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LESSON 17

LISTENING
Part 1: You will hear people talking in eight different situations.
For questions 1-8, choose the best answer (A, B or C).
1. You hear a girl talking about a new film. Why does she want to see it?
A. to have a better understanding of the novel it is based on
B. because her friends have recommended it
C. because she likes action films
2. You hear a man talking about a car journey he made recently.
Where was the biggest traffic jam?
A. coming out of London B. near the airport C. getting off the motorway
3. You hear a woman talking about a present. What was she given?
A. a piece of clothing B. some jewellery C. a drawing
4. You hear a boy talking about his favourite footballer. Which team does he play for?
A. Arsenal B. Liverpool C. Birmingham
5. You hear a man booking theatre tickets by phone. How much will they cost altogether?
A. £ 73 B. £ 75 C. £ 78
6. You hear a woman talking about moving to Scotland. How did she feel when she met her
neighbours?
A. pleased they were so friendly
B. annoyed because she couldn't understand their accent
C. surprised that they treated her like a foreigner
7. You hear a radio advertisement for a museum.
What period does the special exhibition deal with?
A. the 1940s B. the 1920s C. the 1950s
8. You hear two friends talking about a television programme they have both seen.
What sort of programme was it?
A. a quiz show B. a documentary C. a soap opera
Part 2: You will hear a talk by a man called Graham Jones, who designs model railways in Britain.
For questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.
MODEL RAILWAYS
In the 1980s and 1990s, models were considered to be (9)
___unfashionable______________________
Britain is the (10) __largest_______________________railway model market in Europe.
For parents, model railways are a (11) _____healthier__________alternative to computers and
videogames.
Most people who buy model railway equipment nowadays are (12)
___adults____________________.
Purchasers of model trains include lawyers, business executives and (13)
___Bankers_______________.
Children will always be interested in toy models of (14) ___real-life____________objects.
Model railways will continue to appeal mainly to (15) _____boys____________________.
Companies that make model railways are now investing in countries in (16)
___Asia______________.
Manufacturers will be promoting their products at international (17) ___toy
fairs_____________________.
Model trains are available that are (18) ______controlled____by computers.

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Part 3: You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about their memories of their
first day at school.
For questions 19-23, choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker remembers about the
experience.
Use the letters only once. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use.
A. I was late for the first class.
B. The building seemed very big. Speaker 1 F 19
C. A relative of mine was already there. Speaker 2 C 20
D. I felt very lonely. Speaker 3 A 21
E. I was glad there wasn't a uniform. Speaker 4 H 22
F. I wasn't wearing the right clothes. Speaker 5 D 23
G. I had to walk to school alone.
H. I had a positive feeling from the very start.

Part 4: You will hear part of a radio interview with a law student called Mark Stone, talking about
his life at university. For questions 24-30, choose the best answer (A, B or C).
24. Why did Mark decide to study at Gramwell University?
A. It offers a very good course in his subject.
B. His parents advised him to go there.
C. It is near where he grew up.
25. When Mark arrived at Gramwell, he was surprised by
A. the weather. B. the architecture. C. the atmosphere.
26. What does Mark say about his studies?
A. It is difficult to manage his time well.
B. It is less demanding now than it used to be.
C. It is worth studying hard.
27. Why did Mark get a part-time job?
A. He wanted experience working as a librarian.
B. He had to cover the cost of his accommodation,
C. He was getting bored in his spare time.
28. What does Mark say about his lecturers?
A. They like to communicate with students.
B. They are hard to get to know.
C. They only occasionally want to see students.
29. What does Mark say about his friends at Gramwell?
A Most people he knows study law.
B They study a variety of different subjects.
C. The subjects they study are more interesting than law.
30. How does Mark feel about his social life?
A. He wishes he could go to more parties.
B. He worries about wasting time.
C. He believes he studies better after doing sport.

READING
You are going to read an extract from a novel. For questions 1-8, choose the answer (A, B, C or
D) which you think fits best according to the text.
Many trees in the Brackham area were brought down in the terrible storms that March. The town
itself lost two great lime trees from the former market square. The disappearance of such
prominent features had altered the appearance of the town centre entirely, to the annoyance of its
more conservative inhabitants.

