TASK 1 (7 x 1 mark = 7 marks) MARK

You will hear some extracts. For each extract, choose the heading that
best matches the information you have heard, then write the letter in
the corresponding white box. There are two headings you will not
need. Extract 0 is an example. Now read the headings.

THE GLOBAL FOOD WASTE SCANDAL

Tristram Stuart sounds the warning bell on global food waste

A. Appearance does matter

B. A social occasion to honour food

C. Humans have recycled food for ages

D. Making a profit at an early age

E. Realizing how much food is thrown away unnecessarily

F. Reliable data about food waste are easy to find

G. Supermarkets represent a small part of a bigger problem

H. Too expensive to be wasted

I. Too much food in stores and restaurants

J. Trying to find out how much food each country wastes

EXTRACT 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

HEADING E
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TASK 2 (8 x 1=8 marks) MARK
You will hear part of a programme. Choose the option (a, b or c) that
best completes (or answers) the sentences according to what you hear.
Sentence 0 is an example. Now read the sentences.

TOM SIMPSON – AN NBA STAR

A radio programme reviews Tom Simpson’s life after his untimely death

0. Where was Tom Simpson going when he had the accident?

a) To Los Angeles.
c
b) To San Francisco. 
c) To the airport.
8. What was the reason for the accident?
a) Bad weather conditions.
b) He didn’t respect a traffic signal.
c) He was distracted with his cell phone.
9. What do we learn about Tom’s early years?
a) His house was in an unpleasant area of the city.
b) His mother worked from home.
c) They lived close to Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.
10. When did Tom realize he might actually have a gift for basketball?
a) After a conversation with his father.
b) Right after he started high school.
c) When he was in 2nd grade.
11. Tom was well-known for his arguments with…
a) his coach.
b) one of his teammates.
c) the referees.
12. His first wife was…
a) a cheerleader.
b) a fan.
c) a friend of his family.
13. What was the main reason for their divorce?
a) She found out he had been unfaithful to her.
b) They hardly saw each other.
c) Tom’s addiction to drugs.
14. Why was he fired from the LA Lakers in 1989?
a) He criticized his teammates.
b) He didn’t obey his coach’s instructions.
c) He didn’t show up for an important game.
15. What was the last team he coached?
a) Houston.
b) San Antonio.
c) The Chinese national team.

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TASK 3 (10 x 1 mark = 10 marks) MARK
You will hear part of a programme. Read through the notes below and
complete them by filling in the gaps according to what you hear (1 or 2
words). Gap 0 is an example. Now read the notes.

CLIMATE CHANGE
Leonardo DiCaprio, UN Messenger of Peace, at the opening of a climate summit

Leonardo says he is speaking before the United Nations not as __AN EXPERT [0]
but just a worried citizen. 

He explains that, as an actor, he plays __________________ [16] characters for a

living.

DiCaprio thinks we have pretended climate change was not real, expecting that would
make it ______________ ______________ [17].

He explains that there is ___________________ [18] that climate change is happening

here and now.

We can see extreme weather events and the Greenland ice-sheet _________________
[19] very quickly.

Leonardo claims that climate change is a fact, something which the scientific community,
the ______________________ [20], governments and the US military know.

According to Admiral Samuel Locklear, climate change is our greatest security

_________________________ [21].

To DiCaprio, the issue of climate change is not just about individual choices but about
industries and governments taking _____________________ [22] large-scale action.

He claims that we need to ______________________ [23] government subsidies for

non-renewable energy companies.

To him, clean air and a liveable climate are inalienable _____________ ____________
[24].

DiCaprio asks the participants at the summit to face humankind’s greatest

____________________ [25] with courage and honesty.

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