New english file intermediate test booklet listening

If you do have 9 Some people spend a lot of money changing the way negative feelings about your appearance, try to do they look. Love the unusual things about yourself. They taught you to ski. Write a letter to thank them. Include the following information: — 4 Stop buying fashion magazines and comparing words yourself to the models. This has a very negative effect. But experts say that think a lot about your appearance. It may be sticking-out ears, an unusually-shaped nose, or perhaps they are overweight.

Below are a few feelings. For example, 8 You should enjoy what makes you look different from focus on success at work, participating in sports, others. If you do have 9 Everyone can look good with a personal hairstylist and negative feelings about your appearance, try to do make-up artist.

Cross out the wrong English people and politeness. Cross out the wrong information. Write the correct information. Example: Speaker 1 went to Hungary. Example: Speaker 1 is from London. London Hungary 1 Speaker 1 says that the tutors were honest when they 1 Speaker 1 was learning to speak English.

Grammar total 20 Example: If we had arrived arrive earlier, we would have got better seats. Angela all day. Example: If we had arrived arrive earlier, we would have got better seats. Example: I used to behave behave badly at school, but now I study hard.

I hate them! As the need for environmentally friendly, low-energy Include the following information: — words housing increases, BedZED may change from being a unique model, to a model for all future houses. How green is your house? Some residents will have Reading total 10 the opportunity to work within walking distance of their homes. Listen to the interview with the TV reviewer. Complete the sentences with the correct word. Example: The reviewer talked about the best programme of Example: The reviewer talked about the best programme of the week.

Example: She left without saying say goodbye. See you soon! Example: My current job is temporary. She often works at newspaper. Example: Are you listening to me? My advice? Make sure they know your strengths. You may just get that dream job. Later I became a chef. People like doing things that come naturally to them, so work and enjoy!

My work was often boring and always busy. I started studying to Are you creative? Good at making quick decisions? Do become a teacher. I All New Media Promotions is looking for enthusiastic, was exhausted most of the time, but after two years, I ambitious people to work in their busy marketing finally got my qualifications and resigned. Write a list of the things that are stopping you Administration Promotions from getting your dream job.

Make a plan to deal with Sales Website Design each thing. All applicants must have the appropriate qualifications and a good level of English is essential. Write a covering letter to apply for a job at All New Media Promotions. Decide exactly what your dream job is and what it involves. I Reading total 10 was exhausted most of the time, but after two years, I finally got my qualifications and resigned. Write a list of the things that are stopping you from getting your dream job.

Make a plan to deal with Are you creative? Do each thing. Complete the sentences with the down our lives. Example: You should get up ten minutes earlier every day.

Why not? Example: This is the beach where we used to come every summer. So I went in eat today. Zurich this afternoon. Example: subtitles 1 politician Example: Sculptors make large structures out of wood and stone. Example: Look at the date — this cheese has to be eaten Example: This is the beach where we used to come eat today. South America. So I went in and bought them. Tei and Mong Kok districts are probably more your style.

You can buy almost anything here. As a result most tourists avoid this area, so it remains mainly Chinese. Further along Shanghai Street is the popular night market. Choose a book and write a review recommending students to read it. Cross out the wrong unfortunate experiences. Example: Speaker 1 was going home. Example: Speaker 1 was in a bus.

What about? Grammar total 20 Could you tell me what time the concert starts? Example: documentary quiz show documentary the news cartoon 1 comfortable chat show comedy show drama series sports programme 2 satellite 3 murder Example: My favourite character is the blue cat-robot that can speak. Wrong answer! You lose five points. Example: The bride and groom smiled happily happiness for their wedding photos. How would they continue to survive? Write an article called Has modern technology improved our lifestyles?

But has this technology really improved our lives? In my opinion, there are advantages and disadvantages. Neither of them earns more than the minimum wage. Complete the sentences the murderer, Jack the Ripper.

Example: Patricia Cornwell was looking for evidence. Walter Sickert. Ripper is unbelievable. Use the verbs in brackets. Example: Are you going go on holiday this year? Shall I call him online business. I It is illegal. You just pay a little every month. Example: What are you going to do next weekend? Her feelings are easily hurt.

Shall I call her project finished today. You might wake up the baby. It machine? Sunday evening? It has a dirty mark on it. Paris next month. Alex Garland. He says here back away it helps him to relax. But do they really think differently? This 4 Men were originally designed to go out and hunt for food. So why does a man behave as he does? They had to be easily than men. Women are 8 Women are usually good at learning languages. Women usually score higher in writing tests.

