Listening

SET 1
Part 1
Questions 1 to 7
You will hear people talking in seven different situations. For questions 1 to 7, choose the correct
answer (A, B or C).
You will hear each recording twice. Answer all the questions.
1. Which screen is showing a love story?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
2. The two ingredients they need to buy are

A. salt and sugar
B. flour and sugar
C. apples and cinnamon
3. In today’s lesson, they learned how to ask someone’s name and some
A. new words
B. vocabulary
C. numbers
4. The interviewer asked Charlie if he would buy a book from the

A. bookstores
B. Legal wholesale
C. Regal Bookstore website
5. Recording in the studio begins at

A. 1.00 p.m.
B. 11.00 a.m.
C. 3.00 p.m.
6. Graham slept
A. after the plane passed Chicago
B. for three hours
C. after having breakfast
7. Where are they going to have lunch on Saturday?

th
A. In 7 Avenue
B. In Central Park
C. In the museum
[7 marks]
Part 2
Questions 8 to 15
You will hear to the business interview. For questions 8 to 15, circle the correct answer (A, B or C).
8. Anna …
A. didn’t start the company but manages it now.
B. started the company and manages it now.
C. started the company but doesn’t manage it any more.
9. The app …
A. is for parents to learn from.
B. is for students to learn from.
C. is for students who want to find a tutor.
10. Many parents …

A. don’t have the time or knowledge to help with their children’s homework.
B. think that schools should help with their children’s homework.
C. don’t want to help with their children’s homework.
11. The app …
A. has student exercises on it.
B. is only for people in remote areas.
C. offers live online support from tutors.
12. On the app, tutors who live in remote areas …

A. often charge lower rates.
B. often charge higher rates.
C. don’t like to work too much.
13. The app …

A. is new and not many people know about it.
B. is already popular.
C. is not very successful.
14. What kind of future plans do Anna has for the app?
A. expand range of services
B. look for more funding
C. develop a different new app
15. The app is available for …

A. Android devices only
B. Apple and Android devices
C. Apple devices only
[8 marks]
Part 3
Questions 16 to 20
You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about a radio station. For questions 16
to 20, chose from the list (A to G) what each speaker says. Use the letters only once. There are two
extra letters which you do not need to use.
You will hear the recording twice. Answer all the questions.
A. I appreciate the lack of commercials.

Speaker 1 16
B. There are suitable programmes for children.
Speaker 2 17
C. One of the presenters is very funny.
D. There should be more coverage of sport. Speaker 3 18
E. It broadcasts high-quality news programmes. Speaker 4 19
F. I approve of what it does for the local area. Speaker 5 20
G. It should give more attention to international issues.
[5 marks]
Part 4
Questions 21 to 30
You will hear a woman called Grace Connolly talking about her travel experiences in New Zealand.
For questions 21 to 30, fill in the missing information in each numbered space.
Use NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each space.
You will hear the lecture twice. Answer all the questions.
New Zealand Journey
Grace travelled around South Island on something called the green __________(21). The
driver was so __________(22) and really helped to make it a memorable journey.
The first part of Grace’s journey took her along the ____________(23) coast of the island.
When Grace took a day trip to a place called Kaikoura, she particularly wanted to see the
__________(24). Grace has kept in touch with a friend from __________(25) since she returned
home.
Grace took her own _____________(26) to New Zealand, so didn’t need to hire one. The
best
part for Grace was jet-boating on the Buller River with a company called _______________(27).
Grace fell and hurt her shoulder while ______________(28) on a beach which was nothing
serious. However, Grace had to visit a hospital because she injured her ______________(29).
At a market, Grace bought a wooden ____________(30) to take home. There were also
paintings and jewellery too.
[10 marks]
LISTENING SCRIPTS
SET 1
PART 1
QUESTION 1
Welcome to Film world Cinemas. For film information and times press 1. To make a booking press
2.
To speak to an operator press 3.
These are the films for today, Tuesday 7th. Please note that ticket prices are €5.00 for adults
and €3.50 for children under 14.
On Screen 1, Don't Open The Door! A group of college students decide to rent a house in the
mountains for a relaxing weekend break, but they aren't the only guests on the mountain . . . one by
one they start to disappear. Who or what is outside the house? Showing at 4.30, 7.00 and 9.00.
Screen 2. Ships In The Night. Maggie splits up with her boyfriend and decides to take a holiday on
a cruise ship to help her forget him. Tony is a waiter on the ship and he is very unhappy when his
girlfriend leaves him to marry the captain! Together they find a way to forget their problems.
Showing at 5.00, 7.45 and 10.15.
Screen 3 Streetmatch - The Return. The second film of French director Jean-Luc Ducroix. Two
American teenagers buy an old car and with a lot of hard work and after a lot of problems they
enter their car into the Streetmatch competition. But is their car good enough to win? Showing at
5.50, 8.30 and 11.45.
Screen 4 - Lulu - It's A Dog's Life. This loveable little dog decides to leave home to look for fame
and fortune in the big city, but after a series of hilarious events he realises that life in the country
isn't so bad after all! From the makers of Shrek and Shark Tale, this is fun for all the family!
showing at 3.00, 6.00, and 8.45.
QUESTION 2
Mike: We have to make dinner tonight. I hope you remembered!
Cathy: Oops, I forgot actually. What do you want to make?
Mike: Well, I thought we could make that apple pie we did last time. what do you think?
Cathy: Yeah, ok, that's a good idea. Do we have everything we need?
Mike: Mm, let's go and have a look in the kitchen.
Cathy: right, first, of course, we need some apples. Do we have any?
Mike: Yes, we have a lot of apples. I bought ten only yesterday. How many do we have to use?
Cathy: I think six large apples will be fine. Now, is there any flour? We have to use two and a
half cups of flour. How much do we have?
Mike: I think we'll have to buy some flour. We don't have much. Maybe only 200 grams. I'll start
a shopping list...ok, flour. What about cinnamon and nutmeg?
Cathy: Well, for this recipe, we only need a little cinnamon and nutmeg. How much do we have?
Mike: Oh, these containers are both full, so we don't need any more. Now, we need a little salt...
Cathy: OK, we have a lot of salt...
Mike: And quite a lot of sugar, hmmm...it says in the recipe about a cup.
Cathy: Oh...we don't have any sugar! We can't make apple pie without sugar. Write sugar on
the shopping list.
Mike: OK, I've got it. We need a little butter too. Did you buy any butter yesterday at the store?
Cathy: No, I didn't get any. How much do we need for the recipe?
Mike: Well, it says 100 grams. I think we have some butter in the fridge.
Cathy: Yes, we don't have much but there's enough.
Mike: OK, I will go down to the store and buy these things we need. And we can start when I return.
Cathy: Fine, I'll come with you.
QUESTION 3
Steve: Hi Susan, did your new Spanish class start today?
Susan: Hi Steve. Yeah, it was great fun. Hola!
Steve: Hey, you learned something already! So, tell me about the other students.
Susan: Well, first I want to tell you about the teacher. She's crazy! Her name in Maria and she's from
Malaga in the south of Spain. She's about 35 years old and is a really friendly person. She's very
funny. It's difficult to understand her accent sometimes but I'm sure it will get easier.
Steve: How many students are there in the class?
Susan: Oh, about 12 I think. Everyone is about the same age, so that's great.
Steve: Where are you going, where are you doing the lessons? Are you at the college near the tennis
club?
Susan: No. We're at the town library. We are using a small room at the library so it's really quiet
and all the books are right there!
Steve: Are the other students all American?
Susan: Most of them are, yes. There is a Japanese girl called Miko. She is probably the best in
the class. Her accent is wonderful. I think she studied Spanish at school.
Steve: Ah ha...
Susan: And then there's an English boy called James. He lives here and works at the university.
He wants to learn Spanish because he hopes to go to Argentina next year. He is very young, about
22 years old.
Steve: And the rest of you are American?
Susan: Yes, apart from James and Miko, the rest of us are American. I met your mother's
friend Rosemary.
Steve: Rosemary? Who's she?
Susan: That friend your mother plays tennis with sometimes.
Steve: Oh, Rose Marie! Why is she learning Spanish? She speaks Italian and French already!
Susan: Well, maybe she wants to be multi-lingual. She speaks really well. I feel so stupid in that
class and that's after just one lesson! Oh dear....
Steve: Don't worry Susan, maybe I'll come by next lesson and then I will be the worst for sure.
What did you do in today's class?
Susan: Because it was the first lesson only, we did some basic things like the numbers to ten and
how to ask a person's name.
Steve: OK, ask me my name in Spanish!
Susan: Oh! Erm, I can't remember. Como ti, come te yama, como ti yamo, oooh! I can't remember
anything!
Steve: (laughs) I will come to the next lesson and help you!
QUESTION 4
Interviewer: Excuse me, do you have a few minutes? I want to ask you a couple of questions.
Charlie: Yes, alright. What would you like to know?

