Test 2 Key Part 4 35 German better IthanT 36 are made happen / occur | because of 37 never had! my car 38 was | thirty/30 years ago that 39 aren't/are not|asmany 40 took up (playing) golf | at 41 accused Pierre of | leaving /having left 42 as far as | we could Paper 4 Listening (approximately 40 minutes) Part 1 1A 2A 3C 4A 5B 6B 7C 8B Part 2 9 eight/8 months 10 Alaska 11 wool __ 12. white 13 sense/power of smell 14 %4/half/50% / 300 kg / three hundred kg 15 (more) vitamins 16 April 17 tent 18 (autumn) (science) lectures, Part 3 19D 20F 21E 22B 235A Part 4 24B 25B 2C 27C 2A 2B 30C Transcript This is the Cambridge First Certificate in English Lis Lam going to give you the instructions for this test. I shall introduce each art of the test and give you time to look at the questions. At the start of each piece you will hear this sound: ing Test. Test Two. tone You will hear each piece twice. Remember, while you are listening, write your answers on the question paper. You will have five minutes at the end of the test to copy your ansivers onto the separate answer sheet. There will now be a pause. Please ask any questions now, because you must not speak during the test. [pause] Now open your question paper and look at Part One. {pause] 133—— Test 2 Key PART 1 Question 1 Question 2 134 You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1 to 8, choose the best answer, A, B or C. One. You hear a student talking about a schoo! magazine he publishes. What does he need at the moment? A more help B more articles C more funds [pause] cone ‘This magazine was an ambitious project from the start. It was very different from other school magazines. | started it off with @ classmate, and we had very litle money — in fact my mother donated a few pounds to cover some of the intial expenses. The first issue had articles written by local politicians and even interviews with celebrities. it was a success, and lots of people outside the school bought a copy. Even if the next issue doesn't make as much, that isn't a worry. However, we're finding it cificult on our own. I's time to think of getting someone else in to lend a hand, Fortunately, there's no lack of material for future issues! [pause] tone [The recording is repeated.] [pause] Two. You hear a British woman talking about naming children. What is her opinion on narning children? A She likes to avoid the most common names. B She thinks names will become more and more strange. C She is in favour of creating completely new names. {pause} tone With my own children, | wanted to choose original names, but | think some parents take it oo far and make names up. | wouldn't do that. | think that’s really unnatural. And I'd certainly never name a child after a famous footballer! There are parents who like to give their children really unusual names. | feel sory for the children who have to live with those names. But then there's the ther extreme, where some names are too ordinary. Anyway, in the future | think there may well be a change, with a return to more traditional names.Question 3 Man: Women: Man: Question 4 Test 2 Key pause] tone [The recording is repeated.] {pause] Three. You hear a man being interviewed on the radio. What is his current occupation? A a reporter B acritic C an author [pause] tone My wife's the one who gives me advice. She's a TV documentary presenter and listens to some of my lectures on literature and she tells me if she doesn’t like it. She helps with all my projects, including my latest novel. What's it about? Being a journalist. I's taken from when | was working for a newspaper. | loved doing that — I've based the plot on some of my experiences in that job. It’s in my head all the time... . but | sometimes think I'll never finish it. [pause] tone [he recording is repeated.] [pause] Four. You hear an athlete talking about some Olympic trials he took part in. How does he feel about his performance? A He realises that he did not concentrate enough. B He accepts that he had no chance against top athletes. C He regrets that he was not in better physical condition. [pause] tone | was selected for the Olympic trials and | should have got through. | thought was stretching myself to the limit, but | just dicin't do well enough. | suppose my mind was on other things. I'd just started a new job and had been putting a lot of effort into finding a place to live. All the same, | was in pretty good shape after months of training. But, you know, I'm stil young and I'm sure there'll be further opportunities. Anyway, it was a great experience to line up alongside all those top athletes, and I wouldn't have wanted to miss out on that. 135