They can be a whilst women are good at organization, comforting, family member, friend or famous personality. Include and giving advice. We should appreciate and accept them as being what makes us special. Natalia Yes, OK. Interviewer Have you ever been to a Zara store? Natalia Yes, many times.

Interviewer And when did you last go there? Natalia About three weeks ago. Interviewer Where was that? Natalia Here in London. In Oxford Street. Interviewer OK, thank you. What did you buy? Natalia Er, a white jacket. Interviewer And are you happy with it? Natalia Quite happy. I like the jacket but the colour was a mistake. Interviewer Thank you very much for your time. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions about Zara?

Francoise How long will it take? Interviewer Only a few minutes. Francoise Yes, all right then. Francoise Yes. Interviewer When did you last go there?

Francoise Last Saturday. Interviewer Where? Francoise In Paris. Interviewer What did you buy? Francoise Just a scarf. Interviewer Are you happy with the scarf? I like it a lot. Dave Yes, once. Interviewer When did you go there? Dave In August. Dave At Barcelona airport. But my girlfriend bought some shoes. My daughter got married last year and she and her husband live quite far away. She rings me almost every day to tell me how everything is going, and we usually chat for hours. My phone bill is now double what it was when she was living at home.

And in the evenings we often get take-away pizzas or Chinese food, or we heat something up in the microwave. I only really spend time in the kitchen at weekends. I get so much homework now that I never go to bed before 11 or 12, but I still get up at seven in the morning. Before it only used to take me fifteen minutes to get to work, and now it takes me twenty-five, or even half an hour.

I was near Charing Cross station. Then I asked a businessman in a grey suit who was walking towards the station. He took one photo, but when I asked him to take another one he walked away quickly. Next, it was the shopping test. I went to a tourist shop in Oxford Street and I bought a key ring and a red bus. The red bus was very expensive. The total price was forty pounds. I gave the man a hundred pounds — two fifty pound notes. He gave me sixty pounds back.

Finally it was time for the accident test. For this test I went down into the Tube the London Underground. As I went down the stairs I fell over and sat on the floor. A man immediately stopped and looked down at me. Allie I want to go shopping. Receptionist Well, all the big department stores are around Union Square.

Allie Can you tell me how to get there? Receptionist Yes, of course. Go out of the hotel and turn left. Go straight ahead, down Sutter Street. Union Square will be right in front of you. Excuse me. Can you tell me the way to Union Square? Brad Martin from the Los Angeles office. We met yesterday at the hotel. Brad No problem. What are you doing here? Brad Listen, Allie. Are you sure? Brad Absolutely.

Allie OK. I always get lost. Brad Oh, I love your British accent… 5. Are you enjoying the party? Adrian Yes. Harry So, what do you do for a living, Adrian? Harry A doctor? Listen, I have a problem with my back. Could you have a look at it? James Hi. Sandra Nice to meet you. James A teacher? What a wonderful job! Sandra Why lucky? James Well, you have really long summer holidays! Perhaps you would like to teach my class one day. When you teach teenagers all year you need a long summer holiday.

I went to school with Peter. Catherine Ah, Luke! Luke Yes, I am. Listen, can you recommend a cheap holiday? And I want to go in August. But when I say cheap, I mean cheap. Deborah Hi Lucy. Lucy Nice to meet you. Deborah Ah. What do you think of my colour? Lucy Well Deborah No, come on, tell me the truth. Is it too blond? Lucy Er… no. Deborah Are you sure?

Woman Lucy, what would you like to drink? Lucy Oh, a Diet Coke please. Deborah Do you think my hair would look better shorter? Deborah Oh sorry. Nice to meet you. Simon Hello.

Andrea What do you do Simon? Let me guess your job! Let me see. You look like a … professional footballer. Simon No Andrea A psychiatrist! Ooh how fascinating! Are you analysing me? Excuse me, er. I need to go to the bathroom. Good morning to both of you. Interviewer First Martin, can you tell us, why is it a good idea for people to learn to sing? Martin First, because singing makes you feel good. And secondly because singing is very good for your health. Interviewer Really?

In what way? Martin Well, when you learn to sing you need to learn to breathe correctly. And you also learn to stand and sit correctly. Interviewer Are your courses only for professional singers? Martin No, not at all. Interviewer So how do your students learn to sing?

Martin They learn by listening and repeating. Interviewer OK, Gemma. Tell us about the course. How long did it last? Gemma Only one day. From ten in the morning to six in the evening.

Interviewer Could you already sing well before you started? But I have always liked singing. Interviewer So what happened on the course? Gemma Well, first we did a lot of listening and breathing exercises and we learnt some other interesting techniques. Interviewer What sort of things? Gemma Well, for example we learnt that it is easier to sing high notes if you sing with a surprised look on your face!