Interviewer: Well, I work for The Regal Bookstore and we are doing a survey about people's
reading habits. Can I ask you how often you read fiction books?
Charlie: Very often. I usually read about one book a week, sometimes more if I'm away on vacation.
Interviewer: Now then, next question. What three categories of books do you prefer to read?
Charlie: Hmm, let me think. I absolutely love crime books, you know Agatha Christie, a good
whodunit. I am also keen on science fiction books such as Arthur C. Clark and Asimov. And then,
recently I've read a lot of Westerns.
Interviewer: Fine. How much do you think you spend on fiction books every month?
Charlie: Not very much because I get a lot of my books from friends when they have
finished reading them. Probably around $50.
Interviewer: OK, now the next question is about where you buy your books, if you don't get them
from your friends of course. Do you spend most of your money on books in stores or on the
Internet?
Charlie: As I said, I don't buy books very often but when I do, I buy them online or sometimes I
go to a bookstore if I see something interesting in the window.
Interviewer: And have you ever been to The Regal Bookstore before to buy books?
Charlie: Yes, I bought something from that store only two weeks ago. It was the new book by
Grisham. I saw that it was on special offer so I came in.
Interviewer: Great, now my final question. Would you buy a book from the Regal Bookstore
web site? We have a new site, did you know?
Charlie: No, I didn't know. I will go and have a look at it as you have some good prices. I would
like to buy something from the site if the price was right, of course.
Interviewer: OK sir, thank you for your time. Have a nice day.
Charlie: No problems. Good day to you.
QUESTION 5
I love working in the music business. It's so interesting and every day is different.
The first thing I do every day is I check my e-mail messages. Many fans write e-mails to me and I
like reading what they write to me. I write a couple of replies to my fans and then I surf around
on some music websites to see what the music journalists say about me.
Then I leave the house and go to a small French cafe for breakfast. London is a very busy city and I
enjoy relaxing with my cup of coffee and I watch the world go by while I read my newspaper and a
couple of music magazines. I usually only eat a pastry with my coffee. I never feel hungry in
the morning.
At about eleven o'clock, my car arrives and takes me to the studio which is about ten miles outside
the city. I meet the other members of the band and we drink a cup of coffee together and talk about
the ideas we have for the day in the studio.
We never start working in the studio until about midday. Usually, we begin with the problems of
the previous day. At about three in the afternoon, we stop for lunch but sometimes we continue
recording if we have some good ideas.
Because I am the singer in the group, I must be careful with my voice. I never sing if I feel tired and
I drink a lot of water during the day. For the last couple of hours, until about 6 p.m., I don't sing but I
help the rest of the group with the music.
I go back to London by car and arrive home at about half past six or seven. Sometimes, I have an
interview on the TV which is always really interesting for me. I meet my boyfriend, Peter, and we
go to eat a tasty meal in a restaurant. He loves foreign food so we often go and eat in an Indian or
Greek restaurant or something similar. I never go to bed too late as I don't want to be too tired for
the studio.
QUESTION 6
Graham: Oh, I fell asleep. Where are we?
Barbara: We're almost there.
Graham: Oh no! I wanted to look out of the window to see all the places we flew over. Why didn't
you wake me up?
Barbara: You looked very tired so I didn't want to.
Graham: I was asleep for over three hours. What can you see out of the window now?
Barbara: It looks like desert below, but I think we are near Los Angeles. We went over the Rockies
a short time ago. The mountains were absolutely beautiful.
Graham: I can't believe I missed that. I really wanted to see the Rockies.
Barbara: Sorry Graham. You can sit next to the window when we fly back to New York.
Graham: Thanks. Did you have something to eat? I know you were hungry.
Barbara: Yes. About an hour ago. I ate chicken and rice. There was also a dessert but it had pear in it
so I didn't touch it.
Graham: I'm really hungry now too. I didn't have any breakfast this morning either.
Barbara: We can buy something for you when we get to the airport. You don't like chicken
anyway and the alternative was Spanish Omelet which looked disgusting.
Graham: What other things did you see out of the window? Did you see Chicago and the Great
Lakes?
Barbara: Yes, we flew right over Chicago. I could see little boats on the lake. It was wonderful.
Graham: I can't believe I was sleeping. And I had a dream about flying too.
Barbara: They showed a great movie too. You know the one about Brad Pitt being the manager
of the chocolate factory.
Graham: That's not Brad Pitt in that movie. I like that film too. I think we are starting to land.
Barbara: Yes, we aren't so high now. What are we going to do when we get to Los Angeles?
Graham: We have to make a phone call to your father, don't we?
Barbara: Right, then, let's go straight to the hotel to sleep. I'm exhausted
QUESTION 7
Clive: Hey Heather, when is your brother getting into town?
Heather: On Thursday at eight o'clock in the evening.
Clive: Are you going to do anything together that night?
Heather: No, I think he'll be too tired and will probably just want to go to bed early.
Clive: That's true, it's a long flight from Melbourne.
Heather: I am so looking forward to having him here.
Clive: How long is he going to stay?
Heather: Only till Monday, then he goes to Boston to see our parents.
Clive: Great, so what about Friday? What are you going to do? Do you have any special plans?
Heather: You bet! He can relax in the apartment on Friday morning and then in the afternoon, we are
going to the beach with some of my friends to have a picnic.
Clive: I hope the weather is sunny for you.
Heather: So do I.
Clive: And then in the evening?

Heather: I'm going to take him to Domingo's. That Mexican restaurant on 7th Avenue - do you
know it?
Clive: Yeah, but I thought it was very difficult to book a table there.
Heather: Not if you know one of the waiters it isn't! Then, on Saturday morning, we are going to go
to the Metropolitan Museum. They've got an exhibition I know Terry will be really interested in.
And then we are having lunch in Central Park before doing a bit of shopping.
Clive: It seems strange to come all the way back from Australia to do some shopping.
Heather: Yes, I know but there are some things he wants to buy.
Clive: I'm meeting you guys on Saturday evening at eight o'clock, right?
Heather: Oh yes, of course. The party is at Clare's house. Come round here just before eight and we
can take a cab over to Clare's together.
Clive: Alright.
Heather: My brother's leaving early on Monday so Sunday will be his last day with me. We are
driving up to the lakes first thing and we are fishing all day on Sunday. It will be just like when we
were young. When we come back to the city, I have one extra surprise for him before he leaves the
next day.
Clive: Oh, tell me what it is.
Heather: OK, but promise not to say anything to him. We're going to see a basketball game. It was
so difficult to find tickets but I got them. It's going to be a great weekend.
Clive: That sounds wonderful. You will have a brilliant time.
PART 2
Presenter: Welcome to today’s show. We’re very happy to have Anna Oliveira as our guest today.
Anna is the creator and founder of HomeworX – spelled with an ‘x’ we should note – an app
which helps teenagers with their homework. Thanks for coming in, Anna.
Anna: Thanks for having me.
Presenter: So, tell us about your app. How does it work?
Anna: Well, teenagers and their parents have numerous challenges when it comes to homework these
days. In many families both parents work and don’t have much available time to help their kids with
their homework. And even if they do have time to help, they may not be able to offer support with
the content. What I mean is, they may not know, or at least remember, enough in any given subject
to support.
Presenter: You mean they might not be able to remember complex maths or might have never
studied certain subjects, such as biology or economics, themselves?
Anna: Exactly. So they might want to support their children with their homework, but have
neither the time nor the knowledge to do so.
Presenter: I see. So the app helps solve this problem?
Anna: Yes, and more. The next issue is that tutors can be expensive, and there may be long waiting
lists for specialist tutors in the town or region you live in. Our HomeworX app brings students and
tutors together online. Students can search a database of pre-approved tutors and sign up for live
online support. They don’t need to be in the same town or city.
Presenter: That sounds really great.
Anna: It is. And this approach also enables us to offer the tutoring services at lower prices because
there’s no travelling time involved for the tutor to get to the student’s home. And tutors who live in
remote areas are happy to get access to more students, and be able to work from home, even at
lower rates.
Presenter: This all sounds great. So, how did you come up with the idea?
Anna: Well, as you might guess, I was one of those parents I described earlier. I really wanted to
help my son with his homework, but I was either too busy with work or I didn’t actually know
anything about the subjects he was having difficulty with. Also, we live in an area where there aren’t
many tutors and the ones that are there are either very expensive or have long waiting lists.
Presenter: Yes. I can understand your predicament. Well, it sounds like a very useful app that
is clearly meeting a need. And its popularity obviously speaks for itself.
Anna: Thank you.
Presenter: So, do you have plans for the future?
Anna: We’ve just secured some funding and hope to expand the range of services we offer using
the app.
Presenter: We wish you the best of luck. Thanks again for coming in. That was Anna Oliveira,
founder of the tutoring app HomeworX (with an ‘x’, don’t forget!), which is available for both
Apple and Android devices. Join us again next week for another business interview. Have a great
week, everyone.
PART 3
Speaker 1
The station I listen to has the right balance of talk, sport and news and a great mixture of presenters
but there are far too many advertisements. In the mornings I usually listen to a short news
programme and then a show about sports going on both locally and nationally which is presented
by a well-known ex sports star. The thing I like about the station is that it has stuff for all age
groups. There are a lot of good comedy shows and quizzes, but also stories about people and places
in the area and it makes itself accessible to even the youngest members of the community.
Speaker 2
It’s a locally operated radio station and it broadcasts some of the top nationally rated talk radio
programmes. There are live shows 24 hours a day and you can listen online if you prefer. I’ve
enjoyed listening to it for many years now. I especially like one very amusing comedy programme
which is on every weekday night and the Science Fantastic programme on Saturday evenings. I
prefer this station to some of the national ones and I like the local news stories, although sometimes
I’d rather it took more notice of news and other subjects from overseas, rather than just the local area
or the country as a whole.
Speaker 3
I tend to listen to the radio a lot and I love the arts show – that’s the selling point for this station for
me − the presenter is very serious about the arts and his in-depth approach helps me keep up-to-
date with all the latest theatre, books and movies. Oh, and they don’t broadcast advertisements so
you never get interruptions when you’re enjoying a show. I’ve given up flipping through channels
to avoid them now. Another thing is they don’t have news every hour like so many stations. There
are some really good quality radio dramas – it’s an excellent way for young writers to get their
work broadcast.
Speaker 4
Talk radio has grown in popularity in my area and there’s a huge demand for more and more talk-
show stars. My favourite station has a show called Viewpoint. It’s presented by a very entertaining
guy and sure, there’ll be those out there who may not agree with his opinions, but that doesn’t matter
because he makes fun of everything. So, even if you don’t agree with him, you can sit back and
enjoy the humour in his approach to local or national news events. I find I’m still one of the few
younger listeners to this station though − most of my school friends don’t really go for it.
Speaker 5
I even got a chance to go on this radio station myself. It was kind of embarrassing but quite fun
because not everyone gets to go on a radio show and meet the presenters. All the shows are really
interesting. They also play a lot of fun games − and talk about popular issues. The station’s
known for sponsoring charity organisations in this region, so it’s offering more than just
entertainment. There’s one programme where they’re training young newsreaders so they picked out
about thirty kids from nearby towns and are training them to be newsreaders and they get to do one
short show each.
PART 4
Hi there. My name’s Grace Connolly and I’m just back from a fantastic trip to New Zealand.
It really was the trip of a lifetime, and I’d like to tell you all about it.
New Zealand has two main islands, the North Island and the South Island. I went to the South
Island and it’s even more beautiful than I’d expected. There are many ways to see it, you can hire a
car and drive, or some people go around by motorbike, you can even see the island by boat, but I
went on what’s known as the green bus. Our driver was so helpful and really helped to make it a
memorable journey.
So, what route did we take? Well, we started in Nelson, in the northwest of the island. Then
we headed off down the west coast stopping at various places and then inland up to our final
destination, Christchurch on the east coast, the second largest city in New Zealand. I also went on a
day tour to a place called Kaikoura, which is a hundred and fifty kilometres north of there. It’s on the
coast and is famous for its sea life and also for being one of the most exciting places in the world to
see ocean birds. To really experience the day you have to opt for one of these trips. It was dolphins I
was keenest to see, but there are whales too. It was an absolutely amazing day. I made so many new
friends on the trip, which was always fun. There were people from all over the world, Korea, Russia,
North America. I’ve stayed in regular contact with a girl I met from Japan. Most of us were quite
young, but there was one guy from Germany in his sixties.
New Zealand’s famous for the sports you can do, but it can work out expensive to hire the
equipment you need to do things. You had to pay rental charges and so on for everything. I
actually took my own bike along with me, and did a fair bit of cycling around. I rented a surfboard
for a day or half day, and though it was more expensive, I also went out on a quad bike one day.
But the highlight of the trip for me was jet boating at place called Buller River. I’d
strongly recommend Adventure Tours, the company I did it with nothing was too much trouble
and they really made it fun and exciting. I didn’t try the other company, which was called Great
Days, but friends said it was OK too.
Every trip has some problems. I fell and hurt my shoulder horse-riding on a beach. Luckily
the sand was soft enough to prevent it being anything serious, and I didn’t need treatment. But then
I actually had to go to Christchurch Hospital after doing something to my foot, climbing over some
rocks. Anyway, it was nothing major and was fine after a couple of days.
There are interesting things to buy on the South Island. Nelson Saturday Market’s brilliant.
There are stalls selling food, honey, bread and fruit, all sorts of things. I got a fantastic wooden
mask as a souvenir, but there were also paintings and jewellery and stuff that would’ve been nice to
bring home too.
ANSWERS
SET 1
PART 1
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. B
PART 2
8. B
9. C
10. A
11. C
12. A
13. B
14. A
15. B
PART 3
16. B
17. G
18. A
19. C
20. F
PART 4
21. bus
22. helpful
23. west
24. dolphins
25. Japan
26. bike/bicycle
27. Adventure Tours
28. horse-riding
29. foot
30. mask
SET 2
Part 1
Questions 1 to 7
answer (A, B or C).
1. Tomorrow, the weather in the east of the country will be
A. stormy in the morning
B. sunny in the afternoon
C. foggy in the evening
2. What does she enjoy most about it?

