Part 1.

For questions 1-9, listen to a sociology lecturer talking about shopping habits and
decide whether these statements are True (T) or False (F). Write your answers in the
corresponding numbered boxes provided.
1. In the past, shops often had a limited range of goods.
2. There are similar shops in most towns today.
3. There are price reductions all the time.
4. The most popular method of payment in this day and age is credit card.
5. Online shopping is popular because it’s convenient and time-saving.
6. Although credit card fraud is raising public concern, statistics show that this is rare.
7. Because old people can not use computers, they gain few benefits from Internet shopping.
8. Shoppers may not like ordering on the Internet because pictures of goods are often unclear.
9. The lecturer believes that shopping habits will continue to change.

Your answers
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Part 2. For questions 10-15, listen to an interview in which two people, Dana Singleton and
Joe Fahey, talk about transport and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D which fits best
according to what you hear. Write your answers in the corresponding numbered boxes
provided.
10. What does Dana say about her reason for joining the Accident Prevention Board?
A. She did it after being involved in an accident herself.
B. She felt strongly about what they were doing.
C. She was close to someone who had been an accident victim.
D. She felt pressure from people she worked with.
11. The interviewer mistakenly believes that the number of serious road accidents
A. has recently overtaken the number of accidents on public transport.
B. is presently at an all-time high.
C. is a direct result of more aggressive drivers on the roads.
D. has risen in proportion to the number of cars on the roads.
12. According to the statistics Dana quotes, there were more serious accidents per year
A. before 1926.
B. between 1926 and 1970.
C. between 1970 and 1990.
D. after 1990.
13. Which of the following facts about public transport does Joe not state?
A. Public transport has a relatively poor safety record.
B. People sometimes feel intimidated when using public transport.
C. The high cost of public transport puts a number of people off.
D. Most complaints are about unreliable services.
14. According to Joe, public transport would improve if the government
A. improved the road network.
B. made it free to travel by bus.
C. re-allocated public spending.
D. banned certain cars from roads.
15. What best sums up Dana’s and Joe’s opinions on driverless cars?
A. Joe feels more strongly that they could help the situation.
B. Dana disagrees with Joe that they are the transport of the future.
C. They share the same views on introducing them gradually.
D. They agree that the poor infrastructure will cancel out any benefit.

Your answers
10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Part 3. For questions 16-25, listen to a recording about earthquakes and supply the blanks
with the missing information. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A
NUMBER taken from the recording for each answer in the space provided.
16. When did Mt. Pinatubo erupt for the first time?

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17. When was the earthquake measuring 7.8 recorded?

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18. When did the experts begin to study Mt. Pinatubo?

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19. What fell on the local villages on 2nd April?

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20. What does a 'Level 5' alert mean?

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Several large earthquakes were triggered by the eruption of Pinatubo on 15th June 1991
because of the 21______________ of the summit. The ‘caldera' thus created considerably
reduced the height of the mountain. At the same time a 22________________ was passing by
and the rain associated with it mixed with the cinders in the air to form a substance called
tephra' which fell on the 23_________________ of homes causing them to collapse, crushing
hundreds of people.

During the eruption, large amounts of sulphur dioxide gas were emitted, which combined with
24__________________ to make sulphuric acid which was responsible for a great deal of
ozone depletion above Antarctica. The overall effect of the cloud from this great eruption was
the lowering of 25__________________.