Unit 12

Topic of the report: Exploring underground caves.

Listening: FC, 2008: Test 4, Paper 4, Part 1.

Task: You will hear people talking in four different situations twice. For questions 1-4, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

 

1. You hear part of a programme about music in schools.

Why are fewer children joining school choirs?

A They are unwilling to sing in public.

B Their parents don’t encourage them to sing.

C Their teachers lack the necessary musical skills.

 

1. You overhear a conversation about evening classes.

Why did the girl decide to register for a photography course?

A She wanted to take better holiday snaps.

B She thought it would help her in her career.

C She needed a relaxing change from her studies.

 

1. You overhear two people talking about a new café.

What did they both approve of?

A the size of the portions

B the originality of the food

C the efficiency of the service

 

1. You hear a man talking about exploring underground caves.

What is he?

A an experienced caver

B a journalist

C a student

Words:

choir

involve

decline

adolescence

digital photography

to overload

CV

to be entrusted

reckon

baguettes

escape

outer space

unappealing

pastime

challenge

Topic of the report for the next listening: How to behave during a job interview.

Unit 13

Topic of the report: How to behave during a job interview.

Listening: FC, 2008: Test 4, Paper 4, Part 1.

Task: You will hear people talking in four different situations twice. For questions 1-4, choose the best answer (A, B or C).

 

1. You overhear a woman talking about a job interview she had.

What does she say about it?

A Some of the questions were unfair.

B She felt she was insufficiently prepared.

C The interviewers put her under pressure.

 

1. You overhear a woman talking about a language course.

What does she criticize about it?

A There are too many students.

B Grammar isn’t focused on.

C It isn’t challenging enough.

 

1. On the radio, you hear a man talking about food.

What does he do?

A He’s a shop owner.

B He’s a cookery writer.

C He’s a chef in a restaurant.

 

1. You hear a man talking about moving house.

How did he feel after moving to a new area?

A worried that he wouldn’t see his old friends

B concerned about how his children would adapt

C surprised by how welcoming his new neighbours were

Words:

to put at ease

achievements

to gain

fluent

pace

to be tempted

to bother

bunch of something

Topic of the report for the next listening: What does it mean to be a ceramicist.