LISTENING LESSON 5

TALKING TO A LANDLADY
Mrs. Tiger’s new lodger is asking what he is allowed to do. Listen to the
conversation and make a cross (X) if it is not allowed and fill in the table below.

Allowed under
Items Not allowed
certain conditions

Posters on the walls Yes, but don’t use sellotape.

Smoke X

Yes, but only before 7 o'clock

Cook in the kitchen in the evening

Pets
Watch TV Yes, but don't have it on after
midnight

Yes, but only 2 or 3 friends

Have friends to visit

Have a bath Yes, expect between 6 and 7

in the evening

NEWS

Fill in the gaps numbered 2-14 below by writing NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS in the spaces provided.
10:54 am
A strong earthquake hit Seattle at (2)……………………………on Wednesday.
According to the National Earthquake Information Centre in Golden, the
magnitude
6.8
(3)……………………………quake was centred 125 kilometres

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(4)……………………of Victoria and 56 kilometres southwest of Seattle. About
250
(5)…………………………people were reported injured in Seattle and Olympia, at
serious
least three of them are in (6)…………………condition. In Victoria, the earthquake
pictures
caused (7)…………………………to
building sway and shook (8)……………………off
walls but damage was (9) …………………………
minimal . Russian officials gave the
green light
(10) ……………………………to California millionaire Dennis Tito to become
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the first tourist in space. Tito is (11)……………years old. He took his (12)
…………………
final exam 20 million U.S
. Tito will reportedly pay (13)…………………………dollars for
the flight. He will spend about (14)……………………………on
week the station.

SOME INTERESTING PLACES TO GO

1. Where are most of London’s big department stores?

A. In Trafalgar Square
B. In Oxford Street and Bond Street
C. In Oxford Street and Regent Street
D. In Soho and Bond Street

2. Where is Nelson’s statue?

A. In the middle of Leicester Square
B. In the middle of Trafalgar Square
C. Behind the National Gallery
D. In the centre of Soho
3. Which country sends a huge Christmas tree to Britain every year?

A. Sweden B. Denmark

C. Germany D. Norway

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Piccadilly Circus is the centre of 4._____________
night life in the West End. It is usually at
the top of everyone’s list of things to see in London, because it is so
5.________________.
well known It is actually quite small and most people are rather
disappointed
6.___________________ when they see it for the first time because they thought it
bigger
would be much 7.___________________. To the north of Piccadilly Circus is
8.___________________,
Soho which has been the foreign quarter of London since the
17th
9.__________________ century. Now it has restaurants offering food from a
Countries
variety of different 10.__________________, especially Chinese and Italian ones.
London is famous for its live 11.__________________,
Theatres and there are over
30
12._________________ theatres within a square mile. If you want to know what is
on in London, the best place to look is in a newspaper.
TRIP TO BELFAST
Listen to the talk and fill in the missing information in the notes below.
youngest
Belfast is one of the 1. ………………………………capital cities in the world and
400000
it has grown very fast. Today the city has a population of 2. ……………………,
nearly a third of the entire population of Northern Ireland, but in the 17th century it
village
was only a 3.…………………………… . Then, during the 19th century, the
engineering
development of industries like linen, rope-making, 4.…………………, tobacco
and sea trade doubled the town’s size every ten years. The city is well-known for 5.
………………………………
shipbuilding . It was here that the “Titanic” was built and set out
fatal
on her 6. ………………………………maiden voyage.or the trip to Belfast

Visit Ulster Museum and see

Visit an
9000
10._______________ years of
7.______________,
art gallery Belfast
Morning human history in Ireland and the
Cathedral and
16th century Spanish
City Hall
8.___________________.
warship
11.____________ treasure

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 Visit the Botanic Gardens and see
rare plants
Afternoon Visit the zoo 12.__________________ and visit
the Palm House.

Go to a 9.______________
concert Free time, you can go to some
Evening
at Ulster Hall 13._____________
local pubs

HOW TO GROW CHIVES

Listen to the conversation and write down the missing information in the notes
below.
What you need:
1. You need a bag of ________________,
potting soil
2. __________________,
chive seeds a hole
and a pot with ______________________ in the bottom.
What to do:
the pot
4. First, fill _________________ with potting soil. Don’t use soil from your
________________.
garden
water
5. Second, _________________ the soil well. Water should come out of the hole
in the pot
__________________.
10 to 15
6. Then, sprinkle about _______________ seeds on top of the soil.
7. Cover the seeds with _______________
a little potting soil. Water
____________________.
lightly
8. Put the pot near a _______________
sunny window. Do not let the soil
dry out
_________________.
9. The chives will come up in about _______________ 2 weeks.
10. You can start to cut the chives when they are about 8 centimetres or about
3 inches
______________ one third of
tall. Cut only about _________________ the plant at one time.
keep
This way the chives will ________________ growing.
11. You can grow chives _________________outside in a sunny place. Plant the seeds in
_____________.
early spring Chives are __________________.
perennials come up
They will _____________
every year.