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Test 1 )
No. Questions
Talk/Lecture 1.You will hear a man talking about the Statue of Liberty.
Why did France give the statue to the United
States?
A. To remember the war between France and
America
1 (B.) To remember the friendship between France
and America
C. To remember Gustave Eiffel
D. To remember the soldiers in the war against
Britain
Which is NOT TRUE about the construction of
the Statue?
A. The statue’s skin was made of copper.
2 (B.) Gustave Eiffel was chosen to design the statue.
C. It’s reduced to 350 pieces and shipped to
America.
D. It is 46 meters high.
What needed to be built in the United States?
(A.) A base
3 B. An ice cream cone
C. A torch
D. A huge metal frame
How did the statue get to the United States?
A. It’s put together in France and sent by ship.
4 B. It was reduced to 46 pieces.
(C.) It came in many parts in many boxes.
D. It was transported by a big plane.
Which is TRUE about the statue?
A. It serves as a lighthouse.
5 B. Visitors can only see the statue from far away.
(C.) There are 354 steps to the top.
D. It is the tallest structure in America.
Talk/Lecture 2.Listen to a woman talking about bamboo.
Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a
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use for bamboo?
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A BIG GIFT
4- The Statue of Liberty may be one of the biggest presents in history! In 1886, France
gave the United States a huge statue. It is a woman holding a torch high in the air. The
torch is a symbol of freedom. The gift was given to remember the important friendship
between the two countries. One hundred years earlier, France had helped America in its
war for freedom from Britain.
A French sculptor was chosen to design the statue. It was a very difficult job because
of its size. He decided to make her skin out of thin copper sheets. Then he would attach
them to a metal frame. He asked an engineer to design and build the huge frame. That
4 engineer’s name was Gustave Eiffel. He would later build the famous Eiffel Tower in
Paris, France.
The statue was too big to fit on a ship. So it was reduced to 350 pieces and taken to
America in many separate boxes. The builders chose a small island in New York Harbor
as the place to put the statue. The statue was a gift. However, the US needed to build a
base for her to stand on.
3+ People from all over America sent money to help build it. The base was finished in the
spring of 1886. They began to put the pieces of the statue together. When the statue was
finished, it was the tallest structure in America. She stands over forty-six meters high. Just
one of her fingers is 2.4 meters long!
The statue faces the ocean to welcome ships as they sail into New York. Each year,
4+ thousands of visitors come to the island to see her. They can even climb the 354 steps up
into her crown and look out the windows! She is a symbol of freedom for people all over
the world. After all, it’s in her name. The word “liberty” means freedom.
Source: Nordvall K. Listening To The News 1. Compass Publishing; 2012.
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AMAZING BAMBOO!
What do a bicycle, a chair, a house, and a T-shirt have in common? They can all be

A. Building houses
B. Making clothes
(C.) Making cars
D. Making bicycles
Bamboo …
A. can grows on any kind of soil.
7 (B.) reaches a useful size in 3 to 7 years.
C. is a member of tree family.
D. is used to make paper.
People build houses with bamboo because…
(A.) It is very strong.
8 B. It can be formed into different shapes.
C. It stops bad smells.
D. It can be used instead of metal tubes.
Why is growing bamboo more efficient than
growing trees?
A. It isn’t like other plants in the tree family.
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(B.) It grows faster than trees
C. It can be used in different fields of construction.
D. It sells better than wood.
According to the story, how will bamboo help
the world in the future?
A. It can help feed many hungry people.
10 (B.) Using bamboo can help to save trees.
C. Planting bamboo will make the world smell
better.
D. It can be used instead of other materials.
Talk/Lecture 3.Listen to a tour guide talking to some visitors at a museum about the BBC computer.
Which is TRUE about the computers in 1980?
A. They were popular in schools and libraries only.
11 B. They were made with a size of a box.
(C.) They were too expensive.
D. They were used to solve math problems.
After the BBC showed the program "The
Mighty Micro," …
A. someone built the first computer.
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B. computers became very expensive.
(C.) people in Britain became interested in small
computers.
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made using bamboo! Bamboo is one of the most amazing plants on earth. It has been used
by humans for thousands of years. Bamboo may also be one of the most important plants
of the future.
Bamboo is very strong. It can be used in most of the same ways as wood. Many kinds
of bamboo are actually harder than wood. People all over the world have built houses with
bamboo. Bamboo has other uses as well. It makes strong and beautiful furniture. As the
4+ young bamboo plants grow, they can be formed into different shapes like circles and even
squares! Clothes made from bamboo are quite soft. They are also very good at stopping
bad smells. Some companies are even making bicycles with bamboo instead of metal
tubes!
Even though bamboo looks like a tree, it’s actually a kind of grass. It’s related to
4 plants like corn and rice. Bamboo is one of the fastest-growing plants in the world. It can
grow about three centimeters per hour! Trees take much longer to grow, of course. It takes
twenty years or more for a tree to grow to a useful size. Bamboo reaches its useful size in
only three to seven years. Many bamboo plants can grow in the same time as one tree.
This makes a bamboo farm more efficient than a tree farm.
The population of the world grows every year. That means that there is more need for
materials like wood. But the number of trees is limited. If people used bamboo instead,
many trees could be saved. Scientists and inventors are working hard to find other uses for
this amazing plant.
Source: Nordvall K. Listening To The News 1. Compass Publishing; 2012.
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OK, everyone, if you’d like to come over here to our next exhibit. OK, so we’re
continuing to learn about the history of the home computer. Now, does anyone recognize
4+ this amazing machine? No? Well, anyone who grew up in Britain in the 1980s would
immediately recognize this. It’s the famous BBC Microcomputer. You’ve all heard of the
BBC, right? The British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC is Britain’s national, state-run
television and radio network.
- So why did a TV station make a computer?
That’s a really interesting story. It starts in the early 1980s. BBC television showed a
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program called “The Mighty Micro” in which a professor, his name was Dr. Christopher
Evans, he predicted the importance of the microcomputer - what we today just call the
computer or the personal computer. Now, you have to remember that in 1980, there were
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D. A company started their researches on tiny no computers in homes, in schools, in libraries. Computers were big and expensive, so
computers. they still weren’t something that a family or a student would go out and buy. But Dr.
The BBC wanted to design a microcomputer Evans made a prediction - a guess about the future. He predicted that computers were
that was … going to get smaller. Technology was making it possible to build a whole computer in a
A. expensive box that could fit on your desk. That’s why the first home computers were called
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(B.) affordable “microcomputers” - “micro” meaning “small.”
C. big OK, so Evans argued that the microcomputer was going to change everything, and that
D. television-oriented Britain’s children needed to learn how to use a computer in order to be prepared for the
How did the BBC turn the “microcomputers” future. Now, it just so happened that a lot of important people watched that program, and
into reality? Evan’s predictions caught the attention of many people in Britain. In fact, even the British
A. They made their computers with lots of Parliament - the government - ended up discussing the program and Evan’s predictions.
functions. So the BBC decided to start a new project: to build a computer that was affordable, but
14 (B.) They found a computer company to make their 5+ that had lots of functions - text, graphics, sound, music, programming, even artificial
computer. intelligence. The BBC planned to sell its microcomputer to homes and especially schools
C. They started a new division to make their around the country.
computers. - So the BBC made the actual computer?
D. They hired a big corporation to finish their ideas. No, actually they didn’t. The BBC was… and still is… in the business of making
television and radio programs, not computers. So they wanted to find a computer company
that could make the computer and put the BBC’s name on it. In Cambridge, England -
home to the famous, old university - a small company called Acorn heard about the
project. It just so happened that Acorn was already making its first computer, but it wasn’t
quite finished yet. The Acorn employees worked through the night and finished that first
The BBC computers… computer. It was called the Proton. They showed their brand new creation to the BBC and
A. were made by a big company.
won the contract. It’s really an amazing story of a small company beating all the bigger
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corporations. The first BBC computer - they called it the model A - came out in 1981, and
C. were not successful at first.
the model B came out not too long afterward. And that’s the computer you can see here -
(D.) were mainly used by children in schools.
the BBC Model B Microcomputer. The computer was an immediate success, mainly
because schools in Britain bought many of them to teach computer skills to students.
- Excuse me! What can you do…

Source: Blackwell A, Naber T. Open Forum 1. New York: Oxford University Press; 2007.

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Talk/Lecture 1.You will hear a girl talking about her life since she left Vietnam.
Why did the speaker have to help her mother CHANGES
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with the shopping? I was a small child when I left Vietnam and moved with my family to live in America.

A. There were no Vietnamese people living near
her.
(B.) There were no Vietnamese working in the
stores.
C. There wasn't always someone to go shopping
with her.
D.Her mother could speak a little English.
Why did her father find working in a factory
difficult?
A. He couldn't speak any English.
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B. He didn't have many friends there.
(C.)He had had a much better job in Vietnam.
D. He couldn’t get used to the working style.
Why are the speaker and her brother more
fortunate than their sisters?
A. They did not need extra English lessons.
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B. They look more American.
(C.) They speak with American accents.
D. They quickly adopted the way of life.
What has the speaker forgotten about life in
Vietnam?
(A.)Living close to other people
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B. The warm weather
C. Wearing traditional clothes
D. Traditional food
Why does she find it difficult to invite friends to
her home?
A. Her parents do not have much money.
(B.) Her parents haven’t adopted an American way
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of life.
C. Her parents only know how to cook Vietnamese
food.
D. Her parents do not speak English well.
Talk/Lecture 2.Listen to a woman talking about boys and girls in American schools.
What happened in American schools before
1972?
6 A. Girls didn’t go to school. 4-
B. Every classroom was a mix of boys and girls.
C. Boys could learn what they wanted.
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For me and my little brother, it didn't take long before we felt American, but for my
parents and two older sisters, it was a different story. The biggest problem for my mother
was the language. We were living in New York and although there were quite a lot of
Vietnamese families near us they didn't work in the stores. This meant my mother had to
take me with her when she went shopping and I was usually at school.
For my father the most important thing when we arrived was to find a job. Luckily he
had friends who knew us in Vietnam and they helped him get a job in a factory. It was
hard for him to do that sort of work. In Saigon he had been a doctor.
My two older sisters went to high school. They worked hard and did well and the
school gave them extra English lessons. Even now, though, they speak with Vietnamese
accents. My brother and I are lucky. We may look Vietnamese but we speak with
American accents!
My family found the way of life very different. In Vietnam my mother used to spend a
lot of time visiting her sisters and brothers and looking after her mother and father. She
feels quite lonely now. She says that in America you live inside your house but in
Vietnam you take your house outside onto the street and share your life with everybody. I
don't remember that but I do find the winters are quite hard to put up with in New York.
It's very cold and snows a lot.
My mother still wears traditional Vietnamese clothes at home and always cooks us
rice and noodles. I must admit I prefer burgers and chips! Although my friends like to visit
us I often feel a bit embarrassed by my parents' way of life. They do not understand
Americans and I think I am more American than Vietnamese now. I suppose it is sad for
them to have such a strange daughter.
Source: Aspinall T. Test Your Listening. Harlow: Penguin English; 2002.
BOYS AND GIRLS IN SCHOOL
In American schools, almost every classroom is a mix of boys and girls. However, it
was not always this way. In the past, schools did not teach girls subjects like science and
math. In 1972, a law called Title IX was made in America. It gave girls an equal chance at
education. Since then, boys and girls have been taught together.

(D.)They didn’t teach girls some subjects.
What is the reason that most American schools
have mixed classes?
A. Scientists said that it was the best thing.
7 B. Teachers did not want to teach single-gender
classes.
(C.) A law gave girls an equal chance to learn.
D. Boys and girls behave better in such classes.
Why might girls not get a chance to talk much in
a class with boys?
A. Because the teacher doesn’t ask them questions
8 5 For instance, boys prefer stories with action and adventure. In an all-boys English class,
(B.) Because boys are louder and often talk first
C. Because boys know the correct answers
D. Because girls are often shy.
What is NOT the reason that some schools are
reconsidering separating classes?
(A.) They prefer the old teaching styles.
9 5 six hundred schools are trying separate classrooms. Time will show if it is a good idea or
B. Boys learn differently than girls.
C. Boys and girls can bother each other.
D. Boys and girls like different things.
Which is one class that is not mentioned as being
separated?
A. Math
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B. Social Studies
C. Science
(D.) Physical Education
Talk/Lecture 3.Listen to a talk about body language in American Culture at a student orientation meeting.
Who is listening to the orientation talk?
A. the director of international students
11 (B.) new international students
C. the teachers of international department
D. all first-year students in the college
What is the purpose of this talk?
A. to introduce the director for international student
affairs
12 B. to deal with all international students’ problems.
C. to inform the importance of using English in
class.
(D.) to introduce common problems in non-verbal
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Recently, though, some schools are reconsidering separating classes. This is different
than in the past, however. Girls still learn the same subjects as boys. They just study
without boys in the classroom. Why? Well, scientists know that boys and girls learn
differently.
4+ They also behave differently in the classroom. Boys are louder and more confident.
They like to talk and show what they know. In general, girls are quieter. They prefer to
listen and think carefully before they give their answers. When boys and girls are together,
the boys can be too dominant. Also, boys and girls can bother each other. Instead of
thinking about the lesson, they think about each other. In a separated classroom, they
behave better and can focus on studying.
Another reason for separated classes is that boys and girls often like different things.
the teacher can choose books that will be interesting to boys. This way, they will be more
excited about the stories.
Not all the classes are separated - just the main subjects like English, math, science,
and social studies. Still, some teachers think that separate education is not good. They
worry that boys and girls will not learn how to work well together. Right now, less than
something that should be left in the past.
Source: Nordvall K. Listening To The News 1. Compass Publishing; 2012.
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BODY LANGUAGE IN AMERICAN CULTURE
Hi! I'd like to welcome all of you to the international student orientation at Norwalk
4+ College. I hope that your travels from your home country have been easy and that you all
are settling in well. I believe I've met everyone, but just in case, I'm the director for
international student affairs - the person you can come to if you are having problems with
your classes, your housing, visas... You are always welcome to stop by my office.
We'll have several short workshops today and will be talking about some common
issues that international students face. The first one that I want to deal with is about
5 communication, and in particular, non-verbal communication.
Now all of you have been studying English for some time. You have a good
vocabulary, and you probably know all about verb tenses and modals, and can ask
directions, and order from a menu. But communication is not only verbal. That is, talking

communication.
According to the speaker, what is body
language?
A. It’s the use of verb tenses and modals.
13 B. It’s the way to ask for directions
C. It’s the language used in class only.
(D.) It’s the language of movements and facial
expressions.
In American Culture, …
A. Eye contact is the same as most cultures.
14 B. making eye contact is a sign of disrespect.
C. people don’t look in others’ eyes while talking.
(D.) eye contact is considered as a sign of honesty.
According to the speaker, what is TRUE about
handshakes in American Culture?
A. A handshake shouldn’t be too strong.
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B. Handshakes are not common.
C. Handshakes need to be firm.
D. Shaking hands is not important.
Test 3.
No. Questions
Talk/Lecture 1.You will hear a presentation about fashion at work.
The presenter doesn’t wear a suit because …
A. He is not an important person.
1 B. He wants to talk about different fashion trend.
(C.) The presentation is not formal.
D. He works for a fashion company.
According to the speaker, which statement is
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TRUE?
LISTENING PART 3
is not the only language we use to communicate. Another way we communicate is through
non-verbal communication, or body language.
The term body language means the movements we use and the facial expressions we
have (like smiling or frowning), the way we sit or stand, the way we touch or look at
4 someone, the distance we stand from another person. Some psychologists say that more
than 60% of our communication is actually done through body language. We do it without
thinking, or without ever having been specifically taught what the gestures or expressions
mean. The problem is that body language is a little bit different in each culture and this
can often cause some problems with communication.
Here’s an example. In many places it may be a little rude or disrespectful to look at
5+ another person directly in their eyes as you talk with them, so many international students
will avoid this eye contact. But in America, we expect it. We think of eye contact as a sign
of honesty and straight-forwardness. American parents actually encourage their children
to look people in the eye when speaking. Just imagine a conversation where an
international student was trying to be respectful by not looking into the eyes of her
American classmate. The American might wonder why her classmate wouldn’t look
directly at her, and the international classmate would be wondering why she was being
stared at. The end result is an awkward and frustrating interaction.
Here’s another one. Americans shake hands firmly when they greet each other because
5- to Americans, a firm handshake signifies strength and power. But a soft or limp
handshake is considered a sign of weakness. In some cultures, handshakes are less
common, or a gentle, soft handshake is acceptable. So students need to know that when
shaking hands, it’s important to be firm.
In America, a “thumbs up” sign - a thumb…
Source: Blackwell A, Naber T. Open Forum 1. New York: Oxford University Press; 2007.
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- Welcome everybody to this presentation about creating a corporate image for your
company. I wonder if, when you came in today, you thought, 'Hey, this guy hasn't got a suit
4- on. This could be an interesting day!' You see, I believe that the way you dress is very
important. I decided to come here rather casually dressed not because I wanted to make a
fashion statement but because I wanted to let you know that this is not going to be a formal
presentation. On the other hand, I want you to work hard and get something out of the day.
I'm not wearing shorts and a T-shirt, for instance. So how would you describe the way I'm

A. It’s important to look casually-dressed in public.
(B.)A suit isnecessary when meeting clients.
C. Wearing shorts is OK, sometimes.
D. Nobody can describe the way he’s dressed.
What does the phrase “Dress-down Fridays”
mean?
A. Employees must wear fashionable clothes on
Fridays.
B. Employees can wear anything they want on
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Fridays.
(C.) Employees are allowed to wear informally on
Fridays.
D. Employees are required to wear special clothes
on Fridays.
According to the speaker, who may be the most
informal dressers?
(A.) People working in IT
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B. People working in banks.
C. People working in customer services.
D. People working with clients.
What does a customer feel about a man in
uniform?
A. reliable
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B. recognised
C. expertised
(D.) reassured
Talk/Lecture 2.Listen to a man talking about sleeping habits.
How many hours of sleep do experts suggest for
kids?
(A.) Ten
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B. About fifteen
C. 1,400
D. 70
According to the speaker, why is sleep important
for the brain?
A. Sleep generates dreams so brain can relax.
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(B.) Brain can rest in a sleep.
C. Sleep can save energy for the brain.
D. Sleep improves the effectiveness of the brain.
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dressed?
- Smart but casual.
Exactly. But I also believe there are particular occasions when you need to wear a suit
such as meeting a client - especially if you expect the client to be wearing one. Which
brings me to a recent trend which we've picked up from the Americans: 'Dress down
Friday'. How many of you are dressing more informally on a Friday? Quite a lot of you.
How many of you go as far as wearing jeans? Not so many. Probably many of that small
group work in the IT sector? I thought so.
So you see it's not just the day of the week or what clients may expect of you, it's the
business you're in. If, for example, you work in a bank you're probably going to be in a dark
suit every day of the week. And then there are those of us who are expected to wear a
uniform. What you are doing here is projecting a very specific image of your company or
service. Usually it's to do with reliability, expertise and efficiency. Customers and the
general public feel reassured about someone in a recognisable uniform. Dress down Friday
is a long way off for this group of employees. Now let's have a look at other ways in which
a company projects its image . . .
Source: Aspinall T. Test Your Listening. Harlow: Penguin English; 2002.
SLEEPING HABITS
Do you get enough sleep at night? Do you ever feel tired during school? You may not
be the only one. According to the National Sleep Foundation, kids aren’t getting enough
sleep. And it’s affecting how they do in school.
Experts say that kids need about ten hours of sleep each night. Your body needs sleep so
it can rest for the next day. Animals need sleep to stay healthy. Cats and dogs sleep for
about fifteen hours each day!
Sleep is also important for your brain. Just like your body, your brain needs a little
vacation every night. Without enough sleep, students can’t learn as well. They cannot pay
attention, follow directions, or solve problems as well. Also, tired kids act in ways that they
usually don’t. They can easily get angry with their friends or get in trouble in class.
Scientists at the National Sleep Foundation talked to 1,400 kids. They asked them about
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Why don’t the students learn well when they are their sleeping habits. They found that about seventy percent of kids were not getting enough
tired? sleep. The scientists think that soda and television are part of the reason. Drinks like cola,
A. They can’t finish their homework. coffee, and tea have caffeine in them. Caffeine makes people stay awake. Kids who had
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B. They can’t deal with troubles in class. drinks with caffeine got less sleep than other kids. Television is also a problem. When kids
C. They get very excited. watch too much TV, they have to stay up later to finish their homework. Scientists also
(D.) They can’t pay attention very well found that many kids had a TV in their room. These kids often stayed up late to watch a
Which is NOT a reason for poor sleep? show.
A. drinking soda So what can you do to make sure that you get enough sleep? Try not to drink anything
9 B. playing computer games 5 with caffeine, especially at night. Sleep experts suggest that you try to go to bed at the same
C. staying up late time every night. Don’t do anything exciting before you go to bed. For instance, don’t
(D.) exercising before sleep watch a scary movie or exercise. Try to do something relaxing, like reading a book or
What should students try to do each night? listening to quiet music.
A. Watch a scary movie
10 B. Drink some hot tea 4 Source: Nordvall K. Listening To The News 1. Compass Publishing; 2012.
(C.) Go to bed at a regular time
D. relax with a TV show
Talk/Lecture 3.Listen to a woman talking about northern lights.
Which is NOT the shape of the northern lights? THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
A. a straight line If you have ever seen the northern lights, you know that they are one of most beautiful
11 B. a curved line 4- sights. People often seeing a faint glow appear on the horizon in the night sky. Then they
C. a round shape may see wonderful colors such as green, red, blue, or purple stretch the sky. The shape of
(D.) an oval shape the northern lights can be straight lines, or it may be curved like the letter S, or round, just
What does “aurora borealis” exactly mean? like a wheel. The colored lights and shapes move across the night sky, like ocean waves.
A. northern lights No matter what the color or shape is, the northern lights are truly an amazing sight.
12 (B.) northern dawn 5- Many people know them by their common name "the northern lights." But do you
C. northern sky know the meaning of the real name? The scientific name for the northern lights from Latin.
D. early morning lights It is aurora borealis. In English, the Latin word aurora translates to "dawn," which means
Where is the best place to see the northern "early morning." The Latin word borealis means "northern." So aurora borealis can be
lights? translated as "northern dawn," which describes the look of the northern sky in the very early
(A.) The northernmost point of Earth morning.
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B. The north of Poland If you have never seen aurora borealis, you are not alone. This natural phenomenon is
C. Anywhere in Scandinavian countries not common in most parts of the world. In fact, many people travel or go on tours to places
D. Most parts of the world where they can see the northern lights. Where are these places? The best place to see
What is one of the stories developed by people aurora borealis is near the North Pole - the northernmost point of Earth - especially in
before modern science? areas such as northern Greenland, Scandinavia, and Alaska.
(A.) The lights were caused by foxes. Many years ago, before modern science, people developed stories, myths, and legends
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B. The lights were the dance of animals. to explain natural phenomena such as aurora borealis. Finnish people called them "fox
C. The lightsappeared when people. fires," and believed the lights were caused when foxes made fires to keep warm. The Inuit
D. The lights came from fires of northern gods. people of northern Canada and Greenland believed that the aurora was the dance of animal

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this
talk?
A. A description of the lights
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B. The scientific explanation for the lights
(C.) The discovery of the lights
D. Beliefs about the lights
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spirits such as deer, seals, and whales.
The way the northern lights work is similar to a neon sign. Gas travels along magnetic
lines. The lights occur when electric particles - electrons - collide with gas atoms,
causing the atoms to give off light. The result is the amazing sweeps and waves of color
5+ that you can see. It's a wonderful sight if you happen to be in the right place at the right
time.
Source: Brown S, Smith D. Active Listening. Cambridge [England]: Cambridge University
Press; 2007.

