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TEXT 1:
On Sunday, Tom gets up at 10 o'clock. Then he reads his newspaper in the kitchen. He has breakfast at 11.30
and then he telephones his mother in Scotland. In the afternoon, at 1.00, Tom plays tennis with his sister and
after that, they eat dinner in a restaurant. At 6.00, Tom swims for one hour and then he goes by bike to his
brother´s house. They talk and listen to music. Tom watches television in the evening and drinks a glass of
warm milk. He goes to bed at 11.30.
1. Tom gets up at 10am on Sundays. 6. Tom goes swimming at five o'clock.
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2. Tom reads the newspaper in the lounge. 7. Tom drives to his brother's house.
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3. His father lives in Scotland. 8. Tom and his brother listen to music.
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4. Tom plays tennis with his sister. 9. Tom drinks a glass of wine in the evening.
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5. Tom and his sister eat before playing tennis. 10. Tom goes to bed at 11.30pm.
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TEXT 2:
My working day starts very early. From Monday to Friday I get up at half past three and I have a shower and a
cup of coffee. I usually leave the house at ten past four because the car always arrives a few minutes early. I
get to the studio at about five o'clock and start work. My programme Good Morning Britain starts at seven
o'clock and finishes at nine o'clock. Then I leave the studio at a quarter past ten. After that, I go shopping and
visit some friends. I get home at three o'clock. A woman helps me with the housework and the ironing. I read a
newspaper and do some work. Then my husband gets home at half past five in the evening and I cook dinner.
We stay at home in the evening. We don't go out because I go to bed very early. We usually watch television
and then I go to bed at half past eight, I'm usually asleep by nine o'clock. I think my job is very interesting but I
don't like getting up very early.
1. The person is a woman. 5. She is in the house alone till her husband arrives home.
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2. She is a television journalist. 6. She goes to bed early during the week.
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3. She drives her car to work. 7. She works with her husband.
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4. She goes home after the programme finishes. 8. She likes everything about her job.
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TEXT 3:
My name is Ben and I come from Australia. I am 24 years old and I live in a small town near Sydney called
Branton. I don't have a job now, but normally I clean shop windows. I am not married but I live with my very
beautiful girlfriend, Maria, in a nice house in Branton. We don't have any children - maybe next year. My
girlfriend is an actress, but she isn't very famous. She acts in a small theater in our town. At the weekend, we
like to go swimming in a big lake near our house. I normally get up at eight o'clock, but on Thursday I get up at
six o'clock because that is the day when I go running in the park. I like living in Branton because it's not too big.
There are some historical buildings in the center of the town and near Branton, there is a river where I go
fishing sometimes when I want to relax.
1. Ben comes from Australia but lives in America. 5. Ben's girlfriend works in a local theater.
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2. Ben has a job as a window cleaner. 6. Ben gets up early once a week to do some sport.
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3. Ben isn't married. 7. Ben thinks that Branton is too small.
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4. Ben and Maria are having a baby next year. 8. Ben goes swimming in a river near Branton.
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TEXT 4:
The Hodgson family from Texas, USA are probably the most talented family in the country. Thomas is the
father of the family. He's 52 years old and he can do everything. He can run for a long time. Every day, he goes
running in his neighborhood for 40 minutes. He can also swim very well. He swims for his state's over-50 team!
Thomas can't speak any foreign languages, but his wife, Judy, certainly can! She can speak French, Spanish
and even Japanese. And she can teach them too. She works at the Pinewood Language Academy. Thomas
and Judy Hodgson have three children and they can all do many things too. Robbie, 23, can't run for long
distances like his father, but he can run very fast. He can run 100 meters in just 11 seconds. That's very fast.
He can also fly! Not like a bird, but using a hang-glider. He goes hang-gliding every weekend in the hills near
the family home. The middle child is Janine, who is 19. She's similar to her mother and she loves foreign
languages. She studies Italian and French and can speak both of them very well. When she's with her mother,
they can speak French and nobody in the house understands them! Clara is the baby of the family. She's only 9
years old. She can't speak French and she can't fly. What can she do? She can bake the best cakes in the
world! And her parents and her brother and sister can eat them.

1. Thomas goes running every day near his house. 5. Robbie can run 100m very quickly.
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2. Thomas runs for a local team. 6. He also goes flying in a hang-glider every Thursday.
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3. Judy teaches her students to speak other languages. 7. Janine is 19 and she is similar to her mother.
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4. The Hodgsons have two children. 8. Clara is only nine years old and she can bake cakes.
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