CAMBRIDGE GLOBAL ENGLISH 7: PROGRESS TEST 3 AUDIOSCRIPTS

Progress test 3 audioscripts

Cambridge Global English Stage 7 2nd edition, published by Cambridge University Press 2021.
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Part 1
1 F: How was your holiday?
M: Really good, thanks. I usually go away with my mum and dad but they had to work
this year, so we went with my grandparents instead.
F: And did your sister go with you too?
M: Yes. She’s 16, so I’m four years younger than her, but we always have lots of fun together.

2 M: Did you have a nice birthday?

F: It was brilliant! My mum and dad asked if I wanted to go out for a meal or to have a
party with food and music in the afternoon. I chose the party, of course.
M: Did everyone go home after that?
F: No, because when it got dark, mum and dad set off lots of fireworks in the garden.

3 F: Wow, are those new clothes?

M: They are, actually. I got this polo shirt for my birthday from my brother. It’s a bit cold to
just wear that on top today, so he lent me his hoodie.
F: That’s nice of him. And what about the jeans?
M: They’re designer ones! My mum and dad got me them, but my brother helped them choose
the best ones.

4 M: Did you do anything nice this weekend?

F: I went to Danebury with my parents. It’s a nice city, actually.
M: I’ve never been. What’s it like?
F: It’s a really historic place. There are lots of shops but they’re in nice old buildings, not
those huge modern ones you get in many cities. I was expecting it to be crowded, but it
was actually really quiet.

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5 F: Did you do lots of activities at your summer camp?

M: Loads! Most people got bored with the fishing pretty quickly, but I quite enjoyed it.
Not as much as the sailing, though.
F: I’d like to go next year.
M: Well, if you do, make sure you try mountain biking. Of all the activities I did, that’s the
one I’d really like to do lots more of.

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Part 2
6 Narrator: Six … You hear a boy talking about a football match he went to.
What surprised him about it?
A the score at the end
B the size of the crowd
C the determination of the players
F: That was a great game yesterday.
M: I know, and I was lucky enough to see it at the stadium. The other team were quite
good, and were actually winning at half time. I couldn’t believe how much our players
wanted to score in the second half though, so we beat them in the end, as I thought
we would.
F: Were there many people there?
M: The stadium was absolutely full, but it’s like that for most games, actually.

7 Narrator: Seven … You hear two classmates talking about becoming a vet in the future.
Why doesn’t the girl want to become a vet?
A She’d have to work too many hours.
B It involves too much studying.
C The work would be too difficult.
M: I like it when people with interesting jobs come to give talks about them at our school.
F: Me too, but I definitely don’t want to be a vet.
M: Really? But the work sounded so interesting.
F: I wouldn’t argue with that, but you have to go to university for years before you get to
do any.
M: The working hours can be quite long too.
F: That, and how hard the work is, doesn’t worry me, but spending an extra five years
learning about animals does!

8 Narrator: Eight … You hear two friends talking about using social media.
What do they agree about?
A They spend too much time on it.
B It’s a great way to contact friends.
C They don’t accept many friend requests.
F: Do you ever worry about how long you spend on social media?
M: Sometimes. I’ve read about how it can be bad for you.

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F: But my parents spend longer each day watching TV than I do on social media, so I
guess it’s OK. I’m careful who I allow to become friends, though – I only say yes to
a few.
M: I end up saying no to almost everyone. It’s good for keeping in touch with the friends
I do have though.
F: I prefer communicating face-to-face than on social media, actually.

9 Narrator: Nine … You hear two friends talking about apps for their phones.
What has the boy just downloaded?
A a sport app
B a weather app
C a music app
F: I’ve just downloaded a great app that I can play over a million different songs with.
M: I’ve had a similar one for a while, actually. You know I’m into windsurfing now?
F: Yeah.
M: Well, there’s even an app for that. It shows how fast you go and records all the
information on a map too.
F: So is it any good?
M: I haven’t used it yet as I only got it yesterday. I’m going windsurfing this weekend,
if there’s enough wind of course, so I’ll try it then.

10 Narrator: Ten … You hear two friends talking about a concert they went to.
How does the girl feel about the concert?
A enthusiastic about seeing the band again
B surprised by the band’s choice of songs
C disappointed by how long the band played for
M: I really enjoyed that.
F: Hmmm, it was OK. They’ve got a new album out though, so I really don’t understand
why they only played their old stuff.
M: Yeah, that was a bit confusing.
F: Especially as they played for over two hours. That gave them plenty of time for the
more recent songs.
M: It was good to see them, though. They don’t play concerts very often.
F: True, but I don’t think I’ll be rushing to get tickets if they decide to play in our town
again.

