I have been checking your listening exams and I´m afraid that the results are no better than the ones for the reading.
Again, I would like to encourage you to keep working hard to get your final aim in June. Even if it´s not going to be easy, remember that in the rest of the Official Schools of Castilla La Mancha they take 2 years for the Intermediate Level, so don´t worry ery much and keep working hard.
See you!
Have a look at the key and the script of the audio, anyway we will check the exam together after Christmas.
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
1- Summarize the content of the text you have just listened to in no more than 2 sentences.
This text is about some programmes that will be shown tonight on TV. It gives some important information, details and the timetable for the viewers.
2 | 1 | 0 | N |
2. - The reviewer says that ‘comments on the show have been mixed’. What does ‘mixed’ mean in this context?
There are different opinions on this TV series (Stardate 3000) because there are some fine actors but the script and scenery are very bad.
2 | 1 | 0 | N |
3. - How many programmes does the speaker mention?
a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) None of the above
1 | -0’3 | N |
4.- “You can see An Insect’s life, an hour-long film full of wonderful close-up photography”. Explain the meaning of “close-up” and then provide a word or expression that could be used instead of “close-up” without changing the overall meaning.
Close-up: photograph or picture in a film/movie taken very close to somebody/something so that it shows a lot of detail.
Synonyms: detailed, full, complete, thorough, elaborate, specific, real, close, nearby, meticulous.
E.g. I was totally amazed at the pictures in Avatar, they were full of details.
2 | 1 | 0 | N |
5.- Some experts think that television as we know it nowadays will have disappeared in twenty years’ time. Why do you think is so? Express your reasons.
NOTE: Due to the misunderstandings in this question I have decided not to take it into account.
6.- What is different about Doctors in Town?
a) The main actors have changed.
b) It is now filmed in Australia.
c) There is a new director.
d) It will be shown at a later time.
1 | -0’3 | N |
7.- The speaker says that TV Diary is going to change its timetable because :
a) The European Cup football matches will be on instead.
b) There will be other programmes to replace it.
c) The tennis competition will start.
d) The new timetable is more suitable for the audience.
1 | -0’3 | N |
8. - Fill in this chart with information of the programmes the speaker mentions.
PROGRAMME INFORMATION |
1. An Insect´s Life : At 8, an hour long film, wonderful close-up photography. 2. News: She just mentions it 3. Miller and Edwards: At 9:30 on BBC1, 2 comedians telling jokes.Tonight it´s the last one of the present series. 1 hour instead of half an hour. 4. Policewatch: drama series, not tonight because the European Cup Football match is on instead. Next Thursday again. 5. Stardate 3000: beginning tonight. American science fiction series. Good actors but poor scripts and the sceneries are repeated. 6. Doctors in Town. Medical drama series filmed in London. Starting tonight. New main actors. 7. Tv Diary- tomorrow at 6.30 instead of 8.30. for three weeks this new timetable due to the tennis competition. |
4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
NOTES: We have decided to give extra marks on this question due to the fact that it´s the most difficult and complex.
I´m sorry to have changed the marks given in the beginning but the purpose is to benefit you.
9.- Do you agree with the speaker’s opinion on the topic?
I have also left this question apart.
SCRIPT
Woman
... and finally on TV Diary a word about some of
the programmes on your screens tonight.
At eight p.m. you can see An insect’s life, an hourlong
film full of wonderful close-up photography. It
seems the main problem with being an insect is that
everyone else wants to eat you - including other
insects! This programme is great fun, but if you’re
the sort of person who runs out of the room the
moment you see an insect, it’s definitely not for
you.
After the news at nine-thirty on BBC1 there’s Miller
and Edwards. The two comedians have saved a lot
of their best jokes for this special programme which
is the last of the present series. Tonight’s show lasts
an hour instead of the usual half hour. Miller and
Edwards are joined by famous actor, Giles Welby,
who plays an angry motorist in one scene.
Now, fans of ITV’s Policewatch drama series will
have to wait a little longer to find out what happens
to Andy McKay, the Scottish detective who always
seems to have a cold. The programme will not be
shown tonight because the European Cup football
match is on instead. But Policewatch will be back
next Thursday as usual.
Beginning tonight is Stardate 3000, an American
science fiction series. It’s been on television in the
USA for the last two months and comments on the
show have been mixed. It certainly has some fine
actors, but there is a limit to how much a director
can do with stories as weak as these. I’m sure I’ve
seen most of the scenery before in other shows from
the same studio. Perhaps some of the money they
saved on the scenery should be spent on getting
some better writers!
Also starting a new series tonight is Doctors in
Town, the medical drama series filmed in the heart
of London. The big question is: will this show still
be popular now that the two main actors have left
to do other work? John Tweed, who played Doctor
Walker, is now directing films, while Annie Thomas,
who played Nurse Jane Evans, has returned home to
the Australian stage. But I am sure the new actors
are excellent, making this an enjoyable start to the
series.
Don’t forget that, from tomorrow, TV Diary is going
to be at six-thirty p.m. instead of eight-thirty for
three weeks because of the tennis competitions.
When the competitions finish at the start of July,
we’ll be back at our usual time. So, thanks for
listening ....[fade]
... and finally on TV Diary a word about some of
the programmes on your screens tonight.
At eight p.m. you can see An insect’s life, an hourlong
film full of wonderful close-up photography. It
seems the main problem with being an insect is that
everyone else wants to eat you - including other
insects! This programme is great fun, but if you’re
the sort of person who runs out of the room the
moment you see an insect, it’s definitely not for
you.
After the news at nine-thirty on BBC1 there’s Miller
and Edwards. The two comedians have saved a lot
of their best jokes for this special programme which
is the last of the present series. Tonight’s show lasts
an hour instead of the usual half hour. Miller and
Edwards are joined by famous actor, Giles Welby,
who plays an angry motorist in one scene.
Now, fans of ITV’s Policewatch drama series will
have to wait a little longer to find out what happens
to Andy McKay, the Scottish detective who always
seems to have a cold. The programme will not be
shown tonight because the European Cup football
match is on instead. But Policewatch will be back
next Thursday as usual.
Beginning tonight is Stardate 3000, an American
science fiction series. It’s been on television in the
USA for the last two months and comments on the
show have been mixed. It certainly has some fine
actors, but there is a limit to how much a director
can do with stories as weak as these. I’m sure I’ve
seen most of the scenery before in other shows from
the same studio. Perhaps some of the money they
saved on the scenery should be spent on getting
some better writers!
Also starting a new series tonight is Doctors in
Town, the medical drama series filmed in the heart
of London. The big question is: will this show still
be popular now that the two main actors have left
to do other work? John Tweed, who played Doctor
Walker, is now directing films, while Annie Thomas,
who played Nurse Jane Evans, has returned home to
the Australian stage. But I am sure the new actors
are excellent, making this an enjoyable start to the
series.
Don’t forget that, from tomorrow, TV Diary is going
to be at six-thirty p.m. instead of eight-thirty for
three weeks because of the tennis competitions.
When the competitions finish at the start of July,
we’ll be back at our usual time. So, thanks for
listening ....[fade]
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