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Read the first two lines of questions 1-8 below. For each one, answer these questions where possible.
1 What is the situation?
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You will hear people talking in eight different situations. For questions 1-8, choose the best answer
(A, B or G).

You hear part of a conversation in a watch repair shop.

What is the man doing?
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A refusing to accept the watch for repair before choosing an answer.
B encouraging the customer to buy a watch 2 Listen for an expression
C advising the customer to have the watch mended elsewhere used to ask someone a
favour.

You are on a train and you hear a woman leaving a message on an answering machine. 3 Focus on the speakeft
own opinion, not that of
Why is she calling?
other people.
A to arrange a lift from the station
4 Concentrate on the main
B to change the time of her evening meal subject, not other matters
C to find out bus times from the station the speaker may mention.
5 Think of words for the
You hear a talent show judge commenting on a performance she has just seen. main parts of A-C, and
phrasal verbs often used
What does she think of the man's pedormance?
with each.
A He lacks confidence.
6 Which other structure
B He chose the wrong song. might be used for each of
C He has a weak singing voice. A.C?
7 Listen for what they agree
You hear the beginning of a talk in a community centre. they like, not what they
dislike.
What willthe talk be about?
8 Listen for reasons why
A local history
two of A-C are wrong.
B transport problems
C modern agriculture

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1 Read the exam instructions below.

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You will hear a man called Markus Fischer talking about mooncake, a traditional Asian bakery product.
For questions 9-18, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

Mooncake
Markus was staying in (9)..... .... ........... when he first tried mooncake.

Markus's favourite kind of mooncake has a filling made of (10) ... .........

Markus says that he likes to have (11) ............... ........ with mooncake.

Mooncake is popular during the Moon Festival, which last year was held in (12)

The mooncake Marcus was given during the festival had the shape of a (13) on the top.

Markus was surprised to learn that mooncake is rarely made (14) ............. ........ in China.

The people Markus was staying with received mooncake from their (15)

His host family gave Markus a mooncake that had a.slighilv (16) flavour.

Markus was told that, many years ago, people used mooncakes to send (17) to each other.
After people had read what was written on the mooncake, they (18) ........................ it.

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Look at the exam instructions. you hear the same word or phrase.
1 What kind of recording (e.9. speech) is it? Listen for the same ldea.

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speaker finishes talking about it before
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2 W Follow the exam instructions, using the advice to help you. [You will need to play this recording twice.]

You will hear an interview with a woman called Adriana Moreiti, who works as a wildlife photographer. For
questions 24l3O, choose the best answer (A, B or G).

24 Why did Adriana want to become a wildlife 29 What disadvantage does Adriana say her work has?
photographer?
A She sometimes {eels lonely when she is working
A She enjoyed travelling to remote locations. abroad.
B She was very good at taking photos. B She doesn't see her family as often as she would
C She was interested in animal behaviour. like to.
C She always has to go where the agency tells her.
25 Why, according to Adriana, is it easier nowadays to
learn how to photograph animals? 30 Adriana believes it is becoming harder to get work as
A The necessary equipment is cheaper than it used a wildlife photographer because
to be. A so many photos of wildlife are available on the
B lt is possible to learn wildlife photography online. lnternet.
C Cheap internationaltravel means more species B there is a lot of competition for jobs in wildlife
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C people are becoming less interested in wildlife.
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trying to take photos of birds? lf you're not sure, mark the two most likely. Choose from
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A She was not able to sit down.
B Her feet were getting wet.
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24 Think of other ways of saying'interested in animal
behaviour'.
27 How did Adriana feelwhen she was trying to
photograph the crocodile? 25 Think of expresslons that mean'photographie equipment'
and'cheaper'.
A afraid that it might try to attack her
26 Which two of A-C does she say were not a problem?
B worried she may not get the photo she wanted
27 What rs the focus of the question? Which of the adjectives
C increasingly bored with waiting to take the picture in A-C describes lhis?
28 Which two of these animals had she already photographed?
28 Adriana has still never taken photos of
A 29 Choose the one that is a problem for Adriana, not for other
a tiger in lndia.
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B a snow leopard in China.
3O Which of A-C does Adriana say isn't true and which doesn't
C a polar bear in Russia. matter?

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