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Part 3
Narrator: You will hear a student called Melanie giving a talk to a class about working on the
school’s student news website.
For questions 11 to 15, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.
F: Hello everyone. I’ve come to speak to your class today about working on the school’s
student news website.
I’m sure many of you use the website, and have seen the interesting things on there, but did
you know that it’s created entirely by students? Each member of the team that produces the
website has a different role. Working as a journalist wasn’t what interested me, but being a
photographer suits me fine as I’ve always loved taking pictures.
We have a regular meeting to decide what to put on the website and to make sure work
planned the previous week has been done. This takes place every Tuesday once classes
have finished. It used to be on a Wednesday but some team members could no longer make
it then.
As I said, everything’s done by students, not by teachers. Everyone on the team checks the
spelling and the quality of the photos before we upload them onto the site. The only time we
ever need to contact a member of staff is if the room we normally use is locked or the lights
in there don’t work. One team member’s great with technology and can solve any problem
we have with that.
Students seem to enjoy using the website. We have a news page about school events, which
is pretty popular. Our achievements page, which shows things like competitions that
students have done well in, attracts the most visitors though. Quite a few students say they
enjoy our puzzle page too.
If you’re interested in joining the team, we’re always looking for new volunteers. You can
email the person who’s in charge of the team. Her email address is Hildersby at school news
dot net. I’ll spell that for you … it’s H-I-L-D-E-R-S-B-Y at school news dot net.
Does anyone have any questions?

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Part 4
Narrator: You will hear an interview with a young man called Harry Miller, who is a singer.
For questions 16 to 20, circle the best answer, A, B or C.
F: With us in the studio today, we have the singer Harry Miller. How did you first start
singing, Harry?
M: Well, I’ve heard of other singers getting into it after watching talents shows on TV or the
internet. I was singing long before they became popular, though, thanks to my dad, who
regularly sang in the shower. I just copied him to begin with, but I soon realised it was
something I enjoyed. When my family went to a concert together, that’s when I knew it
was something I wanted to do more seriously, perhaps as a career.
F: So where did you do your first show?
M: I’d like to say that it was in a fashionable café where lots of local musicians played, or
somewhere like that. But it was actually in front of my classmates and our parents at the
end of term show. Doing that gave me lots of courage, though, and soon after, I started
performing outside our local shopping centre with a few friends.
F: You’re now starting to become fairly well-known and have chosen singing as a career.
How often do you practise?
M: For a long time, I was doing it every day, but was advised to rest my voice for a day in
between, so now I have one day doing it and then a day off. I wouldn’t want to do it less
often though – once a week just wouldn’t be enough.
F: Tell us about the musicians you’re working with right now …
M: They’re a great group of people. It’s like we’ve been friends for years when we’ve only
actually been working together for about nine months. I can’t say they’d win any musician
of the year competitions, but then neither would I, and we’re all learning and improving
together.
F: And if you weren’t a singer, what would you do?
M: Great question. As I’ve wanted to be a singer for so long, I haven’t thought about it much,
to be honest. Lots of my friends did degrees after leaving school, so I guess I’d probably
do something like that. Several of them are working in schools already and one of them
has even qualified as an accountant. Maths and numbers have never been my thing, though,
and I prefer standing in front of an audience to a class.
F: Thanks, Harry.

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Part 5
Narrator: You will hear five teenagers talking about writing a blog.
For questions 21 to 25, choose from the list A to H what each speaker says about writing
a blog. Write the correct letter in the box next to each speaker. There are three extra letters
that you do not need to use.
Speaker 1.
M: I’ve written a weekly blog about sport for a couple of years now. When I started, it took a
few weeks before I was happy with what I was writing. Before that, it was terrible! I’d like
to have a few more readers, but the number is slowly growing. A friend of mine writes a
blog with someone else, but I think that would be really difficult. People sometimes write
bad things about what I’ve written but I don’t let that worry me.
Narrator: Speaker 2.
F: I love fashion, so I decided to write a blog about it. I uploaded my first post just two weeks
ago and have had some very nice comments about it already. My friends certainly all
enjoyed reading it. I really hope I’ll get thousands of people reading it in the end, but I’ve
only got a few at the moment. My aim is to upload posts at least once a week, but I’ll see
how it goes.
Narrator: Speaker 3.
M: I thought about doing a blog that included posts about the three things I’m most interested
in: the environment, travel and sport. But then I thought readers might find the changing
between different subjects a bit confusing. That’s why I write about just the environment
now. My best friend always checks what I’ve written before I upload it and makes changes
if he thinks it’s necessary. Lots of people read what I post, but I don’t upload things as
regularly as I used to.
Narrator: Speaker 4.
F: I thought I’d probably write the blog for a few weeks and then just lose interest and give up.
I’ve uploaded posts for nearly two years now, though, and I don’t feel like I’m losing
interest in doing it. What helps is that I don’t limit myself to writing about one thing. I
comment on anything that I fancy, from clothes to transport, and daily life to nature. I’ve
heard of bloggers getting horrible things written about their posts, but that’s never
happened to me.
Narrator: Speaker 5.
M: I started my blog on transport when I was bored one weekend about 18 months ago.
I’ve been into trains and planes for years and thought I’d share some of my enthusiasm
for them with other people online. I didn’t think anyone would be interested, to be honest,
so was amazed when I suddenly had several thousand people reading the blog each week.
I’ve had nothing but positive comments so far, right from the first few posts I wrote.

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