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Section 1

Audio script:

JOHN: Hi Sam! What are you doing?

SAM: Nothing.

JOHN: Let’s go to watch a movie. 

SAM: Which movie?

JOHN: There many good movies at WAVE cinema.

SAM: It is Sunday, we may not get tickets.

JOHN: There are three cinema halls in the area, and all are multiplex. It means total 12 theatres.

Moreover, tickets of good movies are always available.

SAM: Why don’t we watch ‘The Time Machine’? I have read its review. It is a good movie. 

JOHN: Yeah, we can watch this movie.

SAM: At what time should we go?

JOHN: Meet me at the bus stop of our area at 5.30 pm.

SAM: I’ll meet you near Barista coffee house.  

JOHN: Ok. I’ll meet you there. 

Fill in the gaps with the correct information.

JOHN: Hi Sam! What are you doing?

SAM: Nothing.

JOHN: Let’s go to watch a movie.

SAM: Which movie?

JOHN: There many good movies at _____1_____.

SAM: It is Sunday, we may not get _____2______.

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JOHN: There are three _____3_____ in the area, and all are multiplex. It means total _____4_____

theatres. Moreover, tickets of good movies are _____5_____.

SAM: Why don’t we watch ‘_____6_____’? I have read its review. It is a _____7____.

JOHN: Yeah, we can watch this movie.

SAM: At what time should we go?

JOHN: Meet me at the _____8____ of our area at _____9_____.

SAM: I’ll meet you near _____10_____ house.

JOHN: Ok. I’ll meet you there. 

Section 2

Audio script:

One unquestioned article of faith in political thrillers is that the bad guy is a genius — the supervillain as

megamind. In reality, criminals are no smarter, maybe a lot dumber, than the rest of us. That's certainly

true of the self-appointed jihadis who, in the wake of 9/11, concocted harebrained plots that hurt no

one but themselves. We think of the Christmas Day airplane bomber who blew up his groin; the Times

Square guerrilla who left the keys to his getaway vehicle in the car with the bombs; and Iyman Faris,

who believed he could destroy the Brooklyn Bridge with a blowtorch.

Chris Morris, the English satirist, is ever on watch for examples of toxic lunacy, and a few years ago he

found a piquant news item. It was about "these Yemeni jihadis who were plotting to blow up a warship

that was moored in a bay," Morris told Jesse Thorn last week on public radio's The Sound of Young

 America. "Their plan was to ram it with an exploding boat. So they assembled on the quayside at 3 in the

morning. They put their launch in the water, and they filled it full of explosives. And it sank."

There could be a similar crew of Islamic doofuses in the city of Sheffield in north England. What

explosive mischief might they create? That's the premise of Morris' brilliantly incendiary new comedy

Four Lions: a few radicalized English Muslims plan an attack on the London marathon while dressed in

clown outfits. These guys really are clowns, wild and foolish — but no less dangerous, at least to

themselves, since they have dynamite strapped to their stomachs. Their incompetence is on display in

the movie's first scene, as Omar (Riz Ahmed), the group's leader, is showing his pretty wife and sweet

kid a video that he and his mates have made: arms cradling machine guns, they spit out death threats

against the West. But the other guys keep tripping over their lines. "These are the outtakes, y' know, the

bloopers," Omar says apologetically. He looks at the rest of the video and sighs, "They're all bloopers."

For a quarter-century, Morris, 45, has been lobbing comic grenades at the British media from deep

inside it: first as a late-night DJ who muttered derisive comments about news headlines on the air while

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they were being read, then in 1991 as the host of BBC Radio 4's news-spoof show On the Hour . Morris

presided in splendid arrogance over a team that included feckless sportscaster Alan Partridge (Steve

Coogan), snooty business newsreader Collately Sisters (Doon MacKickan) and the serially incompetent

correspondent Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan (Patrick Marber).

Produced by Armando Iannucci, later the mastermind of the fiendishly funny Whitehall sitcom The Thick of It (which spun off into the 2009 film In the Loop), On the Hour didn't deal in topical humor, like the

'60s That Was the Week That Was or Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update" segment. Instead, it

meant to skewer the tone of TV news, by turns omniscient and truckling, in the production of what the

show called "genutainment."

Fill in the gaps to complete the summary.

  It was about "these _____11_____ jihadis who were plotting to blow up a _____12_____ that

was moored in a bay," Morris told _____13_____ last week on public radio's The Sound of 

 _____14_____. "Their plan was to ram it with an exploding boat.

  That's the premise of Morris' brilliantly incendiary new comedy _____15_____: a few radicalized

 _____16_____ plan an attack on the London marathon while dressed in _____17_____.

  He looks at the rest of the video and sighs, "They're all _____18_____. " For a quarter-century,

Morris, 45, has been lobbing comic grenades at the British media from deep inside it: first as a

late-night DJ who muttered derisive comments about news headlines on the air while they were

being read, then in 1991 as the host of _____19____ news-spoof show On the Hour.

  Morris presided in splendid arrogance over a team that included feckless sportscaster Alan

Partridge (Steve Coogan), _____20_____ Collately Sisters (Doon MacKickan) and the serially

incompetent correspondent Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan (Patrick Marber).

