PART 1

1. How much did the book cost? B

2. What will the boy look like in his school play? C

3. Which animals did the girl enjoy seeing the most? B

4. Where did the boy find his mobile phone? B

5. What’s the weather going to be like tomorrow? C

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6. Where does the girl want to meet her friend? A

7. Which programme does the girl want to watch? A

PART 2
8. You will hear two friends talking about a music performance.
The friends agree that
A. The concert hall was too big.
B. The performance was too short.
C. The musicians needed more practice.
9. You will hear two friends talking about a play they have seen recently.
What surprised the girl about the play?
A. How young the audience was
B. How unusual the ending was
C. How good the acting was
10. You will hear a boy telling a friend about an art course he went on.
What did the boy enjoy most about it?
A. The strong focus on drawing and painting
B. The teacher’s sense of humour
C. The variety of practice activities
11. You will hear two friends talking about a new science building at their school.
They agree that
A. it looks great from the outside.
B. the equipment is very good.
C. it is very well decorated.
12. You will hear a girl talking about a blog she has started writing.
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 How does she feel about it?
A. Delighted that other people like it
B. Surprised it was so easy to set up
C. Satisfied with its appearance
13. You will hear a girl telling her friend about learning Chinese.
The boy suggests that the girl should
A. use websites to help her.
B. find a conversation class.
C. buy a good textbook.
PART 3

You will hear a woman called Karen talking about a journey she made.

For each question, write the correct answer in the gap. Write one or two words or a number
or a date or a time.

I’ve always enjoyed travelling and so to work for a travel magazine is (14) ……………… for
me. I’ve got two friends who love Indonesia. One of them lived there and the other one
regularly has her (15) ……………… there. So when the magazine offered me the chance to
go, to write an article about Jakarta, the capital, I accepted immediately.

Before I went I tried to find out as much as I could about the place. Unfortunately I’d thrown
away my friend’s (16) ……………… from when she was living there and the library had
very few books on Indonesia, so I went online and found out what I needed to know there,
and (17) ……………… everything before I went.
The heat hit me when I got off the plane and it took quite a while to get to the hotel. The (18)
……………… morning, after a breakfast of fresh fruit and eggs, I went out to look around.
Jakarta is an amazing city. The Old Town, with its attractive old houses, is so different from
the centre, full of incredibly tall buildings. I did get fed up with the (19) ………………
everywhere, I have to say. I know all big cities have this problem, but I noticed it more there.
Before I went, people said it would be too (20) ……………… for me, but honestly? After a
cold English winter, I welcomed it!
Anyway my magazine article was a success! I’ve been back (21) ……………… now and my
memories are still very clear. I’m wearing the sandals I got at a market there. They’re so
comfortable. And every time I wear them I think of my trip.
Unfortunately I lost my (22) ……………… on the way home, along with all the photos I
took. I also bought a beautiful little sculpture the day before I came home. I thought it would
be OK in my luggage, but no. It was in pieces when I opened my (23) ………………, so I
had to throw it away.
There are so many other parts of Indonesia that I haven’t seen yet, so I’m going back to write
some more articles. Not to the big city again, but to some of the (24) ……………… islands.
You can get boats pretty easily from one to another. I’m waiting for the (25) ………………
season, though. I have quite enough rain when I’m living in England!

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There are three parts to the test. You will hear each part twice.
For each part of the test, there will be time for you to look through the questions and time for
you to check your answers.
Write your answers on the question paper. You will have six minutes at the end of the test to
copy your answers on to the answer sheet.
The recording will now be stopped. Please ask any questions now because you must not
speak during the test.
[pause)
PART 1
There are seven questions in this part. For each question, there are three pictures and a short
recording. Choose the correct picture and put a tick in the box below it.
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Girl: Did you get that book you wanted for your music classes?
Boy: I did. I went into town after school today and got it then. It was on special offer too, so
it was reduced by two pounds from seventeen pounds ninety-nine to fifteen pounds ninety-
nine. I know we saw it on the internet for less than that - it was thirteen pounds ninety-nine, I
think- but I really need it for my class tomorrow and there’s no way it would arrive in time.
Girl: Well, I’m just glad you found it.

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Girl: Which character are you in the school play?
Boy: I’m the main character’s father. I need to look much olderthan I am, so I have to wear a
suit and glasses. The director said my character should have long, fair, curly hair, so I have to
put that on, too.
Girl: I’m sureyour short dark hair would lookjust asgood.
Boy: Maybe, but you have to do what the director says. He tried to make me wear a
moustache, but it kept falling off, so we gave up that idea.
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Boy: How was the zoo?
Girl: I really enjoyed it - there were so many different animals to see. My favourites are
usually the penguins. My little brother and I laugh so much when they walk around the pool -
they look so funny! It’s a shame that they were all in the water, swimming yesterday -
because it was so hot, I suppose. So it was the monkeys playing in their tree that were the
biggest attraction for me this time, although seeing the baby elephant with its mum came a
close second.
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Girl: So you found your mobile phone then ...
Boy: Yeah, I spent most of yesterday evening looking everywhere for it, including in my
dad’s car. I was sure it’d fallen out of my pocket when he gave me a lift home from school,
but I was wrong. Of course, I never thought of checking the pocket of my jacket, which is
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where I noticed it this morning! I’d begun to think I’d left it in the drawer of my desk and I’d
find it when I got to school.
Girl: At least you’ve got it back.