A. getting some exercise each morning
B. avoiding the traffic into town
C. thinking about the day ahead
3. The man says that one of the rules is that

A. you have to be over sixteen to enter.
B. you can submit more than one entry.
C. your entry must be emailed.
4. Why did she miss her flight?

A. She was held up by traffic.
B. There was a long queue at check-in.
C. She went to the wrong terminal.
5. What attracted him to this job?

A. the type of work
B. the opportunities for promotion
C. the salary offered
th
6. Why does she decide to go to the 6 floor first?
th
A. because there’s an escalator straight to the 6 floor.
B. because she has to by something that is large and heavy.
C. to get more information
7. When did the Queen get married to her husband, Prince Philip?
A. when she was twenty-one
B. when she was forty-seven
C. after she became a Queen
[7 marks]
Part 2
Questions 8 to 15
You will hear about doing a digital detox. For questions 8 to 15, circle the correct answer (A, B
or C).
8. The radio host says that a digital detox

A. means we are in front of screens all the time.
B. is something younger people are trying more.
C. is important for our health.
9. Which sentence is not true about Amanda Vince’s job?

A. She is online a lot of the time.
B. She follows fashion on social media.
C. She uploads her own videos to social media.
10. What is the name of the book that influenced Amanda?

A. Log Off: How to Stay Connected after Disconnecting
B. Log Off: How to Disconnect and Stay Disconnected
C. Log Off: Advice for the Digital Detox
11. The first step in a digital detox is to get rid of distractions, such as
A. noises the phone makes.
B. screens in your home and workplace.
C. the bright colour on your phone.
12. Amanda removed notifications from

A. her close family and friends.
B. everything except important people in her life.
C. everything except very important work-related things.
13. The book also suggested that
A. we replace digital distractions with real-world ones.
B. we think about the reason we are looking at our phones so much.
C. we try to be more polite with our phones around people.
14. Amanda and her partner

A. tried a two-day digital detox first.
B. found it impossible to completely disconnect.
C. found it very easy to do a digital detox for a weekend.
15. Amanda believes that a digital detox

A. is not a good idea if you have a lot of work.
B. is better if it’s for a week, not just a weekend.
C. is something everyone will enjoy.
[8 marks]
Part 3
Questions 16 to 20
You will hear five short extracts in which people talk about habits they find difficult to control. For
questions 16 to 20, chose from the list (A to G) what each speaker says. Use the letters only once.
There are two extra letters which you do not need to use.
A. eating unhealthy food

