LISTENING

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

Exercise 1
What does each person say about family? Circle the correct answer.
1. Natalie would like to have _______.
4. Rosie's friend would like to come from a
a. brothers
_______ family.
b. sisters
a. small
c. cousins
b. big
2. Abby's brother is a _______. c. medium-sized
a. teacher
5. Tim is _______ child.
b. student
a. an only
c. professor
b. a lonely
3. Ben's sister _______ bosses him around. c. one
a. never
b. sometimes
c. always

Exercise 2
Circle the correct answer to each question
4. When is the game?
1. When does Nate want to go to the movies?
a. on Sunday night
a. on the weekend
b. on Sunday afternoon
b. on Friday morning
c. on Saturday afternoon
c. on Friday night
5. When is the movie on TV?
2. When is the party?
a. Tuesday night
a. on Saturday night
b. Thursday night
b. the weekend after next
c. tonight
c. on Sunday night
3. When does Jake want to go out with Rachel?
a. on Friday morning
b. on Friday night
c. on the weekend

Exercise 3
People are talking about their summer plans. What is each person going to do? Listen and circle the
correct answer.
3. Cara is going to
1. Molly is going to
a. goon a trip with her grandparents
a. study for exams
b. visit her grandparents
b. take exams
c. visit her friends
c. have fun
4. John is going to
2. Peter is going to
a. visit friends in Spain
a. go to the movies
b. study Spanish in Mexico
b. get a part-time job
c. study Spanish in Spain
c. relax

Exercise 4
Listen to the following conversation. Choose the correct answer for each question.
13. How long has the woman been working at the aquarium?
A. since she came back from Australia
B. since she finished university
C. for six months
14. What did the woman do right after she graduated?
A. She worked with dolphins.
B. She studied oceanography.
C. She worked overseas.
15. What does the man think about the aquarium job?
A. He wouldn't like to work with animals.
B. He would love to do it.
C. He doesn't think she'll get it.

Exercise 5
Listen to part of a radio report about moving house. Choose the correct options, A, B, or C.
1. Which feelings does the presenter talk about?
A. excitement, happiness, worry
B. sadness, anger, worry
C. excitement, sadness, worry
2. Caitlin, Ahmed and Josie
A. moved house three months ago.
B. have moved house recently.
C. moved house a long time ago.
3. Caitlin
A. has felt unhappy in her new house.
B. doesn't like her bedroom.
C. has been to visit her old school.
4. Ahmed
A. started his new school last week.
B. has already decorated his bedroom.
C. thinks his bedroom is too dark.
5. Josie
A. has felt very sad in her new house.
B. hasn't spoken to her old friends.
C. has made some new friends.

Exercise 6
Listen to four short recordings. Choose the correct answer (A—D).
1 Who is speaking to the students?
A. A doctor.
B. A police officer.
C. A parent.
D. A head teacher.
2 When does Sean ask his mother about the jumper?
A. At the weekend.
B. Before school.
C. After school.
D. At night.
3 What do Rita and Karl think about school uniforms?
A. They like them.
C. Only Rita likes them.
B. Only Karl likes them.
D. They dislike them.
4 Where can you hear the announcement?
A. On the radio.
B. At school.
C. Ata train station.
D. In a library.

Exercise 7
Listen to a radio programme about the best city to live in. Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
1 According to the study by The Economist, the best cities to live in are all
A. capital cities.
B. cities where only a few people live.
C. medium-sized cities.
2 In this particular list,
A. Helsinki is in a higher position than Zurich.
B. Zurich and Helsinki are in the same position.
C. Helsinki is lower than Zurich.
3 The country with the most cities in the top ten is
A. Australia.
B. Canada.
C. New Zealand.
4 Melbourne gets full marks in
A. health and environment.
B. transport and health.
C. health and education.
5 The aim of the radio programme is to
A. describe the best cities that people live in.
B. inform listeners about the best cities to live in.
C. encourage listeners to vote on the best cities to live in.

Exercise 8
You are going to listen to a radio interview with a student called Anna, who has recently taken part in a
summer cultural exchange programme. Choose the correct answer.
O. Why did Anna decide to go on a language exchange programme in Spain?
A. She is good at sports.
B. She studies Spanish and not French.
C. She wanted to go somewhere new.
1. Where did Anna's host family live?
A. in an apartment
B. in a house
C. on a farm
2. How long did Anna stay with her host family?
A. two weeks
B. three weeks
C. four weeks
3. How old do students have to be to take part in the language exchange programme?
A. 13
B. over 14
C. 16
4. Students can go on the language exchange programme if
A. they are 16 or over and their parents allow them.
B. they study a language like French or Spanish at school.
C. they play in a school sports team or in the school orchestra.
5. Anna thinks that her Spanish
A.-hasn't improved.
B. has improved a little
C. has improved a lot.

Exercise 9
Listen to the following short conversations and answer the questions below.
Part 1
13. Where does this conversation take place?
A. in a hotel
B. in a restaurant
C. in a luggage store
14. Which sentence best describes the woman's son?
A. He's wearing a brown T-shirt.
B. He's not very tall.
C. He has short hair
15. What is the problem with the man's jacket?
A. It is too long.
B. It's too expensive.
C. Itis too tight.

Part 2
13. Where should the man put the juice glasses?
A. in the kitchen cabinet
B. in the living room cabinet
C. next to the water glasses
14. What is true about the man's family?
A. He has three younger brothers.
B. He has four older sisters.
C. He has seven brothers and sisters.
15. What is the lowest price the salesman will accept?
A. S1500
B. $1650
c. $1699

Exercise 10
College students are talking about their plans for after they graduate. Listen and circle the correct
statement.
1. a. Jake wants to travel to Africa.
b. Jake wants to travel to North America.
c. Jake has enough money to travel.
2. a. Libby is going to law school after she
graduates.
b. Libby has to go to medical school for six
years.
c. Libby doesn't really want to be a doctor.
3. a. Mary is going to get an apartment with her
sister.
b. Mary wants to live close to her family
c. It will be easy to find an apartment near the
beach.
4. a. Matt wants to be an actor.
b. Matt moved to Hollywood last week.
c. Matt is going to be in a movie called The
Surprise.

Exercise 11
Listen to the following advertisement. Choose the correct answer for each question.
13. Who might be interested in buying this product?
A. surfers
B. office workers
C. hikers
14. Where would people most likely wear these shoes?
A. in the Sahara Desert
B. in the Arctic
C. at a fashionable night club
15. Where does the speaker say to buy these shoes?
A. an online website
B. any shoe store
C. an outdoor goods store
Exercise 12
You are going to listen to five people talk about their favourite way to relax. Listen and choose the
correct answer A, B or C.
1. Jim thinks that people who feel sad shouldn't
A. forget about their problems.
B. read a funny book.
C. read a sad book.
2. Elena thinks that if you want to do yoga, you should
A. do it at your own home.
B. find the right teacher.
C. not pay lots of money.
3. According to Kate, a common reason for not doing regular exercise is
A. it takes too much time.
B. it is too expensive.
C. it will make a person tired.
4. How much time does Mike usually spend outside on his lunch break?
A. 20 minutes
B. 30 minutes
C. 60 minutes
5. Which does Mark do to help him relax?
A. He drinks some green tea.
B. He has a cup of tea before bed.
C. He tries to get enough sleep.

Exercise 13
Listen to two friends, Deon and Mark, talking about an adventure holiday and choose the correct answer,
A, B or C.
O. When will Deon and Mark go on the adventure holiday?
A June
B July
C August
1. How did Deon first find out about World Trek holidays?
A. He has been on one of their holidays.
B. He found their website on line.
C. He heard about it from someone he knows.
2. Deon would like to go on an adventure holiday
A. in a forest.
B. in the mountains.
C. near the sea.
3. How much does the holiday they want to go on cost if they book it now?
A. £500
B. £650
C. £800
4. The price of the holiday does NOT include
A. food.
B. the guide.
C. transport.
5. What time will the boys meet this evening?
A. 7pm
B. 7:30 pm
C. 8pm
Exercise 14
Listen to four conversations and choose the correct answers.
1 What is the speaker's main aim in Conversation 1?
a. To recommend the best places to eat in Brighton.
b. To encourage people to visit Brighton.
c. To give information about the history of Brighton.
2 In Conversation 2, when does the woman make the phone call?
a. The same day as she wants to travel.
b. Two days before she wants to travel.
c. The day before she wants to travel.
3 Which place in Edinburgh does the man in Conversation 3 recommend to visit?
a. A castle.
b. A museum.
c. A park.
4 What is the speaker in Conversation 4 talking about?
a. An important person in history.
b. An important journey in history.
c. An important invention in history

*Exercise 15
Listen to the text and answer the questions. Circle the correct answers (A—C).
1 When the writer was a child, her parents
A. taught her the names of all the stars.
B. bought her books about space.
C. spent time listening to her talk about the planets.
2 What is true about the writer at school?
A. She liked science best.
B. She imagined being a musician one day
C. She was talented at maths.
3 When did she decide to be a space scientist?
A. after a lesson at school about meteoroids
B. after she saw a shooting star
C. after she watched a film about space travel
4 What did she do when she first finished her education?
A. She worked abroad.
B. She went travelling.
C. She stayed in Britain.
5 What is her advice to people who want to be space scientists?
A. work hard at university
B. get a good science degree
C. study different subjects

*Exercise 16
Listen to a radio programme called Sports Today. Choose the best answers, A, B or C.
1 What made Britney interested in figure-skating?
A ballet lessons
B seeing ice skating on TV
C her mum's encouragement
2 She started skating competitively
A to overcome her shyness.
B because she enjoyed it.
C to please her parents.
3 She has trained with her partner
A for twelve years.
B since she was five.
C since he joined her class.
4 Which is true about Britney?
A She is more hard-working than her partner.
B She trains almost every day.
C She has to encourage her partner to train.
5 The purpose of the interview is to
A introduce a young skater to the listeners.
B give listeners advice on how to take up figure-skating.
C tell listeners about the figure-skating championships.