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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 newspaper journalists talking about their work to a group of students.

1. The man gives the example of social media sites to

A - clarify how important they are in everyday life.

B - compare their usefulness with that of newspapers.

C - defend people's attitude to news nowadays.

2. What do they both think about their job?

A - It can be stressful at times.

B - It is important to be a team player.

C - There are more negatives than positives.

Extract Two

You hear two language teachers discussing the use of emoticons, the pictures many people use to express emotion in text messages.

3. What is the woman doing?

A - questioning the value of current research into emoticons

B - proposing ideas for potential uses of emoticons

C - identifying reasons for the popularity of emoticons

4. What do they both think about emoticons?

A - They need to be used with caution.

B - They are a lazy form of communication.

C - They have universal appeal.

Extract Three

You hear two friends talking about a young professional tennis player.

5. The woman feels that the comments about the player in the media reflect

A - how easy it is to take sport too seriously.

B - a common misconception about sportspeople.

C - a lack of understanding amongst sports journalists.

6. How does the man feel about the player's outbursts of anger?

A - It's essential that they're kept in check.

B - They're understandable in the circumstances.

C - He's irritated about the way they'll be perceived.

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.

Conservation work

When choosing her first volunteer job, Jane was undecided between marine conservation in Thailand and a (7).................................... scheme in Belize.

In Cambodia, Jane is employed as a (8)...................................... working with volunteers.

Jane went from diving at intermediate level to receiving her official (9)............................................... in under six months.

Jane contrasts her present situation, living in the centre of a (10) ..................................... with her time in Thailand.

Jane uses the expression (11) ................................................ to describe the way the local people view her.

Something that Jane finds particularly upsetting is the number of (12) ................................................ that the volunteers recover from the sea.

As part of her current project's wider aims, Jane says they will be helping set up a (13)................................................ scheme.

One of the things Jane enjoys most is watching new divers gain (14) ...................................... during the learning process.

Listening

Part 4

You will hear five short extracts in which people are talking about their favourite series of travel guidebooks.

While you listen, you must complete both tasks.

TASK ONE TASK TWO

For questions 21-25, choose from the list (A-H) what each For questions 26—30, choose from the list (A-H) one criticism

speaker particularly likes about the series of travel guidebooks. each speaker has of the series of travel guidebooks.

A. the coverage of cultural aspects A. unnecessary information

B. their organisation into ready-made tour schedules B. focus on popular destinations

C. their value as background research C. lack of practical detail

D. the variety of the images D. confusing visuals

E. the contributions from respected authors E. lack of expressive language in parts

F. the enjoyable style of writing F. inconvenient to carry

G. the environmentally-friendly format G. old-fashioned feel

H. the linguistic support offered H. out-of-date content

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

Example

21-26. Speaker 1: G-A

21-26. Speaker 1

22-27. Speaker 2

23-28. Speaker 3

24-29. Speaker 4

25-30. Speaker 5