You are going to hear two university students, Carl and Sue, talking about an assignment. Look at the list of activities (A-F).
A. make notes
B. start to write
C. do research
D. make a plan
E. re-read books
F. get a book list
Listen to the first part of the conversation. Which five activities does Sue mention? Write the letters A-F in the mentioned order in gaps 1-5 below.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Listen to the second part of the conversation and fill in the gaps.
1. Sue: I plenty of information for the assignment.
2. Sue: When I was in the library last week, I those leaflets.
3. Carl: I tired since I started this course!
4. Carl: I and I'm already tired.
Listen and complete the notes below.
Name: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Date of birth:
Number of surviving brothers and sisters:
Profession of father:
Wrote the first composition before the age of:
Taught self to play:
Listen to the text again and fill in the gaps.
1. However, when Mozart , five of his siblings in infancy or early childhood.
2. Mozart's father, Leopold, a composer, and his grandfather a musician.
3. In just 30 minutes, Mozart the piece of music, which his father into Nannerl's notebook.
4. By the time he six, the little boy a composition of his own.
5. Some statesmen to Vienna and sensational reports of Mozart's talent.
6. His family richer than they before.
Listen and complete the table below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
| Country | Number of matches | Number of free days | Accommodation | Other plans |
| stay in a | do lots of walking | |||
| visit some |
Listen again and write A or B or C in the gaps.
A. if Tim makes this statement
B. if Amanda makes this statement
C. if both Tim and Amanda make this statement
1. We're travelling to Scotland by plane.
2. We'll have fun even if the weather is bad.
3. The team will be pleased with the accommodation in Athens.
4. The two countries are going to provide very different experiences.
5. The team manager is holding a party on our return.
Read the answers A-C to this Part 3 Speaking exercise and match them to questions 1-3.
A. Well, the government is going to introduce compulsory tuition fees next academic year, and this has caused a lot of anger. Students have been protesting about the unfairness of these fees. They think that poorer students won’t be able to afford the fees. The government won’t back down though.
B. In one way, yes. I think more people will be able to access basic education around the world, like primary and secondary schools, and also courses online in practical subjects. But I think university education will become more exclusive. I read an article recently about how the Internet is going to make education available for the world, but I think that will mean that good university degrees will be more important.
C. I think a lot of people will study online. The Internet is going to be easily accessible in all countries soon and online courses are cheaper and more convenient than having to travel to a college or campus. I also think more and more people will be able to study.
Questions:
1. How do you think education will change in the future?
2. What are the main arguments about education in your country at the moment?
3. Do you think education will be accessible to all in future?
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each question.
The value of friendship
Recent research into the world of teenagers has suggested that they value friendship above everything else. Children aged between 12 and 15 were asked what was important to them. Their answers included possessions such as money and computer gadgets but also relationships with people. The teenagers questioned said that friends were the most important to them, more even than family, or boyfriends and girlfriends.
We wanted to find out more about the results of this research so we asked our readers what they thought about the value of friendship. Here are some examples of what they said about their friends:
Ben, 15: Every time I have a fight with my parents, I need some time on my own. But after that, the first thing I do is meet up with my friends. After playing football for a while, or skateboarding, I usually feel much happier again.
Rory, 13: When I moved to a village in the countryside, I thought that it would be the end of my friendships. But my old friends have kept in touch and they come and visit in the holidays. There's a lake nearby, so we often go sailing, water-skiing or windsurfing. And I have made some new friends here too, at school, and since I joined the rugby club.
Carlos, 11: Last year, I broke my arm on a skiing holiday. Unfortunately, it was my left arm and I am left-handed. My school friends all helped and copied their notes for me.
It seems that our readers value their friendships very highly. From what they told us, they spend a lot of time with their friends, just hanging out, or sharing hobbies and interests. They seem to need their friends for advice, help, chats, and for having fun. Clearly, friends make each other feel better. Looking at what our readers told us, the results of the recent research are not really surprising.
Why are Ben, Rory and Carlos mentioned in the article?
Which of the following best describes Ben?
What do we know about the lake that Rory visits?
Carlos mentions that he is left-handed because _____.
The answers to the recent research and the answers from the readers _____.
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each question.
It is said that most people have no more than 30 friends at any given time, and 400 over the whole of their lives. However, on social networking sites, most users have about 150 friends. If these numbers are correct, then friendship means different things in different situations.
One of the reasons for having more online friends than real friends at a certain point in time is that online friendships do not require much time and energy: it is easy to accept friendships and keep them forever. Another possibility is that it is difficult to say 'no' when somebody asks us to be their friend online, even if we feel we don't really know them. The fact that they ask us to be their friend suggests that they do consider us a friend, which is a nice feeling. Alternatively, they may be 'collectors' of online friends and just want to use us to get a higher number of friends and appear to be popular.
Online friendships are quite easy, but in the real world, decisions about friendships are harder to make. There are no rules about friendship. There are no guidelines about how to make friends, how to keep friendships going, and how to finish friendships if we want to move on. People have very different opinions about this: some people would die for their friends and they value them more than family. Others say that friends are temporary, only there to help each other until they are no longer needed. If people with such different views become friends, this can lead to problems.
Because of these different definitions of friendship, it is easy to be unhappy about our friendships. We may want them to be deeper or closer, or we may want to have more friends in our lives. Sometimes we simply do not have the time to develop our friendships, or we fear we have left it too late in life to start. If we move to another country or city, we have to find ways to make new friends again.
This dissatisfaction shows us how important friendships are for most of us. We should not think that it could be too late to build friendships. We also need to understand that the need to be around other people is one that is shared by many. Therefore, we should not be too frightened about starting to talk to people who in the future may become our friends; it is likely that they too would like to get closer to us. Remember what people say: strangers are friends we have not met yet.
How many friends do the majority of people probably have?
It is difficult ______.
Friendship means _____.
Sometimes people worry because _____.
Most of us _____.
What does "Strangers are friends we have not met yet" mean?