ÇUKUROVA UNIVERSITY
YADYO
SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
2011 - 2012
ACADEMIC YEAR
SAMPLE
PROFICIENCY TEST
Name – Surname:
Class:
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Write your name and mark your answers on the optic form.
This booklet includes three sections and 57 questions in total. Each section has its own instruction.
For each question be sure to pick the best one of the possible answers listed. When you have decided which
one of the choices given is the best answer to a question, blacken the space on your optic form which has the
same number and letter as your choice.
Remember, there is only one best answer for each question. If you are not sure of the answer, make the best
guess you can. If you want to change your answer, erase your first mark completely.
Answer as many questions as possible. Do not spend too much time on any one question. Work fast but
accurately.
Total time allocated for this test except the listening section is 75 minutes.
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Good luck.
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GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY SECTION
Questions 1-20
Read the following sentences and on your optic form, mark the alternative (A, B, C or D) which best completes
the statement. (20x0.5=10 marks)
1. Some film stars __________ be difficult to work with.
A) are said to
B) are said that
C) say to
D) are said
2. At one time, huge prehistoric reptiles dominated the earth. This Age of Dinosaurs __________ much longer
than the present Age of Mammals has lasted to date.
A) had lasted
B) was lasting
C) lasted
D) has lasted
3. Many years of intensive language study are required for non-native speakers to be able to qualify as
interpreters. By the end of this year, Chen __________ English for three years, but he will still need more
training and experience before he masters the language.
A) will be studying
B) has studied
C) had been studying
D) will have been studying
4. There was no one else at the box office, so __________ in a queue.
A) I didn’t need to wait
B) I mustn’t wait
C) I needn’t have waited
D) I needn’t wait
5. The producers finally decided to make the documentary on the small island __________ the director had
talked about previously.
A) on which
B) on where
C) where
D) which
6. If the world’s tropical forests continue to disappear at their present rate, many animal species __________ extinct.
A) became
B) will become
C) would become
D) would have become
7. He __________ so many bureaucratic problems as he was setting up his own business that he nearly gave it up.
A) came across
B) kept up with
C) looked after
D) picked up
8. If only people __________ keep sending me bills!
A) don’t
B) shouldn’t
C) weren’t
D) wouldn’t
9. What was that notice __________?
A) at you were looking
B) you were looking at
C) you were looking at it
D) which you were looking
10. Ancient Egyptians mummified their dead through the use of chemicals, __________ ancient Peruvians
mummified their dead through natural processes by putting dead bodies in extremely dry desert caves.
A) because
B) still
C) even though
D) whereas
11. The librarian asked us __________ so much noise.
A) not to make
B) that we don’t make
C) why we didn’t make
D) not making
12. The teacher brought 10 books to class, __________ full of short stories in English.
A) most of them was
B) most of which were
C) most of them were
D) most of which was
13. I’m going to go out and __________.
A) have cut my hair
B) have my hair cut
C) let my hair cut
D) my hair be cut
14. Janet was out of breath because she __________.
A) had been running
B) did run
C) has been running
D) has run
15. The driver was arrested for failing __________ an accident.
A) of report
B) report
C) to report
D) reporting
16. It is still a good idea to know how to type. __________ the many technological advances in typewriters and
word processors, a skilled operator remains indispensable.
A) Because of
B) In case of
C) In spite of
D) In addition to
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17. The accident was seen by some people __________ at the bus stop.
A) waited
B) were waiting
C) who waiting
D) waiting
18. You will have a more exciting life if you don’t _________ such a good offer.
A) make up
B) turn down
C) took over
D) cut down
19. A: Is it true that you fell asleep in class yesterday and began to snore?
B: Unfortunately, yes. __________ is unbelievable. I’m very embarrassed!
A) How I could do such a thing it
B) What I could do such a thing
C) I could do such a thing
D) That I could do such a thing
20. A: Why didn’t you tell me you were having so many problems?
B: I __________ you, but I figured you had enough to worry, so I said nothing.
