Listening booster 2 – 2017 regular/ regular

Part 1: Legend of mermaids

1. How Catherine would like to be a mermaid?
___________________________________________________________

2. According to Catherine, how does a mermaid look like?

She thinks a mermaid is a creature looking like _____________________ with
___________________________________ instead of legs. Male species are called mermen
living in the ocean. She regards these as a ____________.

3. According to Dan, the earliest mermaid known dates from ancient Assyria, around
________________.

4. What is a modern example of mermaid?

____________________________________________________________

5. A fairy-tale was written by Hans Christian Andersen, published in _________, also talked about
mermaids. A bronze status has been in ___________________________ since 1913 as well.

Part 2: ‘Real’ mermaids

6. According to Dan, 200 mermaids have gathered in ________. The fact is they are humans
wearing waist-high __________________. These people have a common interest in aquatic
mythology, and so they take ___________________________ when swimming.

7. What does Daniel Craig think about being a merman?

A. versatile
B. professional
C. entertaining
D. unusual
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8. The phrase ‘stumbled across’ can be replaced by ____________________________________.

9. ‘A different kettle of fish’ can be used to describe a ____________________________________.

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10. ‘hoax’ carries the meaning of _____________________________.

11. Why does Daniel want to be a mermaid?

______________________________________________________________________________

12. when did the most recent alleged mermaid sighting take place?
a. 1400s
b. 1800s
c. 2000s
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Part 3: Vocabulary and usage
13. Whose case does Catherine quote to show the word ‘alleged’?
__________________________________________________

14. What is Dan’s case to illustrate the phrase ‘stumbled across’?

Dan was going to a party but he ______________________________. Then he saw a
_________, and he could go there on his own.

15. ‘A different kettle of fish’ can be replaced by ‘a horse of _______________________’.

16. What did Dan use to cheat his mum?

__________________________________________________

17. ‘Serene’ describes somewhere _________________________________________.

18. What is Dan’s ‘getaway’?

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