Listening and Reading Practice 1

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From now on (De ahora en adelante), I will try to upload on the blog listening and reading exams for you to do listening and reading mock exams.

LISTENING PRACTICE 1 

You will hear a girl, Mollie, asking a friend about Hong Kong. Fill in the blanks with the right information. Number 1 is the example. 

Airport: Chek Lap Kok

Transport: (1) _(Example)_  The tram____

Adult ticket: (2) _________pence

Child ticket: (3) _________pence

Must visit: (4) _____________________ (5) _______________________________

The Hong Kong Museum of (6) ___________________

The Hong Kong Museum of History opens at (7) ________________a.m.

Bus stop: (8) ____________Road South

READING PRACTICE 1 

Read the following text and choose the appropriate word from the box below to complete
each of the gaps (1, 2, 3…). Gap 0 has been done as an example. There are three additional
words you do not need to use.

close – do – does – far away –  less – many  – much – plane –  ticket  – timetable – travel – were

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Public transport is the transport of passengers. Passengers don’t need their own cars or other vehicles. Most
public transport lets many people (0)__travel_________ at the same time.
The main vehicles for public transport are buses, trolleybuses, trams and trains. Trams were first used in the
late 1860s and (1)____________ pulled by horses. Now trams are electric and run on a line of cable. Buses drive
on the road. Trains run on a track and are very fast. Today, (2) __________ places use buses and trains as a
form of public transport.
Many people who (3)____________ not have cars use buses, trolleybuses or trams to go places near their
houses, and they use trains to go places (4) __________. Long distance transport is usually by (5) ______________
or train or other public transport. Local transport is more often private.
When using public transport people may need a (6)____________ or card to be able to get on. A (7)_________
tells them when they come, since they can only go when and where the transport is going.
Public transport is also good for the environment. When many people use the same vehicle, fewer cars are on
the road. Fewer cars make (8) ___________ pollution. Cost is low, because it is very cheap to catch public
transport every day, which is why even people who own a car often use public transport.

Listening Answer key:

1. Tram (Example) – 2. 20 pence – 3. 10 pence- 4. Ocean Park- 5. The Science Museum- 6. History- 7. 10.00 am – 8. Chatham

Reading Answer key: 

(0) travel (3) do (6) ticket
(1) were (4) far away (7) timetable
(2) many (5) plane (8) less