Listening test has a set of 40 questions which you have to answer in 30 minutes. The recording has 4 sections. the recording will be played once and it will never be played again.
SECTION 1
Questions 1-4
Choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D.
1. How did the student get the university prospectus?
A. From the woman.
B. From the Internet.
C. From a friend.
D. During a visit to the university.
2. What is the A-level requirement for the course?
A. BBB.
B. BBC
C. BCC.
D. There is no clear requirement.
3. What A-levels is the student taking?
A. He doesn’t say.
B. He hasn’t started his A-levels yet.
C. Politics, a language and another subject.
D. Economics, geography and history.
4. Who can use the language lab?
A. Only students who have chosen to study a language.
B. Only students who are preparing for work abroad.
C. Students who have chosen one of the five languages offered on the course.
D. Any student.
Questions 5-7
Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS/NUMBERS for each answer.
5. Who decides the country in which the student will work in year three?
6. How many students went to work in either Singapore or Brunei this year?
7. What is the advantage of translating or checking translations?
Questions 8-10
Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
8. The women points out that the student can teach English and ______________ together.
9. First year students can study a language or do a project, but are ___________________ on one.
10. There are no department ______________________ for first-year students.
SECTION 2
Questions 11-15
Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each answer.
11. According to Mr Singh, on which thing do many people make superficial observations?
__________________________________________________
12. According to Mr Singh, how quickly do cultures change?
__________________________________________________
13. How many children does Mr Singh have?
__________________________________________________
14. According to Mr Singh, what are young Indians not concerned about?
__________________________________________________
15. According to Mr Singh, what great advantage do young Indians have?
__________________________________________________
Questions 16-20
Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
16. According to Mr Singh, the biggest problem for young Indians is that their parents them ___________________ too much at school.
17. What is becoming more widely available to people in India?
18. Mr Singh believes that the best way to be successful is to be ______________________________ .
19. Mr Singh believes that Western methods plus the _____________________________ are an excellent mix.
20. Mr Singh says his generation could only dream, but the new one can ____________________________ too.
SECTION 3
Questions 21-25
Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR NUMBERS for each answer.
21. When is the deadline for handing in dissertations?
22. What should the word count exclude?
23. Who must approve the dissertation topic?
24. How long should the research take?
25. What will the students probably spend the second half of April doing?
Questions 26-30
Complete the following statements using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
26. The professor recommends referring to _________________ dissertations.
27. The students already have a printed ___________________ to help them with their dissertations.
28. Helen Trailforth’s book is named _______________________
29. The library has a ______________________ for getting books back from other students if you need them.
30. The professor says that questionnaires may not get interviewees real ________________________.
SECTION 4
Questions 31-34
Complete the notes using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
Lack of preparation can lead to contamination, e.g. forgetting to remove 31 _______________ or including the 32_______________of material. The 33______________ at the processing facility removes contaminants, but processors may refuse 34___________________ materials.
Questions 35-37
Complete the following sentences using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap.
35. MRF is short for _____________.
36. At the MRF, trucks are______________.
37. Trucks leave the materials on the_________________.
Questions 38-40
Answer the following questions using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
38. What are the two types of sorting? ________________
39. What closes the recycling loop? ________________
40. What is the current recycling rate? ________________
Answer & Explanation Section 1, Questions 1-10 1 B Section 2, Questions 11-20 11 rock music Section 3, Questions 21-30 21 28th May Section 4, Questions 31-40 31 container lids
2 C
3 D
4 D
5 (the) student
6 none/ 0
7 (quite) well paid/ (the) pay
8 do aid work
9 (only) assessed
10 scholarships
12 very slowly
13 two/ 2
14 politics
15 mobility
16 push/are pushing
17 education
18 creative
19 Indian value system
20 achieve
22 contents, references, bibliography
23 (your) personal tutor
24 8-10 weeks
25 (extra) research
26 other/ previous students
27 research guide
28 Dissertation Research Techniques
29 recall system
30 feelings and opinions
32 wrong type
33 sorting process
34 heavily contaminated
35 material recovery facility
36 weighed
37 tipping floor
38 manual (and) automatic
39 buying recycled products
40. 33.9%