Speaker 1 16
B. doing too much exercise
Speaker 2 17
C. buying unnecessary items
D. watching too much television Speaker 3 18
E. spending too much time online Speaker 4 19
F. oversleeping Speaker 5 20
G. arriving late for everything
[5 marks]
Part 4
Questions 21 to 30
You will hear a lecture about a science experiment. For questions 21 to 30, fill in the missing
information in each numbered space.
A Science Experiment: Pitch Drop
This experiment holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest-running
___________(21). It began in ___________(22). It’s called the __________(23) drop experiment.
Professor Thomas Parnell wanted to show in this experiment that everyday materials can have quite
surprising ___________(24).
When pitch is at room temperature, you can break it____________(25). Professor Parnel put
pitch into a glass funnel, let it cool, then turned it ____________(26) down and cut off the top. In total,
only ____________ (27) drops have fallen from the funnel. The next pitch drop is expected to fall in
the ______________(28). In 1988, the scientist responsible for the experiment missed seeing the pitch
drop by _______________(29) minutes. The speaker notes it’s interesting how news about a slow
experiment can spread ____________(30).
LISTENING SCRIPTS
SET 2
PART 1
QUESTION 1
Speaker: I’m afraid it looks like there’s quite a storm heading towards western and northern areas,
and that will arrive about dawn tomorrow. The rest of the country will start off cloudy with a few
showers, but by lunchtime there will be clear skies and the bright weather will last well into the early
evening, apart from in the south where there might be a few foggy patches once the sun goes down.
At around the same time, bad weather will reach eastern regions, bringing high winds and heavy
rain, with the possibility of flooding in low-lying areas.
QUESTION 2
Speaker: I sometimes think back to when I used to drive to work in the morning, looking at my
watch and worrying in case the traffic made me late, and though I still have to ride through it and I
still get held up by the lights, I much prefer going on two wheels. By the time I arrive I feel
pleasantly tired, almost as if I’d been for a light workout at the gym, and that’s a good way to start
the day. I hardly give any thought to my work until I actually sit down at my desk, because
nowadays I feel much more relaxed and able to cope with whatever might come up during the day.
QUESTION 3
Speaker: We’re looking for good short stories to read out on next week’s programme, so if you
think you’re capable of writing an interesting tale in less than 750 words, either send it in as an
email attachment or post it to us and you may be one of the lucky five prizewinners. Unlike in some
competitions, as long they are original pieces of writing you can send in as many as you like and
there’s no upper or lower age limit. In fact, last year’s first prize was won by a seventeen-year-old,
and the winner of the second prize was just sixteen.
QUESTION 4
Speaker: Yes, it’s an awful feeling and I’ve been kicking myself here. It’s never happened to me
before, though I’ve had a few near-misses. Like the time I got stuck in traffic on the road to the
airport and only just made it in time; or when I got off the Underground at Terminal 5 rather than
4, and had to race back to the station when I eventually realised my mistake. On this occasion I got
there on time but there were just too many people waiting ahead of me, and when I finally reached
the desk I was told the flight had closed.
QUESTION 5
Speaker: When I first saw the ad in the employment section of the paper, it wasn’t the fact I’d be
earning far more than I am now that caught my attention, it was the chance to achieve my full
potential doing something relevant to the experience I’d gained before I took up my current post.
In fact, though the job description in the ad talked about good prospects of rising within the
company structure, that’s never really been an ambition of mine
QUESTION 6
Store Assistant: Good afternoon, Madam. Welcome to Everest Stores. Is there anything I can
help you with today?
Customer: Oh, hi, yes, erm, I have a few things I need to buy today and this is my first time here, so
I'm not sure where everything is.
Store Assistant: That's fine, that's what I'm here for. Now, what do you need first?
Customer: I have to buy a hat for my sister. She's going to a wedding in New Orleans next weekend
and asked me to get a new hat for her. Do you sell hats?
Store Assistant: Yes, we do, Madam. All women's clothing is on this floor, the first floor. If you go
in that direction and go past the jackets, you'll find the hats over to the left.
Customer: OK, great. Then I need to get a toaster. Ours caught fire yesterday morning and,
you know, my kids can't live without toast in the morning for their breakfast!
Store Assistant: Our kitchen appliances are up on the 3rd, no sorry, the 4th floor. If you take the
elevator from this floor up to the 4th floor, turn left when you leave the elevator and walk through
the pictures and framing section. You'll see small kitchen appliances on the left with larger items
such as ranges and fridges on the right.
Customer: My husband wanted me to see the cost of a new fridge-freezer so I can do that too.
Store Assistant: Was there anything else, Madam?
Customer: Yes, my daughter wants a DVD for her birthday. Where can I find them?
Store Assistant: Our home entertainment section is on the second floor. Perhaps it would be a good
idea to go there before you go and look for the toaster. There is an escalator that joins all the floors
so after you buy your hat, you can go up the escalator to the second floor where you will find
books, CDs, DVDs as well as all our television and video equipment.
Customer: The last things on my list are a CD for myself, which I can get on the second floor, and a
chair for the kitchen. My husband broke a chair on the weekend so I need to get a new one.
Store Assistant: Let me think...ah yes, you can find all chairs, stools and tables in our furniture
section but that's right up on the sixth floor. If you go there immediately, you can ask them to
take the chair down to the first floor and you can collect it when you are ready to leave.
Customer: Thank you ever so much. You have been very helpful. I will go up to get the chair
now and get the other things as I come down.
Store Assistant: No problem, Madam. We hope you enjoy Everest Stores.
QUESTION 7
Gavin: My boss wants me to write an article about Queen Elizabeth for the magazine. I don't
know anything about her!
Deborah: The Queen of England? I read a book about her last year. She's a fascinating woman.
Gavin: Oh, that's great! Can you help me, Deborah?
Deborah: Sure, why not?
Gavin: Thanks, let me get my notebook and pen and I can ask you a few questions.
Deborah: I don't know everything about her!
Gavin: You know more than me!
Deborah: Did you know she became Queen more than sixty years ago?
Gavin: Wow, that's incredible! Okay - first question: where does the Queen live?
Deborah: That's a difficult question because she has more than one house.
Gavin: Well, she is very rich...
Deborah: When she's in London, she lives in Buckingham Palace, but she also spends some time in
Windsor Castle, which is outside London or in Balmoral, which is in Scotland. Gavin: Great. How
many children does she have?
Deborah: Four: Charles, Andrew, Anne and Edward.
Gavin: I'm impressed! You know everything! When did she become Queen? Was it in the 1960s?
Deborah: No, it was before that. It was in 1952. The Prime Minister in Britain when she was first
Queen was Winston Churchill.
Gavin: That is a long time ago! Okay another question for you: what hobbies does the Queen have? I
mean, what are her interests?
Deborah: She loves horses. She goes to horse races when she can. She also loves other animals. She
has all of those cute little dogs.
Gavin: The corgis! I see them on TV all the time. How many corgis does she have?
Deborah: I don't know, three or four I think.
Gavin: Okay, just a couple more questions. In what year did she get married to her husband,
Prince Philip?
Deborah: It was before she became Queen, in 1947 when the Queen was only twenty-one.
Gavin: Right, this is my last question. What does the Queen watch on television? Does she watch
soap operas or movies or reality TV shows?
Deborah: Gavin, that's a very strange question. Why do you want to know that?
Gavin: So my article is more interesting!
Deborah: Well, the book I read about the Queen said she likes watching quiz shows, I don't know if
that's true.
Gavin: Deborah, thanks very much for this information. You can read my article when I finish it.
Deborah: You can send it to the Queen and then she can read it too!
PART 2
Presenter: So, we’re back in the studio. Welcome back, everyone. My name’s Rick Walker. From
our laptops to our televisions, from the displays on our smartphones to those on our satnavs, we are
in front of screens all the time. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to disconnect
completely? To choose not to have access to the internet? If you have, you may be in need of a
digital detox – a total switch-off from all things digital. The idea of people taking a digital detox is
becoming more and more popular, especially amongst young people – and today we’re joined by
someone who’s tried a number of digital detox activities and is here to give us some advice about
it. Amanda Vince, welcome to the studio.
Amanda: Thank you very much.
Presenter: So, Amanda, you work for a fashion magazine in London, right? I guess your
work means you need to be online a lot.
Amanda: Oh, yes. Apart from the hundreds of emails I get every day, I’m always browsing fashion
websites, as well as online videos. I also need to be very active online, especially on Twitter and
Instagram – sharing what we’re doing in the magazine, interacting with designers, photographers,
influencers … it never stops, literally. Then of course there’s my friends and family to keep in touch
with online too, and for me, my work grew out of my passion, so friends and work colleagues aren’t
two totally separate groups of people and it all gets a bit messy online sometimes. I think I’m
online for at least 12 hours a day.
Presenter: So, how did you get the idea for a digital detox?
Amanda: I read a book about it, called Log Off: How to Stay Connected after Disconnecting. The
author’s name is Blake Snow. That book gave me some really good advice and made me think
about trying to change some of my digital habits. I started with removing distraction.
Presenter: What do you mean by that?
Amanda: That means turning off alerts, buzzes, alarms or notifications of any kind. I had
notifications set up for everything, and it meant I was always being forced to look at my phone.
Removing all of them except for important contacts helped me focus immediately. The book also
made a really good point, that we should ask ourselves ‘Why?’ every time we take out our phone. I
realised that most of the times I looked at my phone were because I was trying to avoid or ignore
something else happening right in front of me. It was an automatic habit.
Presenter: I have to confess, that happens to me too. But what else are you going to do when
you’re standing in line at the bank or waiting for your train?
Amanda: OK, yes, I’m the first to admit that it’s great for helping time go by. But speaking
personally, I found I wasn’t just checking my phone to kill time when I was alone. I was also doing
it with friends or family around.
Presenter: Hmmm … right. Well, so far, this doesn’t sound too drastic. Turning off notifications
and becoming aware of when we use our devices. That sounds easy.
Amanda: Yes, it’s the first step. Once we begin to realise just how much of a grip our devices
have on us, then we’re ready to really take the next step. First, my partner and I did a
weekend with absolutely no screens. She found it easier than I did. For me, it was a little bit scary at
first but it turned out to be a pretty rewarding experience.
Presenter: A whole weekend, huh? I don’t know if I could ...
Amanda: I think everyone has to do this at their own pace. If a weekend feels too much, maybe just
try for an evening. Then work your way up to more. I guarantee, once you’ve tried it, you’ll want to
try it again. We’re going to try for a whole week in the summer.
Presenter: OK, let’s pause there then and see what our listeners have to say. You can call us here
directly, or send us a message on any of our social media channels ... oops, should I be saying that?
Anyway, more after the break.
PART 3
Speaker 1
It starts as soon as I get home in the early evening. I have a quick snack and then log onto one of my
favourite sites. Soon I’ve filled up my basket with all kinds of things – whether I actually need any
of them is irrelevant – and then head for the check-out. It’s all so quick and easy. Sometimes I’m
watching TV and there’s an ad for a tasty-looking ready meal and I’ll log back on for a minute and
order that, too, though when it’s actually delivered it usually turns out to be just junk food and it
ends up in the bin.
Speaker 2
I first realised something wasn’t quite right when I kept falling asleep at all hours of the day. Getting
up around seven isn’t easy when you’ve been up till two the night before, but somehow I never
manage to log off until then. There are just so many great sites, particularly news and sports and
also shopping, though I rarely end up buying anything. According to a quiz I did, I do seem to have
an addiction, though compared to things like overeating I don’t think it’s a particularly harmful one.
I mean, I’m quite fit and – unlike some of my colleagues – I always get to the office on time.
Speaker 3
I always feel I have to be doing something. I just don’t feel right if I’m not working on my fitness
level, and the possible long-term, effects of that are beginning to concern me. It also affects my life
right now in various ways. For instance, I always go to bed late and get up early. I also need bigger
meals than less active people, and although I always choose food that’s good for me, it can be rather
expensive and hard to find in the shops. At least, though, the fact that I go everywhere round town on
foot means that I’m never held up by traffic!
Speaker 4
It was on all the time in my parents’ home and it’s like that here in my own flat. Usually the same
channel, too, because to tell the truth I’m totally hooked on the same kinds of series. It’s odd in a
way, because most people of my generation spend all their time on the Internet, or, in the case of the
fitter ones, doing sport every evening and weekend. I know my own lifestyle isn’t particularly
healthy, though at least nowadays I’m up reasonably early, unlike back in my student days when I
often had trouble getting out of bed before noon.
Speaker 5
It’s always my intention to set off in plenty of time, but somehow there always seems to be
something that holds me up. It may be a job that needs finishing off, an email that has to be answered
– or even a TV programme that hasn’t quite ended. Then I end up literally running to wherever I’m
going, always the last to turn up and also often the most stressed one, too. I’ve tried getting up
earlier in the morning so that I have more hours in the day to get everything done, but the lack of
sleep just makes me feel tired later on and doesn’t help at all
PART 4
In today’s lecture we’re going to be talking about experiments, and I thought it might be
interesting for you all to learn about the world’s oldest continuously running laboratory experiment
that is still going today. In fact, it holds the Guinness World Record for being the longest-running
experiment. This experiment began in 1927 and has been going ever since.
It’s called the ‘pitch drop’ experiment and it was created by Professor Thomas Parnell at the
University of Queensland, Australia. Parnell was the university’s first physics professor, and he
wanted to show in this experiment that everyday materials, such as pitch, can have quite
surprising properties.
You see, when pitch is at room temperature, it feels solid. You can easily break it with a
hammer. However, it isn’t in fact solid. At room temperature, pitch is many billions of times
more viscous than water, but it’s actually fluid.
In 1927, Professor Parnell took a sample of pitch. He heated it and poured it into a glass funnel. He
allowed the pitch to cool and settle – for three years. He then turned the funnel upside down and
cut the top off it.
Since then, the pitch has slowly dropped out of the funnel. How slowly? Well, the first drop took
eight years to fall. It took another forty years for another five drops to fall. Today it’s been almost
90 years since the experiment started. Only nine drops have fallen from the funnel. The last drop fell
in April 2014 and the next one is expected to fall in the 2020s.
The experiment has a tragic story associated with it. Professor Parnell died without seeing a pitch
drop. His replacement, Professor John Mainstone, became responsible for the pitch drop experiment
from 1961. He held the job for 52 years, and missed seeing the drop fall three times – by a day in
1977, by just five minutes in 1988 and finally in 2000, when the webcam that was recording the
experiment suffered a power outage for 20 minutes, during which time the pitch dropped.
The pitch drop experiment is something we can all participate in now. There’s a live web stream that
allows anyone to watch the glass funnel and wait for the fateful moment. A similar experiment to the
Queensland pitch drop was set up in Dublin, and the video of the moment the pitch actually dropped
went viral on the internet. It’s interesting to see how a very slow event can spread news so quickly.
ANSWERS
SET 2
PART 1
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. B
7. A
PART 2
8. B
9. C
10. A
11. A
12. B
13. B
14. A
15. C
PART 3
16. C
17. E
18. B
19. D
20. G
PART 4
21. experiment
22. 1927
23. pitch
24. properties
25. easily
26. upside
27. 9/nine
28. 2020s
29. 5/five
30. quickly/fast
SET 3
Part 1
Questions 1 to 7
answer (A, B or C).
1. Marina wants
A. a product information, a brochure and prices.
B. to call John again later
C. leave a message
2. Peter works in the

A. marketing department
B. design department
C. planning department
3. What does the judge think of the man’s performance?

A. He lacks confidence.
B. He chose the wrong song.
C. He has a weak singing voice.
4. What will the talk be about?

A. local history
B. transport problems
C. modern agriculture
5. Their teacher is
A. a male
B. a female
C. the principal
6. At 11.00 a.m. Dan

A. have lunch.
B. meets friends.
C. goes to university.
7. Alex and Jem

A. look different
B. look the same
C. have the same hair colour but different eyes
[7 marks]
Part 2
Questions 8 to 15
You will hear to a customer, who leaves a message of complaint on an answering machine. For
questions 8 to 15, circle the correct answer (A, B or C).
8. The customer’s name is
A. Memzies
B. Nenzies
C. Menzies
9. His phone number is

A. 349-28831
B. 348-28841
C. 348-26641
10. His customer number is

A. 45993
B. 44993
C. 34993
11. The order number is

A. GH12348
B. GA12338
C. GH12338
12. What languages were in the instruction manual?

A. Polish and English
B. Spanish and Polish
C. Spanish and English
13. How long did he take to assemble the pool table?

A. 2 hours
B. 2 and a half hours
C. 2 days
14. What was the problem with the white ball?

A. His friend took it.
B. It was too big.
C. It wasn’t there.
15. What did the defective table cause to happen?

A. The balls rolled to the right.
B. The balls rolled to the left.
C. The balls didn’t roll properly.
Part 3
Questions 16 to 20
You will hear five short extracts in which people talk about deciding to take up new interests. For
questions 16 to 20, chose from the list (A to G) what each speaker says. Use the letters only once.
There are two extra letters which you do not need to use.
A. to help other people

