B1
Practice Listening English Exercises for B1 – Can you believe it?
7 esercizi
1. Getting Ready Have any of these strange experiences happened to you? Check your answers and compare them with a partner.
| Yes | No | |
| 1 You thought of someone, and then they called you. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 2 You saw a star fall in the sky. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 3 Your house key wouldn’t open your door. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 4 You couldn’t find your car in a small parking lot. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 5 You looked in your refrigerator for a steak you bought, but it wasn’t there. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 6 You saw someone who looked exactly like yourself. | ◻ | ◻ |
2. Listening 1 Friends are telling unusual stories about people breaking the law. What did each person do? Listen and circle the correct answer.
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- 1)a stole money from her office
- b)pulled out the power cable
- c)destroyed the phones
- 2)a overfed her pet
- b)stole a pig from a farm
- c)didn’t feed her pet
- 3)a overcharged his customers
- b)took other people’s customers
- c)didn’t pay the telephone company
- 4)a robbed a grocery store
- b)stole a truck
- c)couldn’t drive a stolen car
- 5)a sold rare animals
- b)snuck into Sweden without a passport
- c)tried to smuggle animals
- 6)a stole a car
- b)tried to rob a drugstore
- c)stole medicine from a drugstore
3. Listening 2 Task 1 Newscasters are reporting unusual stories. Which headlines match their stories? Listen and check (✓) the correct headline.
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4. Listen again. Are these statements true or false? Check (✓) the correct answer.
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| True | False | |
| 1 The young man ended up with $28,000. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 2 A football team wants to hire 200 students. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 3 San Bernardo is a city in Egypt. | ◻ | ◻ |
| 4 A government worker left a high-paying business job. | ◻ | ◻ |
5. Listening 3 Task 1 People are talking about unusual stories in the news. What are the stories about? Listen and number the correct picture.
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6. Listen again and answer the questions. Circle the correct answer.
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- 1)How far was the man from the beach?
- a one mile
- b two miles
- c three miles
- 2)Where did the twins find each other?
- a at a party
- b in college
- c a family reunion
- 3)How much money did the man get?
- a $130,000
- b $135,000
- c $145,000
- 4)How far had the camera floated?
- a 1,000 miles
- b 1,011 miles
- c 1,100 miles
- 5)Who placed the babies next to each other?
- a a nurse
- b a doctor
- c their mother
- 6)Why didn’t the people hear the smoke alarm?
- a It was broken.
- b It wasn’t very loud.
- c They didn’t have one.
7. Listen to the conversation. Write the missing words.
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- A: about that guy who sent himself somewhere in a box?
- B: What? No! What happened?
- A: Well, this guy wanted to go to Dallas to visit his father, but to pay for a plane ticket.
- B: Yeah? do?
- A: He figured he would save money by mailing himself to Dallas, so he packed himself inside a box!
- B: ! That must have been some trip!
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