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LISTENING COMPREHENSION TEST A

1 19 Listen to the interview. Complete the summary. Write one

word or a number in the spaces.

The Happy Diner is a café that serves healthy 1__________ food at

lunchtime. Unusually, all the 2__________ that the cooks use to
prepare the delicious meals are what 3__________, restaurants and
food companies can’t sell.

In some cities 4__________ collect the waste food and distribute it to

poor people. At the Happy Diner they use that food to cook with. All
the fruit and vegetables they use are safe and the restaurant never
uses 5__________, which can sometimes be dangerous if not
consumed by a certain time. All the 6__________ products they use
are fresh.

On the menu today is 7__________, aubergine and courgette curry

and rice. It’s rich and a little bit 8__________. Each customer pays
what they can 9__________, which means that everyone can come
and have a meal at the café.

According to Rachel, one of the cooks, most people are happy to pay
more for their meal than normal. Because of this, the café is able to
help people who haven’t got much money.

The café attracts many different types and ages of people, including
students and retired people, and young families. There is an
10
__________ and lively atmosphere.

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2 Listen to two friends talking about magazine photos. Are the

sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1 Tom is reading a biography of a famous person. ___
2 Famous people rely on plastic surgery to look good in photos. ___
3 Alison thinks it would be easy to make Tom look like the people in
films. ___
4 Alison was disappointed with her photo session. ___
5 Alison was photographed in the clothes she had been wearing
when she arrived at the studio.___
6 The photos made Alison look more tanned than she actually was.
___
7 Alison thinks a lot of photos of movie stars make people feel bad
about themselves. ___
8 Tom thinks photos of Marilyn Monroe were airbrushed. ___
9 Tom thinks people should worry less about their appearance. ___
10 They decide to go for a jog together that evening. ___
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320 Listen to the interview. Are the sentences true or false?

1 Anna Matthews works for a leading university in the USA. ___

2 Anna believes that GM crops taste better than normal crops. ___

3 Anna thinks that farmers can save money by producing their own
pesticide. ___

4 Geoff says that with GM crops, farmers can’t do something they’ve

always done. ___

5 Geoff is doing more research to find out the dangers of GM crops.

___
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4 Listen to a brother and sister, Jenny and Steve, discussing a

birthday present for their mother. Circle the correct answer.
1 At the beginning of the conversation, Steve’s general attitude to the
suitability of an e-reader for their mother is positive / indifferent /
negative.

2 The two people finally decide to buy the present Jenny

suggested / take more time to think about the present / buy
something different.

5 Listen again. Circle the correct answer (a–d).

3 Jenny thinks her mother will
a still be able to shop in bookshops.
b enjoy not having to shop for books.
c soon forget about going to bookshops.
d soon forget about the disadvantages of e-books.
4 When their parents go on holiday,
a their father likes to read as well.
b they usually stay in a luxurious hotel.
c their father tends to carry the bags.
d the majority of their mother’s luggage is books.
5 Jenny can easily imagine her mother
a reading her e-reader by the pool.
b taking photos by the pool.
c creating an online library.
d going to the local libraries.
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6 Steve doubts his mother will

a remember to charge her e-reader.
b be able to see the screen clearly.
c like vouchers for an e-reader.
d like the books available for the e-reader.
7 Jenny thinks Steve is
a joking.
b old-fashioned.
c being stubborn.
d repeating himself.

8 A problem with an e-reader is that

e their mother’s friends will want to borrow it.
f it is much more delicate than a book.
g e-books are more expensive than books.
h you can drop an e-reader more easily than a book.
9 Jenny thought
i her brother’s idea was better at first.
j they were about to have an argument.
k they ought to have had this discussion earlier.
l she would be unable to get her brother to agree.
10 Steve is worried because
m he is not sure the present will keep its value.
n he is certain that his mother won’t use the present.
o he wants it to be the best present she’s ever been given.
p he doesn’t usually spend so much on his mother’s birthday
gift.

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