COME AWAY WITH ME by Norah Jones

Listen to the song and fill in the blanks.

Come away with me in the ________
Come away with me
And I will write you a ________

Come away with me on a ________
Come away where they can't tempt ________
With their ________

And I ________ walk with you
On a ________ day
In ________ where the yellow ________ grows knee-high
So won't you try to ________

Come away with me and we'll ________
On a mountain ________
Come away with me
And I'll never ________ loving you

I ________ wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin ________
While I'm safe there in your ________
So all I ________ is for you
To come away with me in the ________
Come away with me

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KEY

Come away with me in the night
Come away with me
And I will write you a song

Come away with me on a bus
Come away where they can't tempt us
With their lies

And I wanna walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So won't you try to come

Come away with me and we'll kiss
On a mountain top
Come away with me
And I'll never stop loving you

I wanna wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask is for you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me

LISTENING TASK

SPACE JUNK
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1.     Should we be worried _______________ being hit on the ___________ by a bit of old junk from a long-forgotten space mission?

2.     There are about _______________ kilos of junk up in space.

3.     All of this _________________ is orbiting planet Earth, sometimes as fast as ______________ kilometres per hour.

4.     Most experts estimate that there are about _________________ man-made objects ________________      

5.     Some of that junk is _________ enough to do ______________ damage to a space station.

6.     We won’t know which junk is _____________________ until it comes ________________ our atmosphere and crashes _______________ Earth

7.     Every year between ___________________ and _____________

objects re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere     

8.     In _____________ an American space station ______________

out of the sky ________________ the Indian Ocean.

9.     One of its ________________ parts __________________ in the Indian Ocean and another in Australia.

10.  In ________________ an astronaut lost his _____________  ,

which reached speeds over ______________    

kilometres per hour.

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KEY

1.      ABOUT   -   HEAD

2.      TWO MILLION

3.      RUBBISH   -   THIRTY THOUSAND

4.      NINE THOUSAND   -   UP THERE

5.      BIG   -   SERIOUS

6.      DANGEROUS   -   THROUGH   -   INTO

7.      FIFTY   -   A HUNDRED  

8.      1979   -   FELL   -   INTO

9.      LARGEST   -   LANDED

10. 1965   -   GLOVE   -   28 THOUSAND

LISTENING TASK

MOVIES

Listen to six speakers talking about films and match each sentence with one of the conversations.

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A.   The speaker loved the soundtrack, specially one song.

B.   The speaker did not like the script.

C.   The speaker thought the film was long and boring.

D.   The speaker thought the cast was superb.

E.    The speaker thought the film was disappointing.

F.    The speaker thought the film was scary.

KEY

A	B	C	D	E	F
3	5	1	6	2	4

LISTENING TASK

JOB INTERVIEWS

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1.    Her first job was____________ in a shoe shop when she was fifteen.

2.    She used to work every Saturday for about______________

3.    Her salary was__________________

4.    In England now the minimum wage is________________

5.    She____________________ at McDonalds.

6.    She got paid_________________________

7.    The first shoe shop she worked in ____________________

8.    She had to leave her job when she had to_______________

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KEY

1.      A SALES ASSITANT

2.      8 HOURS A DAY

3.      1 POUND 77 PENCE

4.      5 POUNDS

5.      BOUGHT HER BREAKFAST

6.      EVERY END OF THE MONTH

7.      CLOSED DOWN

8.      DO HER EXAMS AT SCHOOL

LISTENING TASK
  
FAMOUS WOMAN  ( Hillary Clinton)

Listen and decide if the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE.

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1.      She usually gives radio and TV interviews

2.      She is famous because she is an ex-president’s wife.

3.      She was born on October 26^th 1947

4.      In 1969 she met Bill at Yale Law School.

5.      Bill introduced himself to her in the library.

6.      They were both teachers at the Law Faculty in Arkansas.

7.      In Arkansas she worked on the National Health Care Reform.

8.      She had many admirers for her support of women and children.

9.      She was re-elected senator in 2006 with 76 per cent of the votes.

10.  She gave up her campaign in June 2008.

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KEY

1.FALSE   2.FALSE   3.TRUE   4.TRUE   5.FALSE   6.TRUE   7.TRUE   8.TRUE

9.FALSE   10.TRUE

LISTENING TASK

URBAN EXPLORING

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1.      Collecting stamps and fixing model aeroplanes are common hobbies