A) would have told
B) had told
C) would be telling
D) would tell
Questions 21-30
Read the text below and on your optic form, mark the alternative (A, B, C or D) which best completes the
statement. (10x0.5=5 marks)
DESIGNER LABELS
Nowadays all over the world, 21) _____ very fashionable, even very young children wear Calvin Klein or
Nike trainers. Fashion experts claim that brand names have become 22) _____ important that their followers
expect to buy the products of those companies. In an effort to get people to buy, these 23) _____ symbols are
used extensively, so they have become more important than the products 24) _____.
25) _____ a recent survey of teenagers, this question was asked: 26) _____ one would you rather buy; an
original or imitated designer wear? The results revealed that only one out of 60 would admit that they didn’t
own 27) _____ designer clothes of the latest fashion. Some people argue that, on the whole, designer labels
offer a guarantee of quality, but 35 percent said that they would rather buy counterfeit designer wear which
looks exactly like the original ones. The media 28) _____ the decisions about what is fashionable, so the whole
generation is 29) _____ trying to look smart by wearing identically labelled trainers, jeans, and shirts when
they go 30) _____ shopping.
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22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
A) to have been
A) so
A) company’s
A) yourselves
A) in
A) how
A) a lot
A) make
A) hardly ever
A) to
B) to be
B) more
B) companies’
B) itself
B) on
B) where
B) some
B) give
B) never
B) -----
C) be
C) much
C) company
C) themselves
C) at
C) which
C) a few
C) get
C) usually
C) on
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D) having been
D) such
D) companies
D) ourselves
D) over
D) who
D) any
D) do
D) occasionally
D) at
Questions 31-35
Read the following sentences and on your optic form, mark the alternative (A, B, C or D) which means the same
as the sentence written in bold. (5x1=5 marks)
31. I couldn’t have cooked such a big meal without your help.
A) It is impossible for me to cook such a big meal if you don’t help me.
B) Provided that you help me, I can cook such a big meal.
C) If only I could have cooked such a big meal on my own.
D) If I hadn’t had your help, I couldn’t have cooked such a big meal.
32. Rap music isn’t nearly as popular as it was ten years ago.
A) Today, people listen to rap music more.
B) Rap music is much less popular than it was ten years ago.
C) Rap music used to be less popular ten years ago.
D) The popularity of rap music has risen in ten years.
33. It wasn’t necessary for Andrew to take so much money for his holiday because everything was less
expensive than he expected.
A) Andrew must have guessed the things would be cheaper on his holiday as he didn’t take so much money with him.
B) If Andrew hadn’t taken so much money for holiday, he wouldn’t have bought so many cheap things.
C) Andrew needn’t have taken so much money with him for holiday since the prices were lower than he had thought.
D) Andrew should have expected that everything would be more expensive on holiday.
34. We know that 28 of the plants that grow on Uludağ cannot be seen anywhere else in the world.
A) It can be seen that 28 of the plants growing everywhere in the world don’t grow on Uludağ.
B) We can see that 28 of the plants on Uludağ are not known anywhere else in the world.
C) It is known that 28 of the plants growing on Uludağ can be seen nowhere else in the world.
D) That 28 of the plants which can be seen everywhere else in the world don’t grow on Uludağ is known.
35. By the time the police started looking for the kid, he had managed to find his way home.
A) When the police started looking for the kid, he was on his way home.
B) Before the kid managed to return home, the police had already started looking for him.
C) After the police started looking for the kid, he was able to find his way home.
D) The child had been able to return home before the police started searching for him.
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READING SECTION
TEXT I
Questions 36-39
Five sentences have been removed from the following text. Read the text and on your optic form, mark the
alternative (A-D) which best fits each gap (36-39). The first one has been done for you (0). (4x2=8 marks)
A) Now everybody has the chance to learn and see things that their grandparents could only read about.
B) Anywhere else, you wouldn’t be able to get to work in time at all!
C) It takes hours and makes very little difference to the planet.
D) Can you imagine what our countryside will look like?
E) Now people who call themselves green seem to think that they know better than the rest of us.
GOING ‘GREEN’: IS IT REALLY A GOOD IDEA?
How green are you? Being green used to mean that you were young and inexperienced. 0. __E__ But just how
intelligent are these new Greens? How well do their ideas work in practice?