Test 4
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Talk/Lecture 1.Listen to a talk about the end of China’s one child policy.
When was the one-child policy introduced?
A. 1975
(B). 1979
1 3+ China has ended its decades-long one-child policy to allow all couples to have two
C. 1973
D. 1989 children. The ruling Communist Party of China made the announcement on Thursday. The
one-child policy, officially called the family planning policy, was a population control
measure that was introduced in 1979. Policy makers hoped to restrict the country's surging
What percentage of China's population had to stick
population and therefore control rates of poverty. It wasn't adhered to strictly and many
to one child?
exceptions were allowed. In 2007, around 36 per cent of China's population was subject to a
A. 38%
2 4+ strict one-child restriction. An additional 53 per cent was allowed to have a second child if
B. 53%
the first child was a girl. The new two-child policy will reverse China's very low fertility
(C). 36%
rate.
D. 18%
The new two-child policy is expected to provide a huge economic boost for China and
What does China want to reverse that is currently
prevent it from developing into an ageing society. China’s labour force reached a peak of
very low?
940 million in 2012. However, this decreased to 930 million in 2014 and was expected to
A. policies
3 4 fall by another 29 million by 2020. Predictions from Peking University are that there will be
B. restrictions
an average of 2.5 million extra newborns per year. This will result in more workers and an
C. poverty
additional $11.8 billion in annual consumption. Shares in many international baby goods
D. childbearing rates
companies jumped by over 10 per cent after the news was announced. The new policy will
What is expected to develop after this new policy?
affect around 100 million couples.
(A). the economy
4 B. the society 4-
Source:www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
C. the family
D. the labor force
5 What increase was seen in baby goods companies? 5-
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A. annual consumption
B. public concerns
(C). stakes
D. goods
Talk/Lecture 2.Listen to a talk about influenza vaccine.
What do millions of people go to the doctor every
year for?
(A). a flu jab
6 4
B. advice
C. tissues
D. an operation Scientists in the USA say they are getting closer to developing a vaccine that will
What other animals did they test on besides ferrets provide life-long protection against any type of influenza. This could be welcome news for
and monkeys? millions of people around the world who go to the doctor every year to get a flu jab. Two
a) chimpanzees different research teams have been testing new drugs on animals and both have had
7 5-
b) frogs promising results. Trials will soon begin on humans to determine if the test vaccine has
c) mice similar successes. Flu expert professor John Oxford told the BBC that: "This is a leap
d) elephants forward compared to anything done recently. They have good animal data, not just in mice
How many people are killed by flu virus every but in ferrets and monkeys too." He added that: "It's a very good stepping stone."
year? The flu virus kills up to half a million people every year. The problem with finding a
A. just over 500,000 vaccine is the ever-changing nature of the flu virus. It is in a constant state of mutation.
8 4-
(B). 500,000 Doctors have to predict which strains of the virus are likely to cause the most infections and
C. millions then create an updated version of the vaccine accordingly. For this reason, the success rate
D. 300,000 of most flu vaccines is very low because much of the process involves a lot of guesswork.
What makes the success rate low? Scientists say that vaccines in the U.S. reduced the risk of catching flu by just 23 per cent
A. wrong process last year. The website Inverse.com said the research could, "point to how we can go about
9 B. unqualified scientists 5+ making vaccines for other viruses that mutate rapidly, like HIV or the common cold".
(C). predictions
D. methods Source:www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
What other two viruses might the research help?
A. chickenpox and the common cold
10 B. SARS 4+
C. Ebola
D. HIV and the common cold
Talk/Lecture 3.Listen to a talk about the need of chocolate researcher.
What kind of mind will chocolate-loving applicants The job of a lifetime is currently on offer for those with a sweet tooth. Cambridge
need? University in the U.K. has just posted a position on its careers website advertising for a
11 A. a narrow mind 4+ researcher of chocolate. Chocolate lovers with a scientific mind will have the chance to
B. a rich mind apply for a job as a researcher and study for a PhD. The successful candidate will
(C). a scientific mind investigate the properties that make chocolate melt. Their objective will be to stop
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D. an open mind chocolate melting in warmer climes. The careers post states: "The project will investigate
What temperature is similar to the melting point of the factors which allow chocolate, which has a melting point close to that of the human
chocolate? body, to remain solid and retain qualities sought by consumers when it is stored and sold in
(A). the human body warm climates."
12 3+
B. solid The position involves three-and-a-half years of experimenting with how chocolate melts
C. the average temperature in Ghana in the mouth and in different temperatures. The university says applicants require good
D. butter mathematical skills. There is a lot of science behind the consistency and melting point of
How long is the research position for? chocolate. A variety of oils and fatty acids are used to control how hard or soft chocolate is
A. 2 years when we bite into it, and when it melts. Chocolatiers spend a lot of money on research and
13 B. 2 ½ years 5 development to get the blend right so that the chocolate melts in the mouth. The
C. 3 years Massachusetts Institute of Technology says: "Melting is especially important because it
(D). 3 ½ years controls how well the chocolate disperses and releases flavour onto your tongue."
What controls how hard or soft chocolate is?
A. the quality of cocoa beans Source:www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
14 (B). oils and fatty acids 5
C. butter
D. sugar
What controls the dispersal of chocolate's flavour
on the tongue?
A. the sugar content
15 5-
(B). the melting point
C. saliva
D. the wrapping

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Talk/Lecture 1.Listen to a talk about Japan recession.
Who is thinking about implications for the global Japan has slipped back into recession, leaving financial analysts to ponder over the
economy? implications for the global economy. Japan's economy unexpectedly shrank for the second
A.everyone consecutive quarter. Two successive negative quarters officially puts a country in recession.
1 5-
(B). financial analysts The slide in the last quarter has taken economists by surprise. Figures indicated that Japan's
C. people with stocks economy would grow by 2.1 per cent in the last quarter. Instead, gross domestic product
D. Japanese consumers (GDP) fell by 1.6 per cent between July and September. Many economists attribute the fall
By how much was Japan's economy expected to to April's increase in sales tax from five to eight per cent. Many Japanese consumers have
grow? tightened their purse strings and are simply not spending.
2 3+
A. 1.2% World leaders are worried that Japan's slide back into recession could be ominous for the
B. 1.6% global economy. British leader David Cameron said the world was on the brink of a second
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(C). 2.1% economic disaster. He told reporters he saw "red warning lights" for the global economy
D. 2.6% because of international "instability and uncertainty" and a slowing of growth in emerging
What do economists blame for Japan's fall in GDP? markets, especially Brazil and China. Mr Cameron said the problems were "plain to see".
(A). a rise in sales tax He added: "The Eurozone is teetering on the brink of a possible third recession, with high
3 B. the global economy 4+ unemployment, falling growth and the real risk of falling prices. Emerging markets, which
C. inflation were the driver of growth in the early stages of the recovery, are now slowing down."
D. a lack of investment
What did David Cameron say the world was on the Source:www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
brink of?
A. a recovery and boom
4 4-
B. a new age
(C). a second economic disaster
D. financial collapse
What did the speaker say was the driver of growth?
A. the European Union
5 B. the World Bank 5-
C.investment
(D). emerging markets
Talk/Lecture 2.Listen to a talk about students’ cheating.
How many students have been
dislodged for their fault?
A. 10 Authorities in India's Bihar state have expelled around 600 high school students for
6 4+ cheating in their 10th grade examinations. The pupils used a novel but somewhat dangerous
B. 14
way to get help with their exam papers – their parents scaled the walls of the school
(C). 600
building and provided the answers to questions through the windows. Photographs and
D. 60
video footage of this illegitimate technique have gone viral. They show dozens of parents
What has happened to the videos and photos of this
clinging on to whatever they can on the walls to feed information to their children. Some of
incident?
the parents were three stories up. Teachers found many cheat sheets inside the classroom.
(A). They have gone viral.
7 3+ Some had been folded up into paper airplanes and thrown through the window.
B. They have disappeared.
Over 1.4 million 10th graders are taking the tests this week at more than 1,200 high
C. They were stolen.
schools across the state. Bihar's education minister P.K. Shahitold reporters that schools
D. They have been made into a movie.
faced a difficult job to ensure exams took place under the strictest of conditions. He said:
Who is P.K Shahi?
"It's virtually impossible to conduct fair examinations without the cooperation of parents."
A. A student
He added that it was not possible to monitor all parents who accompany their children to
8 B. The school’s head teacher 4-
schools and other test centres. The situation regarding parents helping their children cheat
C. A parent’s leader
has become so prevalent that police officers are posted to each school. However, an official
(D). The minister of education
said, "we can't use force to drive away the parents".
What has been done to improve the situation?
Source:www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
9 A. They’ve sent mail to parents via post office. 5-
B. They’ve posted notice to each school.
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(C). They’ve used the police.
D. They’ve used cars to drive them away.
What can schools not use to stop parents?
A .legal prosecutions
10 B. shock tactics 4+
C. electric fences
(D). force
Talk/Lecture 3.Listen to a talk about Asian nations declaring polio-free.
How many times has Asia been polio-free before?
A. three
11 (B). none 4
C. one
D. two
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced for the first time that South-East
What does polio paralyse?
Asia is now free from polio. The WHO certified 11 countries as being clear of the disease.
A. bacteria
The WHO website said: "This is the fourth of six WHO regions to be certified, marking an
12 B. hope 5
important step towards global eradication of polio – a highly infectious virus that attacks
(C). arms and legs
the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours. With this step, 80 per
D. society
cent of the world's population now lives in certified polio-free regions." One of the newly-
What kind of victory did a doctor say the
certified countries is India, which as recently as 2009, was home to almost 50 per cent of
eradication was?
the world's polio cases. India hasn't seen a single polio case for the last three years.
A. a good one
13 4 Polio is currently an incurable disease. It leads to paralysis of the limbs and can kill
B. a closely fought one
anyone who contracts it. Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, regional director for the WHO, said:
C. a hard-fought one
"This is a momentous victory for the millions of health workers who have worked with
(D). a momentous one
governments, non-governmental organizations, civil society and international partners to
What did Dr Singh warn against being?
eradicate polio from the region." She added: "It is a sign of what we can bequeath our
(A). satisfied
children when we work together." Dr Singh also cautioned against becoming complacent in
14 B. ill 5
the fight against the disease. She said: "Until polio is globally eradicated, all countries are at
C. a doctor
risk and the region's polio-free status remains fragile."
D. content
How did Dr Singh describe the polio-free status of Source:www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
Asia?
A. fallible
15 5+
(B). frail
C. feline
D. futile

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Talk/Lecture 1.Listen to a talk about 70-year-olds working.
By how many times has the number of working 70-
74 year-olds risen?
A. five times
1 4+
B. four times
C. three times
(D). two times People are working to an older age in Britain. The number of 70-74 year-old people who
work has doubled in the past decade. Around 10 per cent of British people in their early 70s
How many working 70-74 year-old people were
are now working. It is the highest figure since records began. The British government says
there in 2005?
just over a quarter of a million 70-74-year-olds currently have jobs. In 2005, there were
A. 130,000
2 4- around 100,000 of them. The government said people are working to an older age and are
B. 120,000
deciding to retire later. A labour union spokesperson said the reason for people working in
C. 110,000
their old age is because retirement pensions in Britain are becoming more difficult to live
(D). 100,000
on. Many older people have to work and delay retirement to be able to survive.Employment
What are older people having to delay in Britain?
spokesman Frances O'Grady said: "The last decade has seen [big] changes in the labour
A. home improvements
market, with far more people working beyond retirement age. While there are plenty who
3 B. working 5-
enjoy remaining in work, many need to earn extra cash because they cannot afford to
C. having a family
retire." He added that: "We need decent jobs and pensions for all so that people can make a
(D). retirement
genuine choice about whether they remain in work." A spokesman for small businesses,
What do many 70-74 year-old people need more of?
John Allan, said more older people were starting their own businesses. He said: "More and
(A). cash
more older people are [deciding on] a career change later in life and are starting up their
4 B. time 4+
own businesses, pursuing something they may have dreamed of doing for years."
C. hours
D. food
Source:www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
What are many 70-74 year-old people starting?
A. families
5 (B). their own businesses 5+
C. self-help groups
D. protests
Talk/Lecture 2.Listen to a talk about whether money helps children in exams.
What can encourage students to study more? A new report says promising children money to pass exams does not help exam grades.
A. music The report says parents could be wasting their money by using cash to get their kids to
6 (B). trips 3+ study more. However, the promise of a trip somewhere nice could encourage students to try
C. an iPad harder and do better at school. Researchers from the University of Bristol (in England) and
D. red ink the University of Chicago (in the USA) looked at how promises of cash and tickets to
How many students took part in this research? events affected students' studying and learning. Over 10,000 pupils took part in the research
(A). more than 10,000 throughout the year 2012. There was an improvement in classwork and homework, but this
7 5+
B. exactly 10,000 did not result in better test scores.Dr Simon Burgess suggested the research looked at the
C. just under 10,000 wrong areas. He said it had not looked at the things that really got students to increase their
 LISTENING PART 3
D. 10,000 effort. He added that: "Clearly, some pupils have a lot of [goals] and believe that education
What did the lead researcher say the research is a way of getting what they want out of life, but there are kids who think that working
looked at? hard doesn't make a difference." He said these children think exam success is "all in your
A. 5 subjects genes" because of their family background. Education expert DrKevan Collins said good
8 5-
(B). the wrong things teachers were better than promises of rewards to get children to study, especially for
C. high schools children from low-income families. He wrote: "What really makes the difference is how
D. teachers students are taught."
What do some students think is because of your
genes? Source:www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
(A). exam success
9 5-
B. money
C. ability at English
D. genetics
Which students really need good teachers?
A. elite students
10 (B). poorer students 5+
C. high school students
D. English students
Talk/Lecture 3.Listen to a talk about the benefits of drinking coffee.
What type of diabetes can coffee reduce the risk of?
A. 1 There is good news for coffee lovers. A new report claims that regular coffee drinkers
11 (B).2 4- may live longer than those who do not drink coffee. Researchers say there is growing
C. 3 evidence that coffee benefits the health, makes you live longer, and reduces the risk of heart
D. 4 disease, type 2 diabetes, other life-threatening illnesses, and even suicide. The study was
How many coffee drinkers did the study look at? published by the American Heart Association. It looked at the coffee-drinking habits of
A. around 200,000 over 200,000 people who drank between one and five cups of coffee a day. Researcher Dr
12 B. just less than 200,000 5- Frank Hu said: "This study provides further evidence that moderate consumption of coffee
(C). more than 200,000 may confer health benefits in terms of reducing premature death due to several diseases."
D. exactly 200,000 Scientists have been working hard to analyse exactly what is in coffee that provides so
Who has been working hard on analysing the health many benefits to the health. Dozens of reports in the past few decades have highlighted the
benefits of coffee? positive effects it can have on the body. Dr Hu said it was still unclear precisely how
A. coffee lovers elements within the coffee bean interact with the body. He said: "Coffee is a complex
13 4-
B. Starbucks beverage. It's very difficult to pinpoint which component of coffee is responsible for which
(C). scientists benefit." Researchers did not include highly caffeinated drinks in the study. They also
D. coffee farmers pointed out that while coffee seems to have health benefits, added ingredients, such as
What kind of drinks were not included in the study? cream, sugar and certain types of sweeteners, do not.
A. ones from Starbucks
14 5
(B). caffeinated ones Source:www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
C. tea
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D. colas
What has no health benefits besides cream and
sugar?
(A). sweeteners
15 5
B. cookies
C. syrup
D. latte

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Talk/Lecture 1.You will hear a talk about learning a language.
Which continent has the speaker not lived in?
A. Asia
1 B. Europe
3+
(C). South America
D. Middle East
Which two things does the speaker do to learn a
new language?
A. go to classes and speak to people
2 4-
(B). speak to people and use a dictionary
C. watch TV and listen to the radio
D. speak to native speakers and watch TV
Why does the speaker think watching game
shows is useful?
A. because of the pictures
3 4-
B. because contestants are always winning
(C). because the language is repetitive
D. because the games shows are interesting
What does the speaker say about using
newspapers?
a. it was easy to learn a lot of new words quickly
4 b. a lot of things were happening in the country 4+
(C). other people could explain new words the
writer found
d. it was difficult to understand
What does the speaker say about talking to
5 5-
people in the street?
Scripts
I wanna talk about learning languages. I’ve lived in many different countries, both in
Western Europe, Middle East, and now here in Hong Kong. And during all of that time,
I’ve learned five or six different languages, to one degree or another. I love learning
languages, not only are they important when you move to a country, I just find them
fascinating. Before I came to Hong Kong, I lived in Barcelona Spain for ten years. And
when I first arrived, the most important thing was being able to communicate with people
locally. I don’t attend classes. I don’t think I’m particularly good in classes. I prefer to learn
by just talking to people, finding out what I need to say by looking at dictionaries and
listening carefully. Other things that helped me when I first moved to Spain, were watching
the typical kinds of programs we see everyday on channels around the world. For example
the weather. This is great, because they always say the same things. So you can really
quickly hear the same words repeated again and again. And the pictures helped of course.
Other types of program that helped me learned Spanish quickly were things like game
shows, where the same thing happens. They have a catchphrase or a slogan that they repeat
endlessly when contestants win or when they are called to compete. As well as that, I used
to pick up the Spanish newspapers. First of all, I just accepted that there was no way I was
going to understand anything but one or two words. But gradually, I found that I learned
lots of new things about this. I was interested because I wanted to know what was
happening in the country I lived in. But, I also knew that I could learn a lot of language this
way. So I'd take a dictionary with me sometimes, or I'd notice a word and I'd ask other
people what …it meant. Anyway, by far the best practice I ever had was just talking to
people in the street, or in shops where I'd rehearse in my head what I wanted to say
beforehand, before I went in. Usually, I'd make a right mess of it first of all, but, after you
get over the embarrassment, it’s quite funny really. And people are very sympathetic and
supporting in most cases. It took me a long time to develop a good level of Spanish. I lived

(A). preparation was necessary
B. the embarrassment made it a failure
C. people reacted negatively
D. they are friendly
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there for ten years, and I think I’m very fluent now. But I think for the first two years I was
there, it was quite a struggle to hold a decent conversation. There were always lots of words
or expressions that I didn’t pick up on. In particular with the colloquial expressions, idioms,
that kind of thing, that people use in everyday talk, but you don’t necessarily see written
down. I didn’t find those very easy to learn at all. But it was a lot of fun. And people as I
said are really supporting when they know that you are genuinely interested in learning
their language.

