LISTENING PAPER 1
Levels 3-5
Time permitted: 40 minutes
Number of questions: 35
Time allowance: about 40 minutes, including 07 minutes to transfer your answers to your answer sheet.
PART 1 – Questions 1-8
Directions: In this part, you will hear EIGHT short announcements or instructions. There is one question for each. Choose the right answer A, B, C or D. Then, on the answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of your chosen answer.Now, let’s listen to an example. On the recording, you will hear:
Woman: Hello. This is the travel agency returning your call. You left a message about the holiday you’ve booked, asking which meals are included in the cost during your stay at Sunny Hotel. Lunch and dinner are free but if you wish to have breakfast in the hotel, you will need to pay an extra amount of money, depending on what you order. Let me know if I can help you with any other information. Goodbye.
On the test book, you will read:
Which meal is NOT included in the price of the holiday?
A. Breakfast B. Lunch C. Dinner D. All
The correct answer is A. Breakfast. Now, let’s begin with the first question.
1. Which job does the woman do now?
- A. A nurse
- B. A secretary.
- C. A teacher
- D. A doctor
- A. By bus station.
- B. Outside the café
- C. Opposite to the supermarket
- D. At the cinema
- A. Looking after his four-year-old cousin.
- B. Doing his homework
- C. Watching a football match
- D. Playing football
- A. Wednesday, 20th
- B. Friday, 17th
- C. Friday, 15th,
- D. Wednesday, 15th
- A. In the café.
- B. In the restaurant
- C. On the platform
- D. In a taxi
- A. The man with lots of black hair and a beard
- B. The man with a beard and wears glasses.
- C. The man with grey hair but doesn’t wear glasses
- D. The man with lots of hair but doesn’t have a beard
- A. A parcel, a letter and a postcard
- B. A parcel and two letters
- C. Two letters and a postcard,
- D. A postcard and a parcel
- A. 8.30
- B. 10.55.
- C. 9.30
- D. 9.20
PART 2 – Questions 9-20
Directions: In this part, you will hear THREE conversations. There are four questions for each conversation. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. You will hear the conversations only ONCE.
Questions 9 to 12.
Conversation 1: You will hear the radio interview about theme parks.
9. What is Magic Kingdom at Disney World in Florida famous for?
- A. The largest area
- B. The most rides
- C. The biggest number of visitors.
- D. The most beautiful theme park
- A. A new roller coaster
- B. Three new water rides
- C. Animatronic dinosaurs.
- D. Two new roller coaseters
- A. More relaxing than a roller coaster.
- B. More frightening than a roller coaster.
- C. More exciting than a roller coaster..
- D. More dangerous than a roller coaster.
- A. The world's longest dinosaur tour
- B. The world's biggest zoo.
- C. The world's tallest Ferris wheel.
- D. The world's biggest theme park
Questions 13 to 16.
Conversation 2: You will hear a journalist interviewing Geoff Thompson, a British sportsman.
13. What happened to Geoff’s family when they moved to London?
- A. They couldn’t find a place to live.
- B. They ran out of money..
- C. His parent’s couldn’t find a job.
- D. He couldn’t help his parents earn money.
- A. When he joined a school trip.
- B. When he joined a karate club at school.
- C. When his family went to a sports center..
- D. When he watched karate on television.
- A. 1980
- B. 1981
- C. 1982.
- D. 1983
- A. 2 times
- B. 3 times
- C. C 4 times
- D. 5 times.
Questions 17 to 20.
Conversation 3: You will hear a conversation between a girl, Tanya and a boy, Marek about their holiday plans.
17. What doesn’t Marek enjoy about the airport?
- A. It was so crowded.
- B. He has nothing to do there.
- C. It’s so noisy.
- D. He has to wait for a long time.
- A. A theme park
- B. A zoo
- C. A sports camp
- D. A beach.
- A. His parents
- B. His younger bother
- C. His friends..
- D. His parents and younger brother.
- A. Excited
- B. Borded.
- C. Worried
- D. frightened
PART 3 - Questions 21 - 35
Directions: In this part, you will hear THREE talks or lectures. There are five questions for each talk or lecture. For each question, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. You will hear the talks or lectures only ONCE.
Questions 21-25:You will hear a talk about commercial whaling.
21. For how long has Japan stopped commercial whaling?
- A. Exactly thirty years
- B. Over thirty years,
- C. Just under thirty years
- D. About thirty years
- A. One
- B. Three.
- C. Two
- D. 27
- A. A chef
- B. A whaler
- C. The International Whaling Commission boss.
- D. A Greenpeace activist
- A. Its coastal waters
- B. Its fish
- C. Its food culture
- D. Whales
- A. Iron
- B. Fat.
- C. Protein
- D. Goodness
Questions 26-30:You will hear a talk about Zero cabon fuel
26. When did the UK last use more carbon zero fuels than fossil fuels?
- A. The nineteeth century,
- B. 1932
- C. 1391
- D. The fourteeth century
- A. It would stall
- B. It would stop
- C. It would reverse
- D. It would continue.
- A. 60%,
- B. Three fifths
- C. Three quarters
- D. Two thirds
- A. By 2020
- B. 2025
- C. 2030
- D. By the 2030s,
- A. Climate protestor problems
- B. climate change problems,
- C. Pollution problems
- D. Nuclear reactor problems
Questions 31-35: You will hear a talk about Saturn
31. What is the diameter of each of the newly-found moons?
- A. At least 5km
- B. Around 50km
- C. Just less than 5km
- D. Just under 3km
- A. asteroids and comets
- B. moons of 1km in diameter.
- C. new planets…
- D. more moons on Jupiter
- A. light waves and dust
- B. hydrogen and helium
- C. gas and dust…
- D. gas and light waves
- A. asteroids and comets
- B. satellites and space dust
- C. space dust and helium,,
- D. smaller planets
- A. by an ordered list
- B. randomly by a computer
- C. by the head of NASA,,
- D. by a competition