Speaker 1 16
B. to make some money
Speaker 2 17
C. to pass the time
D. to meet new people Speaker 3 18
E. to try to win a prize Speaker 4 19
F. to overcome a fear Speaker 5 20
G. to make a change from their work
[5 marks]
Part 4
Questions 21 to 30
You will hear a guide speaking about the historical Haybridge Hall. For questions 21 to 30, fill in
the missing information in each numbered space.
Haybridge Hall
Automated tour guide recordings available in ________(21) languages. Hawken Hall was the
original name after _________(22) in 1482. Though the amount of land connected to the house has
been _________(23), the structure itself has remained remarkably untouched. The last major addition
was the dawson _________(24) which the British Army added as a radio room in May, 1941.
The original owners, the Hawken family, only owned the house for around a ___________(25)
before the aristocratic Yardley family from the _________(26) of England bought it and changed its
name to Haybridge Hall.
The Yardley family lived there for around two centuries but then the property lay _______(27)
for about 60 years until a local author William Hoaten purchased the house. One __________(28)
survives of a church that collapsed in the house's grounds during this period of abandonment.
After spending a lot of money __________(29) the property in the 1970s, English heritage now
runs Haybridge Hall. Last year, over __________(30) people visited the fine property and Haybridge
Hall is now a highly profitable property.
[10 marks]
LISTENING SCRIPTS
SET 3
PART 1
QUESTION 1
John: Hi, this is John. Thanks for calling. I’m not here at the moment, so please leave a message and
I’ll call you back.
Marina: Hi, John, this is Marina Silva calling from Old Time Toys. Your colleague Alex gave me
your phone number. She said you can help me. I need some information on your new products.
Could you please call me when you are back in the office? My phone number is 0-2-0-8, 6-5-5-7-6-
2-1. Also, can you please email me your new brochure and information about your prices? My email
address is Marina, that’s M-A-R-I-N-A, dot Silva, that’s S-I-L-V-A, at O-L-D-T-I-M-E hyphen toys
dot com.
Thanks a lot. I look forward to hearing from you.
QUESTION 2
Peter: Hi, my name's Peter. What's your name?
Carla: Hi, Peter. I'm Carla. I'm new here.
Peter: Welcome to the company, Carla.
Carla: Thanks, Peter. I'm happy to be here and it's nice to meet you.
Peter: It's nice to meet you too.
Carla: Where do you work?
Peter: I work in the design team. We sit over there.
Carla: I'm in the marketing team. I started last week.
Peter: You work in marketing? That's very interesting.
Carla: Yes, it is. I'm enjoying it. But there are a lot of new things to learn.
Peter: I'm sure there are. I'm happy to help you if I can.
Carla: Thank you, Peter. What do you do in the design department?
Peter: I design new products.
Carla: That sounds interesting. I plan marketing events for new products. So I think we'll
work together sometimes.
Peter: That would be great. So, where are you from, Carla?
Carla: Brazil. And you?
Peter: I'm from the UK.
Carla: How long have you been here?
Peter: I've worked here for three years but I actually moved here from the UK five years ago, to
study.
QUESTION 3
Well, it’s good to see someone who really believes in their own ability to sing a tune as powerful as
that, even though others including myself, I’m afraid are unlikely to share that belief. Which is a
pity, because it was brave of him to attempt such a challenging piece of music, and he certainly has
the right look to be a star, too. I know some will say he should’ve sung something less demanding,
to at least get through to the next round of the competition; but I always feel that’s a mistake, that
it’s better for everyone if limited technical ability is apparent from the start.
QUESTION 4
Before I begin, I just want to thank everyone for attending, especially those of you who’ve had a
difficult journey owing to the floods that have affected both road and rail links from neighbouring
areas. I’d also like to express my sympathy to the farmers around here whose crops have been
destroyed by the extreme weather. I hope that this evening’s subject, rural life in this area in the
nineteenth century, might be of particular interest as we shall be looking at how communities coped
with natural disasters such as these in earlier times.
QUESTION 5
Tania: Hi. I’m Tania. What’s your name?
Jing: Hello. My name’s Jing.
Tania: Nice to meet you, Jing. What class are you in?
Jing: I’m in class 1B. And you?
Tania: Me too. I’m in Class 1B too.
Jing: Who’s our teacher?
Tania: Mr Smith.
Jing: And where’s our classroom?
Tania: This way. Come with me.
Jing: OK. Great.
QUESTION 6
Interviewer: Hello, Dan.
Dan: Hi.
Interviewer: Can you tell me about a typical day in your life for the school magazine?
Dan: Yeah, sure.
Interviewer: So, what time do you get up?
Dan: Oh, I get up very early. I get up every day at 5 o’clock and go to the pool. Then I swim from 6
o’clock to 8 o’clock.
Interviewer: You get up at 5 o’clock? Wow, that’s early!
Dan: Yeah. Then at 8 o’clock I have a shower, I get dressed and I have breakfast. I have a big
breakfast: cereals, toast, bacon and eggs and orange juice.
Interviewer: What do you do after breakfast?
Dan: At 11 o’clock I go to university. I’m studying sports science and I have classes from 11 o’clock
to 4 o’clock.
Interviewer: When do you have lunch?
Dan: I have lunch at about 2 o’clock at the university.
Interviewer: What do you do after classes?
Dan: Sometimes I go to the gym and sometimes I meet my friends at a café.
Interviewer: What time do you have dinner?
Dan: I have dinner at 7 o’clock, then I watch TV or go online and I usually go to bed at 10 o’clock.
Interviewer: Thanks, Dan. That’s a busy day!
QUESTION 7
Aurelia: Who’s that boy over there, Hannah?
Hannah: That? Er, that’s my brother, Jem.
Aurelia: Your brother?
Hannah: Yes, and that’s his girlfriend Lucy. The pretty girl with the long, brown hair.
Aurelia: Oh right. So, you’ve got a brother?
Hannah: No, I’ve got two brothers. Jem and Alex.
Aurelia: Really? ... and ... how old is Alex?
Hannah: Alex and Jem are twins, they’re both 15.
Aurelia: 15, mmm ... and does Alex look like Jem?
Hannah: They’re exactly the same! They’re both tall and thin. They’ve both got short brown hair,
green eyes and big ears!
Aurelia: They’re not big, I think they’re cute. And ... has Alex got a girlfriend?
PART 2
Hello, my name is Harry Menzies, that's M-E-N-Z-I-E-S. I purchased a pool table from Excalibur
Sports a week ago. Now, I ordered it online last Tuesday and it arrived only three days later. I was
amazed and very happy at the speed of service. But then the problems started unfortunately.
I had to assemble the pool table and this was quite difficult. The first major complaint I have is that
the instruction booklet included with the pool table was written only in Spanish and Polish. At least I
think it was Polish although I couldn't be sure. I don't think this is very helpful for me. I can't believe
you wouldn't include the assembly instructions in English. Anyway, I managed to follow the
diagrams and get the pool table put together in about two hours.
Once I had put it together, I noticed the white ball, you know - the cue ball, wasn't in the rack of
balls. How am I supposed to be able to play any games without the cue ball? Luckily, a friend of
mine came over with his cue ball and we were able to play a game. A single game only, because it
quickly became obvious that the table was defective.
The roll of the balls was not very true - they kept curving to the left or the right so I think there's a
problem with the main slate of the table. I don't really know enough about pool tables to know
what the problem could be. I just know I don't want to spend $800 for a pool table that can't be
used! Here is some information about me and I would appreciate it if you could get back to me as
soon as possible. My name is Harry Menzies and my customer number is 45993. The order number
for my pool table order was GH12338.
You can get in touch with me on my home phone number: 348-28841. Please get in touch with me as
soon as possible to let me know how we can resolve these problems. I am also going to write a letter
to your head office as I think it's important to have this complaint down in writing. I really hope to
hear from you as soon as possible. Ok, bye bye...
PART 3
Speaker 1
I’ve always been a keen swimmer and that keeps me in good shape, so when I made my mind up to
do badminton it was far more about socialising than exercising, especially as I’d only recently
moved to this part of town and I hardly knew anyone. I hadn’t realised, though, just how competitive
badminton can be – so much so that I’ve now been invited to take part in a local championship. I’ve
got no chance of winning it, or even coming close, and to be honest I’m not really bothered about
that, but it might be fun so I think I’ll give it a try.
Speaker 2
I work part-time in a petrol station, which in some ways is quite a pleasant job but last year I found
that I was increasingly getting into financial difficulties. So I began to study the way electronic
devices work and how to repair them. I found that fascinating, and eventually I felt confident enough
to place an online ad offering my services. I got loads of replies and I’ve now paid off nearly all my
debts. I’ve thought of giving up my job at the petrol station, but I think I’d miss meeting different
people every day if I worked entirely from home.
Speaker 3
For years I’d been so scared of heights that some people used to make fun of me, so one day I
decided to do something about it: go rock climbing. Feeling that if I could do that I’d be able to do
anything, I joined a local club. On my first day I was surprised to find there were two other people
who’d joined for the same reason, and we soon became friends. Together we got fitter and stronger,
and encouraged each other to keep going, until by the end of the year we felt unconcerned about
tackling the most challenging of climbs.
Speaker 4
I never imagined that going horse riding could be such good exercise until I’d spent a weekend
trekking in the mountains with friends. That was something of a bonus, really, because what’d
initially attracted me to it was that it offered a contrast in every respect to my day job as a cab driver
in a noisy, polluted city centre. And although it’s certainly not the cheapest of activities, I find it so
relaxing that I always feel it’s worth every penny.
Speaker 5
Gardening had always seemed to me as just a way of passing the time, of doing something
completely different from office work, or perhaps even – for the really keen – of winning a prize for
the largest home-grown vegetable. So it was only by chance that I became interested in it, when the
old lady next door asked me to look after her garden while she was away. On her return she was so
delighted by my efforts that I felt I’d done something really worthwhile, so I then offered to garden
for other neighbours in their 80s and 90s. They sometimes offered me money, but I always refused to
accept it.
PART 4
Welcome to Haybridge Hall and thank you for choosing to use our Guide-O-Matic to help you make
the most out of your stay here. This guide is available in six other languages. Just ask at the ticket
office. The general history of the house is as follows:
Haybridge Hall was constructed at the end of the 15th Century and was originally called Hawken
Hall after the first family who owned it. Jack Hawken was a local businessman who had become
wealthy thanks to success with wool exports. The house has changed very little in the last 500 years
with the exception of the Dawson Conservatory which can be found behind the ticket office. This
was added in 1941 when the British Army was using Haybridge Hall as a headquarters for the 8th
Army. Churchill is said to have spent two nights at Haybridge in the main guest bedroom in the build
up to the Normandy Landings in June 1944.
The Hawken family only managed to hold onto this fine property for around a decade before they
had to sell up and the name Haybridge was used by the aristocrats who bought it. The Yardley family
were not from this area, but from the north of England. They owned Haybridge for some 200 years
and turned the surrounding area into productive farmland where various crops, from wheat to
potatoes, were grown.
The Yardley family left Haybridge in 1722 and the property was left empty for some sixty years or
so, falling, in the meantime, into quite a state of disrepair. It was during this period of neglect that the
small church built on the grounds of the house in the early 16th Century, crumbled into ruins. Little
is known about this church although one drawing of it survives. A local artist, Timothy Warsden,
sketched the church in 1728, a mere six years after the Yardley family moved out.
Haybridge Hall's destiny seemed to have been that of long-term neglect and eventual destruction but
the renowned local author William Hoaten bought Haybridge in 1784 and spent three years and a
considerable amount of money renovating the mansion. By now, the amount of land belonging to
the property had been considerably reduced and consisted of the few acres you see today.
The Hoaten family stayed at Haybridge until the beginning of the Second World War when the
British Army took over the property. After the war, the surviving members of the Hoaten family
decided it would prove too costly to move back into Haybridge Hall and so the property came to be
owned by the charitable organisation English Heritage, who runs it to this day.
English Heritage undertook an extensive renovation operation in the 1970's, costing over ten million
dollars. The aim of this work was to return Haybridge Hall to something of its glory days when it
was owned by the Yardley family for two centuries. Specialist builders and craftsmen from all over
the world were employed in an attempt to reconstruct the best possible example of a 17th Century
country house.
Haybridge Hall remains to this day one of the finest examples of British renaissance architecture and
the furnishing within gives an authentic idea of what country life was like three to four centuries ago
in this country. Last year, over 60,000 visitors took the same path through Haybridge Hall that you
yourself are taking today.
Now, please press button 2 if you would like to hear something about the first floor furniture. Press
button 3 if you would like to hear more information about the gardens of Haybridge Hall
ANSWERS
SET 3
PART 1
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. B
PART 2
8. C
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. B
13. A
14. C
15. C
PART 3
16. D
17. B
18. F
19. G
20. A
PART 4
21. 7
22. construction
23. reduced
24. conservatory
25. decade
26. north
27. empty/abandoned
28. drawing/sketch
29. renovating
30. 60,000
SET 4
Part 1
Questions 1 to 7
answer (A, B or C).
1. Who is from German?
A. Sumi
B. Greta
C. Pablo
2. For his main course, the customer chooses

A. a normal cheese burger
B. a double cheese burger
C. a burger with chips
3. What is the fifth tip?

A. Complete your hardest homework earlier.
B. Play soft music.
C. Leave your phone in another room.
4. What colour T-shirt does the customer want?

