LISTENING PRACTICE TEST


SECTION 1

Questions 1-10
Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.


HIRING A PUBLIC ROOM

Example
•    the Main Hall - seats 200

Room and cost
•    the 1_____________Room - seats 100
•    Cost of Main Hall for Saturday evening: 2 £_____________+ £250 deposit (3_____________payment is required)
•    Cost includes use of tables and chairs and also 4_____________.
•    Additional charge for use of the kitchen: £25


Before the event
•    Will need a 5_____________licence
•    Need to contact caretaker (Mr Evans) in advance to arrange 6_____________.


During the event
•    The building is no smoking
•    The band should use the 7_____________door at the back
•    Don’t touch the system that controls the volume
•    For microphones, contact the caretaker


After the event
•    Need to know the 8_____________for the cleaning cupboard
•    The 9_____________ must be washed and rubbish placed in black bags
•    All 10_____________ must be taken down
•    Chairs and tables must be piled up


SECTION 2
Questions 11-20

Questions 11-14
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Fiddy Working Heritage Farm

           Advice about visiting the farm

Visitors should
•    take care not to harm any 11_____________
•    not touch any 12_____________
•    wear 13_____________
•    not bring 14_____________into the farm, with certain exceptions

Questions 15-20
Label the map below.
Write the correct letter A-I, next to Questions 15-20.
15 Scarecrow  ____________
16 Maze  ____________
17 Cafe   ____________
18 Black Barn   ____________
19 Covered picnic area  ____________
20 Fiddy House  ____________


SECTION 3
Questions 21-30
Choose the correct letter, A, B C.

Study on Gender in Physics

21    The students in Akira Miyake’s study were all majoring in
A   physics.
B   psychology or physics.
C   science, technology, engineering or mathematics.

22    The aim of Miyake’s study was to investigate
A   what kind of women choose to study physics.
B   a way of improving women’s performance in physics.
C   whether fewer women than men study physics at college.

23    The female physics students were wrong to believe that
A   the teachers marked them in an unfair way.
B   the male students expected them to do badly.
C   their test results were lower than the male students’.

24    Miyake’s team asked the students to write about
A   what they enjoyed about studying physics.
B   the successful experiences of other people.
C   something that was important to them personally.

25    What was the aim of the writing exercise done by the subjects?
A   to reduce stress
B   to strengthen verbal ability
C   to encourage logical thinking

26    What surprised the researchers about the study?
A   how few students managed to get A grades
B   the positive impact it had on physics results for women
C   the difference between male and female performance

27    Greg and Lisa think Miyake’s results could have been affected by
A   the length of the writing task.
B   the number of students who took part.
C   the information the students were given.

28    Greg and Lisa decide that in their own project, they will compare the effects of
A   two different writing tasks.
B   a writing task with an oral task.
C   two different oral tasks.

29    The main finding of Smolinsky’s research was that class teamwork activities
A   were most effective when done by all-women groups.
B   had no effect on the performance of men or women.
C   improved the results of men more than of women.

30    What will Lisa and Greg do next?
A   talk to a professor
B   observe a science class
C   look at the science timetable
SECTION 4
Questions 31-40
Complete the notes below.

Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Ocean Biodiversity

    Biodiversity hotspots
            •    areas containing many different species
            •    important for locating targets for 31____________
            •    at first only identified on land

    Boris Worm, 2005
            •    identified hotspots for large ocean predators, e.g. sharks
            •    found that ocean hotspots:
                   - were not always rich in 32____________.
                   - had higher temperatures at the 33____________.
                   - had sufficient 34 ____________ in the water

    Lisa Ballance, 2007
            •    looked for hotspots for marine 35____________.
            •    found these were all located where ocean currents meet

    Census of Marine Life
            •    found new ocean species living:
                   - under the 36 ____________.
                   - near volcanoes on the ocean floor

    Global Marine Species Assessment
            •    want to list endangered ocean species, considering:
                   - population size
                   - geographical distribution 
                   - rate of 37____________.
            •    Aim: to assess 20,000 species and make a distribution 38____________ for each one

    Recommendations to retain ocean biodiversity
            •    increase the number of ocean reserves
            •    establish 39____________ corridors (e.g. for turtles)
            •    reduce fishing quotas


            •    catch fish only for the purpose of 40____________.


 ANSWERS
1. Charlton:
2. (£)115 / a/one hundred (and) fifteen:
3. cash:
4. parking:
5. music:
6. entry:
7. stage:
8. code:
9. floor/floors:
10. decoration/decorations:
11. animal/animals:
12. tool/tools:
13. shoes:
14. dog/dogs:
15. F:
16. G:
17. D:
18. H:
19. C:
20. A:
21. C:
22. B:
23. B:
24. C:
25. A:
26. B:
27. C:
28. A:
29. B:
30. A:
31. conservation:
32. food/foods:
33. surface:
34. oxygen/O2:
35. mammals:
36. ice:
37. decline/declining/decrease:
38. map:
39. migration:
40. consumption: