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Exam Practice Test 2

Listening Part 1
Questions 1-5
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each answer.

New Apartment
Example Answer
Landlady’s Name: Mary Jones
General
• partly furnished
• no 1 ……………….. are allowed
Kitchen
• nice and big
• there is a new 2 ………………..
Lounge
• some 3 ……………….. will be built soon
Bedroom
• good clothes storage
• need to bring a 4 ………………..
Bathroom
• only a shower
• the water is heated by 5 ………………..

Questions 6-10
Complete the form below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Tenancy Form
Tenant details
• Full name: Andrew 6 ………………..
• Best contact: 7 andrew171@………………… .com
• Driver’s licence: 8 ………………..
Tenancy details
• Moving-in date: 9………………..
• Rent per week: $315
• Bond paid: 10 $………………..

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Listening Part 2

Questions 11-15
Choose the correct letter, A, B, or C.
11 What is new about the Writer’s Festival this year?
A more international guests
B extra time for questions
C additional locations for events

12 Tickets for the Wearable Art even

A are selling out quickly.
B have been reduced in price.
C must be booked in advance.

13 Ocean Times at Bright’s Beach is

A a sporting competition for adults.
B an educational event for all ages.
C a play day for young children.

14 People going to Artscape Exhibition

A should wear appropriate clothing.
B must keep to the proper path.
C need to arrive at a certain time.

15 Tours of the Civil Theatre

A do not happen often.
B have never happened before.
C may happen more regularly in future.

Questions 16-20
What comment does the speaker make about each of the following events?
Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to questions 16-20.
You may use any letter more than once.
Comments

A the location has changed

B transport will be a problem
C the event might be crowded

16 Night Market …………

17 Buskers Festival …………
18 Stand Up for Kids …………
19 Sunday Unplugged …………
20 Ignite Dance Finals …………

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Listening Part 3

Questions 21-22
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
What TWO problems do the students identify with ‘learning videos’?
A Babies lose interest too quickly.
B Babies need to explore things.
C Babies want to be with other babies.
D Babies’ eyes may be damaged.
E Babies should have contact with adults.

Questions 23-24
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
When discussing the ‘present research’, Maia is surprised that
A ordinary people have altered their habits.
B the findings are very detailed.
C most babies behave the same way.
D boys and girls like different toys.
E the methodology has been criticised.

Questions 25-26
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
What impresses the students about the bilingual experiment in Spain?
A the long-term effects of the lessons
B the large number of research subjects
C the fact that the children enjoyed themselves
D the fact that teachers had the same training
E the response of schools to the findings

Questions 27-30
What comment does the speaker make about each of the following events?
Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to questions 16-20.
You may use any letter more than once.
Findings
A Babies understand cause and effect.
B Babies like physical exercise.
C Babies like their actions to be copied.
D Babies are excited by surprises.
E Babies recognise basic grammar.
F Babies like to help other people.

Research studies
27 Dr Pritchard’s study …………
28 The three-year-olds study …………
29 Professor Michelson’s study …………
30 The United States study …………

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Listening Part 4

Questions 31-40
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

The Engineer Sarah Guppy, 1770-1852

Background
• women were active in many areas of 19th-century British society,
e.g. Jane Harrison was the first female 31 …………………………
• by the end of the century there were 140 female dentists and 212
32 …………………………, as well as many musicians and actors

Sarah Guppy
• was born in Birmingham and moved to Bristol with her husband
• designed bridges that could survive 33 …………………………
• built 34 ………………………… of the Clifton Suspension Bridge
• was a significant 35 ………………………… in the Clifton Suspension
Bridge together with her husband
• designed a ‘barnacle buster’ that allowed 36 …………………………
to go faster
• helped stop 37 ………………………… near railway lines
• built an amusing machine for making different parts of
38 ………………………… at the same time
• designed an early type of 39 ………………………… equipment

Conclusions
• other women worked as engineers, e.g. Ada Lovelace and Hertha
Marks Ayrton
• it was not until 1906 that a woman 40 ………………………… in engineering