TEST1

PAPER 2 LISTENING TEST

PART 1
Questions 1-5
 There are five questions in this part
 For each questions there are three pictures and a short recording.
 Choose the correct picture and put a tick in the box below it

2. What is the weather like for Jack’s holiday?

PART 2
Questions 6-15
Fill in the missing word

My Husband

My husband, Jeff, is a lovely man and I'm proud (6) _________him. He

is kind to everyone even if he doesn't (7) ___________ much of them.

We often do the (8) __________ together and he helps me a lot. He's good
at finding (9) __________ at the supermarket. Jeff does this even though
he isn't fond of shopping. I'm grateful (10) _________ his help.

Jeff is also (11) __________ on cooking and, and, as I don't like cooking, he
is happy to do it for me. I do the washing up and other (12) __________ such as
dusting and vacuuming. Jeff is careful with money. He doesn't (13) __________
or buy unnecessary things. We are rarely (14) ___________ or angry with each
other. We have a good (15) ___________.

TEST 2
PAPER 2 LISTENING TEST
PART 1
Questions 1-5
 There are five questions in this part
 For each questions there are three pictures and a short recording.
 Choose the correct picture and put a tick in the box below it

1. How much did Sue pay for the shirt?

2. What will ………..do this afternoon?

3. Where is the fish market?

4. What will the woman eat with her coffee?

5. What man is Laura English teacher?

PART 2
Questions 6-15
Fill in the missing word
Australia

Australia is an island continent located in the Southern Hemisphere. It lies

(6)_________ the Pacific and Indian oceans and has a land area of over seven million
square kilometres.

The (7)____________in Australia ranges from tropical in the far north to temperate in
the south. Approximately one third of Australia is (8)____________ because it is a
geographically isolated country, Australia has many animals that are unique. Some of these
are the kangaroos, koalas, emus, dingoes and platypuses.

The first people to come to Australia were the Aborigines. It is (9)__________that they
arrived here about 60,000 years ago. In 1770, Captain Cook was the first European to land
on the east coast to claim Australia for Britain. In 1788, Governor Phillip arrived in Port
Jackson (now Sydney) to set up the first (10)_____________ Originally it was a place for
British prisoners. When the (11)__________came to stay, there were approximately 300,000
Aboriginal people living in Australia.

The (12)____________of Australia reached 20 million in 2005. Sydney is the largest

city with 4,305,500 people as at July 2004. Australia is a multiracial and multicultural
(13)__________where people from over 200 countries have made Australia their home.
When (14)__________ visit Australia they can visit such places as the Great Barrier Reef
off the Queensland coast, Sydney with its (15)__________, the Opera House and the
Harbour Bridge and numerous other places - too many to mention here. Whether a visitor
likes the country or city, there is much to see here in Australia.
TEST3
PAPER 2 LISTENING TEST
PART 1
Questions 1-5
 There are five questions in this part
 For each questions there are three pictures and a short recording.
 Choose the correct picture and put a tick in the box below it

2. What is Andrew going to do this evening?

PART 2
Questions 6-15
Fill in the missing word
Tasmania
Tasmania is an island state located to the south of the Australian mainland. It is a natural
(6)___________ with beautiful coastlines, mountains, tall forests and lakes. The
(7)___________ of Tasmania was 476,481 in March 2006 and the capital city, Hobart, had
a population of 200,525.
The Tasmanian Aborigines first (8)___________ Tasmania over 40,000 years ago. In 1642,
Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer, was the (9)___________ European to sight Tasmania. He
named it Van Dieman's Land. Tasmania became a place for British convicts when Britain's
gaols became (10)___________.

There are many places of great (11)___________ for a tourist to visit in Tasmania. In
Richmond one can find the oldest (12)___________ still in use in Australia. Apart from this
bridge and Richmond (13)___________ village, there are many other places a tourist would
enjoy. For walkers, Tasmania is a (14)___________. Freycinet National Park and Cradle
Mountain at Lake St Clair National Park are just two of the areas (15)___________ for their
beauty.

