Test 4 answer key with extra explanations

Listening
Part 1
Questions 1–7

1 The correct answer is C: The man says ‘I left something on the train yesterday’ and explains
‘it’s my glasses’. The man also says ‘I took them off … and didn’t notice that I’d left them on
the seat when I got off (the train)’. A is incorrect. The man mentions the headphones, but he
doesn’t say he has lost them: ‘I took them (my glasses) off when I was using my headphones’.
B is incorrect. The woman says ‘Let me guess – you lost your gloves, didn’t you?’ The man
says ‘Yes, I’ve done that before’, but it doesn’t mean that he lost them yesterday.

2 The correct answer is B: The woman says ‘I’ll be able to have some time on the beach
tomorrow’. A is incorrect. The woman mentions a meal, but she is seeing her cousin and his
family ‘the day after tomorrow’. C is incorrect. The woman says ‘I was going to drive up there
tomorrow, but I’ve decided to go this evening (today)’ because she doesn’t want to ‘[waste] the
first day of [her] holiday driving’.

3 The correct answer is C: The man says ‘If you’re a fitness fan, it’s your turn to save money
this week (at the moment) as everything’s reduced in our sports department’. A is incorrect.
The man says ‘get twenty per cent off any coat when you buy a handbag’. This means that only
the price of coats is reduced, not handbags. B is incorrect. The man says ‘If you were lucky
enough to get a bargain (something at a lower price) in last week’s phone sale in our electronics
department’. This means that phones were cheaper last week.

4 The correct answer is A: The woman says ‘Before that (stopping at the café), though, we’ll spend
an hour or so at the castle’. B is incorrect. The woman says ‘the aim is to stop at an outdoor café by
the river for a snack about eleven thirty’, but they will visit the castle first. C is incorrect. The woman
says ‘The walk will end at the museum and we’ll look round an interesting exhibition’.

5 The correct answer is B: The man says ‘30 euros each isn’t too bad, is it?’ A is incorrect. The
man says ‘The ones we wanted – the 20 euro ones – weren’t available’, so he couldn’t buy them.
C is incorrect. The man says ‘At least we didn’t end up having to get the top-priced ones –
I mean, 50 euros!’

6 The correct answer is C: The man says ‘It’s your drums I’m interested in’. A is incorrect. The
man says ‘I’ve played the piano since I was a child, and I think it’s time to learn something new’.
In other words, he wants a different instrument. B is incorrect. The man says ‘they (the guitars)
look great, and I’m sure they sound great’, but he doesn’t say he wants to buy one.

7 The correct answer is A: The woman says ‘You need exercise that makes you move your
shoulder, but in a gentle way. Such as swimming’. B is incorrect. The woman says ‘lifting weights is
something you’ll have to give up (stop doing)’. C is incorrect. The woman says ‘Going running isn’t
as bad as lifting weights, but it might be painful at the moment’, so she doesn’t recommend it either.
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Part 2
Questions 8–13

8 The correct answer is A: The man says ‘The people who work there are very cheerful’. And
the woman agrees: ‘They (the people who work there) certainly made me feel welcome and
room service were really helpful’. B is incorrect. The woman liked the view: ‘I could see the
mountains from my bedroom window – they looked so beautiful’. But the man says ‘all I could
see (from the room) was a brick wall’. C is incorrect. The man says ‘The hotel restaurant could
be better’. The woman agrees, saying ‘It could (be better)’.

9 The correct answer is C: The woman says ‘It’s a shame there weren’t a few more windows in
there – I actually found it quite hard to see some of the paintings’. A is incorrect. The woman says
‘I prefer exhibitions with fewer works of art … I felt like I was hurrying from one painting to the next
in order to see them all’. In other words, there were a lot of paintings. B is incorrect. The man says
‘we certainly got value for money!’ The woman agrees and says ‘That’s true. I’m surprised they
weren’t charging more’.

10 The correct answer is C: The man says ‘I’m into books where you learn a bit about the main
characters, but there’s also plenty going on (action). I wasn’t so keen on reading whole chapters
about their thoughts’. The woman says ‘not much happened in them (these chapters), which is a
bit of a shame’. A is incorrect. The woman says ‘I must admit that the ending came as a complete
surprise’. And the man says ‘It was the only part of the book that I enjoyed reading’. B is incorrect.
The man mentions the characters: ‘I’m into books where you learn a bit about the main characters’,
but he doesn’t say whether they are interesting. The woman doesn’t talk about the characters.

11 The correct answer is A: The woman says ‘it (the haircut) was hardly worth what I had to
pay’. B is incorrect. The woman says ‘It’s usually good in there … not lots of hair left all over the
floor like in some places’. C is incorrect. The woman says ‘the guy who did it (the hairdresser)
just smiled and started cutting’. It doesn’t mean he was unfriendly.

