TEST #3
LISTENING
SECTION 1
Please play the track attached to this document corresponding to Section 1.
Questions 1-10
Complete the notes below using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A
NUMBER for each answer.
LIBRARY INFORMATION
Example Answer
Minimum joining age: 18 years
For registration, must take
• two 1 ....................... and
• two forms of I.D. e.g. driving licence, 2 .......................
Cost to join per year (without current student card): 3 £ .......................
Number of items allowed: (members of public) 4 .......................
Loan times: four weeks
Fines start at 5 £ .......................
Computers can be booked up to 6 ....................... hours in advance
Library holds most national papers, all 7 ......................., and magazines
Need 8 ....................... to use photocopier
Creative Writing class
• tutor is John 9 .......................
• held on 10 ....................... evenings
SECTION 2
Please play the track attached to this document corresponding to Section 2.
Questions 11-15
Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.
11) In 1993 Dan Pearman went to Ecuador
A. as a tourist guide.
B. as part of his studies.
C. as a voluntary worker.
12) Dan's neighbour was successful in business because he
A. employed carpenters from the area.
B. was the most skilled craftsman in the town.
C. found it easy to reach customers.
13) Dan says the charity relies on
A. getting enough bicycles to send regularly.
B. finding new areas which need the bicycles.
C. charging for the bicycles it sends abroad.
14) What does Dan say about the town of Rivas?
A. It has received the greatest number of bikes.
B. It has almost as many bikes as Amsterdam.
C. Its economy has been totally transformed.
15) What problem did the charity face in August 2000?
A. It couldn't meet its overheads.
B. It had to delay sending the bikes.
C. It was criticised in the British media.
Questions 16 and 17
Answer the questions below.
Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD OR A NUMBER for each answer.
16) How much money did the charity receive when it won an award? ....................
17) What is the charity currently hoping to buy? ....................
Questions 18-20
Choose THREE letters A-G.
Which THREE things can the general public do to help the charity Pedal Power?
A organise a bicycle collection
B repair the donated bikes
C donate their unwanted tools
D do voluntary work in its office
E hold an event to raise money
F identify areas that need bikes
G write to the government
SECTION 3
Please play the track attached to this document corresponding to Section 3.
Questions 21-30
Choose the table below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
'Student Life' video project
Cristina Ibrahim
contact with students doing
• using the camera other courses (has asked
Enjoyed:
• going to British (21) ................. some to (22) ................. with
him)
listening to British students'
Most useful • listening to instructions language because of
language • learning (23) ................. - normal speed
practice: vocabulary - large amount of (24)
.................
• operating video camera
• working with other people:
General - learning about (25) ................. the importance of (27)
usefulness: - compromising .................
- (26) ................. people who have
different views
• decide when to (28) .................
Things to do
each stage at the beginning don't make the film too (30)
differently in
• make more effort to (29) .................
future:
................. with the camera
SECTION 4
Please play the track attached to this document corresponding to Section 4.
Questions 31-40
Complete the notes below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
ANTARCTICA
GEOGRAPHY
• world's highest, coldest and windiest continent
• more than (31) ..................... times as big as the UK
• most of the area is classified as (32) .....................
RESEARCH STATIONS
• international teams work together
• (33) ..................... is integrated with technical support
• stations contain accommodation, work areas, a kitchen, a (34) ..................... and a
gym
• supplies were brought to Zero One station by sledge from a (35) ..................... at the
edge of the ice 15 km away
• problem of snow build-ups solved by building stations on (36) ..................... with
adjustable legs
FOOD AND DIET
• average daily requirement for an adult in Antarctica is approximately (37)
..................... kilocalories
• rations for field work prepared by process of freeze-drying
RESEARCH
The most important research focuses on climate change, including
- measuring changes in the ice-cap (because of effects on sea levels and (38)
.....................)
- monitoring the hole in the ozone layer
- analysing air from bubbles in ice to measure (39) ..................... caused by human
activity
WORK OPPORTUNITIES
Many openings for (40) ..................... people including
- research assistants
- administrative and technical positions