Interviewer Oh really? Could you show us? Interviewer For those of you at home, I can promise you that Gemma looked very surprised. Were you happy with your progress? Gemma Absolutely. At the end of the day we were singing in almost perfect harmony.

It was amazing. In just one day we really were much better. Interviewer Could you two give us a little demonstration? Test number one. I had to get a taxi to the hotel. No problem. The driver understood me. But then he started talking to me in perfect English. I felt a bit stupid. We got to the hotel, checked in, and then we went to the hotel bar for test number two. Then the waitress said something in Polish and I understood her! I was so happy that I could understand her.

I really enjoyed that beer. Next we went out into the street for test three: asking for directions. I decided to ask for directions to a chemist, because I knew, the word for chemist, apteka. But then she started talking really fast and pointing. I tried to listen for left or right or anything I could understand but no. I was sure that Kasia was going to give me zero for this test! I was feeling less confident now. We went back to the hotel for test four: making a phone call.

Kasia gave me a phone number and told me to ask to speak to her friend. His name was Adam. I dialled the number. A woman answered the phone. I understood that! So I said thank you and goodbye very politely.

Kasia smiled, so I thought, well, not bad. Finally, test five: asking the time. I knew this test was going to be very hard. But I had a brilliant idea. I stopped a man in the street and said.

Twenty past seven. How well did I do in the tests? Well, Kasia gave me five out of ten for language and eight for imagination. So can you learn a language in a month? Not Polish, definitely! Allie Yes, I really like this sweater. Do you have it in a medium? Allie No, I want it in black. Here you are. A black medium. Do you want to try it on? Allie No, thanks. How much is it? SA Allie It says Allie Oh, OK. Do you take MasterCard?

SA Yes, of course. You look great, as usual. How was your morning? Allie Really good. Mark What did you think of it? Allie It was wonderful. Never mind. Mark Maybe next time. Allie What a lovely evening! Brad Hi, Allie. How was the shopping? Allie Great, thanks. Brad Hi Mark. And did you like the museum? Allie We met this morning. I got lost. I was trying to find Union Square — and suddenly Brad appeared.

Brad So I took her to my favourite coffee shop. Mark Allie, what would you like to drink? A margarita. Brad What a good idea.

Mark, could you get us a couple of margaritas? Brad So tell me about the museum, Allie. What was your favourite painting? First what about the crocodile attack? Michael Well, once a crocodile has seen you it will attack you, so doing nothing is not really an option. And a crocodile attacks so quickly that people never have time to swim to safety. The crocodile will try to get you in its mouth and take you under the water. Your only hope is to try to hit it in the eye or on the nose.

If you did this and you were very lucky the crocodile would open its mouth and give you time to escape. Interviewer What about the bear attack? Michael When a bear attacks someone, their natural reaction is always to try to run away or to climb up a tree. But these are both bad ideas. The best thing to do in this situation would be to pretend to be dead.

A bear usually stops attacking when it thinks that its enemy is dead and so, if you were lucky it would lose interest in you and go away.

Michael Well, if you were in the middle of a field, forget about running. Bulls can run incredibly fast. The best thing to do is to try not to move, and just stay where you are, and then at the last moment to throw something, a hat or your shirt, away from you.

Our e-mail address is what. Our first caller today is Barbara. Hello Barbara. Barbara Hello. Well, Jonathan often goes out with me and my friends.

Presenter Mean? Barbara Yes, he never pays for anything. So in the end one of us always pays for him. His parents work, and he works on Saturdays in a shop — so he must have some money. Do you think we should say something to him? Presenter Thanks Barbara. OK, our next caller is Kevin from Birmingham. Hello Kevin. Kevin Hi. Kevin Yes. My problem is with my best friend.

Presenter Your best friend flirts with your girlfriend? What can I do? And our last caller is Catherine. OK Catherine, over to you. Catherine Hello. I live in a flat and I share a room with this girl. Catherine She always borrows things from me without telling me. Presenter What does she borrow? So when I wanted to wear it this afternoon it was dirty.

Presenter Thank you Catherine. So… if you can help Barbara, Kevin, or Catherine, e-mail us at Allie Do you have any painkillers? I have a headache. But we can call a doctor for you if you like. Receptionist Do you mean a pharmacy? Receptionist Sure. Are you OK? I had a bad headache this morning, but I feel better now. Mark Listen. Allie What do you mean? Mark At the party. I got kind of angry at Brad.

He was really annoying me. Mark Yeah, women always think so. Mark So what is your type, Allie? Allie You know what my type is. I want to do something special. What would you like to do? You choose. Mark How about a boat trip around the bay? We could do that in the morning, and then have a nice dinner in the evening. Allie That sounds fantastic. Scott Well the medical name is Felinophobia or Gatophobia.