2.      Tony West explores historical buildings such as famous castles

3.      Old buildings in a bad state of repair are often fun to look around

4.      Urban exploring is like searching through an old castle but in the heart of the city

5.      He and his friends recently explored the city’s underground system

6.      They neither break into ruined buildings nor climb over walls

7.      Old buildings are great locations for photo enthusiasts

8.      It is irrelevant to them to leave things as they were

9.      Anyone not wearing boots or a hard hat is not allowed on their patches

10.  They decide on the place to explore by reading old maps and newspaper articles

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KEY

1.  TRUE

2.  FALSE

3.  TRUE

4.  TRUE

5.  TRUE

6.  FALSE

7.  TRUE

8.  FALSE

9.  TRUE

10.  FALSE

LISTENING TASK 

FACEBOOK
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Match the following sentences with the speakers:

Speaker 1  Jonathan               Speaker 2  Erika

1.The speaker finds Facebook a distraction from his / her job.

2.The speaker ended up signing up on Facebook.

3.The speaker got in touch again with a secondary school friend.

4.The speaker got in touch again with a primary school friend

5.The speaker’s friend has not settled down after all these years.

6.The speaker’s friend split up with his / her partner.

7.The speaker’s friend is still timid although 30 years have gone by

8.The speaker thinks his / her friend has not lost any of his / her arrogance.

9.The speaker believes that both feel attracted to each other.

10.The speaker is not interested in having a relationship with him / her again.

11.The speaker will probably meet up with other old school friends.

12.The speaker enjoys the feeling of being a child again.

13The speaker feels it is a pity he / she cannot contact an old schoolmate.

14.The speaker checks his / her mail at work.

15.The speaker’s friend has lived in his / her neighbourhood for many years.

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KEY

1	JONATHAN	9	JONATHAN
2	ERIKA	10	ERIKA
3	ERIKA	11	ERIKA
4	JONATHAN	12	JONATHAN
5	ERIKA	13	ERIKA
6	JONATHAN	14	JONATHAN
7	JONATHAN	15	JONATHAN
8	ERIKA	16	ERIKA

LISTENING TASK

EXAMS
Click on the link and complete the following sentences:

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1.    I’ve never worked well   ___________________________

2.    I try to be ___________ about my revision techniques.

3.    The first thing I do is _______ my desk and making a ________

4.    Once my desk is ______________ , the next thing I do is make a detailed _______________         

5.    I also plan how long I __________ and how much I _________  get done.

6.    I normally end up _________ something much more interesting to do.

7.    I sometimes ______ a few mates ______ for a revision session.

8.    When it gets to the night before the exam, I’m usually _______

9.       … end up spending far too long on the first question and

     have to ____________________

10.                      … try not to think about it until _________________

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KEY

1.      under exam pressure

2.      sensible

3.       tidy  -  start

4.       in order  -  timetable

5.       spend on  -  should

6.       finding

7.       get  -  round

8.       in a complete panic

9.       rush through the rest

10 .  the results come out

LISTENING TASK

EVENING  PLANS

Click on the link and complete the chart:

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MICHELLE
KEVIN
ROBERT
JANE

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KEY:

MICHELLE	run in the park with a friend
KEVIN	play video games
ROBERT	work at home
JANE	listen to jazz music

LISTENING TASK
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BEST DAYS

SPEAKER  ONE

1.     The teacher she remembers the most clearly _________________ her ___________________

2.     He could not __________     ______________  and the whole  class was a real __________________

3.     She used to get terrible marks in _____________     ___________

4.     The funny thing is that now she is interested __________     ____________

SPEAKER TWO

1.     ______________  was the only thing he was any __________    ____________________

2.     He supposes he _______________ his teacher.

3.     He has a lot to ______________  her for because she was very ______________________

4.     He got a _______________ to study _______________ in the US and then he did a ___________________ in it.

SPEAKER THREE

1.     Mr. Harrison ________________ her Geography.

2.     She really liked learning about __________________  , cities and stuff _________________     __________________

3.     She thought Physical Geography was _______________  and not _________________

4.     She never ________________ attention in class but got good _________________________

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KEY:

SPEAKER ONE

1.     TAUGHT   -   CHEMISTRY

2.     KEEP ORDER   -   NIGHTMARE

3.     SCIENCE SUBJECTS

4.     IN CHEMISTRY

SPEAKER TWO

1.  P E   -   GOOD AT

2.  FANCIED

3.     THANK   -   ENTHUSIASTIC

4.     GRANT   -   DEGREE

SPEAKER THREE

1. TAUGHT

2. POPULATION   -   LIKE THAT

3. BORING   -   USEFUL

4. PAID   -   MARKS