Listening test:

25 questions (4 parts) => 17-18

correct answers
35 minutes

PART 1 - 7 questions with

pictures
- Monologue/ dialogue
- No time to read questions
- Underline key words in questions
=> understand the
question
(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)