Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to a report on the recent events in Tonga and answer the questions.

Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS taken from the recording for each answer.
6. Which countries have sent their forces to survey the damage caused by the events in Tonga?
______________________________
7. Damage caused to what has significantly disrupted communication in Tonga?
______________________________
8. What has partially replaced traditional pathways for communications from and to Tonga?
______________________________
9. What has caused sending supplies by air to become a major challenge?
______________________________
10. What is the most major phenomenon that arose as a result of the volcanic eruption?
______________________________

Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to a short talk on anger and complete the sentences. Write NO MORE
THAN FOUR WORDS taken from the recording for each blank.
● The speaker describes an extreme sense of anger towards others who display no consideration
regarding volume levels when (16) ______________________________.
● Anger is not helpful in (17) ______________________________, because anger is, as the speaker
succinctly describes, a (18) ______________________________.
● The speaker sees the potential for the current shifts in attitude towards anger to give birth to a (19)
______________________________, and points out a specific example where anger may
negatively interfere with (20) ______________________________.
● Stoics believed that anger does not just arise naturally – instead, humans must (21)
______________________________ for anger to manifest itself. Because of this, in their opinion,
(22) ______________________________.
● Therefore, being able to (23) ______________________________ our anger is more difficult than
one might think.
● Those who have (24) ______________________________ should avoid intoxicating themselves,
according to Seneca.
● (25) ______________________________ was, in Seneca's point of view, the best tool in
humankind's battle against anger.
Part 2. [x1.5]
6. New Zealand (and) Australia [0:09]
7. a fibre optic cable [0:48]
8. TV and radio station [1:12]
9. volcanic ash [2:00]
10. high tides [2:13]
Part 4. [x1.5]
16. eating their crisps noisily [0:17]
17. moral or political decisions [0:40]
18. howl of protest [0:24]
19. (generalised) licence for hate [1:00]
20 .political discourse [1:38]
21. let it happen [2:10]
22. passions were diseases [1:52]
23. restrain [2:32]
24. a bad temper [2:39]
25. Postponement [2:59]

Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to a talk about the plague doctor and complete the
sentences. Write NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each blank.
1. What’s the final compound found in the plague doctor’s beak?
2. What are the sources of decay listed?
3. How was the costume viewed at the time it was used?
4. What was mentioned as the most painful pre-modern medical mainstay?
5. What are the modern tools listed?
Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to a talk on plastic recycling in Thailand and complete the
sentences. Write NO MORE THAN FOUR WORDS for each blank.

● (16) is the term coined to describe the phenomenon of

developed countries shipping wastes to developing countries

● The overseas plastic waste imported to Thailand can result in (17) .

● Vinyou Jiaramankong, a local resident, complained about the (18)
that was giving him headaches and breathing problems.
● According to scientists, (19) was the cause of his issues.
● Contrast to the speaker’s previous belief, recycling plants can be hazardous, containing
carcinogenic substances like (20) .
● Individuals most heavily affected by recycling plants are those who have limited (21)
.
● (22) have been organized against a factory, each one bigger than
the last, but to no avail.
● Southeast Asia has witnessed an increase in (23) in the
past few years.
● A speaker stated that coordinated actions are being taken so that they could (24)
______________on the matter.
● When asked about plastic import ban, a speaker stated that (25)
at times and they would not believe in anything until a law is implemented.
Part 2. [play at 1.5x]
6. powdered viper flesh [1:59]
7. dead plants or animal carcasses [2:20]
8. with macabre fascination [3:31]
9. cautery [4:28]
10. test kits, masks, (and) vaccines [4:49]
Part 4. [play at 1.5x]
11. Waste colonialism [0:25]
12. externalities [2:14]
13. noxious fumes [3:15]
14. hydrocarbon exposure [3:49]
15. dioxin [4:52]
16. recourse to the legal system [5:47]
17. Three protests [5:51]
18. long-haul recycling shipments [7:07]
19. put their fist down [7:41]
20. government words can/could change [8:50]
Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to a report on the shape of farmlands and complete the
sentences. Write NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each blank.
1. How did the speaker describe the farmlands in Hokkaido?
2. What are required in crop fields?
3. What need to be done to farm in sloppy slopes?
4. What can be done to prevent nutrient lost in farming landscapes?
5. How could be an irrigation system used in South Africa?
Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to a talk and complete the sentences. Write NO MORE THAN
FOUR WORDS for each blank.

