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PART ONE: LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Directions: You will hear a newspaper article on Greenland twice. Before you listen to it,
you have 2 minutes to read the questions. While listening for the first time, you can look at
the questions and the suggested choices, but you are not allowed to take notes. When you hear
the whole text, you have 4 minutes to answer the questions on your answer sheet, choosing
among A, B, C or D. Then you will hear the text again and will have 1 minute to check your
answers.

1. Greenland is
A) large in area, but with low population density and poor road infrastructure.
B) with high population density and good road infrastructure.
C) with low population density and warm continental climate.
D) comparatively small in area and with low population density.

2. The parliament in Greenland

A) decides on issues of national interest.
B) decides on issues of foreign policy.
C) decides on both issues of local interest and foreign policy.
D) is non-existent.

3. Recently Greenland has attracted the interest of the USA and China
A) because of its climate.
B) because of its geopolitical position and natural resources.
C) because it is owned by Denmark.
D) because it produces mobile phones, computers and electric cars.

4. Climate change may be beneficial to Greenland because

A) it will be easier to build cargo ships.
B) more countries will be interested in doing business with it.
C) military ships will be able to dock at Greenland’s ports.
D) it will facilitate the mining of natural resources and sailing in the Arctic ocean.

5. What was the reaction after US President Donald Trump announced that he wanted
to buy the island of Greenland from Denmark?
A) The Danish government said they would consider it.
B) The Danish government firmly refused to consider it.
C) A referendum was held with 64% stating they would support President Trump's offer.
D) The Danish Parliament suggested that the USA should open a consulate in Greenland.

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Directions: You will hear a short report on the activities of Greta Thunberg twice. Before
you listen to it, you have 1 minute to read the questions. While listening for the first time, you
can look at the questions and the suggested choices, but you are not allowed to take notes.
When you hear the whole text, you have 3 minutes to answer the questions on your answer
sheet, choosing among A, B or C. Then you will hear the text again and will have 1 minute to
check your answers.

6. Greta has become a symbol for the fight against climate change.
A) True B) False C) No information in the text

7. In 2018 she decided to protest one day a week against carbon emissions and appealed
for strikes around the world.
A) True B) False C) No information in the text

8. Greta does not travel by plane because she believes it is harmful for the environment.
A) True B) False C) No information in the text

9. Her more recent environmental actions are directed only at the Swedish government.
A) True B) False C) No information in the text

10. Greta’s parents accompanied her to the 2019 UN climate conference in New York.
A) True B) False C) No information in the text

Directions: You will hear a text about the state of Florida twice. Before you listen to it, you
have 1 minute to read the questions. While listening for the first time, you can look at the
questions and the suggested choices, but you are not allowed to take notes. When you hear the
whole text, you have 3 minutes to answer the questions on your answer sheet, choosing
among A, B or C. Then you will hear the text again and will have 1 minute to check your
answers.

11. Florida is an American state, where you can enjoy sunny, warm weather.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.

12. Coconut palm trees grow only in Miami.

A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.

13. In Florida, there isn't much to see or do apart from visit Walt Disney World.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.

14. Everglades is an area, combining land and water, which is the home of many wild
animals.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.

15. People come to Florida to have well-paid jobs.

A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.
II.
PART ONE: LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Directions: You will hear an article about three social experiment videos twice. Before you
listen to it, you have 2 minutes to read the questions. While listening for the first time, you
can look at the questions and the suggested choices, but you are not allowed to take notes.
When you hear the whole text, you have 4 minutes to answer the questions on your answer
sheet, choosing among A, B, C or D. Then you will hear the text again and will have 1
minute to check your answers.
1. Social experiment videos
A) show different types of romantic relationships.
B) do not usually attract much attention.
C) are always funny and entertaining.
D) quickly become popular on the Internet.

2. Which statement is true about the first social experiment video?

A) A note of £5 is pinned on a board in the street.
B) Many people take photos of the money.
C) Two women add two £5 notes to the board.
D) A homeless man steals the money.

3. At the end of the first social experiment,

A) there is no money left on the board.
B) there are £25 pinned to the board.
C) the money attached to the board is doubled.
D) only one £5 note remains on the board.

4. In the social experiment in the shopping centre,

A) two little twin sisters take turns to pretend to look lost.
B) hardly anyone pays any attention to the little girls.
C) only one elderly gentleman offers help to the girls.
D) nobody stops to talk to the little girls.

5. What conclusion can be drawn from the Swedish YouTube channel experiment?
A) If you look poor, you can get a free bus ride.
B) If you are good-looking, you won’t get any help.
C) If you look attractive, you are treated better.
D) No matter what you wear, you are treated in the same way.

Directions: You will hear a text about Father’s day twice. Before you listen to it, you have
1 minute to read the questions. While listening for the first time, you can look at the questions
and the suggested choices, but you are not allowed to take notes. When you hear the whole
text, you have 3 minutes to answer the questions on your answer sheet, choosing among A, B,
or C. Then you will hear the text again and will have 1 minute to check your answers.

