LISTENING PRACTICE (21/8/2021)

Exercise 1
Questions 11-14
Complete the notes below.
Write TWO WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Royal Victoria Nursing College Factsheet

- Opened in 11 ……………
- 7-storey building
- 85 individual rooms, including 4 12 ………… and 8 wards.
- Cost at time of construction: 13…………… pounds.
- Most popular period: 1920s. Students from all over the world, especially Canada, New Zealand, India and 14
……………
- Decision to close college made in late 1990s; new college located in Derby.
Questions 15-17
What is the main area of responsibility of each of the following people? Choose THREE answers from the box
and write the correct letter, A-G, next to questions 15-17.
Area of responsibility
A Marketing
B Media
C Sales
D Museum maintenance
E Exhibitions
F Human Resources
G Arts
People
15. Susan
16. Vanessa
17. Gordon
Questions 18-20
Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NURSING FREE MONTHLY LECTURES
Subject Data/Time Speaker
The history of nursing September 15th, 7pm Dr. Mark Fisher
18…………… at the college
Nursing in 19 …………… October 10th, 7pm Mrs. Margaret Hall
The 20 …………… of nursing November 12th, 7pm Mrs. Nigella Smith

Exercise 2
Listen to a radio presenter named Finbarr Baird discussing reports in the news about first-born children being
the smartest siblings and complete the sentences. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS taken from the
recording in each blank.
• Baird is not happy with deceptive (1)_______________ appearing in the news this week.
• According to research, the reason for first-borns' superior performance lies in more parental care taken of them,
rather than their (2) _______________.
• Baird suggests it is natural for parents to feel (3)_______________on the birth of their second child and subsequent
children.
• The research confirmed that first-borns get (4) _______________in the early days of childhood and this gives them
an advantage, which is evident from as early as one year of age.
• Such advantage is repeatedly manifested in (5) _______________.
• The research accounts for what scientists term (6)_______________, which sees children born later into a family
being more likely to earn and achieve less.
• As a matter of fact, it is only (7)_______________that is missing for younger siblings at times; the
(8)_______________ they enjoy is more or less the same as that for first-borns.
• The conclusions drawn from the research make sense to Baird as (9) _______________from parents for each of their
kids is disproportionate to the number of children they have.
• Much as Baird finds the research interesting and useful in confirming our intuitions, he is annoyed by the
(10)_______________, which is why he wants to explain the findings clearly.
Exercise 3
You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about an art exhibition they went to. While you
listen, you must complete both tasks.
TASK ONE. For questions 1-5, choose from the list (A-H) the reason each speaker attended the exhibition.
A a friendship with the artist
B a familial connection
C a recommendation from a friend
D a chance encounter
E the lack of an alternative
F the provision of disabled access
G a company trip
H a positive review
Speaker 1 1 __________
Speaker 2 2 __________
Speaker 3 3 __________
Speaker 4 4 __________
Speaker 5 5 __________
TASK TWO. For questions 6-10, choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker found most remarkable about
the experience.
A the intricacy of the pieces
B the scale of the attractions
C the use of the space
D the variety of pieces
E the allure of the artwork
F the ability to interact with the exhibits
G the imagination of the artist
H the service of the attendants
Speaker 1 6 __________
Speaker 2 7 __________
Speaker 3 8 __________
Speaker 4 9 __________
Speaker 5 10 __________
Exercise 4. Listen to a talk about how curry from India conquered Britain and supply the blanks with the missing
information. Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS taken from the recording for each answer in the space
provided.
Curry is the anglicized version of the Tamil word Kari, meaning a spiced sauce and was commonly used to describe
any 1.______________________ originating from the Indian subcontinent.
Although the first 2.______________________ of curry was in 1598, it was not until mid-18 th century that the first
known curry recipe was published in Britain.
The first Indian restaurant in Britain, albeit 3.______________________, served a wide range of dishes.
Chicken curry, which used an elderly fowl, then entered the 4.______________________.
At the early stage, the British curry stuck to Indian spices, blending meaty stews with a variety of ingredients but,
nonetheless, without 5.______________________.
In the 19th century, however, the British curry started to distance from the original recipe, with mango being replaced
by 6.______________________ and ready-made spice mixed with 7.______________________.
Curry only boomed after the second World War when the 8.______________________ resulted in mass migration to
Britain.
In the 1970s, the dish was both 9.______________________, and catered to the tastes of British people.
In 2001, British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook 10.______________________ that chicken tikka masala, an Indian
dish, was a true British national dish.