Đề ôn luyện chuyên Anh vào 10 Sở Hà Nội số 10 (Listening)

Listen to the audio and complete the sentences below. Write ONLY ONE WORD for each answer.

Manufacturing in the English Midlands

1. In the eighteenth century, the 1.1 still determined how most people made a living.

2. In the ground were minerals which supported the many 1.2 of the region.

3. Since the late sixteenth century the French settlers had made 1.3.

4. In Cheshire 1.4 was mined and transported on the river Mersey.

5. Potters worked in a few 1.5 situated on the small hills of North Staffordshire.

Listen to the audio and complete the notes below. Write ONLY ONE WORD for each answer.

Earthenware

- advantages

•  potters used 2.1 clay
• saved money on 2.2

- disadvantages:

• needed two firings in the kiln to be 2.3
• fragility led to high 2.4 during manufacturing

Stoneware

- more expensive but better

- made from a 2.5 of clay and flint

Listen to the audio and fill in the blanks with the correct letters. You can hear the audio TWICE.

You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about living alone. While you listen, you must complete both tasks.

TASK 1

For questions 1-5, choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker values most about living alone.

TASK 2

For questions 6-10, choose from the list (A-H) what problem each speaker identifies about living alone.