A. Purple
B. Black
C. Red
5. How to write notes?

A. draw simple pictures
B. write the extra bits
C. write six pages of notes
6. The following is true about the water polo club except

A. Training starts on second day of September.
B. There are four different categories of club.
C. The training is on Mondays.
7. The presenter uses blue notes for history as

A. her history teacher has a blue car.
B. it marks the pages she need to read for history.
C. she loves blue.
[7 marks]
Part 2
Questions 8 to 15
You will hear to a radio interview about high-achieving teenagers. For questions 8 to 15, circle the
correct answer (A, B or C).
8. Many famous and successful teenagers have

A. used new technology
B. worked from an early age
C. been inspired by YouTube videos
9. Justin Bieber started off

A. singing with R&B star Usher
B. sending videos to talent scouts
C. posting videos on YouTube
10. Some people say Justin Bieber is the most influential person in the world because
A. he has had so many number one songs
B. he has so many followers on Twitter
C. he is friends with Barack Obama
11. A negative consequence of fame for Justin Bieber is

A. he has very little privacy
B. people get bored of hearing about him
C. people criticise his apperance
12. Tavi Gevinson started a fashion blog

A. when she was 11 years old
th
B. when she was in 11 grade in high school
C. in 2011
13. “Rookie” means
A. a beginner
B. a fan
C. someone who is bad at something
14. Style Rookie

A. allowed readers to post pictures of themselves
B. soon had a lot of readers
C. was noticed by Karl Lagerfeld
15. When some people didn’t believe her age, Tavi

A. was sad and angry at first
B. decided to attack them in return
C. completely ignored them and continued working.
[8 marks]
Part 3
Questions 16 to 20
You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about difficult situations they have
been in. For questions 16 to 20, chose from the list (A to G) what each speaker says. Use the letters
only once. There are two extra letters which you do not need to use.
A. I contacted the emergency services.

Speaker 1 16
B. I found it impossible to remain calm.
Speaker 2 17
C. I did what I had been trained to do.
Speaker 3 18
D. I followed someone else’s advice.
Speaker 4 19
E. I made a decision I later regretted.
Speaker 5 20
F. I helped people reach safety.
G. I was tempted to ignore what had happened.
[5 marks]
Part 4
Questions 21 to 30
You will hear information about the “best job in the world” competition. For questions 21 to 30, fill
in the missing information in each numbered space. Use NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each
space.
The Best Job in the World
The organisation Tourism Australia is offering six jobs, for six _______________(21). If you
want one of these jobs, you have to make a short _______________(22). The job of outback adventurer
is for someone with a passion for _______________(23) life.
Job number two is a park _______________(24) in Queensland. The wildlife caretaker job on
Kangaroo Island is for someone who loves _______________(25). If you’re not an outdoor person,
the next job is for someone whose talents are in _______________(26). The taste master will need to
_______________(27) about food as well as enjoy eating it.
The final job is based in ______________(28). This job would appeal to someone interested
in _____________(29). You would also be ____________(30) in making the Sydney Festival, Mardi
Gras and Vivid Festival as spectacular and as fun as possible.
[10 marks]
LISTENING SCRIPTS
SET 4
PART 1
QUESTION 1
Sumi: Hi, Pablo. How are you?
Pablo: Hi, Sumi. I'm fine, thanks.
Sumi: Pablo, this is Greta.
Pablo: Hi, Greta, I'm Pablo.
Greta: Hi. How are you?.
Pablo: I'm fine, thanks. Where are you from, Greta?
Greta: I'm from Germany. Where are you from?
Pablo: I'm from Argentina. Nice to meet you.
Greta: Nice to meet you too.
QUESTION 2
Café worker: Next, please! What would you like?
Andi: Can I have a burger, please?
Café worker: A cheese burger or double cheese burger?
Andi: Double cheese burger, please.
Café worker: Anything else?
Andi: Yeah, I'd like some banana cake.
Café worker: Would you like a drink?
Andi: Yes, can I have an apple juice, please?
Café worker: OK, so that’s one double cheese burger, one banana cake and an apple juice. What’s
your table number?
Andi: Table 3. How much is that?
Café worker: That’s £8.37, please.
Andi: Here you are.
Café worker: Thank you ... that’s £10.00 ... and £1.63 change. Next, please ...
QUESTION 3
Host: At exam time it is important to sleep well. Today we have Doctor Baker with us in the studio
and he is going to give us five top tips for getting a good night’s sleep. Welcome to the show, Doctor
Baker.
Dr Baker: Thank you. It’s great to be here. Let’s start with tip one. Don’t go to bed with the
television on. Some people think they can sleep well with the TV on, but the noise and lights mean
you don’t really sleep well, so turn it off!
Tip two: Don’t think too much before bedtime. Do your hardest homework earlier in the evening.
Do easier homework later. If your brain is too busy and full of ideas it takes longer to get to sleep.
Tip three: Don’t play video games for an hour before you go to sleep. They also make your brain
too busy and active.
Tip four: Turn off your cell phone when you go to bed. What is so important that it can’t wait until
the morning? If possible, leave your phone in another room.
Tip five: Play music if you like. But don’t play it too loud. Turn the sound down low.
Host: Thank you, Doctor. That is very useful advice for our young listeners.
QUESTION 4
Shop assistant: Can I help you?
Customer: Yes, have you got this T-shirt in other colours?
Shop assistant: We’ve got it in white, black, red and purple. What size do you want?
Customer: Medium.
Shop assistant: OK, in medium we’ve got black and red.
Customer: And in purple?
Shop assistant: No, just black and red.
Customer: OK, red. Can I try it on?
Shop assistant: Yes, of course. The changing rooms are over there.
(pause)
Shop assistant: Is it OK?
Customer: Yes, I’ll take it.
Shop assistant: That’s £10.95. Would you like to pay by credit card or with cash?
Customer: Cash please. Here’s twenty.
Shop assistant: OK, thanks, that’s nine pounds, 5 p change and here’s your receipt.
Customer: Thanks. Bye
QUESTION 5
Mark: What’s the matter?
Clare: I’ve got a history exam on Friday and I’m worried I’ll fail it.
Mark: Why? You’re brilliant at history.
Clare: It isn’t difficult but I have to remember a lot of information. These are my notes from today.
Mark: Can I see?
Clare: Yes.
Mark: These aren’t notes! This is a full text!
Clare: What do you mean?
Mark: You don’t have to copy everything! ‘Notes’ are just a few words. You have to write the
important words. You don’t need to write the extra bits. Look. King Henry the Eighth was married
six times.
Clare: That’s important information.
Mark: But you don’t need to write all of those words. You can draw little pictures too. Pictures can
help you to remember things and then you don’t need to write so many words. Look.
Clare: That’s so good! The crown is for ‘King’ and the ‘H’ is for Henry. That’s cool. Then the
heart is ‘love’ and a number six … well that is ehm … six. Mark: Yes. So look at these notes. Let’s
test your memory.
Clare: King Henry the Eighth was married six times.
Mark: Exactly! Write notes like this, Clare. Then you won’t have six pages of notes, you’ll
only have two or three!
QUESTION 6
Receptionist: Good morning, Brownton swimming pool.
Tyrone: Hello, I’d like some information about the water polo club.
Receptionist: Yes, of course. We have an under 14s club, an under 16s club, an under 18s club and
an adults club. How old are you?
Tyrone: I’m 15.
Receptionist: OK, so you want the under 16s club.
Tyrone: Yes.
Receptionist: Just a moment ... yes, we have two places in the under 16s club.
Tyrone: When do they train?
Receptionist: Let’s see, the under 16s train two evenings a week, on Mondays, no sorry, on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 – 8:00pm. And matches are on Saturday mornings. Tyrone:
When does the training start?
Receptionist: Training starts next week, on September 2nd.
Tyrone: OK. And how much are the classes?
Receptionist: Classes are free for under 18s.
Tyrone: Great! What do I have to do to join?
Receptionist: You have to come to the swimming pool and complete a form. You need to bring a
photograph too.
Tyrone: OK.
Receptionist: Can I take your name?
Tyrone: Yes, it’s Tyrone Williams.
Receptionist: OK, thanks. Tyrone.
Tyrone: Thanks. Bye
QUESTION 7
Girl: My presentation is about how you can use colour coding to organise your homework.
To start you need a few things from the stationery shop. This photo shows the things I use. They
aren’t expensive. They are all cheap. I’ve got coloured pens and pencils, sticky notes, page markers,
glue and folders.
First, I choose a different colour for each school subject. The colour I choose has to be easy to
remember so I make sure it means something to me. Maths is green because my ruler is green. PE is
yellow because my trainers are yellow.
Here is a photo of my folders. I use the cheapest kind and I add a coloured sticky note to the top and
to the front. I keep all my notes inside the different folders.
This is a photo of some more sticky notes. I wrote them in the library when I was studying. The blue
notes are for history. My history teacher has got a blue car! The black notes are for geography. One
day I want to visit the Black Sea.
This photo shows the pages I need to read for homework. I use two coloured page markers to mark
where it starts and ends. Those blue ones mark the pages I need to read for history.
Finally, this last photo shows my wall calendar. This green star shows I have a maths test on Friday.
This pink circle shows I’ve got French homework for Monday. It’s pink because ‘pink’ is ‘rose’ in
French … and the rose is my favourite flower.
Has anyone got any questions?
PART 2
Presenter: Next on the programme we have an interview with someone who has been writing a book
about high-achieving teenagers. Welcome, Louise Hardy.
Louise: Hi, it’s lovely to be here.
Presenter: Louise, many of these teenagers who have achieved success and fame early on, have
done so through using new technology, haven’t they? Through blogging or using YouTube or
Twitter?
Louise: Absolutely, and the greatest example of this is Justin Bieber. As I think everyone on the
planet knows, he started off by posting videos on YouTube at the age of 14 and was spotted by a
talent scout who worked with the R&B singer Usher. After that he very rapidly became a
worldwide sensation.
Presenter: I heard that last year he was said to be more influential than Obama!
Louise: (laughs) Yes, that was because he is number one on Twitter. He has over 35 million
followers. There’s a new one every two seconds. A company that analyses social media called Klout
said that he is the most influential person in the world because of that. But whether he’s really more
influential than Obama, well …
Presenter: Mmmm. All this exposure has negative consequences for young people too, doesn’t it?
Louise: Yes. Although millions adore Justin, a lot of people don’t. One of his videos was the most
disliked ever. And he has a big problem with privacy. He’s followed everywhere by the paparazzi,
and that’s bad for anyone, never mind a teenager.
Presenter: OK, let’s turn to a very different teenager. Tavi Gevinson was even younger when
she began, wasn’t she?
Louise: Yes, she was only eleven years old when she started a fashion blog called Style Rookie. By
the way, for British listeners, 'Rookie' is an American word used for a person who is new to
something.
Presenter: Thanks.
Louise: On her blog she posted photos of herself wearing unusual combinations of clothes and wrote
about them.
Presenter: Some of them were quite weird.
Louise: Well, yes, I suppose a lot of high fashion is weird. Anyway, she quickly built up a huge
following, up to 300,000 readers per day, and many of them were adults. Serious fashion magazines
interviewed her and sent her to fashion shows in Europe and to meet top designers, like Karl
Lagerfeld.
Presenter: Some people didn’t believe she was as young as she was, did they?
Louise: No, one magazine printed an article saying the writer didn’t believe Tavi was only 12, and
that upset her. But she bounced back and continued blogging. Then, as she grew older, Tavi became
interested in other things besides fashion. In 2011, when she was 15, she started Rookie Magazine,
an online magazine for teenagers. In less than a week it had one million readers.
Presenter: I’ve seen it. It’s very impressive, isn’t it? All teenage girls listening, check out Rookie
Magazine.
Louise: Yes, I think it’s fantastic and Lady Gaga called Tavi 'the future of journalism'! She employs
about 50 writers and photographers – both adults and teenagers – on Rookie, but she is the editor
with overall control.
Presenter: And all this time she’s continued to lead a normal life, hasn’t she?
Louise: Oh yes, she lives a very normal life in a small town and goes to school and so on. She’s not
even twenty yet. But I think writing and editing are very different from being a performing artist.
There’s a lot less pressure from fans and the press. Although some actors, like Emma Watson, seem
to manage a private life and getting a normal education.
Presenter: Yes, Emma Watson is now in her twenties, of course, but …
PART 3
Speaker 1
There was a storm blowing as I walked along the cliffs, and down below I noticed a rowing boat
being thrown about by the huge waves. I took out my phone to call the rescue services, or the police,
but there was no signal. If the boat had hit the rocks it would have been smashed to pieces, so I ran
along the cliff top until I came to a small bay. I ran back and shouted to the crew to row towards it as
hard as they could, and eventually they managed it. There the waves pushed their boat into the bay,
where they were able to take shelter.
Speaker 2
It was my first night out in that city, and when I saw the last bus home disappearing round the corner
I knew I had a problem. It was cold and I couldn’t afford a taxi, but I didn’t want to bother my host
family by asking them to pick me up so I set off on foot, telling myself it’d only take me an hour or
so. Four hours later I was still walking. I was soaked through and my hands were frozen. When I
eventually reached the house the family said how worried they’d been, and asked why I hadn’t
phoned. By then I wished I had.
Speaker 3
I realised straight away I’d been overcharged, but it was only by a small amount and my first thought
was to forget about it as I was in a hurry. Then I noticed the assistant glance at me and somehow I
knew it had been deliberate. I gently pointed out the error, but he became quite aggressive. Not
wanting to get into a row about it, I asked to speak to the manager, and when she came over I
explained that I hadn’t been given the correct change. The assistant angrily denied this, but the
manager pointed to a security camera right above us. He immediately gave me my money.
Speaker 4
Carlos, Alfonso and I had been camping in the mountains, and it was time to leave. Just then a dense
mist descended and soon we realised we were completely lost. I was in favour of keeping going
along the path, while Carlos suggested heading downhill. Alfonso, though, wanted to phone
Mountain Rescue for help. The two of them had just started arguing when a shepherd appeared. I
asked him which way we should go and he said we’d taken a wrong turning at the bridge, so we
headed back the way we’d come, turned left by the river instead of right, and within twenty minutes
we’d reached the village.
Speaker 5
I was doing a cross-country run when suddenly I tripped and fell, feeling a sharp pain in my ankle.
As I lay there I wondered whether I’d be able to stand on it, maybe even carry on running, but I
remembered what I’d been taught as a nurse so I kept it still, checking to see if it was broken. It
didn’t seem to be so I decided against calling an ambulance, but I didn’t want to take any chances so
I phoned my sister. She immediately offered to come and collect me, and within fifteen minutes she
was able to help me to the car and take me home.
PART 4
Once again the organisation which promotes Australia, Tourism Australia, is advertising the best job
in the world. But this year, they have six jobs going, all for six months, with a great salary and extra
spending money. If you think one of these is your dream job, you have to make a 30-second video
explaining why you are the best person for the role. But – be warned. Thousands of people will be
competing for each post.
The job of 'outback adventurer' is for someone with a passion for outdoor life, and in the Northern
Territory there are plenty of wide-open spaces. The job is for someone to find out the best adventures
and jobs for young people on working holidays. You’d be getting close to wildlife, sleeping under
the stars in a bush camp and flying over stunningly beautiful landscape in a hot air balloon. Your
duties will include getting to know about aboriginal culture and eating traditional bushfoods, maybe
including the famous witchetty grubs – insect larva.
Like the idea of 200 days of sunshine every year? Job number two is a park ranger in tropical
Queensland. It’s a wonderful state with ancient rainforests, the world’s largest sand island and the
awesome Great Barrier Reef. Here your duties would include protecting and promoting native
plants and animals, spectacular waterfalls, dinosaur fossils, untouched beaches and indigenous
culture. You’d get paid to patrol the beaches of Lizard Island and live a life most people can only
dream about.
Another island job is as 'wildlife caretaker' on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. If you love all
kinds of animals, this is the job for you. The advert says you’ll be able to talk to wallabies (a kind of
small kangaroo), play with dolphins, cuddle koalas and sunbathe with seals on the unspoilt beach at
Seal Bay. You would get about the island on foot, by bicycle, kayak or boat, taking photos and
leaving only footprints. There is one potential drawback, though. You’d need to be pretty brave since
you might come face to face with great white sharks.
Maybe you are not quite so keen on the great outdoors and your talents are more journalistic. If
you fancy feature writing, photography and making videos, you can apply for the position of
lifestyle photojournalist for Time Out in Melbourne. You would be required to photograph and
write about the city's coolest cafés and musical events. But you’d also cover tourist activities in the
whole state of Victoria, including surfing on the Great Ocean Road, skiing at Mount Hotham or
watching the little penguins at Phillip Island.
Are you a foodie? Do you know about food, as well as love eating it? If the answer's yes, you can
apply for the role of 'taste master' in Western Australia. Your job would be to promote the best
restaurants, pubs, wineries and breweries. You’d also catch fresh seafood off the beautiful coast
and learn all about making wine and beer.
Finally, a fantastic job in Sydney. We’ve all seen those amazing firework displays in Sydney
Harbour. Well, you could be one of the people making that happen next year. New South Wales is
looking for a 'chief funster', who would be based in Sydney while travelling around the state and
tweeting about the coolest things going on. This job would appeal to someone interested in
everything: sports, the arts, entertainment, food. You’d also be involved in making the Sydney
Festival, Mardi Gras and Vivid Festival as spectacular, and as fun, as possible.
ANSWERS
SET 4
PART 1
1. B
2. B
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. C
7. A
PART 2
8. A
9. C
10. B
11. A
12. A
13. A
14. B
15. A
PART 3
16. F
17. E
18. G
19. D
20. C
PART 4
21. months
22. video
23. outdoor
24. ranger
25. animals
26. journalism/writing/reporting
27. know
28. Sydney
29. everything
30. involved
SET 5
Part 1
Questions 1 to 7
answer (A, B or C).
1. Why Amy wants to see a dermatologist?
A The Vitamin C that she uses is working very slowly