● The media is adamantly bombarding us about the impending (16)

and filling our minds with (17)_______________________descriptions.
● Edward Gibbon’s elaborate work reiterates the History of the Roman Empire from 180 AD to
the collapse of Constantinople – Roman’s (18) .
● In his book, Edward Gibbon talked about (19) ___________________________, barbaric
invasions, perpetual plagues, failed reforms, harvest decline, institutional corruption,
economic collapses, (20) ________________, ineffective governments, and the collapse of
(21) _____________________, marking the end of the Roman Empire.
● The (22) was crucial to the Renaissance’s prominence.
● New forces arose along with the Roman’s demise, with the once fearsome Northerners now
evolved into German intellectuals, (23) , and Danish designers.
● (24) paid homage to the Roman culture through their
renewed capital.
● Reading Gibbon’s book - with its (25) ___________________, can be a welcoming change to
the daily onslaught of dire news one may encounter.
Part 2. [play at 1.5x]
6. patchwork quilt of nearly-perfect squares [0:23]
7. (regular) tilling, planting, (and) harvesting [1:29]
8. constructing flat terraces of land [1:51]
9. planting crops along the contours [2:07]
10. a central pivoting sprinkler [2:24]
Part 4. [play at 1.5x]
11. demise of human civilization [0:09]
12. bleak, apocalyptic [0:18]
13. last outpost [1:06]
14. mad, despotic Emperors [1:31]
15. insane factionalism [1:43]
16. Constantinople [1:57]
17. exodus of scholars [2:19]
18. Parisian socialites [2:42]
19. The Picts and Scots [2:46]
20. classical prose [3:31]

] Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to a talk about napping and complete the sentences. Write
NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each blank.
6. What’s sleep spindles?
7. What’s Stage 2 associated with?
8. What’s the believed effect of Stage 2?
9. What part become less active in REM sleep?
10. What’s the effect of napping recorded in nappers?
Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to a talk about the Great Pyramid and complete the sentences.
Write NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each blank.

● To build Pharaoh Khufu’s resting place, a 6-and-a-half-kilometer canal was dug, kilometers of
rope were used, and (16)
● At the Nile’s west bank, (17) was used as the Pyramid’s
building site.
● It’s calculated that, for every 3 minutes, a block of rock is (18)
into place.
● The pyramid’s interior was built using (19) ________________________________.
● Far-away stones were hauled using (20) ________________________.
● Workers needed to use (21) __________________________________to work on the
hardened rocks.
● The agreed notion is that (22) were used in The Great Pyramid’s
construction.
● The King’s chamber is located above (23) , which was
believed to have been used (24) .
● A (25) __________________________________, glimmering like gold, was placed at the peak of
 the pyramid.

Part 2. [play at 1.5x]

21. rapid bursts of neural activity [1:01]
22. long-term potentiation [1:49]
23. (The) synapses between neurons strengthen [1:53]
24. The (brain’s) prefrontal cortex [2:46]
25. cognitive benefits [4:11]

Part 4. [play at 1.5x]

26. limestone and granite were quarried [0:40]
27. a plateau of bedrock [1:05]
28. quarried, transported, (and) pushed [2:08]
29. fossil-lined yellow stone [2:27]
30. 9-meter long sleds [2:37]
31. wooden mallets (and) copper chisels [2:52]
32. limestone ramps [3:25]
33. an 8.5-meter high passageway [4:01]
34. as an ancient freight elevator [ 4:07]
35. electrum-covered capstone [4:58]

Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to a talk about a skyscraper’s design flaw and complete the
sentences. Write NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each blank.
11. What was Diana writing when she made the discovery?
12. How would the chevrons support the tower?
13. What object was used to protect the building from strong winds?
14. What was used in lieu of welded joints?
15. What happened to the hurricane?
Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to a talk about Japanese’ influences and complete the
sentences. Write NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each blank.

