B2 FCE Test #12 - Listening

6/24/2021 4:51:52 PM

You hear a school tutor talking to a student about his report.

What is her advice?

He should study medicine.
He should take a year off.
He should visit a university.

You hear a young girl who spent a month in a foreign country talking about her experience.

What was good about it?

She became self-confident.
She improved her language skills.
She traveled to many places.

A woman telephones you.

What does she want you to do?

Try something out
Answer some questions
Give her some information

You hear two people making arrangements for a party.

What are they celebrating?

Someone's birthday
A friends wedding
Passing a driving test

You hear someone talking on the telephone.

Who is she talking to?

Her accountant
Her secretary
Her new client

You hear a woman talking to her friend on the phone.

What has happened?

Her meeting was canceled.
Her meeting was boring.
Her meeting was difficult.

You hear somebody complaining about plans to open a restaurant.

What does he say?

The food will be unhealthy.
The streets will be dangerous.
The local shops will be affected.

You hear a woman explaining something to a child.

What is she talking about?

How to make a paper boat
How to build a model plane
How to draw a motor car

You will hear an interview with a man called Lucas Doran, who is talking about his job as a zookeeper. Complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

Zookeeper

Lucas used to enjoy looking after the 9.1 when he first worked at the zoo.

Every morning, Lucas checks to see if any monkeys are 9.2 or if any babies have been born.

Every morning, Lucas also cleans the monkeys' cages and replaces the 9.3.

The monkeys eat many different things, but are especially fond of 9.4.

Lucas once injured his 9.5 when a gorilla escaped from its cage.

Lucas particularly likes talking to the 9.6 who come to the zoo.

Lucas says that giving the monkeys food such as 9.7 is unsuitable.

Lucas once took a box of baby monkeys home by 9.8.

Lucas is now taking a course in 9.9 so that he can further his career.

Lucas's ambition is to visit a famous 9.10 that conserves wild animals in Africa to see the work done there.

You will hear five different people talking about their work in art and design. For each gap, choose from the list (A - F) what each speaker says. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.

A. I try to limit the amount of work I take on.

B. I want to learn to work more quickly.

C. I like to see new artists ideas develop.

D. I like to give individual attention to people.

E. I try to be practical as well as artistic.

F. I enjoy experimenting with different materials.

Speaker 1: 10.1

Speaker 2: 10.2

Speaker 3: 10.3

Speaker 4: 10.4

Speaker 5: 10.5

You will hear a radio interview about a mountain-climbing weekend.

For each question, choose the correct answer.

How did Douglas feel when he booked the weekend?

Sure that he would enjoy training for it
Uncertain if it was a good idea for him
Surprised that such activities were organised

Douglas expected that the experience would help him to _____

meet people with similar interests.
improve his physical fitness.
discover his psychological limits.

He was surprised that the other participants _____

were there for reasons like his.
were experienced climbers.
were in better condition than him.

What did one of his friends say to him?

He was making a mistake.
Climbing was fashionable.
She was envious of him.

What did the people plan at the end of the trip?

To send each other postcards
To take a different sort of trip together
To go on another climbing trip together

In what way did Douglas change as a result of the trip?

He developed more interest in people.
He became more ambitious.
He began to notice more things around him.

Douglas's boots are still muddy because he wants them to ____

remind him of what he has achieved.
warn him not to do it again.
show other people what he has done.