Take the example of what happened this week to Donna Challice, mother of three children from Exeter. She was
taken to court for not recycling her rubbish. She was charged with putting food in the green recycling bin which is in
fact for cans, paper, plastic, and glass. She faced a fine of up to £1.000 and the court case cost much more than that!
What a waste of the Court’s time and money. The reality is that recycling household rubbish is a waste of all our time.
36. _____ Only 5% of our waste is made up of household rubbish, while a massive 60% agricultural and industrial.
Why don’t the laws do something about that first?
And it isn’t only local governments that really want to be green. We are surrounded by green thinkers. Have those
people who refuse to accept nuclear energy thought about what renewable energy means? They say that 20% of our
energy has to come from renewable resources such as wind and solar power. 37. _____ There will be forests of giant
wind turbines and nothing in the fields except plants to make bio-fuel. It seems that there is no real alternative to using
more nuclear energy, so why don’t we focus on building new safer nuclear plants?
The European Parliament has just agreed to put new taxes on airlines - to stop pollution - and cut the growing
number of cheap flights. Think about what this means. For the first time in history, it isn’t only the rich and wealthy
that can fly to other parts of the world. 38. _____ However, the European Parliament wants to stop all that.
As for the traffic congestion problems, the mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, introduced a charge on people who
drive into the city. Since then, every other city in the country has been thinking of doing the same. But London is the
only city in the country that actually has an excellent transport system. 39. _____ The government seems determined
to get us out of our cars. The latest idea is to charge everyone up to £1.34 a mile to drive their own cars. But what are
we supposed to use instead? I would take the train to work if it weren’t always hours late and so crowded that I am
forced to stand all the way. Thank goodness I’ve got a car and the choice is mine!
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TEXT II
Questions 40-43
Read the following text and on your optic form, mark the alternative (A, B, C or D) which best completes the
statements or answers the questions. (4x1.5=6 marks)
Carbon dating can be used to estimate the age of any organic natural material; it has been used
successfully in archeology to determine the age of ancient artifacts or fossils as well as in a variety of other
fields. The principle underlying the use of carbon dating is that carbon is a part of all living things on Earth.
Since a radioactive substance such as carbon-14 has a known half-life, the amount of carbon-14 remaining in
an object can be used to date that object.
Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5.570 years, which means that after that number of years, half of the carbon14 atoms have decayed into nitrogen-14. It is the ratio of carbon-14 in that substance that indicates the age of
the substance. If, for example, in a particular sample the amount of carbon-14 is roughly equivalent to the
amount of nitrogen-14, this indicates that roughly half of the carbon-14 has decayed into nitrogen-14, and the
sample is approximately 5.570 years old.
Carbon dating cannot be used effectively in dating objects that are older than 80,000 years. When objects
are that old, much of the carbon-14 has already decayed into nitrogen-14, and the miniscule amount that
is left doesn’t provide a reliable measurement of age. In the case of older objects, other age-dating methods
are available, methods which use radioactive atoms with longer half-lives than carbon has.
40. The passage is mainly about __________.
A) the differences between carbon-14 and nitrogen-14
B) various uses of carbon
C) archeology and the study of ancient artifacts
D) one method of dating old objects
41. The expression “is left” in paragraph 3 could best be replaced by __________.
A) remains
B) has disappeared
C) changes
D) is gone
42. Which of the following is NOT true about carbon-14?
A) It is radioactive.
B) Its half-life is more than 5,000 years.
C) It and nitrogen always exist in equal amounts in any substance.
D) It can decay into nitrogen-14.
43. It can be inferred from the passage that if an item contains more carbon-14 than nitrogen-14, then the item
is __________.
A) too old to be age-dated with carbon-14
B) not as much as 5.570 years old
C) too radioactive to be used by archeologists
D) more than 5.570 years old
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TEXT III
Questions 44-47
Read the following text and on your optic form, mark the alternative (A, B, C or D) which best completes the
statements or answers the questions. (4x1.5=6 marks)
THE MYTH OF THE ONLY CHILD
According to a recent report, only children are spoilt and generally more selfish. They find it difficult to get on with
others. The number of families with only one child is growing and the report warns that a child without brothers and
sisters will have ‘greater social isolation with teenagers who have a more selfish attitude to life.’