● Much like how the Japanese are aware of (16)______________, Indians are also aware of
Japanese icons.
● To better understand how (17) is disappearing, observations
were made in Tokyo: from the Pokemon center to (18) .
● It was not Korea, but rather Japan that (19) _______________________________.
● Rather than trying to dominate the world or (20)_____________________________, for
Asian countries, influences is gained by (21)________________________________.
● Many Pokemon-themed items can be found in the Pokemon center, including (22)

.
● Historically, Akihabara wasn’t this (23) place that you see today.
● While their dedication to the craft still remains, manga artists, with their western clothes and high-
 tech computers, are (24) .
● Manga progresses in (25) _____________ with each one details a new development.
Part 2. [play at 1.5x]
36. her undergraduate architecture thesis [0:07]
37. By forming a strong exoskeleton/It forms a strong exoskeleton [1:25]
38. A tuned mass damper [1:44]
39. (Weaker) bolted joints [3:02]
40. It veered out to sea [4:10]
Part 4. [play at 1.5x]
41. Hindu gods [0:00]
42. The allure of cool Japan [0:27]
43. The mecca of anime [0:33]
44. Pioneered Asian’s soft power/soft-power [0:54]
45. Displace Western culture [1:20]
46. Creating an appeal, a niche [1:22]
47. Keychains, phone covers, soft toys [2:50]
48. Glitzy (and) nerdy [3:25]
49. A cool lot [4:07]
50. issues [4:30]

Part 2. For questions 6-10, listen to a talk about an analysis of a movie scene and complete
the sentences. Write NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each blank.
16. What was the director trying to capture in the discussed scene?
17. How did the director describe the feeling of the scene where the actor observed a spider?
18. What dish did the actor ask for?
19. What did the director do to be able to shoot at Isabel La Católica and Madero?
20. What’s Darius Khondji’s occupation?

Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to a talk about music and complete the sentences. Write NO
MORE THAN FIVE WORDS for each blank.

●__(16)______________, when walking, hear footsteps as patterns.

● While whales use a fluid rhythm while (17) and birdsong exhibit a jerkiness
to them, human music reflect our walks, giving us our fascination with the (18)
_________________________.
● The link between the motor regions and (19) _________________, controlling hearing and
sound, in the human brain help distinguish human music.
● As we go from the brainstem to (20) __________________, the human’s (21)____________
______________________________________________become increasingly more universal.
● Humans possess the ability to tune into a single sound amidst different simultaneous
conversations, allowing you to listen to a line in a (22) .
 ● Our interest in rhythm imitation is due to (23) inside our brains
● Darwin was the first to propose the adaptive roles of our emotions, from happiness to fear -
(24) , they all have their functions and there exists similar
reactions in music such as (25) _____________________, or frisson.

Part 2. [play at 1.5x]

51. The city’s chaotic sounds [0:24]
52. (It’s) a premonition feeling [0:39]
53. A tongue taco [1:05]
54. Negotiated and locked the streets [3:26]
55. A photographer [3:49]

Part 4. [play at 1.5x]

56. Hominids [0:24]
57. Floating through their own medium [0:54]
58. Metaphor that music moves [1:01]
59. The auditory cortex [1:53]
60. The neocortex [2:33]
61. Propensity for music and emotion [2:02]
62. Bar fugue or jazz standard [3:06]
63. The existence of mirror neurons [ 4:59]
64. The most archetypal emotion [6:08]
65. the chills, the sublime [6:25]

Part 4. For questions 16-25, listen to a talk on zinc and complete the sentences. Write NO MORE THAN THREE
WORDS for each blank.
● The oncoming (16) _____________________________ has boosted zinc sales throughout the country.
● Even though zinc is just a (17) _____________________________, but as it is involved in (18)
_____________________________ such as cell division, we still need to get enough of it.
● Because of how zinc slows down (19) _____________________________, it has been seen as a possible
treatment for the common cold.
● Despite the fact that zinc can help make symptoms go away more quickly, it does not affect the (20)
_____________________________.
● Our (21) _____________________________ system uses zinc-dependent (22)
_____________________________ to battle against the invasion of unwanted viruses and bacteria.
● Cells such as (23) _____________________________ require zinc for them to start working in our bodies.
● (24) _____________________________, an ingredient in some supplements, actually reduces the efficacy
of zinc.
● Digestion of high doses of zinc over an extended period of time can cause (25)
_____________________________.
Part 4. [x1.5]
16. cold season [0:05]
17. trace mineral [0:24]
18. (important) cellular processes [0:35]
19. viral replication [1:18]
20. day-to-day symptom severity [2:24]
21. innate immune [2:41]
22. white blood cells [2:44]
23. B-cells and T-cells [2:59]
24. Citric acid [3:30]
25. copper deficiency [3:49]