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 Among the annoyed, under more normal circumstances, would have been Chief Inspector
Douglas Pelham, head of the local police force. But at the height of that week’s storm, when the
wind brought down even the mature walnut tree in his garden, Pelham had in fact been in no fit
state to notice. A large and healthy man, he had for the first time in his life been seriously ill with
an attack of bronchitis.
When he first complained of an aching head and tightness in his chest, his wife, Molly, had tried
to persuade him to go to the doctor. Convinced that the police force could not do without him, he
had, as usual, ignored her and attempted to carry on working. Predictably, though he wouldn’t
have listened to anyone who tried to tell him so, this had the effect of fogging his memory and
shortening his temper.
It was only when his colleague, Sergeant Lloyd, took the initiative and drove him to the doctor’s
door that he finally gave in. By that time, he didn’t have the strength left to argue with her. In no
time at all, she was taking him along to the chemist’s to get his prescribed antibiotics and then
home to his unsurprised wife who sent him straight to bed.
When Molly told him, on the Thursday morning, that the walnut tree had been brought down
during the night, Pelham hadn’t been able to take it in. On Thursday evening, he had asked weakly
about damage to the house, groaned thankfully when he heard there was none, and pulled the
sheets over his head.
It wasn’t until Saturday, when the antibiotics took effect, his temperature dropped and he got up,
that he realised with a shock that the loss of the walnut tree had made a permanent difference to
the appearance of the living-room. The Pelhams’ large house stood in a sizeable garden. It had
not come cheap, but even so Pelham had no regrets about buying it. The leafy garden had created
an impression of privacy. Now, though, the storm had changed his outlook.
Previously, the view from the living-room had featured the handsome walnut tree. This had not
darkened the room because there was also a window on the opposite wall, but it had provided
interesting patterns of light and shade that disguised the true state of the worn furniture that the
family had brought with them from their previous house.
With the tree gone, the room seemed cruelly bright, its worn furnishings exposed in all their
shabbiness. And the view from the window didn’t bear looking at. The tall house next door,
previously hidden by the tree, was now there, dominating the outlook with its unattractive purple
bricks and external pipes. It seemed to have a great many upstairs windows, all of them watching
the Pelhams’ every movement.
‘Doesn’t it look terrible?’ Pelham croaked to his wife.
But Molly, standing in the doorway, sounded more pleased than dismayed. ‘That’s what I’ve
been telling you ever since we came here. We have to buy a new sofa, whatever it costs.’
1. Why were some people in Brackham annoyed after the storm?
A. The town looked different. B. The police had done little to help.
C. No market could be held. D. Fallen trees had not been removed.
2. In the third paragraph, what do we learn about Chief Inspector Pelham’s general attitude to his
work?
A. He finds it extremely annoying.
B. He is sure that he fulfils a vital role.
C. He considers the systems are not clear enough.
D. He does not trust the decisions made by his superiors.
3. Who does ‘her’ refer to?
A. Molly Pelham B. the doctor C. the chemist D. Sergeant Lloyd
4. When Inspector Pelham’s wife first told him about the walnut tree, he appeared to be
A. worried. B. shocked. C. saddened. D. uninterested.
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5. What aspect of the Pelhams’ furniture does ‘shabbiness’ describe?
A. its colour B. its condition C. its position D. its design
6. As a result of the storm, the Pelhams’ living-room
A. was pleasantly lighter. B. felt less private.
C. had a better view. D. was in need of repair.
7. Why did Molly sound pleased by her husband’s comment?
A. It proved that he was well again. B. She agreed about the tree.
C. She thought he meant the sofa. D. It was what she expected him to say.
8. From what we learn of Inspector Pelham, he could best be described as
A. open-minded. B. well-liked. C. warm-hearted. D. strong-willed.

