Listening test:

25 questions (4 parts) => 17-18 correct answerssdvg

35 minutes

PART 1 - 7 questions with pictures

- Monologue/ dialogue
- No time to read questions
- Underline key words in questions => understand the
questions
(what/who/where/how/when…)- Look at pictures: what/ who/ where/ time…. +
comparing
pictures
- Listen 2 times
- Distractors: key ideas
(I thought…A…but actually …B…./ A: It’s nice but………….- Synonyms/ paraphrase: Expensive
= not cheap/ not reasonable

1. What/girl/buy
A: shelf (shoe shelf, bookshelf)
B: lamp C: cushion
get = buy stuff = thing
light (n)
department store
2. Why/plane/leave late
A: wind/strong wind/ windyB: snow (n) / snowy (adj)C: rain/ rainy
captain (n) apologize (v) runway (n) departure (n) flight (n)
clear (v)
ground (n) schedule (n)
3. What activity/ woman/book for weekend
A: cycling/ ride a bike
B: drive a car/ car drivingC: sailing

Leisure center (n) Group ride (NP) Car racing (NP)

full (adj) cycle (v)
cycle (n) = bicycle
available (adj) hire (v)
ring (v) = phone (v)
4. Which cake/ girl/ order:
A: strawberry
B: chocolate C: orange/ lemon
Keen (on):
 Though I like Dalat. The weather is
cold, though.
Go for = choose 5. How much/ spend/ get free gift
A: £9.99 = nine pounds
ninety-nine B: nineteen pounds ninety
nine
C: twenty-nine pounds ninety-nine
Offer (v)
Reward (v) Saving (n) Great-tasting (AP) Natural flavour Mystery (n) Present (n)
Shopper (n)

6. What/ family/ do/ Sunday A: art gallery

B: fish/ sea/ sea creatures
C: cinema/ watch a film
7. Which program/ on first
A: dancing B: competition/ compete/
teams
C: cooking/ food/ recipe/
dishes
Energy (n)
Challenge (n) Channel (n)
Tradition (adj)
1. B (shelf – get stuffs for my college – nowhere to put books – one big light on ceiling –
prefer a lamp => that’s what I got today – get enough money => get some
bookshelves next week – lovely cushions –
nearly got one today – bookshelf can wait 2. B (rain – apologize for late departure – had to
wait for the runway to be cleared of snow => took off and got on our
way/ will arrive in Manchester in an hour – weather on ground isn’t good (heavy rain – strong
wind at the airport)
3. A (book sailing: full => cycling / hope to book sailing lessons BUT…full => any
cycles available to hire instead => join group rides through
forest – enjoy that more than car racing I joined last time
4. C (lemon; chocolate / girl: guess you’re having the lemon one – you always do; boy:
suppose I do; girl: might try the one with strawberry on – had that last time + weren’t
keen on that; go for chocolate cake / looks good – sweet => I’ll have the same as you.
5. B (have some special offers: buy 6 bottles of fruit juice: 9.99 => huge saving; have a
mystery present for shoppers: to get yours, buy food today at least 19.99 => reward you;
special party food: buy for a
birthday meal + cake (for 6) – 29.99 6. B (planned to go to see the big fish at Sea Life
Center and
then go to see a film / got to
SL Center: so full => come
back an hour later => we did => worth a wait (much more fun than the art gallery we saw ….)/
couldn’t get to the cinema though
7. C (st for all tastes coming up later on: if you stay up late
 tonight => repeat of dancing / if you don’t have energy for
that => stay on this channel for a challenge from
teams….competing in the
final; before that: preparing some traditional Polish dishes

PART 2:
- 6 different multiple-choice questions
- No time to read questions- Questions: topic (circle the topic) + question (underline key
words)
- Look at 3 choices (underline key words)
- Synonyms - Distractors
8. Topic: new clothes shop/ What-girl-say: A: staff – helpful B: only has: latest
fashionsC: Prices – reduced – at the moment
logo a couple of
top (n)
trousers
assistant (n)
suit (v)
size (n)
cool (adj)
fashionable (adj)
9. Topic: pop band’s website/ They-think-site-better: A: info – up to date (new)
B: easier: buy concert tickets
C: members answered messages

Give up
Confusing
Help line
Simpler (adj)
Otherwise
Post (v)
Reply (n)
Fan (n)
10. Topic: (art competition she’s won) + how-she-feel-it:
A: upset: prize – not valuable B: excited: judges -like her
pictures
C: disappointed: can’t use
prize

Win first prize Entrance (v)

Get time off work
 Miss (v)
Chance (n)
11. Topic: girl’s flatmate + girl think-flatmate:
A: too untidy
B: talks too much
C: plays music too loud

Drive somebody crazy He’s driving me crazy

(I) Do all the talking Annoying (adj)
Pick up things
Not mind
Concentrate (v)

12. Topic: football match + They agree-team lost-because:

A: players: not confident
enough B: miss-key players
C: players: not do right training

Believe (v)
Ability (n)
Guy (n)
Injury (n)
Effort (n)
Training program Benefit

13. Topic: tennis match they

played + boy want girl: A: help him-get fitter
B: practice with him more often C: enter more competitions with him

Rubbish (n)
I was rubbish. Pity (n)
It’s a pity that….. Pity …..
Improve (v)
Fitness (n)
Run all over the court Attack Athlete (n) Be in a good shape
8. A (got tops and trousers;
assistants were nice: telling
 me whether the things suited me or not + getting me to try different sizes; coolest fashionable
stuffs have
already gone; found things I liked: weren’t expensive
compared to….
9. B (tickets: how you get them => from website; girl: tried to do that once but I gave up:
it wouldn’t let me pay for some reasons; confusing => phone help line => make it simpler;
otherwise: no problem with
website: post new stories
about the band + replies to
fan: funny
10. C (won first prize: a free weekend in NY with free
entrance to all art gallery;
have to go before the end of the month >< can’t get time off work => miss great chance / judges
thought
highly of your works => not my best picture
11. A (drive me crazy: never says a word (do all the talking) – music loud – the
way she never picks things upbothers me (her stuffs: all
over bathroom + bedroom) /
music helps me concentrate – don’t’ mind that 12. A (not a great day: didn’t win;
consider how many guys couldn’t play b/c injury/ have put more effort in training
program => began to see the benefits of that => main
trouble: didn’t believe in their own ability
13. A (pity: didn’t win but played well; difficult to find the time for both to practice
more => improve my fitness first + how you do it: go to the gym => what I
need – come with you => be in a
good shape for next competition
PART 3:
- 6 gap-filling questions
- 20 seconds to read questions
(read instructions: who is talking about what)
- Identify info needed (noun,
verb, adjective, adverb; number (date, time, telephone) 14: singular noun (the….was)
15: noun (keep…away) 16: singular noun
17: singular noun
18: noun (farm ) 19. plural nouns/ uncount noun
14. waterfall (trees, flowers, a fantastic waterfall that everyone stopped to admire it) – rainforest
exhibition: bit I liked best
15. sharks (swim with dolphins – armbands: to keep off any sharks
16. horse (worried: including going across a range of hills on horses + haven’t ridden
much – met motorbike but
managed to stay on somehow 17. musical (theater: / not a serious play)
18. sugar (thought: coffee
bean – grown => sugar)
19. rings (jewelry shop: rings)