Listen to the radio interview and choose the correct option to complete the sentence.

Sports interviews

1: People are talking about these sports because ____________________.

Choose the correct option A, B, C, or D for each gap.

The computer has proved to be very (28) _______ to our lives. In fact it can not only do simple (29) _______ add, subtract, multiply or divide - with lightning speed, but also gather a wide range of information for many purposes. They can (30) _______ hand-printed letters, play chess, compose music, write plays or even design other computers. In business and industry, the computer keeps track of sales trends and production needs, mails dividend checks, and makes out company payrolls. (31) _______ they are taking over some of the tasks that were once accomplished by our brains, computers are not replacing us. Our brain has (32) ______ than 10 billion cells and a computer has only a few hundred thousand parts.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

Her thoughtless comments made him very angry.

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others words.

She was brought up in a well-off family. She can’t understand the problems we are facing.

The region is renowned for its outstanding natural beauty.

His performance was so boring that it made me __________.

3: In wakeboarding 1260 degree spins are ____________________.

Last night my favorite program __________ by a special news bulletin.

Read the text and choose the correct answer - A, B, C, or D.

My name is Seumas McSporran and I am a very busy man. I am 60 years old and I have thirteen jobs. I am a postman, a politician, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school- bus driver, a boatman, an ambulance man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, and an undertaker. Also, I and my wife, Margaret, have a shop and a small hotel.

I live and work on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 20 people live there but in summer, 150 tourists come by boat every day.

Every weekday I get up at 6:00 and make breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8.00 I drive the island’s children to school. At 9:00 I collect the post from the boat and deliver it to all houses on the island. I also deliver beer to the island’s only pub. Then I help Margaret in the shop.

My wife likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and we don’t watch television. In the evenings Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10:00 we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed. Perhaps our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it.

1: Mr. McSporron does all the following jobs EXCEPT ______.

4,The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to the ______.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

The first season of Vietnam Idol aired on May 17^th , 2007.