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Listening
You’ll hear 6 people talking about recent experiences they have had. Match what you hear from each speaker 1-6 with the statements marked A-G. Use letters once only. There is an extra statement you don’t need to use. You’ll hear the recording twice. Fill the boxes in the table with your answers.
A. I was embarrassed.
B. I was fascinated.
C. I was confused.
D. I was envious.
E. I was sympathetic.
F. I was bored.
G. I was proud.
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You will hear five short stories or announcements. For items 7-11 circle 1, 2, 3 or 4 according to the answer option you choose. You will hear the recording twice.
7 The courses provided by North London Arts are aimed at people who
1. already have university degrees.
2. have previously failed in getting higher education.
3. wish to do a university degree later.
4. are currently doing full-time jobs.
8 One point that the speaker makes about salt is that
1. it is not as harmful as some people think.
2. it is less harmful than fat or sugar.
3. there is no need to add it to food.
4. different foods contain different amounts of it.
9 What does the speaker say about Melissa?
1. She is often asked about the way she dresses.
2. She sometimes regrets her choice of clothes.
3. She thinks carefully about what she is going to wear.
4. She is partly responsible for starting a new fashion.
10 The programme at 8pm tonight
1. is about the history of musical instruments.
2. has some weaknesses.
3. is likely to win an award.
4. has been on TV before.
11 What is David Yearley’s opinion on children’s playgrounds in Britain?
1. They are often not in the right locations.
2. They are not always as safe as people think they are.
3. There has been too much emphasis on making sure they are safe.
4. There are often too many parents on them.
You will hear an interview with a British basketball player who plays in the US. Decide which of the statements (12-20) are true according to the text (1), which are false (2) and on which the information is not stated in the text (3). Circle the number of the answer you choose. You’ll hear the recording twice.
12 Luol prefers playing games to training.
13 Luol says that he never gets tired.
14 Luol’s team usually plays more than 100 games in a season.
15 Luol says that Kobe Bryant plays well in every game.
16 Kobe Bryant is a good friend of Luol’s.
17 Luol says that some people have forgotten about Michael Jordan.
18 Luol says that every basketball player wants to copy Michael Jordan.
19 Luol says that there are some good British players who are unknown now.
20 Luol is going to train the British team for the 2012 Olympics.
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SCRIPT
You’ll hear 6 people talking about recent experiences they have had. Match what you hear from each speaker 1-6 with the statements marked A-G. Use letters once only. There is an extra statement you don’t need to use. You’ll hear the recording twice. Fill the boxes in the table with your answers.
Now we are ready to start.
Speaker 1 (m)
My band did our first ever public performance last week. It was at a local festival and we were all really nervous before it. Personally I was dreading it because we hadn’t really rehearsed enough but it went really well. As soon as we started playing, the audience started dancing and we got more and more confident. It felt great to be part of something that sounded so good and that other people were really enjoying. I felt that I’d really achieved something.
Speaker 2 (f)
A friend of mine took me to meet her new boyfriend last week. I’d heard all about him from her and the way she painted him he was the most interesting person on the planet. The reality was somewhat different, though. He turned out to be one of the dullest people I’ve ever met – all he could talk about was himself and I’d had enough of that before long. I couldn’t wait for the evening to end, he was really getting on my nerves. I had thought I was going to be really jealous but I think she’s making a big mistake there.
Speaker 3 (m)
I went out to a café with some friends last Friday. They were all celebrating something – their football team had just won something – and they all got a bit carried away. They were all laughing and shouting and singing really loud and everyone was looking at us. It was awful, I didn’t know where to put my face. People were telling them to shut up and I didn’t want anyone to know I was with them. The whole thing made me really uncomfortable and in the end I just left.
Speaker 4 (f)
I went shopping with a friend of mine the other day. We were looking for something new to wear. It didn’t take her long to find something for her – she always seems to find something that looks great on her without any trouble. I, on the other hand, then trailed round loads of shops and couldn’t find a single thing that suited me. I really wished I was like her – straight into a shop and straight out with just what she wants. It’s never like that for me and I think she got really fed up waiting for me to find something.
Speaker 5 (m)
I went round to a friend’s place not long ago, and he surprised me by telling me all his personal problems. I’d had no idea that all these things were going on and it took him quite a long time to tell me all about them. Well, they seemed to me to be the sort of things that happen to most people but he was so upset that I felt really sorry for him and tried my best to cheer him up. I’m not sure if I did any good but I hope so.
Speaker 6 (f)
I went to a party last weekend and there were lots of people there that I didn’t know. They’d come from another region, a place I know very little about, and I got talking to them about their lives. It was incredible to hear them describing some of the things they do and the way they live and they told me lots of extraordinary things. We were talking together for ages and the conversation just went on and on. I was sorry when I had to go because there were lots more things I wanted to find out about.
You will hear five short stories or announcements. For items 7-11 circle 1, 2, 3 or 4 according to the answer option you choose. You will hear the recording twice.
7
North London Arts runs a diverse range of foundation degrees. Our speciality is giving learners skills that they can turn into employment or the qualifications to go on to study at degree level. Our higher education courses can provide opportunities for people who might otherwise think that higher education is not for them. The main features of foundation degrees are strong employer involvement, work placements and clear top-up routes to university degrees.
8
When asked to list the elements in food that can cause ill health, the usual suspects which people mention are fat, sugar and salt. I believe that most of us have a vague understanding of how fat and sugar can be harmful, ranging from ‘makes you fat’ to ‘rots your teeth’. But when it comes to salt, people seem unclear about why it must be limited. We do need a little salt in the diet, but what we require is found naturally in fresh produce and grains, so it is highly unlikely that you would ever need to make an effort to include it.
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In planning her day, Melissa Briskman had not given the weather a thought. As she sat shivering outside a New York café in early February, her only defence against the winter storm forecast for that day was a light wool coat. ‘I just wear what I want to wear when I want to wear it,’ she told me. Melissa is a member of a small but influential group of New Yorkers, mostly young, who when temperatures plunge below freezing point ignore cold winds and conventional notions of dressing for the season. As a result, they might wear light summer dresses all year round. And now, designers are following their lead.
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At 8pm tonight is the first of five parts in the award-winning series Big Bangs, first shown in 2000. This series is about important points in the history of music and the first part looks at the invention of notation – the use of written symbols for notes in music. The programme begins with the first ideas of marks above lyrics to indicate the tune. Always entertaining and highly informative, this is how documentaries should be.
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Playgrounds in Britain must not be too safe if they are to attract children away from dangerous areas such as railway lines, canals and roadsides, an expert says. David Yearley, a play safety expert, says that places to play should be exciting and stimulating to contribute to children’s physical and psychological development. Playgrounds should be ‘as safe as necessary, not as safe as possible’. He says that parents must accept that children sometimes hurt themselves at play; the key was to make sure that they did not hurt themselves seriously. Years of concentrating solely on safety had led to the spread of ‘boring’ public play areas, he said. It was time to shift the focus to ‘controlled risk’.