Full Name: ______________________________ Class Code: ________ Student ID: _______________
TEST PAPER: LISTENING – SPEAKING B1
Listening – [date]
Notes: Materials and dictionaries of all kinds are NOT allowed.
All the recordings will be played TWICE.
In the exam students write their answers on the question paper and then they will have FIVE minutes
to copy them onto the separate answer sheet.
PART 1 Listen to a radio programme about some historic places to visit. Write ONE OR TWO WORDS
to fill in the missing information in the numbered space (3.2 points)
HISTORIC PLACES TO VISIT
Black Rock Caves
• Over 2 million years old
• For half a million years, people and animals, especially
• (1)____________ lived here.
• Special evening tours during the month of (2) ____________
Salter house
• Built in the year (3) ____________
• Made famous by the television series called Aunt Dorothy
• All visitors want to see Dorothy’s (4) ____________
The Old Port
• Have a ride on an old tram to the (5) ____________ village
• Try on clothes from (6) ____________ years ago.
• Eat (7) ____________ in the tea shop.
• In the factory, find out how people used to make (8) ____________
PART 2 Listen to a radio presenter interviewing someone at a tourist attraction. Choose the correct
answer, A, B, or C for each question. (2.1 points)
9. Who is James McDonald?
A. A visitor B. The museum curator C. An archeologist
10. When was the Roman House at Finchester built?
A. 43 AD B. 200 AD C. 410 AD
11. How long will the exhibition about Pompeii be on for?
A. for one year B. for one month C. for one week
12. Where was Pompeii located?
A. Italy B. Britain C. Romania
13. How did the people at Pompeii reacted to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?
A. They were taken by surprise.
B. They were able to escape.
C. They didn’t think there was any danger.
14. Approximately, how long was the city hidden for?
A. for about 79 years B. for about 1 599 years C. for about 1 500 years
15. What can be seen in the exhibition?
A. the real objects from Pompeii
B. the photographs of the site
C. the models and street scenes
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PART 3 Listen to a conversation between two friends, a boy, Rolf, and a girl, Maria about the jobs they
would like to do in the future. Write T (True) if the sentence is correct and F (False) if it is
incorrect. (1.2 points)
16. Maria would like to travel a lot as part of her job. ___________
17. Maria is confident she will be able to work for an airline. ___________
18. Rolf intends to do a job connected with his degree. ___________
19. Maria and Rolf agree it is important to have a good salary. ___________
20. Maria hopes to work for several different employers. ___________
21. Rolf’s ambition is to manage his own company one day. ___________
PART 4 Listen to a student making a presentation on household waste disposal. Write NO MORE
THAN THREE WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer. (3.5 points)
22. How much waste, on average, does one person in Britain produce each year? _____________________
23. What proportion of our waste is biodegradable? ____________________________________________
24. What is one example of biodegradable waste given by James? __________________________________
25. What percentage is glass? ______________________________________________________________
26. How much waste is buried? _____________________________________________________________
27. Why is some waste burned? _____________________________________________________________
28. By when will the amount for waste sent for landfill have to be reduced? __________________________
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