THE 9^th FORM.

1.Listening

1.A. Listen to the following dialogues and say who are the people speaking. Write the letters (a – f) opposite the appropriate numbers 1 – 6.

a) a teacher and a student

b) a customer and a shop-assistant

c) a patient and a doctor

d) a passer-by and a policeman

e) a guide and a tourist

f) a waiter and a customer

1 –           2 -             3 -            4 -               5 -            6 -   

1.B. Listen to the following six dialogues. Which of the speakers (1 – 6) :

a) is very busy at work

b) prefers active rest to quiet evenings at home

c) thinks more about health than about money

d) likes animals but has no pets

e) finds computers harmful in a way

f) pays special attention to appearance and clothes?

1 -            2 -             3 -             4 -              5 -             6 -  

1.C. Listen to the text and answer the questions choosing the appropriate variant below the question.

1 – What was the relationship between the USA and the former USSR in the early 1960s? 

a) friendly               b) unfriendly          c) hostile             d) cold

2 – What did the Americans fear then?

a) the new war                                                         b) the nuclear bomb 

c) the destruction of their communication centre   d) the attack of the USSR

3 – On what condition could the new computer net work?

a) if parts of it were destroyed                  c) on any condition

b) if it was well-designed                          d) on condition it was destroyed

4 – What made the basis of the modern  Internet?

a) the military network                 c) the new lines in communication

b) the newly designed computers d) the newly designed computer net work

5 – When did it become easier to use the Internet?

a) when the new computers appeared    c) when the cold war finished

b) when the WEB was designed            d) when the new technologies appeared

6 – Why is the WEB the best way of exploring the Internet?

a) it has got the text                     c) it has got the pictures

b) it has got the sounds               d) it has got both pictures, sounds  and the text

7 – How many WEB pages are there today?

a) hundreds of thousands                 c) hundreds

b) thousands                                     d) millions