Alex upper 7 8 test

1 Listen and match speakers 1–6 with statements a)–g).

There is one extra answer you do not need.

1 Liz   ___ 

2 James ___

3 Kate ___

4 Sally ___

5 Chris ___

6 Lucy ___

a) What’s so interesting about scandals?

b) I’ll never judge people on TV again.

c) I don’t bother buying a daily newspaper.

d) TV helps me feel good about life.

e) The news only focuses on the negative.

f) I get engrossed in late night TV.

g) I enjoy having more time to be active.

2 Listen again and write true (T) or false (F).

1 Liz has no time to read newspapers on weekdays.         

2 She very much enjoys spending the whole of Saturday reading tabloid papers.           

3 James says business programmes get him down so he prefers current affairs ones.           

4 He thinks it might be a good idea to see if not knowing about world affairs would improve his mood.           

5 Kate now sees the restrictions in her life as a positive thing.           

6 She really detests watching quiz shows and only watches them because her friends talk about them.            

7 Sally is under the impression that some people in the news purposely do things to become newsworthy.           

8 She believes that we need better role models for our children these days.           

9 Chris underestimated how hard it was to answer quiz show questions correctly on TV.           

10 He regrets not having more confidence in himself.           

11 Lucy’s glad she doesn’t have to start work very early every day.           

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1 Jasmine  ___ Marcela what she’s been doing lately.

a) is unable to tell 

b) can’t imagine telling

c) has been too busy to tell 

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2 Jasmine___ on the show.

a) was not expecting to appear

b) never regretted going

c) told lots of jokes

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3 From Jasmine’s point of view,   ___.

a) her housemates were an interesting group 

b) being confined in the house for a whole week was really difficult

c) living with complete strangers was good fun

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4 Jasmine tells Marcela that she   ___family.

a) enjoyed getting to know her new

b) realised that she really missed her own

c) didn’t really get on with all her new

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5 Jasmine freely admits that she   ___.

a) enjoyed staying up as it gave her some space

b) probably didn’t captivate the viewers much

c) was outraged at having to leave after a week

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6 Jasmine is now  ___.

a) sharing her experiences in a newspaper article

b) relieved that her life has returned to how it was

c) happy not to be in the limelight