Source: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/level/b2-cefr/term
Talk/Lecture 2.You will hear a talk about how to study.
Some of you are probably fantastic at studying, Good morning. Today I’m going to talk about how to study. Now you probably think
really organized and …. you know all about that, right? You’ve been studying for years. And I expect some of you
(A). good at concentrating are fantastic at studying, really organised and good at concentrating. But there’s always
6 3+
B. well improved room for improvement, and your exams aren’t far away, so these tips are for all of you.
C. worried of the exam Right, so, what’s the best way to study? Well, first of all, it’s a good idea to have some
D. intelligent kind of plan or timetable. This could be for the week or a longer revision timetable for an
A revision timetable could be exam, from one month to six months. Yes, if you’re studying for an important exam it’s
A. from one to six weeks important to think long term. Draw up a timetable, but revise it often. If it’s not going to
7 (B). one to six months 4 plan, you may have to rethink it.
C. a year Next, think about your environment. Make sure the place where you are going to study
D. 16 days is comfortable with enough light, air, etc. Not too hot, not too cold. Make sure there are no
If you’re studying for an important exam, it’s distracting noises around, such as television. If you think you concentrate better listening to
important to think…... music, experiment and see if it’s really true. Some people really do seem to work better
(A). long term with music in the background, especially classical music, but for many people it spoils their
8 4- concentration. However, if you have to work near a TV, you might have to use headphones
B. of result
C. of revision to play music to drown out the sound of the TV. In this case, find out what kind of music
D. longer revision works best for you, maybe something without words. By the way, you might think you
Make sure the place where you’re going to study work fine with the TV on, but, again, experiment. You might be surprised at how much
is…, with no distracting….. better you work away from a TV. Oh, and the other thing is the internet, text messages,
(A). comfortable / noises Twitter, Facebook, etc. Forget about all of that while you’re studying. No, really, you can
9 4 ignore it for an hour or so; it won’t be the end of the world if you don’t reply to a message
B. convenient/ people
C. enough light/ radio immediately.
D. comfortable/ people
If you have to work near a TV, you might have Source: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice/how-
to use …to drown out the sound of the TV. study#sthash.P0mzWxP0.dpuf
(A). headphones
10 4
B. remote control
C. telephone
D. phones

Talk/Lecture 3.You will hear a talk about aging society.
What is the main topic of this address?
A. the growing crisis of inadequate retirement
pensions for the future
B. the problem of providing adequate medical care
11 for the elderly
(C). the need to reevaluate our attitudes towards
senior citizens
D. the problem of retirement in the American
society
What was the speaker's purpose in sharing the
story about his grandfather?
A. to highlight the difficulties of 5finding
affordable housing in the future
(B). to illustrate the preoccupations of older citizens
12
with growing older
C. to describe the lack of public facilities designed
for the elderly
D. to give example of an elderly who is in need of
social concern
Which of the following statements did Dr.
Miller NOT mentioned when speaking of senior
citizens' "golden years"?
(A). The loss of a person's self-identity is most
prevalent in one's advancing years.
13 B. A person's declining health contributes to a
feeling of inadequacy.
C. Self-worth is often tied to one's profession and
social standing.
D. self-identity is related to social status and
material possessions
What do you think the speaker will talk about in
the next part of his address?
(A). the contributions the elderly can make in our
societies
14
B. the swelling burden of supporting welfare
programs in the future
C. our responsibility of building retirement homes
for our graying society
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Hello Ladies and Gentleman. It gives me great pleasure to introduce our keynote
speaker for today's plenary address, Dr. Howard Miller. Dr. Miller, Professor of Sociology
at Washington University, has written numerous articles and books on the issues facing
5- older Americans in our graying society for the past 15 years. Dr. Miller.
Dr. Miller:
Thank you for that introduction. Today, I'd like to preface my remarks from a story from
my own life which I feel highlights our common concerns that bring us here together.
Several years ago when my grandparents were well into their eighties, they were faced with
the reality of no longer being able to adequately care for themselves. My grandfather spoke
of his greatest fear, that of leaving the only home they had known for the past 60 years.
Fighting back the tears, he spoke proudly of the fact that he had built their home from the
ground up, and that he had pounded every nail and laid every brick in the process.
The prospect of having to sell their home and give up their independence, and move into a
5
retirement home was an extremely traumatic experience for them. It was, in my
grandfather's own words, like having a limb severed off. He was quite emphatic exclaiming
that he felt he wasn't important anymore.
For them and some older Americans, their so-called "golden years" are at times not so
pleasant, for this period can mean the decline of not only one's health but the loss of identity
and self-worth. In many societies, this self-identity is closely related with our social status,
occupation, material possessions, or independence. Furthermore, we often live in societies
that value that which is "new" or in vogue, and our own usage of lexicon in the English
language often does not bode well older for Americans. I mean how would your family
react if you came home tonight elated exclaiming, "Hey, come to the living room and see
5- the OLD black and white TV I brought!" Unfortunately, the word "old" conjures up images
of the need to replace or discard.
Now, many of the lectures given at this conference have focused on the issues of
pension reform, medical care, and the development of public facilities for senior citizens.
And while these are vital issues that must be addressed, I'd like to focus my comments on
an underlying issue that will affect the overall success of the other programs mentioned.
This has to do with realigning our perspectives on what it means to be a part of this group,
and finding meaningful roles the elderly can play and should play in our societies.
First of all, I'd like to talk about . . .
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D. the need of paying more attention to the elder’s
health problem
Where does this plenary address most likely take
place?
A. at a retirement home
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(B). at a conference center
C. at a hospital
D. at a university

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Talk/Lecture 1.You will hear a talk about British festivals.
The Clavie is Hello. I’m going to talk about British festivals. I’m sure you’ve heard about the Notting
(A). a whisky container Hill Carnival in London and the Edinburgh Festival, but today we’re going to look at a lot
1 B. a wooden cross 3+ more that you might not know about. Actually, a lot of these are not exactly festivals, but
C. a bonfire made of things people don’t need strange races or competitions. Some of them are ancient and some are modern. So, let’s
D. a kind of whisky start in January in the north of Scotland with the Burning of the Clavie. This is a whisky
In the Up HellyAa festival, theyburn barrel which is set alight then carried through the streets as a bonfire. It’s an ancient
(A). a wooden man tradition which always takes place on 11th of January, the first day of the year, according to
2 B. a Viking boat 4- an older form of the calendar. The bonfire brings good luck for the coming year and people
C. a line in the grass used to keep bits of burnt wood as protection against evil spirits. At the end of January,
D. some old boats even further north, in the Shetland Islands, there’s another fire festival, the Up HellyAa.
During a pancake race, you have to This seems like an ancient festival, but has actually only been going for about 130 years –
A. eat as many pancakes as possible well, it is fairly old, I suppose. People carry fire-lit torches and a Viking boat through the
(B). run as fast as possible while tossing a pancake streets, then set fire to the boat. There’s lots of dancing; it’s good fun. Now to the north of
3 in a pan 4- England. On Shrove Tuesday in February, otherwise known as Pancake Day, a special
C. run and jump over the ropes without dropping Pancake Bell is rung in Scarborough. Everyone goes down to the road next to the beach
the pancake where they skip – yep, they jump over long ropes, up to fifteen people to one rope.
D. run while eating pancake And they have pancake races. This is quite common in the UK – running with a frying
Nowadays, the people who win the cheese rolling pan and tossing a pancake at the same time. Another kind of race takes place in spring –
competition are usually cheese rolling.In Gloucestershire, in the south-west of England, round cheeses in round
A. top athletes boxes are sent rolling down a hill and people run after them and try and catch them. The hill
4 4 is very steep, so people often fall over – if you take part in this you need to be very fit and
(B). people from the village
C. visitors from all over the world wear your oldest jeans. Nowadays this strange custom attracts visitors from all over the
D. people from other villages world, but the people from the local village are usually the ones who catch the cheese. From
The fastest snail in the Snail Racing is people-racing, to animals, very tiny animals. World Championship Snail Racing takes place
5 4 in a village in Norfolk. The snails have to race from an inner circle to an outer circle and the
A. cooked with garlic and butter
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B. rescued from the barbecue winner gets a lot of lettuce.There’s a party and barbecue for the snail owners and observers.
(C ). given a prize of extra lettuce This custom began in the 1960s after a local man saw something similar in France. In the
D. prized a cup UK we don’t eat snails, by the way.

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Talk/Lecture 2.You will hear a talk about how to prepare for exam.
You should plan your studying and take Right, planning breaks. Plan your study periods in chunks with regular breaks. Many
regular…. people recommend half an hour of concentrated study, then a ten-minute break. But you can
(A). breaks adjust this to suit you. If you study for too long at a stretch your mind will work less
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B. exercises effectively, so be careful. In your short break, you can give yourself a treat, such as a cup of
C. revisions green tea. I wouldn’t advise a chocolate bar as a treat – a sugar rush is not great for
D. naps concentration.
It is better to write notes, so your mind is OK, so next let’s think about what you do when you’re studying. Some people just
……the information more. read through their notes or textbooks and underline in pencil or highlight important bits. If
(A). processing this works for you, fine, but I’d suggest that it’s better to write notes of some kind, so your
7 4-
B. progress mind is processing the information more. This way you are also producing material which
C. organizing will be useful for last-minute revision. I don’t recommend very last-minute revision, by the
D. remembering way, but we’ll come back to that later.
Mind maps seem to work in the same way the Have a look at these examples of student notes. Which do you think are best? The first
……..works. person has written important phrases at random, the next has a table with clear headings and
(A). brain boxes with notes, the next has summaries, and the last one has mind maps: you’ve got the
8 4 main topic in the circle, then lines coming off the circle attached to subcategories, then
B. train
C. plane more lines to further details. Mind maps are great for showing the connections between
D. mind different bits of information. They seem to work in the same way the brain works. So what
The most important thing is do you think? To me, the first one wouldn’t be very useful to come back to and use in the
A. to remember the information future. But the others are all fine – it depends on your personal preference. Mine is for mind
9 (B). to understand the information 4+ maps. I would suggest using colours, though, and even little drawings. They can make
C. to organize the information things much more memorable.
D. to put the information in a map Obviously, when you are studying, the first thing to think about is whether you
Which study method you choose all depends on understand the information, and the second thing is how you are going to remember it.
your personal Let’s look at some more ways of making information more memorable …
(A). preference
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B. reference
C hobby study#sthash.P0mzWxP0.dpuf
D. characteristic
Talk/Lecture 3.You will hear a talk about rain forest.
Rainforests can be found
11 A. only in South America 5-
B. in many countries all over the world A world like no other – perhaps this is the best way to describe the world of the
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(C) in a small strip of land, mostly equatorial rainforest. No rainforest is exactly the same – yet most rainforests are now distributed in the
D.in the whole world small land area 22.5 degrees north and 22.5 degrees south of the Equator, between the
How many varieties of trees may be found in just Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. You can find tropical rainforests in South
one hectare of rainforest America and Indonesia.
(A). 480 Other rainforests flourish further from the Equator, in Thailand and Sri Lanka. Despite
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B. 4800 occupying a relatively small area, rainforests have a colossal role to play in maintaining the
C. 840 world as we know it. Tropical rainforests are home to a rich, colourful variety of medicinal
D. 84 plants, food, birds and animals. Can you believe that a single bush in the Amazon may have
Rainforests hold more species of ants than the whole of Britain! 480 varieties of trees may be found in just
A. more than half the world’s species one hectare of rainforest. These forests sustain around 50% of all the species on Earth, and
13 B. less than half the world’s species 5 offer a way of life to many people living in and around the forest.
(C ). approximately half the world’s species Rainforests are the lungs of the planet – storing vast quantities of carbon dioxide and
D. 15% of the world’s species producing a significant amount of the world’s oxygen. Rainforests have their own perfect
Rainforests are ‘the lungs of the planet’ because system for ensuring their own survival; the tall trees make a canopy of branches and leaves
they which protect themselves, smaller plants, and the forest animals from heavy rain, intense
(A). produce a large amount of oxygen and store a dry heat from the sun and strong
large amount of carbon dioxide
B. store a small amount of oxygen and produce a Source: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice
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large amount of carbon dioxide
C. produce a small amount of oxygen and store a
small amount of carbon dioxide
D. store a small amount of oxygen and carbon
dioxide
The tall trees make a canopy of branches and
leaves which
(A) protect themselves smaller plants, and the forest
15 animals 5+
B. Stop them from rain
C. Prevent them from storm
D. Protect land

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Talk/Lecture 1.You will hear people talking about sports.
What did the first person do in the schools’ cup School days are supposed to be the best days of your life and part of that experience
1 final? 3+ usually involves some strenuous physical activity. I asked some colleagues to give me their
A. He scored the winning goal recollections of what happened to them on the sports field and beyond, and this is what they
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(D.) He provided the pass for the final goal told me:
C. He blew the whistle at the end of the game Cup winners
D. Hold the final cup When I was about ten, the football team from our year inexplicably made it to the cup
The second person was on a school expedition final of the local schools’ league. I say inexplicably because I only remember us losing
when he was nearly every match we played. Anyway, in the final I set up the winning goal, a brilliant
A. 8 years old boy cross to my mate David who headed the ball in just before the final whistle. I still have a
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(B.) a teenager photograph of the team holding the cup.
C. at university Forest hike
D. at college I remember having to lead a group of eight boys on a school expedition for the best part
The second person felt a bit stupid after hiking of two days when I was a teenager. Even though we got lost at one point, I managed to keep
through the forest because them all together and got them from one end of a large forest to the other and back by sheer
A. the other groups had arrived before them force of will.
3 B. the other groups had known how to read the map 4- I was chosen to be the leader, I think, because I was the only one who knew how to read
(C.) the other groups had gone by car instead of a map! When we arrived back at the campsite we found out that all the other groups had
walking cheated and hitched most of the way instead... I felt a bit of a mug, but also rather proud of
D. he didn’t know how to read the map myself at the same time for having done it properly.
When he was learning to swim, this person’s Learning to swim, learning to drown
brother I learned to swim comparatively late, I suppose, I was maybe nine years old, but my
A. shouted at the coach brother had a traumatic experience which nearly put him off for life. We lived in the USA
4 4 for a while and had access to a university pool where the coaches had trained the American
B. started in the shallow end of the pool
(C.) had something attached to him Olympic team. In those days, though, their idea of teaching kids how to swim was to tie a
D. advise him not to learn it tin can to their ankles with a bit of string, throw them in the deep end and shout ‘Swim!’.
Which sentence is not true about the walk for I’m surprised my brother survived at all. He could only have been about six at the time.
charity Sponsored walk
(A.) he walked quite slowly One of my earliest physical feats was probably going on a ten-mile walk for charity
B. he walked a long way when I was about seven. I went with my older brother and my Dad, but they didn’t make
5 C. he ran 4 much allowance for the fact that my legs were shorter - I had to go at the same pace as
D. he jumped them! Even so, I made it and raised quite a lot of money from school friends and teachers
who had agreed to pay me for every mile I walked.

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Talk/Lecture 2.You will hear people talking about their sport experience.
Which sentence is not true about the cross- Cross-country ordeal
country I remember one dark, wet afternoon in February being herded out onto the school field and
A. the teacher made the students run in the rain having to run three miles across country while the rain came bucketing down. Soon we
6 (B.) the teacher ran the whole way with the students 3+ were all drenched to the skin, shivering with cold and the only way to stay warm was to
C. the teacher made some of the boys fall into the keep running. One of the gym teachers, who had been sitting inside having a cup of tea,
stream came out to meet us halfway around the course and told us to jump over a stream before we
D. the teacher made one boy cry could start on the home stretch.

How old was the character when experiencing
the cross-country
(A.) 12
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B. 15
C. 17
D. 22
His school team lost all of its matches in
Germany because
A. they were all sick from the journey there
8 B. they didn’t speak German
(C.) the teams they played were older than them
was quite young at the time
D. they were not good at playing abroad
Why was the final part of climbing the mountain
more difficult?
A. there were lots of people in the way
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B. the dog refused to continue
(C.) they had to walk over large stones
D. the weather was not good
What was surprising about what happened to
the person’s cousin?
(A.) he wasn’t hurt
B. he fell a long way
C. his parachute didn’t open
D. he didn’t help his father
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Talk/Lecture 3.You will hear a talk about recycling.
What would be the best title for this lecture?
A. Important Keys to Recycling Paper
11 B. Technological Advances Improve Recycling
(C.) Steps to Improving Recycling
D. Recycling
12 According to the article, paper materials that are
LISTENING PART 3
This teacher actually stood on the hands of the boys he didn’t like as they were trying to
climb up the muddy bank on the other side, so that they slid back down into the freezing
water. I was disgusted by this, but of course I didn’t say anything, I was only twelve. I think
it changed my view of human nature a bit after that, the fact that someone who I had
previously respected could be so cynical and cruel.
Dwarfed in Germany
We went on a tour of Germany one year from secondary school to play football against
three different teams there. Everyone was violently sick on the ferry going across to
Holland, and the whole thing was a bit of a farce as the teacher who had arranged it didn’t
4 speak German very well so we ended up playing teams who were three or four years older
than us! Naturally we got beaten every time.
Climb every mountain
One of my best memories of early physical endeavour was climbing Ben Nevis, which is
the tallest mountain in the British Isles. It was a glorious day, which is pretty rare for that
part of Scotland, and we walked up in about five hours. The last bit is pretty hard going as
it’s a zigzag path of big stones. We took the family dog and she had a really difficult time
of it. The strangest thing was that we didn’t see too many people on the way up, and then
when we reached the top it was suddenly covered with Japanese tourists. I can only
presume they had been airlifted there by helicopter.
Down to earth
My cousins were always the outdoor, adventurous types, learning how to canoe and
windsurf and abseil and so on. One day, one of them climbed onto the top of the house to
fix some tiles with my uncle. The next minute he appeared at the kitchen door a little bit
dazed and his mother, who was cooking lunch, looked at him in surprise and said: ‘What
are you doing here? I thought you were helping your Dad.’ ‘I’ve just fallen off the roof,
4+ Mum’, he said. Apparently he had overbalanced and toppled over backwards. Because he
had recently been doing parachute training -his latest hobby- he had rolled over
automatically when he hit the ground, without thinking. This was a big, old two-storey
house and he must have been at least 10 metres from the ground, but he didn’t have a
scratch on him!
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We hear it a lot in the news these days:
"Recycle newspapers and save a tree. Collect bottles and cans so they can be reused in the
5- manufacturing of new products."
Protecting our delicate environment seems to be on the agenda of politicians, government
leaders, and citizens in many parts of the world to show support for mother nature. The
5- concept of green consumerism has gained momentum more and more over the last decade,
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difficult to recycle include: and the public feels moved to pitch in and help. However, three essential keys needed to
A. copy paper power this movement include a more informed public, the development of improved
B. document shred technology, and a greater demand for recycled materials.
(C.) food wrappers Let's use paper as an example. The first step is to raise public awareness about the recycling
D. carbon paper process, to explain the kinds of materials that can be recycled, and provide ways on how to
In some cases, recycling could be hazardous to the properly dispose of them. Local governments should educate the public on how to properly
environment if special precautions are not taken sort reusable materials from those, like waxed paper, carbon paper, plastic laminated
because: material such as fast food wrappers, that can't be recycled very easily. Then, a system of
A. industrial emissions are sometimes created in the collecting these sorted materials needs to be established. The Public interest might be there,
process. but soon may wane if there isn't a system where they can take these materials to be
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(B.)chemical waste is sometimes produced as a recycled. Sometimes, we become complacent when it comes to recycling, but when you
result. speak in terms of actual facts and figures that everyone can understand, people become
C. a great deal of energy is expended to create new more cognizant of the problem. I remember reading one time that the energy saved from
products. one recycled can provides enough power to operate a television for three hours. Give the
D. There is no environmental safe methods public information they can grasp, and then you will increase your chances of gaining
According to the lecture, the demand for recyclable followers.
materials in the manufacturing of new products is Second, technological progress has been made on many fronts, but governmental agencies
sometimes sluggish because need to step up their support for companies involved in recycling by providing tax
A.some governments are unwilling to support incentives, low-cost loans, or even grants to upgrade equipment and to encourage further
expensive recycling methods. research. One breakthrough has been the development of a new manufacturing process that
14 5 uses enzymes to help remove ink from paper in more energy efficient and environmentally
(B.) there is a lack of advanced technology to
process the materials. safe methods. Recycling paper materials can be expensive in both monetary and
C. businesses do not invest enough money into environmental terms. The difficulty in removing print from paper, the amount of energy
research. expended during the process, and caustic waste that is sometimes produced are costs that
D. There is a lack of low-cost loans companies incur that are then passed on to the consumer.
Which is NOT one of the main keys to recycling as The final key is to increase demand for the growing surplus of resources waiting to be
mentioned in the lecture? recycled. This process (or rather, problem) has appeared in various regions of the world
(A.) government regulation of waste where the technology to process the used materials lags far behind the amount being
B.better technology collected for recycling. There may be a great outpouring of support; yet the great stumbling
C. more demand for recycled materials block to implementing the second stage of this plan could be impeded by the corporate
15 D. removing ink from paper 5+ sector's inability to find commercial enterprises interested in using recycled goods
especially when the cost exceeds those of virgin materials.
Recycling is a crucial key to protect our planet. The three keys mentioned are important
ways to achieve this end

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Talk/Lecture 1.You will hear a talk about history of railway.
The idea of rail transportation has appeared ….. Why did railways develop?
(A.) for ages Railways are not a modern invention as most of us think. The idea of transporting things
1 B. recently 3+ and people on rails has been around for a long time. Rails were made of wood, stone or
C. for 100 years metal, and railway wagons were pulled by horses, some were even wind powered and had
D. for a short time sails. At the start of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, people needed to transport raw
Rails were always made of ……….. materials such as coal, so created a network of canals and rail links between towns. But
A. wood or metal canals and horsepower were a very slow way to move things around the country, so the
2 (B.) wood, stone or metal 3+ speed of railway wagons needed to be increased.
C. metal or stone
D. wood or stone How did steam engines help?
Who invented the first steam engine for trains? By 1800 many industries were using steam engines, designed by James Watt (from where
A. James Watt we get the electrical measurement - Watt). Richard Trevithick, a Cornish engineer, refined
3 (B.) Richard Trevithick 4- Watts’ invention and after failing to build a steam powered road vehicle, he designed the
C. Iron Works first locomotive for an Iron Works in Wales. He called it a 'puffer' because of the noise it
D. Cornish Wales made, and on its first journey it travelled at almost 8 km/h an hour! Unfortunately, it was so
The Rocket first travelled on the………… heavy that it broke the rails - it only made three journeys. But it had shown that steam
A. Stockton and Darlington Railway engines could be used to move trains, and speeds began to increase.
4 (B.) Manchester and Liverpool Railway 4-
C. Eurotunnel
D. Stockton and Liverpool Railway
When was the first accident?
(A.) 1833
5 B. 1829 4-
C. 1830
D. 1933
Talk/Lecture 2.You will hear a talk about overpopulation.
The population of the UK in 2001 I come from the south of England, in the most densely-populated corner of a small island,
A. was impossible to count which, you might think, is full of people. (The UK as a whole has 2.4 people per hectare.) I
6 (B.) was less than the government thought 4 have never gone hungry. The only time when I wish there were less people is on rush-hour
C. was one million trains. However, one of the most interesting findings of the census of 2001 was that a
D. was more than the government thought million people were missing. Or at least there were a million people less than the authorities
Malthus thought that the number of people: expected. Should we be happy that we have more space and less mouths to feed? I don’t
A. would go up very fast, much faster than the know.
7 amount of food 4- As I start writing this article the world population (according to the Office of Population
(B.) would stay the same because there would Research at Princeton University – see the link) stands at 6,315,850,431.
always be people dying of hunger Doom, version 1:

