Listening (approximately 40 minutes)

Part 1 

You will hear three different extracts. For questions 1 – 6, choose the answer (A, B or C) which fits best according to what you hear. There are two questions for each extract.

Extract One

You hear two friends talking about people who were once famous but who are now relatively unknown.

Extract Two

You hear two friends talking about swimming in rivers and lakes, a practice known as ‘wild swimming’.

Extract Three

You hear two friends talking about installing solar electricity systems in private houses.

Listening

Part 2

You will hear a sports nutritionist called Emily Anderson talking to a group of students about how she helps young athletes with their diet. For questions 7 – 14, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

Working as a sports nutritionist

Listening

Part 3

You will hear part of an interview with two environmentalists, Carol Jones and James Wilson, who are talking about an approach to conservation called rewilding, and damaged environments. For questions 15 – 20, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which fits best according to what you hear.

Listening

Part 4

You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about leaving their previous jobs to work freelance from home.

While you listen, you must complete both tasks.

TASK ONE                                                                                        TASK TWO

For questions 21-25, choose from the list (A-H) the reason why     For questions 26—30, choose from the list (A-H) the aspect of

each speaker decided to work freelance from home.                       working freelance from home which each speaker has found challenging.

A. to fulfil a greater variety of tasks                                                  A. resisting online distractions

B. to feel free of supervision                                                             B. having no colleagues to talk to

C. to follow the example of a friend                                                 C. stopping focussing on work at the end of the day

D. to develop their creativity                                                            D. feeling responsible for everything

E.to gain greater financial rewards                                                   E. keeping up with professional developments

F. to avoid travel difficulties                                                              F.organising the physical workspace

G. to be in control of their workload                                                G. receiving no feedback from superiors

H. to have more options for holidays                                              H.preventing interruptions from visitors

Scrivere per ciascuno speaker, le due risposte corrette come riportato:

Example

21-26. Speaker 1: G-A