B The products that she had used failed to clear her skin
C She has a lot of pigmented acne scars.
2. When will the participants know the actual topic of the competition?
A The week after the competition

B On the day of the competition
C An hour before the competition.
3. Which of the following is not mentioned in the announcement?
A You can switch on your mobile phone.

B You must remain in your seat.
C You have to make sure that your seat is in full upright position
4. Which of the following word can best describe the neighbour’s feeling?
A sad
B angry
C annoyed.
5. How many heavy rain periods are predicted to happen?
A Four to eight episodes

B Four to six episodes
C Two to six episodes
6. Why the student was worried about his examination results?
A He did not study at all

B He did not do his homework
C He did not pay attention in the classroom
7. How many hours will the store be opened tomorrow?
A 11 hours
B 15 hours
C 13 hours
[7 marks]
Part 2
Questions 8 to 15
You will hear to a radio interview about high-achieving teenagers. For questions 8 to 15, circle the
correct answer (A, B or C).
8. Where was Amanda heading to when this
happened? A Home
B School
C To a friend’s house
9. How far was she from her destination?
A About two miles away
B About two blocks away
C About two streets away
10. The old lady most probably had just been to the
A bank
B bookstore
C supermarket
11. Where was the purse
placed? A In the bags
B Under the old lady’s arm
C In the old lady’s handbag
12. How did the robbers flee?
A By car
B On foot
C By a motorcycle
13. What did Amanda do?
A She ran home.
B She screamed for help.
C She ran after the robbers.
14. What caught Amanda’s attention during the chase?
A Movement in the abandoned shed
B Movement in a bush
C A shout nearby
15. Who caught the robbers?
A Amanda
B The public
C The police
[8 marks]
Part 3
Questions 16 to 20
You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about difficult situations they have
been in. For questions 16 to 20, chose from the list (A to G) what each speaker says. Use the letters
only once. There are two extra letters which you do not need to use.
A. Take note of negative reviews when purchasing a

Speaker 1 16
product.
Speaker 2 17
B. Do not answer calls if you do not recognise the
Speaker 3 18
caller’s number.
Speaker 4 19
C. Most scammers use the same modus operandi.
Speaker 5 20
D. Ensure that you have proper evidence when you make
a report.
E. Read up on people who have been scammed so that we can avoid making the same mistakes.
F. Many people tend to believe the scammers because
G. Scammers can easily verify our bank account details.
[5 marks]
Part 4
Questions 21 to 30
You will hear a travel blogger, Kim Andrews, talking about her passion for travelling.
For questions 21 to 30, fill in the missing information in each numbered space.
The Travel Blogger

