Oral test for new integrated english Band I(1-A 1. Do you have a part-time job? Is it good for students to have part-time jobs? Why? 2. Pollution is a global problem. What should we do, in your opinion, to protect our environment? 3. Do you like travel ing? What places have you been to? Would you describe the place of interest you have been to? 4. Do you do sports in your spare time? And what sports do you do? Do you think what way doing sports is good for us? 5. Do you agree "a friend in need is a friend indeed "? What is your standard of making friends? 6. Read the following passage and answer the questions based on Many thousands of years ago, people lived only countries. They did not live in cold countries because they could not keep warm. Then they learnt how to make clothes. When an animal was killed, they cut off its skin. They wrapped the skins around their bodies. The skins kept them warm. Skins which had fur on them were the best. Even today some people wear the furs of animals to keep them warm At first men d id not know how to make fire. Sometimes lightning hit a forest ad started a fire. The people took some of this fire to make a fire near their homes. a fil was very important for three reasons. It kept them warm. It frightened wild animal ey did not attack when they saw a fire. Then another thing was discovered if you cook food it tastes much better Questions 1) Thousands of years ago, why did people only live in the hot countries? 2)At that time, how did people make clothes? 3)Which kind of skins was the best for making clothes accord ing to the passage? 4)Why was fire so important for man at that time? 7. Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it Every year just after Christmas the January Sales start. All the shops reduce thei prices and for two weeks. They are full of people looking for bargains. My husband and i do not normally go to the sales as we don't like crowds and in any case are short of money as we have to buy lots of Christmas presents Last year, however. I took my husband with me to the sales at the center of London. We needed some new clothes and were hoping to find a television set. When we got to Oxford Street, it was so crowded that we decided to split up and meet again at the underground station. So I left my husband and started looking around the shops Unfortunately all the clothes were in very large sizes and so were not suitable for me But I did buy a television at a very cheap price, so I felt quite pleased with myself. When I arrived at the station, my husband was not there. So I sat down in a nearby cafe to have a cup of tea. i quickly finished my tea when I saw my husband and went out to meet him. He looked very happy. Then I saw he was carrying a large and heavy Oral Test for Students 2003 1/4Oral Test for Students 2003 1/4 Oral Test for New Integrated English Band I (1-A) 1. Do you have a part-time job? Is it good for students to have part-time jobs? Why? 2. Pollution is a global problem. What should we do, in your opinion, to protect our environment? 3. Do you like traveling? What places have you been to? Would you describe the place of interest you have been to? 4. Do you do sports in your spare time? And what sports do you do ? Do you think in what way doing sports is good for us? 5. Do you agree "a friend in need is a friend indeed"? What is your standard of making friends? 6. Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it. Many thousands of years ago, people lived only in hot countries. They did not live in cold countries because they could not keep warm. Then they learnt how to make clothes. When an animal was killed, they cut off its skin. They wrapped the skins around their bodies. The skins kept them warm. Skins which had fur on them were the best. Even today some people wear the furs of animals to keep them warm. At first men did not know how to make fire. Sometimes lightning hit a forest and started a fire. The people took some of this fire to make a fire near their homes. A fire was very important for three reasons. It kept them warm. It frightened wild animals. They did not attack when they saw a fire. Then another thing was discovered: if you cook food, it tastes much better! Questions: 1) Thousands of years ago, why did people only live in the hot countries? 2) At that time, how did people make clothes? 3) Which kind of skins was the best for making clothes according to the passage? 4) Why was fire so important for man at that time? 7. Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it. Every year just after Christmas the January Sales start. All the shops reduce their prices and for two weeks. They are full of people looking for bargains. My husband and I do not normally go to the sales as we don't like crowds and in any case are short of money as we have to buy lots of Christmas presents. Last year, however. I took my husband with me to the sales at the center of London. We needed some new clothes and were hoping to find a television set. When we got to Oxford Street, it was so crowded that we decided to split up and meet again at the underground station. So I left my husband and started looking around the shops. Unfortunately all the clothes were in very large sizes and so were not suitable for me. But I did buy a television at a very cheap price, so I felt quite pleased with myself. When I arrived at the station, my husband was not there. So I sat down in a nearby café to have a cup of tea. I quickly finished my tea when I saw my husband and went out to meet him. He looked very happy. Then I saw he was carrying a large and heavy