Listening comprehension exercises

Listening 1

Listen to the mp3 in the following link:

www.esl-lounge.com/student/listening/1L2-rockstar.mp3

  1. Which one would be the correct title for the listening?

 

a. The everyday life of a TV presenter

b. A rock star’s daily routine

c. My favourite rock band

 

  1. Put the events in the correct order. Write in the numbers 1-8.

 

            _ She meets her boyfriend, Peter.

            _ She goes to the studio.

            _ She surfs the Internet.

            _ She has a cup of coffee with the other members of the band.

            _ She sings.

            _ She checks her emails.

            _ She starts working.

            _ She has breakfast.

 

  1. Answer the questions.
  1. Why does she surf the Internet?

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  1. Where does she have breakfast?

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  1. When does she leave for the studio?

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  1. What does she do to protect her voice?

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  1. Who goes with her to an Indian restaurant?

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  1. Fill in the gaps in the tapescript.

I love working in the _______________ business. It's so interesting and every day is different.

The first thing I do every day is I check my e-mail _______________. Many fans write e-mails to me and I like reading what they write to me. I write a couple of _______________ to my fans and then I surf around on some music websites to see what the music journalists say about me.

Then I leave the house and go to a small French cafe for breakfast. London is a
very _______________ city and I enjoy relaxing with my cup of coffee and I
watch the _______________ go by while I read my newspaper and a couple of music magazines. I usually only eat a pastry with my coffee. I never feel hungry in the morning.

At about eleven o'clock, my car arrives and takes me to the studio which is about ten
miles _______________ the city. I meet the other members of the band and we drink a cup of coffee together and talk about the _______________ we have for the day in the studio.

We never start working in the studio until about _______________. Usually, we begin with the problems of the _______________ day. At about three in the afternoon, we stop for lunch but sometimes we continue recording if we have some good ideas.

Because I am the singer in the group, I must be careful with my voice. I never sing if I feel tired and I drink a lot of water during the day. For the last _______________ of hours, until about 6 p.m., I don't sing but I help the _______________ of the group with the music.

I go back to London by car and _______________ home at about half past six or seven. Sometimes, I have an interview on the TV which is always really interesting for me. I meet my boyfriend, Peter, and we go to eat a tasty _______________ in a restaurant. He loves _______________ food so we often go and eat in an Indian or Greek restaurant or something similar. I never go to bed too _______________ as I don't want to be too tired for the studio.