A1
Practice Listening English Exercises for A1 – Profiles
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1. Read the statements, then listen and mark them as T (true) or F (false).
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- 1)Read the statements, then listen and mark them as T (true) or F (false).
- 1)34-year-old Dianne Grey was a successful actress.
- 2)She began to find her job rather boring.
- 3)“I was treating patients with routine medical problems.”
- 4)Various armies have been fighting each other in the area for days.
- 5)she will be leaving Angola next year.
2. Joanne and her husband have recently moved into a new house. Listen and tick (✓) what they’ve done so far.
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- 2)Joanne and her husband have recently moved into a new house. Listen and tick (✓) what they’ve done so far.
- paint the walls
- hang the curtains
- lay the carpets
- repair the back door
- buy all the furniture
- put up shelves
- tidy the garden
- mend the fence
3. Listen and complete the table.
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- 3)Listen and complete the table.
- Full Name: William Henry Gates III
- Born: 28 October, (1) ), in Seattle, USA
- Early Life:
- – very intelligent, especially good at Maths and Science
- – parents sent him to Lakeside, a private school
- – finished school in (2) )
- Later Life:
- – went to Harvard
- – started Microsoft in 1975 (with Paul Allen), left Harvard
- – married Melinda French in (3) )
- – wrote The Road Ahead in (4) )
- Character: ambitious, hardworking, generous
- Likes: puzzles, golf, reading about science
- Plans: to give away almost all of his wealth
4. Listen and complete the notes about Martina.
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- 4)Listen and complete the notes about Martina.
- A Introduction:
- – Martina Hingis
- – one of the greatest tennis players in the history of women’s tennis
- B Early Life:
- – born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, on 30 the September, .
- – started playing tennis at the age of three
- – parents divorced, her mother remarried in .
- – moved to Switzerland with mother and stepfather, has lived there ever since.
- C Later Life:
- – became European Champion for players under 18 in .
- – won the Wimbledon doubles title in at the age of 15.
- – won all four Grand Slam doubles titles in .
- D
| CHARACTER | LIKES | PLANS |
| determined, hardworking, keen on all sports | horse riding, skiing, going to , art galleries, theatre, cinema | When she retires from tennis, she’d like to keep . |
Nasıl Pratik Yapılır
- 1Her soruyu dikkatlice okuyun
- 2Cevabınızı yazın veya doğru seçeneği seçin
- 3Çalışmanızı kontrol etmek için 'Cevabı Göster'e tıklayın
- 4Hataları gözden geçirin ve benzer alıştırmaları deneyin
- 5Hazır olduğunuzda sonraki alıştırmaya geçin