Audio Listening Practice Test 15
Section 1: Question 1-10
Question 1-3: Complete the description of the man’s briefcase, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS OR LETTERS for each gap.
Very light brown briefcase, approx. 50 x 30 cms. Distinctive 1 ……………………. clasp on front. Red trimmings. Black 2 ……………………… Initials 3 …………………… on clasp.
Question 4-7: Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each answer.
4. What is the lost property number given to the man? ……………………….
5. When does the lost property office open? ………………………..
6. How is the man going to the airport next week? …………………………
7. What is to the left of the lost property office? ………………………
Question 8-10: Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each answer.
8. What is the shortest time lost items are kept by the office? …………………………
9. How often does the office sell lost items? ……………………….
10. Where does money from the December sale go? ………………………..
Section 2: Question 11-20
Question 11-14: Decide which method or methods of sending money abroad is/are being described.
Write A for international money order.
Write B for bank draft.
Write C for electronic transfer.
Write D for telegraphic transfer.
11. You need a local bank account to use this.
12. You can avoid a commission fee if you use a local bank and the local currency.
13. Using a local bank and the local currency will allow you to get access to your money sooner.
14. This is the quickest way to send money abroad.
Question 15-16: Complete the following summary about taking money out of your country.
Your government might 15 ………………….. of money in and out of your country, so you might need to find out how to 16 ………………….. to transfer money, if there is a limit on transfers and what regulations there are.
Question 17-20: Complete the following notes about having enough money for your first few days abroad.
Advantages Disadvantages
Cash useful for 17………………… less secure
Traveller’s cheques insured against 18………………. not widely accepted
can be 19………………. in some
shops/restaurants
Credit cards widely accepted may involve 20……………….
can get cash from bank machines commission fee being charged
Section 3: Question 21-30
Question 21-24: Complete the notes on the purposes of a lesson plan, using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
A LESSON PLAN
- helps with 21 ……………………
- creates a focus
- shows material
- clarifies 22 ………………….
- reminders to put aims first
- 23 ……………….. student problems
- creates opportunities for solutions
- brings lesson 24 ………………….
- teacher-student interaction
- distribution of time for each activity
- reminder of materials
Question 25-28: Complete the following notes on the example lesson plan.
Student level 25 ………………………
Time 50 minutes
Class profile academic, 3-month study, improve spoken English
Aims elicit reading comprehension and speaking abilities for storytelling,
practice the present simple and the past simple
Teacher’s aims 26 ………………………
Assumptions students can understand instructions
Anticipated problems students may not know some extreme sports 27 ……………………
Solutions elicit differences using questions
Teaching aids textbook, blackboard, chalk, chalk eraser, pictures of 28 …………………. climbing
Question 29-30: Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
29. When using books, what should the student definitely write down, apart from the title? ……………………
30. What does the tutor give the student a list of? …………………
Section 4: Question 31-40
Question 31-34: Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each answer.
31. Which three foreign languages are traditionally taught in the USA? …………………….
32. How old are the youngest schoolchildren learning Chinese? ……………………
33. How many students are learning the 15 leading languages? ……………………..
34. What percentage of Europeans speak a second language? ………………………
Question 35-38: Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
35 ……………………. are secondary to cultural exchange at Potomac Elementary.
36. The young boy finds writing the strokes of Chinese characters in the …………………….. to be difficult.
37. The lecturer says that children take more interest in learning if ……………………. do.
38. Apart from Chinese, the NEP focuses on ……………………
Question 39-40: Decide which university student or students (A, B. and/or C) is /are being referred to.
39. They have (He/She has) been learning Chinese since they were (he/she was) 11 or younger.
40. They are (He/She is) learning Chinese to help with their (his/her) future career.
ANSWER
1. (bright) red
2. handle
3. AEJ
4. EDV 758
5. 6 a.m/ 06:00
6. (by) underground/subway/tube
7. (large/electronic) departures board
8. 3/three months
9. twice a year
10. a children’s charity
11. B C D
12. B
13. B
14. D
15. control the flow
16. get permission
17. (covering) small purchases
18. loss or theft
19. used like cash
20. (quite) substantial
21. pace and timing
22. aims
23. highlights potential
24. coherence and cohension
25. low- intermediate
26. avoid excessive instructions
27. vocabulary
28. rock and mountain
29. pages/ page numbers
30. websites
31. French, Spanish ,German ( NB in any order)
32. 6
33. 1.4 million/ 1,400,000
34. 52,7%
35. Weighty national priorities
36. right order
37. (their) parents
38. Arabic, korean, Russian ( NB in any order)
39. A B C
40. A B C
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