Listening 1 Listen to Harry talking about his holiday in France. Tick (V) the correct ending (A, B or C for each sentence. ‘The number of people who went on holiday including Harry was. athee 8 four ctive D 4. They left home for their haliday on aistmay Q) Bard may) csth may 1 2 The journey took Afour hours Qe six hours 3 Every day, Harry went Aswimming QB sightseeing 4 They travelled home by Ceight hours sunbathing OY acarQ B plane train CY 5 Theyleft on Tuesday at ao7.00 LY Bos.00 O co9.00 ts Q2 tisten tothe information about the films at your local cinema. Complete the notes about one of the films. Name of film: Gladiator Ginema: Number 1 Dates: From 2 Nov, to3, Nov. Times: 2 p.m.,4 5 and 6 on Saturday night Price: 7£, and 8, 18 @Q3 Carol and Steve are vi iting another town with their fen to their conversation and mark the sentences (1) true or (F} false. Steve hasn't been for a walk round the town yet. school, There are people of different nationalities at the youth hostel. Cd Carol has got a map of the town, CY The Museum of Costume has all the latest fashions. CY There aren't any men’s clothes in the Museum of costume. Steve would rather go to the Motor Museum than the Museum of Costume. CJ 6 Both Carol and Steve want to visit the Motor museum. They are free all day on Wednesday. CY 7 a rn Reading 4 Read the text. Match the paragraphs (1-6) with these topics (A-G). There is one extra topic. ‘A New interests: other animals and film making __ 8 An early interest in snakes _1_ © Histravels abroad Dinthearmy E Becominga snake expert __ F islife today__ G His first snake bite The Snakeman 1. Austin James Stevens ~ the ‘Snakeman’ ~ was bora in South Africa. He became interested in snakes and reptiles when he was twelve. By the time he left school, his private reptile collection included some of the most exoticand poisonous reptiles in the world 2. Alter leaving school, Austin joined the army. The other soldiers called him the ‘Snakeman’ because he could track, identify and remove poisonous snakes better than anyone else 3 During his time inthe army, he had his frst snake bite He was bitten on the hand by a poisonous snake and was taken to hospital, t wasn't an easy journey. First, he ‘was driven 480 km along bad roads, then he had a 1,600 kn flight on an army plane. The plane landed in front of the hospital 4 After his ime in the army, Austin worked at the ‘Transvaal Snake Park, He was offered a job for three months but he actually stayed for six years. t was here that he learnt about reptiles and snakes and became an exper. At the Snake Park, he had to demonstrate the snakes to visitors to the Park. He loved doing this and his demonstrations were very popular. He was asked to take some of the snakes to a TV studio and appear on a TV show. the programme was a success and he was asked to do more. 5. After leaving the Transvaal Snake Park in 1981, Austin worked at the Hartebeespoort Dam Snake and Animal Park in Southern africa. Here, he learnt about other ‘animals and he became interested in film-making, Many ofthe park's animals were trained to perform in films. When he is not travelling the world, Austin now lives, in Namibia, a desert country on the south-west coast of Africa, His main work is wildlife photography and writing. He has written more than 150 magazine articles, ‘won photographic awards and has made films about reptiles, Jions, hyenas, wild dogs and elephants. fase Faveon a 27