TEST4
PAPER 2 LISTENING TEST
PART 1
Questions 1-5
 There are five questions in this part
 For each questions there are three pictures and a short recording.
 Choose the correct picture and put a tick in the box below it
2. Which picture does the woman prefer?
PART 2
Questions 6-15
Fill in the missing word

I've just come back from a short music: course called Singing for Beginners. It was at
Brownstoke College, which is just to the north of London.
A woman called Lena Phipps runs these three-day (6) ________ for people with no
previous experience of singing. Lena used to be an opera singer, but no longer appears on
the stage. Nowadays she occasionally sings in jazz clubs, but spends most of her time (7)
____________. She was excellent!
There were only nine of us on the course I attended, five men and four women, and Lena
never takes more than ten students on a course. This means that everyone has lots of (8)
___________ and plenty of opportunity to sing.
We were all very (9) ___________ at the beginning, but every class begins with some
exercises to help students relax. These are followed by warm-up (10) ___________ to
improve the quality at the voice. During the three days, students learn around twenty
songs in a variety of different (11) ___________, depending on the interests of the class
members. There are classical and modern songs including pop songs. By the last day,
everyone was confident (12) ___________ to perform their favourite song on their own!
I would really recommend this course. Brownstoke College is an old building surrounded
by a beautiful (13) ___________. Accommodation is very comfortable -the single and
twin rooms are clean and warm, and three meals a day are included in the (14)
___________: a cooked breakfast, lunch and an evening meal. The lunch is very good,
and the salads can be recommended.
Courses begin on the last Tuesday of the month, so the next one begins on the 24th of
September and (15) ___________ until Thursday the 26th of September. I would advise
you to reserve a place early, because it's certain to be very popular!

TEST 5
PAPER 2 LISTENING TEST
PART 1
Questions 1-5
 There are five questions in this part
 For each questions there are three pictures and a short recording.
 Choose the correct picture and put a tick in the box below it
PART 2
Questions 6-15
Fill in the missing word
Hello, I'm Sarah Brown, and I'm here to tell you about my job as a weather forecaster.

I've been a weather forecaster for a television company for seven years, and two years ago
I (6) _________ the head of the weather department. Now, I divide my time equally
between presenting weather forecasting on television and managing the weather
department which has a (7) _________ of eleven. At thirty years old I'm the youngest ever
head of weather and the first woman to do the job.
Since our news and weather service goes out all round the world, we all take turns to (8)
_________at night. I prefer that to doing the show when I have to get up at four in the
morning. I normally work an eight-hour day and in that time I do ten or twelve (9)
_________.

Before doing a weather forecast, I study date on the computer. This is the information I
use in my forecasts. There isn't much time to learn what I have to say, but (10) _________
I've never forgotten my words so I don't get nervous.

My husband and I try to have the same free days, but neither of us has a regular pattern of
work. He's a (11) _________ on long-distance flights, so although he works hard he has a
lot more time at home than I do. We moved to our present house about a year ago, and
he's enjoying (12) _________ it.

I took up flying as a hobby five years ago. I hope to get my pilot's licence this year, but
because of the job, I haven't been to the flying school for ages. For exercise I swim and
(13) _________and I like running. I'm really proud of myself for running in the London
Marathon - it's a forty-kilometre race and I never thought I could manage it! My husband
plays tennis, and we sometimes play together, but he's (14) _________ than me so I never
win.

Because I'm on world news, people sometimes recognise me in really distant places.
Once, in an Indian village, an old man took me to have my photo taken with all his (15)
_________. I get some lovely letters - one person wrote to say that my smile made her
feel happy all day. People occasionally even write and ask me to marry them!
TEST 6

PAPER 2 LISTENING TEST

PART 1
Questions 1-5
 There are five questions in this part
 For each questions there are three pictures and a short recording.
 Choose the correct picture and put a tick in the box below it
PART 2
Questions 6-15
Fill in the missing word

Good morning! This morning on 'Holiday Time' I want to tell you about the cycling trip I
took recently to Northumberland in the (6) ____________ of England. Before I went I
read a book by Peter Green whose title is Cycling around Northumberland, which I found
really (7) ____________when planning my route.
Northumberland is a beautiful area of England and perfect for cycling. There is very little
(8) ____________ on the roads and plenty to see and do. For example, why not visit a
castle? More of them are open to the public here than in any other part of the country.
While I was there I actually (9) ____________ in a flat in a castle, but there are many
hotels, cottages or bed and breakfast places to choose from. In the summer it is important
to book in (10) ____________, but I recommend going in the spring, as it is not so
difficult to find somewhere to stay at that time of the year. You will find that some places
are closed in winter.

Most of the small towns in the area have cycling (11) ____________ where you can hire a
bicycle. A week's hire will cost thirty-five pounds, two weeks will be fifty-five pounds.
There is also a (12) ____________of fifty pounds, which you get back when you return
the bicycle.

Try to plan your holiday when there is a (13) ____________ event or festival happening. I
went in June and was lucky enough to go to a festival of local food, Every August there's
an (14) ____________ festival of music, but you'll find something going on in almost
every month of the year.

