Full name: ______________________ Class: ________ Date: ________________

LISTENING PRACTICE
SECTION 1
You are going to hear a student talking to someone on the telephone
about doing an online course. You are going to hear the conversation
ONCE.
Questions 1-5: Complete the form below. Write NO MORE THAN TWO
WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
Outline Writing Course
Request for Brochure
Example:
First name: Alex
Last name: (1)_ _Sachdva___
Address: Lat 1A, 396 (2) _New Vally_ Road
Town/City: Preston
Postcode: (3)___PN63BZ_____
Phone number: (4)___0787345077_____
Email address: alex7@ptu.com
Message box: Deliver brochure (5)___next week___

Questions 6-10: Choose the correct answer.

6. The caller wants to do a writing course to help with ______.
A. his hobby.
B. his job. Advertise agency – want salary to be raised
C. his children’s education.

04/2020- S4/8
Full name: ______________________ Class: ________ Date: ________________

7. What does the course pack include?

A multimedia items books, audio course, instructional DVD, lesson text
B a list of books to buy
C lessons and assignment dates
8. How much does the course cost?
A £340.
B £375. Just raised
C £400.
9. Alex’s first assignment will be about his________.
A family life.
B school experiences.
C expectations of the course. what he want to get from the course and
achieve from his career
10. What does the feedback include?
A a tutorial
B an exercise
C a discussion group web-based facility for all students on the program
SECTION 2
You will hear people talking in five different situations. For
Questions 1-5, circle the best answer (A, B or C). You are going to
hear the situations TWICE.
(1) You hear someone talking about women’s football. Why is she doing
when she speaks?

04/2020- S4/8
Full name: ______________________ Class: ________ Date: ________________

A encouraging young girls to support a team.

B suggesting how to attract young girls to the sport.
C asking young girls to take the sport seriously.

(2) You hear a man talking on the radio about a bag made for use on
walking trips. How does this new bag differ from others?
A It has pockets on the side.
B You can take off the rain cover.
C There are some extra features.

(3) On the radio, you hear a man discussing a cartoon film about
dinosaurs. What aspect of the film disappointed him?
A the design of the background.
B the quality of the sound effects.
C the size of the dinosaurs.

(4) You overhear a couple talking about keeping fit. What do they agree
about?
A the need to be more active.
B the benefits of joining a gym.
C the dangers of too much exercise.

04/2020- S4/8
Full name: ______________________ Class: ________ Date: ________________

(5) In the radio play, you hear a woman talking on the phone to a friend.
Where does the woman want her friend to meet her?
A on the beach.
B at the bank.
C in a shop.

SECTION 3
You will hear a man called Peter Welby, who makes small models of
buildings, talking about the work. For Questions 1-10, complete the
sentences. You are going to hear the interview TWICE.
The Model Maker
Before becoming a model maker, Peter did a course in (1)..wood work..
at a college. Peter compares his job to the type of work done by a
(2)....detective..... In Peter’s hardest job, he was given some (3) ....old
picture....of the building to work from. Peter’s most enjoyable job was
making a model of a (4)....theatre....for an exhibition. Most of Peter’s
work is exported to (5)....Japan....and .....Canada..... Peter says his
models look best when they have (6)....electric light....directed onto
them. Peter’s model of Marney House measures (7)....140cm....in height.
The Marney House model took a long time to make because it had so
many (8)....150 windows......and roof tiles. The roof tiles on the model of
Marney House are made of (9).....papers....... Peter uses watercolor paint
to reproduce the effects of the weather and (10)....pollution....
The end of the test

04/2020- S4/8