6. In Medieval Europe, Father’s Day was celebrated on the third Sunday of June.
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 A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.
7. Nowadays, in Latin America people celebrate Father’s Day on 19 March.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.
8. The Catholic people in the USA first started celebrating Father’s Day at the
th
beginning of the 20 century.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.
9. The civic celebration of Father’s Day in the USA was started by a woman who
was raised by a single father.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.
10. After its first civic celebration in 1910, Father’s Day quickly became popular all
over the United States.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.

Directions: You will hear a text about silent discos twice. Before you listen to it, you have
1 minute to read the questions. While listening for the first time, you can look at the
questions and the suggested choices, but you are not allowed to take notes. When you
hear the whole text, you have 3 minutes to answer the questions on your answer sheet,
choosing among A, B or C. Then you will hear the text again and will have 1 minute to
check your answers.

11. The Glastonbury festival is the largest contemporary art festival in England.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.
12. At the festival dance tent people were dancing barefoot.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.
13. Visitors to silent discos have to bring their own wireless headphones.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.
14. The volume of the headphones can be determined by the clubbers.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.
15. According to the text, a silent disco has more benefits than a typical night at the
dance club.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.

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III.
PART ONE: LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Directions: You will hear a short radio report about the computer mouse twice. Before you
listen to it, you have 1 minute to read the questions. While listening for the first time, you can
look at the questions and the suggested choices, but you are not allowed to take notes. When
you hear the whole text, you have 3 minutes to answer the questions on your answer sheet,
choosing A, B or C. Then you will hear the text again and will have 1 minute to check your
answers.

1. In 2018 the computer mouse is turning 50.

A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.
2. Very few people attended the first public demonstration of the “position indicator” at
the conference in California.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.
3. In the beginning, the revolutionary new device had a wooden body.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.
4. Nobody in Engelbart’s team remembers which of them first came up with the
nickname “mouse” for the device.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.
5. The correct plural of the word ‘mouse’ for the device is mouses only.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.
6. The computer mouse made its inventor rich.
A) True. B) False. C) No information in the text.

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Directions: You will hear an advertisement about a painting holiday in Spain twice. Before
you listen to it, you have 2 minutes to read the questions. While listening for the first time, you
can look at the questions and the suggested choices, but you are not allowed to take notes.
When you hear the whole text, you have 4 minutes to answer the questions on your answer
sheet, choosing A, B, C or D. Then you will hear the text again and will have 1 minute to check
your answers.

7. The painting holiday in Andalucia, Spain, is open to

A) only students from art schools.
B) only beginners in the art of painting.
C) only advanced painters with experience.
D) beginners as well as to experienced painters.
8. The holiday-makers will be
A) taken on tours all around Spain.
B) taught painting by famous Spanish artists.
C) put up at a local hotel.
D) treated to foods from different countries.
9. The holiday-makers are asked to bring their own
A) drawing boards.
B) paints and brushes.
C) folding chairs.
D) sun umbrellas.
10. On the day of arrival, the travel agency provides
A) free transportation from the airport.
B) two shuttle bus rides in the morning.
C) shuttle bus service every two hours.
D) free lunch on arrival at the hotel.
11. If you opt for a taxi from Torrox to Malaga Airport, you will have to
A) pay extra to the travel agent.
B) leave money with the hotel receptionist.
C) give 16 euro to the driver.
D) pay 60 euro for the ride.

Directions: You will hear a tale about a boy, an old man, and a donkey twice. Before you
listen to it, you have 2 minutes to read the questions. While listening for the first time, you can
look at the questions and the suggested choices, but you are not allowed to take notes. When
you hear the whole text, you have 4 minutes to answer the questions on your answer sheet,
choosing A, B, C or D. Then you will hear the text again and will have 1 minute to check your
answers.
12. Why did the boy get off the donkey?
A) He believed the old man was too weak to walk.
B) He thought he was too heavy a load for the animal.
C) He overheard some people criticising him for leaving the old man to walk.
D) The old man insisted that they should change places.

13. How did the old man and the boy react to the comments of the second
group of people?
A) They got very angry at being so unfairly criticised.
B) They decided that the boy should get back on the donkey.
C) They didn’t pay attention to the onlookers’ remarks.
D) They agreed that both of them should walk.

14. Why did the old man and the boy finally decide to carry the donkey?
A) Because they felt bad about being cruel to the animal.
B) Because the villagers made fun of their stupidity.
C) Because the animal was too tired to walk further.
D) Because the villagers advised them to do so.

15. Which of the following statements best captures the moral of the story?
A) Nobody should be criticised for their beliefs.
B) Don’t let other people’s opinions kill your own inner voice.
C) Be willing to take into account the opinions of others.
D) Always be alert to the challenges when crossing a bridge.