American English file 2 listening practice test

Hockney painted Ossie and Celia a few months after they got married in their …………... at Notting Hill in London.[r]

ENGLISH PRACTICE LISTENING TEST Fill in the blank :

Task 1.14

My first impression of Alexander was that he was much ………… than me In fact, he was 32.but I thought he was older But when we started talking, I really liked him He was

extroverted and …………., and he had a very good sense of humor.He works for a TV station, and he told me a lot of good stories about his work.He was ……… interested in the ………… things as me—art and music and we talked a lot about that Physically he wasn't really my type It's ……… to say why He was tall and dark and very …….…., and he had a nice smile but there just wasn't any chemistry between us I could imagine going to a concert …… … the theater with him, but as a friend………… Mom, but no

Task 1.15

1 When I first saw Oliver I thought he looked warm and ………,

2 He was ………… with short blond hair, and he had amazing blue eyes

3 He was kind of shy and ………… at first but when we started talking he relaxed

4 He was generous too — he wanted to pay for …………

5 When it ‘s time to go, he asked ……… my phone number

6 We walked out ……… the restaurant and went to look for a taxi

7 And I knew that it was impossible for me to go ……… with him

8.He said ……… and took out a pack of cigarettes

9 I think maybe for my next date I'm going to ……… the man myself

Task 1.24;

Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy is by artist David Hockney, and it's considered to be one of the greatest British paintings of the ……… th century It was painted in 1971, and it's a portrait of two of his friends, Ossie Clark and his……… Celia, and their cat Percy Ossie Clark and Celia were fashion designers, and they had a very successful clothes store in ……… In the 1960s, they dressed a lot of the famous pop ………… of the time, including The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton Hockney painted Ossie and Celia a few months after they got married in their

………… at Notting Hill in London He painted them in their bedroom because he liked the light there, and on the………… on the left of the window you can see one of his own paintings

Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy is a very big painting, approximately ………… feet, ……… inches

wide and 6 feet, 7 inches high The couple is wearing typical clothes of the late ……….s Celia is wearing a long dress, and in fact she was expecting a ………… at that time Her husband isn't wearing any shoes, and he's putting his feet into the rug This was because Hockney had a lot of……… painting his feet He just couldn't get them right Hockney said that his aim with this painting was to paint the relationship between the two people Traditionally, when a painter paints a married couple the woman is ………… down and the man is standing up In this

painting, the man is sitting and the woman is ………… Usually in a painting the married couple is close together, but in this painting they are separated by a big open window which symbolizes the distance between them

Task 1.26

1 what is her job?

A teacher b.worker c assistant editor d student

2 where does she live?

3 who is the manager?

a Daniel O’Connor b Walker c Rob walker d Connor

4.who is the writer?

a Daniel O’Connor b Walker c Rob walker d Connor

5 what did she help Rob to buy?

Task 3.23

Nico Hi, Emily Sorry I'm late I was watching the ……… game

Emily Well, come ………… in Mom, this is Nico Nico, this is my mom

Dad Come on into the ……… room

Dad Would you like a ………, Nico? Orange juice, soda?

Mom You're a ……… , aren't you, Nico?

Nico Yes, I am Personally I think eating animals is ……… wrong

Mom Ahem, well, this is ……… lasagna I hope you like it Emily's Dad made it

Nico Oh, uh, no thanks I'm not very ………

Emily The lasagna is ………, Dad Mom Yes, it is

LISTENING PRACTICE TEST 1

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This news is about a city It is in the northwest of Spain Its name is Pontevedra

It is a great city for walking and cycling Only……… % of the public space is for cars Seventy per cent is for people People make…….…… % of journeys on foot or by bike.

From ……… to now, there are no deadly road accidents The CO2 levels go down by

………%, also, between the ………s and 2018

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The city of Pontevedra in the northwest of Spain is great for ………… and cycling Most cars are banned in the city centre, and 73 per cent of journeys in the city are made on foot or by ………

………

Since the 1990s, the city has been changing Seventy per cent of public space is for ……… and only 30 per cent for ………… There has not been a deadly road accident since 2001, and the

CO2 emission levels dropped by 67 per cent ……… the 1990s.

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This news is……….… Stan Lee He is an American comic book writer His career starts in the

……… ……… s It ends in the 2010s This year, he dies He is ………

Many people know his characters from films and ……….… books He co-creates them with

other writers

They are superheroes like Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Daredevil,……… Strange and Ant-Man

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After a baby bird fell ……….… a garden from her nest, she formed a surprising ……… with a

dog The dog did not harm the bird but ……… care of her.

The dog’s owner made a new ……… …… for the bird in an indoor tree, but the owner found that the dog and the bird preferred to ……… together

The owner began filming them and their activities and then put the videos on the ……… You

can see the dog and bird play hide-and-seek or lay ……… The videos are very popular as

people have already watched them thousands of ………