C. would rise slowly together with the increase in
food production
D. would rise moreslowly than the amount of food
When Malthus wrote his essay the world
population was…
(A.) just under one billion
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B. 1.7 billion
C. 6 billion
D. 16 billion
The number of people in the world depends on:
A. the number of babies born
9 B. how long people live
C. the standard of life
(D.) the combination of A and B
A single person can have
(A).4 square metres and a married couple six
B. 6 square metres and a married couple six
C.4 square metres and a married couple 60
D.6 square metres and a married couple sick
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Talk/Lecture 3.You will hear a talk about cosmetic or plastic surgery.
According the lecture, which situation would
NOTbe mentioned as an example for reconstructive
surgery?
A. A young child is severely burned in a house fire.
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(B.) A woman isn't satisfied with the shape of her
stomach.
C. A man lost part of his ear in a boating accident.
D. A woman wants to change her kidney
What other effects do physical deformities have on
the individual who bears them?
(A.) a lack of self-worth
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B. inability to find work
C. fewer educational opportunities
D. face losing
LISTENING PART 3
In 1798 Robert Malthus wrote an essay which got economics the name of the dismal
science. It was called “The Principle of Population”. He said that it was impossible for the
number of people to increase, and even worse, it was impossible for the standard of living
to rise. The argument went like this:
1. population naturally increases geometrically: 2, 4, 8, 16…
2. food production increases arithmetically 2, 4, 6, 8…
3. so, population will be controlled by lack of food, the same as it is for animals. Some
people will always be starving.
A lot of people disliked Malthus’ point of view. Often, because it seemed to go against the
idea of progress, which was so important for other social theories of the time. Anyway, the
4+ experience of the next two centuries shows that something must be wrong with the theory.
In the 19th century world population rose from 1 to 1.7 billion. In the 20th, it increased to
about 6 billion.
Doom, version 2
In 1961, J.G. Ballard wrote a story called Billenium. It’s about a world where the
population has gone on increasing at 3% a year to reach a figure of at least 20 billion,
although the true number is kept secret. To make space for growing food, everyone lives in
giant cities where the buildings are divided into little cubicles. A single person can have 4
4+
square metres and a married couple six. Everyone has enough to eat, but life is certainly
very inconvenient. People spend most of the time waiting in queues for the bathroom or
anywhere else they want to go.
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Cosmetic or plastic surgery often evokes images of famous personalities wanting to alter
their appearances through elective surgical procedures. However, reconstructive surgery is
a procedure that makes a similar, but different impact on the lives of many around the
world, and many of these patients suffer from either congenital defects like a cleft palate or
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from injuries sustained in accidents or as a result of animal bites. Some disfigurements can
also be due to the effects of disease or infection. Yet, the individual with such defects often
bares more than just outward physical marks: loss of hope and self-worth as well as
acceptance are commonplace.
In the past, such procedures were only available in developed countries where the medical
expertise and financial resources were available to afford such operations. However, a
number of worldwide organizations made up of volunteers make regular visits to
5-
developing countries to provide reconstructive surgery to those who could not otherwise
receive such care. In addition to the care they provide, these volunteer specialists also
provide training to health care workers in these procedures so that local hospitals, nurses,
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What other services do volunteers provide to the and doctors can become self-sufficient.
country where they perform reconstructive surgery? The end results of such efforts have transformed lives: the patient now can live with some
A. fund-raising activities normalcy and hope for the future with less fear of being ostracized by neighbors and family,
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B. physical therapy and the health care worker who performs the procedure perhaps feels a greater
(C.) local health care training understanding and compassion for those who suffer from such defects.
D. regular visits There are many ways for people to assist in supporting these volunteer efforts. Although
How does this volunteer work benefit the providers most people do not have the medical expertise to perform reconstructive surgery, they can
of such surgical procedures? still donate time, money, and supplies to such organizations. A quick search on the Internet
A.These experiences give doctors and nurses can get you started.
valuable in-field training opportunities.
14 B. Volunteers establish connections for future 5 Source:http://www.esl-lab.com/cosmetic/cosmeticrd1.htm
medical research.
(C.) Health care workers develop deeper
understanding of the sufferings of others.
D. Doctors and nurses feel more self-confident
What is one way everyday people can help such
causes?
A. educate themselves on the issues
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(B.) make financial contributions
C. adopt unwanted children
D. search on the Internet

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Talk/Lecture 1.Listen to a talk about ecotourism-a danger to wildlife.
How many people visit pristine natural areas every Ecotourism is a booming business that many tour operators cite as being helpful to
year? nature. Every year, millions of people descend on protected and pristine natural areas to
A. billions observe rare species. However, a new report casts doubt on the value of this form of
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B. hundreds of millions tourism. In fact, it suggests that ecotourism is more damaging than helpful to nature. Details
(C.) millions are in a report published in the journal 'Trends in Ecology and Evolution'. Researchers
D. tens of millions believe tourists are disrupting animals in their natural habitat. They pointed to a recent
What is 'Trends in Ecology and Evolution'? event where sea turtles in Costa Rica had problems laying their eggs because of the hordes
A. an Internet site of tourists who had congregated to watch the turtles' nesting habits.
2 (B.) a journal 3+ The report says that ecotourism is making animals bolder and that this could endanger
C. a university department the animals. A regular human presence might make animals tamer and less cautious about
D. a TV show other animals around them, and this could put them at risk of being attacked by their natural
3 What did the article say ecotourism is doing to 4+ threats. "Then they will suffer higher mortality when they encounter real predators," the
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animals confidence-wise? report says. It added: "When animals interact in 'benign' ways with humans, they may let
A.making them shier down their guard." The report said it was essential, "to develop a more comprehensive
(B.) making them more courageous understanding of how different species in different situations respond to human visitation
C. nothing and under what precise conditions human exposure might put them at risk."
D. making them fearful
What might the animals encounter that could put
them at risk?
A. quicksand
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B. hunters
C. guns
(D.) predators
What does the last sentence say human exposure
does to animals?
A.makers them overcautious
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(B.) puts them in danger
C. nothing
D. makes them happy
Talk/Lecture 2.Listen to a talk about students’ cheating.
How many students have beendislodged for their
fault?
A. 10
6 4+ Authorities in India's Bihar state have expelled around 600 high school students for
B. 14
cheating in their 10th grade examinations. The pupils used a novel but somewhat dangerous
(C.) 600
way to get help with their exam papers – their parents scaled the walls of the school
D. 60
building and provided the answers to questions through the windows. Photographs and
What has happened to the videos and photos of this
video footage of this illegitimate technique have gone viral. They show dozens of parents
incident?
clinging on to whatever they can on the walls to feed information to their children. Some of
(A.) They have gone viral.
7 3+ the parents were three stories up. Teachers found many cheat sheets inside the classroom.
B. They have disappeared.
Some had been folded up into paper airplanes and thrown through the window.
C. They were stolen.
Over 1.4 million 10th graders are taking the tests this week at more than 1,200 high
D. They have been made into a movie.
schools across the state. Bihar's education minister P.K. Shahi told reporters that schools
Who is P.K Shahi?
faced a difficult job to ensure exams took place under the strictest of conditions. He said:
A. A student
"It's virtually impossible to conduct fair examinations without the cooperation of parents."
8 B. The school’s head teacher 4-
He added that it was not possible to monitor all parents who accompany their children to
C. A parent’s leader
schools and other test centres. The situation regarding parents helping their children cheat
(D.) The minister of education
has become so prevalent that police officers are posted to each school. However, an official
What has been done to improve the situation?
said, "we can't use force to drive away the parents".
A. They’ve sent mail to parents via post office.
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B. They’ve posted notice to each school.
(C.) They’ve used the police.
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D. They’ve used cars to drive them away.
What can schools not use to stop parents?
A.legal prosecutions
10 B. shock tactics 4+
C. electric fences
(D.) force
Talk/Lecture 3.Listen to a talk about children who cannot read or write.
What else could the children not do besides read
and write?
A.speak English
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(B.) do maths
C. cook
D. sew
How much money do countries lose by not
educating children? A new report from the United Nations says more than 250 million children of primary
(A.) $130 billion school age cannot read or write. It said they could also not do basic mathematics. The report
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B. $13,000,000 said that 120 million children have spent little or no time in school. The researchers said
C. $130,288,634,722.99 children not going to school means countries lose money. Each year, governments lose up
D. $130 million to $130 billion. Vibeke Jensen, a U.N. spokeswoman, said there was a global "learning
What proportion of girls in Arab countries may not crisis". She said this was because there were not enough well-trained teachers in poor areas.
go to school? She said that in a third of countries, 75 per cent of primary school teachers do not have
A. four-fifths enough training. She added: "The issue now is to put the focus on quality."
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B. three-quarters The report said that most of those not going to school were girls. It said it was important
(C.) two-thirds that developing countries educate girls. Sending girls to school can increase a country's
D. nine-tenths wealth by 25 per cent over 40 years. The report said that almost two-thirds (66%) of girls in
In what country can only 36% of girls read and Arab countries and sub-Saharan Africa would never go to school. In Yemen, just 36 per
write? cent of young women are literate. The Reuters news agency said: "If current trends
(A.)Yemen continue, the poorest part of the young female population in developing countries won't
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B. USA achieve literacy until 2072" There was some good news. In Laos, Rwanda and Vietnam, the
C. Madagascar number of children not going to school fell by 85 per cent in the last five years.
D. Bhutan
How much did the rate of children not going to
school fall by in Vietnam?
A. 82%
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B. 83%
C. 84%
(D.) 85%

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Talk/Lecture 1. Listen to a talk about terror threats.
When were the attacks on Paris?
(A.) November 13
1 B. November 15 4+
C. November 17
D. November 18
A top member of France's government has said European countries must "wake up" to
What kind of condition are many of the injured in
terror threats because of the attacks on Paris on November the 13th. French Interior
hospital still in?
Minister Bernard Cazeneuve told reporters that: "It is urgent that Europe wakes up,
A. intensive
2 4- organises itself and defends itself against the terrorist threat." The Paris attacks left 129
(B.) critical
people dead, with over 350 injured. Dozens of those injured are still in hospital in critical
C. stable
condition. MrCazeneuve said Europe must tighten its borders as it was too easy for
D. fair
terrorists to move around Europe. One of the Paris attackers entered Europe from Syria
What was a Paris attacker pretending to be in
through Greece. He was reportedly pretending to be a Syrian refugee. The French
Greece?
Ambassador Francois Richier echoed MrCazeneuve's words. He said: "I believe no country
A. an Iraqi
3 5- in the world will tolerate this. Terrorism is an important issue. It needs to be addressed. We
B. Greek
are currently raising this issue at the UN Security Council this week and will propose an
C. a policeman
amendment against terrorism." More and more countries are joining the fight against
(D.) a Syrian refugee
terrorism. The British government wants to take part in air strikes in Syria. Britain's leader
What are more and more countries doing?
will soon ask politicians to vote on this. Russia is also very active in air strikes on terrorist
A. accepting refugees
targets in Syria following the bombing of a Russian passenger plane over Egypt on October
4 B. closing their borders 4+
the 31st that killed 224 people.
C. fighting against terrorism
D. talking about terrorism
Source: www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
What might British politicians soon do?
A. fight
5 B. visit Paris 5+
(C.) vote
D. march
Talk/Lecture 2. Listen to a talk about ecotourism business.
How many people visit pristine natural areas every Ecotourism is a booming business that many tour operators cite as being helpful to nature.
year? Every year, millions of people descend on protected and pristine natural areas to observe
A. billions rare species. However, a new report casts doubt on the value of this form of tourism. In
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B. hundreds of millions fact, it suggests that ecotourism is more damaging than helpful to nature. Details are in a
(C.) millions report published in the journal 'Trends in Ecology and Evolution'. Researchers believe
D. tens of millions tourists are disrupting animals in their natural habitat. They pointed to a recent event where
7 What is 'Trends in Ecology and Evolution'? 5+ sea turtles in Costa Rica had problems laying their eggs because of the hordes of tourists
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A. an Internet site who had congregated to watch the turtles' nesting habits. The report says that ecotourism is
(B.) a journal making animals bolder and that this could endanger the animals. A regular human presence
C. a university department might make animals tamer and less cautious about other animals around them, and this
D. a TV show could put them at risk of being attacked by their natural threats. "Then they will suffer
What did the article say ecotourism is doing to higher mortality when they encounter real predators," the report says. It added: "When
animals confidence-wise? animals interact in 'benign' ways with humans, they may let down their guard." The report
A. making them shier said it was essential, "to develop a more comprehensive understanding of how different
8 5-
(B.) making them bolder species in different situations respond to human visitation and under what precise
C. nothing conditions human exposure might put them at risk."
D. making them fearful Source: www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
What might the animals encounter that could put
them at risk?
A. quicksand
9 5-
B. hunters
C. guns
(D.) predators
What does the last sentence say human exposure
does to animals?
A. makers them overcautious
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(B.) puts them at risk
C. nothing
D. makes them happy
Talk/Lecture 3.Listen to a talk about the impact of selfies on people
Who, besides travellers, needs to note a new Travellers and phone-camera lovers need to note a new danger that has recently come to
danger? light. This new life-threatening hazard has sprung up in the past few years and is now a
A. shark experts ubiquitous part of life. It is also proving to be twice as lethal as being killed by a shark.
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B. tour guides What is this potential new menace? Well, it is the selfie. Yes – love 'em or hate 'em, the
C. scared people desire to take a photo of yourself in front of a world-famous site or to strike a pose and pout
(D.) camera-phone lovers with a friend has resulted in more deaths in 2015 than shark attacks. It has been reported
How common in our life is this new danger? that so far this year, 12 people have died as a result of trying to take a selfie. This compares
A. not at all common to just six deaths due to unprovoked shark attacks. Selfie-related accidents can happen in all
12 (B.) it's ubiquitous 5- manner of circumstances. The website Wikipedia.com has detailed the twelve deaths seen
C. quite common this year. They include two Russian men who were killed while taking a selfie with a hand
D. not so common grenade; three Indian students who were killed by an oncoming train while taking selfies on
Who does the article say people strike a pose with? train tracks; and an American woman who fell to her death while taking a selfie with her
A. poseurs boyfriend on a cliff in South Africa. The latest death came last month when a Japanese
13 B. sharks 4- tourist died falling down the stairs while trying to get a shot of himself at the TajMahal in
(C.) friends India. There may be more. A Russian government spokeswoman told reporters that in July,
D. tourists there were, "dozens of selfie-related deaths" in Russia alone.
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What were two Russian men taking a selfie with?
(A.) a hand grenade Source: www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
14 B. a tank 5
C. a rifle
D. a missile
What did an American woman fall to her death
from?
A. the roof of her house
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(B.) a cliff
C. a tower
D. a shopping mall

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Talk/Lecture 1.Listen to a talk about the benefits of drinking coffee.
What type of diabetes can coffee reduce the risk of?
A. 1
1 (B).2 4- There is good news for coffee lovers. A new report claims that regular coffee drinkers may
C. 3 live longer than those who do not drink coffee. Researchers say there is growing evidence
D. 4 that coffee benefits the health, makes you live longer, and reduces the risk of heart disease,
How many coffee drinkers did the study look at? type 2 diabetes, other life-threatening illnesses, and even suicide. The study was published
A. around 200,000 by the American Heart Association. It looked at the coffee-drinking habits of over 200,000
2 B. just less than 200,000 5- people who drank between one and five cups of coffee a day. Researcher Dr Frank Hu said:
(C). more than 200,000 "This study provides further evidence that moderate consumption of coffee may confer
D. exactly 200,000 health benefits in terms of reducing premature death due to several diseases."
Who has been working hard on analysing the health Scientists have been working hard to analyse exactly what is in coffee that provides so
benefits of coffee? many benefits to the health. Dozens of reports in the past few decades have highlighted the
A. coffee lovers positive effects it can have on the body. Dr Hu said it was still unclear precisely how
3 4-
B. Starbucks elements within the coffee bean interact with the body. He said: "Coffee is a complex
(C). scientists beverage. It's very difficult to pinpoint which component of coffee is responsible for which
D. coffee farmers benefit." Researchers did not include highly caffeinated drinks in the study. They also
What kind of drinks were not included in the study? pointed out that while coffee seems to have health benefits, added ingredients, such as
A. ones from Starbucks cream, sugar and certain types of sweeteners, do not.
4 (B). caffeinated ones 5
C. tea Source: www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
D. colas
5 What has no health benefits besides cream and 5
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sugar?
(A). sweeteners
B. cookies
C. syrup
D. latte
Talk/Lecture 2.Listen to a talk about the impact of selfies on people.
Who, besides travellers, needs to note a new
danger?
A. shark experts
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B. tour guides
C. scared people Travellers and phone-camera lovers need to note a new danger that has recently come to
(D). camera-phone lovers light. This new life-threatening hazard has sprung up in the past few years and is now a
How common in our life is this new danger? ubiquitous part of life. It is also proving to be twice as lethal as being killed by a shark.
A. not at all common What is this potential new menace? Well, it is the selfie. Yes – love 'em or hate 'em, the
7 (B). it's ubiquitous 5- desire to take a photo of yourself in front of a world-famous site or to strike a pose and pout
C. quite common with a friend has resulted in more deaths in 2015 than shark attacks. It has been reported
D. not so common that so far this year, 12 people have died as a result of trying to take a selfie. This compares
Who does the article say people strike a pose with? to just six deaths due to unprovoked shark attacks. Selfie-related accidents can happen in all
A. poseurs manner of circumstances. The website Wikipedia.com has detailed the twelve deaths seen
8 B. sharks 4- this year. They include two Russian men who were killed while taking a selfie with a hand
(C). friends grenade; three Indian students who were killed by an oncoming train while taking selfies on
D. tourists train tracks; and an American woman who fell to her death while taking a selfie with her
What were two Russian men taking a selfie with? boyfriend on a cliff in South Africa. The latest death came last month when a Japanese
(A). a hand grenade tourist died falling down the stairs while trying to get a shot of himself at the TajMahal in
9 B. a tank 5 India. There may be more. A Russian government spokeswoman told reporters that in July,
C. a rifle there were, "dozens of selfie-related deaths" in Russia alone.
D. a missile
What did an American woman fall to her death
from? Source: www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
A. the roof of her house
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(B). a cliff
C. a tower
D. a shopping mall
Talk/Lecture 3.Listen to a talk about 70-year-olds working.
By how many times has the number of working 70- People are working to an older age in Britain. The number of 70-74 year-old people who
74 year-olds risen? work has doubled in the past decade. Around 10 per cent of British people in their early 70s
11 A. five times 4+ are now working. It is the highest figure since records began. The British government says
B. four times just over a quarter of a million 70-74-year-olds currently have jobs. In 2005, there were
C. three times around 100,000 of them. The government said people are working to an older age and are
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(D). two times deciding to retire later. A labour union spokesperson said the reason for people working in
How many working 70-74 year-old people were their old age is because retirement pensions in Britain are becoming more difficult to live
there in 2005? on. Many older people have to work and delay retirement to be able to survive.
A. 130,000 Employment spokesman Frances O'Grady said: "The last decade has seen [big] changes in
12 4-
B. 120,000 the labour market, with far more people working beyond retirement age. While there are
C. 110,000 plenty who enjoy remaining in work, many need to earn extra cash because they cannot
(D). 100,000 afford to retire." He added that: "We need decent jobs and pensions for all so that people
What are older people having to delay in Britain? can make a genuine choice about whether they remain in work." A spokesman for small
A. home improvements businesses, John Allan, said more older people were starting their own businesses. He said:
13 B. working 5- "More and more older people are [deciding on] a career change later in life and are starting
C. having a family up their own businesses, pursuing something they may have dreamed of doing for years."
(D). retirement Source: www.BreakingNewsEnglish.com
What do many 70-74 year-old people need more of?
(A). cash
14 B. time 4+
C. hours
D. food
What are many 70-74 year-old people starting?
A. families
15 (B). their own businesses 5+
C. self-help groups
D. protests

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Talk/Lecture 1.You are going to hear someone talking about how to eat sushi.
Sake should be served
A. very cold People often ask me whether there is a right way to eat sushi. Well, the simple answer to
1 (B). before a sushi meal. 4+ that question is that there most certainly is. Here are some tips on how to eat sushi and get
C. at the end of sushi meal the most out of a sushi experience.
D. when we are full. It is usual to begin a sushi meal with a drink. But not water or soft drink like juice. It is
It is a good idea to drink ………….with sushi. usual to have a drink of sake before the meal start. Now, as you may know, sake is an
A. water alcoholic drink and it is made from rice. It isn’t served cold – it arrives at your table warm.
2 B. coke 4- But you shouldn’t drink sake during the meal starts itself. It’s good idea to move on a
C. fruit juice green tea, which is very refreshing. However, if you prefer, you can have beef instead. Both
(D). beer of these drink go well with sushi. But here is important piece of advice for woman. For
3 Wasabi is a type of 5- woman, it’s polite to hold your cup with one hand and use the other to support the bottom.
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A. fish. Now let’s move to the meal itself. Pour a little soy sauce into your side dish when your food
B. vegetable arrives. But just a small amount – don’t over do it. People with think you are greedy if you
(C). paste use too much. So, my advice is to go easy the soy sauce. Then you should mix small
D. spice amount of washabi into your soy sauce with chopsticks.
What colour is wasabi? Now as you may know, wasabi is very hot green paste. Once you’ve done your mixing,
A. red you are ready to start eating. Begin with a few pieces of sashimi and use chopsticks if you
4 (B). green 4+ can. After that you can move to rice based sushi. You can eat rice based sushi with you
C. brown hands if you want. However, this should not be done with other types of sushi. Dip Fish
D. pink side down in the soy sauce.
It is very important to remember not to pass food to another person from your chopsticks
to theirs. It is considered very impolite to do this. When you are not using your chopsticks,
Ginger should be only eaten place them on your hashioki – that’s the block that you put your chopstick on when you
(A). in between sushi pieces. need to take a break from eating. Whatever you do, don’t put them on the edge of your
5 B. at the end of the meal. 4+ plate. Put them on the block until you are ready to start eating again. Eat a slice pickled
C. after having main meal, ginger in between sushi pieces to cleanse the palate. By doing this you will be able to taste
D. after drinking sake. and enjoy full flavor of what you are eating.
One final point try to eat every in your plate. And that include rice, so don’t’ leave any
food on your plate it is considered rude if you do.
Talk/Lecture 2.You will hear an interview with a woman called Rachel who is taking about the shows she puts on for children.
Who did Josh go to the Weather Center with? Hi! My name’s Josh, and I want to tell you about a brilliant trip I did recently. It was to the
A.his school friends weather Forecasting Centre in our city. I’d wanted to go there for ages as I’m really
6 B. some people who really wanted to go 4+ interested in weather. My after school club had tried to organize a trip, but not enough
(C). His youth club people wanted to go, so I suggested it to my youth club and they agreed to take us.
D. the group of after – school club. When we arrived at the center, we were given drinks and then a guide told us about the
Josh says the Center first reported strong winds in history of the place. He said it was set up in 1854, but it wasn’t until 1859 that they started
…… telling people about very strong winds coming. These were really important for people
A.1954 working outdoors, and for transport. When communications improved, the Centre sent its
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B. 1845 weather forecasts to ships, but later the forecasts also went into newspaper where everyone
C. 1854 could read them.
(D). 1859 Our guide also told us that information for forecasts used to come from weather stations on
Where did the Center put forecasts for everyone to the coast, where forecasters could see bad weather coming. But now they get a lot of
see? information from space. This information is put into what they call their super computer,
A. poster and then these produce the forecasts. It’s really clever.
8 5- Of course, we all want to know what the weather will be like – if we’re going to the
B. fliers
C. magazines seaside, we want to know how much sunshine we’ll get! But one thing many people need to
(D).newspaper know is how much rain there’ll be. That affects everyone, but especially farmers or sport
Where does such weather information now come people. And in our city, it’s really important for the zoo – they need to know what
9 from owing to Josh? 5- temperature will be because of their animals.
A. super-computer It was a fun day, and I’d like to work at the Centre when I’m older!