GRAMMAR

A. All these verbs have nouns ending in ‘-ment’ or ‘-tion’. For each one, decide which is correct
and write the answer in the space provided. You may also have to make other changes to the
word. Be careful with your spelling.
1. achieve ___ achievement ______ 20. entertain ___entertainment_ B.
2. act _____ action ___________ 21. excite ___ excitement __
3. add _____ addition ___________ 22. explain ___ explanation __
4. agree ____ agreement ________ 23. improve ___ improvement_
5. amuse ___ amusement _________ 24. inform ____ information __
6. announce ____ announcement _______ 25. intend ___ intention ___
7. appreciate ___ appreciation _______ 26. invent _ invention _____
8. argue ____ argument _______ 27. investigate ____investigation__
9. arrange ____ arrangement _______ 28. involve __ involvement ___
10. associate ____ association ______ 29. judge ___ judgment ___
11. compete _____ competition ______ 30. measure __ measurement __
12. construct ___ construction_________ 31. oblige __ obligation ___
13. converse _____ conversion_________ 32. observe __ observation ___
14.decorate ____ decoration ___________ 33. organise ____ organisation
15. develop ___ development _______ 34. pay _____payment____
16. embarrass ___embarrassment _____ 35. prepare ___ preparation ___
17. employ _____employment__________ 36. produce ___ production ___
.................... ___encouragement _______ 37. qualify __ qualification___
18. encourage ____ enjoyment ____ 38. vary ____ variation __
....................
19. enjoy
Each of these words can form nouns which end in ‘-ance’ or ‘-ence’.
Write the correct nouns in the spaces provided.
1. appear _ appearance ___ 9. important _ importance ____
2. attend ___ attendance ________ 10. independent
____independence____
3. correspond _correspondence__ 11. insist __ insistence _________
4. differ ___ difference ________ 12. occur __ occurrence ______
5. distant __ distance _________ 13. patient __ patience _________
6. disturb _ disturbance __ 14. perform ___ performance
______
7. evident ____ evidence_______ 15. refer ____ reference _______
8. exist _____ existence ______ 16. resident __residence _______
C. Each of the following words can form one of the nouns given.
Decide which noun is correct and circle it.
1. accurate accuracy / accurence 10. major majorness / majority
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 2. active activety / activity 11. mix mixment / mixture
3. anxious anxiety / anxity 12. popular popularation / popularity
4. deliver delivery / deliverness 13. possible possability / possibility
5. fit fitness / fitiency 14. repeat repetition / repeation
6. free freement / freedom 15. secure securement / security
7. inhabit inhabitant / inhabitor 16. tend tendency / tendancy
8. know knowlege / knowledge 17. vary variaty / variety
9. machine machinity / machinery 18. willing willingment / willingness
D. All the words missing are nouns. Write suitable nouns in the gaps formed from the words in
bold.
GOING GREEN
There is an __ argument________________ (argue) that _____ recycling_____________
(recycle) may have some unforeseen negative effects. Of course, it would be a major _______
achievement___________ (achieve) if we were able to increase _
awareness_________________ (aware) of the threat to the environment caused by ________
pollution__________ (pollute) and the ___ burning_______________ (burn) of fossil fuels.
However, if the public’s only __ involvement________________ (involve) in ecological issues is
taking their newspapers and bottles to a recycling point, we may only be creating the _____
appearance_____________ (appear) of ____ improvement______________ (improve). If they
have to drive any ______ distance____________ (distant) to the recycling point, for example, it
might mean the _____ consumption_____________ (consume) of more energy than is saved.
Also, if people feel that they are making their ____ contribution______________ (contribute) to
the environment, they might not put so much pressure on large ___
organisations_______________ (organise) to encourage the _ development_________________
(develop) of safer, less damaging forms of __ production________________ (produce).
E. Write an appropriate verb in each gap formed from the word in bold.
Be careful with your spelling.
1. Schools should _________ emphasize____________________ (EMPHASIS) the importance of
looking after the environment.
2. The government should ____ tighten_________________________ (TIGHT) up the rules on
river pollution.
3. My uncle is a scientist and he ______ specializes_______________________ (SPECIAL) in
the study of birds and their reactions to pollution.
4. I hope I’ll one day be able to ____ realise_________________________ (REAL) my dream of
becoming a conservationist.
5. We should ____ widen_________________________ (WIDE) our idea of our environment and
look at the kind of cities we are building.
F. For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to
form a word that fits in the space in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
THE CAR

The car has been (0) __incredibly__ successful. In one century it has come 0. INCREDIBLE
to dominate most of the world and the (1) ___ inhabitants _______________ 1. INHABIT
of any developed country rely on it in all kinds of ways. Its (2) _______ 2. POPULAR
popularity ______________, though, has had worrying effects on our 3. CONSTRUCT
environment. The (3) ____ construction _________________ of roads has 4. HARM
meant the destruction of areas of natural beauty. The (4) ____________ 5. COUNT
harmful _________ fumes produced by car engines affect us and the (5) 6. SPECIAL
_______ countless ______________ species we share the planet with. 7. EXTREME
Scientists and other environmental (6) ______ specialists _______________ 8. COMFORT
are keen to draw attention to the dangers of our modern lifestyles. However, 9. SECOND
people seem (7) ________ extremely _____________ reluctant to give up 10. GROW
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their cars. Life behind the wheel is too (8) ___ comfortable _____________
and any worries about nature and its problems are (9) _________ secondary
____________. Unless we can get over our attachment to the car, we will
face a (10) ______growing_______________ problem of environmental
damage.

TOTAL LISTENING 30; READING 8; GRAMMAR 102

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