Isn’t it time to stop believing all these negative myths? Why do we believe that only children are aggressive and
bossy? Professor of Psychiatry, Sarah Wood, comments, ‘I have not seen any difference between the social skills of
only children and those with siblings.’ She believes, in fact, that only children quickly learn that they may get away
with being bossy at home, but it isn’t a good way to make friends out. She says that without siblings, only children
will generally try harder to be popular among friends and can be extremely sociable.
Another myth is the stereotype of the lonely only child with their head always in a book. Only children may prefer
more non-competitive, solitary activities, but it is not because they are always alone. In fact, an interest in reading,
stamp collecting and so on will probably depend on how their families bring them up. Middle and upper middle class
families are both more likely to have a single child, and more likely to encourage a love of reading. And, far from
being more dependent on their parents, only children seem to decide things by themselves.
Surely, there is no recipe for a happy child. What works for some won’t necessarily work for others - it is all about
what parents can do to make their child secure. If a couple does not have the time or money for more than one child, or
simply does not want more than one, isn’t it better to have just one happy child rather than an unhappy large family?
Charlotte Harris, 17 and an only child, says ‘Mum says that she is sorry for me because she has not given me a
brother or sister, but I think she feels much worse about it than I do. It really has never been that important to me. I
think, if you have good parents, then you will be just fine.’
44) Professor Sarah Wood believes that _____.
A) only children are aggressive and bossy
B) only children are not good at making friends
C) only children and children with siblings have the same social skills
D) children with siblings are more sociable than only children
45) Only children may enjoy reading because_____.
A) it helps them to be more dependent
B) they do not have any brothers or sisters to play with
C) they find it hard to talk to people
D) their parents have taught them to enjoy it
46) What does ‘solitary activities’ mean in paragraph 3?
A) activities that you do on your own
B) activities that you do with other people
C) outdoor activities
D) interesting activities
47) Charlotte Harris feels that being an only child____.
A) is something that her mum should apologize for
B) is not something that she worries about
C) is a really good idea
D) is worse than having siblings
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LISTENING SECTION
Part A - Monologue
Questions 48-50
You will hear a supervisor, Mr. Parker, talking to new employees at “AnswerCall”, a call center, TWICE.
Listen and for questions 48-50 on your optic form, mark the alternative A, B, or C that best completes the
statements or answers the questions. (3x2=6 marks)
48. Jane Westwood decided to set up AnswerCall because _______________.
A) she had been asked for help by a number of companies
B) she had seen how phone calls should be dealt with
C) she had sometimes received poor service on the phone herself
49. What is the main reason for AnswerCall’s success?
A) It creates close relationship with customers.
B) Its callers don’t realize that it is a call center.
C) It provides professional service.
50. What does Mr. Parker say that call center workers often forget?
A) to use simple language
B) to be aware of body language
C) to speak loudly enough
PART B - Dialogue
Questions 51-53
You will hear an interview with a couple, Greg and Marcia, about their life on a caravan TWICE. Listen and
for questions 51-53, on your optic form, mark the alternative (A, B, or C) which best completes the statements
or answers the questions. (3x2=6 marks)
51. What do Greg and Marcia do for a living?
A) They are photographers.
B) Greg is an explorer and Marcia is a photographer.
C) They are travel writers.
52. What does Marcia say about going to bed at night?
A) She doesn’t usually sleep very well in new places.
B) She likes sleeping in the same bed each night.
C) She finds it exciting to sleep in different places all the time.
53. Greg says that he must be more careful in such a small place because ___________________________.
A) there is so much to do in each new place
B) they think it’s important to have time on their own sometimes
C) he is not a very organized person by nature
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PART C - Various Situations
Questions 54-57
You will hear people talking in four different situations TWICE. Listen and for questions 54 - 57 mark the best
alternative (A, B or C) on your optic form. (4x2=8 marks)
54. You hear a woman and a technician talking on the phone. Which equipment needs to be repaired?
A) laptop
B) photocopier
C) printer
55. You hear someone from a furniture store talking to a customer on the phone. Which of the following
products are out of stock?
A) chairs
B) desks
C) bookshelves
56. You overhear two colleagues chatting. What is the woman’s reaction to the man’s plans?
A) She thinks he is making fun of her.
