Practice English Listening Tests for A2 – Listening Test 06

11 A   12 C   13 C   14 B   15 C

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Nadia:   Hi, Tom. We start our new school next week.

Tom:   Yes, how are you going to get there, Nadia?

Nadia:   It’s not far, so I don’t need to take a bus. I’ll cycle because I’ll have too many heavy books to walk there.

Tom:   I’ve got my new uniform.

Nadia:   Me too! My jacket’s fantastic!

Tom:   The blue shirt’s best, I think. Not boring like the trousers!

Nadia:   There are a lot of students in the new school.

Tom:   The blue shirt’s best, I think. Not boring like the trousers!

Nadia:   There are a lot of students in the new school.

Tom:   I know the number exactly. Mum told me: one thousand and fifty-five. Our told school only had around eight hundred.

Nadia:   My first school only had about four hundred and seventy-five children.

Tom:   Chemistry is a new subject for us.

Nadia:   Yes, I don’t know if I’ll like it, but I love maths, so I think I will. Will we study biology?

Tom:   I’m not sure. We’ll find out on our first day.

Nadia:   Oh yeah, we’ll talk to all our teachers before we go to our class. In the second week, they’ll show us how to use the library. There’ll be a quiz about it.

Tom:   Great!

16 C   17 A   18 C   19 B   20 B

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16   You will hear two friends talking about eating healthy food. Why are they talking about eating healthy food?

Girl:   I like fried food, but when that doctor came into our biology lesson and explained about our hearts, I decided to eat more salads.

Boy:   Yes, he said most people don’t eat enough fresh food.

Girl:   We’re going to do the chapter in our textbook about healthy foods next lesson.

Boy:   Instead of watching that video about cooking tasty, healthy food?

Girl:   Yes.

17   You will hear a boy talking about his history project. Who gave him some information about it?

Boy:   I’ve finished my history project! My neighbour, Mrs Ashton, is eighty years old, so I wanted to ask her about my project, but she’s gone to the USA to visit her grandchildren. So I went and joined a group going round the museum. I asked the group leader loads of questions, and I found out everything I wanted to know!

18   You will hear a girl talking about her clothes. Why does she want to buy some new clothes?

Girl:   We stayed in a hotel near the beach this summer and there was a skateboard park. Some other kids there lent me their board and showed me how to skate. I’d really like to do that as a hobby, but I need some gloves. They’re important so that you don’t hurt yourself. I’m getting some special ones for my birthday.

19   You will hear a teacher talking about a problem. Where is there a problem?

Girl:   Before you go and have your lunch break, can I just tell you that a pipe has broken, and there’s water coming out of it. You won’t be able to have your volleyball match inside today because there’s water all over the court. You’ll have to play outside, but I’m sure that’ll be fine.   

20   You will hear a brother and sister talking about their pet rabbit. What don’t they like about having pets?

Boy:   Have you given our rabbit something to eat this morning?

Girl:   Yes, little Doris seemed very hungry. She was making funny little noises, just like she was trying to say something to me.

Boy:   Yeah, she does that when I’m getting the dirt out of her fur. There are hairs everywhere after that. It’s horrible.

Girl:   I hate that, too.