Unit 1: LEISURE ACTIVITIES - LISTENING (Lớp 8)

Full name: ............................................... Class: ......................................................	ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST Time: 15 minutes

I. LISTENING

1. Listen to a conversation and match Nam's hobbies and leisure activities with different stages in his life. You will listen TWICE.

Stages of life	Hobbies/Leisure activities
1. childhood	A. volunteering
2. primary school	B. playing with toys
3. secondary school	C. playing tennis
4. university	D. reading comics
5. marriage	E. hanging out with classmates

2. Listen to a talk about teenagers and technology. Fill each of the gaps with no more than TWO words. You will listen TWICE.

1.	Nowadays teenagers can be called a ____________.
2.	Teenagers like __________ friends on the Internet.
3.	Teenagers can _______ what time to do something.
4.	Playing computer games makes teenagers __________ less on their lessons in class.
5.	The parents of these teenagers are finding ways to ______ their children’s interest in technology.

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I. LISTENING

1. Listen to a conversation and match Nam's hobbies and leisure activities with different stages in his life. You will listen TWICE.

1. B 2. D 3. E 4. A 5. C

Hello. This is Tieng Anh 8. Unit 1. Listening Test.//  Task 1. Listen to a conversation and match Nam’s hobbies and leisure activities with different stages in his life. // You will listen TWICE.// Now, listen and match.//

Joan: Nam, could you tell me about your hobbies and leisure activities?

Nam: No problem. When I was a very little child, I liked playing with toys. I had hundreds of toys at home. When I attended primary school, I loved reading comics. I had a very big collection of comics that I still keep until today.

Joan: What about when you attended secondary school?

Nam: As a teenager, I preferred socialising with friends than being on my own. So I often hung out with my classmates after school.

Joan: That was a significant change! What leisure activities did you do when you became a student at university?

Nam: During my student life I became interested in helping people, so I often attended volunteering activities in hospitals to help elderly people.

Joan: What about now, when you have married?

Nam: Oh now I don’t have time for volunteering activities. In my free time I often play tennis. I try to keep fit because health is very important for an enjoyable life.

(Dừng) Now listen again. (phát lại bài nghe) (Dừng)

2. Listen to a talk about teenagers and technology. Fill each of the gaps with no more than TWO words. You will listen TWICE.

1. 'technology' generation 2. making 3. forget 4. concentrate 5. reduce

TASK 2: Listen to a talk about teenagers and technology. // Fill each of the gaps with no more than TWO words. // You will listen TWICE.// Now listen and fill the gaps.//

Teenagers are now a ‘technology’ generation. They get hooked on mobiles, laptops, and televisions. They enjoy surfing webs to find information and making friends with other teens all around the world. They prefer sitting in front of the computer playing games to participating in outdoor activities. Because teenagers spend much time living in the virtual world, sometimes they forget the reality. They may become lazy and forget about time. A lot of teenagers do not complete their homework and fail important examinations. Others may feel very tired because they play computer games for too long. As a result, they feel sleepy during class time and can’t concentrate on their lessons. Lots of parents are trying to find ways to reduce their children’s interest in technology. Some parents only allow their children to use computers for under one hour a day. Others take their children to sport clubs such as football, swimming so that the teenagers will become healthier.

(Dừng) Now listen again. (phát lại bài nghe) (Dừng)