B. weather station
(C). space
D. the radio
Josh says that his local …… always needs to know
about the weather.
A. government
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B. council
(C). zoo
D. Pet clinic.
Talk/Lecture 3.Listen to a professor’s lecture on a process of memory.
The lecturer compare the human with the elephants
to:
A.Take an example of how fast people can forget
things.
11 B.Toshow that the elephant and human have
something in common.
C.To contrast the animal’s memory and human’s
(D).To prove that human’s memory are complex
processes
What does the professor mean when she said this
“We’re not going to be able to talk much about the
physiology of memory here…”
A.They do understand everything about memory
12 B.They know that mechanism isn’t simple
C. They do not have enough time to discus on the
issue.
(D). They are in process of learning about how the
brain store things.
Why does the professor say Walter Freeman
mentioned two types of crowds?
A.People can be taught to recall information that
has fallen into disuse.
B.Scientistsare studying why some people have a
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better sense of direction than others.
(C).Impulses in the brain may follow a pattern
researchers don’t yet understand.
D.Each individual person has a unique way of
remembering things
14 Why does the professor say Walter Freeman
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A popular saying goes “An elephant never forgets.” “But how about people? Have you
ever forgotten the name of someone you just met at a party? Sure, we all have, this is
4+ because our memories are complex processes.
We’re not going to be able to talk much about the physiology of memory here…both
because well, it’s not our subject, and because there’s a lot we still need to learn about how
the brain stores things. One thing we do not know is that the mechanism isn’t simple. When
researchers scan the brain as a memory is forming, parts seem to light – up by “light up” I
mean. You know, become active – in random, scattered formations. But of course they
can’t be random because memory produces very orderly results.
One researcher this is Walter Freeman of the university of California at Berkeley
compares it to two kinds of crowds. The impulses in the brain look completely random, like
5 the movement of a mob of people who are frightened. You know, they just keep moving.
And they’re not really going anywhere, and there’s no pattern to their movement. That’s the
way impulse must be moving like people in a crowed train station. You know if you’ve got
people running in and out and from one train line to another, it seems like complete
confusion. But really they all know where they’re going. They’re following a set of
instructions – the timetable for the trains, the board that tells which track is for which train,
all that stuff. So you have to look carefully to see that there’re actually organization, a
system, involved. That’s how memory impulses must function. Freeman figures we just
haven’t figured out what the timetable and track numbers are!
So we leave the physiology there; we’re going to talk about the psychology of memory
5+
the actual process. Psychologists divide memory into three stages; registration, long term
retention and recall.
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mentioned two types of crowds?
A.People can be taught to recall information that
has fallen into disuse.
(B).Scientists are studying why some people have a
better sense of direction than others.
C.Impulses in the brain may follow a pattern
researchers don’t yet understand.
D.Each individual person has a unique way of
remembering things
How many phases did the psychologists divide our
memory?
A.1
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(C).3
D.4

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Talk/Lecture 1.You will hear a woman called Sandy talking to a group of students about her job.
What did Sandy Duffy want to be when she was at Hello everyone, My name’s Sandy Duffy and I’m here to tell you about my career as a
school? video game writer. I work with game developers and designers to think of good stories, and
A.a journalist I write all the dialogue in the game. When I was in secondary school, I never imagined that
1 4+
(B).a musician I would do this job. I played guitar that’s what I planned to do as my job. But I had an
C.A director accident when I was playing basketball and hurt my hand, so I had to think of another
D.A basketball player career. My mother wanted me to be a journalist, but I didn’t think it was for me.
What did Sandy study at university? I didn’t know what to study at university. I was good at lots of science subjects,
A.Math and Physics including physics and maths, but I also loved entertaining people and I was good at Art. In
2 (B).film making 4- the end, I went to film school where I studied lighting, special effects, how to use
C. Technology camera…all that! It was there that I started to think about working in the video game
D.Art industry.
How did Sandy get her first job as a video game Now, a question that every always asks me is “How did you get your first job?” Well, I
writer? had a friend whose job was organizing conferences, at one of the conferences, she met a
A.She answered a job advertisement.. man who owned a company that made video games. I wrote to him and sent my CV. He
3 B.She met someone at a conference. 4+ obviously liked what he read because he gave me an interview and offered me a job as a
(C).She sent some information about herself to a junior.
company. People also ask me what I like best about being a video game writer. Well, the money
D. She was invited by a friend. is good and it’s quite exciting, just last night, for example, I was at a big dinner where they
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4. What does Sandy like best about being a video were giving prizes for new games. But what I love is the fact that I get on well with
game writer? everyone in the business. That’s what makes my job so much fun.
A.the prizes she has won. Obviously, no job is perfect though, and there are things I don’t like. I’ve just started a
4 4+
B.the high salary new job and I have to spend a lot of time on the road or at the airport, which I find very
(C).the people she works with hard. I’d really like to be able to spend more time at home.
D. the great working condition
What does Sandy dislike about being a video game Source: internet
writer?
(A).She has to travel a lot.
5 5
B.She has to work long hours.
C.She often has to change her job.
D.She has to live far from home.
Talk/Lecture 2.
How long does the trek last? Do you want to take part in a trip of a lifetime? Then join Go4Health India. This
A. a day amazing five – day trek will take you through one of the world’s most beautiful mountain
6 B. three days 4+ ranges, the Indian Himalayas. You will also be helping raise vital funds for our charity
(C). five days which aims to promote health care all over the world.
D. a week The trip starts in the city of Delhi where you will have the chance to see one of the
The trek aims to raise money for charity’s health care projects in action. The following day we set off on our incredible
(A). health care journey into the mountains.
7 B. school education 5+ During the trek you will pass colourful towns and villages and enjoy the most
C. hospital magnificent mountain views. You will experience all this before you even reach the peak of
D. the old people our trek to see the stunning DhaulaDahr mountain range. Once at the top you can climb
The cost of the trek includes even higher if you want to and experience walking on a glacier to each Lahes cave. You
A. flight and airport taxes will soon know what it feels like to be on top of the world. And on the way down you will
8 B. medical provision and taxes 5- be able to admire the wonderful views across the valley.
C. Foods To join Go4Health India all you need to do is pay an entry fee of 250 pouns. You also
(D). Food and accommodation need to promise to raise a minimum of 2500pouns before the start of the trip. Fundraising is
Participants must: part of the challenge, but don’t worry our fundraising team is on hand to help you. Once
A. walk across a glacier. you have signed up you will receive an information pack. This includes details of the trek
9 B. complete a fitness course. 5- as well as the work of the charity. It also contains useful tips and advice on fundraising.
(C). agree to raise funds for the charity. And you will also get a charity cap to wear with pride. You will also receive a full training
D. pay amount of money. guide which will help you reach a reasonable level of fitness. Our top training tips will
definitely improve your physical ability so that you can get the most out of the trek!
The trip starts on The cost of the trip includes your flights, accommodation, food, tour guides and medical
A. 1st of November support. However, please note that airport and tax is not included. You will have to meet
10 (B). 3rd of November 5+ this additional cost yourself.
C. 13th of November Dates for this year’s Go4Health India are 3rd to 13thNovember.Visit our website
D. 23th of November www.Go4Health.uk and sign up today!
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Talk/Lecture 3.Listen to a woman talking about changes of India.
Where do many of the rich people live?
A. next to the new road
11 (B). in the cities. 4+
C. in the countryside.
D. in isolated places. Last year in India, people bought around 1.5 million new cars. This will probably go
up to three million a year in the next few years. That’s how the India economy is changing.
How long is the road
Many Indians in the big cities are richer than ever and they want to spend money on new
A. 600 kilometres
products. However, most of the money is still in the big cities. There is still a lot of poverty
12 (B). 6,000 kilometers 5
in the villages and countryside.
C. 60,000 kilometres
Now the government hopes a new road in India can help to change India’s economy.
D. 60 miles
The golden Quadrilateral road or GQ connects the country’s four biggest cities. Delhi,
What can you see on the computers at the road’s
Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. Hopefully, the road will carry business from the giant cities
headquarters in Delhi?
to the smaller and poorer villages and the other half of the India’s population.
A. small vehicles on the road
13 5+ The GQ is nearly 6.000 kilometres long and the most hi – tech high way in the world.
(B). any vehicle and problems on the road
At the administration headquarters in Delhi, you can watch thousands of vehicles moving
C. big vehicles on the road
around the country on a computer screen. If there is a problem anywhere with the road,
D. serious problems on the road
electronic sensors tell the headquarters and engineers instantly drive there.
What types of transport can you see on the road?
When you drive on the high way, there is every kind of transport. There are animals
(A). all types
pulling cars, motorcycles, lines of old trucks and fast moving modern cars. Sometimes the
14 B. mostly cars 4-
road goes right through middle of a city. So there are often traffic jams and pedestrians
C. Mostly motorbikes
trying to cross the six lanes. Industry is also growing along the new highway.
(D). the presenter doesn’t say
When a large company opens a factory, lots of other smaller factories and offices also
Why does the presenter describe the new road as a open. Trucks then drive and deliver all over India along the new high way. For India, all
symbol of India’s future? this is a symbol of the country’s future.
A. because it’s the same shape as the country of
India.
15 5+ Source: Internet
(B). because it is modern, it is helping the economy
grow.
C. Because India has big population
D. Because India has lots of transport

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Talk/Lecture 1.You will hear a man called Frank, talking on the radio about looking for ships that sank at sea long ago.
1 The first old ship which Frank found was 4+ Well, there’s nothing quite like finding your first old ship – it was 300 years old. Well,
 LISTENING PART 3
A. covered by rocks there’s nothing quite like finding your first Ok just lying at the bottom of the sea, so it
B. older than he first thought wasn’t difficult to find. Most are covered in sand and rocks – but this one wasn’t.
(C). easy to find I’m actually a teacher, not a full time diver – I dive in my free time but I often get to
D. had a lot of gold them before the professional divers, because I have good up – to date equipment. Another
Why did Frank find the ships so quickly? thing that helps is talking to fish-men who tell me about their local area. I’ve even written a
A. reads history books. book about some of their experiences.
2 B. is a professional driver. 4- At the moment, I’m looking for the gold from a ship called The sea bird. It was a n
C. his friends helped him. enormous well built ship and it was coming from Australia on a winter right in 1859.
(D). uses the latest equipment. Everything was going fine util the ship reached the English coast, when it crashed into
What does Frank say about the ship called The some rocks in a very strong wind and sank to the bottom of the sea. It was carrying gold
Seabird? from Australia, and most it is still a the bottom of the sea.
A. It was so expensive. My wedding ring is actually made from gold which I found on an eighteenth – century
3 5- sailing ship. A friend of mine, another diver, has already found 88,000 pounds worth of
B. It was built in 1859.
(C). It sank in a storm. gold from different ship. He’s now decided to give up his job and become a full – time
(D). It was badly made. diver.
What did Frank say about his wedding ring? My house is full of things like coins, bottles and old guns. My wife is always
(A). was made from gold he found himself. complaining about the number of objects around the house – she says I should open an
4 B. 4+ antiques shop – but I love all these old things. Anyway, in the end, I gave some things from
C. is worth 88,000 pounds. my collection to museums, because I didn’t want to sell them. But my wife still wasn’t very
D. was found by a friend. pleased, I’m afraid.
As diving is a dangerous hobby, It’s not a good idea to try to teach yourself. I’d advise
How did Frank learn to dive? anyone interested to do what I did. There are some excellent diving clubs like the one I
(A). by joining a diving club joined, which run courses for beginners. It is best to do one of these before you go on a
5 B. by asking the dive tutor 4+
diving holiday…
C. by teaching himself
D. by going on a diving holiday
(PET 5 – Test 2 Listening part 2)
Talk/Lecture 2.You will hear an interview with a woman called Rachel who is taking about the shows she puts on for children.
The Black Rock Caves have been home for…. Are you interested in history? Well, I’d like to tell you about some of the historical
A.Two million years places open to visitors in this part of the country.
6 B.A million year 3+ Let’s start with the oldest first, Black Rock Caves have been here for over two million
(C).A half a million year years. And, for half a million year, they were home to people and various animals,
D. centuries particularly tigers. You can explore these ancient homes and imagine what life was like for
When can the cave attract the tourists? the people who lived there. The caves are open daily from April to October. A special
A.from April to October attraction on evenings in August is a walk by candle light. Don’t take this tour if you are
7 B. April 5+ afraid of the dark.
C. October Next I recommend a visit to Salter house. This was built by Sir Joshua Salter and dates
(D). August back to seventeen sixty – five. The Salter family are still living these today. The house
Salter house was built in became famous in nineteen eighty two when the television series Aunt Dorothy was filmed
8 5-
(A).1765s there. The furniture and paintings are well worth seeing, but the attraction nobody wants to
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B. 1756s miss is the kitchen. This is where Aunt Dorothy cooked her enormous meals and gave
C.1928s advice to anyone who passed through this part of the house.
D.1982s And don’t forget to visit the Old Port. You will need several hours to see everything
The things that are worth to visit in Salter house is: there, especially if you take a trip along the riverside in an old tram as far as the fishing
A. the furniture village. The guides there all wear traditional costume and you too get the chance to try on
9 B. the paintings 5- clothes from hundred years ago. You can buy gifts in the old village stores and eat delicious
C. the enormous meals snacks in the Tea Shop. If you visit the village factory, you can see how sweets were made
(D). the kitchen a hundred years ago, and taste them, too.
What should tourists do as visiting The Old Port? So, you see there’s plenty of…
A. take an old trek to visit the riverside
10 B. buy different traditional costumes 5+ (PET 6 – Test 1 Listening part 3)
C. try sweets made in the Tea Shop
(D). visit the village factory
Talk/Lecture 3.Listen to a lecture about culture study.
What does the professor say about the elements in
the body?
A.Ideally, these should be different amounts of
each.
11 4- This lecture is going to introduce you to traditional Chinese philosophy. First, you will
B.The amount of each in the body is not very
important. learn about, uh, the yin and yang philosophy. Secondly, we will look at the five elements of
(C).They can be out of balance. this philosophy. It is important that you remember these five elements as we will be
D. Different people have different elements. disusing them throughout the lecture. The five elements of yin and yang are: water, wood,
fire, earth, and umm, metal. Ok, so those are the five elements, Umm, let’s begin with the
According to the professor, what are yin and yang?
definition of yin and yang. Yin and yang should be considered as opposite forces like, uhh,
(A).They are opposite forces.
like land and ocean, for example. These are opposite, Now, these opposites do not compete
12 B.Theyare what make a person healthy. 5-
with each other. They are complementary. When you think of yin and yang think
C.Theyare four different elements.
complementary opposites.
D.Theyare the land and the ocean.
So, moving from complementary opposites, let’s return to the five elements we mentioned
What does the professor say about yin and yang?
earlier. If you recall, we said they were water, wood, fire, earth and metal. The Chinese
A.Theyare always in balance.
divided yin and yang into five elements to gain an understanding of how the body, mind
13 (B).They are always changing. 5+
and spirit work. According to the Chinese, every person’s physical and mental health relies
C.Theydon’t need to be in balance.
on a balance of the five elements. Individuals may have more of one element than another.
D.They compare with each other.
Of course, ideally, all elements are in balance or harmony. What does this mean?Uh, it
According to the Chinese , five elements of Yin and
means that a person’s body contains equal amounts of each element.
Yang are studied for the work of
14 A. the body and spirit 5
(Toefl IBT Practice Test Advance )
(B).body, mind and spirit work
C. balance and harmony
Why does the professor says “Yin and Yang should
15 5+
be considered as opposite forces like, uhh, like land

and ocean, for example”?
A.To correct something she said earlier
(B).To explain a term she just introduced
C.To explain what is wrong with a particular theory
D.To remind the students of something discussed
earlier
Test 17.
No. Questions
Talk/Lecture 1.You’ll hear part of a talk about dolls.
What is the main purpose of the talk?
A. To describe how the man’s favorite dolls look
like.
B. To explain how dolls used to look like in the
1 twelfth century.
C. To compare the differences in all doll examples
in the museum.
(D.)To explain how dolls were made differently in
times.
The dolls that the man interested in
A. Existed from the twentieth century.
2 (B.) Existed from the seventeenth century.
C. Existed from the eighteenth century.
D. Existed from the nineteenth century.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, dolls
were
(A.) Babies.
3 3+
B. Adults.
C. Elderly.
D. Males.
What makes the dolls in the seventeenth century
special?
A. They existed fairly early.
4 4+
B. They were made from solid wood.
C. They are very expensive today.
(D.) Their decorations are original.
5 What can you do with the nineteen- century
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Man:
Dolls have always fascinated me, and that’s why, five years ago, I was delighted to be
offered the job of running a doll museum.
4- Dolls have existed for thousands of years, and the earliest dolls we know about we found in
graves in ancient Egypt. I only wish we could get one or two for our museum. But we
haven’t unfortunately got anything as old as that in the museum. All the same, we have got
examples from Europe from the twelfth century, but my favorite early dolls are actually
from the seventeenth century. They interest me not just because they are early, or fairly
early, but also because of the clothes they are wearing. They have their original clothes, and
from them we know what the owners wore, since dolls in those days were always dressed
3+ like their owners. They were made of the only material readily available for things like this
at the time: solid wood and they were painted in great detail. In fact, on the best examples,
like the ones in the museum, the detail includes the seventeenth- century make- up.
Dolls like these were very expensive then, and only the very rich could afford them. These
days, they’re popular with collectors and if you want one today, you have to pay anything
up to ten thousand pounds for a doll in perfect condition from this time! By the way, what
makes them so valuable is that, as far as a collector is concerned, a doll is only worth
collecting if it is in perfect condition, and that means having the original clothes.
Doll collecting has become very fashionable since the museum opened, with people
interested in dolls from every period, including later dolls. There’s great interest in
nineteenth- century examples, when dolls were no longer made of wood, but began to have
soft bodies and real hair. They were very delicate and few have survived, meaning such a
doll would be worth about two thousand pounds, perhaps a bit more. Later, in the
4+ nineteenth century, you could often take off the doll’s hair. If you can, you can often see the

dolls?
A. Buy them with thousands of pounds.
(B.) Take off their hair.
C. Replace their hair with real hair.
D. See the maker’s name on the body.
LISTENING PART 3
maker’s name underneath, and of course the right one increases a doll’s value.
There was a really big change in dolls at the beginning of the twentieth century. In the
museum we have one of the earliest examples, from about 1909, of a doll that’s a model of
a baby. Previously all dolls, the earliest ones, were little adults.

Source:FCE Cambridge 2: Practice Test 1: Listening Part 2.

Talk/Lecture 2.Listen to a man called Stephen Mills talking to a group of people about a trip to India to see tigers.
When is the best time to see the tigers? Man: Hello. I’m Stephen Mills. I will travel with you to the Tiger Tour in India, but I’m
(A.)November not your guide. I work as an artist and I’m going to take some photographs of tigers so that
6 B. October 5- I can use them when I paint some pictures later. An expert guide will join the group when
C. September we arrive in India, but I’m leading the group until then.
D. The following day
How long will they be in the park? We leave London on the 6th of November, arriving in India the following day. It’s a good
A. Twenty days. time of year to visit the wildlife park where the tigers live. The rainy season finishes in
7 B. Eighteen days. 4- October. And later in the year, the park gets more crowded and the tigers become shy.
(C.) Ten days
D. No information We’ll spend ten days in the wildlife park. There are twenty other types of animals and three
What is arranged to make sure the visitors are hundred types of bird to see as well as tigers. There are eighteen of us altogether and
comfortable? everything is organized for your comfort by the tour company. For example, although we’re
A. Meals. in the jungle, we won’t have to sleep in tents! The hotels where we’ll stay are all very
8 5+ comfortable.
B. Transportation.
(C.) Accommodation
D. Schedule. To be sure of seeing tigers, we’ll stay in two different parts of the wildlife park. We’ll
What is Stephen Mill’s profession? spend three days in the north, where we’ll travel around in an open truck, and the rest of the
A. Photographer. time in the south, where we’ll travel around on elephants. That should be fun!
9 B. Tour guide. 4
C. Traveller. On the way back to London, we have dinner and one night’s bed and breakfast in the Indian
(D.) Artist. capital, Delhi. There you can either go sightseeing or go shopping, whichever you prefer.
But please note that lunch is not provided on our day of departure, as the plane leaves at
What is not included in the program? two in the afternoon.
A. Going sightseeing in Delhi.
10 B. Going shopping in Delhi. 4+ Now, if there are any questions ....
C. Breakfast on the last day.
(D.) Lunch on the last day.
Source: Cambridge PET 5: Practice Test 1: Part 3
Talk/Lecture 3.You’ll hear a talk on local radio about a children theme park.
Simon’s idea for a theme park came from Announcer:
11 A. His childhood hobby. 5 For the second in our series about locally- run businesses, we meet Simon Winridge, co-
B.His interest in landscape design. founder of the hugely- successfully Winridge Forest Railway Park, Welcome, Simon. Now,
 LISTENING PART 3
(C.)His visit to another park perhaps you can begin by telling us a little bit about how it all started.
D. His wife’s idea.
When they started, the family decided to open Man:
the park only when Well, during the 1970s, my wife, Liz and I had just acquired 80 acres of sheep- farming
(A.) The weather was expected to be good. land, and we decided to settle down and have children. Pretty soon we had a daughter,
12 B. There were not many people in the 5- Sarah, and a son, Duncan. The place was wonderful for the kids: they particularly loved
neighborhood. trains and gradually built up an enormous network of miniature railway track. I began to
C. The children weren’t at school. develop larger- scale models of locomotives but we didn’t think anything more of it until I
D. There were fewer farming commitments. went on a trip to a theme park near Birmingham and decided we could do a much better
Since opening the park has had job! So we set up a small one ourselves based on the miniature railway and we opened to
A. 50. 000 visitors. the public for just a month that year, 1984- in July- our driest month- because our children
13 B. 1000. 000 visitors. 4 said they didn’t want our guests to have a miserable, wet visit. I dealt with Park business
C. 5000 visitors. and Liz carried on with the farm work.
(D.) 1,500,000 visitors.
What did their children love? It soon became clear that we were onto a winner. We began to extend the railway track and
(A.) Trains. lay it among more interesting landscape by planting trees, which in turn attracted more
14 B. Theme park. 5- wildlife, and by making cuttings through the rock.
C. Farm work.
D. We weather. Nowadays, we’re open all year round and we’re pleased to say that Winridge is one of the
The park today is most popular visitor attractions in the area- with 50.000 visitors a year- a million and a half
A. Closed on holidays. people have been through our doors since we opened.
15 (B.) Opened all year. 5
C. Closed every two months. Source: Cambridge IELTS 9: Practice test 3: Part 2
D. Opened on weekdays.