Kim Andrews is a famous travel blogger. What began as a (21) ________________ is now a
career for her upon graduating from college. She started her blog, Kim the Nomad in her teens
because her family had to live in many different (22) ________________ due to her father’s
work.
While it was exciting, she also faced some (23) ________________ in terms of language and culture.
In her blog, she tries to highlight the different (24) ________________ as well as surprising
discoveries she has made in each country. For example, she learned that while Japan is one of the
cleanest countries in the world, there were hardly any trash bins found in the city which makes her
admire their (25) ________________ all the more. She also learned that the British push their clocks
back in the summer to enjoy more hours of (26) _______________.
Kim firmly believes that travelling is a great teacher because you are able to (27)
________________.so many things during your travels, not only about yourself but also the world
around you. She advises travellers to (28) ________________ the country they plan to visit, learn
some (29) ________________ phrases and most importantly, to be (30) ________________ to new
experiences.
[10 marks]
LISTENING SCRIPTS
SET 5
PART 1
Question 1
You will hear a teenage girl, Amy talking about her acne problem. When I was growing up, I’d never
thought I’d suffer from acne. Now, at 17, I’m seriously considering seeing a dermatologist about my
problem. When I have breakouts, I tend to pick on them which I know doesn’t help the problem. As
a result, I have a lot of pigmented acne scars on my cheek. I’m using Vitamin C to try to treat them
but it’s working very slowly. I have tried using other products too but they have failed to help clear
my skin.
Question 2
You will hear a teacher informing his students about a competition. The essay-writing competition
will take place next week in conjunction with the 3R campaign. You are to write an essay in not less
than 350 words. You will be given an hour to write your essay. As the theme is based on the
environment, you may start doing your research now so that you will be prepared for the
competition. The actual topics will be given on the day of the competition. The top three winners
will receive attractive prizes as well as certificate of participation.
Question 3
You will hear an announcement by a flight attendant. Ladies and gentlemen, we are now
approaching Tokyo where the local time is 09.00 am. Please be in your seat with your seatbelt firmly
fastened. Ensure that your seatback and folding trays are in their full upright position. Take note that
all electronic devices including laptop computers and mobile phones must be switched off. The flight
attendants are currently passing around the cabin to make a final compliance check.
Question 4
You will hear a complaint from a neighbour. I really am at my wits’ end. My next-door neighbour,
Mrs Lim has five cats and she lets them roam around freely. They are always coming over to my
place and messing up my lawn. Sometimes they like to chew on my flowering plants, too. Once, I
even caught one of her cats entering my house through a window! I don’t mind if my neighbours
have pets but they really must be more responsible so that their pets don’t become a nuisance to the
neighbourhood.
Question 5
You will hear a weather report. The annual monsoon season in the country is expected to start from
end November until March next year. During the season, four to six episodes of significant heavy
rain periods are expected to occur. The continuous heavy rain may cause the occurrence of floods at
low-lying and flood-prone areas. The public is reminded to prepare for the monsoon season and
always be on the alert of heavy rain, strong winds and rough seas warnings.
Question 6
You will hear a student expressing his worries. I’m worried about my exam results. I had been busy
preparing for the drama competition that I hardly did any studying at all. Even so, I was quite
confident that I would scrape by because I did pay attention in class and completed my homework
diligently. To my shock, I didn’t know how to answer many of the questions. I’ll fail the exam for
sure. I wish I had put in extra effort to study when I had the chance.
Question 7
You will hear an announcement at a shopping mall. Good evening, shoppers. We would like to
inform you that the store will be closing in fifteen minutes. Please make your final selections and
bring your items to the cashiers located at the front of the store for a swift checkout. We would like
to remind you that our shopping hours tomorrow are from 10 am to 11 pm. Once again, the store will
be closing in fifteen minutes. Thank you for shopping with us and have a nice evening.
PART 2
I was walking home on my usual route today. Both my friends who usually accompany me had
reached their homes. So, I was alone. There were just about two blocks more to go. As I was
walking, I noticed an old lady in front of me. She had a heavy basket of groceries. Her purse was
wedged under her arm. She was trying to walk as fast as she could as it had started to drizzle.
Suddenly, two men dashed past me towards the old lady. They stopped by her side and bent down to
speak to her. I thought they knew her. They reached for her bags. However, once she moved her
arms, one of them snatched her purse from her. By the time the lady realised it, the men had gone. I
ran up to her to ask if she was all right. All she could do was scream. She kept pointing at the
direction the men taken off. I gave chase but after a while, I lost sight of them. Then suddenly,
something moved in an abandoned shed nearby and caught my attention. I quietly peeked inside the
shed. I saw the two men hiding in the shed. I ran back to inform the people who by now had gathered
around the old lady. I told them about the men hiding in the shed. A few men followed me and they
were able to apprehend the robbers. The police soon arrived and they were taken to the police
station. The old lady was grateful that she got her purse and money back. I was happy that I was able
to help.
PART 3
Speaker 1 There are so many scams these days that it’s hard to keep track. But I’m especially
aware of scams that occur over the phone where the caller would try to get our
personal information and bank account details. They can be very convincing but
whatever you do, never reveal anything about yourself to strangers who call you
out of nowhere.
Speaker 2 I used to get quite a number of calls telling me that I have won something, or there is
an uncollected parcel at the post office for me. What’s funny is, I never even entered
any contests or ordered anything online. It’s very annoying. These days whenever I
received a call from an unknown number, I immediately cut the line off. It saves me
time.
Speaker 3 The newspapers are full of stories of how scammers have successfully cheated the
public. I think it would do us well to learn from these people’s mistakes. Take note
of the modus operandi so that we are aware of the different types of scams, and how
we can avoid them. We need to read and update ourselves about this.
Speaker 4 Although it is possible to falsify one’s personal information and credentials these
days, it is still better to do a background check, especially if you want to
purchase products or start an investment. Verify their companies, look at the
reviews, especially negative ones, and ask around if anyone has ever dealt with
them. Furthermore, make sure the products or investment that they are offering is
legal.
Speaker 5 I think it is also important to make a report if we have been scammed or have been
contacted by a scammer so that the authorities are aware of it. Keep a record of all
documentation and then report to the relevant enforcement agencies. It is our
responsibility so that others won’t fall into the same trap.
PART 4
I: Could you start by introducing yourself and what you do?
K: Well, my name is Kim Andrews and I am a travel blogger. I’ve been blogging about my
travels in my personal
blog, Kim the Nomad since I was a teenager. At first it was just a hobby but since my
blog became very well-
received, I decided to become a travel blogger full time after finishing college.
I: What made you start blogging?
K: I have been living in different parts of the world since I was young, thanks to my father. He
works in the oil and gas industry so he has been transferred to many countries over the years.
Whenever we moved, I felt like living in each country was a different experience so I
decided to write about it and share with the others.
I: Do you mind sharing which countries you have lived in so far?
K: Before I started school, we lived in the UK. Then I spent my primary school years in Dubai
and Azerbaijan, and my secondary school years in Japan and Norway. I then went to
college in New Zealand. Sometimes my parents would take me and my sister travelling
during the holidays too. I think I’ve visited over 20 countries now.
I: Wow, that sounds exciting!
K: It is, but it also has its fair share of challenges. Learning a new language can be difficult and
it’s hard trying to make new friends if you don’t know the language. You also have to try
and adapt to a new culture and way of life. That is why in my blog, I try to share as much as
possible about the local culture, as well as the do’s and don’ts of each country because you
don’t want to make a grave mistake!
I: What are some of the surprising things you learned abroad?
K: Well, we all know that Japan is one of the cleanest places in the world, right? Because of that
I thought there would be trash bins everywhere. But it’s actually difficult to find a trash bin
in the city, which means you just have to hold on to your trash until you see one. This level
of discipline is so admirable to me. Also in Britain, they push back their clocks in the
summer and push it forward in the winter. This is because daylight hours are much longer in
the summer, and so they want to enjoy as much daylight as possible.
I: That’s interesting. What are some of the advantages of travelling?
K: Travelling teaches you about so many things. It teaches you about the world, about your
homeland, about others and about yourself. You learn about different cultures and appreciate
the differences with your own culture. You become more independent and tolerant. You will
gain new insights and experiences, and you will see the world differently. It is an
enriching experience.
I: That’s very true. Lastly, any tips that you’d like to share with other travellers?
K: I’d say it’s good to do some research before you visit the country. It will help you to
understand the location, the culture, food and so on. Learning some basic phrases in the local
language is useful too. Most importantly, travel with an open mind. Some countries may be
vastly different than what you’re used to and that’s the beauty of travelling. It takes you out
of your comfort zone so that you can experience new things.
I: Thank you for the interview, Ms Andrews and we wish you the best.
ANSWERS
SET 5
PART 1
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. C
PART 2
8. A
9. B
10. C
11. B
12. B
13. C
14. A
15. B
PART 3
16. F
17. B
18. E
19. A
20. D
PART 4
21. hobby
22. countries
23. challenges
24. cultures
25. discipline
26. daylight
27. learn
28. research
29. basic
30. open

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2. The two ingredients they need to buy are

4. The interviewer asked Charlie if he would buy a book from the

5. Recording in the studio begins at

7. Where are they going to have lunch on Saturday?

10. Many parents …

12. On the app, tutors who live in remote areas …

13. The app …

15. The app is available for …

A. I appreciate the lack of commercials.

New Zealand Journey

Mike: We have to make dinner tonight. I hope you remembered!

Cathy: Oops, I forgot actually. What do you want to make?

Cathy: Yeah, ok, that's a good idea. Do we have everything we need?

Mike: Mm, let's go and have a look in the kitchen.

Cathy: right, first, of course, we need some apples. Do we have any?

Cathy: OK, we have a lot of salt...

Cathy: Yes, we don't have much but there's enough.

Cathy: Fine, I'll come with you.

Steve: Hi Susan, did your new Spanish class start today?

Susan: Hi Steve. Yeah, it was great fun. Hola!

Steve: How many students are there in the class?

Steve: Are the other students all American?

Steve: And the rest of you are American?

Steve: Rosemary? Who's she?

Susan: That friend your mother plays tennis with sometimes.

Steve: OK, ask me my name in Spanish!

Charlie: Yes, alright. What would you like to know?

Charlie: No problems. Good day to you.

Graham: Oh, I fell asleep. Where are we?

Barbara: We're almost there.

Barbara: You looked very tired so I didn't want to.

Graham: We have to make a phone call to your father, don't we?

Clive: Hey Heather, when is your brother getting into town?

Heather: On Thursday at eight o'clock in the evening.

Clive: Are you going to do anything together that night?

Clive: That's true, it's a long flight from Melbourne.

Heather: I am so looking forward to having him here.

Clive: How long is he going to stay?

Clive: I hope the weather is sunny for you.

Clive: And then in the evening?

Clive: Oh, tell me what it is.

Clive: That sounds wonderful. You will have a brilliant time.

2. What does she enjoy most about it?

3. The man says that one of the rules is that

4. Why did she miss her flight?

5. What attracted him to this job?

8. The radio host says that a digital detox

9. Which sentence is not true about Amanda Vince’s job?

10. What is the name of the book that influenced Amanda?

12. Amanda removed notifications from

14. Amanda and her partner

15. Amanda believes that a digital detox

A. eating unhealthy food

A Science Experiment: Pitch Drop

Amanda: Thank you very much.

Presenter: What do you mean by that?

2. Peter works in the

3. What does the judge think of the man’s performance?

4. What will the talk be about?

6. At 11.00 a.m. Dan

7. Alex and Jem

9. His phone number is