Listening Challenge
..pdfCxerdse 9 . UJrite douin the sentences. Mind the tense and the voice (active or passive) of the verbs.
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Cxercise 10. Read the text about the Tote Gallery. Fill in the gaps uihile listening.
The 19,h century sculptor, |
Sir Francis |
Chantry, 1)........ |
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bequest to the royal Academy |
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in1841, in order to found a national collection of British 2)........... |
The Turner Bequest of 1856 |
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included 282 oil 3) |
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and 19, 000 water colours and the Academy's ever 4)............... |
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collection was housed at a number of locations. Then in |
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Henry Tate, the sugar |
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magnate, donated his private 6)........ |
He also offered to build the gallery if the 7)............. |
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would provide a suitable site. The government donated the old 8)................. |
Penitentiary and |
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the Gallery of Modern British Art, 9)............. |
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by Sidney Smith in classical style, opened in |
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1897. The |
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continued to enjoy much patronage (notably from the Duveens, Sir |
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Hugh Lane and Samuel Courtauld). In 11)................. |
the exhibits were arranged into the British |
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Collection |
(British |
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born before |
1850) and |
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Modern |
Collection |
(painting and |
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of all artists, British and foreign, born since 1850). In recent 14)............ |
the Tate |
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has earned a reputation for supporting experimental 15)............. |
of art. |
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Listen and sing the Song
All you need is love
There's nothing you can do that can't be done,
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung,
Nothing you can say, but you can learn how to play the game, It's easy.
Refrain: All you need is love.
All you need is love.
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need.
There's nothing you can make that can’t be made, No one you can save that can't be saved, Nothing you can do, but you can learn how to
Be you in time,
It's easy.
Refrain: All you need is love.
All you need is love.
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need.
There's nothing you can know that isn't known, Nothing you can see that isn't shown, Nowhere you can be that isn't where
You’re meant to be,
It’s easy.
Refrain: All you need is love.
All you need is love.
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need.
1. Listen ond uiritc douin 36 words.
2. Listen to some sentences. Ulrite them down.
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3. Listen to the text «H elpl» and try to understand it.
Now listen to the text again; identify which of the statements are right. Please correct the false ones.
1.She agreed to contribute to a textbook.
2.She is certain to make an appointment.
3.She is not available now.
4.She is at swim what to write about.
5.She is going to quarry the mines.
6.She is determined to purchase precious stones.
7.She fancies a cup of coffee to reinvigorate her weary soul before starting.
8.She managed to complete her essays on time.
Cxerdse 1. listen and repeat the uuords uiith short vouuels.
big bring
adm it distance
limited insistence
restrictive end
correct incorrect
pushing overtook
com plex response
m onarchy sardonic
constitute
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exact |
month |
active |
discuss |
clarify |
budget |
partisan |
subsidy |
ancestors |
abundant |
em barrassed |
shuddering |
Cxerdse 2. listen and uurite douun the uuords you hear.
Cxercise 3. listen and say the uuords you hear. Mind the length and stress.
fix |
exist |
vigorous |
thing |
attempt |
minister |
felt |
began |
director |
act |
handy |
represents |
sat |
culture |
understand |
front |
booklet |
examined |
null |
looking |
ultimate |
bull |
belong |
beloved |
block |
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undertook |
mock |
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horrible |
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opposite |
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involvement |
Cxercise 4. Listen and write down the words you hear.
Cxercise 5. Listen and soy the words containing different vowel sounds. |
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b u ll |
e xists |
b o o kle t |
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b rin g |
lo o kin g |
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vigorous |
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insistence |
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restrictive |
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e / |
10 1 |
fe lt |
b lo c k |
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end |
m o c k |
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dire ctor |
co m p le x |
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a tte m p t |
sa rd o n ic |
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incorrect |
opposite |
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/э е / |
/ A / |
land |
n u ll |
exact |
m o n th |
clarify |
cu ltu re |
exam ined |
ultim ate |
understand |
su b sid y |
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shuddering |
Cxerdse 6. Listen again, |
mind the stresses and check the stressed vowels in each word. |
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b ig /1 / |
active/ае/ |
discuss/A / |
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sa t/se / |
distance/ 1 / |
response /0 |
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budget/A / |
c o rre ct/e / |
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_ / _____ |
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minister/ 1 / |
involvement / Э / |
represents/ 6 |
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m onarchy/Э / |
embarrassed/SB/ |
overtook / U / |
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ancestors/э е / |
abundant/A / |
partisan /SB! |
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/ 1 / |
/ е / |
/а е/ |
/ Л / |
/ Э / |
/ U / |
xdvu it |
end |
A ncestors |
beloved |
constitute. |
booklet |
Cxercise 8 . Listen and mind the rhythmical structure scheme of the uuords you hear.
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pushing |
attempt |
opposite |
involvement |
understand |
culture |
admit |
vigorous |
abundant |
incorrect |
complex |
response |
subsidy |
restrictive |
represents |
booklet |
began |
ultimate |
examined |
partisan |
Cxercise 9 . Distinguish betujeen different ujord frequencies Ffl (very frequent), FB (frequent), FC (fairly frequent). €.g.
Month (FA) |
budget (FB) |
моек (FC) |
Czercise 10. Listen and uurite doujn the sentences. Pay attention to the tense and the
voice (active and passive) of the verbs.
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