___Listening Think ahead 1 Multiple choice 3 142. UNIT 11 COMMUNICATION A friend gives you an expensive present. Unfortunately, you have recently bought the same thing for yourself. Your friend asks you if you like their present. What do you say? ‘Think of an occasion when you told a deliberate li Discuss these questions a Was ita serious lie, or just a bit of fun? b_ Did you lie for your own benefit or for someone else’? © Did anyone find out about the lie? © You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer, A, B or C 1 The first speaker was at her boyfriend’s house. What was her excuse for not staying for lunch? A She said she had arranged to eat at home. B She said she had already had hunch. © She said she didn’t like his mother’s cooking You will hear someone being interviewed about his job. What is the job? A aneconomist. — B aTVinterviewer_ Ca politician 3. You hear someone talking about meeting a neighbour in town. Why didn’t the speaker say anything about her sister? A The rumour was not true, 8 ‘The neighbour might tell other people. C She didn’t know anything, 4 You hear someone talking about a party she went to. Why did the speaker say that her cousin was a famous footballer? A to see the man’s reaction B to impress the man © to continue talking to the man 5. You hear someone talking about an accident he was involved in, What was the cause of the accident? A. The speaker had fallen asleep while driving, B ‘There had been a lot of traffic on the road. © Something had gone wrong with the car. 6 You hear someone describing an occasion when she answered the phone. Why was her brother angry? A. He had wanted to speak to Annie. B_ He had wanted to answer the phone himself. C He had wanted to speak to Barbara,