Interviewer And what does that mean exactly? Interviewer Cats? Scott Yes. Interviewer How long have you had this phobia? Scott Since I was a child. And the cat was looking at me, well staring at me. I went to touch it, and it bit me.

Interviewer What happens if you see a cat? Scott Well, I start to feel very nervous, my hearts beats quickly.

And I have to go away very quickly from where the cat is. For example, if I see a cat in the street, I always cross to the other side. Interviewer What do you do?

Scott Yes, sometimes. For example if I go to a house and there is a cat I have to ask the people to put the cat in another room. Interviewer Have you ever had any treatment for your phobia? Scott Well, now I can look at a photo of a cat without feeling nervous or afraid.

And I can touch a toy cat. The next step will be to be in a room with a real cat. Interviewer Do you think you will ever lose your phobia of cats? Scott I hope so. This film came out in , and it gave the young film director her first Oscar nomination.

Before it starts, Anthony, can you tell us a bit about her? Anthony Well, of course as you know, Sofia Coppola is the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola, so you could say that she was born with a camera in her hand.

She was born in New York in while her father was making the film The Godfather, and in fact she actually appeared in the film — she was the little baby in the baptism scene. But it was a disaster and the film critics wrote terrible things about her. So she stopped being an actress and she went to the California Institute of Art where she studied fine arts and photography.

Then she decided to become a film director. She directed her first film, The Virgin Suicides, and this time the critics thought she was great. She also got married, to the film director Spike Jonze — but they separated after a few years. Lost in Translation was the film which made Sofia Coppola famous. Presenter Thank you very much Anthony. Melissa Twelve or thirteen, I think. Melissa Not really. Interviewer Why not? I used to argue with PE teacher all the time. I think she just wanted to humiliate us.

But I was a bit of a rebel. Interviewer What sort of rules did you break? Melissa Well, for example, the school was very strict about the school uniform — we had to wear a blue skirt, and the skirt had to cover our knees. I used to make the skirt shorter. And then I sometimes used to wear blue socks and a black sweater, like in the photograph, instead of a grey sweater, and grey socks.

The teachers used to get really angry; I just thought it was silly. Interviewer What did you want to be when you were at school? Melissa I wanted to be a lawyer. Interviewer Why? Melissa Well, there were a lot of American TV programmes and films about lawyers at the time, and I used to think it would be fun to argue with people all day.

Interviewer So why did you become a primary school teacher? Lots of reasons. So as I was a rebel, I did exactly the opposite. But as Sally will tell us, many of the things which make our lives easier today were invented by women. This was invented by a woman called Josephine Cochrane in She was a rich American who gave a lot of dinner parties.

But she was annoyed that her servants used to break plates and glasses when they were washing them after the party. So, Josephine decided to try and invent a machine which could wash a lot of plates and glasses safely. Today the dishwasher is used by millions of people all over the world. The car was invented by a man, but it was a woman, Mary Anderson who in solved one of the biggest problems of driving.

Until her invention, it was impossible for drivers to see where they were going when it was raining or snowing. The name of her invention? Windscreen wipers. A fantastic invention that definitely improved the lives of millions of people was disposable nappies. They were invented by a woman called Marion Donovan in , Anybody who has a small baby will know what a big difference disposable nappies make to our lives.

Today more than 55 million nappies are used every day in the world. She used to get very frustrated and angry when she made typing mistakes. In those days if you made a mistake you had to get a new sheet of paper and start again from the beginning. She had a brilliant idea, which was to use a white liquid to paint over mistakes.

Her invention is called Tipp-Ex today. Mrs Graham was a divorced mother and her invention made her a very rich woman. And finally Policemen, soldiers, and politicians all over the world are protected by something which was invented by a woman. In Stephanie Kwolek invented kevlar, a special material which was very light but incredibly strong, much stronger than metal.

This material is used to make the bullet-proof vest. Her invention has probably saved thousands of lives. Presenter Thanks very much Sally. So… if you thought that everything was invented by men, think again. How are you feeling today? Allie Much better. Mark Good. Are you going to be warm enough with just that sweater? It might be a little cold on the boat. Are we going to walk to the bay?

Allie How long does it take by cab? Mark About ten minutes. Allie Well, I have to be back here by 1. Mark Not from Brad, I hope? Allie Well, actually… No, of course not! From the New York office. Mark OK. I love it. Mark Better than London? Allie Not better. Mark Do you think you could live here? Mark Oh. Mark Could you live somewhere else — but in Europe?

Allie Maybe. Why do you ask? Mark Oh, no reason.