B) She is surprised that their plans are the same.
C) She feels that his plans are not realistic.
57. You hear part of a weather forecast on the radio. What will the weather conditions be like tomorrow?
A) a less rainy day and a much colder night
B) a much rainier day and a milder night
C) a much rainier day and a much colder night
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DİKKAT! SINAVDA KURŞUN KALEM KULLANMAYINIZ, SORULARI VERİLEN TALİMATLARA
GÖRE CEVAPLAYINIZ. AKSİ TAKDİRDE SINAVINIZ DEĞERLENDİRİLMEYECEKTİR.
Ç.U. YADYO 2011-2012
SAMPLE PROFICIENCY
Writing Section
20 marks 40 mins.
1st Evaluators
Name - Surname:
Class :
Student no:
2nd Evaluator
1st mark
2nd mark
Final Mark
Choose one of the following topics below and write an essay in about 180-200 words. Give reasons and examples
to support your ideas.
1. It’s better to watch a film at home than at the cinema. What is your opinion?
2. Children must be encouraged to do sports. What is your opinion?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a part-time job as a student?
Write the number of your choice in the box.
Th.S.
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Gn.S.
0-2
CONTENT (14)
M.id.1 Supp. M.id.2
0-1
0-3
0-1
GRAND TOTAL(40):
Supp.
0-3
Conc.
0-3
ORGANIZATION(6)
D.Tec Sq.id. Rele.
0-3
0-2
0-1
FINAL(Gr.Tot./2):
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Voc.
Grm.
Mec.
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Ç.U. YADYO 2011-2012 SAMPLE PROFICIENCY EXAM ANSWER KEY
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR SECTION (20 marks)
Questions 1-20 (20x0.5=10 marks)
Questions 21-30 (10x0.5=5 marks)
Questions 31-35 (5x1=5 marks)
1. A
11. A
21. B
31. D
2. C
12. B
22. A
32. B
3. D
13. B
23. B
33. C
4. A
14. A
24. C
34. C
5. D
15. C
25. A
35. D
6. B
16. C
26. C
7. A
17. D
27. D
8. D
18. B
28. A
9. B
19. D
29. C
10. D
20. A
30. B
READING SECTION (20 marks)
TEXT I (4x2=8 marks)
TEXT II (4x1.5=6 marks)
TEXT II (4x1.5=6 marks)
36. C
40. D
44. C
37. D
41. A
45. D
38. A
42. C
46. A
39. B
43. B
47. B
Monologue (3x2=6 marks)
Dialogue (3x2=6 marks)
Situations (4x2=8 marks)
48. C
51. A
54. B
49. A
52. B
55. B
50. B
53. C
56. C
LISTENING SECTION (20 marks)
57. A
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LISTENING SECTION (Tape scripts)
Part A - Monologue
Questions 48-50
You will hear a supervisor, Mr. Parker, talking to new employees at “AnswerCall”, a call center, TWICE.
Listen and for questions 48-50 on your optic form, mark the alternative A, B, or C that best completes the
statements or answers the questions. (3x2=6 marks)
Good morning everyone and welcome. My name is Donald Parker and I will be your supervisor while you are
here at AnswerCall.
First, let me give you some background information about our company. AnswerCall was set up in 1998, by
the current owner, Jane Westwood, after she had worked as a telephone operator herself. I’m sure many of you,
at some point, haven’t received adequate service from phone operators in some companies. However, where Jane
was working, the telephone operators always managed to provide good service to their callers. That gave her the
idea to set up her own company because she had the best chance to see how important a good phone service
could be.
By joining us, you will be joining a very successful company. Of course, we have had lots of positive
feedback about our very professional service- many callers don’t even realize that they are speaking to a call
center! In fact, the real key to our success is that our customers see us more as people they know very well
personally.
Also, before you start the training, here’s some advice. Of course, from your interviews, we know that you all
have practice at speaking on the phone at an appropriate volume. And you already know that if you use difficult
words, your caller may not understand you. But there is one thing that call center staff rarely do- that is, to think
about what the caller can’t see. Smiling and nodding. This may seem a waste of time, but it does make you
sound more friendly, which is exactly what we want. Now, your trainer will no doubt tell you more, so…..
