B2 VSTEP PREPARATION

VSTEP LISTENING MINI-TEST 2

PART 1 (7): Listen to eight announcements/ instructions and answer the
questions
1. What can you get on the train?
A. full English breakfast
B. full continential breakfast
C. tea and coffee
D. sandwiches
2. When will the television be ready for collection?
A. on Tuesday
B. on Wednesday
C. on Thursday
D. on Friday
3. Which should people going to Birmingham do?
A. cancel the trip
B. leave early
C. use minor roads
D. use Bury road
4. Which channel broadcasts about history?
A. HTV
B. Channel 4 Wales
C. TSW
D. no at all
5. Where does Ken’s father live?
A. in the city centre
B. at Matlock Village
C. in Gate Lane
D. near a motorway
6. What is being advertised?
A. a luxury hotel
B. a fitness centre
C. a summer camp
D. a restaurant
7. You are flying to New York. Where should passengers to New York go?
A. to Terminal B
B. to the departure lounge
C. to luggage collection
D. to the exits
8. What is it true about Georgina Curry?
A. She went to Jakarta for an appendix operation.
B. She is going to Jakarta for an appendix operation.
C. She went to Jakarta on her honeymoon.
D. She is going to Jakarta on her honeymoon.
PART 2
Conversation 1 (24): You will hear a dancer talking about her job.
1. How old was Elena when she decided to become a dancer?
A. seven
B. nine
C. ten
D. eleven
2. What does Elena say about the ballet called Cinderella?
A. It will attract both adults and children.
B. The music was unfamiliar to her.
C. She saw it when she was a child.
D. She will play one role in it.
3. What does Elena like to do in her free time?
A. go sightseeing
B. go to clubs
C. go dancing
D. go shopping
4. What does Elena like best about her job?
A. appearing on television
B. doing something she loves
C. travelling to different countries
D. meeting the president
PART 3
Talk/ Lecture 1 (32): You will hear a talk about …. .
1. What did John do for his most recent television programme?
A. drove from the North to the South Pole
B. filmed relaxing beach holidays
C. went to the Pacific Ocean for a year
D. travelled round the world
2. Why is JohN giving up long trips?
A. because he’s too old now
B. because he’s been everywhere
C. because they are too tiring
D. because his family want him to spend more time with them
3. What is John’s next television series probably about?
A. farms in Scotland
B. old ruins in Wales
C. cycling tours in France
D. cycling tours in England
4. Why does John want to spend more time near home?
A. His family might need him.
B. His wife misses him.
C. He has very young children.
D. His wife is ill.
5. What has John written so far?
A. newspaper articles
B. travel books
C. poems
D. fictions