe, with its (10)_______ in the area around Hallstatt in Central Austria. There were two distinct cultural (11)______ – the eastern and the western. At the start of the period, long distance trade was already well established in copper and tin – the basic requirements for manufacture of bronze. From about 700 BC, trade in iron also became (12)_________. The Hallstatt area also already controlled the trade in salt, crucial when there were few (13)_________ to preserve food. Control of these two crucial trade goods—iron and salt—provided the (14)______ for the  accumulation of wealth and influence. From 800 BC, some burials of rich people can be identified, in central Europe, with grave goods such as (15)_________ and iron swords.
Hallstatt C saw the construction of fortified hilltop (16)_________ to the North of the Alps. These had burial mounds holding very high quality goods, such as vehicles and expensive imported treasures. By the time of the Hallstatt D period, these increasingly extravagant burial mounds were  clustered around a few major hill (17)______ to the southwest of the region. This suggests a development and a concentration of wealth and social power, possibly based on the development of Massilia (present-day Marseilles) as a Greek trading port. The expansion of luxury (18)_______ brought greater opportunities for profit and helped to create an increasingly (19)__________ society, with the development of a wealthy nobility. Over the period from 1846 to 1863, a thousand  graves were found at Hallstatt, with an astonishing range of (20)__________, including clothing and salt mining equipment as well as weapons, jewelery, pottery and imported bronze vessels in the “chieftains’” graves.

The La Tene era was the time of Celtic expansion and migration and the time of formation of the (21)______, The La Tene culture is named after the site in Switzerland where it was first discovered. The La Tene people were those known to the Romans as Gaids. Originally found in an area from Eastern France to Bohemia, the La Tene culture (22)_______ rapidly from about 400 BC. The La Tene Celts settled in Spain in 450 BC, in Northern Italy in 400 BC, invaded Rome in 390 BC,  invaded Greece in 279 BC, invaded Galatia (in modern Turkey) in 270 BC. By 200 BC, they (23)__________ the lands that are now Britain, the Netherlands, Brittany, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.

There is much debate over how much of the (24)_________ into Britain was achieved through invasion and settlement and how much was the expression of cultural transfer that (25)_______ trade and reflected the commonality of kinship and language of many tribes. There is little evidence for actual migration of La Tene people into Britain. Nevertheless, it (26)________ that the La Tene culture was more militarily than the Hallstatt one. The La Tene (27)________ across Europe hold iron weapons – swords and spearheads – and wooden shields, as well as everyday items such as razors, yokes, cauldrons and (28)________.