UNIT TEST 8 ● GROUP A

Dictation, Listening and Reading

Name: ________________________ Listening

Class: ________________________ 2 [Track 17] Listen to part of a radio programme.
Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
Dictation 1 Abigail finished
A all three awards in a year.
1 [Track 16] Listen and write the sentences that you B the final award a year ago.
hear.
C the final award a year after she started it.

2 Abigail doesn’t mention doing anything which

A she disliked.
B helped other people.
C involved studying.

3 Now, Abigail
A has started working.
B feels that her character has changed.
C has lost touch with her university friends.

4 In her final point, Abigail talks about

A the award’s social networking site.
B other people’s negative reactions to the award.
C cruel people she met while doing the award.
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5 Abigail is taking part in
A a radio interview about the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
B a radio debate about the value of the Duke of Edinburgh
Award.
C a radio news item about the Duke of Edinburgh
Award.
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 UNIT TEST 8 ● GROUP A
Dictation, Listening and Reading

Reading  
3 Read the leaflet asking for volunteers for different HELP OUT AT YOUR LOCAL FOOD BANK
schemes. Choose from sentences A–F the one which We need volunteers to operate food banks in our area.
fits each gap (1–5). There is one extra sentence. Food banks have been a feature of our towns and cities for
A If you join up, you will receive emails with reports of many years. Traditionally, they gave food to the homeless.
burglaries or other problems in your area. (1) Food banks are therefore more important than ever
B The aim is to provide work for people who have to help the most vulnerable in our society.
recently been released from prison and who are finding
We are not asking for financial help. The food is
it hard to return to life in the community. provided by supermarkets, charities, schools and other
C What we need from our volunteers is time. organisations. Local business leaders have helped to
D However, in these days of low wages and high finance our centres. (2) We need people to check that
prices, even some families with parents in work need the food isn’t out of date, pack it in boxes and, most
them. importantly, chat with the people who come into the centres.
We will train you to give help and advice to people with
E Schemes like this make a huge difference to people’s
serious problems as well as providing addresses and phone
lives. numbers of organisations that people can contact if they need
F You have the security of knowing that other people emergency financial help for debts or rent.
are keeping an eye out for any suspicious behaviour
and reporting it to the authorities.
BE A PART OF YOUR LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOOD
WATCH
1 Would you like to play a bigger part in helping your
2 community? Why not sign up to join a neighbourhood
3 watch scheme? Being part of a scheme in your area helps
4 you to feel safer in your own home. ( 3 ) This can
be a real comfort, especially for people who live alone.
5
(4) These will also give advice on things such as
/10 securing your home at night or when you are out, and what to
ask if people come to your door claiming that they are
/30 collecting money for charities. In addition, we are trying to
persuade the government to make funding available for
  burglar alarms for the less well-off.

 
HELP MAKE ‘REHABILITATION IN THE
  WORKPLACE’ A SUCCESS
We are calling on all business people to help us with our new
 
Rehabilitation in the Workplace scheme. (5)
  Despite some opposition from those who think that we
should be doing more to help those who haven’t committed
  any crimes, we believe this will bring benefits to everyone. It
can also help you cut costs, as half of the wages o f anyone
  on the scheme will be paid for you. A trial of the scheme
has been running for the last six months in the London area.
 
You can go to our website to read reactions of employers
  who have taken on employees.

  

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