1. Circle the correct verbs to complete the sentences.

2. Listen to the true story of a student in Australia. Which is the best title? Tick a, b or c.

a   An honest student gets a reward

b   Crime doesn’t pay

c   How to find a job in TV

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3. Read the Listening Strategy and the summary below. What kind of information do you need for each answer? Choose from the alternatives below.

an adjective to describe a feeling        a country        a job

a number        a period of time        a room

Mr Amarsinghe was short of money so he took a part-time job as (1)____________. He was working in (2)____________on the ground floor of a TV company, when he found some money. At first, Mr Amarsinghe, who was born in (3)______________, thought it was a trick and decided not to take the money. The police arrived and found more than (4)____________dollars. No one claimed the money but the police phoned Amarsinghe after (5)____________and told him that most of the money was now his. A judge decided that he deserved the money for his honesty. Amarsinghe was of course (6)____________when he heard this, but he wasn’t sure how he would spend the money.

1   The information needed is ____________

2   The information needed is ____________

3   The information needed is ____________

4   The information needed is ____________

5   The information needed is ____________

6   The information needed is ____________

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4. Listen again and write the correct words to complete the gaps in the summary in exercise 3. Use between 1 and 3 words for each gap.

1   ________________________

2   ________________________

3   ________________________

4   ________________________

5   ________________________

6   ________________________

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5. Read the questions and think about the kind of information you need for the answers to the questions. 

1   Where is the apartment that speaker 1 mentions? ____________

2   How much did speaker 2 spend on cosmetics? ____________

3   How long has speaker 3 had his job? ____________

4   What is speaker 4’s hobby? ____________

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6. Listen to four different speakers and answer the questions in exercise 5. 

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7. Listen again and match speakers 1-4 with sentences A-E. There is one extra sentence.

This speaker:

A   asked for a pay rise at work, but did not get it. ◻

B   borrowed money for a holiday, but did not go. ◻

C   receives gifts of money, but never spends it. ◻

D   tried to raise money for charity, but did not get much. ◻

E   tried to get a refund in a shop, but failed. ◻

The extra sentence is ◻

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