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Section 1 Audio script: Michele: Hi, Angela, Are you a vegetarian or non-vegetarian?

Angela: Hi Michele, Yeah, I am a vegetarian Michele: Why dont you eat non-veg? Angela: I dont like it. Michele: Do you enjoy fruits and vegetables? Angela: I really enjoy them and eat daily. They are good for our health. Michele: What is your favourite fruit? Angela: My favourite fruit is apple. Michele: Which fruit you dont like to eat? Angela: I dont like papaya. Michele: And which vegetable you dont like? Angela: I dont like to eat gourd. Michele: At what time do you take breakfast? Angela: I take breakfast at 8am. Michele: What do you take in breakfast? Angela: I mostly take bread and butter or fruits with milk. Michele: Dont you enjoy pizza? Angela: We pizza with cheese but only on Sunday. Michele: Dont you take tea in the morning? Angela: I dont like tea. My favourite drink is flavored milk. Michele: What about cold drinks like Pepsi, Coke etc? Angela: They are bad for health because they contain pesticides. Michele: Dont you go to enjoy outside food at restaurants or hotels? Angela: Only on special occasions. Michele: With whom do you go? Angela: With my parents or friends. Michele: What is your favourite dish? Angela: Potato parantha with curd at home and pizza when we go outside. Michele: What do you take in lunch and dinner? Angela: Mostly chapattis with pulse or vegetable and raita. I also eat salad or fruit with each meal. Michele: So you try to take a balanced diet. Angela: Everybody should take a balanced diet because it is necessary to keep our body healthy. Complete the following statements. A. B. C. D. Michele is a friend of ____1____. Angela is a _____2_____ and she doesnt like _____3_____. She takes _____4_____or ______5_____ in breakfast. She takes breakfast at _____6_____. She takes pizza on _____7_____. She takes _____8_____ with pulse or _____9_____ and Raita.

E. She doesnt take cold drinks as they are _____10_____ according to her. Section 2 Audio script: Art: The Neolithic peoples of what would become England constructed many impressive stone circles and earthworks; of these, the largest and most famous is Stonehenge, believed by many English people and foreigners alike to hold an iconic place in the landscape of England. Specifically English architecture begins with the architecture of the Anglo-Saxons; at least fifty surviving English churches are of AngloSaxon origin, although in some cases the Anglo-Saxon part is small and much-altered. All except one timber church are built of stone or brick, and in some cases show evidence of reused Roman work. The architectural character of Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastical buildings ranges from Coptic-influenced architecture in the early period; Early Christian basilica influenced architecture; to, in the later AngloSaxon period, an architecture characterised by pilaster-strips, blank arcading, baluster shafts and triangular-headed openings. Almost no secular work remains above ground. Other buildings such as cathedrals and parish churches are associated with a sense of traditional Englishness, as is often the palatial 'stately home'. Many people are interested in the English country house and the rural lifestyle, as evidenced by visits to properties managed by English Heritage and the National Trust. Landscape gardening as developed by Capability Brown set an international trend for the English garden. Gardening, and visiting gardens, are regarded as typically English pursuits, fuelled somewhat by the perception of England as a nation of eccentric amateurs and autodidacts. Cuisine: Since the early modern era, the food of England has historically been characterised by its simplicity of approach, honesty of flavour, and a reliance on the high quality of natural produce. This has resulted in a traditional cuisine which tended to veer from strong flavours, such as garlic, and an avoidance of complex sauces which were commonly associated with Catholic Continental political affiliations[1] Traditional meals have ancient origins, such as bread and cheese, roasted and stewed meats, meat and game pies, and freshwater and saltwater fish. The 14th century English cookbook, the Forme of Cury, contains recipes for these, and dates from the royal court of Richard II. Modern English cuisine is difficult to differentiate from British cuisine as a whole. However, there are some forms of cuisine considered distinctively English. The full English breakfast is a variant of the traditional British fried breakfast. The normal ingredients of a traditional full English breakfast are bacon, eggs, fried or grilled tomatoes, fried mushrooms, fried bread or toast, and sausages, usually served with a mug of tea. Black pudding is added in some regions as well as fried leftover mashed potatoes called Potato cakes.

Tea and beer are typical and rather iconic drinks in England, particularly the former. Cider is produced in the West Country, and the south of England has seen the reintroduction of vineyards producing high quality white wine on a comparatively small scale. Roast beef is a food traditionally associated with the English; the link was made famous by Henry Fielding's patriotic ballad "The Roast Beef of Old England", and William Hogarth's painting of the same name. Indeed, since the 1700s the phrase "les rosbifs" has been a popular French nickname for the English. The following statements have a set of options. Choose the correct option. A. Since the early modern era, the food of England has historically been characterised by its _____11_____ of approach. a. Method b. Simplicity c. Tradition d. Balance B. ______12_____ is a food traditionally associated with the English. a. Roast beef b. Roast bacon c. Fried eggs d. Potato cakes C. _____13_____ are typical and rather iconic drinks in England, particularly the former. a. Beer b. Tea c. Tea and beer d. Coffee D. Since the _____14_____ the phrase "les rosbifs" has been a popular French nickname for the English. a. 1800s b. 1700s c. 1600s d. 1500s E. The Neolithic peoples of what would become England constructed many impressive _____15____. a. Stone circles and earthworks b. Stone c. Earth d. Mud F. Landscape gardening as developed by _____16_____ set an international trend for the English garden. a. Capability Brown b. Capability c. Brown d. Briton G. the largest and most famous stone structure is _____17_____ a. Stone cage b. Stonehenge

c. Stone-brick d. Mud-henge H. Many people are interested in the English country house and the rural lifestyle, as evidenced by visits to properties managed by English Heritage and the _____18_____. a. National Trust b. National port c. National trend d. National tryst I. Modern English cuisine is difficult to differentiate from _____19_____ as a whole. a. French cuisine b. British cuisine c. Spanish cuisine d. Dutch cuisine J. The full English breakfast is a variant of the traditional British _____20_____ breakfast. a. Roasted b. Fried c. Baked d. boiled

