Listen To This1lesson 16

Dialogue 1:
Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) for each of the following questions.
1. Where does the dialogue most probably take place?
a. In a railway station.
b. In a cleaner's.
c. In a barber's shop.
2. What does the first speaker do?
a. He is a secretary.
b. He is a barber.
c. He is a cleaning man.

Dialogue 2:
Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) for each of the following questions.
1. Where does this dialogue most probably take place?
a. In a clothes shop.
b. In a restaurant.
c. In a factory.
2. What is the second speaker looking for?
a. A size 40 pullover.
b. A size 36 pullover.
c. A size 40 V-neck pullover in grey.
3. What is the biggest V-neck grey pullover the shop has?
a. A size 38.
b. A size 37.
c. A size 36.
4. What will the shop probably do for the man?
a. Order a size 36 V-neck grey pullover.
b. Order a size 40 V-neck grey pullover.
c. Send him a size 40 round-neck pullover.

Dialogue 3:
1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) for the following question.
Where does the dialogue take place?
a. In a bookstore.
b. In a post office.
c. at a ticket desk of an airline

2. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements.
(1) The woman wants to send a greetings telegram to and buy a book of and (write down the number) mail labels.
(2) It costs altogether pence.

Dialogue 4:
Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) for each of the following questions.
1. What is the most possible relationship between the two speakers?
a. Employer and employee.
b. Doctor and patient.
c. Teacher and student.
2. What's wrong with the first speaker?
a. He's got a headache.
b. He's got flu.
c. He's got a running nose.
3. When did he start feeling uneasy?
a. The day before yesterday.
b. Yesterday.
c. Four days ago.
4. What is the cause of his problem?
a. He has cancer.
b. He has flu.
c. He has overworked.
5. What should he do to solve his problem?
a. Take some medicine.
b. Have an operation.
c. Stay in bed for a day or two.

Dialogue 5:
True or False Questions.
1. There are two speakers in the conversation.
2. Mrs. Hughes and Peter Brown are good friends.
3. Mrs. Hughes has just moved to a new place.
4. Peter Brown likes everything in the new place except the climate.

Dialogue 6:
Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) for each of the following questions.
1. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
a. Waitress and customer.
b. Hostess and guest.
c. Shop assistant and customer.
2. Where does this conversation take place?
a. In a restaurant.
b. In the man's home.
c. In the woman's home.

Dialogue 7:
True or False Questions.
1. The second speaker asks the first to hurry up.
2. The second speaker has to repeat because the first speaker hasn't heard him clearly.
3. The first speaker is going to give the second one a lift.
4. The second speaker will go past the first speaker's place.

Dialogue 8:
1. Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) for the following questions.
(1) What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?
a. Brothers.
b. Friends.
c. Roommates.
(2) What has the first speaker asked the second one to do?
a. To turn off the radio and not to use his (the first speaker) soap any more.
b. To turn down the radio and to buy his (the second speaker) own soap.
c. To turn the radio down a fraction and return his (the first speaker) soap.

2. Fill in the missing words.
(1) Sorry! Is it you?
(2) Sorry! I didn't realize you about it.

A. The Snack Bar.
List the food and drinks ordered by the two men.

First Man:
(1) Food—a. ;
          b. ;
          c. .
(2) Drink —

Second Man:
(1) Food—a. ;
          b. .
(2) Drink —

B. Hotel English.
Dialogue 1:

Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) for each of the following questions.
1. What does the man want?
a. To find the phone number for Room Service.
b. To have his breakfast at ten today.
c. To have his breakfast served in his room at 8:30 tomorrow.
2. What time is breakfast served in the guests' rooms in that hotel?
a. At eight.
b. At ten.
c. From eight to ten.
3. What will the hotel receptionist do?
a. Tell the man the phone number for Room Service.
b. Make a note of the man's request.
c. Take the man's breakfast to his room.
4. What kind of breakfast does the man want?
a. The continental breakfast.
b. The English breakfast.
c. The Chinese breakfast.

Dialogue 2:

Fill in the missing words according to what you hear on the tape.
—I've just spilled some on my best , and we're leaving first thing . How can I get it cleaned?
—If you hand it in before 9 , it'll be returned to you . I can get you Room Service and now if you like, .
—Oh, could you ? That would be .

Dialogue 3:
Fill in the missing words according to what you hear on the tape.
—I'll be needing tomorrow—can you me?
—There's an automatic in the panel your bed. You just the time you want.

Dialogue 4:
True or False Questions.
1. The man assumed there would be a TV set in his room, but there wasn't.
2. The hotel installs TV sets free of charge.
3. The cost for a black-and-white TV is four Finnish marks per day.
4. The man has to consult his wife before he decides whether to rent a TV.
5. If the man decides to rent a TV, he can call the receptionist.

Dialogue 5:
Rearrange the following phrases and sentences, following the order of the dialogue.

Guest:
1. So it seems.
2. Are you free to answer my question at last?
3. —and how was I supposed to know?
4. but there wasn't anyone there.
5. Oh, that's how you do it
6. I tried to find a maid this morning,

Receptionist:
a. Yes, of course, madam
b. When you want a Room Service, madam.
c. we've been rather busy today.
d. just lift the phone in your room.
e. —as you see,
f. and ask for Room Service.

Correct order: (2) → ; → ; (5+3)

C. Parties.

Choose the best answer (a, b, or c) to complete each of the following statements.
1. The names of the host and hostess are ________.
a. Henry and Helen
b. Henry and Mary
c. John and Helen
2. All the guests are in the _________.
a. study
b. sitting room
c. kitchen
3. The guests are invited because _________.
a. the hostess has entered a competition
b. the hostess wants to celebrate her birthday
c. the hostess has won a prize from a competition
4. According to the hostess, _______ actually did all the work.
a. her husband
b. she herself
c. Mr. Adams

D. Discussion:
Supply the information according to what you hear on the tape.
1. The man is fed up with ,
a. ,
b. , and
c. .
2. The fun that our great-great-grandfathers had was
a. ,
b. , and
c. .
3. The problem nowadays is
a. we do for ;
b. there's in our lives.
4. The problem of the man is he needs .

Dictation.

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