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Paper Test: Speaking for Academic

Purposes

In the below questions (one to ten), fill in the blanks with the words in

the preceding box:

Question one: Bullying.

did see bad excuse joking Really?

too when you Oh. explain me

A) Shota, _______ you were in high school, did you even see

anyone bullying anyone?

B) ________ ________. ______ ________ ask me about bullying?

A) Yes. I asked you whether you ever saw bullying in your high

school.

B) ______. Well, actually, I did see it sometimes.

A) _________? Could you ___________ a little about it?

B) Sure. My best friend was bullied because he was always top of

the class..A) Youre ________?

B) He was clever but not too fashionable - the cool boys used to

tease him.

A) That's ________ __________.

B) But now he has a great job and an unbelievably beautiful girlfriend.

So, he's the one who's laughing now! You should see her she's like

a supermodel.

A) Good for him!

Question two: Uniqlo and Rakuten!

say afraid Could you you you

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A) So, why do you like visiting museums then?

B) _______ do I like visiting museums? Well, that's an __________

question. ____ ____ think.

A) OK.

B) Hmm. Well, I guess it's ___________ museums have a wide

variety of exhibitions. The exhibitions change often, ________

another reason is ____________ restaurants in museums areusually good.

A) Oh, ______ I had a bad experience when I went to a restaurant in

a museum in Ueno.

B) What happened?

A) I was waiting a long time for my meal ________ when it arrived it

was cold, ______ I was unhappy.

B) That's _____ ______.

Question five: My favourite band

why but know example

about Can give Could

A) Hello everyone! I'm going to tell you all about my favourite music

band. They were a band from England called Blur. The singer,

Damon Albarn, has a new band now called 'Gorillaz', but he

sometimes plays live concerts with Blur. You can ask me any

questions about Blur if you like.B) I know Gorillaz, ____ I don't know Blur's songs. Could you

__________ me an __________ of one of their songs?

A) Sure, do you know Song 3?

B) Sorry, I've never heard of it! _________ you sing it to me!

_______________ you tell me _____ you like it?

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A) Sorry, but my voice is not very good!

B) Go on! I'd like to ______ more _______ Blur.

Question six: Telling what you've heard.

Tomoko Youre told said

kidding according claimed to

A) Yuuto, I heard some really interesting things last week.

__________ ____________ me that the university is going to have a

new MosBurgerbuilt on campus.

B) ________ __________ Why would we want to have one of those

on campus? A) I agree. Haruka ____________ that the university needs it to

make the campus more attractive to students.

B) Well, __________ ___ the Daily Yomiuri,MosBurger is going to

be taken over by Freshness Burger!Who is right?!

Question seven: Cosmetic Surgery.

reaction opinion

nose likesay respond

A) Mr. Walker wants us to discuss 'cosmetic surgery' in our speaking

test!

B) Oh no! I wanted to talk about Michael Jackson or the summer

vacation. Why did he do that?

A) I don't know, but let's do our best. Let's practice.

B) OK, I'll start. I'd _________ to __________ that I think cosmetic

surgery is good for people. We should be given the chance tochange ourselves if we can

A) Can I ________ to that? I'm unsure that it is good because for

many people the surgery is not successful. Often the surgery can be

unsuccessful. Look at what happened to Michael Jackson!

B) Well, I think that what happened to him was unfortunate. Such a


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__________

doesn't happen to everyone.

A) Almost every.

B) No, no, no. In most cases, people have successful cosmeticsurgery. In my __________ cosmetic surgery is good for people.

Question eight: English football.

have dont Joking? have

Really? Kazumasa just opinion

A. Why do so many Japanese football fans support English football

teams, or Spanish football teams? Why can't they support teamsfrom the Japanese League?

B. I don't know. I'm not a soccer fan, so I don't know. I _____ ______

an ___________ about this, but my German teacher, Mr. Klinsmann,

has one. He said that Japanese people believed their own football

was second best for many years.

A. But after this World Cup things might change, eh?

B. I'm unsure.

A. Well, I'm not sure, but _______ ______ told me that soccer kits

are selling more than baseball uniforms now.B. __________? So, the favourite sport of Japanese people might be

changing?

Question nine: Robot marriage.

a point good dont

afraid I I disagreebecause but he said

A. What did you think about the video that showed a 'robot' marrying

a man a woman?

B. I don't know, but it looked strange. Do you think it will be beneficial


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for businesses to use more robots in the future?

A. No, ____ ______. I think robots should be used when humans

are unable to do the job. Why should we allow a piece of metal

that cannot think to do our jobs?B. That's ___ _______ _________. Many people are unemployed

and don't have work; surely they are better than robots?

A. Well, yes. And I hate using the Pasmo and Suica cards on the

train too. Why are they using robot imagery on the cards? Why aren't

JR employing more people? I would rather buy a ticket from a human

than a machine.

B. I'm _______ _____ ___________ because I like the card. I can

get to work and home faster when I use those cards.

Question ten: TV a drug of the nation!

A. If I could, I would throw my television out of my house.

B. Eh? Why?

A. Well, ______________ to many studies, people who don't watch

so much television are more intelligent than TV viewers

B. _________ you ______________? I get most of my news from

kidding say because saying told

joking are according talking are


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