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Talk/Lecture 1.You’ll hear someone talking to a group of students about a visit to an Arts Centre.
There are still tickets for Woman:
A. The piano concert. Right, everyone- about the trip to the Jubilee Arts Centre next Wednesday. As you know,
B. The movie. we have tickets for the Centre’s two theatres and the concert hall. Those of you with
1 3+
C. Twelfth Night concert tickets will hear piano music by Chopin and Schumann. Those with tickets for the
(D.) Spider and Rose main theatre will see Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, while people going to the smaller
theatre will see The Wild Duck by Ibsen. Although all the theatre and concert tickets have
The coach will leave at 3.30 because gone, if anyone else would like to join us on the trip I can get tickets for the Arts Centre
2 A. It’s the earliest. 4- cinema to see the Australian comedy film, Spider and Rose.
B. They don’t want to miss the shows.
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(C). They want free time at the Arts Centre. The shows begin at half past seven, but we’ll leave early so you can spend time looking
D. It’s long journey to the Arts Centre. around the Arts Centre. The couch will leave here at 3:30 and arrive at the Arts Centre at
You have to pay to see about a quarter to five. Let me tell you what you can do there.
(A.) The Russian ballet exhibition.
3 B. The shoes store. 4 The Centre has a lot of art- lovers. In the Art Gallery there’s an exhibition of the history of
C. The Scottish jewellery. Russian ballet. It has dresses and shoes worn by famous dancers and photos of past
D. The South American photographs. performances. With your student card, you can get in very cheaply. There are also some
You can buy clothes interesting free exhibitions. On the ground floor you can see prize- winning paintings
A. On the first floor. from children’s competition, and gold jewellery made by Scottish artists. On the first floor
4 B. On the second floor. 4 there’s an exhibition of South American photographs, and there’s no charge for that either.
C. In the souvenir shop.
(D.) Close to the Arts Centre. I know some of you hope to do some shopping. The Centre has a bookshop on the first
floor and there’s a souvenir shop by the ticket office. If you’re more interested in clothes
and shoes there's a large shopping centre five minutes’ walk from the Arts Centre.

You’ll probably want to eat before the show. The Balcony Restaurant has a menu with a
wide range of meals and waiter service, but it is rather expensive. Or there’s the Fountain
If you want a snack and a hot drink, try Restaurant whose special three- course dinner is good value for money. There’s also
A. The nearby café.
4+ Charlie’s coffee bar which serves coffee, sandwiches and cakes. You can get fruit juices
5 B. The fountain.
and ice cream from the cinema kiosk.
(C.) Charlie’s.
D. The cinema kiosk.
After the shows the coach will pick us up at the Bridge Street exit. Everyone should be
there by twenty past ten. The two plays will finish at around 10.10 or 10.15. I’m afraid
concert- goers will have to wait, as the concert finishes earlier, at ten to ten.

Source: PET Cambridge 3: Practice Test 4: Part 2

Talk/Lecture 2.You’ll hear part of a radio programme about bags for walkers.
Rod’s shop sells bags and Announcer:
(A.) Camping equipment. And now for a few tips of you who are going to go walking this summer. Let’s look first
6 B. Hiking clothes. 3+ of all at the type of bag that you should take with you. Rod Smith works in a shop that
C. Walking holiday stuffs. sells camping equipment and he feels he has a bag for every type of walking holiday. Rod,
D. No information does it really make a difference what type of bag you use?
A 35- litre bag is good for
(A.) A day trip Rod: Yes, Jill, it certainly does. Bags come in every shape, colour and size now so it
7 B. Four day trip 4- makes sense to pick one that is right for your needs. A backpack, for example, could quite
C. Five day trip rapidly ruin an otherwise good walking holiday if it doesn’t fit your back. In fact the fit is
D. Six day trip. critical but the choice is so large now that it’s difficult to know how to make the right one.
The bag that allows you to separate your So- here are a few things to look for.
8 5-
belongings
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A. One with a solid bottom. First of all size. A bag that holds thirty- five litres and has three outside pockets should be
B. One has a leather base. plenty big enough for a day- trip. For a four to five- day walking tour I would recommend
(C.) One has two compartments inside. a bag that holds seventy litresfor a man and fifty to sixty litres for a woman. That’s along
D. One has pockets bags outside. with a tent and a sleeping bag. An upright bag- that’s one that closes at the top- is better if
you intend to climb a lot of hills.
It’s important that shoulder straps are
A. Light. What about the contents? Well, in order to really avoid the inconvenience of broken
9 (B.) Flexible. 5 containers or crushed clothes, I suggest you go for a bag with a solid bottom. The best
C. Fashionable. ones- but these are probably the most expensive- have a leather base that is particularly
D. Strong. resistant to wear and tear. A bag that has two compartments inside will allow you to find
things more easily and separate out items such as creams that could leak in hot weather.
Extra pockets on the outside of the bag are also useful if you want to carry any tools for
climbing that are sharp or get dirty when you use them.

When you have to think about carrying your bag. If it’s a backpack, a wide cushioned belt
will ease the strain on your back and hops and leave you with more energy for your
Another essential part of the bags includes walking activities. Shoulder straps also help lighten the load and these should be easy to
A. Straps. adjust. There are many different types of strap on the market that can be adjusted in
(B.) Air holes. various different ways. Try several and compare them. It’s also a good idea to make sure
10 4+
C. Sweat absorption there’s a horizontal bar that goes across your shoulders and stops the straps from falling
D. Cooler tool. off.

Well, if you choose your bag carefully and think about some of the things I’ve mentioned,
you shouldn’t waste your money. Finally, make sure there are plenty of air holes in the
padded part of your bag that touches your body. These are essential to allow sweat to
escape and to make your walking or climbing holiday a comfortable one.

Source: Cambridge FCE 2: Practice test 2: Part 2

Talk/Lecture 3.You will hear a representative from a holiday company called PS Camping giving a talk about the holidays the company organizes.
11 Talk/Lecture 3. Woman:
PS Camping has been organising holidays for Thank you all for coming to my talk this evening. It’s nice to see so many people in the
(A.)15 years. audience. For those of you who don’t know very much about PS Camping let me start by
12 B.20 years. 5- giving some background information about the company.
C. 25 years.
D. 30 years. The company started twenty- five years ago. It actually opened as a retail chain selling
The company has most camping sites in camping equipment, and then twenty years ago, it bought a small number of campsites in
A. France. the UK, and began offering camping holidays. The company grew rapidly and has been
13 5-
(B.) Italy. providing holidays in continental Europe for the last fifteen years.
C. Europe
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D. Switzerland. If you book a camping holiday with us, you’ll have a choice of over hundred sites. In Italy
Which organized activity can children do every we now have some 64 sites that we either own, or have exclusive use of. France is where
day of the week we have a number of sites in Northern Spain, particularly in the mountainous region of
A. Singing and dancing. Picos de Europa. We’ve upgraded all these Spanish sites, and improved them considerably
14 B. Football. 5 from their original three- star rating.
C. Drama.
(D.) Model making. We believe holidays after superb facilities for the whole family. Parents who want their
children to be fully occupied for all or part of the day can take advantage of our children’s
activities. These are organized by our well- qualified and enthusiastic staff. Each day
kicks off with a sports match, perhaps football, or volleyball, followed by an hour of
drama for everyone. This may include singing or dancing, mime or other activities. In the
afternoon, there’s a different art activity for each day of the week including a poster
competition or modal making. What’s more, our sites are truly child- friendly, and, with
this in mind, we operate a no- noise rule in the evenings. Children’s evening activities
usually finished at 9:30, or occasionally 10, and from 10:30 holiday- makers are expected
to be quiet in the areas where there are tents.
Some areas of the sites have a :no- noise” rule
after
We want nothing to go wrong on a PS Camping holiday, but if it does, we also want all
A. 9.30 pm
15 4+ customers to be insured. If you haven’t organized an annual insurance policy of your own
B. 10.00 pm
you’ll need to take out the low- cost cover we offer and we require that you arrange this
(C.) 10.30 pm
when you make your holiday reservation.
D. 11.30 pm
There are many advantages to choosing PS Camping, and to recommending it to others.
As a regular customer, you’ll be kept informed of special offers, and your friends can
benefit from ten percent off their holidays, or book a luxury tent for the price of a standard
one. In return, we’ll send you a thank- you present, which you can choose from a list of
high- quality items.

Source:IELTS Cambridge 7: Practice Test 1: Part 2

Customers who recommend PS Camping to
friends will receive
(A.) A free gift
B. An upgrade to a luxury tent 5+
C. A discount
D. An insurance

Test 19.
No. Questions Level Scripts

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Talk/Lecture 1.You will hear a man talking about the weather.
You do not have to provide ……
A. a letter of recommendation.
1 B. school records.
C. exam results.
(D.) health certificate.
Your required English level depends on ……
A. your age.
2 (B.) your chosen course.
C. your grades.
D. your nationality.
Some science courses require you to ……
A. take an exam.
3 (B.) complete a foundation year.
C. do extra personal study.
D. have a higher level of English.
Application for undergraduate courses is ……
(A.)always via UCAS.
4 B. direct with universities.
C. either via UCAS or direct with universities.
D. via a placement agency.
British universities ……
A. are the best in the world.
5 B. rank among the top universities in the world.
C. are all well respected.
(D.) are generally well respected.
Talk/Lecture 2.You will hear a man called Dan Pearman talking on the radio about Pedal Power, a UK charity which sends bicycles to people in
developing countries
In 1993 Dan Pearman went to Ecuador
A. as a tour guide.
6 B. as part of his studies.
(C.) as a voluntary worker.
D. a student.
Dan’s neighbour was successful in business
because he
7 4
A. employed carpenters from the area.
B. was the most skilled craftsman in the town.
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If you want to take an undergraduate course of study, you require a letter of
recommendation from your principle and copies of your school records and exam results.
You must of course demonstrate ability to communicate effectively in English. Different
majors require different abilities in English. Undergraduate courses in science often
4 require you to do a foundation year before you start the course so that you achieve the
requisite knowledge before you begin the courses. Degrees generally last three years,
though the first year doesn’t count towards your final marks. Application is always via
UCAS, an organization that handles all undergraduate students. Postgraduate application
is via direct application to universities. They will require a minimum pass in your degree,
4 certainly above average and as with undergraduate courses require a minimum level in
your English ability. Most Masters courses take one year, but some take two, so be sure to
take this into account when choosing. There are two systems of ranking: for universities
overall achievement and for each of their separate departments. Other kinds of
information are available, like graduate employment statistics. Generally British
5 universities are generally respected globally and there is an international ranking system
that lists all the top universities in the world for you to check where your university
places.
Source: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine/weather - The British Council
2010
5
My name is Dan Pearman and I’d like to talk about the work of Pedal Power, a small
charity based mainly in the UK. I’ll be giving our contact details at the end, if anyone
5 would like to find out more about how to support us.
But first, how the charity began. I got the idea of exporting bicycles to developing
countries while I was in Ecuador. I went there in 1993 just after graduating from
university. After 3 years of studying, I wanted adventure. I loved travelling, so I decided
to join a voluntary organization and was sent to Ecuador to carry out land surveys. The
project came to an end after 5 years and when I returned to the UK in 1998, I started
planning Pedal Power.

(C.) found it easy to reach customers.
D. worked very hard.
Dan says the charity relies on
(A.)getting enough bicycles to send regularly.
8 B. finding new areas which need the bicycles.
C. charging for the bicycles it sends abroad.
D. getting the second-hand bikes from the rich.
What does Dan say about the town of Rivas?
A. It has received the greatest number of bikes.
9 B. It has almost as many bikes as Amsterdam.
(C.) Its economy has been totally transformed.
D. Everyone there owns a bicycle.
What problem did the charity face in August
2000?
(A.)It couldn’t meet its overheads.
B. It had to delay sending the bikes.
C. It was criticised in British media.
10 D. It didn’t get enough bikes ready to send .
Talk/Lecture 3.You’re going to hear a radio talk on back pain given by doctor Paula Clayburg of Liverpool’s Wilton Clinic.
According to the speaker, the main cause of back
pain in women is
A.pregnancy.
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(B.) osteoporosis.
C. lack of exercise.
D. too much exercise.
As treatment for back pain the Clinic mainly
recommends
A. pain killers.
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(B.) relaxation therapy.
C. exercise routines.
D. bed rest.
The back is different from other parts of the
13 body because
A.it is usually better at self-repair.
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Where I lived in Ecuador was a very rural area. My neighbor had the only bicycle in
the village, whereas everyone else walked everywhere. My neighbour’s business was
unusually successful, and for years I couldn’t understand why. Then I realized having a
bike means he could get where he wanted to go without much trouble. Other local
5 carpenters could only accept jobs in a three-kilometreradious, so no matter how skilled
they were, they could never do as many jobs as my neibour.
At Pedal Power, we collect second-hand bikes in the UK and send them to some of the
poorest regions in the world. When we distribute bikes overseas we don’t give them away
for free. We’d like to, but long term that doesn’t really help the local economy. The
5 demand for bikes is enormous which makes them very expensive locally. So we sell them
for 5 % of the normal price. But in order to continue operating we need to have a constant
supply of bikes which we send out every six months.
One example of a town that’s received bicycles from Pedal Power is Rivas. It was the
first place I sent a full container of bicycles to. Most people there now own a bicycle. The
local economy has developed so much, you couldn’t recognize it as the same place. In
fact, there are more bikes than on the streets of Amsterdam, if you’ve ever been there.
But Pedal Power still needs your help. You may have read about some of our recent
4 problems in the British medal. In August 2000 we simple ran out of money. We had
containers of bikes ready to send, but no money to pay the bills. It was a terrible situation .
We managed to ensure the bikes went out on time, but the other problems carried on for
several months.
Source: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine/ten-years-without-books - The
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ANNOUNCER: Today’s Health Counsel is presented by Paula Clayburg, who is the
chief Counsellor at Liverpool’s famous pain clinic. The Wilton Clinic Paula….
PAULA CLAYBURG: Do you know what Prince Charles, Seve Ballesteros and
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Elizabeth Taylor have in common? They all suffer from chronic back pain. In fact, bad
backs are one of the most common health problems today, affecting people in all walks of
life. The most recent available figures show that about a quarter of a million people are
incapacitated with back pain everyday.
And many sufferers don’t know the cause of the solution to their problem. The
majority of our patients at the clinic tend to be women. They are especially vulnerable
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because of pregnancy but also because of osteoporosis, which I personally believe to be
the major cause of problems for women. I have many women patients who say they have
completely given up exercise because the pain makes them so miserable. But ò course that
starts up a vicious circle. Bed rest, giving up exercise and pain killers are traditional
5 responses to back pain but, although there are many excellent drugs on the market, at our
clinic we ae beginning to realise the unique benefits of relaxation therapy. Other

B. a back injury is usually more painful.
(C.) its response to injury often results in more
damage.
D. it is worse if we keep the back as immobile as
possible.
Bed rest is advised
(A.)for a maximum of two days.
14 B. for less than two days.
C. for pain lasting more than two days.
D. for extreme pain only.
Being overweight
A. is a major source of back pain.
(B.) worsens existing back pain.
C. reduces the effectiveness of exercise.
D. is the only cause of back pain.
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Test 20.
No. Questions
Talk/Lecture 1.Listen to a talk given on a tour of a factory where clothing materials are made.
What is the main topic of this talk?
A. The twenty types of manmade fibers.
1 (B.) Rayon.
C. How nylon is made.
D. Clothing care
For how long have manmade fibers been used
for clothing?
A. Since 1939.
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(B.) For a little over a century.
C. For approximately twenty years.
D. Since nylon was first invented.
3 According to the speaker, why does this factory
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specialists in the field make a strong case for certain types of exercise, but in our
experience they are easily mishandled and can lead to more harm than good.
Now, let’s look at some of the reasons why back pain is developing into such a unique
menace. In general, the body is pretty good at self-repaired. A strain or a blow to a limb,
though painful at the time, generally resolves itself. But the body’s response to back injury
can be very counter-productive. When pain strikes, we attempt to keep the back as
immobile as possible, which makes the muscles tense up. Research shows that they often
4 go into spasm, which causes further twisting of the spine. A vicious circle is underway.
The second mistake we often make when stricken with extreme back pain is to go to bed
and stay there. Although at the clinic we recognise that a short rest in bed can be
helpful…up to two days..any longer makes our back muscles become weaker and unable
to hold up our spine. The pain therefore becomes worse.
Another problem is being overweight. Anyone a stone or more over-weight who
already has back pain is not doing himself any favours: though it won’t actually set it off
in the first place , the weight will increase the strain and make things worse. The British
4 diet could be partially to blame for the increase in back pain: over the last ten years the
average weight of men has risen by 11 lbs and of women by 9 lbs. So much for the causes
and aggravations of pain. But what can WE do to help?
Source: penguindossiers.com – Pearson Education Limited 2001
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Manmade fibers have been used to make clothing for only a little over a century, but their
use is quite widespread nowadays. Rayon , the first manmade fiber commercially
3 produced in the United States, appeared in 1910. In 1939, nylon, the first chemically
synthesized fiber, was first produced in this country on a commercial basis. Since that
time, the number of manmade fibers has expanded to include more than twenty types.
Although the list of manmade clothing fibers is long, rayon remains one of the most
popular of all time, and that is why we continue to produce it in such great qualities here.
Rayon is made of cellulose, a naturally occurring substance found in cotton and in certain
vegetables, like celery, of all things. The cellulose in rayon has been recycled and treated
to make it a usable fiber for clothing.
One of the reasons rayon is so popular for clothing is that it is soft an comfortable to wear.
5 Most rayon washes well, too, although it does shrink when it is washed in hot water.

continue to produce rayon?
A. It is inexpensive to produce.
B. It is more durable than other manmade fibers.
(C.) It remains a very popular clothing fiber.
D. It is easy to produce in great quantities.
According to the speaker, what is the biggest
problem with rayon?
A. It does not wash well.
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B. It is manmade.
(C.) It loses its color in sunlight.
D. It is not very comfortable to wear.
What is the speaker probably going to do next?
A. Talk about the production of nylon.
5 B. Leave the factory.
C. Take a break.
(D.) Go into the rayon production room.
Talk/Lecture 2.
What do the number “66” refer to in the talk?
A. the number of national parks in Britain.
(B.) the depth of Lake Windermere- in metres.
C. the number of people who visit the Snowdonia
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National Park every year- in millions.
D. the length of the bay on the north coast of
Wales- in kilometers.
In the past, boats transported………... across the
lake.
A. slate and wool
7 B. slate and timber
(C.)slate, timber and wool
D. timber and wool
How many people choose to see the lakes like
this every year?
(A.) 1.35 million
8 B. 1.15 million
C. 1.13 million
D. 6 million
LISTENING PART 3
The biggest problem with rayon is that it tends to fade in sunlight. It wouldn’t be a good
idea to leave a red rayon dress to dry in a sunny window. If you did that for very long, you
might come back to a pink dress.
If you’ll just step this way, I’d like to show you our rayon production room.
Source: penguindossiers.com – Pearson Education Limited 2001
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Countryside is Great
Welcome to Great Britain and the best of British countryside!
This landscape is incredibly varied, from the sweeping coastlines to the rolling hills and
majestic mountains and, with a mild climate and plenty of rain, it really is a green and
pleasant land that I’m about to explore.
There are 15 national parks in Great Britain, and one of the most beautiful is here in the
Lake District.
It’s the second largest national park in Britain and is full of scenic mountains and
picturesque lakes.
In the heart of the Lake District is Lake Windermere - the largest natural lake in England.
It’s over 18km long and around 66m deep - so it’s fairly easy to find!
4 This area is said to be one of the most beautiful in Great Britain. In the past, boats
transported slate, timber and wool across the lake, and fishing was really important here.
Hiya. One ticket for the Windermere Lake cruise, please.
Richard: Hello, Jacqui.
Jacqui: Hello, Richard.
Richard: Jacqui O'Connor of Lake Windermere Cruises is giving me a private tour of the
lake.
4 Jacqui, this is lovely. How many people choose to see the lakes like this every year?
Jacqui: Richard, we carry on average 1.35 million passengers on our boats.
Richard: And why do you think so many people find this area appealing?
Jacqui: Oh, I think basically all you have to do is to look around you. Look at this

What is Wales famous for?
A. a fishing village on the North coast
B. a sweeping bay
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C. a sheltered habour
(D.)its mountains and countryside
Which is the best title of the talk?
A. The best of Britain’s national parks
B. A look at Lake Windemere and its surroundings
(C.)A visit to some varied British landscapes
D. A look at Snowdonia in Wales
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absolutely stunning scenery. It's absolutely beautiful. They come to get away, to enjoy
peace and tranquility, to come to have a look at the nature. It's also, Windermere Lake
Cruises is one of the top tourist attractions in the north-west of
England so when you come to this area, come and cruise on the lake, definitely - it must
be done!
Richard: And you obviously love coming out here and love being part of all of this?
Jacqui: I do. It's fantastic. It's just a beautiful area to live. Really nice, lovely, friendly,
peaceful. It's great.
Well, I’m wild about Windermere but what about Wales? Just over the border there’s
some stunning countryside, at another national park.
One of the most visited parks is Snowdonia in Wales. 6 million people come to visit the
incredible mountains every year.
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Wales is famous for its mountains, but also countryside closer to sea level. This fishing
village on the north coast has 3km of sweeping bay, offering a sheltered harbour to
visitors from around the world.

