Listening 1
Questions 11-15
For each question, choose the correct answer.
You will hear a sports teacher talking to a student, Tom, about an after-school swimming club.
11 Why isn’t Tom’s name on the teacher’s list?
A He doesn’t like swimming.
B He didn’t know about the list.
C He decided not to put his name on it.
12 Miss Helen believes that Tom
A won’t be good enough for the team.
B may be able to be in the team.
C is the best swimmer in the team.
13 How does Tom usually go home?
A on foot
B by car
C by bus
14 Tom’s sister
A doesn’t like swimming at all.
B prefers studying to swimming.
C prefers swimming to studying.
15 It is possible that
A Tom will join the club this week.
B Tom’s sister will join the club.
C more than two students will join the club.
Answer & Audioscript
11 C 12 B 13 C 14 B 15 A
Audioscript
Teacher: (11) Hello Tom. I see your name isn’t on the list for the after-school swimming club.
Tom: (11) Yes, I know that, Miss Helen.
Teacher: I thought you wanted to be in the school swimming team.
Tom: I do. But (12) do you think I’m good enough?
Teacher: (12) If you practise, yes.
Tom: That’s the problem. I can’t come twice a week.
Teacher: Too much homework?
Tom: It’s not just that. My parents both work, so they can’t take me back home by car. (13) I usually have to go home by bus. It’s too far to walk, you see.
Teacher: So, why can’t you come to the club and just leave school later?
Tom: Because I have to go home with my sister.
Teacher: She’s younger than you, isn’t she?
Tom: Yes. My parents think she’s too young to travel alone.
Teacher: I suppose so. (14) Does she like swimming?
Tom: (14) Not as much as studying.
Teacher: Do you think she might join the swimming club? Then you could still go home together.
Tom: She might agree to come and watch but she won’t take part.
Teacher: OK. Why don’t you ask her if she wants to come?
Tom: So, (15) it’s not too late to add my name to the list?
Teacher: (15) Not if you do it before the end of the week. There are still two places left.
Tom: OK. I hope my sister agrees!
Listening 2
Questions 16-20
For each question, choose the correct answer.
16 You will hear a girl talking about her day at the city centre.
What is the girl’s problem?
A She lost her mobile phone.
B She couldn’t find her sister.
C She broke her mobile phone.
17 You will hear two friends talking.
What kind of film will they see?
A romantic
B science fiction
C horror
18 You will hear a teacher talking to a student, Ahmet.
What will the teacher help Ahmet to do?
A do his homework
B find his homework
C go to his house
19 You will hear a teacher talking.
Why didn’t she get the job?
A She made a mistake about the time.
B She didn’t have enough experience.
C She didn’t want to work in another country.
20 You will hear a mother and a son talking.
Why is the mother angry with her son?
A He spent too much money.
B He forgot to get some shopping.
C He used a lot of plastic bags.
Answer & Audioscript
16 B 17 B 18 A 19 A 20 C
Audioscript
16 You will hear a girl talking about her day at the city centre. What is the girl’s problem?
Girl: I’m so glad to see you! I’ve just come back from the city centre. It was very busy. Anyway, someone pushed me and my phone fell out of my pocket. Fortunately, I found it immediately; it was not broken. But when I turned around to speak to my sister, she wasn’t there! I tried to ring her but her phone was turned off. What an awful day!
17 You will hear two friends talking. What kind of film will they see?
Boy: Let’s go to the cinema, tonight. There’s a good horror film on.
Girl: Ben, you know I hate those films!
Boy: OK, then. We can see a romantic film, if you like. ‘Love in the Desert’ starts at 9pm.
Girl: But I won’t get back home before midnight. I have to get up early tomorrow.
Boy: Well, let’s see a new science fiction film at the weekend, then.
Girl: OK! Let’s do that.
18 You will hear a teacher talking to a student, Ahmet. What will the teacher help Ahmet to do?
Teacher: Where’s your homework, Ahmet? Did you leave it at home again?
Boy: No, Miss. I just couldn’t finish it. I tried very hard but I couldn’t answer some of the questions.
Teacher: OK, Ahmet. You can stay after school today and I will help you finish it.
Boy: Oh. Thanks, Miss.
19 You will hear a teacher talking. Why didn’t she get the job?
Woman: I’m so sorry I didn’t get that job. I have never been late before. I have a lot of experience working as a teacher. Also, there weren’t many other people who wanted this job, because you have to work for three months in a foreign country and most people don’t want to do that. But I do. It’s a pity I went to the right place but not at the right time.
20 You will hear a mother and a son talking. Why is the mother angry with her son?
Mother: So you finally did the shopping. OK, but where is it? I can only see two small bags there.
Boy: And all those ones over there!
Mother: But, we don’t need so many bags!
Boy: Plastic bags only cost 5p each!
Mother: The problem is all that plastic, not the cost!
Boy: Sorry, I thought you could use them again.
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