Section 3

Audio script:

JONES: Hi Tom, in which company are you working?

TOM: Hi Jones, I am working in Wipro.

JONES: What post are you having?

TOM: I am market executive in its printer department.

JONES: Do you like your job?

TOM: I shall work till I get a better one.

JONES: Which is the perfect job for you?

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TOM: In administration. I like managing than marketing.

JONES: Do you like your boss?

TOM: He is a nice man.

JONES: Have you been given any conveyance by the company?

TOM: Yes, I have a bike, given by the company.

JONES: How long have you been working at your present job?

TOM: For last six months.

JONES: For how many hours a week do you work?

TOM: I work for 48 hours in a week.

JONES: How much salary are you drawing?

TOM: I am drawing Rs.15000/- plus 5% commission on sale.

JONES: Have you ever met Azim Premji the big boss of your company?

TOM: I attended a company meeting addressed by him. I haven't been able to meet or communicate to

him.

JONES: He is the richest man of India at present. What is your opinion about him?

TOM: He is very hardworking and dedicated.

JONES: Can you help me to get a job in your company? Is there any vacancy?

TOM: Haven't you got any job yet?

JONES: No. I am still finding.

TOM: What have you done?

JONES: You know I have completed my diploma in web designing.

TOM: I have developed a good rapport with my boss. I shall talk to him about you. He may try to help

you. Please call me after three days.

JONES: We have met after several months. Let's have refreshments somewhere.

TOM: Let's go to Bikanerwala then. It's near and the best place to eat in this area.

Say whether the statements are true or false or not given in the passage.

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21. Tom is working in the Wipro.

22.  Jones is a friend of Tom.

23. Tom is getting a very good salary in his present job.

24.  Jones wants him to change his job.

25. Tom is not happy with his salary.

26. His boss is a very cruel person who treats him very badly.

27.  Jones is working in a very good company now.

28. Tom wants Jones to help him getting a job.

29. They have met after a long time.

30. The two plans to have some snacks at a Chinese restaurant.

Section 4

Audio script:

First, she was the shoo-in. Then she was the underdog. Now, in the closing moments of a quirky

midterm election season, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) appeared to be on the verge of making history

as the first successful write-in candidate for Senate in more than 50 years. In a six-week blitz aimed at

defeating the tea party-backed candidate who toppled her in the primary, Murkowski barnstormed the

state, handing out bracelets and reminding voters how to spell her name. She rebuffed fellow

Republicans who implored her to drop out. She seemed to be having fun.

By late Wednesday, with 99 percent of precincts reporting, Murkowski was presumed to be on the brink

of reelection. That's because 41 percent of Alaska voters wrote in their choice for Senate, compared to

34 percent who voted for Republican nominee Joe Miller and 24 percent who voted for Democrat ScottMcAdams, according to preliminary results. Final tallies likely won't be available for weeks.

A Murkowski victory would be a remarkable turnaround for an incumbent who had been disowned by

her party, and signaled the limitations of novice tea party candidacies. Many of the movement's

candidates have been skillful at pushing the GOP to the right and energizing primary voters. But some,

like Miller, found greater difficulty appealing to a broader electorate this season. Lisa Murkowski's

decision not to accept a primary defeat may be a lesson for other Republicans worried about insurgent

attacks in the future. Not that mounting a winning write-in campaign for Senate is easy. No one has

done it successfully since South Carolina's Strom Thurmond in 1954.

Alaska is vast of land but sparse of voters, a state where campaigning door-to-door can mean climbinginto a puddle-jumper. It is known for its political dynasties and its family feuds, one of which, between

the Murkowskis and the Palins, played out in this election. (Sarah Palin, who defeated Murkowski's

father, Frank, for governor in 2006, was a big backer of Miller's campaign.) "There is a very, very strong

propensity to elect Republicans" in Alaska, said Ivan Moore, a pollster in the state whose clients include

Republicans and Democrats. "But from an ideological standpoint, there is a very, very large moderate

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center up here. It was the centrists who elected Lisa yesterday because of Scott McAdams's

inexperience and Joe Miller's loony-tunes, firebrand style of conservatism."

Choose the correct alternative from the given choices.

31. A Murkowski victory/ defeat would be a remarkable turnaround for an incumbent.

32. Alaska is vast of land but sparse of/ crowded with voters.

33. Sarah Palin, who defeated Murkowski's father, Frank, for governor in 2006/ 2008, was a big

backer of Miller's campaign.

34. Many of the movement's candidates have been skilful/ novices at pushing the GOP to the right

and energizing primary voters.

35. By late Wednesday/ Thursday, with 99 percent of precincts reporting, Murkowski was presumed

to be on the brink of reelection.

36. But some, like Miller, found greater difficulty/ ease appealing to a broader electorate this

season.

37. She rebuffed fellow Republicans who implored her to drop out/ fight.

38. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) appeared to be on the verge of making history/ greatest disaster.

39. Alaska is a state where campaigning/ visiting door-to-door can mean climbing into a puddle-

 jumper.

40. No one has done it successfully since South Carolina's Strom Thurmond in 1954/ 1945.