Source: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/moon - The British

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Talk/Lecture 3.
What are the country that make up the UK? So, what is the United Kingdom?
A . England, Wales and Scotland To give it its full title it’s ‘The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’.
(B.) England, Wales, Scotland and Northern You might hear it referred to as Britain, Great Britain or more often, simply as ‘The UK’.
11 Ireland. 4 Four countries make up the UK - England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It
C. England, Wales, Edinburgh and Glasgow . consists of a group of islands - 2 large ones and several hundred smaller ones. By far the
D. England, Wales, Edinburgh and Northern largest island is that which is divided into three countries - England, Wales and Scotland.
Ireland. This island is about 700 miles long and is 300 miles at its widest point. At its nearest point
The number of miles that separate the largest only the 22 miles of the English Channel separate it from the coast of France.
island from France is… England’s capital London is also the capital city of the UK. Most of England consists of
(A.) 22 lowland with some mountainous terrain northwest of a line drawn between the Humber
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B. 300 estuary in the East and the river Exe in the Southwest.
C. 2 Wales, with its capital Cardiff, lies to the West having a coastline adjacent to the Irish Sea.
D. 700 It is more mountainous than England, particularly in North and Mid Wales.
Most people in Scotland live… To the North is Scotland which consists of two very distinct regions known as the
A. in the Highlands. Highlands and the Lowlands. The Highlands region is to the North and West of the
13 B. in the mountains. 5 country and is much more mountainous than its lowland sister. The rugged terrain of the
(C.) in the Lowlands. highlands ensures the region is sparsely populated.
D. in the North and West of the country. The Lowlands region is home to most of Scotland’s population. It’s here where Scotland’s
The Atlantic Ocean brings lots of… capital, Edinburgh and the larger city of Glasgow will be found.
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A. cold windy weather. Crossing the Irish Sea takes us to Ireland of which only the north eastern corner (Northern

(B.) wet but not too cold weather.
C. cold and wet weather.
D. cold windy and wet weather.
What is the recording about?
A. UK culture and geography.
B. UK culture and climate.
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(C.) UK geography and climate.
D. UK culture, geography and climate
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Ireland) is part of the UK. The rest of this island is a separate country, the Republic of
Ireland. Northern Ireland, with its capital, Belfast, is a hilly region boasting the largest
inland body of water in the UK, Lough Neagh, at 150 square miles.
The prevailing winds tend to come from the southwest, bringing with them frequent spells
of mild but wet weather from the Atlantic Ocean. Overall though the climate is fairly
temperate and similar to much of northern Europe.
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Source: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/moon - The British
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Talk/Lecture 1.Listen to the following remarks from a history lecture.
What is the main topic of the talk?
A. Life in Norway during Viking times.
B. Different ocean routes taken by the Vikings.
1 3+ I spoke yesterday about the construction of ancient Viking ships. Today I’d like to discuss
(C.) Methods used in Viking navigation
the Transocean voyages that the Norse made in these open boats- voyages made without
D. The importance of migrating geese in Viking
compasses or charts. Somehow the Vikings managed to get across the North Atlantic and
navigation
back home again. Although the shortest distance between the coast of Norway and
What did the speaker talk about yesterday?
Greenland is about 900 miles, the Vikings preferred to take a longer route south of Iceland
(A).The construction of Viking ships.
and thereby avoid pack-ice. This was a voyage of well over 1,000 miles. How did Norse
2 B. Viking use of the stars in navigation. 4-
sailors find land after days of sailing out of sight of land? Well, experienced sailors used
C. Ingenuity and technology in 900 A.D.
the relative position of the stars to help them navigate. The sun’s position could also be
D. Landmarks.
noted, but it moves across the sky, and its position alters a little everyday, so it was not
Why didn’t the Vikings take the shortest route
easy for the Vikings to use . However, even when out of sight of land, an experienced
between Norway and Greenland?
sailor could find information. As there are landmarks on land, so there are at sea. Whales
A. They followed the route of migrating birds
gathered in large numbers to feed at an area half a day’s sail south of Iceland. Migrating
instead.
3 4- birds on their annual flight were also helpful because they always followed the same
(B.) They wanted to avoid pack-ice.
route. So, geese flying between Britain and Iceland were of particular use to the Vikings.
C. Along the longer route, they could stop at
One Icelander also took ravens with him, releasing them until one day they didn’t return.
islands.
He followed their direction and found land. In 900 A.D., ingenuity had to take the place of
D. They followed the path of the stars instead.
technology.
How were whales helpful to the Vikings? Source: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine-articles/water-sports– British
(A.)Their feeding ground could be used by the
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B. They were a good source of food for the
Vikings.

C. The Vikings could follow their migratory route
to find land.
D. They helped the Vikings find routes through the
ice
What can be inferred about Vikings from the
talk?
A.They weren’t able to travel very far from their
5 homeland.
B. They migrated south.
C. They developed an advanced technology.
(D.) They were expert sailors.
Talk/Lecture 2.You will hear a woman and a man talking about tobacco.
There are about …………
(A.) 4 thousand chemicals in cigarette smoke.
B. 4 thousand deadly chemicals in cigarette smoke.
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C. 3 harmful chemicals in tobacco smoke.
D. 13 harmful chemicals in tobacco smoke.
What do tomatoes and tobacco have in common?
A. They are grown in more than one hundred
countries with China.
B. They can grow well in poorer soils.
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(C.)They are both a member of the same botanical
family.
D. They are both harmful.
What do most farmers use to harvest their
tobacco crop?
A. machines
8 (B.)hand
C. the lower part of plant
D. machines and hand
Four stages in processing are………..
(A.)removing, separating, checking and packing.
B. removing, packing, manufacturing and shipping.
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C. separating, checking, manufacturing and
shipping.
D. checking, packing, manufacturing and shipping.
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Tobacco
What’s in a cigarette? What’s in a puff?
Tobacco smoke contains about 4,000 chemicals. Some of which are harmful, others
deadly. Here are three of the deadliest.
From seed to smoke
What do tomatoes and tobacco have in common? They are both a member of the same
botanical family. Tobacco is grown in more than one hundred countries with China being
the largest producer, closely followed by the USA. Tobacco can grow well in poorer soils
so a typical farmer can expect a good income from planting this crop.
Seeds and fertiliser are often provided by British American Tobacco. The seeds are so
small that they must be protected in seedbeds for sixty days before transplanting to the
field. Two weeks later, soil is carefully pushed up against the seedlings to further protect
them and help to develop a good root system. Finally, after a couple of months, the
flowering plants and some of the upper leaves are cut to allow more growth in the
remaining leaves. The crop gradually grows towards the harvesting stage.
Harvest
In most countries harvesting is done by hand. The farmer takes off a few leaves from the
4 lower part of each plant. A typical farmer can expect to harvest about 15,000 plants. This
is quite a lot considering each plant contains around 22 leaves.
Processing
There are four stages in processing. Dirt is removed from the cured tobacco. The leaf is
separated from the stem (a process known as threshing). The moisture content is checked
carefully. The processed tobacco is packed into 200kg cardboard boxes, for shipping to
manufacturing sites.
Manufacturing
At the factory, the matured tobacco is checked for quality and then carefully blended with
other ingredients which are needed for the brand recipe, such as flavourings.

When is tobacco rolled into cigarettes by
machines?
A. when it is checked for quality.
B. when it is blended with other ingredients.
C. when it is given a quality check.
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(D.)when the tobacco has been processed.
Talk/Lecture 3.You will hear a woman talking about student power.
Strikes usually…..
(A.)make people think of factory workers.
11 B. make people think of students.
C. are in favour of the protests.
D. had a strong effect.
When does the protest almost happen every
year?
(A.) in Italy.
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B. in France.
C. in Paris.
D. in Britain.
What did the strikers recently do in the
protests?
A. sat in their classroom and did nothing.
13 (B.) stood outside the school, shouted and threw
things at the windows.
C. went out and began to shout at striking students.
D.stood outside the school and did nothing.
What would happen if the students went on
strike in Britain?
A. they would not be allowed to go to school.
B. they would not probably face severe disciplinary
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measure.
C. they would be punished by their teachers.
(D.) they would probably face severe disciplinary
measure
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Moisture content is crucial. Too dry and the tobacco leaf will crumble; too moist and it
may spoil during storage. The blended tobacco is treated with just the right amount of
steam and water to make it supple, and then cut into the form in which it appears in the
cigarette. The cut tobacco is then given a quality check.
Cigarette making, once done entirely by hand, is today almost fully automated with the
cut tobacco, cigarette paper and filters continuously fed into the cigarette-making
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machines.
Packing machines put the cigarettes into the familiar brand packs, wrap the packs in
protective film and group them into cartons and cases. The completed cases, time-dated to
ensure the freshest product possible, are then ready for distribution.
Source: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine/tobacco
When most people think of strikes, they think of factory workers asking for better pay and
conditions, or perhaps refusing to work to support a colleague who has been unfairly
5- sacked. It is not often that people associate strikes with school students. But in Italy, it is
different. While in many countries it is absolutely unthinkable, in Italy it happens almost
every year. Some people may remember the “Paris spring” of 1968, when in the French
capital university students and factory workers all went on strike in a crisis which almost
made the French republic collapse, but for many this is a long time ago now. But in Italy,
however, the tradition has remained. It seems that almost every autumn there is a reason to
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protest. Most of the protests are national, like the current opposition to the government’s
planned educational reforms, but there are also protests against things like local issues
such as heating in the classes or treatment of individual students.
And what do students do to protest? All over the country they go on strike, they have
demonstrations in the streets, they occupy their schools, they have lots of meetings and
sometimes they try to run the schools themselves for a period, setting up their own lessons
5 and courses.
Are all the students behind this? Well, it’s difficult to say exactly. But what is certain, is
that very few students object.
“I think it’s important to show what we feel” says one high school student, “The new
school reform will be very bad for state schools.”
Other students are more skeptical. “I think it’s great!” says one student, “It means we get a
few days off school.” Another student is openly cynical: “All the people who are doing
this... well, some of them are just troublemakers, others are people who are already
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planning to become politicians. They want to start their career now.” Others say that the
strike leaders are being manipulated or used by groups from outside the schools.
Problems occurred recently when students from one school which was being occupied
marched to another school which wasn’t protesting. The strikers stood outside the school
5+ and shouted and threw things at the windows. The non-striking students sat in their

A. makes people think of factory workers.
B. is very easy for students to strike.
(C.)is very difficult for students to strike.
D. is similar to other European students.
Test 22.
No. Questions
Talk/Lecture 1.Listen to a talk by a librarian.
Who is Ms.Martin talking to?
A. Other librarians.
1 B. Undergraduate students.
C. Students who are not in the business department.
(D.) Graduate business students.
What are the library’s hours during final exam
week?
A. It opens at 7:00 a.m.
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B. It closes at 7:00 p.m.
C. It closes at midnight.
(D.) It is always open.
Where are the violent storms common?
A. in mid and high latitudes
3 B. in Britain.
(C.) in tropical climates
D. in the Atlantic Ocean
What can we say about the weather forecasting?
4 A. It is always wrong.
(B.) It has been done for a long time
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classrooms and did nothing, but their teachers went out and began to shout at the students
from the striking school.
In Britain, and a lot of other countries, such action is unthinkable. Students are not
allowed to go on strike, and if they did they would probably face severe disciplinary
measures.
The strange thing about this, however, is that despite the number of school hours lost to
strikes, Italian students are certainly no less intelligent or knowledgeable than their
European counterparts. Their national averages are the same as others, despite the fact that
on average they spend up to 20% less time in the classroom – with strikes being only one
of the many interruptions of the Italian school year.
Troublemakers or not, perhaps there is something to be learned from the Italian way of
studying!
Source: http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts-themes.htm– British
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Hello and welcome to the library. I’m Ms.Martin, the assistant librarian, and this is the
library orientation tour for new graduate students in the business department. If you are
3+ not a newly admitted graduate student or your major isn’t business, then you are in the
wrong place.
Now, let’s get started. I’m sure you understand that, as graduate student, you’ll be
required to do s tremendous amount of research. Here at the library, we try to make this
process as easy as possible for you. The library is open for extensive hours from 7:00 a.m.
until midnight seven days a week, so that you’ll have access to library research facilities
almost any time that you want. During final exam week, the library is open twenty-four
hours a day, and there are library staffmembersavailabe to help you whenever the library
is open.
During this tour, we will be concentrating on two areas of the library. The first area is the
computerized search facilities, which are located on the second floor of the library.. On
4- the computer systems located in this area, you can conduct computer searches for books as
well as articles in magazines, newspapers, and journals. On the floor above the computer
area are reference materials devoted specifically to business. In this area, you can find
references for books and periodicals related to business and annual reports on major
4 corporations.
Now that we have completed this little introduction, we’re ready to start the tour. Please

C. It is easy.
D. It helps us a lot.
According to a traditional rhyme, if there is a
red sky at night:
(A.) the next day will be fine
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B. the next day will be rainy
C. the next day will be windy
D. the next day will be cloudy
Talk/Lecture 2.You will hear a woman talking about rainforest rule.
Where can rainforests be found?
(A.) in a small trip of land, mostly equatorial
6 (B.) only in South America.
C. in many countries all over the world.
D. in Thailand and Sri Lanka.
Rainforests hold……
A. more than half the world’s species.
7 B. less than half the world’s species.
(C.) approximately half the world’s species.
D. only half the world’s species.
Why are rainforest ‘the lungs of the planet?
(A.) because they produce a large amount of
oxygen and store a large amount of carbone
dioxide.
B. because they store a small amount of oxygen and
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produce a large amount of carbone dioxide.
C. because they produce a small amount of oxygen
and store a small amount of carbone dioxide.
D. because they store a large amount of oxygen and
produce a small amount of carbone dioxide.
Rainforest tree leaves never touch the leaves of
another tree…….
A. to make rain fall on the ground of the forest.
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(B.) to protect the trees from disease and insects.
C. to give the forest animals more exercise.
D. to make rain not fall on the ground of the forest
Over the last few thousand years, the land
covered by rain forests has….
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A. increased
(B.) decreased
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follow me. .
Source: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine/weather - The British Council
2010
Rainforests rule! by Claire Powell
A world like no other – perhaps this is the best way to describe the world of the rainforest.
3+ No rainforest is exactly the same – yet most rainforests are now distributed in the small
land area 22.5 degrees north and 22.5 degrees south of the Equator, between the Tropic of
Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer. You can find tropical rainforests in South America
and Indonesia. Other rainforests flourish further from the Equator, in Thailand and Sri
Lanka.
4- Despite occupying a relatively small area, rainforests have a colossal role to play in
maintaining the world as we know it. Tropical rainforests are home to a rich, colourful
variety of medicinal plants, food, birds and animals. Can you believe that a single bush in
the Amazon may have more species of ants than the whole of Britain! 480 varieties of
trees may be found in just one hectare of rainforest. These forests sustain around 50% of
all the species on Earth, and offer a way of life to many people living in and around the
forest.
Rainforests are the lungs of the planet – storing vast quantities of carbon dioxide and
producing a significant amount of the world’s oxygen. Rainforests have their own perfect
system for ensuring their own survival; the tall trees make a canopy of branches and
leaves which protect themselves, smaller plants, and the forest animals from heavy rain,
intense dry heat from the sun and strong winds.
Amazingly, the trees grow in such a way that their leaves and branches, although close
together, never actually touch those of another tree. Scientists think this is a deliberate
tactic to prevent the spread of any tree diseases and make life more difficult for leaf-eating
insects like caterpillars. To survive in the forest, animals must climb, jump, fly or glide
across the gaps. The ground floor of the forest is not all tangled leaves and bushes, like in
films, but is actually fairly clear. It is where leaves decompose into food for the trees and
other forest life.
Worryingly, rainforests around the world are disappearing at an alarming rate, thanks to
deforestation, river pollution, and soil erosion as land is being claimed for agriculture and
4+ trees are felled for wood. A few thousand years ago, tropical rainforests covered as much
as 12% of the land surface on Earth, but today this has fallen to less than 5.3%.
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C. stayed the same We can only hope that the world governments work together with environmentalists and
D. not increased. businesses to use their environmental knowledge and power to preserve the rainforests –
awe-inspiring, beautiful and vital for our existence.
Source: http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/magazine/ten-years-without-books - The
British Council 2010
Talk/Lecture 3.You will hear a man talking about mobile phones.
What is modern mobile phone technology based When Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it was a
on? revolution in communication. For the first time, people could talk to each other over great
(A.) two- way radio. distances almost as clearly as if they were in the same room. Nowadays, though, we
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B. global positioning devices. increasingly use Bell’s invention for emails, faxes and the internet rather than talking.
C. yuppies. Over the last two decades a new means of spoken communication has emerged: the
D. three-way radio. mobile phone.
The first mobile phone call took place between . . The modern mobile phone is a more complex version of the two-way radio.
. Traditional two-way radio was a very limited means of communication. As soon as the
(A.)two scientists. users moved out of range of each other’s broadcast area, the signal was lost. In the 1940s,
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B. two Scotsmen. researchers began experimenting with the idea of using a number of radio masts located
C. two yuppies. around the countryside to pick up signals from two-way radios. A caller would always be
D. two single women. within range of one of the masts; when he moved too far away from one mast, the next
The first commercially available mobile phones mast would pick up the signal. (Scientists referred to each mast’s reception area as being a
looked like… separate “cell”; this is why in many countries mobile phones are called “cell phones”.)
A. small, pocket-sized objects. However, 1940s technology was still quite primitive, and the “telephones” were
13 5 enormous boxes which had to be transported by car.
B. telephone masts.
(C.) giant plastic bricks. The first real mobile telephone call was made in 1973 by Dr Martin Cooper, the
D. small books. scientist who invented the modern mobile handset. As soon as his invention was complete,
Why did more people buy mobile phones in the he tested it by calling a rival scientist to announce his success. Within a decade, mobile
1990s? phones became available to the public. The streets of modern cities began to feature sharp-
A. because traditional phones didn’t work any more suited characters shouting into giant plastic bricks. In Britain the mobile phone quickly
14 . 5 became synonymous with the “yuppie”, the new breed of young urban professionals who
B. because they were bad at time keeping. carried the expensive handsets as status symbols. Around this time many of us swore that
C. because they were inconvenient. we would never, ever own a mobile phone.
(D.) because mobile phones became a lot cheaper. But in the mid-90s, something happened. Cheaper handsets and cheaper calling rates
What does a text message saying “Gr8! Will call meant that, almost overnight, it seemed that everyone had a mobile phone. And the giant
U2nite” mean? plastic bricks of the 80s had evolved into smooth little objects that fitted nicely into
(A.) Great! I’ll call you tonight. pockets and bags. In every pub and restaurant you could hear the bleep and buzz of
B. Good grief! Please call William tonight. mobiles ringing and registering messages, occasionally breaking out into primitive
15 5+ versions of the latest pop songs. Cities suddenly had a new, postmodern birdsong.
C. I’ll be fifteen minutes late.
D. Great! Call me. Later tonight. Traditional rules of grammar and spelling are much less important when you’re sitting
on the bus, hurriedly typing “Will B 15min late - C U @ the bar. Sorry! :-)”.
Mobile phones, once the preserve of the high-powered businessperson and the
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“yuppie”, are now a vital part of daily life for an enormous amount of people. From
schoolchildren to pensioners, every section of society has found that it’s easier to stay in
touch when you’ve got a mobile. Over the last few years mobiles have become more and
more advanced, micro-computers with broadband internet access, which will allow us to
watch TV, download internet files at high speed and send instant video clips to friends.
Alexander Graham Bell would be amazed if he could see how far the science of
telephony has progressed in less than 150 years. If he were around today, he might say:
“That’s gr8! But I’m v busy rite now. Will call U 2nite.”

Source: http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-podcasts-themes.htm– British

Council 2010

Test 23.
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Talk/Lecture 1.You are going to listen to a talk about au pairs in the UK.
An au pair should NOT You are going to listen to a talk about au pairs in the UK.
A. be a single girl without any dependants. What is an au pair? An au pair is a single girl without any dependants who comes to
B. live with a foreign country’s family to learn the the UK to learn English and to live as part of an English speaking family. She is not a
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language. domestic servant but may help in the house for up to 5 hours a day for pocket money.
C. be a domestic servant. Suitable tasks would be light housework and taking care of children. She could have one
(D.) work at least 5 hours a day. day each week completely free and she should be free to attend language classes and
The suitable tasks that an au pair may do in the religious services if she wishes. Pocket money should be between 15 and 20 pounds per
house include week and she should have her own room.
(A.) dusting the house. Before she arrives she should have as much information as possible about the home
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B. painting the house. she is going to and what she will be expected to do. She will find it helpful to have a letter
C. mowing lawn. from her hostess explaining the arrangements to show the immigration officer when she
D. teach the children. arrives.
How much money should be given as pocket An au pair must be a single girl aged at least 17 and no older than 27 when she first
money? becomes an au pair. She must be a national of a Western Europe country, which includes
A. 14 to 20 pounds a week. Malta, Cyprus and Turkey. The longest a girl may stay in the UK as an au pair is two
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(B.) 15 to 20 pounds a week. years. A girl who has been in the UK before as an au pair will be allowed to come to the
C. 15 to 20 pounds a month. UK again as an au pair only if the total period is not more than two years.
D. 50 to 60 pounds a month. An au pair is not allowed to take a job in this country – the light household duties
An au pair must be a single girl aged which are part of the au pair arrangement are not regarded as employment.
A. under 17. An au pair who is a national of a country which is not in the Commonwealth or
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B. under 27. European Community and who is admitted for longer than 6 months will normally have to
C. more than 27. register with the police. This will be shown in her passport. She must take her passport

(D.) between 17 and 27.
If the au pair is not in the Commonwealth or
European Community, she has to
A. get an admission from the police station.
(B.) register with the police station.
C. take a photo of her passport.
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D. pay a fee of 25 pounds to the family.
Talk/Lecture 2.You will hear an audio guide to a public library.
After two years, library members have to
(A.) show proof of their current address.
6 B. pay for a new membership card.
C. bring a passport or identity card into the library.
D. show their final assignment.
What happens if you reserve a book?
A. It will be available after five days.
7 B. You can collect it a week later.
(C.) You will be contacted when it is available.
D. You can take it in another library.
Which material can be borrowed for one week
only?
A. children’s books
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B. CD-ROMs
(C.) children’s DVD
D. some reference books
On which day does the library stay open later
than it used to?
A. Wednesday
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(B.) Saturday
C. Sunday
D. Tuesday
Large bags should be left on the
A. first floor.
10 (B.) second floor.
C. third floor.
D. fourth floor
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and two passport-size photographs to a police station. She will have to pay a fee, about 25
pounds.
If an au pair wishes to stay longer than the time stamped in her passport, she may
apply either by post to Lunar House, Croydon, or in person at one of the Public Enquiry
Offices. If she applies by post, it is a good idea to send any valuable documents by
recorded delivery post. She should apply before the time limit on her permitted stay runs
out. She must show that the arrangements are still those of an au pair. She may change
host families during her time in the UK, providing that the new arrangements are also
those of an au pair.
Sources: Li Y. (2007).IELTS Listening strategies. Beijing Language & Culture
University Press. Page 73.
You will hear an audio guide to a public library.
To join the library and take books out, you need a membership card. Take your
3+ passport or identity card, as well as proof of your home address, to the information desk
and you will be issued with a card. After a period of two years, all readers are required to
go to the desk with a document that has their name and current address on it so the library
can keep up-to-date records of where people are living. There’s no need to show a
passport again and there is no charge for this but any lost cards are charged at £5.
4- If you can’t find the book you want on the shelves, you can reserve it. If it’s in another
library in the city, we can usually get it for you within a week. If someone else has
borrowed it, it can take a few weeks. Either way, we notify you by phone or email when
the item is available to be picked up. We will hold it for you for five days.
Books can be borrowed for fourteen days and can be renewed for a futher two weeks.
Children’s books also have a two-week borrowing period. The same system exists for CD-
ROMs and CDs but DVDs, both children’s and aldults, can only be borrowed for up to
seven days. It isn’t possible to renew them. Some reference books can be borrowed but
normally only for one day, so 24 hours.
The library opening hours have been changed slightly. Instead of opening late on
Wednesday evenings till 8pm, we will be closing at 6, as on other weekdays, but we will
close at 7 instead of 5:30 on Saturdays and – a new development – we are going to open
on Sunday mornings from next month – 9 to 1. We are closed on public holidays and
notices are posted in the library about these.
Before you go upstairs, please note that if you are going to the exhibition area on the
third floor, large bags are not allowed. There are lockers beside the reference area on the
second floor where you can deposit them. If you need change, you can get that from the
4+ information desk on the first floor.
Now press “pause” and proceed to the second floor. When you reach the top of the
stairs press “play”.

