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Now the test will begin. Listen to the tape and tick (V) the words you hear.

 

1. What do you think of the Bell School teachers/T-shirts? I really like them. 1___
2. He asked if it could be given in a bit late and I said yes, today/yesterday was OK. 2___
3. I think Agassi’s winning it to love/two-love. 3___
4. I’d have lied/liked to help him. 4___
5. At least/last you understand what I mean. 5___
6. I think she lives at No. 68/60A. 6___
7. He was lapped/rapped by his team-mates because he hadn’t trained hard enough. 7___
8. Seals are culled/killed each summer off the Newfoundland coast. 8___
9. They asked if I was sending anybody and I said Mike or myself/I might go myself. 9___
10. I’m afraid we’ve only fifty/fifteen left in stock. 10___
11. She likes/lacks that little extra bit of class. 11___
12. He’s just become a member of the Hockey/Jockey Club. 12___
13. They’re going to Wrexham/Wroxham for their holidays. 13___
14. What do you think those ships/shapes on the horizon are? 14___
15. Did you realize he slept/slipped out last night? 15___
16. It’s an amazing/amusing story, isn’t it? 16___
17. The roads were absolutely impossible/impassable last week. 17___
18. Sooner or later we’ll have to chuck/check them out. 18___
19. Is it ready for typing/taping yet? 19___
20. Most of the new wavebands/new-wave bands sound really good. 20___
21. We need a cork/chalk board in our classroom. 21___
22. Do they have many orchids/orchards in Tunisia? 22___
23. I see Oxford University is advertising the chair in metaphysics/matter physics. 23___
24. Can you help Bridget/Richard to get it finished? 24___
25. It’ll be difficult to keep within these perimeters/parameters, but you must try. 25___
26. I think they now give the weather report from the new/news studio. 26___
27. He’s working on a new model/module at the moment. 27___
28. I must say I quite fancy/fancied going to see his latest film. 28___
29. She’s one of the most evil-/even-tempered people I‘ve ever met. 29___
30. His house is really tidy/tiny. 30___
31. The bathroom’s small, but it’s got a flush/flash loo. 31___
32. Iran has been particularly successful in reducing its dependence on American experts/exports. 32___
33. Is lamb/land cheaper in Australia than it is here? 33___
34. Do you think he feels a bit better/bitter about it now? 34___
35. In the late sixties neo-colonialist attitudes could have posed a real threat to the Kenyan Asian/Kenyan nation. 35___
36. We just can’t get our gardener to cut the hedges/edges neatly. 36___
37. If you add soda/cider, it’ll make it nice and fizzy. 37___
38. She said that as far as she was concerned we’d been/be no trouble at all. 38___
39. The longer we went on, the hotter/harder it became. 39___
40. If you’re looking for John I think he’s in the lab/lav. 40___
41. He’s teaching the computer to play a new game – not chess but something similar/simpler. 41___
42. Did you know your real offside light’s on/gone? 42___
43. I’m leaving! I’m not going to let you run/ruin my life. 43___
44. That was the first of a series of dramatic/traumatic events that took place in his teens. 44___
45. My son got a new pair of flippers/slippers to take on holiday with him. 45___
46. If only one could test learners’ attitudes/aptitudes, it’d be a lot easier to group them. 46___
47. I’m told there are a lot of tigers/Thai girls in the north of the country. 47___
48. I wish that guy/I could be given more help at times. 48___
49. The main advantage of this material is that it’s expendable/expandable. 49___
50. Do you know if this text is copyright/copied right? 50___
51. Have you had/heard the results yet? 51___
52. Is Susie’s horse ready for shoeing/showing? 52___
53. Do you know if he’s gone aboard/abroad yet? 53___
54. To get accurate results you need use a wide range of text-/test-types. 54___
55. She’s a member of the National/Natural Childbirth Trust. 55___
56. She bought him a Bulova/pullover for Christmas. 56___
57. He was best known for his work in musicals/music halls in the fifties. 57___
58. I understand the Prime Minister is back in/backing Britain. 58___
59. Several teams have paid dearly for underestimating the Brazilians/their resilience. 59___
60. I think he said he wouldn’t be back till eight/late. 60___
61. Are we going to be able to send him the remainder/reminder in time? 61___
62. I don’t really think she has any intention of leaving/living with him. 62___
63. Seeing that has made me feel really angry/hungry. 63___
64. Let’s eat/heat that stew up tomorrow. It seems a pity to waste it. 64___
65. Have you tasted/tested it yet? 65___
66. I honestly thought you were joking/choking. 66___
67. I don’t know if he hurt/heard her or not. 67___
68. Mansell left the pits fast/first, but Senna was soon after him. 68___
69. Do you have any idea what the prize/price is? 69___
70. I can’t put anything in this bucket/pocket because there’s a hole in it. 70___
71. You know I/I’d like to see you whenever possible. 71___
72. The only way to get there in winter is by the old route up the mountain pass/path. 72___
73. Are you going to help us get the vote/boat out? 73___
74. Have you seen those bills/pills I was looking for? 74___
75. I believe Peter’s chairman/German, isn’t it? 75___
76. He won several Grand Prix races in the Surtees/thirties before he retired. 76___
77. Was the Mini/money recognizable afterwards? 77___
78. He works for the highlands/islands tourist board. 78___
79. James was one of the Stuarts/stewards, wasn’t he? 79___
80. The finance committee were told that the extra house/hours would cost £40,000. 80___
81. They’d be surprised if they realized what people like Caroline/Carol and I have to do. 81___
82. AJ/HA Foyt is the only driver to have won the ‘Indi 500’ three years in a row. 82___
83. The conference is scheduled for Friday the 13th/30th of May. 83___
84. I’m afraid I’ve no idea if they/they’ve finished. 84___
85. I could do with an ice-cold/a nice, cold drink. 85___
86. He’s recently become an MB/MP. 86___
87. Farmers in the north and in Scotland lost a lot of lambs/rams last winter. 87___
88. This pen/pan is no use – it keeps leaking. 88___
89. It was several hours before they phoned/found us. 89___
90. Cambridge is about 60 miles from Norwich and 60 also/or so from London. 90___
91. The police said they would fine/find the offender immediately. 91___
92. If you like the style, there’s a wide choice of colours/collars available. 92___
93. The race/rice was ruined by the rain. 93___
94. He ran/rang off before we could ask his name. 94___
95. That was quite a flight/fright we had, wasn’t it? 95___
96. Import restrictions on Catalan/cattle and sheep are now likely to be lifted. 96___
97. I’ve strained/sprained my wrist, so I won’t be able to play tomorrow. 97___
98. What he said was true in either/neither case. 98___
99. Norwich/Knowledge grew faster that ever before after the Renaissance. 99___
100. This election/selection doesn’t give one much of a choice, doesn’t it? 100___

 




Unit 4. The United Nations: The Promise of Peace


4.1 Lecture. The United Nations: The Promise of Peace

 

A. Pre-listening Activities

 

Preview of Content

 

Many people already know what the United Nations Organization is and where it is located, but how many know when and why it was first planned?

In this lecture, the answers to these questions are explored, and some recent statistics about its operating budget are given.

 


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