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PART B - Dialogue
Questions 51-53
You will hear an interview with a couple, Greg and Marcia, about their life on a caravan TWICE. Listen and
for questions 51-53, on your optic form, mark the alternative (A, B, or C) which best completes the statements
or answers the questions. (3x2=6 marks)
Intervwr. Yes, I’m very pleased to welcome Greg and Marcia today about their life on the road. Good morning.
Greg
Good morning.
Marcia
Hello.
Intervwr. Thank you very much for taking time to be with us today. Firstly, tell me Greg. What influenced your
decision to live in a motor home, on the road, rather than in a house like most of us?
Greg
Well, we are keen travellers and because a lot of our work life is spent in the great outdoors
taking pictures of nature and wildlife, we found that it was the most sensible thing to do. We can
live a much more flexible life than before. It is great for our work as photographers because we
are always exploring new places and finding new things to photograph and on a personal level,
we feel it is a far more exciting way to live than always coming back to the same house.
Intervwr. Marcia, what about you? Is living in a caravan really as exciting as Greg describes?
Marcia
Well, yes. There is something very exciting about living on the road. The view outside your window is
changing all the time and you meet new people every day. You know, in cafés or the library or
wherever, and of course you still get to sleep in your own bed every night.
Intervwr. Which is great!
Marcia
Yeah. I think that much of the time it really is an amazing way of life.
Intervwr. I imagine you have to be very organized in order to get everything done in such a small place.
Greg
That’s true. Especially because we are both working, we are careful to keep things tidy and
organized inside the van. I certainly have to be tidier than I was before. I agree that I’m not an
organized person by nature, but here I am more careful. You also have to be organized with your
time, too. I mean we are with each other twenty-four seven. You know most of the time it is just
the two of us. We know that we have to be careful to give each other enough time and space.
Intervwr. Greg and Marcia. Thanks for joining us today and sharing your experiences with our listeners.
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PART C - Various Situations
Questions 54-57
You will hear people talking in four different situations TWICE. Listen and for questions 54 - 57 mark the best
alternative (A, B or C) on your optic form. (4x2=8 marks)
54. You hear a woman and a technician talking on the phone. Which equipment needs to be repaired?
Technician Hello, Technician’s Department.
Woman
Hi, Andrew. Thanks for fixing my laptop yesterday, but I’ve got another problem now. The
photocopier keeps jamming paper and I think it is overheating. I’m printing copies from file on the
printer at the moment, but it takes much longer. Could you come and have a look?
Technician OK. I’ll come over this afternoon.
55. You hear someone from a furniture store talking to a customer on the phone. Which of the following
products are out of stock?
This is David Marshall, Office Furniture. It is about your order TH89100. We have sent the bookshelves, but
I’m afraid we have had a problem in our factory and the chairs won’t be ready to send until tomorrow. There is
also a delay with the desks, which have been so popular that we haven’t got any in our stock at the moment. We
are now waiting for another delivery. Sorry for this inconvenience. Please call if you need to.
56. You overhear two work colleagues chatting. What is the woman’s reaction to the man’s plans?
Man
Woman
Man
Woman
Man
Woman
So, are you making any New Year’s resolutions?
Ha ha ha… You must be joking. I’ve done that too often before. It usually lasts about a week
What about you?
Well, this year, I’m determined to get fit, so I’ve joined the local gym.
Really?
Yes. I’m getting a personal trainer and I’m going to go four times a week.
Are you sure about this? Doesn’t this seem a bit extreme? I mean the most exercise you
normally get is walking down the shops to get the newspaper.
57. You hear part of a weather forecast on the radio. What will the weather conditions be like tomorrow?
So, now the forecast for tomorrow, Tuesday the 14th. We will start with the Northeast of the country. The
terrible rain that we’ve had today will begin to ease by tomorrow morning. The worst of the rain will move
further south and it will feel slightly milder, but there is chance of some rain in the afternoon. When the rain stops
completely, the temperatures will drop. And I’m afraid we predict the coldest night of the year tomorrow night,
with temperatures falling to as low as minus 5 degrees Celsius. So, motorists should watch out for patches of ice
on the roads early on Wednesday morning.
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