1. Listen to the text and decide if the statements are true or false. 1. This is a story about lions.
2. White sharks are the biggest meat-eating fish in the world.
3. They can grow more than five metres long.
4. They live alone.
5. Sharks live in cold waters.
6. They move at speed about 20 kilometers an hour.
7. Sharks like Olympic swimmers, but faster.
8. It has sharp teeth.
9. It uses its excellent sense of touch.
10. Shark’s babies are called puppies.
2. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences. 1. Great white … are the biggest meat-eating fish.
a) dogs b) sharks c) tigers
2. They can move at speed about … kilometers an hour.
a) 20 b) 50 c) 70
3. They live in … waters.
a) warm b) hot c) cool
4. Sharks are … times faster than an Olympic swimmer.
a) five b) two c) eight
5. The great white shark is a … hunter.
a) bad b) fantastic c) good
6. It usually gets… to eat.
a) lions b) sea lions c) insects
7. After feeding, it doesn’t need another big meal for up to … months.
a) three b) two c) four
8. Shark’s babies are called….
a) pups b) lambs c) puppies
9. They live….
a) with their mothers b) alone c) in pair
10. The great white shark is a … fish.
a) dangerous b) nice c) friendly
LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 59
Chinese Vase When I was a child I often went to see my grandmother. I thought her house was as beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park. As I grew older the house and garden seemed smaller but I still loved visiting the old lady. There were so many beautiful things in the house. Sometimes I played with the doll's house, which was older than Grandmother, herself; at other times I looked at books which were more interesting than my children's books at home. I loved her pictures and the old clock, but most of all I loved a big Chinese vase which stood in the hall. It was taller than I was, and I could not see inside it. I walked round and round it looking at the beautiful ladies and the birds and flowers and trees, and grandmother often told me stories about these ladies.
When I married I took my two sons to visit their great-grandmother. They didn't like the beautiful books and the vase as I did. They preferred playing football in the garden. Before she died, grandmother gave me the vase I loved so much. It was beautiful in our modern hall.
One day I came home from the shops. Two small boys met me at the door. They looked guilty. Paul had a ball in his hands. "I'm as strong as George Best, Mummy", he said. "I got a goal and I broke the vase". Philip tried to be more diplomatic than Paul is. "It doesn't really matter, does it? You told us it wasn't new".