Section 3 Audio script: Conversation A S1. Does this bus go into the city? S2. Yes. Where do you want to go? S1. I want to go to Harbor Heights. S2. This is the right bus then. Conversation B S1. Does this bus go as far as Washington Square? S2. No. You'll have to transfer. S1. Where can I do it? S2. You can get the Washington Square bus at the next corner. Conversation C S1. Is this where I get off the bus? S2. No. Not here. At the next stop. S1. Can I catch a taxi right there? S2. Yes. There's a taxi stand right by the bus stop.

Conversation D S1. Excuse me, but how do I get to this address? S2. Get off the bus at Water Street and Main. S1. Thanks very much for your help. S2. Don't mention it. Conversation E S1. Is West Street the next stop? S2. I'm sorry, but I didn't understand you. S1. Does the bus stop at West Street next? S2. Yes. Right at the next corner. There are five short conversations. Listen to them carefully and complete the following statements. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. Does this bus go as far as _____21_____ Square? Is _____22_____ the next stop? Get off the bus at Water Street and _____23_____. You can get the Washington Square bus at the _____24_____. There's a _____25_____ stand right by the bus stop. Does this bus go into _____26_____? I'm sorry, but I didn't _____27______ you. Can I catch a _____28_____ right there? Is this where I get off the bus? S2. No. Not here. At _____29_____ stop. I want to go to _____30_____ Heights.

Section 4 Audio script: Four Lions, written by Morris and three veterans of The Thick of It (Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain and Simon Blackwell), applies the kamikaze approach of Morris' TV shows to a quintet of fictional mujahedin. They could be soul brothers to any bunch of not-so-bright movie males, from Mean Streets to The Hangover, who stumble into big trouble except that this lot has sanctified murder on its mind. Faisal (Adeel Akhtar) wants to train crows to be tiny suicide bombers. Waj (Kayvan Novak) shoots off a rifle and calls himself a "Paki Rambo," though he also uses a talking toy "prayer bear" to assist in his daily devotions. Hassan (Arsher Ali), the newest recruit, spouts holy-terror hip-hop. At a college debate on Islam, Hassan pulls open his jacket to reveal what looks like a bomb belt but, when it explodes, sends out only paper streamers in what he means to be performance art "jihad of the mind."

Barry (Nigel Lindsay), the one native Englander, also has the group's most bizarre scheme: radicalizing the local faithful by bombing a mosque. Once, as Omar reminds him, Barry "got on the local news for baking a Twin Towers cake and leaving it in a synagogue on 9/11." When the gang's getaway car breaks down, Barry blames it on "the parts they're Jewish. Jews invented spark plugs to control global traffic." Omar is the brains of the group, pretty much by default, and the film gets much of its humor from the slow burn on his face as his comrades screw up yet again. To his feebler jihadi-cell mates, he must explain the difference between life and the afterlife as going to a Sheffield amusement park: "Life is nothing. It's like being stuck in the queue at Alton Towers. Do you want to be in the queues, or do you want to be on the rides?" But Omar's no genius either. On a training mission in Pakistan (where, at prayer time, the insurgents have trouble figuring out which way Mecca is), he spots a fighter plane overhead, picks up a ground-to-air missile and fires it the wrong way, at a meeting of radical clerics. One of them, we learn at the end, was Osama bin Laden. Four Lions has no rational onscreen intermediary certainly not Omar, who for all his surface plausibility is the most determined suicide bomber. (It's also creepy that his intelligent wife is willing to enable his mission, and that his young son listens raptly to bedtime stories of a heroic bomber dying with a smile on his face.) Stranded without the usual moral compass, the audience is on its own to decide what's funny or awful, or awful funny. Because the film puts us solely in the company of Omar and his co-conspirators, it has been accused of humanizing them. But, Morris told Thorn, "The whole point is they're human, and that's ... the thing you have to address. Some of them think they're the good guys. Now how do you deal with that? You have to deal with that rage." As his film makes clear, that rage is reinforced by the jihadis' isolation in the cell of their wild scheming. "Just give me a couple of days with three guys in a room," Morris says. "I could turn us into suicide bombers with nothing more than a bit of aggravation, a bit of grief about something and a copy of The Lion King." Fill in the blanks with the correct information to meaningfully complete the statements. A. _____31_____ (Adeel Akhtar) wants to train crows to be tiny suicide bombers. B. Because the film puts us solely in the company of _____32_____, it has been accused of _____33_____ them. C. _____34_____ is the brains of the group, pretty much by _____35_____, and the film gets much of its _____36_____ from the slow burn on his face. D. Four Lions has no rational _____37_____. E. Life is nothing. It's like being stuck in the queue at _____38_____. F. Stranded without the usual _____39_____, the audience is on its own to decide what's funny or awful, or _____40_____.

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