Talk/Lecture 3.Listen to part of a lecture in an English literature class. The professor will be talking about American writers in the early nineteenth
century.
What is the main focus of this talk?
(A.) The Knickerbocker School.
11 B. The character of Natty Bumppo.
C. The Leatherstocking Tales.
D. Writers for the New York Evening Post.
What are the Leatherstocking Tales?
A. Stories by Washington Irving.
12 (B.) Five novels about frontier life.
C. Serials in the New York Evening Post.
D. Poems by the Knickerbocker group.
What kind of character is Natty Bumppo?
(A.) A frontier hero.
13 B. An inept settler on the frontier.
D. The last member of his tribe.
14. Who was one of the most important
Who was one of the most important members of
the Knickerbocker School?
A. Rip Van Winkle.
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(B.) Washington Irving.
C. Forrest Mohican.
D. Diedrich Knickerbocker.
Which of the following best describes James
Fenimore Cooper?
(A.) Author, the Leatherstocking Tales.
B. Author, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”
15 C. Editor, the New York Evening Post.
D. Professor, the Knickerbocker School
Test 24.
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LISTENING PART 3
Soure: Louise, H. & Barbara, T. (2011). IELTS Trainer: Six Practice Tests.
Listen to part of a lecture in an English literature class. The professor will be talking
about American writers in the early nineteenth century.
5- Today we will discuss the Knickerbocker School, which was a rather informal group
of writers who met in New York during the early 1800s. The name Knickerbocker – let
me write that down for you – was a tribute to Diedrich Knickerbocker, a character created
by one of their members, the writer Washington Irving.
At any one time, about twenty writers belonged to the group, including the three most
5- important figures in early American literature – William Cullen Bryant, the editor of the
New York Evening Post; Washington Irving, a well-known poet and story teller; and
novelist, James Fenimore Cooper.
Although Irving gained recognition in Europe as America’s first legitimate man of
letters, and his stories “Rip Can Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” were
5 widely published as serials, it was James Fenimore Cooper who achieved success with
subjects and settings that were typically American. Cooper created the frontier novel, with
a hero who embodied the American frontier spirit. In the Leatherstocking Tales, five
novels about frontier life, the affable old scout Natty Bumppo evolves into a philosopher
and even, some say, an epic hero. Bumppo is a frontiersman who knows how to live close
to nature and possesses all the skills necessary for a rugged pioneer existence, but he is
5 also an observer of life. He sees that settlers are a civilizing influence. He respects the
social order that they create. But he also sees the thoughtless and sometimes selfish abuse
of the natural environment.
The best of all the Leatherstocking Tales has to be The Last of the Mohicans, which, I
believe at least some of you have seen on video. You may recall that the story recounts the
conflict between the French and the English during the early years of independence, with
Indians fighting on both sides. I personally feel that this represents some of Cooper’s best
writing, especially in those passages that recount the death of the Mohican chief’s son in a
5+ noble attempt to avenge the murder of his love.
Of course, there were others who had membership in the Knickerbocker School, but if
you are familiar with the three major writers that we have discussed today, you’ll have a
feel for early American literature.
Sources: Pamela, J. S. (2007). Practice Exercises for the TOEFL. Barron’s. Page 52.
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Talk/Lecture 1.Listen to a description of the work of Dr. K. David Harrison and the “Enduring Voices” team at National Geographic.
How many languages will there be in the world Listen to a description of the work of Dr. K. David Harrison and the “Enduring
in 2050 Voices” team at National Geographic.
A. About 7,000 Dr K. David Harrison believes that language diversity is just as important as bio-
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(B.) About 3,500 diversity. He’s part of a National Geographic project called “Enduring Voices”, whose
C. About 700 aims is to document languages which are little known and in danger of becoming extinct.
D. About 1,025 It’s estimated that over half the world’s 7,000 languages will disappear by 2050 and so the
Yuchi is a language spoken in Oklahoma which race is on to trace and record these languages, and also to help keep them alive.
... Diversity does not depend on the size of a territory or country. In Bolivia, which only
A. has only 70 speakers. has a population of twelve million, there are 37 different languages, belonging to eighteen
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B. is a dead language. language families. This is the same number as the whole of Europe.
(C.) people are trying to revive. Dr Harrison seeks out these languages ‘hotspots’ – places where there is a great
D. has more than 7 speakers diversity of languages spoken and where some of are in danger. Studies in the Oklahoma
According to Dr. Harrison, when we lose a region of the USA succeeded in discovering 26 languages, one of which, Yuchi, had as
language, we lose a culture’s ... few as seven speakers. By highlighting this fact, researchers were able to help the
(A.) knowledge of the world. community to keep this dying language alive.
3 4- Why is this work important? According to Harrison, ‘When we lose a language, we
B. important monuments.
C. stories. lose centuries of human thinking about times, seasons, sea creatures, reindeer, edible
D. important achievements. flowers, mathematics, landscapes, myths, music, ... the unknown and the everyday.’ Some
Speakers of Yupik have helped us to understand ancient cultures managed to build large monuments by which we can remember their
better ... achievements, but all cultures express their genius through their languages and stories. We
A. the geography of the Arctic. should be shocked if the Great Pyramid at Giza disappeared; we should be equally
4 4 concerned when we lose a language.
B. their language and culture.
(C.) the effects of climate change. These languages store knowledge which can be of huge benefit to people today. The
D. the polar ice. Yupik language is spoken by the Eskimo peoples of Siberia and Alaska. A book written a
The speaker thinks that globalisation highlights few years ago by Yupik elders and scientists in which they described the changing
the importance of ... conditions of the ice in the Arctic was able to help other scientists to understand how
(A.) diversity. climate change is affecting the polar ice.
B. finding common interests. One of the original arguments for globalisation was that it could bring us all closer
C. saving dying languages. together. And in some ways this may be true – but that doesn’t mean we all have to do the
5 D. eating the same food and speaking the same 4 same thing – eat the same food and speak the same language. If anything, globalisation
language. has reminded us how important differences and diversity are. He couldn’t save Ubykh – a
language spoken near the Black Sea – from extinction, or Kakadu – an Australian
aboriginal language, but Harrison and his team aim to save as many languages as they can.
Sources: Helen, S., Paul, D. & John, H. (2012). Life Upper-Intermediate – B2. Heinle-
Cengage ELT.
Talk/Lecture 2.You will hear a guy at the Anglia Sculpture Park talking to a group of visitors.
The land where the Sculpture Park is located Hello everyone and welcome to the Anglia Sculpture Park. Rights, well, the idea
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was previously behind the sculpture park is that it’s a place where works of art such as large sculptures

A. completely covered by forest.
(B.) the site of a private house.
C. occupied by a factory.
D. covered by oak trees.
What is unusual about the Anglia Sculpture
Park?
(A.) Artists have made sculptures especially for it.
7 B. Some of its sculptures were donated by the
artists.
C. It only shows contemporary sculptures.
D. Its sculptures are created by unique artists.
The path by the Lower Lake
A. is rather wet in some places.
8 (B.) has recently been repaired.
C. is difficult to walk on.
D. is recently flooded.
What does the speaker say about the Visitor
Centre?
(A.) It is being enlarged at present.
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B. It has received an international award.
C. It was designed by a Canada architect.
D. It was attacked by Guy King.
Today, visitors can buy snacks and sandwiches
(A.) at the kiosk.
B. in the Terrace Room.
C. at the Lowe Lake Café.
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D. in the nearby restaurant.
Talk/Lecture 3.Listen to a lecture in a biochemistry class. The professor is discussing pheromones.
What is the main topic of the lecture?
A. Smells emitted by species to attract mates.
B. Powerful communication devices.
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C. Mating behavior in animals and humans.
(D.) Chemical messages sent between members of a
species when mating.
Why does the professor mention that male
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butterflies and months can pick up on
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and carvings can be displayed out of doors in a natural setting.
As you’ll have noticed when you drove here, most of the land around the park is
farmland. The park itself belonged to a family called the De Quincies, who had made a lot
of money from manufacturing farm machinery, and who also owned substantial stretches
of forest land to the north of the park. They built a house in the centre of the park, not far
from where we’re standing now, but this burnt down in 1980 and the De Quinces then
sold the land.
4- The Anglia Sculpture Park isn’t the only one in the country; several of the London
parks sometimes display contemporary sculptures, and there are a couple of other
permanent sculpture parks in England. But we’re unique in that some of our sculptures
were actually created for the sites they occupy here, and we also show sculptures by a
wider range of artists than anywhere else in the country.
For example, at present we have an exhibition by Joe Tremain, of what he calls
4 ‘burnt’ sculptures. These are wood and stone sculptures that he’s carved and marked with
fire to illustrate the ferocity and intensity of the forces that have shaped our planet over
millions of years. They look really dramatic in this rural setting.
To see some of the sculptures, you’ll need to follow the path alongside the Lower
Lake. We had to renovate this after the lake overflowed its banks a couple of months ago
and flooded the area. The water level’s back to normal now and you shouldn’t have any
trouble, the path’s very level underfoot. You should be back at the Visitor Centre at about
four o’clock. If you have time it’s worth taking a look at the Centre itself. It’s not possible
to go upstairs at present as builders are working there adding another floor, but the rest’s
well worth seeing. The architect was Guy King. He was actually born in this part of
England but he recently designed a museum in Canada that won a prize for innovation in
public buildings. If you want to get something to eat when you get back, like a snack or a
sandwich, the Terrace Room is currently closed, but you can go to the kiosk and buy
4+ something, then sit on one of the chairs overlooking the Lower Lake and enjoy the view as
you’re eating.
Source: Pauline, C. Amanda, F. & Vanessa, J. (2014). The Official Cambridge Guide
to IELTS. Cambridge University Press - Practice test 7. Page 267.
Okay. So, how’s everybody doing today? All right, good. Let’s get started.
So… this morning, we’ll be discussing pheromones…chemical messages sent from one
organism to another. What kind of messages? Well, the first pheromones discovered were
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more like… chemical love letters - a method used by female silkworm moths to attract
mates. The female basically sends out a signal that tells the male she is ready to mate. And
these signals can be quite strong. In fact, scientists now know that many females of the
butterfly and moth species release pheromones that males within a 10 kilometer radius can
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pick up on. Now, that’s some kind of powerful communication device! So how do these

pheromones within a 10-km radius?
A. To compare male and female abilities at sensing
pheromones.
(B.) To demonstrate the strength of the pheromone
signal.
C. To emphasize that males rather than females
pick up on pheromones.
D. To show that pheromones are strongest in
months and butterflies.
According to the lecture, what is true of the
VNO, the organ related to the sense of smell?
A. It cannot detect scented messages.
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B. It is located in the brain.
C. It is part of a larger message system.
(D.) It senses chemical odors.
According to the lecture, what can female
humans sense through pheromone
communication?
A. Whether a male’s genes are good at fighting off
disease.
14 B. Whether a male’s genes has been damaged by
bacteria and viruses.
C. Whether a male’s immune system is functioning
to full capacity.
(D.) Whether a male’s genes are similar to or
different from her own.
According to the lecture, what can be inferred
about the reasons that people choose particular
mates?
A. Males and females have different reasons for
choosing particular mates.
15 B. Researchers have evidence about why males and
females select specific mates.
C. Males choose mates with genes similar to their
own.
(D.) Females may not be aware of all of their
reasons for selecting specific mates.
Test 25.
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pheromones work? Well, they can be either scented or odorless and all types of animals
detect them through what is called the VNO, an organ that is part of the olfactory system,
which is related to the sense of smell. And once detected, the VNO sends the chemical
message to receptor neurons in the brain. And this causes some sort of reaction or
response on the part of the animal. Now, while it’s true that pheromone communication is
well-documented in the animal kingdom, does it apply to humans and human mating
behavior? Well, a number of researchers are coming up with evidence that this may in fact
be the case. Interestingly, the strong feelings associated with romantic love may be in
some part linked to pheromones. It seems that females can pick up on male pheromones
that identify gene composition in male body odor. Now, in order to produce the strongest
offspring, it is important to choose a mate with a different genetic makeup. This is because
different genes are good at attacking different invaders such as bacteria or viruses.
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Therefore, a newborn with a greater variety of genes has a better chance at fighting off
disease. So, women somehow can sense through pheromone communication which male
will provide her children with the best immune systems. And this, of course, this improves
her children’s chances of survival. So ladies…the next time you think you love him for his
good looks or his winning personality, think again. Instead, it may have everything to do
with your nose and the way he smells - ew!
Sources: Susan, B. (2011). Oxford Preparation Course For The ToefliBT Exam.
Oxford University Press. Page 26.
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Talk/Lecture 1.will hear the head teacher of an English primary school talking about the school to a group of parents and visitors.
1. Cranley Hill Primary School first open in
A. 1830
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C. 1983
D. 1985
There are fewer pupils in the school now than in
the past because
A. there are not enough teachers.
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B. students have transport problems.
(C.) the local population has declined.
D. the school does not offers big bonus to its pupils
The head teacher is proud that the school is
provided with energy from
(A.) wind power from their own turbine.
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B. coal from the local mines.
C. electricity supplied by nearby villages.
D. waves of the nearby sea.
The head teacher believes that primary pupils
should study problems which
A. are regional rather than global.
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(B.) can be solved locally.
C. may have no clear answer.
D. are globally insoluble.
The children’s meals at school are unusual
because
(A.) they include food grown by the children.
B. they are provided by local people.
C. the children are involved in cooking the food.
D. they are taken place in secret gardens.
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Scripts
You will hear the head teacher of an English primary school talking about the school
to a group of parents and visitors.
Good morning everyone and as the Head Teacher of Cranley Hill Primary School I’m
vey happy to welcome you to our Open Day. Today the school is open not just to parents
of our pupils, but also to anyone else interested in seeing the school. I’ll start by telling
about the school, and after that you can walk round and see it for yourselves. We take
most of our pupils from the two nearby villages of Seaborne and Milthorpe. These were
once coal mining villages – there have been coal mines here since the 1830s. When the
school was originally established, way back in 1899, almost every child’s father worked in
the mines. However, the coal mines were closed in 1983, and many people left the area as
a result. Nowadays most of the remaining inhabitants tend to commute to work in the city
rather than working locally. At present, the number of students on our rolls is just 90,
compared to almost 200 in 1985, due to the decline in the population of the mining
villages, and the staff see this as a big bonus because we know each student personally.
The school is very involved in the local community and we are especially proud of
our status as Great Britain’s first school to be entirely powered by wind energy. This
project began several years ago when it was decided that a wind power turbine should be
installed in the school field. This now supplies the school with all the electricity we need
and there is also power left over for the villages near by – the opposite situation to that in
the past, when it was the villages which supplied the school with power in the form of
coal from the mines.
The project has been of enormous benefit to the school in other ways as well. It has
allowed exciting learning opportunities about electricity generation and the turbine has
also inspired poetry, art and even our own song. It also allows teachers to introduce global
issues such as CO2 emissions and global warming to the students. I fell it may be
irresponsible to burden young children with worries about global issues which are
insoluble - but by actually using wind power as a nonpolluting, renewable source of
energy, istead of using fossil fuels such as oil or gas, we are offering practical solutions to
our pupils in their own environment.
The school is also extremely involved in other environmental issues. In the last few
years we have developed our school field into what we now call our “secret garden”,
which you will have a chance to explore shortly. Here the pupils have their own organic
vegetables patch, and another special feature of the school is that the vegetables grown
here are used in the school kitchens for school lunches, with any extra ones being taken
home by the children to share with the community.

Talk/Lecture 2.Listen to a lecture ina history class.
What is the main topic of the lecture?
(A.) Details about the Titanic and its tragic sinking.
B. A history of the rivalry between Cunard and
6 White Star Line.
C. The design of the Titanic and the reasons it was
made.
D. Explanations for the attraction of the Titanic.
According to the lecture, what is NOT true
about the Titanic?
A. It was a fairly large-sized ship.
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(B.) It was a well-equipped ship for the safety.
C. It was owned by White Star Line.
D. It was very luxurious and spacious.
How does the teacher explain the size of the
Titanic?
A. By comparing the Titanic to its competitors.
8 (B.) By mentioning specific measurements of the
Titanic.
C. By showing the actual model of the Titanic.
D. By giving reasons why the Titanic was so huge.
How was the Titanic different from its
competitors?
A. It was faster.
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(B.) It was more comfortable.
C. It had more lifeboats.
D. It was sturdier.
What can be inferred from the lecture?
A. The Titanic finally dominated the route to the
Atlantic.
B. Only wealthy and noble people could board the
10 Titanic.
C. If the Titanic had traveled at top speed, it would
not have sunk.
(D.) White Star Line seemed not to care about the
safety of passengers.
LISTENING PART 3
Sources: Morgan, T. J. W. (2010). Focus on Academic Skills for IELTS New Edition.
Pearson Longman. Page 23.
Listen to a lecture in history class.
3+ The Titanic was intended as a transatlantic passenger liner for a company called White
Star Line. It was planned that the Titanic would run across the Atlantic on weekly express
trips. White Star Line wanted to dominate this route, taking business away from its
competitor, Cunard Line. At the time, Cunard enjoyed success with their two ships, the
Lusitania and Mauritania which were the fastest in the world. White Star knew that it
would be very difficult to create faster ships to compete against Cunard. So they decided
to focus on luxury and comfort with their ship instead. Construction of the Titanic began
on March 31st, 1909. It was built in a shipyard in Belfast, Ireland, and designed by
William Pirrie, Thomas Andrews and Alexander Carlisle. The Titanic was 269 meters
long and weighed 46,328 tons. When afloat, the height from the deck to the surface of the
water was 18 meters. At full capacity, the Titanic was designed to carry a total of 3,547
passengers and crew members. It was definitely the largest passenger ship. Also, the
Titanic had many luxurious features such as a gym, a swimming pool, libraries, and even
4 a squash court. So, on its maiden voyage, it attracted many rich and powerful people who
were thrilled by the size and luxury of the ship. On April 1Oth, 191 2, the Titanic set sail
for New York from Southampton, England. 2,227 people boarded it on that fateful day.
As the ship was crossing the Atlantic on April 14th, it struck an iceberg about 400 miles
off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, which caused the Titanic to sink. Despite sailing
in a dangerous area where icebergs were common, the Titanic was going too fast.
Eventually it hit a huge iceberg and sank. Another problem with the Titanic was the
rudder, the device used to steer the ship. For a ship of such a large size, the rudder was
relatively small. This meant that turning in an emergency situation was impossible. The
Titanic's lack of lifeboats made the disaster worse. There were only 20 lifeboats on the
Titanic. It was not enough for everybody on board the ship. In addition, some people even
refused to board a lifeboat because they believed strongly the Titanic wouldn't actually
sink. In the end, the Titanic went down and most of the Titanic's passengers died.
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Talk/Lecture 3.You will hear a part of a lecture about learning and bilingualism
In Dr. Bialystok’s experiments, the subject had
to react according to
(A.) the colour of the square on the screen.
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B. the location of the square on the screen.
C. the location of the shift key on the keyboard.
D. the size of the square on the screen.
The experiment demonstrated the ‘Simon effect’
because it involved a conflict between
(A.) seeing something and reacting to it.
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B. producing fast and slow reactions.
C. demonstrating awareness of shape and colour.
D. presenting demands and supply.
The experiment shows that, compared with the
monolingual subjects, the bilingual subjects
A. were more intelligent.
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(B.) had faster reaction times overall.
C. had more problems with the ‘Simon effect’.
D. responded more slowly.
The results of the experiment indicate that
bilingual people may be better at
A. doing different types of tasks at the same time.
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B. thinking about several things at once.
(C.) focusing only on what is needed to do a task.
D. concentrating on what is unimportant.
Dr. Bialystok’s first and second experiments
both suggest that bilingualism may
(A.) slow down the effects of old age on the brain.
B. lead to mental confusion among old people.
C. help old people to stay in better physical
condition.
15 D. help old people remember long-life experience.
LISTENING PART 3
You will hear a part of a lecture about learning and bilingualism.
In our last lecture we were looking at very interesting work done by Ellen Bialystok at
York University in Canada. Dr. Bialystok used groups of monolingual and bilingual
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subjects, aged from 30 right up to 88. For one experiment, she used a computer program
which displayed either a red or a blue square on the screen. The colored square could
come up on either the left-hand or the right-hand side of the screen. If the square was blue,
the subject had to press the left ‘shift’ key on the keyboard and if the square was red they
had to press the right shift key. So they didn’t have to react at all to the actual position of
the square on the screen, just to the colour they saw. And she measured the subjects’
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reaction times by recording how long it took them to press the shift key, and how often
they got it right.
What she was particularly interested in was whether it took the subject longer to react
when a square lit up on one side of the screen – say the left, and the subject had to press
the shift key on the right-hand side. She’d expected that it would take more processing
time than if a square lit up on the left and the candidates had to press a left key.
5 This was because of a phenomenon known as the ‘Simon effect’, where, basically the
brain gets a bit confused because of conflicting demands being made on it – in this case
seeing something on the right, and having to react on the left – and this causes a person’s
reaction times to slow down.
The results of the experiment showed that the bilingual subjects responded more
quickly than the monolingual ones. That was true both when the squares were on the
5 ‘correct’ side of the screen, so to speak, and – even more so – when they were not. So
bilingual people were better able to deal with the Simon effect than the monolingual ones.
So, what’s the explanation for this? Well, the result of the experiment suggests that
bilingual people are better at ignoring information which is irrelevant to the task in hand
and just concentrating on what’s important. One suggestion given by Dr. Bialystok was
that it might be because someone who speaks two languages can suppress the activity of
parts of the brain when it isn’t needed – in particular, the part that processes whichever
language isn’t being used at that particular time.
Well, she then went on to investigate that with a second experiement, but again the
bilingual group performed better, and what was particularly interesting, and this is I think
5+ why the experiments have received so much publicity, is that in all cases, the performance
gap between monolinguals and bilinguals actually increased with age – which suggests
that bilingualism protects the mind against decline, so in some way the life-long
experience of managing two languages may prevent some of the negative effects of aging.
So that’s a very different story from the early research.
Sources: Morgan, T., & Judith, W. (2005). IELTS Practice Test Plus 2. Longman –
Test 2. page 45.
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