Exercise 4. Cloze Test

FAMILY LIFE

Family Life

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COMPREHENSION

Text 1. MARK THOMAS AND HIS FAMILY

Exercise 1. Oral Summary

Choose one of the following topics, then listen to the text entitled Mark Thomas and his family and give an oral summary of the information it contains on that topic:

A. Mark's appearance.

B. Heather's occupation.

C. What the children like to do.

D. What Mark's family do in their spare time.

Exercise 2. Comprehension Test

Listen to the text again and write down answers to the following questions:

1. What company does Mark work for?

2. What kind of job does Mark have?

3. How tall is Mark?

4. Where does Heather work?

5. Why did Heather decide to take a part-time job?

6. What is Edward's favourite pastime?

7. What does Eleanor like most of all?

8. Which football team does Robert support?

9. What does young Mark enjoy doing most?

10. Where did the family go when they were on holiday in France?

Exercise 3. Multiple Choice Comprehension Test

Listen to the text and then select the most accurate statement in each of the fol­lowing cases:

1) a. Mark Thomas works for a local building company.

b. Mark Thomas is satisfied with his job at "Severn Trent Water".

c. Mark Thomas has a part-time job with the water company.

2) a. Heather is thirty-six years old.

b. Heather is in her mid-forties.

c. Heather is younger than Mark.

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3) a. Robert plays football because all the family like it.

b. Robert plays football for Manchester United.

c. Robert plays football because he likes to win.

4) a. Heather is always busy because she takes dancing lessons.

b. Heather is always busy because she takes her children to their lessons and to
football practice.

c. Heather is busy because she waits for her children while they are at their
lessons.

Exercise 4. Cloze Test

Fill in the blanks with a suitable word or phrase, according to the information you hear in the recording:

1. Mark Thomas works for the local... company.

2. He has a...job.

3. Mark is of... height.

4. Mark's wife Heather is an... woman.

5. She is of the same... as Mark.

6. Heather decided to take a part-time job in order to... the children.

7. Reading is Edward's... pastime.

8. Eleanor is a pleasant... girl.

9. Mark is named... his father.

10. Mark and Heather are... parents.

11. Heather does practically all the....

12. She is always....

13. She has to... them... when the lessons are over.

14. They like to spend their leisure time....

15. They visited Disneyland and... it very much.

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