ANGLIA EXAMINATION SYNDICATE

LISTENING SCRIPT (for recording artists)

Cast needed: Part One: Adult M and F

Part Two: Adult M or F

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Part Three: Adult M or F

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Please record the following (once again, this should be recorded at only a

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slightly faster pace than the Preliminary script):

(DO NOT RECORD THE TEXT IN BRACKETS)

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This is Anglia Examinations, England.

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Listening Examination

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Elementary Level, Paper AA119

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Instructions
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Listen to the recording and answer the questions.

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You will hear each part of the recording twice.

There will be a pause before each part so you can read the questions. There will be other pauses to let you
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think about your answers.

When you hear the tone (example of tone), you should write your answers on the question paper.
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Write clearly in the spaces provided.

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You must ask any questions now as you cannot speak during the test.
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 Listen to the first part of the test.

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Section L1.

Listen to these six conversations and put a tick in the box that shows the correct answer to the man's
question. The first one is done for you as an example.

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(M) What did Mike buy at the station? Did he get a magazine?
(F) Well, he had a book with him, so he was going to read that.

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(M) Did he get anything to eat?

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(F) No, he just bought a bottle of water.

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(M) What did Paulo eat for lunch today? Did he have a salad?
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(F) He eats a lot of salad, so he got a burger today.

(M) Did he enjoy it?

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(F) Well, actually no he didn’t so I expect he’ll have a sandwich tomorrow.

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(M) Where was Helen’s bag? She thought she left it in the car.
(F) She looked but it wasn’t there.
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(M) Did she leave it on her desk?

(F) No, she didn’t. She left it on her bed. She found it when she got home.
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(M) What did Selma wear to the school disco? Did she wear jeans and a T shirt?
(F) No, this year the teachers said no jeans. She wore a dress.
(M) Oh, thought she’d wear her new skirt.
(F) No, she couldn’t find it.

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(M) How did Maggie and the children get to Scotland?

(F) She wanted to fly but it was very expensive and she changed her mind.
(M) Did they travel by car then?

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(F) Maggie decided to go by train because her car is quite old.
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(M) What did Mark get for his birthday? He wanted a new skateboard.

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(F) Yes, but he already has three.

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(M) So, did he get a camera?

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(F) No, he got a new bike. It was really expensive and he’s very pleased with it.

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Now listen to the first part of the test again. (pause 3 seconds and repeat)
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Now listen to the second part of the test.

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Section L2.
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Listen to this passage and write the missing words in the spaces given. (The words in bold are those that
are gapped in the exam paper. They are to be spoken clearly although not emphasised)
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Moths are insects which look like butterflies. They are often brown, but they can also be bright colours.
Most moths are nocturnal, which means they only come out at night. They usually rest during the day.
There are more than 150,000 different kinds of moth. Most of them only live for about one week.
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Different moths eat different types of food. Most moths eat plants, taking nectar from flowers. Of course,
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plant-eating moths take food from flowers which smell strongest at night.
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Other types of moths eat wool or silk. These moths love to live in your house with you. but they may eat
your carpets and your favourite clothes. One other type of moth is the silk-worm moth. These creatures lay
their eggs on Mulberry leaves. The eggs become caterpillars and they eat the Mulberry leaves. When the
caterpillars are large enough, they make a protective case around their body. This is called a cocoon. After
a few weeks, the cocoon breaks open and a new moth escapes.

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 Now listen to the second part of the test again. (pause 3 seconds and repeat)

Now listen to the third part of the test.

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Section L3.
Listen to the passage about Neil Armstrong and decide if the sentences are true or false. Put a tick in the
correct column. There will now be a 20 second pause to allow you to read the questions.

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Neil Armstrong was born in Ohio, USA, in 1930. He was five years old when he first travelled by

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aeroplane, with his father. Ten years later, he learnt to fly and received his flying certificate when he was
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Armstrong went to university in Indiana to study engineering. He was also in the US navy at the same time.
The navy paid for his university education. Later, Armstrong became a test pilot in California.

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Armstrong moved to Florida in 1961 to join NASA and train to be an astronaut. His first space flight was in

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1966 and he met Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin was the pilot who flew the spaceship to the moon in 1969.
Armstrong and Aldrin spent two and a half hours on the surface of the moon. The third astronaut on the
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flight, Michael Collins, stayed on the spaceship. Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon and
famously said, ‘That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.’ Six hundred million people
watched it on TV around the world.
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Now listen to the third part of the test again. (pause 3 seconds and repeat)
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That is the end of the listening test. You will now have three minutes to check your answers. Your listening
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paper will then be collected.

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