12 The correct answer is B: The woman says ‘I never thought I’d be able to perform in public!’
She also says ‘I don’t worry at all anymore about singing with people who are much better than
me’. A is incorrect. The woman says ‘It helps that the group isn’t very big – that’s actually why
I chose the class’. In other words, she had deliberately chosen a small class. C is incorrect.
The woman says ‘I chose the class, because the teacher can spend so much time with each
person’. In other words, she isn’t surprised by this.

13 The correct answer is C: The woman says ‘they should do something about how cold it is
in the pool. I needed a hot shower afterwards’. The man replies ‘I felt the same’. A is incorrect.
The woman says ‘I swam for an hour and it cost less than a session in the old place!’ This
means the price has already been reduced. The woman also says ‘It depends how much they
(evening classes) cost’, so she doesn’t know if their evening classes are expensive or not.
B is incorrect. The man talks about different classes, but not about the times.

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Part 3
Questions 14–19

14 The correct answer is ‘lake’: The man says ‘Come down to the lake – they’re (the cars)
parked beside it’. ‘Fountain’ is incorrect. That is where the signs are located for people to follow
to see the classic cars: ‘If you’re not sure where that is, go to the fountain and follow the signs’.

15 The correct answer is ‘holiday’: The man says ‘you might be the lucky person (the winner)
who gets the holiday’. ‘Computer’ is incorrect. That was the prize last year: ‘Last year’s winner
loved the computer that she won’.

16 The correct answer is ‘burgers’ or ‘a burger’: The man says ‘There’s a special discount on
burgers today’. ‘Sandwiches’, ‘ice-creams’ and ‘hot food’ are incorrect. You can’t buy them
at a lower price.

17 The correct answer is ‘2.30’, ‘two thirty’ or ‘half past two’: The man says that ‘the cars
set off (the race begins) … at half past two’. ‘One o’clock’ is incorrect. That is the time when
the man is giving the information: ‘It’s one o’clock now’. ‘Half past three’ is incorrect. The man
says ‘The fastest cars will … [finish] at around half past three’.

18 The correct answer is ‘north’: The man says ‘Those travelling by train need the north exit’.
‘South’ is incorrect. It is the exit for the car park and the man says ‘if you need the train station,
please avoid the south exit’.

19 The correct answer is ‘cheppsat’ or ‘Cheppsat’: The man says ‘So please upload them to
our website. The website has the name of the village near to this park: www.cheppsat dot org.
I’ll spell Cheppsat for you. It’s C-H-E-double P-S-A-T’. The word must be spelt correctly.

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Part 4
Questions 20–25

20 The correct answer is C: Jenny says ‘Then we got a new English Literature teacher …
I really wanted to write like her’. A is incorrect. She says ‘I preferred stories to poems’.
B is incorrect. She says ‘I never felt what I did was much good’.

21 The correct answer is B: Jenny says ‘I always notice how people behave’ and adds ‘I’d just
sit back and think about the other people around me’. A is incorrect. She says ‘I’d often go out
with friends and family and they’d all go online using their phones’. This means she wouldn’t
talk to them. C is incorrect. She says ‘they’d (her family and friends) all go online using their
phones’, but she didn’t.

22 The correct answer is C: Jenny says ‘it’s about a girl and her parents’. She also explains
that ‘the story focuses on the different challenges they have to deal with’. A is incorrect. She
mentions ‘the past’ and ‘[learning] more about what happened long ago’, but she doesn’t talk
about a famous historical event. B is incorrect. She doesn’t talk about a journey.

23 The correct answer is A: Jenny says ‘I’m sure people will want to keep turning the pages to
find out how it ends’, so she thinks the story is good. B is incorrect. She says ‘I really hope it’ll
sell well (in the future)’. C is incorrect. She says ‘I showed it to a friend when I thought it was
ready to be published’, so she wasn’t surprised.

24 The correct answer is B: Jenny says ‘I get up early in the morning and start writing for a
couple of hours without changing out of my pyjamas. I’ll even have lunch in them (pyjamas),
and then write for a couple more hours’. A is incorrect. She says ‘I find I write better as the day
goes on’, not in the morning. C is incorrect. She says ‘When things are going well, I can write
for up to sixteen hours’. It means she writes different amounts depending on how she feels.

25 The correct answer is A: Jenny says ‘what I choose when I relax is things that are amusing
(funny)’. B is incorrect. She says ‘I hardly ever choose thrillers (exciting stories)’. C is incorrect.
She says ‘I read a variety of things as research for my writing – books about science, biographies’.
But she doesn’t read them for pleasure.

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