FCE Practice Test 3 Paper 3 - Listening Listening You will hear people talking in eight aifferent situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer, A Bor C. 1. You are in a supermarket when you hear this 5. You are listening fo the host of a radio phone-in a ‘announcement about a lost child. programme speaking. y Where cid he last see his mother? ‘Mary, the first caller, is a ‘inthe butcher's orea ‘A, a married woman with a chil ae 8. in the pet food area a single woman with a child (a) C. In the fru and vegetable area €. a regular listener. co} 2. You are in an electrical shop when you overhear 6. You have joined a four-day sailing course in Britain. ry this woman speaking fo the shop assistant. Listen to your instructor giving some important a Why is she complaining? information. oo ‘A. She was charged the wrong amount. What is he talking about? iw B. The same item is cheaper elsewhere. A. drinking woter C. The tem was damaged 8. salt water . running out of water 3. You overhear a woman taking on the telephone. Newt Thursday the woman is going to 7. You overhear two people taking at a bus stop. ‘A. travel by coach, ‘The two speakers B. travel by plane. ‘A. are both familiar with the war memorial CC. travel by train. ‘re taking different buses. . are going to the same ploce. 4. listen fo a policeman taking to a householder. What does the policeman want to do? '8. You overhear a man chatting on the telephone about ‘A. speck to another member of the household { form he has to fill in. |. speak to the householder The man is speaking to C. speck to a neighbour A. his wife. his mother. . hls daughter.FCE Practice Test 3 Paper 3 - Listening ems PART 2 | You will hear part of a radio talk for young people about animals communicating with each other. For questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase. sees do al Tao communicate where to find food. Although parrots seem to speak, they are only | eae Renee | en rors horsonomianc cca ey — Although dptins can make vowel sounds they carmot ecroraely ite our MM] Amazingly, dolphins demonstrate an | ener etesprecee The sounds made by whales contain MMM] than human speech. The songs of the bottle-nosed whale have many of the a) i speech. The unique grammatical nature of human language arose due to life in Nas), Indeed, a young child needs enough Me Practice Test 3 with other people to develop speech. Poems You are going to hear five different people talking about their relationshio with someboay. Match the speakers 4-5 with the letters A-H, Use the letters only once. There are three extra letters which you do not need to use. ‘She/He wants more freedom. She/He has a problem with her/his father. Her/His parents are divorced. She/He has a new baby. She/He has many brothers and sisters. She/He lives with her/his grandparents. She/He has problems with the babysitter. She/He has problems with an alcoholic parent. A B c D E F G HFCE Practice Test 3 Temes PART 4 | LUsten to these two friends alscussing the British national lottery. For questions 24-30, choose the best answer A Bore. 24, How does the man feel about the lottery? 28. How often hos Barry played the lottery? ~~ ‘A. Its silly but entertaining, A. never ml aren, eaten Y . tis particularly bod for young people. once in a while a a 25, Who can play the national lottery? 29. What does Barry's dad's saying mean? oO 'A. anyone older than 18 ‘A, Work for your money. = - only 20 milion people ‘Try to win the lottery. o eae . this difficut 10 win the latory. a 26. Why was this week special for Tina? 30. What is Tina going to do next week? w 1 She felt lucky. A, buy a latery ticket B. She went to Camelot. 8. work overiime . She had money to spend. CC. not buy a lotery ticket 27. What does Tina think the lottery company does with the money it makes? ‘A, They keep it. 8. They don't make any money. . They give i o chariy