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And now for the weather. A lot of cloud will move in from the west later this morning,
bringing heavy rain to all parts of the country by early afternoon. Driving in these conditions
will be quite difficult, so take care on the roads. This rain will be accompanied by strong
winds, which will stay with US over the next few days, but overnight, any remaining rain will
clear away, leaving clear skies everywhere. The sunny weather should stay until the day after
tomorrow, when, unfortunately, the rain returns.
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Girl: Hi, I was just calling about going clothes shopping together tomorrow. I’m still OK to
meet at two, but I think I’d prefer it if we didn’t meet at the clock in the town square as we’d
arranged - you’re always late and there’s nothing to do there. So how about seeing each other
at the café? At least I can have a snack while I’m waiting. We could just meet at the clothes
shop, but I’d probably finish my shopping before you got there - I know what you’re like!
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Girl: How much longer is the game on for?
Boy: I thought you liked basketball...
Girl: I do - love it, but my team’s not playing today, and anyway, it’s nearly time for Life
Beneath the Waves - there’s a special report on whales.
Boy: Don’t you and Dad want to watch that quiz show you like, Ask Me Another? You
usually have a competition to see who can get most questions right.
G/rl: True, but I’m sure he won’t mind missing it for just this time.
Boy: I guess not. OK, what time does it start?
Girl: Now!

LISTENING PART 2
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Girl: I enjoyed that.
Boy: Me, too. I don’t think either of them played a wrong note in the whole performance.
Girl: I think I heard a few - perhaps they hadn’t had enough time to play together before the
concert.
Boy: Maybe. I still wish they’d played a little longer, though - maybe a few more songs.
Girl: I thought it was about right as it was. That kind of music sounds so much better in a
smaller place - I don’t know why they chose to have it there.
Boy: The two guitars are too quiet for somewhere that size.
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Girl: That was an amazing play.
Boy: It was. Over half the people watching were school students like us.
Girl: I guess that’s not so unusual for an afternoon performance. Most adults are working
then.
Boy: I wonder what it’s like being an actor. They must have to practise so hard.
Girl: The ones in this play certainly had. I found it difficult to believe how realistic they
managed to make all of the characters.
Boy: Yes, and I couldn’t predict what would happen at the end.
Girl: I studied this play in literature classes last year, so I already knew what was going to
happen.
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Girl: How was the art course?
Boy: Fantastic - I learned so much.
Girl: So what was the best bit?
Boy: There were so many, but if I could only choose one, I think it’d be how the teacher got
US to practise techniques in a number of different wavs. I thought I’d spend most of the time
drawing or painting, but we did so many other activities, all of which were quite useful for
developing our skills.
Girl: Sounds good.
Boy: And I never knew there were so many jokes about artists! Our teacher seemed to know
them all, which was great fun.
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Boy: Are you walking to school with US tomorrow?
Girl: I might go on my own, actually. I don’t want to be late.
Boy: But you’ll enjoy it more if you come with US.
Girl: It’s often no different to walking by myself because you all walk slowly along with your
headphones on.
Boy: We show each other things on our phones, too.
Girl: That’s true, which is great in our free time, but not when it means arriving half an hour
later than I would if I was by myself. At least you’re polite enough to move out of the way
for other people on the pavement, though.
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Girl: How’s your new house?
Boy: I like it. The colours aren’t what I’d ever choose, but my mom says we can easily fix
that. My bedroom’s much bigger than the one at the old house, which annoyed my brother as
his is quite small - like the rest of the house.
Girl: I thought people usually moved to be somewhere bigger...

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Boy: Sure, but where it is is important, too, and the new one’s much closer to my parents’
work and to school, too. I can walk there in five minutes, which means I get to stay longer in
bed in the morning.
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Boy: How was your weekend?
Girl: Good, thanks. We went for a day out by the river.
Boy: The river near here? It’s easy to walk to, but it’s not like there’s lots to do there.
Girl: I know. That’s why we went somewhere else, about an hour away in the car. It’s
dangerous for swimming because the river’s really deep and wide there, but we’ve never
found a better place to sit and eat. I know you’d probably prefer somewhere which has lots of
activities, but it’s really peaceful, so we just sit on the grass, enjoy our food and relax.
Boy: Sounds nice.