Ring the Northumberland National Park if you're (15) ____________ in finding out about
their activities - they have a programme of guided walks, photography and bird watching.
Ring them on 880046 …

TEST 7
PAPER 2 LISTENING TEST
PART 1
Questions 1-5
 There are five questions in this part
 For each questions there are three pictures and a short recording.
 Choose the correct picture and put a tick in the box below it
PART 2
Questions 6-15
Fill in the missing word

Personal computers, or PC, are an important part of our everyday lives. Many people
cannot imagine life (6) ____________ them. One of the most important people in making
these machines work is Bill Gates.

Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He (7) ____________ up in a rich
family. His parents sent him to a (8) ____________school. There he met his business
partner, sir. Paul Allen. When they were in the eight grade, they were writing programs
for business computers and making money.

In 1973, Gates was (9) ____________ at Harvard University. His parents were happy.
They thought he would get over his obsession with computers and become a (10)
____________ like his father. Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a
computer with his friend sir Paul Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory
room at Harvard. They were (11) ____________ the program that would run one of the
first personal computers. In 1975, they (12) ____________ a company called Microsoft to
sell their product.

Sir Paul Allen became ill with cancer and (13) ____________Microsoft in 1983. He
recovered a few years later and started his own company. Meanwhile, Microsoft became a
giant company. By 1990, at the age of thirty four, Gates was the (14) ____________
billionaire in the history of the United States. He was the "King of Software". He
achieved his success with a lot of hard work. For more than ten years, he worked sixteen-
hour days, seven days a week. He had a dream and the will to (15) ____________. By
1997, he was the richest man in the United States.

TEST8

PAPER 2 LISTENING TEST

PART 1
Questions 1-5
 There are five questions in this part
 For each questions there are three pictures and a short recording.
 Choose the correct picture and put a tick in the box below it
PART 2
Questions 6-15
Fill in the missing word

Ann Johnson has worked at this college for (6) ___________ years. She is a responsible
employee and gets on well with the other (7) ___________ of the department. We have all
found her to be an (8) ___________ colleague. She is always on time for work. She is an
(9) ___________ reliable staff member who is able to work independently. I can always
rely on her creative thinking. Her students often tell me how (10) ___________ she is.
She is always ready to (11) ___________ with a smile and she is cheerful to all of them.
In private, she is not very talkative and seems rather (12) ___________. Her work is
excellent, and she is determined to succeed. She is also quite (13) ___________ and has
applied for the position of Director of Studies. I think that you can (14) ___________on
Ann to make your school a success and I recommend her for the post of (15)
___________.

TEST 9

PAPER 2 LISTENING TEST

PART 1
Questions 1-5
 There are five questions in this part
 For each questions there are three pictures and a short recording.
 Choose the correct picture and put a tick in the box below it
PART 2
Questions 6-15
Fill in the missing word

We are all slowly destroying the Earth. The (6) _____________ and rivers are too dirty to
swim in. There is so much (7) _____________in the air that it is unhealthy to live in
many of the world's cities. Poisonous gases from cars pollute the air so much that traffic
policemen have to (8) _____________oxygen masks. We have cut down so many (9)
_____________that there are now vast areas of wasteland all over the world. As a result,
farmers in parts of Africa cannot grow enough for (10) _____________. In certain
countries in Asia there is too little (11) _____________ Moreover, we do not take enough
care of the countryside. Wild animals are quickly disappearing. For instance, (12)
_____________ are rare in India now because we have killed too many of them.
However, it isn't enough simply to talk about the (13) _____________. We must act now
before it is too (14) _____________ to do something about it. Join us now. Save the (15)
_____________!

TEST10
PAPER 2 LISTENING TEST
PART 1
Questions 1-5
 There are five questions in this part
 For each questions there are three pictures and a short recording.
 Choose the correct picture and put a tick in the box below it
PART 2
Questions 6-15
Fill in the missing word

To (6) __________ people, their friends are the most important in their life. Really good
friends (7) __________ share joys and sorrows with you and never turn their (8)
__________ on you. Your best friends may be someone you have (9) __________ all your
life or someone you have grown up with. There are all sorts of things that can bring about
this special relationship. It may be the result of enjoying the (10) __________ activities
and sharing experiences. Most of us have met someone that we have immediately felt (11)
__________ with as if we have known them for ages. However, it really takes you (12)
__________ to get to know someone well enough to consider your best (13) __________.
To the majority of us, this is someone we trust completely and who understands us better
than anyone (14) __________. It’s the person you and tell him or her your most intimate
(15) __________.
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8 Shopping Desert Reached Attention Work
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10 For Colony Crowded Exercises Fortunately
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7 Useful Grew Members
8 Traffic Private Excellent
9 Stay Accepted Extremely
10 Advance Lawyer Kind
11 Center Writing Help
13 Deposid Created Shy
13 Local Left Ambitions
14 International Youngest Count
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